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Now Available: 'Rhombus' On Smoke Sessions Records By Today's Leading Jazz Organ Trio: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein And Bill Stewart
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AMT Public Relations
Organist Larry Goldings, Guitarist Peter Bernstein, and Drummer Bill Stewart Reconvene Their Celebrated Trio for Rhombus, out August 7, 2026 (Smoke Sessions Records) Marking 35 years of History with Distinctive Music by Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Abdullah Ibrahim, Monk, and Irving Berlin, along with memorable originals Album Release Shows at Smoke Jazz Club in New York City, August 19-23, 2026 When they first took the stage at Augie’s Jazz Bar, organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart ...
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Pete Roth Trio Feat. Bill Bruford To Release New Live CD/DVD 'Group Chat' on September 18, 2026
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
The Pete Roth Trio return with Group Chat, a striking new CD/DVD release that captures the spontaneity, interplay and fearless musical conversation at the heart of this exceptional band. Led by guitarist Pete Roth, alongside bassist Mike Pratt and legendary drummer Bill Bruford, Group Chat is Roth’s third major album and a release of particular significance, marking Bruford’s eagerly awaited return to headline performance after a 13-year hiatus, as well as his first appearance on new material in 19 years. ...
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'Everybody Digs Bill Evans' Film by Director Grant Gee Debuts at the Berlin International Film Festival
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All About Jazz
New York, June 1961. Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bassist Scott LaFaro, his musical soulmate. A residency at New York’s Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one day. Only a few days later, LaFaro dies tragically in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing for the first time since his childhood. This is the story ...
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Simplify Your Approach To Improvisation - A practical 10-step guide for all instrumentalists by Bill McBirnie
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Simplify Your Approach to Improvisation! (A practical 10-step guide for all instrumentalists) is now available, in paperback format, at all Amazon websites. Building on his previous publication (The Technique and Theory of Improvisation), Bill McBirnie's new book is a concise, comprehensive, and organized 10-step guide to understanding any chart or lead sheet. This fundamental skill is essential in learning to improvise on any tune with confidence and fluency. This book presents the necessary theory, the 10 basic steps, and then ...
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Jazz Pianist Bill Anschell Releases Debut Book Of Stories From 40 Years In And Out Of The Trenches
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Mr. P.C.
What happens when a jazz pianist spends his career bouncing between high-profile concert halls, hellish wedding gigs, major festivals, cruise ship disasters, recording dates, and insane jam sessions? Bill Anschell turns it all into comic gold. His debut book, Benched, released on November 25th, offers satirical stories that pull back the curtain on the absurd realities of jazz life. Drawing on four decades as a working musician, Anschell finds humor in the venues, audiences, industry, and artists that make up ...
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Announcing Smoke Jazz Club's Line-up Of Shows In November 2025 Including The Billy Hart Quartet’s New Album Celebration, Pianists Joey Alexander And Bill Charlap, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for November 2025. The NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart celebrates his Quartet’s first live recording Multidirectional in a three-night album release celebration during Thanksgiving weekend. Across consecutive weeks, SMOKE presents two highly regarded pianists spanning the spectrum from rising voices to time-honored masters: the precocious 22-year-old Joey Alexander followed by veteran Bill Charlap. Other highlights this month include the return of ...
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Bill Evans: 'Moon Beams' and 'Interplay' (1962)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In April, May, June and July of 1962, pianist Bill Evans was ferociously busy in recording studios. Ten months earlier, his first working trio was at its peak, recording in exquisite form at New York's Village Vanguard. The three musicians had realized Evans's dream of playing conversationally—each member playing off the other two as equals rather than the piano taking the lead with the bass and drums merely playing supportive roles. At the Vanguard, the bassist was Scott LaFaro and ...
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Andrea Brachfeld New Release 'Walking The Bar' Features Bill O'connell, Harvie S, Jason Tiemann
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Welcome to Andrea Brachfeld’s latest single project, Walking the Bar featuring the members of her band, Insight, with Bill O'Connell on piano, Harvie S on bass, and Jason Tiemann on the drums. This single was recorded in January of 2024 at Trading 8’s studio in Paramus, New Jersey. The story behind the creation of this composition is described by Andrea: I was at a bar and started to hear some music in my head. When I got home I wrote ...
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YouTubers Dig Bill Evans (Guitarists)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I love watching videos of musicians covering songs made famous by jazz legends. I've posted quite a few of these as part of my YouTubers Dig series. Today, I thought I'd share 10 clips with you of guitarists covering songs recorded by Bill Evans: Here's Waltz for Debby... Here's Two Lonely People... Here's Time Remembered... Here's Interplay... Here's Peace Piece... Here's How My Heart Sings... Here's Israel... Here's Turn Out the Stars... Here's Laurie... And here's Little Lulu... Bonus: If ...
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Perfection: Bill Evans - Reflections in D
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1953, Duke Ellington recorded a solo piano piece that was lush, dreamy and introspective. The song was composed in the key of D, and Ellington called it Reflections in D. Ten years later, dancer Alvin Ailey choreographed an expressive modern dance for a solitary dancer set to the Ellington ballad. Ailey created the brief dance as an interlude to hold the audience's attention as the company's other dancers changed costumes between ballets. In early 1978, pianist Bill Evans decided ...
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