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ORENDA RECORDS

"Orenda Records is a small Southern California label that punches above its weight... Orenda’s offerings are informed by rock, modern classical, and jazz, and combine these genres in a natural, organic fashion... Orenda’s musicians grew up in a post-Braxton era where musical styles are viewed on a continuum rather than as individual silos of expression."
–Avant Music News


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May 16, 2025
Saxophonist Joe Santa Maria and Bassist David Tranchina’s OBLIQUE RHYME is an eclectic, innovative, improvisatory album featuring Gary Fukushima and Colin Woodford
May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025
May 2, 2025
L.A. guitarist Max Walker announces virtuosic and exploratory full-length, Chronostasis
May 2, 2025
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Dec 20, 2024
Dan Rosenboom, Joshua White, Billy Mohler & Shawn Baltazor Drop Surprise End-Of-Year Bootleg Album
Dec 20, 2024
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Aug 2, 2024
Pianist/Composer Zack Clarke Releases "Plunge," A Multi-Stylistic Array of Pianistic and Electronic Inspiration
Aug 2, 2024
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Jun 7, 2024
Dominican Drummer/Composer Ivanna Cuesta Releases Powerful Debut Album, "A Letter To The Earth"
Jun 7, 2024
Jun 7, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
Guitarist/Compser/Multi-instrumentalist Max Kutner Releases New Trio Album "Partial Custody" featuring Tubist Ben Stapp and Percussionist James Paul Nadine
Apr 5, 2024
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Feb 29, 2024
Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist Vera Weber Releases "A Soft Lunacy," an Expansive Duet for Prepared Pianos With Vicki Ray
Feb 29, 2024
Feb 29, 2024
Nov 3, 2023
LA-Based Saxophonist-Composer Joe Santa Maria Issues His “Sonic Autobiography,” The Bold and Wildly Imaginative Echo Deep
Nov 3, 2023
Nov 3, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
Trumpeter/Composer Dan Rosenboom Levels Up with New Band on Polarity, the 101st Recording on Orenda Records
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
Mar 31, 2023
Drummer and Music Educator Dean Mucetti Releases ISOLATE//INTEGRATE With His Band Rhythm Real
Mar 31, 2023
Mar 31, 2023
Feb 24, 2023
Mat Muntz Leads a Band of East Coast Luminaries with an Astonishing Album Driven by a Unique Croatian Bagpipe
Feb 24, 2023
Feb 24, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
Dark Ambient Electric Guitar Duo KillDry Release "Pool of the Black Star"
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
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Pianist/Composer Cathlene Pineda Releases "Rainbow Baby," Her 3rd Album on Orenda Records

June 05, 2020

Rainbow Baby, the third and most personal recording as a leader by jazz pianist and composer Cathlene Pineda, is an impressionist rendering of four years of motherhood, pregnancy, loss, and, ultimately, love. It is a personal tale with a universal theme. Also, featuring Kris Tiner (trumpet), David Tranchina (bass), and Tina Raymond (drums).

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Composer/Drummer Caleb Dolister Releases "Daily Thumbprint Collection 3, The Wandering" on Orenda Records

June 05, 2020

Daily Thumbprint Collection 3, The Wandering is an astonishing album, an instrumental wonder whose creation spanned more than ten years, thousands of miles, a galaxy of musical genres, and a small army of rock, classical and jazz musicians across the USA. Its creator, American composer and drummer Caleb Dolister, imagined a through-composed statement of groove-driven rock and beyond-genre music constructed with electric and acoustic instruments. Recording The Wandering evolved into a decade-long odyssey, a musical journey across North America with equipment hauled in cars and planes, visits to cities spanning the coasts, all to track two dozen musicians (the equivalent of a small orchestra or big band!) and a mountain of music refined through to multiple revisions. The end result is an album of gorgeous, multi-layered, spacious, and rhythmic compositions, distilled - like fine bourbon - through expertise and time.

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L-R: Sam Minaie, Brad Shepik, John Hadfield

L-R: Sam Minaie, Brad Shepik, John Hadfield

NYC World-Influenced Jazz Fusion Trio, Believers featuring Brad Shepik, Sam Minaie, and John Hadfield Releases Debut Album on Orenda Records

May 29, 2020

Believers is a world-influenced jazz/fusion trio that brings together three musicians who have spent years performing music on the borders of jazz, fusion and world music. Guitarist Brad Shepik has performed with Paul Motian and Yuri Yunakov. Percussionist John Hadfield has toured and recorded with Nguyen Le and Kinan Azmeh. Bassist Sam Minaie has spent time in the bands of Tigran Hamasyan and Melody Gardot. Though their influences are global, their aesthetic is rooted in jazz, blues, rock and the art of improvisation. Their collective compositions are influenced by diverse musical traditions such as Balkan music, South Indian Carnatic music, and North and West African folk music.

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LA Avant Percussion Ensemble BOORBAAR releases "Swong" on Orenda Records

May 08, 2020

It’s not news that some of the most creative music on the planet happens under the radar of public awareness. To a select audience in the percussion world and the Los Angeles Creative crew, the name BoorBaar perks the ears and excites the imagination. Orenda Records is proud to share the latest audio-visual recording of this brilliant and inventive ensemble: Swong.

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L-R: Dan Rosenboom, Matt Mayhall. Photograph by Aubre Hill.

L-R: Dan Rosenboom, Matt Mayhall. Photograph by Aubre Hill.

Drummer Matt Mayhall and Trumpeter Dan Rosenboom Release Stunning Duo Album on Orenda Records

May 01, 2020

The association of trumpet and drums is as old as civilization itself. Ancient instruments of both proclamation and celebration, they have evolved together and influenced the development of musical language in tandem. Likewise, throughout the modern history of improvised music, duos of horn players and drummers have stretched the limits of sound and form, and reached for an elemental approach to spontaneous musical conversation. With Language, drummer Matt Mayhall and trumpeter Dan Rosenboom pay homage to this rich tradition championed by many of their respective heroes, and present a stunning duo debut.

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