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Herbie Brock: 'Brock's Tops'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz has had its share of brilliant blind pianists. The list includes Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano, George Shearing, Joe Mooney, Ray Charles and Marcus Roberts. Here's another you probably don't know—Herbie Brock. He only recorded six known albums between 1955 and 1965, including Brock's Tops for Savoy in February 1956. Brock attended the State School for the Blind in Batavia, N.Y., where he heard Art Tatum on the radio int he 1930s and majored in piano and organ while also ...
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The Grandmothers Of Invention Featuring Legendary Zappa Alumni Don Preston & Napoleon Murphy Brock To Embark On 'one Size Fits All And More' Us Tour
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Having just completed a month long European tour of performances in the CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, the GrandMothers Of Invention, featuring legendary Frank Zappa Alumni Napoleon Murphy Brock and special guest artist Don Preston, once again will tour America. This time around the ensemble will be performing the ONE SIZE FITS ALL album in its entirety, along with other MOI/FRANK ZAPPA favorites from BONGO FURY, OVERNITE SENSATION, ROXY & ELSEWHERE, UNCLE MEAT ...
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Off Tour With Sting, Laila Biali Is In Residency At Subculture May 10, 24 & 31 With Guests John Ellis, Jo Lawry And Zach Brock / The Requestomatic Audience Challenge
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Claudia Artzer
Award-winning Canadian pianist, vocalist and songwriter Laila Biali has toured with Grammy award-winners Suzanne Vega, Chris Botti and Paula Cole and has recorded with and supported pop icon Sting. Laila has an acute awareness and appreciation for pop and rock that she combines with her jazz training to create thrilling arrangements. Her recent CD, Live in Concert, captures the intimacy and excitement she generates on stage and the range of music she makes her own from Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, ...
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Zach Brock Quartet Featured On WNYC Soundcheck December 10
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Claudia Artzer
Violinist and composer Zach Brock will be at WNYC FM studios in New York City on Monday, December 10 for an interview and performance on the show SOUNDCHECK with host John Schaefer. The session will stream live and air in early January. Catch Zach and his quartet the next day, December 11, at their debut at Jazz Standard. Zach Brock’s first release on the European label Criss Cross Jazz features top-rank musicians Aaron Goldberg on piano, Matt Penman on bass ...
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Brock Walker, Brian Vaccaro Schedule CD Release Events
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Although music increasingly is being sold in digital formats, the CD hasn't quite disappeared just yet, as demonstrated by two St. Louis musicians with upcoming events promoting new independent releases on disc: Keyboardist Brock Walker (pictured, top left) will celebrate the release of his CD 25th & State with a performance at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday, November 1 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The East St. Louis native probably is best known around town as the keyboardist for singer Kim ...
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Zappa Vocal Legend Napoleon Murphy Brock Releases Vintage Live Recording
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
San Jose, CA—Much to the elation of Napoleon Murphy Brock fans across the globe, a rare live recording from the actual night that Frank Zappa first met Napoleon Murphy Brock has been released on CD titled This Is What Frank Zappa Heard—Communication Plus Live at the Red Noodle Waikiki, Hawaii. This very significant historical document is now available and ready to be shipped to you to complete your collection of the history of The Mothers Of Invention. Frank was actually ...
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Acclaimed Jazz Violinist Zach Brock to Tour Canada and U.S. in Support of His New CD the "Magic Number" Wednesday, March 23rd - Saturday, April 16th
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Buzzword PR
New York, NY—Brooklyn-based jazz violinist and composer Zach Brock will perform a series of East Coast and Midwest concert dates from Wednesday, March 23rd—Saturday, April 16th. Heralded as “the great bright hope for jazz violin" by the Chicago Tribune and as “the new cat" that has “the stuff" by jazz legend Stanley Clarke, Zach is joined by bassist Matt Wigton and drummer Fred Kennedy as they debut songs from The Magic Number, the fifth CD of his brand of American ...
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Timothy Brock Keeps the Score in Frame for 'The Cameraman'
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Michael Ricci
The composer will conduct the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in playing his new music for the Buster Keaton silent film.
Silence has been golden for conductor and composer Timothy Brock. For nearly 25 years, he has made a name for himself as one of the few composers and conductors who specialize in silent film. He has composed new scores for and conducted orchestras around the world at screenings of such silent classics as “Nosferatu," “Sherlock Jr.," “The General," “Steamboat Bill ...
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Zappa Vocal Legend Napoleon Murphy Brock to Release Vintage Live Recordings
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Zappa vocal legend and 2008 Grammy Award recipient Napoleon Murphy Brock plans to release a CD of vintage live recordings in December 2009 entitled 'This is What Frank Zappa Heard - Just in Case You Were Wondering - Live at the Red Noodle in Waikiki, Hawaii'.
Fans worldwide have heard Napoleon's extraordinairy vocals, sax and flute on such beloved Zappa albums as 'Roxy & Elsewhere', 'One Size Fits All', 'Bongo Fury' and 'Thing Fish', not to mention his work with ...
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Brock Butler/Will Bradford | 12.20 | Asheville
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JamBase
By: Chris Gaspar
Brock Butler/Will Bradford :: 12.20.08 :: Hookah Joe's :: Asheville, NC
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Butler & McDonald :: 12.20 by Joel Hudson Lack of jobs, cost of living and vagrancy are only a few of the frustrating elements facing the mountainous sanctuary of Asheville, North Carolina. However, if you are an A&E aficionado you can easily rebuff those negatives and marvel at the abundance of talent funneled into this little mountain city. The ...
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