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Threegonos – Modern Jazz Unity Release 'Questioni Di Pensiero'
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Alexandra Loria
Questioni di Pensiero (Matters Of Thought): A Genre-Bending Journey Through Contemporary Jazz Italian jazz collective Threegonos—Modern Jazz Unity, led by visionary bassist Toni Armetta, unveils their highly anticipated second studio album, Questioni di Pensiero (Matters Of Thought), a sonically adventurous project rooted in modern jazz and expanded by global influences. This groundbreaking album, physically launched on May 31st and presented live at Rome's prestigious Alexander Platz, is a testament to two decades of artistic evolution and boundary-pushing musical exploration. The ...
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Mike & Dorothy Longo's Co-Written 'The Rhythm Of Unity,' A Story Of A Search For Musical, Spiritual, & Racial Enlightenment, Due May 9 From Redwood Publishing
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Terri Hinte Publicity
When Mike Longo—the New York jazz pianist who was a longtime protégé, collaborator, and friend of Dizzy Gillespie—passed away in 2020 from COVID-19, he left behind a manuscript of his journey to musical and spiritual fruition. His widow, Dorothy Longo, completed the memoir as The Rhythm of Unity: A Jazz Musician’s Lifelong Journey Beyond Black and White, to be published May 9 by Redwood Publishing. To Mike’s chronicle of his personal quest, Dorothy added the story of their 39-year romance ...
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Jazz this week: Ben Reece Unity Quartet, California Guitar Trio, Kevin Bowers' NOVA, "Sculptures in Sound," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With performances inspired by pre-historic cave paintings, the upcoming solar eclipse, Bach, Tennessee Williams, French silent film, and more, this week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis draws from a vast variety of influences. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, May 3 Saxophonist Ben Reece’s Unity Quartet will make their debut in the first of the two nights at Jazz at the Bistro. The band features Reece and fellow saxophonist Austin Cebulskii (who replaced him in ...
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Nonesuch Releases Two New Recordings from Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions and Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
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Nonesuch Publicity
The Unity Sessions features Grammy Award-winning Unity Group—Metheny with saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Antonio Sanchez, bassist Ben Williams, and multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny joins longtime Pat Metheny Group trumpeter’s trio with his mentor Nonesuch Records releases a pair of new albums from guitarist, composer, and bandleader Pat Metheny. Metheny is well- known as a musical collaborator, and both records feature friends and colleagues with whom he has worked for years. The Unity Sessions is taken ...
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Enter the "Pat Metheny Unity Group - Kin (←→)" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Nonesuch Records “Pat Metheny Unity Group - Kin (←→)“ CD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 26th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Pat Metheny at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Nonesuch Records About Kin (←→) On 2012's Grammy-winning album Unity Band, Pat Metheny recorded with a band that highlighted tenor saxophone for ...
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Jazz This Week: Sean Jones, Galactic, Pat Metheny Unity Group, Andre Delano, a Tribute to Eddie Lang, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As the city wakes up the morning after Fat Tuesday, there's no post-Mardi Gras slump in the schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis. This week includes shows from several noteworthy touring musicians, plus a homecoming performance from a well-known expat, and much more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Sean Jones returns to Jazz at the Bistro to open a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday. The former lead trumpeter with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jones ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Metheny Expands Unity Group for New Album and Tour
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's been nearly four years since guitarist Pat Metheny was last here in St. Louis, performing in May 2010 at the Touhill all alone on a stage full of instruments as part of his Orchestrion project. Since then, the peripatetic plectrist has toured with several different configurations of musicians, the most recent of which, the Pat Metheny Unity Group, will perform at The Pageant on Sunday, March 9. Formed in 2012 to facilitate Metheny's collaboration with saxophonist Chris Potter - ...
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Nonesuch Releases Debut Recording from Pat Metheny Unity Group, Kin (←→), on February 4
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Michael Ricci
Metheny won 20th Grammy Award with Unity Band members saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Antonio Sanchez, and bassist Ben Williams; multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi joins Group for new album Group launches 44-city North American Tour February 3 “From rapid-fire post-bop cascades through country-inflected ballads to exultant synth-guitar anthems…a group of blazing virtuosi with musical intelligence to match...” —Guardian (UK) Last year, for the first time since 1980, guitarist Pat Metheny recorded with a band that highlighted tenor saxophone. Unity Band, which went ...
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Pat Metheny Unity Band Week at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
With the release of Unity Band (Nonesuch, 2012), guitarist Pat Metheny has delivered one of the best records of his career, and his first to feature tenor saxophone since his already classic-status 80/81 (ECM, 1980). With both Michael Brecker and Dewey Redman sadly deceased, the mantle falls upon Chris Potter, and in a career that has seen the barely 40 year-old saxophonist go from triumph to triumph, the guitarist couldn't have picked a better foil for this set of nine ...
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Enter the "Pat Metheny - Unity Band" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Nonesuch Records “Pat Metheny - Unity Band“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 22nd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Pat Metheny at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Nonesuch Records About Unity Band For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity ...
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