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Oceans Of Birds, the debut album from Jazz-Americana duo Max Hatt / Edda Glass is out now via NewSong Recordings. Of their music Pat Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense) says, “I was mesmerized from the first moment I heard them. They have the ability to create a deep sonic landscape with songs that possess a mysterious and soulful magic.” You can download the record here: bit.ly/ocean-of-birds-itunes. 

To celebrate the release, the Sante Fe-based duo will tour nationwide this summer with shows in New York, Baltimore, Chicago, Burlington, etc. See below for a full list of U.S. tour dates. 

Recently, The Huffington Post premiered their single “Wanted,” while Relix premiered the official music video for “Crossing Over.” Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/1S8Il0O. 

Ocean Of Birds was produced and mixed by Sansone and Josh Shapera (Liam Hayes, The Autumn Defense) with Gar Ragland (Arthur Alligood, Chris Velan) and was recorded at Asheville, North Carolina’s Echo Mountain Recording Studios. Of the album Hatt says, “The amazing [part] about the making of Ocean of Birds is that we all found each other. That Pat Sansone heard and dug our compositions. I think its a testament to the power of music to find an audience, if it can be heard. And in the process we all created a unique hybrid that bridges the gap between jazz harmony, literate lyrics and people’s ears. Pat was a big part of that.” Glass adds, “We want to write about a world both intimate and vast, about little people on Great Plains.” 

After playing Bossa Nova in Montana for ten years, Max Hatt / Edda Glass emerged with their original music for a grand prize win at the 2014 NewSong Competition, held at Lincoln Center in New York City. “Max Hatt / Edda Glass often defied categorization,” said Gar Ragland, the contest’s director, calling them, “arguably the most distinctive finalist act let alone winner we’ve ever had.” Last winter, they played at the 2015 Sundance Film Fest, where ASCAP’s Playback Magazine described their sets as “mesmerizing cinematic folk jazz.”

Glass got her start singing Bossa Nova in Montana—as she likes to say, “There’s something poignant about singing Girl from Ipanema when it’s negative forty out.” Hatt grew up in the Chicago-land area, studying jazz guitar in Indiana University’s David Baker program, Michigan State and in classes led by Pat Metheny, Julian Lage and Lee Ritenour.

For more information, please contact Mary Moyer, Cami Opere, Louis D’Adamio or Carla Sacks at 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co.

OCEAN OF BIRDS TRACK LIST
1. Crossing Over 
2. Hymn 
3. No More Tattoos 
4. Room To Room 
5. Tiger Eyes 
6. Ocean Of Birds (in a field of sky) 
7. Wanted 
8. O Que Será?* (À Flor da Pele)

MAX HATT / EDDA GLASS LIVE 

May 20 /// Baltimore, MD /// Cabaret at Germano’s
May 22 /// New York, NY /// Club Bonafide 
May 24 /// New York, NY /// Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
May 26 /// Southbridge, MA /// Starlite Art Gallery & Performance Space
May 28 /// Campton, NH /// Mad River Coffee Roasters 
Performance Series
May 31 /// Newburyport, MA /// Evolvement Radio
June 4 /// Burlington, VT /// Burlington Discover Jazz Fest  
June 8 /// Livonia, MI /// Trinity House Theatre 
June 10 /// Chicago, IL /// Uncommon Ground