NEWS

We will be recording a new Convergence Ensemble CD in Feb 2010

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Alaniaris:Residency
Sundays in March and April at Somewhere There

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March 2010
Eastern Canada Solo tour

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Convergence Ensemble and Hat & Beard Residency in May and June at Somewhere There

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Convergence Ensemble
Study In

RecordingsTrio Records Was started in 1997 by Ken Aldcroft and John Sorensen to produce and promote creative original music projects in the form of recordings, concerts and tours. Trio Records had been a registered partnership in British Columbia since 1999 but in 2003 was reformed as a sole proprietorship in Ontario.

Trio Records has released one cassette and nine CD's (two of which are slated for release in 2008 and 2009) in that time and has also produced various concerts, concert Trio Recordsseries and tours throughout Canada since 1997. Trio Records has distribution in Canada (except for the cassette) through Verge Music Distribution, which makes the products available in Canadian retail music stores and sells on-line. We also have U.S.A. Distribution through Northcountry Distribution and "Kirby Sideroad" and "From Our Time" are currently available on itunes and "Vocabulary", "Trolleys" and "Our Hospitality" will be available on itunes in 2009.


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CATALOGUE

trp-010 Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble "Our Hospitality" next top

Our Hospitality

Ken Aldcroft- guitar
Evan Shaw- alto saxophone
Nicole Rampersaud- trumpet
Scott Thomson- trombone
Wes Neal- bass
Joe Sorbara- drums


1. Our Hospitality (version I)
2. Study In / Directions IV
3. Just a Hint
4. Work Song
5. Study In
6. Dialoguing
7. Cheeky
8. Our Hospitality (version II)

Recorded October 13-15, 2008 @ Canterbury Studios, Toronto, Ontario
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by John Sorensen
Layout and Design by Ken Aldcroft
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft except "Dialoguing" by Convergence Ensemble
© Socan 2009
This recording was made possible with the support from the Ontario Arts Council

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trp-009 (CDR) Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble "Trolleys" next previous

Tolleys 1:43     Trolleys

Ken Aldcroft- guitar
Evan Shaw- alto saxophone
Scott Thomson- trombone
Wes Neal- bass
Joe Sorbara- drums


1. Trolleys
2. First, Not Last / Reminiscent / Sphere
3. Sojourn / First, Not Last
4. Apples

Recorded February 13, 2007 @ Kick Audio, Toronto, Ontario
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by John Sorensen
Layout and Design by Ken Aldcroft
Sketch by Jake Oelrichs
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft © Socan 2008

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trp-SS01-008 VoCaBuLaRy: Ken Aldcroft Solo Guitar Improvisations next previous

Let's Go! 1:40    

VocabularyKen Aldcroft is a mainstay on Toronto's improvising scene, as active a promoter and curator of shows as he is a guitarist. Vocabulary is his first disc of solo guitar improvisations. This disc's defining characteristics are its dry, intimate mix and sense of progression. Aldcroft is expert at creating fine-grained sounds and plugging them into multi-part meditations. His self-generated loops produce some wonderfully subtle textures, such as the slowed-down distortion of "Fish Bowl". Vocabulary is often riveting listening for the dedicated, but is occasionally marred by too-static transitions from one idea to the next in longer songs. There's no pointless music here, though his penchant for tense, tightly plucked guitar gets a little exhausting after fifty minutes. 3/5 stars
David Dacks, Eye Weekly




Ken Aldcroft- guitar/loops




1. Let's Go!
2. Sterling Road Blues
3. Ballad
4. Pre-am-ble
5. Flipity
6. Fish Bowl
7. Body and or Soul
8. Journey From, To...
9. Percussive Innuendo
10. Statement of Intent

Recorded December 6 & 14, 2006 and January 4, 2007
@ The Farm, Toronto, Ontario
Produced by Ken Aldcroft & Jean Martin
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Jean Martin
Layout & Design by Ken Aldcroft
© Socan 2008

