Faculty artist Michael Formanek’s third CD release on ECM Records, The Distance, will be released on Friday, February 12, and is now available for pre-order through iTunes and Amazon. The CD features Mr. Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus performing his own original compositions. In anticipation of this upcoming release, the ensemble, which includes Mr. Formanek, will perform in New York at the 2016 Winter Jazzfest at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium at 6:00 pm on Saturday, January 16, and in Baltimore at Creative Alliance on Friday, January 22 at 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm.