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Blue Bottle Coffee Debuts Notes In Repose, A Limited-edition Vinyl Celebrating Coffee, Jazz And The Art Of Composition
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Lily Baizer
Blue Bottle Coffee today announced the launch of Notes in Repose, its first-ever compilation album, created in celebration of the brand’s Signature Blends. The limited-edition vinyl brings together 10 contemporary jazz compositions from artists representing nine cities across Blue Bottle’s cafe markets in North America and Asia, including Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Angel Bat Dawid and the Kyoto Jazz Sextet. Woven together with ambient recordings captured in Blue Bottle cafes, the album invites listeners to slow down, ...
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Blue Fire: Aayushi Karnik And The New Indian Guitar Crossing
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Frank Gazerro
Aayushi Karnik, 32, plays the guitar with breathtaking authority. Widely acclaimed as the leading Indian female blues guitarist of her generation, the Juilliard-trained, Fender-endorsed virtuoso has built a career that completely defies the traditional borders of American roots music. What listeners hear first is her touch. Karnik knows exactly how to make a bent note sting, how to let an acoustic phrase bloom around open strings, and how to snap a rhythm figure into place before widening the harmony underneath ...
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Paramax Films Announces Global Premiere Of Concert Film: John Beasley's 'Unlimited Miles: Live From Blue Note Tokyo,' May 26 Miles Davis's Centennial Birthday
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AMT Public Relations
Landmark Concert Film Premieres May 26, 2026‚ Miles Davis's Centennial Birthday Available Worldwide on Mezzo TV and Medici.tv Streaming Platform Paramax Films today announced the global release of John Beasley's Unlimited Miles: Live from Blue Note Tokyo, a concert film capturing an electrifying performance at the iconic Blue Note Tokyo. The film premieres on May 26, 2026, the 100th birthday of Miles Davis. How to watch Unlimited Miles: Live From Blue Note Tokyo: Subscribe to Mezzo TV (airing in 70 ...
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Available Now: Remixed, Remastered Edition Of Harold Mabern's "Afro Blue" Recording (smoke Sessions Records)
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AMT Public Relations
Smoke Sessions Records honors legendary pianist Harold Mabern with a remixed, remastered 10th anniversary edition of his all-star album Afro Blue Released on Mabern’s 90th birthday, March 20, 2026, Afro Blue features a stunning roster of vocalists: Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit and Alexis Cole A Tribute to Mabern | 90th Birthday Celebration Concert Series at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC, March 18-22, 2026 Smoke Session Records was honored to be the final label home for Harold ...
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Butter And The Genre Announce New Single 'So Cool So Blue' On Out October 22
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Butter And The Genre
Oklahoma City jazz collective Butter And The Genre will release their new single, “So Cool So Blue,” on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The track captures the group’s signature blend of melody-forward jazz and contemporary soul, offering listeners an intimate late-night vibe. The single features three of the band’s original members—Gregory “Butter” Haubrich (trumpet/keys), Calliope Staudt (vocals), and Alex Chapman (bass). Inspired by classic jazz vocalists and modern innovators, the trio bridges traditional jazz language with contemporary production, creating a sound ...
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Experimental Jazz Guitarist Ian Smit To Release New Album '¿QUÉ? ' Featuring David Torn, Tom Rainey, And Scott Petito
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Experimental jazz guitarist Ian Smit announces that he will release his new album ¿QUÉ? on December 5, 2025. The album features Scott Petito on acoustic/electric bass and as recording engineer, Tom Rainey on drums, Ian Smit on electric/acoustic guitar/effects, and David Torn on electric/national steel guitar/effects. Smit's purpose for making music with David, Tom and Scott was to be conversational with lots of dynamic ups and downs, which is very natural to all of them. That was the only stated ...
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Philadelphia Drummer Tom Cohen Delivers A Love Letter To Brazilian Bossa Nova On 'Embraceable Brazil,' Releasing October 10 On Versa Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Drummer Tom Cohen’s lifelong love affair with bossa nova music culminates with the October 10 release of Embraceable Brazil on Versa Records. More than a decade in the making, Cohen’s sixth album features a panoply of creative, able-bodied musicians in various combinations, adding up to a stunning rainbow array of colors, textures, and interpretations in the bossa mode. The very facts of its creation betray Embraceable Brazilas a labor of love on Cohen’s part. The drummer—who has been smitten with ...
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Ravita Jazz’s Releases 'Alice Blue'
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Ravita Jazz
Ravita Jazz released Alice Blue in May of 2025. In the liner notes, jazz journalist and author Raul d'Gama Rosewrote: “Throughout Alice Blue the poetics of musical tradition are impressively maintained. The balance of melody, harmony and rhythm present in compositions and improvisation make this an album worth adding to your collection.” Bassist, composer, educator, and radio host Dr. Phil Ravita leads Ravita Jazz, a dynamic ensemble rooted in modern jazz traditions and creative innovation. As one of the Mid-Atlantic’s ...
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Backgrounder: Tina Brooks - True Blue (1960)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
No other category of artist in American history had to fight harder to have his or her creativity recognized than the jazz musician. This war was waged on three fronts—with themselves, with the culture and with their record label. If any one of these three battles was lost, the other two often collapsed as well. In the 1940s and '50s, the battle with one's self meant steering clear of drug addiction. The battle with the culture was the struggle to ...
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Loris Donatelli blends tradition and innovation in his debut album 'Blue Taxi'
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Loris Donatelli
“With Blue Taxi, I wanted to create an album that serves as a bridge between tradition and innovation, where every note tells a fragment of life. It’s an intimate yet universal work, a solo project that speaks to those who love to lose and find themselves in music,” says Pescara-born guitarist and composer Loris Donatelli, describing his debut album, set for release on Wednesday, May 14, via PlayCab. Available in digital and physical formats, Blue Taxi takes listeners on a ...
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Tom "Blue Coat" Nelson
