9 Horses
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City |
| Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz, experimental, chamber jazz |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Sunnyside, Adhyâropa Records |
| Members | Joseph Brent, Sara Caswell, Andrew Ryan |
| Past members | Shawn Conley, Ben Wittman, Emily Hope Price, Ike Sturm, Nathan Koci, Justin Goldner, Brett Parnell, Taylor Haskins |
| Website | www |
9 Horses is a chamber jazz group from the United States consisting of composer and mandolinist Joseph Brent, violinist Sara Caswell, and bassist Andrew Ryan, originating from New York City.[1]
History
[edit]Brent and bassist Shawn Conley first played together in 2010 in Brent's short-lived project The Joe Brent Quartet, which also featured clarinetist Hideaki Aomori and guitarist Nadav Lev. However, when Brent's commitments to Regina Spektor's touring band and his teaching responsibilities at Mannes College spread his time too thin, he put the quartet project on hold.[2] In 2012, he started performing as a duo with Caswell,[3] and after releasing Joe Brent & Sara Caswell EP together in 2013, they decided to add a bass player and Brent called on Conley once again, renaming the new ensemble after the Billy Collins poem of the same name. After making the finals of the 2014 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition,[4] they were signed to Sunnyside Records and released their debut album, Perfectest Herald in October, 2015.[5] The recording includes percussionist Ben Wittman, but live performances generally feature either the trio alone, or guest musicians such as Emily Hope Price or Ike Sturm. In 2016, after adding Ryan, they were the 1st Prize winners of the inaugural 21CM Launch: Emerging Artists competition.[6]
Brent is originally from Queens, New York, but spent much of his childhood in Tampa, Florida.[7] Caswell is from Bloomington, Indiana,[8] while Ryan hails from Denver, Colorado.[9]
Brent was formerly a member of Regina Spektor's band,[10] is an active classical soloist,[11] and with Caswell he occasionally performs with Kishi Bashi. Caswell is also a member of Esperanza Spalding's Chamber Music Society[12] and David Krakauer's The Big Picture.[13] Ryan performs with newgrass ensemble The Freewheel Trio,[14] Canadian folk musician Kaia Kater, and has been a member of OneBeat.[15][16]
The trio's music, all of which is composed or arranged by Brent, combines elements of improvised musical forms with classical chamber music and Brent's own indie rock influences. The four movement piece entitled Perfectest Herald which gives the album its name and acts as its centerpiece contains elements of rock, new music, Middle Eastern music, jazz, rhythm and blues, and traditional classical music, most notably in the 2nd movement, listening to the Elliott Smith discography in reverse order, in which a single musical subject passes through all of the aforementioned genres and a fugue before recapitulating.[17] Budd Kopmann of All About Jazz described the music for the 'Perfectest Herald' suite as "...among the most life affirming one will ever hear... Regardless of which emotional depths Brent drew on to compose these pieces, this highly emotive music touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being."[18]
Discography
[edit]As Joe Brent & Sara Caswell
[edit]- Joe Brent & Sara Caswell EP (2013)
As 9 Horses
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Perfectest Herald (2015)
- Blood From a Stone (EP) (2019)
- Omegah (2021)
- Strum (2024)
- Strumming Music (EP) (2024)
Other contributions
[edit]| Year | Artist | Album | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Kishi Bashi | 7" Box Set | Brent and Caswell play violin |
| 2014 | Lauren Kinhan | Circle in the Square | Brent and Caswell play violin |
| 2015 | Kishi Bashi | String Quartet Live! | Brent plays mandolin and violin; Caswell plays violin |
| 2018 | The Mountain Goats and Welcome to Night Vale | I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats: All Hail West Texas | Brent plays electric mandolin and Ryan plays bass with Erin McKeown on Brent's arrangement of 'Jenny'[19] |
| 2024 | Christopher Zuar | Exuberance | Brent plays mandolin and Caswell plays violin[20] |
| Adhyâropa Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founder | Joe Brent |
| Genre | Jazz, Nu jazz, World music, Americana |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | New York City |
| Official website | www |
Adhyâropa Records
[edit]Adhyâropa Records is an American record company and label established by Joe Brent[21] of the band 9 Horses in 2021 initially to release their own music and that of musicians affiliated with 9 Horses, but have branched out to release music by others across several genres. Albums by Darol Anger, Lenny Pickett, Rachel Eckroth, Jane Ira Bloom, and many other notable musicians followed, and Adhyâropa continues to release cross-genre selection of jazz, Americana, Classical, and World music.[22][23]
In 2026, Adhyâropa Records expanded to include Adhyâropa UK, a UK-based division of the label dedicated to UK-based artists headed by Rob Cope.
