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Karen Stachel Norbert Stachel & Lehcats Join Forces With Giovanni Hidalgo On 'Live At The Breakroom,' A 2-CD Set To Be Released March 20
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Omnivorous jazz fusion combo LehCats channels the awesome percussive power and ingenuity of conguero Giovanni Hidalgo with Live at the Breakroom, set for a March 20 release by Purple Room Productions. Captured on a night at the titular San Jose venue when Hidalgo was featured with the New York–based band led by husband-and-wife Karen (flutes, vocals) and Norbert Stachel (saxophones, flutes), the double-disc album is a superlative example of what can happen when spontaneity, unforced chemistry, and an energetic and ...
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Cameron Washington Brings His New Orleans-inspired Lazy Californians To The World Stage With 'Back To San Francisco,' Set For February 13 Release Via Angel Island Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Band nameand album title notwithstanding, it’s the sound of New Orleans jazz and brass bands that resonates loudest on Back to San Francisco, the irrepressibly grooving debut album by Cameron Washington and Lazy Californians, dropping February 13 on Angel Island Records.But neither are there any misnomers here: trumpeter-vocalist Washington and his unique nine-piece band are indeed based in the City by the Bay, where they ply the rhythms and flavors that burst forth from this album with the energy and ...
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The Beatroot Road Champion Post-genre Music, Unite Artists From Across The Globe On 'Humanimal'
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Independent Music Promotions
The Beatroot Road continue their mission of fearless artistic creativity, which unites artists from around the globe spanning nearly every subgenre, while somehow tying it into a singular, powerful theme on the expansive new album Humanimal Released on October 25th, this release is connecting, meaningful, visceral and exciting. This is truly a genre-defying journey, reminiscent in ways of other bold artists like Massive Attack, Gorillaz, Bjork, Ian Dury & The Blockheads and Horace X create with a lack of fear. ...
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Elizabeth Naccarato Creates Musical Alchemy On Powerful 'Salonnières' Album
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Independent Music Promotions
Classical artist, composer and master pianist Elizabeth Naccarato has created a veritable portal through time and space on the deeply peaceful and immersive experience offered by her new album Salonnières. This altogether unique release not only communicates a rare pause for our modern age where the listener can engage in ethereal beauty, it projects the mind's eye to a different time and place altogether, allowing us to reflect and bring a gem back into the now. A subtle rapture pervades ...
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Benjamin Dean Wilson Releases Cinematic Musical 'Until The House Falls'
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Independent Music Promotions
Unabashed musical chameleon and award-winning creative mischief-maker Benjamin Dean Wilson has announced the release of an expansive, multi-genre opus entitled Until the House Falls. Until the House Falls is a four-part musical radio play featuring 11 songs and performances that create a cinematic experience without the need for visuals. Truly, this is a 'film for the ears'. This form of eccentric originality, void-like depth of drama and theme, and genuine storytelling are par for the course for Wilson. After all, ...
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Bossa Breeze: Meditation On Memory And Inheritance
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Two for the Show Media
Lalo Schifrin’s music carried the weight of exile, memory, and reinvention—and it was precisely this blend of tradition and innovation that moved Alex Sino to write lyrics for his 1966 instrumental composition “Bossa Antique,” transforming it into the song “Bossa Breeze.” Grammy Winner, Alex Sino, on the question of why he chose a sixty-year-old instrumental composition written by Lalo Schifrin, answered with his own lyrics: You don’t always hear it clearly But it’s been with you for years,
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The Court At Versailles Reimagines Tycho Through A Jazz Lens On Debut Single 'A Walk'
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Eric Palmquist
For longtime friends pianist Joel Pierson and producer Eric Palmquist, Acoustic Electronica has been years in the making—an idea that surfaced in late-night conversations whenever they crossed paths. As both artists carved out their own careers in music—Pierson in jazz and contemporary classical music, Palmquist in alternative, pop, and electronic production—their creative worlds eventually converged around a shared question: What would happen if a jazz trio reimagined the seminal works of electronic dance music? The Court at Versailles starts to ...
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Composer/Pianist Gregory Golub Unveils Third Original Jazz Album — 'African And Other Jazz Passions’
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Gregory Golub
Gregory Golub is a composer, pianist and keyboardist whose music is full of surprises, creativity, and a blending of different idioms while always being inventive jazz. He was born and raised in the USSR and began teaching himself piano when he was 12. Although he would have a formal musical education, he has long had his own style. Early on, Golub performed at a jazz festival in Russia and received a prize for his writing talents. Since moving to Israel ...
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