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Dhani Harrison Hot Beatle Progeny

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2008

Even though George Harrison is his father, its still striking how much Dhani Harrison resembles the legendary Beatles guitarist. His music, however, is a great departure.

Dhani and friend Oli Hecks have released their first album as Thenewno2, which borrows as much from Brian Eno and Massive Attack as it does from his dads band.

There's no hiding Dhani Harrison's lineage. “There's a lot I inherited from my dad," says the late George Harrison's son, 30, who is tentatively stepping ...

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New Holiday Album from Wayne Bergeron with the After Hours Brass

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2008

Celebrate this holiday season with Wayne Bergeron's new CD, Music & Mistletoe.

This “Pint-Sized Big Band" redefines classics such as “Jingle Bells", “We Three Kings" and “Santa Baby". And introducing a brand new classic, “Christmas Is The Warmest Day Of The Year" featuring jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton.

Music & Mistletoe is now available at WayneBergeron.com and CD Baby.

About Wayne Bergeron Wayne Bergeron is enjoying a career as one of the most active players on the Los Angeles ...

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CAM Jazz Announces 2009 CD Releases

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2008

CAM Jazz Announces 2009 Releases by Martial Solal, Francesco Cafiso, Enrico Pieranunzi, Edward Simon, Kenny Wheeler and Antonio Sanchez First Release of The New Year is Martial Solal's Live at The Village Vanguard on January 27 In the course of just eight years, CAM Jazz has become an independent record label of international prestige. Among the achievements in its eight years are four consecutive GRAMMY nominations (2006, 2007, 2008) for Kenny Wheeler, Diego Urcola, Paul McCandless and Mark Walker (both ...

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Femi Kuti: Day by Day

Source: JamBase
December 3, 2008

By: Jim Welte

Femi Kuti by Nicolas Hidiroglou The mythology of Fela Anikulapo Kuti is unrivaled in music. As the story goes, the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer stood tall in the face of vicious, politically-charged harassment from the government for nearly three decades. His Kalakuta Republic compound was raided relentlessly, including a 1977 incident in which soldiers fatally tossed his elderly mother out a window and burned and destroyed nearly every piece of Fela's livelihood. Despite ...

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Maria Schneider's Coming About Reissued

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2008

We are happy to announce that Maria Schneider's second CD, Coming About (first released in 1996), has finally been re-mastered and re-released with a fresh new design. In addition to the mail-order CD, you will also receive two downloadable videos. The first video is Maria's look at the music today, 13 years later,giving insights that can only be seen in retrospect. She talks about each work on the recording. The second video shows Scott Robinson at home in his laboratory ...

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Neko Case New Album

Source: JamBase
December 3, 2008

NEKO CASE'S NEW ALBUM MIDDLE CYCLONE - HER FIRST IN THREE YEARS SET FOR MARCH 3 RELEASE ON ANTI- RECORDS

Neko Case On March 3, 2009, Anti- Records will release the eagerly awaited new Neko Case album Middle Cyclone. The fifteen-track collection is Case's first release since 2006's Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, the best-reviewed and best-selling album of her career.

Middle Cyclone was produced by Case with Darryl Neudorf and recorded in Tucson, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vermont. ...

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