Their coiled snake logo was designed by Emily Hope Price of folk-pop band Pearl and the Beard, a frequent 9 Horses collaborator. "Adhyâropa," in Hinduism, is the superimposition of the imaginary upon the real. The famous example of this was given by Śaṅkara, the pre-eminent philosopher[24] and proponent of Advaita Vedānta, in which a rope on a path is believed to be a snake.[25]
Discography
[edit]| Catalog No.[26] | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| ÂR00001 | Omegah | 9 Horses |
| ÂR00002 | Joe Brent & Sara Caswell EP | Joe Brent & Sara Caswell |
| ÂR00003 | Point of Departure | Joe Brent |
| ÂR00004 | solo. EP | Joe Brent |
| ÂR00005 | The Solomon Diaries Vol. I | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00006 | The Solomon Diaries Vol. II | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00007 | The Solomon Diaries Vol. III | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00009 | Morning Song | Matt Aronoff |
| ÂR00010 | The Jacob Jolliff Band | Jacob Jolliff |
| ÂR00011 | Figures/Broken Pieces | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00012 | Gambit | Ethan Setiawan |
| ÂR00013 | This Entity Makes Music | Nick Rousseau |
| ÂR00014 | soma schema | Joshua Stamper |
| ÂR00015 | Perfectest Herald | 9 Horses |
| ÂR00016 | Emily + Sue | Dana Kaufman |
| ÂR00017 | If Not Now, Who? | Joe K. Walsh |
| ÂR00018 | LCO Live Vol. 1: Mozart Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" | Lowell Chamber Orchestra |
| ÂR00019 | LCO Live Vol. 2: Arnold Friedman Postlude | Lowell Chamber Orchestra |
| ÂR00020 | Alive | Nick Rousseau |
| ÂR00021 | Sauntering towards light | Sean Hannon |
| ÂR00022 | Open the Doors | Hilary Hawke and Claude & Ola |
| ÂR00023 | 5 Movements for Solo Clarinet | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00024 | Time Took Care of It | Danny Fox Trio |
| ÂR00026 | Empathy | Nick Rousseau |
| ÂR00027 | Jared Saltiel | Jared Saltiel |
| ÂR00028 | LCO Live Vol. 3: Émile Bernard Divertissement pour instruments à vent, Op. 36 | Lowell Chamber Orchestra |
| ÂR00029 | Hidden Animals | Ben Krakauer |
| ÂR00030 | LCO Live Vol. 4: Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76 | Lowell Chamber Orchestra |
| ÂR00031 | Imitation | M. Alex Ramírez |
| ÂR00032 | noonmoon | noonmoon |
| ÂR00033 | Darts | Arnie Sainz |
| ÂR00034 | Lyric Pieces | Sarah M. Silverman |
| ÂR00035 | Intimations | Andrew Ryan |
| ÂR00036 | 36 Clarinet Duets | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00037 | With The Changes | Carlin Lee |
| ÂR00038 | George Jackson's Local Trio | George Jackson |
| ÂR00039 | Olivia | Olivia Pérez-Collellmir |
| ÂR00040 | Stars and Constellations | Quinsin Nachoff |
| ÂR00041 | Instrumentals, Vol. 1 | Jacob Jolliff |
| ÂR00042 | The Great Beyond | Nick Rousseau |
| ÂR00043 | Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite | Mr Sun |
| ÂR00044 | EZRA | EZRA |
| ÂR00045 | LCO Live Vol. 5: Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings | Lowell Chamber Orchestra |
| ÂR00046 | Sule Skerry | Hildaland |
| ÂR00047 | Barberia's Delight | Tima Volozh & Marshal Herridge |
| ÂR00048 | Standards on Snare, Mandolin, and Bass Clarinet | Jason Burger, Jacob Jolliff, & Alec Spiegelman |
| ÂR00049 | Cricket Cipher | Air Space |
| ÂR00050 | ECOLOGIES | How to See Know and Fall |
| ÂR00051 | Toy Conscious | Toy Conscious |
| ÂR00052 | It's Not Not A Christmas Album | Ross Holmes and Bobby Hawk |
| ÂR00053 | Dissolve | Richard Nelson |
| ÂR00054 | Letters of Transit | Dean Olsher |
