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Laurie Antonioli's 7th Album, "The Constant Passage Of Time," To Be Released By Origin Records April 12.

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 15, 2019

Vocalist Laurie Antonioli highlights her gifts as a collaborator and interpreter on The Constant Passage of Time, her seventh album, due April 12 on Origin Records. Joined by her longtime working band American Dreams (with multi-reedist Sheldon Brown, guitarist Dave MacNab, pianist Matt Clark, drummer Jason Lewis, and newest member Dan Feiszli on bass), Antonioli takes on singer/songwriters Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young, as well as featuring her own work as a lyricist with celebrated jazz composers Johannes ...
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"Unreleased Art Pepper Vol. 10: Toronto" To Be Released By Laurie Pepper's Widow's Taste Label November 2

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 27, 2018

In 1977, Art Pepper’s jazz comeback had been moving along pretty quietly, and he was still playing bar mitzvahs and weddings, when producer John Snyder helped engineer the alto saxophonist’s first tour outside California. With soul ablaze, with his defiant wit, and with the musical mastery he’d honed throughout his reckless life, Pepper took his first step onto the world stage at Toronto’s Bourbon Street nightclub on June 16, 1977. That night’s triumphant performances are documented in the new Widow’s ...
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"Art Pepper & Warne Marsh," Vol. 9 Of The Critically Acclaimed "Unreleased Art" Series, To Be Released By Laurie Pepper's Widow's Taste Label On November 11

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
October 10, 2016

On April 26, 1974, two wildly gifted and very different artists, Art Pepper and Warne Marsh, met again, for the first time in 17 years, by accident, on the stage at Donte’s in North Hollywood, because Jack Sheldon had to cancel. It must have made for an unforgettable night for those who found themselves sitting in the legendary club and listening to two cult heroes, two profoundly great musicians, playing for the audience and each other—out of the lives they’d ...
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Laurie Antonioli's "Varuna," A Duo Session With Pianist Richie Beirach, To Be Released By Origin Records Sept. 18

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 26, 2015

Since returning to her native Bay Area in 2006 from a period of living and working in Europe, vocalist Laurie Antonioli has concentrated her creative energies on her American Dreams band, which backed her on last year’s breakthrough Origin Records release Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light. For her new Origin CD, Varuna, Antonioli returns to an important chapter in her musical life by recording intimate sessions with her collaborator of more than 25 years, the esteemed pianist Richie Beirach. ...
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Laurie Pepper: The Tampa Story

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 20, 2015

Art Pepper recorded two albums on the Tampa label—The Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper in August 1956 and The Art Pepper Quartet in November of that year. Tampa was founded in Los Angeles in 1955 by Robert Scherman, who previously had been president of Atlas Records (1944-1948), head of Webster Records (1949-1950), head of A&R at King Records before starting the Skylark R&B label in 1951. Tampa was sold off in 1960. Yesterday I received an email from Laurie ...
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Art Pepper: Laurie's Perspective

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 13, 2014

It's impossible to explain neatly why so many brilliant musicians (and actors and artists) use drugs. In some cases, they are self-medicating, hoping to overcome depression and other mental health issues without having to take debilitating prescription drugs. In other cases, they take drugs with hopes of getting into a zone where they can suspend their mind and create freely. And then there are those who aren't confident enough on stage or need drugs to pump up their energy level ...
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Laurie Antonioli Sings The Music Of Joni Mitchell On Her New Origin CD, Due August 19

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
July 2, 2014

Vocalist Laurie Antonioli delivers the most personal and soul-baring statement of her esteemed career with the release, on August 19, of Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light: The Music of Joni Mitchell. The CD, her first for the Origin label, finds the acclaimed Bay Area jazz singer returning with obvious passion and inspiration to her earliest musical influence. “Joni’s music is such a part of me, it’s like a second skin,” says Antonioli. “So is jazz, of course, but this ...
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Laurie Pepper's Memoir, "ART: Why I Stuck With A Junkie Jazzman," To Be Published May 16

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 5, 2014

Art Pepper told his sexy, sordid, and exciting true adventure stories to his lover, Laurie, who put them in a book. She quizzed him (and those who knew him) unrelentingly over seven years, editing and structuring a narrative to which she dedicated all her energy. Straight Life by Art and Laurie Pepper (Da Capo) was published in 1979. It was a critical success and remains a classic of its kind, the subject of college literary and music studies. Laurie went ...
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See The Music Of Laurie Antonioli and Richie Beirach

Source: Laurie Antonioli
January 12, 2014

A short improvisational piece from master pianist Richie Beirach and song stylist Laurie Antonioli taken from their Duo Session recording is a gorgeous series of brush strokes and images that capture the feeling and sound of this song. Laurie is the Director of the Jazzschool Institute Vocal program and her student, Susana Pineda created this video as a gift for her teacher. It turns out that her intuition was stunning as Richie Beirach's favorite artist is Paul Klee. Young Susana, ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Laurie Haines Reese

Source: Michael Ricci
December 3, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Laurie Haines Reese's birthday today!

Laurie is dedicated to creating new music that features the cello. Improvisation is an important part of music, a part that allows each individual a chance to speak the music that is in their heart. An accomplished classical musician, Laurie loves the variety in performing jazz, folk and improvisatory music. From Lancaster, PA, Laurie has free-lanced & concertized extensively on the east coast, in Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, Hawaii... Read ...
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