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Guitarist Brian Citro Releases 'Keep Moving (Home)' On Calligram Records
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Calligram Records
Guitarist and composer Brian Citro returns with Keep Moving (Home) (Calligram Records, 2026), his most ambitious recording to date — a fourteen-composition statement that fuses his life as a jazz musician with his parallel career as a human rights lawyer. The album documents Citro's reemergence on the Chicago jazz scene after years spent working abroad, performing Sufi music with Rajasthani musicians in New Delhi, Highlife music with Ghanaians in Accra, and his own music with a trio of Indian jazz ...
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Brian Eaton Returns With A Sprawling Wooden-Hewed Epic ‘Parable Of The Trees’
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Eatin' Records
Brian Eaton has never been one for the path of least resistance, and his eighth studio outing, Parable of the Trees, proves the veteran musician and composer is still chasing the horizon. This new release deftly grafts Americana grit with the intricate architecture of prog-rock, along with his signature “cowboy jazz” mode—a sound as expansive as the high plains. The album is now available across all major digital platforms through his Eatin’ Records imprint. The seven original compositions contained within ...
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Orchestrating Innovation: Brian Urra And The Evolution Of Musical Organizations
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All About Jazz
Step inside Wally’s Café Jazz Club on a brisk Friday night and you’ll feel the pulse—an electric current rewriting Boston’s musical DNA, one bold violin line at a time. It was 2023, and audience members squeezed through the famous red door for a taste of something new and vital: Chilean crossover jazz, surging from beneath Brian Urra’s restless bow. Urra didn’t just play—he ignited. Under his residency, the club’s legendary jam session tradition tangled with South American fire. Jazz lifers ...
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Brian Urra: A Beacon Of Chilean Jazz On The World Stage
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All About Jazz
Acclaimed violinist and composer Brian Urra is poised to take center stage Chile’s UNESCO-supported Jazz por la Paz festival, and a landmark Futura Studio recording, underscoring his standing as a leading figure in crossover jazz. With a career spanning 25 years and awards that include the prestigious Ravinia Bridges Composition Prize, Urra has become a central force wherever he performs, observes Chilean music critic Luciana Garcia. Urra, celebrated not only for his dynamic artistry but also for his innovative crossover ...
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Brian Eaton Mines Emotional Depths With Genre-bending 'Like A Root Out Of Dry Ground'
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Eatin' Records
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Brian Eaton has released his most personal and sonically adventurous album to date, Like a Root out of Dry Ground. The album is now available through his own Eatin’ Records imprint and can be found on all major digital platforms. This genre-defying instrumental work showcases Eaton's unique creativity and has truly taken root in the music world. Known for his fearless approach to musical boundaries, Eaton’s latest offering dives deep into the fertile territory where jazz ...
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Brian Eaton’s 'Trail of Contrition' Brings Jazz Fusion to New Frontiers
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All About Jazz
Portland-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Brian Eaton has unveiled his sixth studio album, Trail of Contrition, available now on Eatin’ Records. This vibrant jazz fusion project stands at the crossroads of diverse American musical traditions, blending elements of jazz, country, bluegrass, folk, rock, rhythm and blues, gospel, and Americana into an adventurous, genre-bending sonic journey. The album’s centerpiece is Eaton’s ambitious cover of the Pat Metheny Group’s “Travels,” the Grammy-winning live track that has captivated audiences since its debut. Paying ...
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Brian Eaton's New Single Covers Pat Metheny Group’s 'Travels'
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Eatin' Records
Brian Eaton’snew 2-track single, Travels, features a cover of the title track from the Pat Metheny Group’s Grammy-winning live album Travels as a tribute to the late Lyle Mays. The musician/producer’s new single, which is out now on Eatin’ Records, also includes the track “Detour Ahead,” Eaton’s version of the timeless jazz standard as the B-side track. The two tracks will be included in a new album due later this year. These ballads, with their melodic lyricism, have a beautiful ...
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Brian Clemens Shines As An Accomplished Arranger In 'Beneath The Blue,' Delivering An Album Of Fun Arrangements With Stellar Musical Support
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All About Jazz
Brian Clemens debuts with Beneath the Blue, an album that not only showcases his prowess as a pianist but also unveils his talent as a promising arranger. From beginning to end, Brian Clemens paints a vivid musical canvas and seamlessly weaves together a tapestry of diverse jazz styles. Although it may seem rather electic to some, “Beneath the Blue" certainly contains a unifying element—an unwavering respect and deep understanding for the classic styles that have defined jazz as a beloved ...
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Trombonist-composer Brian Scarborough Releases 'We Need The Wind,' An Autobiographical Reflection On Rebuilding And Healing As An Artist
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Outside in Music
Brian Scarborough is a standout trombonist who has made a mark for himself both as a performer and composer. With music described as “... simultaneously stimulating and accessible, refreshingly modern and rooted in tradition,” (Chicago Jazz Magazine), Scarborough continues his trend of blending tradition with innovation as he presents his second album as a bandleader, We Need The Wind. Lauded by trombone legend Michael Dease as a recording that “beautifully capture[s]... Scarborough’s attractive tone and vibrant melodic playing,” We Need ...
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Brian Auger: Complete Oblivion Express
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the progressive jazz world of the early 1970s, artists were influenced by one of two primary camps—the fusion abstraction of Miles Davis's electric groups of the late 1960s or the eclectic jazz-rock bands such as the Free Spirits, Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Steely Dan and Soft Machine. Artists who came out of the Miles Davis wing included Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House, Tony Williams Lifetime, John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu, Herbie Hancock's groups and Chick Corea's Forever and ...
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