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trp-007 Ken Aldcroft’s Convergence Ensemble "The Great Divide" next previous

Retreat-Advance / Stuffed Turkey 6:37    

Guitarist Aldcroft, always a front-runner in exploring new jazz avenues, unearths his most rewarding finds yet. On this group's debut recording, which moves easily through composed passages, free blowing, textual improv and jazz format allusions he elicits earnest support and fractious commentary as possibilities are posited, then shattered...
Geoff Chapman, Toronto Star


Ken Aldcroft- guitar/loops
Evan Shaw- alto saxophone
Scott Thomson- trombone
Wes Neal- bass
Joe Sorbara- drums


1. Mister, Mister / From the Hart-Land / X Marks the Spot
2. A Refreshing Night / A Union Theme
3. The Great Divide
4. Retreat-Advance / Stuffed Turkey
5. Humble Home of John Mckay / Hopelessly Lost, Helplessly Cold

Recorded January 14, 2006 @ Chemical Sound, Toronto, Ontario
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Engineered, mixed and mastered by John Sorensen
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft © Socan 2006

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trp-006 The Ken Aldcroft Group "Kirby Sideroad" double CD next previous

Kirby Sideroad 6:20  

...negotiates a steady stream of original, creative compositions that span an ocean stylistically, yet the group somehow maintains its own identity.
Steven Loewy, Cadence Magazine

The emphasis is on close listening and intense interaction, with bass and drums entering fully into the musical dialogue.
Stuart Broomer, Toronto Life


Ken Aldcroft- guitar/loops
Evan Shaw- alto saxophone
Wes Neal- bass
Joe Sorbara- drums



Disc 1
1. Kirby Sideroad
2. East Side Carousel (aldcroft-neal-shaw)
3. Not Far From Home (duo)
4. A Strained Hello
5. O'nette
6. Absent of Evident (aldcroft-shaw-sorbara)
7. A Country Mile (solo)
8. From a Pause
9. Tapping, Stirring, Singing (neal-shaw-sorbara)
10. In The Dark
11. A Dialog About A Dialog (aldcroft-neal- sorbara)

Disc 2
1. Things To Come
2. All About Cabbage (neal-shaw)
3. A Country Mile (trio)
4. Finding Pho (aldcroft-sorbara)
5. Mars People
6. Gitty Up, Whoa! (neal-sorbara)
7. I Wanna Do It Again (aldcroft-neal-sorbara-shaw)
8. Et Cetera (aldcroft-neal)
9. Not Far From Home (trio)
10. To Paraphrase a Fork (shaw-sorbara)
11. Reflections
12. Be Nice Monster (aldcroft-shaw)
13. Punto's Place

Recorded March 21, 22, 23 2003 @ Reaction Studios, Toronto, Ontario
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Engineered, mixed and mastered by John Sorensen
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft unless noted © Socan 2004
This recording was made possible with the support from the Ontario Arts Council

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trp-005 The Ken Aldcroft Trio +1 "From Our Time" next previous

South-Eastern Baja 9:16    

There's a heady communality of ideas arising from sneaky tunes and imaginative playing that doesn't over indulge in rhetoric.
G. Chapman, Toronto Star

...a strikingly original work that goes nowhere near the middle of the road.
M. Doherty, Eye Weekly


Ken Aldcroft- guitar/loops
Evan Shaw- alto saxophone
Gordon Allen- trumpet/pocket trumpet
Joe Sorbara- drums



1. South-Eastern Baja
2. Little Town
3. Gospel
4. Stress
5. Snake Hips
6. What was it she said last night?
7. That Cat on the Corner
8. Charmed
9. From Our Time/Evening Peace

Recorded December 15, 2002 @ Reaction Studios, Toronto, Ontario
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Engineered, mixed and mastered by John Sorensen
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft © Socan 2002

