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Ben Ferrell's New Album Sextet Released Today
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Adhyâropa Records
Adhyâropa Records is thrilled to announce Sextet, the new album from rising jazz bass star Ben Ferrell featuring contributions from Atley King on vibraphone, Nick Rousseau on electric guitar, Reginald Chapman on bass trombone, Will Evans on trumpet, and Rintaro Mikami on drums. In short order Ben Ferrell has established himself as a leading light of the next generation of young New York jazz artists. Since graduating from Old Dominion University and the Tribeca Jazz Institute, Ferrell has developed an ...
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Grammy-Nominated Composer And Pianist Donald Vega Debuts New Sextet And Original Music At Jazzcultural
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Donald Vega
May 15–17 | 7PM & 9PM | New York City Grammy-nominated composer and pianist Donald Vega brings a powerful new chapter of his artistic vision to the stage this weekend, May 15–17, with the debut of his Latin Jazz Sextet at JazzCultural. Performances will take place nightly at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM, with tickets available at jazzcultural.com. New Music. New Band. Experience NYC Jazz—Live at Jazz Cultural. This three-night engagement marks the NYC unveiling of Vega’s latest body of ...
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'El Maestro' Irving Flores Readies Thrilling Afro-cuban Jazz Sextet Project With Giovanni Hidalgo & Horacio “El Negro” Hernández; 'Armando Mi Conga' Arrives August 26
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1888 Media
Acclaimed pianist, composer, and arranger Irving Flores is set to release his most ambitious project to date, ;Armando Mi Conga (Amor de Flores Productions), available on CD and all streaming platforms beginning August 26, 2025. A vibrant celebration of Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz, the 9-song album blends virtuosity with soul — and features an all-star lineup of Grammy-winning legends. “This is a love letter to Latin America,” says Flores. “It’s my journey and a tribute to the rhythms that ...
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Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet's 'El Muki,' Due August 15 From Saponegro Records, Celebrates The Group's 20th Anniversary
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet is set to release its 20th-anniversary recording, El Muki,on August 15. This album, the group’s 7th, commemorates their two prolific decades as champions for Afro-Peruvian jazz music. More importantly, it’s an expression of the transformative power of the music—a sound rooted in the real human experience found when people on the streets of Lima and New York come together. Inspired by El Muki, a mythical figure from Andean culture in Peru that is said to ...
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Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet Release 'Situation' on Play On Records
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All About Jazz
The Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet features Coke (woodwinds) and Michel (guitar) with Elaine Barber (concert harp), Bob Hoffnar (pedal steel guitar), James Suter (acoustic bass) and Carolyn Trowbridge (vibraphone). This distinctive six piece composer’s forum from Austin, Texas, breaks down barriers of musical genres, fearlessly exploring the possibilities involved in combining musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. The music is consistently cinematic and offers listeners a warm, modern, propulsive sound expressed through colorful timbres and solid musicianship. For their third recording, ...
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Sunjump Records Announces the Release of 'Laura' by the John Esposito Sextet
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John Esposito
John Esposito is an American pianist/composer/drummer/producer who works on a wide array of creative music projects. His technical skills and the range of his artistic palette extend across the stylistic boundaries of the Stride Piano, Swing, Bebop, Modal and Free Music movements. He has performed and recorded with artists including Nick Brignola, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Carter Jefferson, Franklin Kiermyer, Joe Lovano, J.R. Monterose, David “Fathead” Newman, Eric Person, Arthur Rhames, Sam Rivers, Roswell Rudd, Pharaoh Sanders and John Stubblefield. ...
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Virgil Gonsalves: Sextet and Big Band
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
We tend to think of West Coast jazz as a style centered exclusively in Los Angeles. While much of the relaxed, contrapuntal sound did evolve in the suburbs of the city in the 1950s, San Francisco also had a West Coast sound that was slightly more intensive. Artists who emerged from the San Francisco jazz experience in the late 1940s and '50s included Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Cal Tjader, Dick Collins, David Van Kriedt, Bill Smith, Vince Guaraldi, Eddie Duran ...
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The Gabrial Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet Releases 'Social Distancing,' A Musical Memoir Inspired By The 2020 Pandemic, Due January 29
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music is the life’s work of trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegría. For the past 15 years, he has led a cross-cultural ensemble called the Afro-Peruvian Sextet that has slowly (but surely) placed Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music on the international musical map. Alongside his principal collaborators Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón (percussion), Laura Andrea Leguía (saxophones), and Hugo Alcázar (drums), the Afro-Peruvian Sextet has to date produced seven CDs, one vinyl, and one documentary film. On the band’s latest effort, Social Distancing, ...
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JMOOD Records Releases Roberto Magris Sextet Latest CD "SunStone"
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Paul Collins Artist Management International
JMOOD RECORDS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW CD RELEASE: “SUNSTONE” by THE ROBERTO MAGRIS SEXTET “Over a thousand years ago," jazz impresario Paul Collins states, “very talented sailors were able to navigate oceans and seas without the use of magnetic compasses and at the times even maps!" Since then, scientists have discovered in sunken ships of long ago, what appears to be a magical crystal or Iceland spar, better known as sunstone. Despite heavy clouds, fog, other obstacles or ...
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