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"Team & Variations," 2nd CD By Guitarist/Composer Isaac Darche, Due April 14 From Challenge Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 12, 2015

In the nearly ten years that guitarist Isaac Darche has called New York home, the San Francisco Bay Area native has found opportunities to work with many rising jazz stars and to pursue his own muse. He’s emerged as a rising star himself and is now following up on the 2012 release of his well-received debut Boom-Baptism with Team & Variations, to be released by the Dutch-based Challenge Records label on April 14. Darche’s fluid, warm-toned style reflects the classic ...
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BJURecords To Release Boom-Bap!tism From Guitarist Isaac Darche

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 15, 2012

BOOM-BAP!TISM features: Isaac Darch (guitar, compositions) Sean Wayland (Hammond B3, compositions) Mark Ferber (drums) A great sense of excitement and joy permeates the music on Boom-Bap!tism (BJURecords, May 15), the sophomore CD release from guitarist/composer Isaac Darche, featuring Darche on guitar, Sean Wayland on Hammond B3, and the ubiquitous Mark Ferber on drums. “I think the mojo, or the special sauce, of this session was excitement. Sean, Mark and I were just really going ...
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Isaac Allen Releases "Don't Smoke"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions
May 12, 2011

It is hard to keep in mind that Mr. Isaac Allen is only twenty-four years young when listening to the tracks of heartache, addiction, death row, and back alleys that compose his brilliantly honest debut—Don't Smoke. Don't Smoke shows Allen's lyrical talents, melding of jazz and blues in day when artists of this type are teetering on the brink of extinction; however, he isn't simply recreating what past greats have done; instead, like the singer-songwriter giants before him, Isaac Allen ...
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Isaac Byrd, Jr. & Tribe Judah deliver soulful depth and evocative tunefulness on new CD "Beginnings"

Source: Lauren Rogers
April 13, 2011

His new album with Tribe Judah may be called Beginnings, but trumpet player Isaac Byrd, Jr. certainly doesn't sound like a beginner. The soulful depth and evocative tunefulness of the record leaves the fingerprints of an established, boldly confident musician, one who knows quite well how to express his innermost emotions through his instrument. While many instrumental albums are merely exercises in technical expertise, Beginnings is a collection of moods. Byrd is a storyteller without words, conjuring vivid imagery through ...
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Isaac Hayes Highway Renaming Ceremony

Source: Stax Museum of American Soul Music
August 16, 2010

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Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes 'For Lovers' CDs out on Dec. 22

Source: conqueroo
November 20, 2009

Two discs feature the artists' greatest love songs, just in time for Christmas,New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Concord Music Group's For Lovers series will continue on December 22, 2009 with CDs from both Ray Charles and Isaac Hayes, featuring each artist's greatest love songs. Previously, Concord has issued For Lovers albums by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Rosemary Clooney, Wes Montgomery and Mel Torm ...
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Isaac Hayes' "Shaft" Soundtrack Gets Deluxe Reissue from Stax

Source: conqueroo
September 29, 2009

Pivotal 1971 soundtrack was one of soul music’s best sellers of all time and earned Isaac Hayes a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In 1971, the song was everywhere. “Who is the man who would risk his neck for his brother man?” Shaft? Damn right. Isaac Hayes’ Shaft soundtrack album became a #1 album on both the pop and R&B charts — and remained on the charts for a jaw-dropping 60 weeks. The first soul soundtrack ...
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Isaac Hayes' 'Hot Buttered Soul' Album Reissued on Stax with Bonus Tracks, Digital Remastering

Source: conqueroo
May 28, 2009

Four-song long-player ushered in the era of album-oriented soul with hits “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Walk On By.” Reissue contains notes by Jim James of My Morning Jacket.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Until Isaac Hayes released Hot Buttered Soul in 1969, soul music had been a singles-oriented genre. Best known as the partner of David Porter in writing such Stax hits as “Hold On! I’m Coming,” “Soul Man” and “B-A-B-Y” among others, Hayes, along with Marvin ...
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Isaac Turienzo in Concert

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2009

On Thursday February 26, the Cultural Center of Spain (CCE Miami) brings a unique opportunity to enjoy the best of Spanish jazz with the concert of Isaac Turienzo tro, a true treat for jazz lovers, part of the Beyond CCE program.

Turienzo has been highlighted by the Spanish SGAE as one of the most important Spanish jazz musicians of the Nineties and has been present in practically all of the best jazz festivals, theaters and jazz houses in the World, ...
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Isaac Hayes' "Black Moses" and "Juicy Fruit" Albums Reissued on CD

Source: conqueroo
January 10, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Isaac Hayes’ epic 1971 album Black Moses, which captured the artist at the peak of his popularity, will be reissued on Stax Records on February 24, 2009. The release is a complete replication of the original Black Moses package, folding out into a cross-shaped image of the artist. The album was re-mastered from the original tapes. New liner notes are by Rob Bowman, the Grammy Award-winning Stax scholar and author of Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of ...
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