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Vocalist Kristin Callahan Offers Pensive, Romantic, Latin-Tinged Arrangements, Warm Acoustic Group Sound On Her Vibrant New Release Lost In A Dream
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All About Jazz
DC-based vocalist Kristin Callahan makes bold artistic strides on her new release Lost in a Dream, a soulful, highly polished collaboration with co-producer, arranger, and bassist Eliot Seppa. Following up her previous albums A New Love and One Magic Day, both more traditional collections of standards, Callahan envisioned a different aesthetic for Lost in a Dream. “I wanted an earthier sound,” Callahan says, “with acoustic guitar, percussion, a move away from being quite so traditional. I wanted to do something ...
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Grant Green: Matador
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Few Blue Note artists seem to have been squeezed the way Grant Green was. Ten of the albums he recorded in the 1960s entered the label's Bermuda Triangle, emerging years later when Blue Note was under new management and the archives were being mined. It's hard to know how Green's career might have been different if all of these albums had reached the marketplace. One of Green's intended albums that didn't see the light of day for some time was ...
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Ireland's Adam Nolan Trio To Release 'Prim And Primal' On August 19, 2021
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All About Jazz
Prolific saxophonist Adam Nolan will soon release his latest trio album featuring Irish jazz musicians Derek Whyte (double bass) and Dominic Mullan (drums). The concept is of two jazz personalities, the polite humble sweet sounding, and the aggressive wild punk rebel. Each track is a visceral experience combining fantastical imagery and unique scenarios. Before each piece was recorded images and ideas would come to Nolan's mind that he would explain to the new rhythm section. The trio moved beyond the ...
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Bobby Hutcherson: Oblique
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
It's so hard to understand why great albums weren't released soon after they were recorded. When the release of superb music was delayed by years, the reason was likely a marketing decision. The decision to delay a release may have been too many albums by the leader or sidemen already in stores. Or an album already out by the leader may selling through the roof and a new release hitting stores too soon would only undercut the former's sales. Or ...
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Chris Barber: A Trailblazer’s Legacy Due Out July 23rd On Last Music Co.
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The Last Music Company
On March 2nd, the world mourned the passing of Chris Barber OBE. A British Jazz pioneer who performed for over seven decades until his retirement in 2019, Barber was a transformational figure in the UK music scene. He unlocked the door for a new generation of renowned musicians who in turn, continue to inspire on a global scale. Many paid tribute, among them, Bill Wyman, who said, “Without Chris Barber, the Stones and The Beatles would not be where they ...
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Elijah Rock's New Video/New Release - All I Need Is The Girl
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
“All I Need is The Girl”- New Single Out Now! The finer points of romance are a too often overlooked art…but with triple threat singer/dancer/actor Elijah Rock around, they are ever in bloom and on the rebound. Returning to the scene with his eagerly anticipated sophomore album, Matters of The Heart (due August 13), Rock slides back into the spotlight ever so smoothly with his tastefully swingin’ rendition of “All I Need is The Girl”—a gentleman’s classic from the 1959 ...
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Ann Hampton Callaway's 'The Moon Is A Kite' - New Single - Just Released!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Tony nominee and Platinum selling songwriter, Ann Hampton Callaway, releases the latest in a string of singles called “The Moon is a Kite." The song originated from a poem she wrote in her #ahcpoemaday series on June 10, 2021. Arts Angel Debra DeMartini commissioned Ann to create a song and the result was an enchanted jazz waltz celebrating the benefits of keeping an imaginative life view to support the spirit during challenging times. This song will ultimately be part of ...
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Landmark Salsa Masterpiece 'Siembra' Set For Remastered Vinyl And First Hi-Res Digital Reissue On August 6th
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Chummy Press
Originally released in 1978, the Willie Colón and Ruben Blades classic changed the history of Latin music, includes the masterpiece “Pedro Navaja,” plus hits “Buscando Guayaba” and “Plástico” New 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl continues Craft Latino’s mission to reissue gems from the Fania vaults Craft Latino, the Latin repertoire arm of Craft Recordings, is proud to present an all-analog remastered vinyl reissue of Siembra, the transcendental album that caused a revolution in Latin music and for many years was the ...
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