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Brazilian Vibraphonist Lucas Amorim Releases Debut 'Live in New York City'
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All About Jazz
From humble beginnings in Florianopolis, the capital of southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, rising vibraphonist Lucas Amorim readies to assert himself into New York City’s never sleeps jazz world with his vigorously tuneful, live action debut Lucas Amorim: Live in New York City. Stirred to express himself after falling under the spell of Milt Jackson and Gary Burton (notably Burton’s four mallet “pianistic" approach), Amorim left his boyhood drum set and began studying the vibes with a laser focus. Gigs ...
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Experimental Rock Group Carbonworks Releases Jazz Fusion Single 'Athena' From New Album, 'Vanishing Act,' Out April 21, 2023
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EMPKT PR
Who are we? Where do we come from? Avant-garde rock group CarbonWorks ponders these theoretical unknowns in their jazz fusion single “Athena,” out now on all music streaming platforms. Led by composer and guitarist Neal Barnard, the experimental group questions the complexities of the world and human purpose with an international flair provided by singer-songwriter Lara Lotz (Ben & Lola). Sung predominately in French with a touch of Latin to close out the track, “Athena” is from the group’s second ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: January 2023
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in January, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Big Daddy Randolph Noel From: Elements And Orbits 05:53 Frankenfanny Tobin Mueller From: Best of Tobin Mueller, Volume 1: JAZZ Originals (remastered)
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New Titus Maz Album 'Subject To Change' Out Now On All Streaming Platforms
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Tito Mazzetti
Recorded in jny: London, guitarist Titus Maz's Subject To Change features international guests including Jason Garb, Andre Louis, Max Saidi, Will Jackson, and Antonio Gallucci. The project swerves in and out of fusion, touches many sides of contemporary jazz and takes some unexpected turns when played live. Since its release on September 2022, two of the eight tracks from Subject To Change have been selected by the “Fresh Finds Jazz” and “All New Jazz” Spotify editorial playlists and are currently ...
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Pianist / Vocalist Maggie Herron Releases 'My Story In Song' On February 7, 2023
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Maggie Herron
A Hawaii Institution for More Than Four decades, Award-Winning Jazz Vocalist, Pianist and Songwriter Maggie Herron Releases Her Most Revelatory Album with My Story In Song. A polished and prolific singer/songwriter who has often mined her eventful life for material, Maggie Herron is no stranger to self-revealing recordings. With her seventh album, My Story In Song, the Hawaii-based jazz pianist has created her most personal and ambitious project yet. Slated for release on February 7, 2023 on her Herron Song ...
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All About Jazz Premium Musician Page Service Upgrade
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All About Jazz
We have some exciting news to share about a major upgrade to All About Jazz’s Premium Musician page service. We’re talking big, sweeping improvements that have already delivered profound results. Manage Your Content / Maximize Your Presence Prior to the upgrade, a user clicked the green gear icon on their musician page to manage their content (photos, events, albums, etc.) All this, and more, can be done straight from the page’s much-improved update form. Call it improved content handling. WYSIWYG ...
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Saxophonist/Composer Alex Weiss Exhibits His Surrealist Jazz Conception On 'Most Don't Have Enough,' Due Feb. 24 From Ears&Eyes Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Alex Weiss’s idiosyncratic vision of post-bop jazz finds a new apex with the tenor saxophonist-composer’s February 24 release of Most Don’t Have Enough (ears&eyes). Weiss’s third album as a leader is also his first with Glad Irys,hisworking quintet since 2019 comprising soprano saxophonist Dan Blake, guitarist Yana Davydova, bassist Dmitry Ishenko, and drummer Ches Smith, with pianist Marta Sanchez adding her distinctive stamp to two of the album’s nine moody, mysterious tracks. Seven of Most Don’t Have Enough’s tunes are ...
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Landmark Album From Jazz Guitar Legend Louis Stewart Re-Issued
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Dermot Rogers
Out on His Own, the 1977 solo album by Louis Stewart—Ireland’s major contribution to world class jazz guitar playing—is to be reissued on the reactivated Livia Records on February 24. Recorded when Stewart was playing at his formidable peak and alternating between touring with saxophonist and legendary jazz club owner Ronnie Scott and making trips back to play in packed Dublin clubs bars, Out on His Own is aptly named. Tracks feature Stewart playing alone and to his own rhythm ...
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