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CTI: The Brilliance of Hubert Laws
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
If you asked me to name one artist whose albums for Creed Taylor's CTI label hold up best today, I'd have to say Hubert Laws. Laws is probably jazz's finest flutist and is still with us, yet you barely hear or read much about him. In fact, if I had to sell off all of my CTI records, I'd keep Laws's nine leadership LPs and his many sideman records. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1939, Laws began playing flute in ...
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The 2nd Annual M³ Festival Celebrates The Brilliance Of 21 Exceptional Composer-Performers – Running September 21-23, 2023 At Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn
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Lydia Liebman Promotions
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³), a visionary and non-hierarchical mentorship initiative created by musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa, presents its 2nd annual in-person festival featuring 21 bandleaders from their 3rd & 4th cohorts. The three-day M³ Festival will run September 21-23, 2023 at Roulette Intermedium, located in Brooklyn, New York. On September 24th, there will be a community reception at Center for Fiction, also in Brooklyn. This exciting festival celebrates some of the most innovative and groundbreaking composer- performers ...
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Vocalist Hilary Gardner Exhibits Effortless Vocal Brilliance & Sophistication On Her Debut Recording - The Great City
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Vocalist Hilary Gardner Exhibits Effortless Vocal Brilliance & Sophistication on Her Debut Recording - The Great City Available September 30, 2014 on Anzic Records Featuring Ehud Asherie (piano), Randy Napoleon (guitar), Elias Bailey (bass), Jerome Jennings (drums), with special guests Jason Marshall (saxophone), Tatum Greenblatt (trumpet) & Jon Cowherd (organ) “...an absolutely first-class singer. She swings effortlessly without making a big deal of it, and she has a knack for hunting down off-center tunes . . . Yet she's just ...
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Freddie Hubbard: Back to Brilliance
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All About Jazz
Injury-hit trumpeter Freddie Hubbard returns with a new sound, finds Martin Gayford “I've experienced a lot," reflects Freddie Hubbard, “and I'm very happy still to be alive and to appreciate this music." Indeed, he's been through the most extreme highs and lows a trumpeter can experience. No brass virtuoso in jazz has played with such swagger and dash, and it's hard to think of another performer who has appeared on as many celebrated recordings. But in 1992, the worst thing ...
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Torben Waldorff's new CD/download Brilliance available at ArtistShare
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All About Jazz
A project for new times, jazz guitarist and composer Torben Waldorff's new CD Brilliance, recorded live at 55 Bar, NYC, is available at ArtistShare. It features Donny McCaslin, Jon Wikan and Matt Clohesy. It's part of his new relationship with web-exclusive ArtistShare, where he will be joining prominent major jazz artists Maria Schneider, Chris Potter, Jim Hall, Danilo Perez, Ingrid Jensen and more.
The Brilliance project is an exciting undertaking. There are a many ways to participate. You can obtain ...
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