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Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Feat. Lara St. John At Joe's Pub Saturday, March 9, 2024
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Robert C. Ford
On March 9th at 7pm (doors open 6pm), Joe's Pub and Composers Concordance present “Vivaldi's Hot House." This composition by Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) is a starting point for this eclectic event with violin doyenne Lara St. John and Pritsker's ensemble Sound Liberation. The concert will feature a genre defying repertoire of music inspired by various composers from the past including Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mozart, reinterpreted with jazz, metal, hip-hop, etc. Featured singers include soprano Adriana Valdes, baritone ...
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Critically-Acclaimed Classical Pianist And Steinway & Sons Recording Artist Lara Downes Provides A Different Take On The Music Of Billie Holiday
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Muse Media
When classical pianist Lara Downes was 8 years old, she wrote in her diary that her favorite song was Billie Holiday’s “I Cover the Waterfront." Ever since, says Downes, she has been enthralled with “the distinctive qualities of mood and phrasing, line and color” heard in Holiday’s singing. Now, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Billie Holiday’s birth, Lara Downes offers A Billie Holiday Songbook, a deeply personal tribute to an icon of American music (Steinway & Sons Records) ...
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Declaration of a New Alternative: No Pop
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HypeBot
By Toronto music blogger/reviewer The Lonely Vagabond. In the digital age, in the age of social media, in an age where the music business model has virtually disappeared, the silos between eras and genres no longer exist. Commercial and non-commercial is the new paradigm. In a brief moment of inspiration I coined a new term, No Pop. “No Pop (noun) - short for Not Popular. Meaning anti-commercial, non-chart-friendly, also inferring there is no expiration date on music nor is it limited ...
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Clara Ponty Releases New Vocal Album "Into The Light"
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Air MTM
Clara Ponty releases new vocal album Into The Light-a collection of twelve original compositions with tracks featuring Jean Luc Ponty and Nigel Kennedy Acclaimed songwriter, pianist and vocalist Clara Ponty releases Into The Light on May 7th 2012, co-produced by Stuart Bruce (Stevie Wonder, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Yes, Kate Bush) and featuring guest appearances from her father, jazz violin pioneer Jean Luc Ponty, experimental cellist Vincent Segal and maverick composer and showman violinist Nigel Kennedy. Musically, the album touches ...
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Guitarist Kyle Walz Exhilarates With Collection Of Jazz And R&B Covers
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Graham Taylor
There is a double meaning in the title of guitarist Kyle Walz's latest album, Lifted Standards. On one hand, it's a reference to the fact that the record is a collection of covers; in other words, these songs are 'lifted' from other artists. But in a subjective sense the music can really lift the spirits. Until spring rolls along, Lifted Standards delivers exhilarating waves of pure sunshine, much of it beaming from Walz's incandescent playing. Walz looks not only to ...
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Matthew Shipp Enters His Second Decade with the Exhilarating Trio Release “Elastic Aspects” Feb 2012
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Chris Rich
"Subversive," “cantankerous," “pugilistic" are words that have been used to describe Matthew Shipp but in reality he is proudly paradoxical, confounding the listener with exhilarating leaps from traditional to parts unknown. Striking a singular path at once ultra modern yet embedded in deep historic musical roots, Shipp's presentation is both organic and science fiction. He wears his genius well. Coming off the live release Art of the Improviser, which has been noted as a hallmark release in an already highly ...
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JC Stylles - Exhilaration and Other States (Motema, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
On his web site, guitarist JC Stylles fashions himself as “the keeper of the flame of jazz guitar that swings, grooves & just plain makes you feel good." He actually succeeds quite well in fulfilling that lofty goal, leading a strong organ trio that wouldn't have sounded out of place during the heyday of Brother Jack McDuff and Grant Green. He is joined by the excellent Hammond B3 organ player Pat Bianchi and the tasteful and unobtrusive drummer Laurence Leathers. ...
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Enter the "JC Stylles - Exhilaration and Other States" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
JC Stylles Debuts With "Exhilaration and Other States" on July 12
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GoMedia PR
Guitarist's New Motema Music CD Features Burning B-3 Trio with Pat Bianchi and Drummer Lawrence Leathers Guitarist JC Stylles, whose Motema debut Exhilaration & Other States will be released on July 12, is that rare artist who knows how to fire up a crowd with some relentless swing, cool them out with a relaxed groove or a beautiful ballad, and then reignite the blaze with a burning tempo that only a full-fledged master instrumentalist could conjure. Veteran jazz guitarist Rodney ...
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Australian group Topology is "exhilaratingly unpredictable" in blend of contemporary classical music and jazz
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Lauren Rogers
The Australian band Topology ventures into the twilight zone between contemporary classical music and jazz. On their latest album Difference Engine, Topology experiment with moods, sounds, and rhythms; nothing ever quite stays the same or functions within patterns. At the same time, there is a surface beauty to their compositions that is easily accessible even when their songs are being twisted into knots. Despite the classical tag, Topology are nearly unclassifiable; they may use classical instrumentation, and their jazz inspirations ...
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