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Florian Ross Octet: Tunes & Explorations
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I love jazz octets. More than any other ensemble configuration, an octet shows off an arranger's stuff. Unlike a big band, an octet is fully exposed, with individual instruments coming and going rather than full sections broken into chords. In many ways, octets are little big bands—the skeletal version. As a listener, you get to hear the busy shifts of a chart more vividly than a big band's brass and horn sections. Because they're exposed, octet arrangements either sound great ...
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San Francisco Bay Area Guitarist/Composer George Cotsirilos Deepens His Explorations With New Quartet Date 'Refuge,' Due May 20 On Oa2 Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
George Cotsirilos pushes into new frontiers with the May 20 release of Refuge (OA2). The guitarist and composer’s follow-up to his acclaimed 2018 album Mostly in Blue again features his quartet—pianist Keith Saunders, bassist Robb Fisher, and drummer Ron Marabuto—but repositions them both in pursuit of new challenges and, if anything, even more “in blue.” Cotsirilos added piano to his longtime trio in 2018, hoping to express the denser harmonies he was hearing in his writing. The success of the ...
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Saxophonist Benjamin Boone Broadens His Explorations Of Poetry & Jazz With "The Poets Are Gathering," Due Oct. 16 From Origin Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Benjamin Boone takes his fascination with the merger of poetry and jazz to stunning new heights on The Poets Are Gathering, set for an October 16 release on Origin Records. True to its title, the album finds the saxophonist-composer assembling a large group of acclaimed American poets—11 in all, including Tyehimba Jess (Pulitzer Prize), Patricia Smith (LA Times Book Award/National Slam Poetry Champion), Juan Felipe Herrera (U.S. Poet Laureate), and Edward Hirsch (MacArthur)—intertwining their work with that of 20 musicians, ...
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Divergent Streams: Reflections and Explorations of the Modern Music Industry
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HypeBot
This is the preface for Divergent Streams, a collection of essays edited by Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm) and written by influential executives, startup founders, and thinkers in the music industry. Download a free copy of the e-book here. I wanted something to read. Something that challenged me. Something that engaged me. Something that forced me to sit down and consider the writer's perspective. What I found instead were news stories about trivial developments, blog posts with big headlines but small insights, and numbered ...
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Chick Corea/ Eddie Gomez/ Paul Motian - Further Explorations (2012)
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Something Else!
It's yet another tribute to the singular artistry of Bill Evans, but this one has a special plot line: the drummer played for Evans in one era and the bassist played for him in another era. While the pianist, naturally, was never a part of an Evans ensemble, he has over several decades built a wide-ranging oeuvre that contained many brilliant moments, all while arguably attaining the stature of Evans. Further Explorations is a sprawling, career-spanning retrospective of music composed ...
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Cindy Blackman and Explorations Live at the Jazz Standard/NYC August 17th and 18th, 2010
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Two for the Show Media
Drummer, Bandleader, & Recording Artist, Cindy Blackman will be performing with her Group, Explorations at The Jazz Standard in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday August 17th and 18th, 2010.
Set Times are 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
Cindy Blackman's ExplorationsAntoine Roney--tenor saxophone Marc Cary--keyboards Zaccai Curtis--keyboards Rashaan Carter--bass Cindy Blackman--drums
Yes, Cindy Blackman is a great drummer--just ask Pharaoh Sanders, Sam Rivers, Lenny Kravitz, or Joss Stone, to name but a few of the ...
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Mazz Swift (Violin) and Ben Tyree (Acoustic Guitar) Bring Daring and Adventurous Sonic Explorations to Rose Live Music -- Thursday, April 22nd. @ 9PM
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Michael Ricci
Out of the primordial stew that is Burnt Sugar comes the inevitable string & noise duo: violinist/vocalist Mazz Swift and guitarist Ben Tyree plan to pull out all the stops with their fiery brand of virtuosic and heavily improvised avant-chamber jazz. On Thursday, April 22nd at 9pm, Swift and Tyree will present MazzMuse (feat. Ben Tyree) at Rose Live Music (345 Grand St - btwn Havemeyer & Marcy - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY). At the age of 12, violinist and singer ...
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Cindy Blackman Explorations - Live at the Zinc Bar 1/26-27/2010
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Two for the Show Media
Drummer, Bandleader, & Recording Artist, Cindy Blackman will be performing with her Group, Explorations at The Zinc Bar in New York on January 26th & 27th, 2010. Cindy Blackman Explorations Antoine Roney- saxes Rashaan Carter- bass Zaccai Curris- fender Rhodes Marc Cary - synth Cindy Blackman - drums Cindy Blackman is one of the most creative and versatile drummers on the scene - a complete musician who can shift effortlessly ...
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Cindy Blackman's Explorations at the Jazz Standard
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Two for the Show Media
Drummer, Bandleader, & Recording Artist, Cindy Blackman will be performing with her Group, Explorations at The Jazz Standard in New York on Friday and Saturday February 6th and 7th, 2009. Set Times are 7:30 PM, 9:30 PM, & 11:30PM Cindy Blackman’s Explorations Antoine Roney - tenor & soprano saxophone
Zaccai Curtis - piano
Rashaan Carter - bass
Cindy Blackman – drums Cindy Blackman is one of the most creative and versatile ...
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Arturo O'Farrill y Riza Negra - Explorations in Latin Jazz Every First Tuesday of the month at Cornelia St. Cafe
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All About Jazz
September 26, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St. “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 Arturo O'Farrill y Riza Negra - Explorations in Latin Jazz Every First ...
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