Dept. of Good and Evil

Formed out of the 100-time world tour throughout 2006 beneath the aegis from the prodigiously talented pianist Rachel Z, Dept. of Great and Evil possess carved a distinct segment for themselves in music background using the launch of their debut saving from the same name. As innovator of one from the even more innovative mainstream jazz organizations launched in 2007, Rachel Z (aka Rachel Nicolazzo) charted fresh place for the music group by choosing the unique mixture of primary, pop, choice, and goth music to be organized by Bobbie Rae, her longtime drummer, manufacturer, and arranger. Using the renowned Tony Levin rejoining Rachel Z on electrical bass and Chapman Stay electric guitar parts, and with the addition of visitor trumpeter Erik Naslund to Rachel’s primary trio of Rae and acoustic bassist Maeve Royce, Dept. of Great and Evil have already been raised from “just one more cover music group” touring all over the world towards the position of ambitious musical collaborators critically acclaimed to be “the very best task of Rachel Z.” Dept. of Great and Evil’s music is approximately merging musical designs. It respects and expands the golf swing of Elvin Jones, Mls Davis, Peter Gabriel, and Pleasure Division, to mention just a couple. The group looks for to desegregate music. The band’s contacting is normally “about duality — the music is normally fun, but it’s critical. We’re politics, sarcastic and completely against the prepared cheese meals some music is normally,” state governments Rachel. She will go a step additional and offers even more understanding into her “harmonically bad” part of the group. By managing Royce and Rae’s “great groove division” with her “bad” dark chords (mainly influenced harmonically with the 20th hundred years classical vibe learned by Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock), she’s created a remarkably hip stability of daring moods to be able to redefine the tracks provided by the music group. “Dept. of Great and Evil may be the greatest of everything for me personally, exciting material to utilize and an unbelievable outfit of players who I simply like vibing with,” claims Rachel. Rachel Z was created and elevated in Manhattan. A kid prodigy, she graduated from the brand new Britain Conservatory with Differentiation in Performance. Furthermore to founding Dept. of Great and Evil, she’s formed many ensembles, including Nardis and trios with Tracy Wormsworth and Cindy Blackmon, Allison Miller and Miriam Sullivan, and Levin and Rae, amongst others. She has documented eight single albums; performed with Najee, Methods Forward, Al di Meola, Larry Coryell, Unique EFX, Angela Bofill, Mike Mainieri, Vertú, and Wayne Shorter; and was an associate of Peter Gabriel’s music group for five globe travels and two Dvd videos. A indigenous of Annapolis, MD, the 22-year-old Royce was uncovered as students within a theory and functionality course that Rachel shows at New College University in NY. Royce produced her saving debut using the discharge of Dept. of Great and Evil’s 2007 self-titled saving. Trumpeter Naslund also makes his documenting debut over the band’s 2007 self-titled discharge. Longtime collaborator Rae acts as drummer, manufacturer, and arranger for Dept. of Great and Bad. As an associate from the “great” groove section, he’s partnered with bassist Royce, and jointly their swinging, upbeat grooves keep carefully the group’s vibe positive. A professional drummer, Rae provides performed worldwide using the Rachel Z Trio for quite some time with halts in Europe, THE UNITED STATES, and Asia. The famous electric bassist/Chapman stay aficionado Levin not merely places the “awe” in genuine, but his participation in Dept. of Great and Evil gives an inimitable degree of musical virtuosity towards the group’s charm. A good box-office attract, Levin offers toured with Seal, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Gary Burton, and Paul Simon, to mention several. His réamounté includes shows on several tv and film soundtracks, collaborations on over 30 recordings including 18 Ruler Crimson information, and session are a guest designer on a huge selection of recordings, including Everlasting as an associate from the Rachel Z Trio. These five clean interpreters of edgy, goth, and rock and roll music are demonstrating their musical worthy of together on levels all over the world. Emotional and swinging, they provide an innovative and inventive link with another aspect of jazz — their method.