Storytime (10-piece ensemble)
Storytime – The Tortoise (CD) is a lushly scored musical odyssey that contains echoes of Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Kurt Weill, Darius Milhaud, Debussy and Bach, reflecting Mosher’s embrace of a wide range of influences which have coalesced to create his singularly independent compositional voice. The CD traverses many musical landscapes — all held together by Mosher’s multi-faceted orchestration and ingenious use of instrumentation (saxophones, oboe, English horn, clarinets, flute, trumpet, French horn, trombone, electric and acoustic guitar, plus bass and drums).
ASCAP 2009 Young Jazz Composer Award
Mosher is awarded a 2009 ASCAP Young Composer Award for his composition “Jupiter” from his debut Storytime CD “The Tortoise.”
Voted Best of 2008 & 2009
Four critics from All About Jazz (Michael Ricci), All About Jazz (Troy Collins), Ottawa Citizen, and Jazz Times list “The Tortoise” in their top picks for 2008 and 2009!
Press
“strong, well crafted, highly arranged, listenable, and accessible music”
– All Music Guide
“a gifted composer who offers a fresh and updated approach”
– All About Jazz
“ambitious, thoroughly composed music”
– Ottawa Citizen
Upcoming Events
- Thursday Sept 8th 9p @ Tea Lounge, New York NY
Press Release
A self-taught composer, Mosher began writing music in 2003 after studying jazz performance at the University of Toronto where he enjoyed exchanging ideas with classical composers. Since then, he has been steadily making his way on the New York scene as a leader and sideman. view more • download press release PDF
JazzReview.com Interview
He reflects about the recording, “Ironically, we started with ‘Farewell, Goodbye’ which is the closer on the album. The idea, which ended up working, was to ease into the day by recording 2-3 less demanding tracks, than dig into the more challenging material, blended with less demanding tracks in between.”
– read full interview
Personnel
Rob Mosher – soprano sax, oboe, English horn
Sam Sadigursky – flute, piccolo, clarinet, alto sax
Peter Hess – clarinet, tenor sax
Brian Landrus – bass clarinet, baritone sax
Micah Killion – trumpet, flugelhorn
Rachel Drehmann – French horn
Michael Fahie – trombone
Nir Felder – guitar
Garth Stevenson – acoustic bass
Ziv Ravitz – drums
