{"product_id":"jenny-scheinman-one-hundred-years-today","title":"Jenny Scheinman - One Hundred Years Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly in the recording of her evocative new album, One Hundred Years Today, violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman turned to her band in the studio and exclaimed, \"More apocalyptic! This is end-of-times jazz!\" She had reconvened the superb, sensitively attuned ensemble first heard on her 2024 album All Species Parade: guitarists Bill Frisell and Julian Lage, pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Tony Scherr, and drummer Kenny Wollesen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith seven new compositions in hand, largely inspired by her Palestinian Jewish grandmother's travels through Europe roughly a century ago, Scheinman and company were exploring emotional parallels between the years leading up to World War II and the present moment. She imagined the music flowing like a secret code passed between generations, a means of creating connection in times of upheaval.\" The phrase One Hundred Years Today is really another way of saying eternity,\" Scheinman says. \"Every song is like a message in a bottle to a future generation, and at the same time the opening of a message from 100 years before.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights include the wistful \"Stars of the Lower Deck,\" which evokes her grandparents' shipboard romance; the lively, swing- driven \"Alive at the Kakadu,\" inspired by the vibrant nightlife of Weimar-era Berlin; and \"The Edge of Dawn,\" which captures the growing shadow of war. \"Turns the Wagon Wheel\" opens the album with an ardent groove and expansive improvisation, while \"Django in America\" celebrates Django Reinhardt's rebellious spirit and freedom from convention. The ethereal trio piece \"Dream Beguine\" offers a moment of beauty and escape, and the closing \"So Many Moons\" serves as a tender expression of gratitude and remembrance. Through these seven compositions, Scheinman found poetic solace in the ways music and creativity offered a lifeline of hope, and even a means of organized resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In times of struggle, it's more important than ever to continue making music and art,\" Scheinman explains. \"It brings joy to the world, but can also let the powers that be know we are listening, and bearing witness.\" As Scheinman composed the album, she kept a quote from Linda Ronstadt hanging on her wall. It reads: \"They sing so the subsequent generations won't forget what the current generation endured, or dreamed, or delighted in.\" Indeed, like a message in a bottle washed ashore, One Hundred Years Today exults in humanity's eternal need to dream, delight and, ultimately, endure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROYAL POTATO RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":54978811265347,"sku":"RPT-36050","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54978811298115,"sku":"RPT-36051","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/a3503505159_16.png?v=1793197495","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/jenny-scheinman-one-hundred-years-today","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}