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Soundtrack: I Am Sam
by Ashley King
If I Am Sam falters upon its recent release, it has something to fall back on: superb music. And a “sound” soundtrack is a bragging right that not every film can claim.
As if a collection of Beatles covers was not enough, the record features some of the most dynamic bands and singer-songwriters on the current scene. In this modern age of manufactured angst and pseudo-music that is any number of popular bands, pop acts with integrity are all too ...
Continue ReadingJoe Satriani Bass Sideman & Mermen Co-Founder Allen Whitman Releases 4th Ambient Soundtrack "The Eternal City'
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Allen Whitman, former bassist with legendary virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani and co-founder of the influential San Francisco-based instrumental surf-rock trio The Mermen, announces the digital-only release (through label Squeakey Studios) of his 4th soundtrack/ambient travel log album The Eternal City. The album, his 4th in a series, continues the artist’s predilection for incorporating acoustic guitar-driven sonic environments with samples and synths—and this time out forwarding the in-your-face pace of that Grande Dame of cities, Rome. The sounds, making use of ...
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Singer/Songwriter Kristen Lee Sergeant Gives Museumgoers a Soundtrack for Manet
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All About Jazz
An “unauthorized" audio guide is shaking things up for art goers at Metropolitan Museum in New York City, centered around an exhibit that features an artist who was no stranger to scandal himself. Kristen Lee Sergeant, an NYC based singer/songwriter, had been writing songs inspired by Manet's artwork since seeing an exhibit at the Getty years ago. When the Met announced the arrival of the “Manet/Degas" exhibit this fall, she recorded demos of the songs that corresponded to the paintings ...
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Bassist-Producer Frank Swart Releases 'Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures' Featuring Gary Bartz, Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Bill Evans, Warren Wolf And Idris Ackamoor
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
In his wide-ranging career, bassist, guitarist, arranger, composer, producer, and engineer Frank Swart has contributed to countless sessions covering a wide range of music, from rock and funk to psychedelic acid jazz. In recent times, under the Funkwrench Blues name, he has created and produced 146 singles (at the time of this writing) that have been released once every two weeks, featuring such major artists as Mike Stern, Charlie Hunter, John Medeski, Oz Noy, Fred Wesley, and the late Lucky ...
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Craft Recordings Announces Definitive, Bonus-Filled Edition Of Vince Guaraldi's Original Soundtrack Recording 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'
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Chummy Press
Available on CD, digital, and a variety of vinyl formats including a 45-RPM pressing, a translucent orange pumpkin-shaped disc, and more Craft Recordings proudly announces the definitive edition of Vince Guaraldi’s evocative soundtrack to the 1966 animated television special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, from Charles M. Schulz, creator of the PEANUTS comic strip, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions. Remastered from newly discovered analog session reels, the album features seven previously unreleased alternate takes—all of which offer fascinating insight ...
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Sonny Rollins: Soundtrack
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
With the coronavirus forcing most people around the globe indoors, the lockdown has given us a chance to listen to music with more care and gratitude. While writing yesterday, I pulled nine recordings by Sonny Rollins that, when assembled, become the thematic soundtrack for this new age of sheltering in place: Here's Time on My Hands from 1951... Here's The Scene Is Clean, featuring Sonny with the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet in 1956... Here's Sonny's Pent-up House in 1956 on ...
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Node Records To Release Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “halston” Composed By Jazz Legend Stanley Clarke
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Diane Hadley Public Relations
Node Records is pleased to release Stanley Clarke’s original score for the critically-acclaimed documentary Halston on Friday, June 7th, 2019, through all digital platforms. The film is being distributed by 1091 nationwide on June 7th. Halston Director Frédéric Tcheng ("Dior and I") documents America’s first superstar designer’s rise to international fame in the 1970s through weaving archival footage and intimate interviews with Halston’s family, friends and collaborators including Liza Minnelli, Iman, Joel Schumacher, Lesley Frowick, and Jacqueline Kennedy. It is ...
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Abbey Rader Releases Two Diverse Albums On Bandcamp; The Fiery "Ritual" And The Meditative Soundtrack "Phenobarbital Sessions"
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Kai Rader
Legendary free jazz drummer, Abbey Rader, is back with two new albums. Ritual is a burning trio set with bassist Kyle Motl and saxophonist Drew Ceccato. Phenobarbital Sessions is a deeply moving set of 16 improvised tracks recorded for a short film by Jorge Rubiera. It features Abbey on drums, percussion, and gongs, while longtime collaborator, John McMinn stretches out on saxophone and piano. These albums follow 2016’s successful Reunion that paired the Abbey Rader Quartet with Kidd Jordan. Initial ...
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"Funny Face" 60th Anniversary Celebrated With Deluxe, Expanded Version Of Soundtrack via Verve Records/UMe
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Verve Label Group
60th ANNIVERSARY OF “FUNNY FACE” CELEBRATED WITH DELUXE, EXPANDED VERSION OF SOUNDTRACK FROM CLASSIC FILM STARRING FRED ASTAIRE AND AUDREY HEPBURN ORIGINAL 13 SELECTIONS ARE FULLY RESTORED AND AUGMENTED BY EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BONUS TRACKS To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the classic Audrey Hepburn/Fred Astaire musical film, “Funny Face,” Verve Records/UMe is releasing an expanded version of the colorful soundtrack featuring, for the first time ever, all the songs from the beloved romantic comedy resequenced in the order in ...
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Harry Shearer Files $125M Lawsuit After 17 Years Of Spinal Tap Soundtrack Sales Nets $98
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HypeBot
One of the stars and co-creators of the classic rock spoof “This Is Spinal Tap" has filed a $125 million lawsuit after statements from film producer Vivendi allegedly issued statements claiming that total worldwide merchandising income from 1984 to 2006 was just $81 and that between 1989 and 2006 income from soundtrack sales was $98. I’m going up against @vivendi and @studiocanal to ensure #fairplayfairpay for the movie #SpinalTap- #fairnessrocks pic.twitter.com/fTG23OMbsW —Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) October 18, 2016 Harry Shearer takes to Twitter to ...
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Steven Davis's “Perfectly Perfect” Soundtrack For Summer Love
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Jazz crooner Steven Davis ponders “What Happened To Romance,” his first big band album due June 23, led by the original song featured in an international television commercial. Nashville, TN: Bolstering the belief that romance is always en vogue, crooner Steven Davis plies his big voice backed by a big band on the swinging set “What Happened To Romance,” a charming meditation on love marrying timeless traits from another era to today’s passionate demand for originality. The 14-track disc comprised ...
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