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Schroeder & Masters Celebrate Clark Terry
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Clark Terry was many things. He was a superb trumpeter and flugelhornist, he was an elegant gentleman, he was a mentor to many musicians and he was as comfortable in a big band as he was in a small group. Clark was also an excellent composer, as baritone saxophonist Adam Schroeder and arranger Mark Masters know well. The pair have just released CT!: Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry (Capri), the finest album I've heard this year, and ...
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Drummer-composer Reggie Quinerly Explores The Possibilities Of Afro-Latin Jazz With The January 19 Release Of 'The Thousandth Scholar' On Redefinition Music
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The rich straight-ahead jazz of Reggie Quinerly gets an Afro-Caribbean spin with The Thousandth Scholar, to be released January 19on hisown Redefinition Music. Quinerly’s fifth album finds the drummer/composer seasoning his musical recipes with what Jelly Roll Morton called “the Spanish tinge,” a sometimes-subtle Latin flavor that he achieves without sacrificing his distinctive soulful sound—and with the help of an ace quartet including pianist Manuel Valera, bassist Matt Brewer, and percussionist Samuel Torres. The form of the quartet, featuring both ...
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First Fall - A Depiction Of A New York Autumn Through Sound by Guitarist Shai Jaschek
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Shai Jaschek
First Fall is New York City– based guitarist and composer Shai Jaschek's debut album. A combination of striking melodies and innovative arrangements of classic jazz standards, this album sets Shai apart as a promising up and coming artist on the New York jazz scene. Jaschek’s trio, consisting of Benjamin Young (bass) and Willis Edmundson (drums), plays as a strong unit and their deep musical connection is felt through the album. The trio place spontaneity and collective improvisation at the forefront ...
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Guitar Virtuosos Daniel Reyes Llinás, Harvey Valdes, Elliott Sharp Release New Collaborative Album 'String Schemas' Now Available on 7D Media
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
“In April 2022, I was about to perform in Brooklyn for the first time since the pandemic. Offering a solo set didn't excite me much, so I invited my avant-garde jazz-wizard friend, Harvey Valdes, who had just released his superb recording of Bach’s lute works on the electric guitar. To complete the trifecta, I reached out to downtown legend, experimental guitarist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp, whom I have been a fan of for many years and recently reconnected with. ...
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Los Angeles-Based Jazz Singer Maria Schafer Announces USA West Coast Tour
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Maria Schafer
Evocative jazz songstress and composer Maria Schafer is excited to announce her next tour of the West Coast of the USA in October 2023 spanning jazz clubs, radio stations, and performing arts centers in CA, OR, and WA. On the timing of the tour, Maria shares that this tour will “be a sneak peek of my next album featuring my newest songs, expanded instrumentation, musical alchemy, and continued musical growth. My songbook has joyously developed with original songs melding jazz ...
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World-Renowned SMOKE Jazz Club Announces November Concert Schedule Including Three Virtuosic Trumpeters: Nicholas Payton, David Weiss And Jeremy Pelt
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AMT Public Relations
Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club presents some of today’s top trumpeters and saxophonists to the stage during November. The month begins with the return of three saxophonists: acclaimed alto Charles McPherson and his Quintet (Nov 1-5), young rising star Sarah Hanahan and her Quartet (Nov 8), and a double dose of tenor saxophone when legendary George Coleman joins fellow reedman Sean Lyons and his momentous Quintet(Nov 15). The latter part of ...
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Sol Schlinger, Baritone Sax Extraordinaire
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 1950s, when the 12-inch album became dominant, many studios recording jazz LPs needed musicians who could record perfectly in the fewest number of takes. Such skills included top-notch sight reading, the ability to play multiple instruments flawlessly and artists who could blow beautiful solos. To streamline their operations, producers began forming groups of musicians who could come in and make magic together. In Los Angeles in the 1960s, one such team specializing in pop rock was known as ...
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Hal Schaefer: Marilyn Monroe and Two Albums
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Like Erroll Garner, Hal Schaefer had his own distinctive jazz piano style and transformd every song he played into pure magic. He could turn standards inside out with a swinging fury and, with his right hand, whip up improvised lines that left listeners dazzled. Born in 1925 in Queens, N.Y., Schaefer began playing professionally at resorts in the Catskill Mountains a few hours north of New York. By the mid-1940s, he was playing and recording with Tommy Dorsey and Boyd ...
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Eastman School Of Music Appoints Sara Gazarek To Design And Lead New Jazz Voice Program
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Jessica Kaufman
Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester, announces the launch of a newly conceived Jazz Voice track in the undergraduate Jazz and Contemporary Media degree program. To lead and design this new program, Eastman has appointed Sara Gazarek as Associate Professor of Jazz Voice within the Jazz and Contemporary Media (JCM) department. Joining Eastman after a 12-year tenure at the Thornton School of Music, of the University of Southern California, this two-time GRAMMY nominated vocalist has performed and/or ...
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Grammy-nominated Singer Malika Tirolien Schedules June Shows In San Francisco And Portland
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GoMedia PR
Montreal-Based Vocalist Will Perform Music from her Latest Album, Higher, produced with Snarky Puppy’s Michael League Malika Tirolien, the lead vocalist of the Grammy-nominated group Bokanté will travel across the border for two U.S. Shows in Early June.On June 12, Tirolien will make her solo debut at SFJAZZ with music from her new album Higher, which was produced by Tirolien and Snarky Puppy mastermind and Bokanté band mate Michael League. The SFJAZZ show is only the second U.S. performance by ...
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