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Dani Gurgel Launches "Agora" ArtistShare Project!

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2009

We wanted to let everyone know about a bright young Brazilian artist named Dani Gurgel who has just launched her first ArtistShare project! Check out Dani's great version of Maria Schneider’s “Estrada Bela,” with her original lyrics! (video below) In her own words: “This project is inspired on the series of concerts 'Dani Gurgel and the New Composers' and will feature many young and talented Brazilian composers and musicians, singing and playing along with me. This project's name, Agora, means ...

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Tower of Power's "Great American Soulbook" Enters Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Charts at Number 3

Source: Anne Leighton
April 22, 2009

Tower of Power's Great American Soulbook album, which features covers of classic soul songs has entered Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Charts at Number 3. It is the highest placing debut album of the week. The album has also entered the Soundscan Jazz charts for record sales at Number 6. Great American Soulbook features guest vocalists. Sir Tom Jones duets on Sam and Dave's “I Thank You." Joss Stone shares two songs and Tammi Terrel and Marvin Gaye's “(Heaven Must Have Sent) ...

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Gary Lewis & the Playboys' "The Complete Liberty Singles" Coming On Collectors' Choice on May 26

Source: conqueroo
April 22, 2009

‘60s band’s golden era included “This Diamond Ring,” “Count Me In,” “Save Your Heart for Me,” “Everybody Loves a Clown,” “Sure Gonna Miss Her,” “Green Grass” and more. The hit team included Snuff Garrett, Al Kooper, Leon Russell, Hal Blaine and Jim Keltner.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In the tradition of Collectors’ Choice Music’s hits collections from Jan & Dean and Tommy James & the Shondells, the label will issue Gary Lewis & the Playboys’ The Complete Liberty ...

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Horace Silver: Horace-Scope

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 22, 2009

Everyone has a favorite Horace Silver album. Mine is Horace-Scope. Recorded in July 1960, the album has a hair-raising lineup of tracks and a superb mix of Silver's grumbling bass lines, high-energy melodies and snap-crisp horns. Don't get me wrong, I love Song for My Father, Six Pieces of Silver and Blowin' the Blues Away. All three are vivid examples of Silver's hard-bop genius and rhythmic brilliance. But for me, Horace-Scope has a little something extra--a passing gear, if you ...

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy New CD Tribute to Cab Calloway

Source: All About Jazz
April 21, 2009

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY How Big Can You Get A Tribute to Cab Calloway In Stores Today!

America's favorite contemporary little big band, the award winning jumpin' jazz / retro swing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, has released a new album entitled How Big Can You Get (Big Bad/Vanguard Records).

The 11 song CD, their eighth album, is a tribute to Cab Calloway, the legendary band leader and jazz singer, and was recorded in honor of what would have ...

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Kenya Revisited “Live” Featuring Bobby Sanabria & Candido

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 20, 2009

THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC & JAZZHEADS RECORDS RELEASE KENYA REVISITED “LIVE” FEATURING BOBBY SANABRIA CONDUCTING THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST CANDIDO – (NEA JAZZ MASTER) -AN INCREDIBLE RE-WORKING OF AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MASTERPIECE- THIS RECORDING MARKS THE FIRST RELEASE IN A SERIES OF FOUR THAT JOIN FORCES BETWEEN THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND JAZZHEADS RECORDS. Kenya Revisited ”Live” captures an extraordinary night of music performed by The Manhattan School of Music’s Afro-Cuban ...

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Become Enchanted with Anne Walshs "Pretty World"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
April 20, 2009

Jazz-adult pop vocalist will release a delightful collection of swoon-inducing, love-themed songs with Latin grooves. Anne Walsh releases Pretty World June 16th.

Perspective is everything. While presently some see the world as a chaotic mess, others glimpse wonder and beauty in abundance and the infinite possibilities created when rooted in love. As demonstrated on her debut jazz-adult pop album, Pretty World, vocalist Anne Walsh falls into the latter category.

The gorgeous collection of idyllic songs that thematically chronicle the complexities ...

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Barry Cooper Sextet Presents: Basie and Beyond

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2009

American-born Jazz trombonist and member of the long-standing Count Basie Orchestra, Barry Cooper announces release of his first recording as a bandleader, titled Common Journey.

An exclusive Asian tour is in the works with anticipated dates in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Shanghai and Singapore.

Cooper has gained recognition internationally and at home as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, Charles Tolliver Big Band, Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Orchestra, Lincoln Center Afro-Cuban Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra and Clark Terry’s Young Titan’s ...

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