| ÂR00055 | Across the Great Divide, vol. 1 | Ethan Setiawan |
| ÂR00056 | The Lost Summer | Louise Bichan |
| ÂR00057 | Bass Fiddler | Nate Sabat |
| ÂR00058 | REVOLUTIONS | Dan Loomis |
| ÂR00059 | Stronghold | Bobby Hawk |
| ÂR00060 | (after) | Aaron Irwin |
| ÂR00061 | Grassology | Jason Keiser |
| ÂR00067 | Strum | 9 Horses |
| ÂR00070 | Time Slips Away | The By & By |
| ÂR00071 | Lingering | Meg Okura & Kevin Hays |
| ÂR00072 | Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries | Jacob Jolliff |
| ÂR00074 | The Volcano Listening Project | Leif Karlstrom |
| ÂR00075 | Earth's Dark Shore | Cecilia Vacanti |
| ÂR00076 | Orchids | Eli Greenhoe & Hans Bilger |
| ÂR00077 | Live at Studio B | Bombici |
| ÂR00078 | Every Journey | Claire Cope |
| ÂR00079 | Beautalina | Eureka Shoes |
| ÂR00080 | The Wizard & the Voyager | Ethan Setiawan & Mauricio Fiore Salas |
| ÂR00081 | Speaking in Tongues | Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield |
| ÂR00082 | Oneness | Sivan Arbel |
| ÂR00083 | Some Poor Soul Has a Fire | Stan Harrison |
| ÂR00084 | Band of Friends | Band of Friends |
| ÂR00085 | Around the Clock | Daniel Patrick |
| ÂR00086 | I'll See You Again | Max Johnson |
| ÂR00087 | Nebulesque | M. Alex Ramírez |
| ÂR00088 | Mirror Image | Tal Yahalom |
| ÂR00089 | Once Upon A Time In Italy | Francesco Brancato |
| ÂR00090 | A Walk In The Woods | A Walk In The Woods |
| ÂR00091 | Froggy's Demise | EZRA |
| ÂR00092 | Strumming Music | 9 Horses |
| ÂR00093 | Saturn | Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield |
| ÂR00094 | Elevation | Trace & Baerd |
| ÂR00096 | ronsongs | Greg Garrison |
| ÂR00097 | High Horse | High Horse |
| ÂR00098 | Free Fall | Fung Chern Hwei's Fungal Bloom |
| ÂR00099 | Speranza | Scroggins & Rose |
| ÂR00100 | Trust and Love | Joe K. Walsh |
| ÂR00101 | Following Polaris | Atmospheric Trio |
| ÂR00102 | Drunken Heart | Bobby Hawk |
| ÂR00103 | NOMADS | Marcello Zappareddu & Salvatore Maltana |
| ÂR00104 | Third Floor | Marcello Zappareddu |
| ÂR00105 | Every Day I Shit My Pants | The Brullmans |
| ÂR00106 | 恋愛至上主義/Love Suprematism | Alexander Dubovoy |
| ÂR00107 | Put A Poultice on Your Soulstice | Bobby Hawk & Ross Holmes |
| ÂR00108 | 24 Rhythmic Duets for Clarinet | Sam Sadigursky |
| ÂR00109 | The Ground That Holds You As You Fall Forever | David Leach |
| ÂR00110 | Woken Up In Broken Places | Joel Arnow |
| ÂR00111 | Heard by Others II | Lenny Pickett & John Hadfield |
| ÂR00112 | The Lone Wild Bird | Will Holshouser |
| ÂR00113 | Time Traveler | Ofri Nehemya |
| ÂR00114 | The Solomon Diaries Vol. IV | Sam Sadigursky & Nathan Koci |
| ÂR00115 | The Solomon Diaries Vol. V | Sam Sadigursky & Nathan Koci |
| ÂR00116 | TILT | MixaFortuna, Enrico 'Kikko' Sesselego, & Mario Massa |
| ÂR00117 | Cosmic Cliffs | Aaron Shragge |
| ÂR00118 | Chateau LaDeau | Jon LaDeau |
| ÂR00119 | Isaiah | Meg Okura |
| ÂR00120 | Ad Hawk | Bobby Hawk |
| ÂR00121 | Tony's Dream | Melodrum Trio |
| ÂR00122 | Got My Wings | Dan Blake |
| ÂR00124 | Doubles (Session No. 1) | Ross Holmes |
| ÂR00125 | Lift Up This Old World | Hilary Hawke |
| ÂR00126 | In a Sea of Stars | Zoë Aqua |
| ÂR00127 | Drift | Wes Corbett |
| ÂR00128 | Diary of a Fiddler: #2 The Empty Nest | Darol Anger |
| ÂR00129 | Encyclopedia Mandolinnica | Ethan Setiawan |
| ÂR00130 | Mercy | Inbar Fridman |
| ÂR00131 | Impermanence | Yotam Ben-Or |
| ÂR00132 | Aloft | Edward Hamlin |
| ÂR00133 | Together Yet Alone | Bahar Movahed |
| ÂR00134 | One Year Since | Kate & Brendan |
| ÂR00135 | Echoes of the Gomero | Brian Shankar Adler |
