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Available Now: Grammy Winner Terri Lyne Carrington Pays Homage to Duke Ellington's "Money Jungle"
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DL Media
Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue Marks 50th Anniversary of Release of Historic Ellington-Mingus-Roach Recording Featuring Gerald Clayton and Christian McBride, with guests Clark Terry, Lizz Wright, Herbie Hancock and Others In 1962, Duke Ellington recorded a trio date with bassist Charlie Mingus and drummer Max Roach that is today considered one of the pivotal jazz recordings of the 1960s. Money Jungle, the 1963 album that emerged from the session, was – among other things – a commentary on the perennial ...
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JumpinJazz Kids - A Swinging Jungle Tale; Set For Release 9/25, Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Al Jarreau And Hubert Laws
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Muse Media
“JumpinJazz Kids is a great model for what needs to be presented to young people. The age group that it targets is a great addition to music, and it’s wonderful for any organization or school. The manner in which it’s presented strikes a nerve – everyone should take a look at it and listen to it!” — Dr. Billy Taylor Los Angeles, CA. “JumpinJazz Kids – A Swinging Jungle Tale” celebrates the rich history of Jazz and Popular music by ...
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Acuna -- Hoff -- Mathisen Trio Debuts "Jungle City"
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Kim Smith Public Relations
New York, NY - In celebration of Jungle City (Alessa Records, 6/17/09), the Acuna-Hoff-Mathisen Trio makes its US debut in New York on June 17th at the Iridium Jazz Club at 7pm, followed by a 10pm set at the 55 Bar and onto the Rochester Jazz Festival the next day, on June 18th. Founded in the Spring of 2008, the trio was formed when legendary drummer/percussionist Alex Acuna met two of Norway's greatest musicians, pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff and bassist ...
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Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle:rock Star Bench Press
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JamBase
By: Dennis Cook
Weird don't usually swing this bloody hard! From the suited Yellow Submarine-like beastie throwing the horns on the cover to the electric vibraphone crunch inside (not to mention further subconscious stoking imagery from Thom Self) to the Butthole Surfers-esque, uh, singing, the latest from Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle is unabashedly “other." Dillon's jib is cut WAY different than the other monkeys brachiating around music, and we're goddamn lucky to have him - a flexed, unwavering warrior for ...
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Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle Announce New Us Tour Dates
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All About Jazz
Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle Announce New US Tour Dates in April 2007 in Support of Debut Album, Battery Milk
“The best psychedelic '60s-sounding cult band to come out of the new millennium" -The Phoenix New Times
“Now Mike Dillon has his own crew whose debut, Battery Milk, is both rough-hewn and debonair. The disc is a groove-y Twilight Zone where hearty jazz improvisations twist with dabs of metallic Sabbath- slabs over vigorous fatback-funk grooves." - San ...
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Introducing Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle / Debut Album on HYENA in 2007
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All About Jazz
MIKE DILLON'S GO-GO JUNGLE To Release Debut Album, BATTERY MILK,On HYENA Records In 2007
Midwest and West Coast Tour Dates Announced For January & February
Brooklyn, NY - When jazz legends Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson first introduced the vibes to the jazz idiom circa 1930, they could have never in their wildest dreams foreseen where Mike Dillon would take the concept 75 years later. Likewise, Dillon's heroes Black Sabbath, The Minutemen and Bad Brains would've been hard-pressed to envision ...
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The Jazz Mandolin Project - New Release - "Jungle Tango" - In Stores March 25!
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All About Jazz
Jungle of Stone leads mp3 vocal charts
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All About Jazz
Heleen van den Hombergh's new jazz song Jungle of Stone leads the vocal charts on mp3.com. It is one of twelve adventurous songs on her debut cd Heard in the Scene, which was released in the Netherlands three months ago. On mp3.com this song is freely available for download. In only a few days the song reached the top of the jazz vocal charts!
Jazz singer Heleen van den Hombergh wrote lyrics and music of this ...
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