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Verve Remixed Launches ~ | Verve Remixed | News

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2008

The brand new Verve Remixed site has launched! Browse through the Verve Remixed discography for releases, ringtones, videos and more. New remix ringtones are now available for Count Basie's Good Morning Blues, Dinah Washington's Silent Night, Jimmy Smith's God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman & Baby It's Cold Outside, and Nina Simone's I Am Blessed. To preview any of the new ringtones click here: Good ...

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Gordon Goodwin: Big Band’S Pied Piper

Source: Boss Sounds
December 1, 2008

As leader of the 18-piece Big Phat Band, Grammy- and three-time Emmy-winning bandleader-composer-arranger-instrumentalist-conductor-instructor Gordon Goodwin is Big Band’s Pied Piper at the wave of a new tradition. With an energy that’s palpable and infectious, he’s connecting with a young audience that’s clamoring for more.

As the New York Times wrote: “An excited throng of students treated these jazz musicians like pop stars, screaming their approval.” Part of that adoration stems from their familiarity with Goodwin’s compositions as a staple of ...

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Sachin Gupta is Back with His Debut Film Dil Kabaddi

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2008

With the release of Dil Kabaddi comes to the fore the prodigious musician Sachin Gupta. At only 27 years of age, he is the in-house music producer for Tips Films and has already become a name to reckon with. Apart from having produced albums for artists such as Apache Indian and Alisha Chinoy, he sky-rocketed singer Atif Aslam's musical career by creating the runaway hit compilation Doorie. So it was no surprise that more artists such as Jal, Ahmad Jehanzedb ...

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Trombonist Clifton Anderson New CD "Decade" Due in January on Doxy/Emarcy Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
December 1, 2008

For the past 25 years Clifton Anderson has traveled the world as Sonny Rollins's front-line partner, and over a long career hes racked up sideman credits with artists such as Slide Hampton, McCoy Tyner, Muhal Richard Abrams, and the Mighty Sparrow. Now, with his new CD Decade, Anderson has created an outstanding showcase for his skills as a player, composer, bandleader, and record producer. A welcome return to recording from one of the most accomplished trombonists working in jazz today, ...

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Les Paul's Pianist, John "Johnny Chops" Colianni, Now Has a Featured Free Download on All About Jazz

Source: JM Creative
December 1, 2008

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Sun Spin: Grand Funk Railroad

Source: JamBase
December 1, 2008

WILD, SHIRTLESS LYRICS, BONG-RATTLING BASS & MORE THAN COMPETENT DRUM WORK IN OUR WEEKLY ALBUM SALUTE

One of rock's original power trios, Grand Funk Railroad haven't aged with the same cool cache as Cream and the James Gang or even the kitsch charm of ZZ Top. No, Mark Farner (guitar, lead vox), Mel Schacher (bass) and Don Brewer (drums, vox) will just have to content themselves with being one of the hippest bands in the late '60s ...

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Dan Baraszu's "Christmas Time is Here" on Blue Canoe Records

Source: All About Jazz
November 30, 2008

An intimate Christmas conversation

Phenomenal Guitarist Dan Baraszu and multi-talented bassist/producer Joseph Patrick Moore offer fresh inspiration to twelve Christmas classics on the latest Blue Canoe Records release “Christmas Time is Here". The duo strikes a touching balance between the complex reharmonization of these standards and the simplistic, stripped down interplay between guitar and bass. This musical conversation is especially notable in the sweet, lullaby-infused melodic bass part of “Silent Night". The trading of melody between Mr. Baraszu and Mr. ...

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UK Jazz Singer and Songwriter, Juliet Kelly, Offers Sweet Caress with Licorice Kiss

Source: All About Jazz
November 30, 2008

Sophisticated but never complicated. Intelligent but never intellectual. Juliet's sound perfectly encapsulates the glamour of the jazz divas of a bygone age adding a modern, sassy twist. Her music has been described as a cross between India.Arie and Peggy Lee with a hint of Amy Winehouse. Juliet just likes to describe it as sophisticated music for stylish people… or Glam Jazz!

With two critically acclaimed albums of original material under her belt - Aphrodite's Child (2003) and Delicious Chemistry (2005) ...

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