The New 4-Song EP is Out Now

Presented by Andrew North & The Rangers

Dale Grant (Drums), Jillian Rork (Sax), Andrew North (Piano)

Photo: Christine Torrey, Birch & Fern Photography

"Born out of the ultra fun jazz/funk band "Andrew North and the Rangers," the Jade Trio is a trimmed down beat making machine, keying their way through the moonlight with alto saxlicious inflections and after-school funk ambitions.  A little Steely, a hit of Morphine, and you have a trio that can't help themselves from making contagious jams."

-Rob Azevedo, Granite State of Mind

“Sometimes absolute magic happens when you’re least expecting it”

-Andrew North

 

Photo: Christine Torrey, Birch & Fern Photography

Jade Trio is Jillian Rork (sax), Dale Grant (drums), and Andrew North (piano). It’s like lemonade. Sometimes there are stretches in a group’s creative life where things stall for a bit. People can’t make it to band practice. New songs aren’t quite coming together. You’re in a holding pattern and you need to squeeze a little magic out of this pile of lemons.

Jade Trio is about making the best of things. About finding the magic in this moment and working with what you have. In early 2023 Dale, Jillian, and Andrew found themselves with some practice time, but no project - so they got to work. They honed their sound as a trio and incubated some new songs that would percolate up to the Andrew North & The Rangers catalog (including “The Road”, crafted from lyrics written by Jillian’s 10 year old son, James).

The project has been fun, surprising and rewarding. The trio felt compelled to document the moment with a new EP, recorded in one afternoon in the recital hall at the Concord (NH) Community Music School. It’s acoustic, it’s intimate, it’s loose and it’s fun. Each track was recorded in one take, with no edits or overdubs - you hear exactly what happened in the room that day. Local music powerhouse Curtis Arnett handled audio engineering duties (Curtis makes the magic happen!) and Christine Torrey of Birch & Fern Photography was on hand to capture the moment with photos and video. Andrew North mixed and mastered the EP.

The new 4 song EP “Jade Trio” is out on bandcamp and streaming services on Friday, April 5.

Photo: Christine Torrey, Birch & Fern Photography

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