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Songlines' Gamelan Alligator Joy Releases Penumbra, Its First Album In Fifteen Years
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GoMedia PR
It's been 15 years since Vancouver’s new music / Javanese gamelan group released its last record, Hive. In the meantime, the ensemble took a new name. Traditionally, gamelans are named after the poetic honorific title bestowed on the large gong: Madu Sari translates as “the essence of honey.” But times change, and Alligator Joy was named after the rumored-to-be-gun-running freighter that brought this newly created, chamber-sized gamelan gadhon to Vancouver in 1990. The pieces on Penumbra were workshopped and premiered ...
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ECM Records Releases Single By Chick Corea Recorded At The Gilmore International Piano Festival
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AMT Public Relations
Dr. Pierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Gilmore, announced today the premiere release of The Visitors, a Chick Corea duet work written for vibraphonist Gary Burton and pianist Kirill Gerstein— two masters of their instruments and in their respective fields. Commissioned by Gerstein (2010 Gilmore Artist) with funding from The Gilmore and co-commissioned by Berklee College of Music, The Fine Family Foundation, Karlsons & Associates, LLC, Tom and Donna Lambert, and Peter and Libby Seaver in ...
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Ali Hugo Breaks New Ground With Genre-defying Jazz Album 'Jazzalane'—Now Streaming
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Ali Hugo
Since making his debut in 2015, singer-songwriter and producer Ali Hugo has become known not just for his eclectic musical journey but also for his ability to adapt, evolve, and lead in an ever-changing music industry. Now, Hugo unveils his boldest project yet: JazzaLane—a full-length jazz album that showcases his evolution as a genre-bending artist and a masterful jazz vocalist and producer. Stream JazzaLane here JazzaLane is more than a jazz record — it’s a statement of artistic maturity and ...
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Mandingo Kora Master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko Joins Trumpeter/Producer Volker Goetze On 'Sargal,' Out Now On Motema Music
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GoMedia PR
This June, New York-based trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze and Senegalese kora master/innovator Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko are set to release Sargal, a duo album with guest features by the world-renowned percussionist Mino Cinélu, famed for his work with Miles Davis and Weather Report. Recorded in jjny: Paris at the Goethe-Institut in 2021, Sargal documents the first explorations of a powerful new musical partnership. As a producer and trumpeter, Volker Goetze first came to world music fame in 2008 when his recordings ...
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Sharon Riley Rexach Joins Maritzaida In Reviving A Puerto Rican Legacy With Radio Bohemia Volumen I
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Aaron Weibe
Traducción al español a continuación... Puerto Rican vocalist Maritzaida is proud to announce the upcoming release of Radio Bohemia Volumen I: La Música de Sylvia Rexach y Tutti Umpierre, arriving on all digital platforms July 11, 2025. Inspired by the original 1953 radio broadcasts of legendary composer Sylvia Rexach and pioneering guitarist Tutti Umpierre, the album brings to life the sound and soul of Puerto Rico’s música bohemia—with a special appearance by Sharon Riley Rexach, Sylvia’s daughter, who served as ...
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Guitarist / Bassist / Composer Barend Tromp To Release New Album 'Odd Time Concepts' On June 6, 2025
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Barend Tromp is a guitarist, bassist, and composer from the Netherlands whose music transcends borders and genres. With a background as diverse as his sound, Barend studied classical guitar at the Conservatory of Tilburg and attained a masters in Music Science at the University of Amsterdam. His passion for musical exploration led him to India and across Europe, where he studied the sitar under renowned masters. These influences—from Western classical to Indian raga—deeply inform his bass playing, resulting in a ...
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Ryan Truesdell: Gil Evans and Shades of Sound
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I love producers and performers who fall madly in love with legacy jazz artists and go the distance to pay tribute to them. I'm thinking of what producer-director Kristian St. Clair did with his 2006 documentary and album This Is Gary McFarland and what jazz historian and album producer Gary Carner did in 2012 with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams by compiling Joy Road: The Complete Works of Pepper Adams (Motema). Another spectacular obsessionist is Ryan Truesdell, a multi-Grammy-winning producer, composer ...
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African Hero Myths Meet A 4tet
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Dog Ranch Music PR
Gwen Laster was contemplating Joseph Campbell’s book The Hero's Journey one day, and found herself wondering if there was a ‘Hero's Journey’ for African Americans. It turned out that there was, and Clyde W Ford’s The Hero With an African Face became not only a personal inspiration but also a direct influence on Gwen Laster’s New Muse 4tet’s upcoming album Keepers of the Flame (May 10, 2025, self-release). Born in October 2015 and founded by Violinist/Composer Laster, Gwen Laster’s New ...
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