Helen Sung - Anthem for a New Day (2014)

Helen Sung's Concord Jazz debut is a ten-song set that positions her at the forefront of a talented and diverse sextet, which includes saxophonist Seamus Blake and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, with guest appearances by violinist Regina Carter and clarinetist Paquito D Rivera. An award-winning pianist/composer, Sung is blazing her own path.

A Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance graduate, Helen Sung went on to win the Kennedy Center's Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition and has released six albums overall. In addition to leading her own band, Sung has appeared with the Mingus Big Band, T.S. Monk and Terri Lyne Carrington's Grammy-winning Mosaic Project, among others.

Tracklist:

1. Brother Thelonious
2. Armando's Rhumba
3. Hidden
4. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
5. Hope Springs Eternally
6. Anthem For A New Day
7. Never Let Me Go
8. Chaos Theory
9. Epistrophy
10. Equipoise

Personnel:

Helen Sung (piano, Fender Rhodes),
Seamus Blake (tenor and soprano saxophone),
Ingrid Jensen (trumpet),
Reuben Rogers (bass),
Obed Calvaire (drums),
Samuel Torres (percussion),
John Ellis (bass clarinet - track 6),

Special Guests:

Regina Carter (violin - tracks 3, 7),
Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet - track 2).