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“dumbass’ started with one line: “Your fear of looking stupid is holding you back.”

It’s hard to believe that a 15-year-old artist who, at age 9, would sing to anyone and everyone who would listen (and many who wouldn’t) at boutiques, farmers’ markets, and any public gathering, would have the insight to create an entire song around this line. But GAYLE, who moved to Nashville at 12 and immediately became immersed in the city’s legendary songwriting scene, kept hearing that she needed to dig deeper and to make her songs more personal — that THAT was the way to connect with listeners.

“Cut the crap, stop being scared, and be vulnerable,” she remembers as her marching orders in songwriting sessions. And the result is a collection of honest, uninhibited songs that connect with and speak to listeners on a profound, sometimes uncomfortable, level.

“When I put my part of my soul in a song and someone allows it to reach theirs, the goal is for us to have soul sex — it’s intimate, vulnerable, and true.”

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn't get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless. He lived as ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn't get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless. He lived as ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn't get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless. He lived as ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn't get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless. He lived as ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn\'t get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless... Read more.

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"Getting Sentimental," Debut Recording By Chicago Jazz Vocalist Gayle Kolb, Set For August 31 Release By Jerujazz Records

"Getting Sentimental," Debut Recording By Chicago Jazz Vocalist Gayle Kolb, Set For August 31 Release By Jerujazz Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

With the August 31 release of her debut recording Getting Sentimental, Chicago’s Gayle Kolb makes a triumphant statement in song after a stretch of years away from music. Produced and arranged by acclaimed Chicago bassist Dennis Carroll for JeruJazz Records, the album reveals Kolb’s metamorphosis from a former nightclub headliner in jny: Los Angeles, jny: Las Vegas, and her hometown of jny: Chicago into a compelling jazz artist in full command of her material and her gift. Kolb will showcase ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn\'t get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless... Read more.

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn\'t get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless... Read more.

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Happy Note Records Sampler 2016 Compilation Album Feat. Vinnie Colaiuta, Sam Riney, Warren Gayle, Tony Newton & Others

Happy Note Records Sampler 2016 Compilation Album Feat. Vinnie Colaiuta, Sam Riney, Warren Gayle, Tony Newton & Others

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Charles Xavier, aka “The Xman,” is a visionary producer, composer, electronic musician and percussionist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a work ethic matched only by his creative madness, Xavier is releasing his sixth full-length album, Happy Note Records Sampler 2016, on October 14, 2016. This powerful new compilation spans 20 plus years of The Xman’s releases, featuring contributions from Satori, The Messengers, and genres including Jazz, Electronic, New Age and Ambient music. In the past 30 years, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Gayle

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Gayle's birthday today!

Charles Gayle blew down with hurricane force- the pun is too obvious- out of Buffalo. He drifted in and out of the first great free jazz scenes of the Sixties, playing with Pharoah, Archie Shepp, and other trailblazers. But he says now that his sound then was even more fiery and forceful than it is now, and he couldn\'t get a recording date. He drifted. He became homeless... Read more.

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