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trp-004 Ear Contact: George McFetridge/Ken Aldcroft Duo "January Sun" nextprevious

Quai d'Orsay 5:34    

...(Aldcroft) serves as a foil for McFetridge's more expressive gestures, a kind of canvas upon which the pianist can brush bright stripes of feeling. In some paradoxical way, Aldcroft's restraint seems to have freed Mcfetridge's imagination, and the resulting interplay is quite lovely.
Alexander Varty, Georgia Straight


George McFetridge-piano
Ken Aldcroft- guitar





1. Almost Eight/Sure Footed After Midnight
2. Veil
3. Kakemono
4. January Sun
5. Single Path
6. Quai d'Orsay
7. Eighteen
8. Getting Started
9. Superman
10. Here for Her
11. Clayoqout

Recorded Oct. 8/99 and Feb.6/00 @ Riverside Studio, Burnaby, BC
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Engineered by Dwayne Harder
Mixed and mastered by John Sorensen
All compositions by George McFetridge © Socan 2000
This recording was made possible with the support from the Canada Council for the Arts

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trp-003 The Ken Aldcroft Trio +1
"his mistress never sleeps... a tribute to Duke Ellington" next previous

Lady Mac 7:02    

...wanted to take a different route in his homage to Ellington and came up with one of the most intriguing small group recordings in the bag...
Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

...emerges out of a dark corner of Ellington's legacy with renewed vigour...
Geoff McKenzie, The Calgary Straight

...an album that's likely to please fans of Dave Douglas and Keith Jarrett as it is to satisfy the most ardent Duke die-hards.
Jennifer Van Evra, Georgia Straight

Ken Aldcroft- guitar
Brian Harding- trombone
Bernie Arai- drums
Graham Ord- saxophones



1. Evening Peace
2. Bluebird of Delhi
3. Isfahan
4. Sonnet for Caesar
5. Sonnet to Hanq Cinq
6. Lady Mac
7. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
8. Take the Coltrane

Recorded February 22, 1999 @ Blue Wave Studio, Vancouver, BC
Produced by Ken Aldcroft,
Engineered, mixed and mastered by John Sorensen
Track one is composed by Ken Aldcroft © Socan 2000
All others by Duke Ellington or Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn

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trp-002 The Ken Aldcroft Trio "Big Picture" next previous

Spiritual 11:43    

I put this on and couldn't take it off.
John Goodman, North Shore News

...the music comes first, the players leaping out of the lines with spirit and wisdom.
Doug Lang, Coda Magazine

Ken Aldcroft- guitar
Brian Harding- trombone
Nick Gaffaney- drums




1. Brother Bob
2. Folksong in Motian
3. Spiritual
4. Beans on me
5. Another Night
6. Not Too Long
7. Bemsha Swing
8. Doogie/Like Father

Recorded live to "two track", November, 16, 17, 1998 @ Riverside Studio, Vancouver BC
Engineered by Rick Kilburn
Mastered by John Sorensen
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft © Socan 1999, except Bemsha Swing by T Monk and Brother Bob by Ken Aldcroft/Bill Donovan © Socan 1999

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trp-001 The Ken Aldcroft Trio "Featuring..." previous


Ken Aldcroft Trio Featuring...a lot of very subtle interplay going on between the players. The thread of creativity constantly flows throughout these jazz improvisations.
zzaj


Ken Aldcroft- guitar
Rod Murray- trombone
Tom Foster- drums





Out of print

1. Mars People
2. Consolation
3. Beans On Me
4. Elizabeth Dr.
5. Big Picture
6. Not Too Long
7. Keyside
8. Circle Dance

Recorded live to "two track", December 11, 1997 @ Maximum Music, Vancouver, BC
Produced by Ken Aldcroft
Engineered by Shawn Pierce
All compositions by Ken Aldcroft © Socan 1998 except Consolation by Kenny Wheeler and Circle Dance by Paul Motian.

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