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Singer Carolyn Fitzhugh Demonstrates Vocal & Compositional Chops On 'Living In Peace,' Set For March 15 Release By IYOUWE Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Carolyn Fitzhugh’s soul-infused jazz vocals attain new heights with her March 15 release of Living in Peace, for Lenny White’s IYOUWE Records. Fitzhugh’s second album also finds the Chicago native in esteemed company. Produced by Grammy nominee Mark Ruffin and given lush arrangements by state-of-the-art pianist and composer Amina Figarova, the recording features Figarova’s working band—a murderer’s row of major jazz musicians that includes tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, guitarist Rez Abbasi, and drummer Rudy Royston—and, on one track, the legendary ...
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Singer, Songwriter, Composer And Arranger Carolyn Fitzhugh Releases Her Long Awaited Debut CD!
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Pro Marketing Entertainment
Chicago native Carolyn Fitzhugh has released her debut CD Simply Amazing and one listen to any one of her exhilarating vocal performances and you're sure to be left spellbound as her many adoring fans have been left again and again! Carolyn Fitzhugh grew in a home that was filled with the aroma of a diverse assortment of music greats from Miles Davis, {{m: John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald to Morgana King and Sarah Vaughn to Minnie Ripperton, Ray Charles, Earth ...
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Copenhagen's Legendary Jazzhus Montmartre to Re-Open May 2010
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Michael Ricci
Denmark's once legendary jazz club Montmartre re-opens in May 2010 in its original premises in Copenhagen. During the 1960s and 70s the club served as a European home for American giants like Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Kenny Drew and many others.
The historic re-opening is initiated by the 46-year old Paris-based Danish jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky and his friend, media executive and entrepreneur Rune Bech (43). They will operate the club on a non-profit basis.
Re-opening this ...
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Chinese Jazz Fusioners Sizhukong Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
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All About Jazz
It is something of a paradox that the western world knows so relatively little about modern China, even as the awakening giant's influence in the world is increasing. With something like 10 million people migrating every year to China's cities, it seems inevitable that old musical traditions will find new voices once merged with influences such as electronic music, hip-hop, rock and jazz. Most likely, much experimentation is actually taking place among a population numbering 1.3 billion.
As yet, however, ...
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Kapustnik Records proudly releases Ljova Zhurbin's Vjola: World on Four Strings
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All About Jazz
KAPUSTNIK RECORDS PROUDLY RELEASES LJOVA ZHURBIN'S EAGERLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT RECORDING, VJOLA: THE WORLD ON FOUR STRINGS
LJOVA CAPTURES GLOBAL MUSICAL LANDSCAPE BY FEATURING ORIGINAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC, RECORDED PRIMARILY FOR MULTI-TRACK VIOLA
“[Ljova] is an extraordinarily talented and versatile musician, who has an incredible understanding of the intricacies of the imaginative mind"--Yo-Yo Ma
“I am simply in awe of Lev's talents. He is one of the outstanding exponents of a new generation of musicians that I consider, in a good ...
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