| ÂR00136 | Don't Hate the Potate | Alexander Dubovoy |
| ÂR00137 | Doppelhäwker | Bobby Hawk |
| ÂR00139 | Vivendo e Aprendendo | Ian Coury & Isaac Eicher |
| ÂR00140 | Come Here to Me | And Friends |
| ÂR00141 | Center Of The Universe | George Jackson |
| ÂR00142 | It's Never Too Late For A Blues | Salvatore Maltana |
| ÂR00143 | Listen In | Gui Duvignau |
| ÂR00144 | Sertão do Coração | Ian Coury |
| ÂR00145 | Keegan's Fancy | Seán Keegan |
| ÂR00146 | Olhos de Gato | Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield |
| ÂR00147 | Dandi | Dandi |
| ÂR00148 | Holding Pattern | Luba Dvorak |
| ÂR00149 | Doubles (Session No. 2) | Ross Holmes |
| ÂR00150 | Timelines | Cohen Almonte Duo |
| ÂR00151 | Hawktagon Musings | Bobby Hawk |
| ÂR00152 | Fiddle Tunes | Hildaland |
| ÂR00153 | State Fête | Billy Martin + Matt Glassmeyer + Jonathan Goldberger |
| ÂR00154 | The Bells of Basel Sliding | John Hadfield |
| ÂR00155 | once like a spark | Jane Ira Bloom & Brian Shankar Adler |
| ÂR00156 | Few Of A Kind | Few Of A Kind |
| ÂR00157 | more ronsongs | Greg Garrison |
| ÂR00158 | Sextet | Ben Ferrell |
| ÂR00158b | Sonoluminescence | Rafael Chamone |
| ÂR00159 | Jazz Borders | Claudio Bonadè |
| ÂR00160 | Through The Walls | Anna Lowenstein |
| ÂR00161 | Gay All This Time | EmmyJean Jenkins |
| ÂR00162 | The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant | Rebecca Patterson |
| ÂR00163 | Liminal | Elsa Nilsson |
| ÂR00164 | The Good Folk | The Good Folk |
| ÂR00165 | The Bells of Basal Sliding | John Hadfield |
| ÂR00166 | Vi Shturem a Benken: Songs of Longing & Belonging | Reb Tsudek |
| ÂR00167 | Spark | AAron Irwin |
| ÂR00168 | Cabin Songs | Jeremy Bass |
| ÂR00169 | The Volcano Listening Project: data sonifications | Leif Karlstrom |
| ÂR00170 | ContraPunctus | ContraPunctus |
| ÂR00171 | Shatter | Carlin Lee |
| ÂR00173 | Oiseau dans le miroir | Ari Folman-Cohen |
| ÂR00175 | Matt White's Dolly | Matt White |
| ÂR00176 | Songs For The World | Daniel Sky |
| ÂR00177 | Whippersnap | EZRA |
| ÂR00178 | Jolliff Plays Jones | Jacob Jolliff |
| ÂR00179 | Double Course | New Acoustic Collective |
| ÂR00180 | DNA | Terence Collie |
| ÂR00181 | Bye Design | Chris van Voorst van Beest |
| ÂR00182 | Phoenix | Rob Cope |
| ÂR00183 | Church Lane | Jack Pearce |
| ÂR00184 | Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still | Sophie Wellington |
| ÂR00185 | Abandon | Alex Chang |
| ÂR00186 | Signal | Alex Chang |
| ÂR00187 | Idea Guys | Mr Sun |
| ÂR00188 | Tessere | Alla Boara |
| ÂR00189 | Nothing Is Ordinary | Elena Moon Park |
| ÂR00190 | Little Storms | Ethan Setiawan |
| ÂR00191 | The Devil Invites You To Dance | Tara Minton |
| ÂR00192 | The Morning Dark | Hayden Stern |
| ÂR00193 | Slide Vibes | Paolo Ercoli |
| ÂR00194 | Touzle Your Kurchy | Frank London (feat. Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps) |
| ÂR00195 | Boundless Ways To Admire The Moon | Mathias Kunzli |
| ÂR00196 | Routes of Evanescence: Music for Solo Violin and Violin +1 By American Women Composers | Ariana Kim |
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External links
[edit]- Official site, 9 Horses
- Official site, Adhyâropa Records
- American independent record labels
- Jazz record labels
- Folk record labels
- Bluegrass record labels
- Classical music record labels
- World music record labels
- American companies established in 2021
- Record labels established in 2021
- 2021 establishments in New York City
- Companies based in New York City
- Jazz ensembles from New York City
- Chamber music groups