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New Album From The Branford Marsalis Quartet Available On Vinyl Only For Record Store Day 2012

Source: Courtney Hawkes
April 23, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, MA: Legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his tight-knit working band delivered Four MFs Playin' Tunes on deluxe 180-gram high definition vinyl just in time for Record Store Day 2012 on April 21, 2012. This is the first recording of the Branford Marsalis Quartet with an electrifying young drummer who joined the band three years ago and the results are a nimble and sparkling album, featuring ambitious original compositions by members of the band, a Thelonious Monk classic, and one ...

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Celebrate the holidays with Harry Connick, Jr.'s "The Happy Elf" and start a new tradition!

Source: Courtney Hawkes
November 30, 2011

CAMBRIDGE, MA: From Grammy award winner Harry Connick, Jr. comes a new instrumental jazz holiday album, Music From The Happy Elf. Offered as a companion disc to The Happy Elf, Connick's first picture book for children available this holiday season from Harper Collins, Music From The Happy Elf is the fourth edition of Marsalis Music's ongoing Connick on Piano series. Accompanied by two mainstays of his big band, Neal Caine on bass and Arthur Latin on drums, Connick revisits songs ...

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