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New Lp Alan Broadbent Solo Piano "Just One Of Those Things" Availabe Oct. 1, 2014 on Edition Longplay -- Preorder Now!
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Jan Matthies Music Management
The new solo piano recording of Alan Broadbent Just One Of Those Things shows very clearly: Broadbent is not only a highly acclaimed arranger and orchestra leader, two Grammy Awards as well as working with Woody Herman, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, etc., he is also a great and distinctive pianist. In decades of cooperation with the unforgettable Charlie Haden and his Quartet West, he demonstrated this emphatically. Charlie Haden praised him as “one of the most original improvisers ...
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Alan Broadbent with NDR Bigband Release "America The Beautiful"
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Last year Alan Broadbent, jazz pianist, arranger, conductor and composer released his solo album Heart to Heart for which he received the rarely given best rating of 5-stars by Downbeat magazine (USA) and Jazz Journal (UK). This year on Alan’s 67th birthday on April 23, 2014 his new album together with the NDR Bigband America the Beautiful will see the light of day. The Title America the Beautiful is Alan’s way of giving thanks to the country and its people ...
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Pianist Ayako Shirasaki Releases New Trio CD "Some Other Time"
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Jazz pianist Ayako Shirasaki residing in NY, USA released her new trio CD Some Other Time on August 28, 2013 on Jan Matthies Records (JMR 201301). On Some Other Time Ayako combines the hard swinging bebop language of Bud Powell with the sophisticated harmonic elegance of Bill Evans, but with a brilliant creativity all her own and one guiding theme: melody! These are songs without words:Sunrise (Ayako Shirasaki)3 Steps Forward (Ayako Shirasaki)Yosaku-与作 (Kiminori Nanasawa)Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein)Oleo (Sonny Rollins)April ...
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Heart To Heart - Alan Broadbent's New Solo Piano Album
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Two-time Grammy Award winning jazz pianist, composer and arranger Alan Broadbent has long been a major force behind the scenes in jazz, whether it was accompanying Irene Kral on some of the most exquisite vocal albums ever recorded, contributing arrangements to Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, Jane Monheit and Sir Paul McCartney or playing piano for Charlie Haden's Quartet West. 14 CD‘s released under his own name are proof that he is not only working in the background. Four of his ...
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A Jazz Piano Celebration, April 4, 2013: Alan Broadbent, Ayako Shirasaki, Boris Netsvetaev, Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet, Hammer Klavier Trio
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Jan Matthies Music Management is celebrating its 5th birthday, dedicating the evening to Solo Jazz Piano and Trio. The artists of Jan Matthies Music Management all come together at the prestigious Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Germany. 20.00 – 20.30 Alan Broadbent, solo & trio “one of the greatest living jazz pianists" – The Los Angeles Times about the 2-time Grammy winner. In 2010 he received another Grammy nomination alongside Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis und Hank Jones for »Best Improvised ...
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New Release By The Hammer Klavier Trio "Rocket In The Pocket"
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Jan Matthies Music Management
The Hammer Klavier Trio (hKT) is one of Germany's premiere jazz piano trios. In fact they are the only jazz act from Germany that ever has been nominated for an award by the American Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) - “Best Video of the Year" in 2010. Having played a lot in Germany and Europe this nomination meant a lot to them and they put in all efforts to do a 1-week tour in New York City, USA in June 2011. ...
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Alan Broadbent Trio: Two-time Grammy Award winning jazz pianist -- Debut Tour in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and England
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Alan Broadbent, two-time Grammy Award winning Jazz Pianist, Arranger, Conductor and Composer, born 1947 in New Zealand, has long been a major force behind the scenes in jazz, whether it was accompanying Irene Kral on some of the most exquisite vocal albums ever recorded, contributing arrangements to Sir Paul McCartney, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall or Jane Monheit, or playing piano with Charlie Haden's Quartet West. 13 CD's released under his own name are proof though that he is not only ...
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Jazz Pianist Ayako Shirasaki: Japan Tour Dates: April 2012
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Ayako Shirasaki presents her newest CD Falling Leaves—Live in Hamburg to her home audience all over Japan in April 2012. Falling Leaves really garnered the attention of the media: “Shirasaki is the complete package, possessing commanding technique that comes from a classical foundation but works in complete service of jazz, and she marries her heart and head with her hands throughout Falling Leaves—Live In Hamburg." —-Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz “Shirasaki demonstrates substantial range... excellent concert..." —Don Lerman, Cadence “Shirasaki's ...
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