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'El Trio - Live In Italy' with John Beasley, José Armando Gola, Horacio El Negro Hernández available on January 19, 2024 on Challenge Records
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Vivo Musique Internationale
El Trio Live in Italy featuring John Beasley on piano, José Armando Gola on double bass and Horacio El Negro Hernández on drums. “El Trio touring in Italy in the summer of 2022 is about ‘eat, music, love’.” Three friends on stage letting the music play them. “To our godfather Chucho Valdés who has inspired each of us, given us a helping hand along the way, and put us up on stage alongside him. We are eternally grateful.” Street Date: ...
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Jose Castro, Leading Mexican Music Producer And Composer, Now A Leading Force In The Music And Video Game Industries
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All About Jazz
In a world where music and gaming converge, one artist has emerged as the top of the field. Jose Castro, the multi-faceted music producer, engineer, and composer from Mexico has cemented his position in the music and video game industries in Mexico and the United States. The most famous Mexican musician to make his mark on the video game industry, Castro’s astounding array of achievements, his ability to fuse modern jazz with world music, and his ability to make magic ...
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Mexican Composer And Producer Jose Castro Is Set To Make Waves In The United States
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All About Jazz
In an exciting development that will undoubtedly reverberate through the music and video game industries, Mexican composer and music producer Jose Castro is poised to make a resounding impact on the music and video game industries in the United States, having accepted leading positions at some of the industry’s most-recognized production companies, including Silver Gun Records, Cortes Productions, Bears & Guts, Piecrust Studios, and internationally-recognized music producer Nico Farias. For years, Castro has been steadily adding achievements to his resume ...
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Anthony Joseph At The Old Church in London on July 22
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Deirdre
The Old Church is excited to announce that they are welcoming poet Anthony Joseph to perform in their space Thursday 22 July at 8 PM. Anthony is an author, poet and musician, and he will be reading from his most recent novel The Frequency of Magic, accompanied by some of the UK's finest musicians. He will create an enthralling performance of spoken word and improvised jazz. “Trini to the core, with fantastic riffs, nothing quite like it: the characters wondering ...
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Saxophonist Joseph Herbst Blends Speech And Song To Highlight The Intersectionality Of Environmental And Social Justice With 'This Is Our Environment'
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Outside in Music
Joseph Herbst is a saxophonist and composer, but more than that, he is an activist who uses his artistry to speak up alongside the people, places, and causes whose voices are often overlooked. This Is Our Environment, Herbst’s debut album, uses this artistry to do exactly that as, via through-composed sextet music rooted in jazz elements and master-crafted spoken word poetry, he weaves a tapestry of musical allegories, stories, and images that champion the causes of environmental and social justice ...
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Michael Joseph Harris Releases New Albums Showcasing Contemporary And Traditional Gypsy Jazz
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The Phillips Agency
Inspired by the legendary Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), Baltimore guitarist and bandleader Michael Joseph Harris leads two Gypsy jazz bands. Comprised of the same core members, both are releasing their fourth albums in North America and Europe in 2020 on the Swing Underground label. With the help of numerous guest artists, they are busting the boundaries of the genre. A respected ambassador of traditional Gypsy jazz, Harris founded the popular Hot Club of Baltimore in 2012. Two years later he added ...
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Eddie Gale, San Jose’s Ambassador Of Jazz And A Noted Jazz Educator, Succumbs To Cancer At Age 78
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Joann Stevens
Eddie Gale, the pioneering Brooklyn-born jazz trumpeter who began his career as a sideman with legendary jazz artists such as Sun Ra, Larry Young, and Cecil Taylor before forging his path as a band leader on Blue Note Records and a performer and music educator on the East and West Coasts, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020. Gale was 78. He’d resided in San Jose since 1972. In 1974, San Jose Mayor Norman Y. Mineta named him “San Jose’s Ambassador ...
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José Feliciano in 10 Tracks
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
About 80% of José Feliciano's music was recorded in Spanish. The 20% that's in English were pop covers that he routinely aced. His version of the Doors' Light My Fire reached No. 3 on Billboard's pop chart in 1968 (the Doors' hit No. 1 in '67) and is arguably on par with the original. And José's version of Stevie Wonder's Golden Lady in 1975 was a dance hit. [Photo above of José Feliciano courtesy of YouTube] It's Friday, so here ...
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Bassist Joseph Patrick Moore releases Nevada Sun on Blue Canoe Records
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Karen Frieske
Joseph Patrick Moore updates the catalog with his 12th solo release, Nevada Sun. Two years in the making, Mr. Moore has teamed up with...well, himself...to produce just right album at exactly the right time. He produced the album and plays every instrument himself while, per his usual modus operandi, spanning genres from smooth jazz to Persian groove...from pop to funk and even a reggae-tinged number. For nearly two decades Joseph Patrick Moore has been touring, recording, and establishing himself as ...
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Vocalist Tiffany Austin Announces Summer Shows In NYC, San Francisco, San Jose
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Raves began pouring in upon the release of jazz singer Tiffany Austin’s debut CD, Nothing But Soul, on her own Con Alma Music label last summer. Yoshi Kato gave the disc four stars in his glowing DownBeat review. Kevin Whitehead called her “a vocalist to keep an ear on” during his radio review for NPR’s Fresh Air. “She’s magnetic on stage, always finding fresh insights on the American songbook, and yet always in touch with the singers and traditions who’ve ...
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