Assistant Professor of Music Composition in The Hartt School Kyle Grimm released his album, forever eve, on Aug. 21 through Neuma Records.
forever eve features 5 works for double bass and electronics, where Kyle is both performer and composer, composing two of the tracks and commissioning the other 3, including works by Hartt Alum, Aaron Wyanski, Maria Kaoutzani, and Hartt Professor Emeritus Ken Steen, who composed a new work in memory of longtime professor of double bass, Robert Black.
The JW Vibe recently reviewed the album, saying:
"...forever eve will not necessarily make every listener comfortable. Its fascination lies partly in its refusal to settle into a predictable contemporary-classical vocabulary. Moments of gorgeous lyricism can suddenly give way to abrasive textures; meditative passages can mutate into rhythmic explosions; a single bass note can become the seed of an entire cinematic electronic landscape. Grimm embraces the gritty and the beautiful, the controlled and the accidental, the familiar and the bizarre.
Most importantly, the album feels like the document of an artist stepping back onto a stage he never really left. forever eve looks toward the future while carrying echoes of jazz, memory, friendship and the physicality of one extraordinary instrument. It is music suspended on the threshold—restless, searching and emphatically alive."
forever eve is available for purchase through Neuma Records and on all streaming platforms.