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Daniel Carter / Demian Richardson / David Moss / Federico Ughi: Wake Up!
by Mark Corroto
If the solicitation from the members of this band is to indeed Wake Up!, then their plea recorded here will agitate, and, yes, maybe even activate some. This quartet of saxophonist Daniel Carter (Test, Other Dimensions in Music), trumpeter Demian Richardson, Italian drummer Federico Ughi, and bassist David Moss apply a vibe that is equal parts electric Miles Davis, Prime Time-era Ornette Coleman, and Sun Ra street jam band.
Ughi is also the label chief for 577 Records. ...
Continue ReadingTrumpeter/Composer Wayne Tucker to release new epic recording “Wake Up and See the Sun” (One Trick Dog Records)
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Two for the Show Media
The new release from trumpeter/composer Wayne Tucker titled Wake Up and See the Sun (One Trick Dog Records – November 3rd, 2017) is the type of recording that is larger-than-life from blank staff paper to the masterful music that makes it to the final recording. Joined by some of the finest musicians in today’s music scene such as Jason Marshall, Sullivan Fortner, Yasushi Nakamura and Cyrille Aimee among others, Wayne Tucker just plain gets it. If you love live music ...
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Xpress Quartet "Don't Wake up the Volcano" Album Release
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Michael Ricci
The neo-fusion ensemble Xpress Quartet released its debut album “Don't Wake Up The Volcano." This freshly pressed CD features ten tracks that will take a listener through a mystic trip from funky and groovy 70's to scandinavian jazz and even to the modern neo soul—on the album's last track “Hello-Goodbye" Xpress Quartet features the amazing Estonian singer Laura. Listen and have fun, this stuff will keep you guessing all the way through! Personnel: Vladimir Vysotsky—keyboards/programming Danel Aljo—saxophones
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Oran Etkin - Wake up Clarinet! (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski She put on Stevie Wonder's “Living For The City" and then asked us to call out the instruments that we heard. I don't really remember how we all did, but that moment has always stayed with me. An actual music class in middle school. It wasn't just about clefs and notes and all of that either. It was about actual music. Music that was current, vibrant, and important. Oh, how things have changed. Music and art classes ...
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Oran Etkin's 'Wake Up, Clarinet' Video and New CD
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Chris M. Slawecki
Oran Etkin, an internationally acclaimed jazz/world artist and composer whose NYC based music classes for children are endorsed by Harvey Keitel, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, will release Wake Up, Clarinet! on his new Timbalooloo label (September 14, Motema Music /Allegro-NewSound distribution). The CD features performances by Jason Marsalis and Charenee Wade and is enhanced with a video of Etkin and his band performing live in concert.
Wake Up, Clarinet! is the first family release for Etkin, who was a ...
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Clarinetist Oran Etkin Shares A World Of Musical Journeys In New Release For Kids: Wake Up Clarinet!
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GoMedia PR
Enhanced CD Featuring Etkin's Timbalooloo Method Will Be Released on Motema Music on September 14th CD Release Concerts for Wake Up Clarinet, as well as Performances by Etkin's Group Kelenia, Scheduled Throughout 2010 ..."really really remarkable... he has touched both of our boys' lives." --Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber “Oran Etkin makes music from all over the world accessible and fun for children to listen to and learn about. From the age of two, our son was talking about Herbie ...
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Live Music Nation Aims to Wake up World
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All About Jazz
Creating a stage for live music seven days a week, Live Music Nation is aiming to make Jamaica the world's capital for live-music entertainment. In recent years, live music in Jamaica has often taken a back seat to recorded dancehall and reggae, blasted over sound systems. Cries of a lack of venues, funding and attention to live music have been shouted near and far for years. Now, through the efforts of Griot Music, Live Music Nation hopes to create a ...
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Is "Sunday Morning" the Best Wake-up Tune Ever?
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All About Jazz
SUNDAY MORNING
Whether you're fighting off a brutal hangover or just welcoming daylight into your field of vision after a good night's sleep, it's hard to beat The Velvet Underground's 1966 classic. “Sunday Morning" has the magical capacity to soothe you into waking life, which is weird considering it was added to the band's seminal 1967 debut after it was almost in the can. It's one of the release's most memorable tunes, but still feels like an afterthought, over four ...
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