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Pulse: Moody Street
by Dave Nathan
This is a collection of a set of tunes some of which, according to the liner, took on a life of their own creating all sorts of problems before this disk could be released, and then it was released with two of the tracks reversed. What's here, irrespective of order, is a collection of originals and some very good jazz classics. It's on the latter that this group shows up the best. The Coleman Hawkins/Thelonious Monk “I Mean You" is ...
Continue ReadingAward Winning Guitarist Brian Tarquin To Release "Orlando In Heaven" In Support Of Orlando's Pulse Nightclub Tragedy Feat. Larry Coryell, Mike Stern, Chris Poland And Others
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Multi-Emmy award winning guitarist/producer/composer Brian Tarquin presents Orlando In Heaven; a very special project featuring an incredible cast of musical virtuosos playing their hearts out for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida! Tarquin composed and produced each of these tracks and displays his own guitar prowess alongside such world-class players as guitar icon Larry Coryell (his final recordings before his passing earlier this year), vocalist Phil Naro (Talas, Julian Lennon), Grammy jazz guitarist Mike Stern, fretless ...
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"Check Your Pulse" Short Documentary Series Released
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Zzzing Agency
Check Your Pulse is the full documentary combining the 3 shorter documentaries that give an insight into the music of the Lisa Young Quartet, featuring Lisa Young voice/konnakol, Stephen Magnusson guitar, Ben Robertson double bass and Dave Beck drums/cajon. The documentary discusses the process of making of the quartet's 2012 release The Eternal Pulse, which uses elements of jazz and South Indian music. The footage features interviews with band members, rehearsal and performance footage (live at Borneo Jazz 2013). Check ...
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Steve Cole's "Pulse" Beating Strongly
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The saxophonist comes full circle on his seventh album, which was released today. Minneapolis, Minnesota (17 September 2013): Deep soul nuances, rhythm & blues grooves, a wall of horns and hooks that pack a wallop are the heartbeat of saxman Steve Cole’s “Pulse,” his seventh album that was released today by Artistry Music. The record that he penned and produced with fellow saxophonist David Mann represents a return to the sound and style with which he’s most comfortable having come ...
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Publish the Quest Grooves on Inspiration from Southeast Asia to the Pulse of Africa
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Chris M. Slawecki
Femi Kuti waxes poetic with Seattle’s Publish the Quest members and bellows, “Gimme horns! Gimme horns!” opening the groovy pan-world pop band’s new album Then What!? (Late Night Sessions), and leading into the “Gimme hope! Gimme hope!” of Jacob Bain’s unrelenting optimism. Before you know it, you’re on your feet ready to dance and to sign up to join his quest. Then What!? is Publish the Quest’s pursuit of musical connection—its own band members’ pop, salsa, reggae, and hip-hop past ...
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Big Hooks And Big Horns Power Saxman’s Soulful “Pulse”
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Steve Cole’s 7th album due September 17th preceded by “With You All The Way” Minneapolis, MN: Rather apropos that saxophonist Steve Cole covered the soul classic “Going In Circles” on his forthcoming “Pulse” album, his 7th solo disc, which he produced and wrote with fellow saxophonist David Mann. Honest and organic are vital qualities to Cole, whose creative muse has gone full-circle in the 15 years since he burst onto the contemporary jazz scene with an award-winning debut disc that ...
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The Lisa Young Quartet lauches "The Eternal Pulse" Official Music Video in celebration of International Women's Day
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Zzzing Agency
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Lisa Young Quartet, launches it’s official music video release, featuring the single “Tha Thin Tha" (Ta Din Ta) from their new album The Eternal Pulse. Filmed on a winter’s day at Ferdydurke in Melbourne, director Tabata Piccinelli’s vision was to weave the creation of the Eternal Pulse album artwork by artist Elizabeth Vercoe, with the vibrant imagery and the intense rhythmic language of the music. Piccinelli allows the rhythms to set the pace in ...
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Student Songwriters Collaborate Online Through Berklee PULSE Partnership with Kompoz
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Berklee Public Relations
Berklee PULSE, Berklee City Music Network's web-based music education program, has formed a partnership with Kompoz, a platform for crowd-sourcing music creation, that connects students at 32 City Music Network sites across the U.S. For Berklee PULSE, Kompoz offers a creative outlet to young musicians who might not have access to other musicians in-person, and gives them an opportunity to collaborate with students across the City Music Network. Projects are currently underway involving collaborations between students at three City Music ...
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Jazz Ensemble PULSE Premieres New Works with TAKE Dance Company October 14-15
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AMT Public Relations
TAKE Dance Premieres an Evening-Length Work Composed by Jazz Ensemble PULSE “A bold tribute to modernity, with just enough originality." —New York Times Thursday, October 14th & Friday, October 15th @ 8:00PM Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square Park, NYC. Train A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4th Street TICKETS: $20 General/$15 Seniors & Students. —— Led by Artistic Director/Founder Takehiro “Take" Ueyama, the TAKE Dance company premieres The Distance of The Moon, a full-evening work featuring six different musical selections choreographed by ...
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Musicians and Health Insurance: Taking the Pulse
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HypeBot
A new Future Of Music Coalition study “Taking the Pulse“ found that, of the 1,451 musicians who responded, 33% said they do not have health insurance. This is nearly twice the national average of 17% uninsured, as estimated by the Kaiser Family Foundation. (pdf of full report here.)
With that as a backdrop, the FMC is continuing its campaign to help musicians understand their health insurance options under the new health care law. Efforts include HINT, an online ...
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The Pulse of New Orleans
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Larry Blumenfeld's “Cultural Conversation" with TV producer David Simon in today's Wall Street Journal is a highly recommended read. Simon, producer of HBO's acclaimed series “The Wire," is now focusing on a new jazz-tinged program that will debut on HBO in April.Tinged is not a strong enough word. Jazz is the undercurrent, and the heartbeat, of the program, scheduled for 10 episodes in Season One.“Treme" is the series... and it is named for Treme, a hotbed ...
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