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The Ocean have long been known for their extensive, awe-inspiring album packaging, and their 10th album is no let-down: the Phanerozoic box set included an engraved slate rock plate next to vinyl records and/or CDs of both albums, and even authentic pre-historic fossils: a trilobite from the Palaeozoic, an ammonite from the Mesozoic and a petrified fish skeleton from the Cenozoic era. The band sourced these fossils over the period of several months with the help of a geological institute in Munich, and getting the quantities needed to fulfil 1,000 box set preorders was a great challenge: hundreds of Moroccan trilobites, 450 million (!) years of age, had to be sourced from global trade fairs.

Released into a world in turmoil, Phanerozoic II will provide fans of adventurous and fearless music with all the sonic and philosophical sustenance they have come to expect from this most intuitively progressive German/Swiss/Swedish musicians collective. Despite the current pausing of all live performances, The Ocean will be twitching in the starting blocks when the madness of the global pandemic has passed; primed and ready to take their new music out on the road, where it will doubtless mutate and grow into ever more extraordinary shapes. The band have always been professional escape artists from the modern world, playing in a many far-flung locations as possible, and Staps insists that The Ocean will roll on for the foreseeable future, as mighty and inexorable as time itself. http://www.myspace.com/theoceancollective http://www.theoceancollective.com/

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Ayumi Ishito Puts The Soul Into Summer 2020 With Stellar New Single "Ocean Park Cafe'

Ayumi Ishito Puts The Soul Into Summer 2020 With Stellar New Single "Ocean Park Cafe'

Source: Ayumi Ishito

Following hot on the success and critical-acclaim for her album Midnite Cinema from last year, soulful saxophonist Ayumi Ishito returns in 2020 with a stunning brand-new single called “Ocean Park Cafe.” Designed in our shared-but-isolated quarantine times amidst the thick of the worldwide pandemic, Ayumi & her talented band-mates recorded their parts for “Ocean Park Cafe” from the safety of their own homes in hopes of creating a composition that brings paradise to the people at a time where they ...

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The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival

The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival

Source: Larry Reni Thomas

By Larry Reni Thomas The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, July 4, 2014, and Saturday, July 5. 2014. from 5 pm until 8 pm, both days. Scheduled performers on Friday, are Lin Rountree with special guest Nicholas Cole, The Ira Wiggins Quartet, and vocalist Yolanda Rubin. Saturday's scheduled line up is The John Brown Quartet, vocalist Lois Deloatch with The Scott Sawyer Trio and pianist Cyrus Chestnut.Doors open at 4 pm. The ...

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Interview

Aakash Mittal: From Denver to Kolkata, Jazz Crosses Continents and a Big "Ocean"

Aakash Mittal: From Denver to Kolkata, Jazz Crosses Continents and a Big "Ocean"

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter

I first encountered Aakash Mittal when he invited me to review his debut recording in 2009. The young saxophonist from Denver gave that disc the rather hesitant title, Possible Beginnings. Such humility is characteristic of Mittal. Now, at the ripe age of 28, he's releasing his third full-length recording, Ocean,as he prepares for a ten-month “sabbatical" studying traditional music in India via a grant from the American Institute of Indian Studies. Since that first interview in 2009, I've enjoyed many ...

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Festival

Fourth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival

Fourth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival

Source: Larry Reni Thomas

The 4th Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday, July 6, from 5 pm until 8 pm. Scheduled performers will include vocalist Kim Pacheo with Richard Harris White, Jr., The John Brown Quintet and The Stanley Baird Group. Doors open at 4 pm. The event will be held in the courtyard of the Ocean City Beach Community Center, 2649 Island Drive, North Topsail Beach, NC 28460 (behind the Wade Chestnut Memorial Chapel). Ocean City Beach, ...

Performance / Tour

Ocean Springs Welcomes Stephanie Jordan Sings A Tribute To The Fabulous Lena Horne

Ocean Springs Welcomes Stephanie Jordan Sings A Tribute To The Fabulous Lena Horne

Source: Sylvain Music Notes

New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan is gracing the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center stage in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on Saturday, January 19, at 7:00pm, with a tribute to the fabulous Lena Horne. She brought down the house at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz Festival with her tribute to Lena Horne show, which she has performed nationally and promises to please the Ocean Springs audience just as well. Accompanied by Emmy-award winning arranger Mike Esneault on piano, the Stephanie Jordan ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records To Release "The Drop And The Ocean" From Drummer/Composer Rob Garcia

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records To Release "The Drop And The Ocean" From Drummer/Composer Rob Garcia

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records To Release THE DROP AND THE OCEAN from Drummer/Composer ROB GARCIA Release Date: September 27, 2011 “The Drop and the Ocean on the Brooklyn Jazz Underground label, is an elastic, adventurous statement from the drummer Rob Garcia." —The New York Times Rob Garcia 4 appearing in celebration of The Drop and the Ocean Sat, Oct 1: Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, with Dan Tepfer (piano), Noah Preminger (saxophones) & Chris Lightcap ...

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Rob Garcia 4 to appear at Smalls on August 24th in celebration of "The Drop and the Ocean"

Rob Garcia 4 to appear at Smalls on August 24th in celebration of "The Drop and the Ocean"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Rob Garcia 4 to appear at Smalls on August 24th in celebration of the digital release of his new recording on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, The Drop and the Ocean (physical release date is September 27th.) ROB GARCIA 4 @ SMALLS JAZZ CLUB Noah Preminger—tenor saxophone Dan Tepfer—piano John Hebert—bass Rob Garcia—drums & compositions WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011 9:30 PM—Midnight SMALLS JAZZ CLUB 183 West 10th street

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Colorlist - The Fastest Way to Become the Ocean (2011) ***

Colorlist - The Fastest Way to Become the Ocean (2011) ***

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels

By Joe Higham “*** LIMITED EDITION 10" VINYL *** The Chicago based Colorlist is comprised of crossover jazz duo Charles Rumback and Charles Gorczynski. Both multi-instrumentalists, Rumback mans percussion, bells and melodica, while Gorczynski plays saxophone, numerous woodwind instruments, synthesizers and harmonium.“ This is the start of the press release for the latest from Colorlist, however I will mention immediately that there's also mp3 and Flac versions. If you look at the mixture of instruments above you'll notice that these ...

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Prog Legends Nektar's Classic Second Album 'A Tab in the Ocean' Gets Re-Released with Bonus Disc

Prog Legends Nektar's Classic Second Album 'A Tab in the Ocean' Gets Re-Released with Bonus Disc

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James

Philadelphia, PA—Considered one of the top progressive rock bands of all times, UK music legends Nektar are re-releasing their classic second album from 1972 'A Tab In The Ocean—Deluxe Edition' (2 CD Set), along with the the ultra rare first recordings of the band from Boston 1970 titled the 'In The Beginning (The Boston Tapes)' on Philadelphia's ItsAboutMusic.com, much to the excitement of fans of the band and the music press alike. One of the first 'prog' concept albums, Nektar's ...

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Technology

An Ocean of Pennies - Pay-Per-Play Music Streaming Service Launches in UK

An Ocean of Pennies - Pay-Per-Play Music Streaming Service Launches in UK

Source: HypeBot

Psonar is a UK music startup that will let users stream songs they don't own for a penny. There's no advertising or monthly subscription required. The company bills users directly on their phone bill, as well as, though PayPal and credit cards. This Pay Per Play streaming service is being built on top of their current locker system. Users can also give tracks to friends—almost like a prepaid phone card, but song plays instead—and post playlists to Twitter and Facebook. Psonar ...

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