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Shakti’s Revelation Of Oneness In Diversity Concludes With The Release Of Mind Explosion – Recorded Live During Their 50th Anniversary Tour In 2023
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Souvik Dutta
Shakti did not spend their fiftieth anniversary standing still, idly collecting laurels and accepting tributes for their decades of fearless musical alchemy. Instead, they acknowledged their vast influence with decisive action, recording their first new studio album in more than 45 years—the GRAMMY award-winning This Moment—and embarking on an extensive international tour that put them before audiences across India, Europe and the United States, complete with opening sets from longtime Shakti admirers Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Bill Frisell, and John ...
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Making Trouble At Twenty-four: The Defiant Ascent Of Pavle Zvekic
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All About Jazz
If jazz is a city—endlessly rebuilt, its back alleys echoing with invention—then Pavle Zvekic is not merely wandering its streets, but laying down bold new thoroughfares through its neighborhoods. Award-winning Serbian writer Oto Oltvanji introduces a pianist who, at just 24, has become a gravitational force in the Balkan and international jazz scenes—equal parts visionary and architect. The mythology usually reserved for prodigies sticks differently to Zvekic. His story begins not with the usual late-night piano discoveries, but as a ...
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Pianist and composer Uriel Pascucci Releases 'Marta's Dream' on Zeitlos Sounds
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Uriel Pascucci
Listen to the world premiere recording of Marta's Dream, the new composition by Uriel Pascucci. This music is as colorful, unexpected and with a narrative as varied as dreams. The piece conveys a succession of dynamic sounds, emotions, and sensations. Marta's Dream is the new composition by pianist and composer Uriel Pascucci. The piece is lyrical, a kind of ballad, a fusion of several musical elements, and yet cohesive. Modern jazz blended with classical music. The beauty lies in the ...
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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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Groundbreaking Traditional + New Musical Conversations On The Balafon + Guitars From Mande Trio, Guitari Baro
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Angie Lemon PR
First new artist release through Chrysalis Global, an imprint of Chrysalis Records Produced by an A-list team: Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán + Pape Armand Boye “Three outstanding Malian and Guinean griots…. Co-produced by Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán and Pape Armand Boye, and recorded in a single session in Dakar, guitarists Gaoussou Kouyaté and Kerfala Diabaté are brilliantly underpinned by the subtle rhythmic patterns of Lassana Diabaté’s balafon. 5-stars.” —Songlines “It is a rare dialogue between balafon and guitar by hereditary ...
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Skylark Quartet Release 'Luna Rossa Al Belvedere'
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Matt Fripp
The Skylark Quartet returns with Luna Rossa al Belvedere, a richly expressive new album released in July 2025, featuring internationally acclaimed flugelhornist Matthieu Michel. Recorded in December 2024 at Unternehmen Mitte Studio, Basel, the album captures the group’s lyrical spirit and dynamic range, shaped by Mediterranean sounds, jazz tradition, and a touch of rock and free improvisation. Originally founded in 2021 under guitarist Samuele Sorana, the group evolved into a collective when bassist Tobias Melcher joined forces to present his ...
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Orchestrating Innovation: Brian Urra And The Evolution Of Musical Organizations
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All About Jazz
Step inside Wally’s Café Jazz Club on a brisk Friday night and you’ll feel the pulse—an electric current rewriting Boston’s musical DNA, one bold violin line at a time. It was 2023, and audience members squeezed through the famous red door for a taste of something new and vital: Chilean crossover jazz, surging from beneath Brian Urra’s restless bow. Urra didn’t just play—he ignited. Under his residency, the club’s legendary jam session tradition tangled with South American fire. Jazz lifers ...
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