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'LYVELIFE' By The Julian Hartwell Project - Available Now!

Source: Julian Hartwell
March 16, 2021

The long-awaited follow-up to their 2015 debut, The Julian Hartwell Project returns with a bold, collaboration-heavy concept album with LYVELIFE, out March 12, 2021. Initially conceived as an EP and subsequently crowdfunded by a small but loyal fanbase, LYVELIFE has since morphed into the most ambitious undertaking yet from pianist, composer, & bandleader Julian Hartwell. With his working quintet as the underlying instrumental nexus, Hartwell features a finely-curated roster of special guests on LYVELIFE. Standout vocalists from the Philadelphia jazz ...

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South Korean Pianist Yoonmi Choi’s Programmatically Composed Trio Album '7 Days' Masterfully Melds Classical Craftsmanship And Expression With The Diverse Colors Of Jazz To Paint The Beauty And Complexity Of Creation

Source: Outside in Music
March 15, 2021

Pianist and composer Yoonmi Choi is no stranger to the stage, and certainly not to pioneering her unique creative voice. From performing at over 300 venues in Europe, to receiving international acclaim across three continents, playing almost every major jazz festival, and directing the Girl Behind the Curtain Musical in Times Square, Yoonmi has pushed beyond the outer limits and expectations of both classical and jazz. Now, with her trio, Yoonmi presents a bold, Leiden Jazz Award Winning, genre-bending project: ...

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Gipsy Kings Co-Founder Diego Baliardo Releases Debut CD, 'Este Ritmo,' With New Group, The Gypsy Evolution

Source: Mouthpiece Music
March 15, 2021

Diego Baliardo, one of the founders of the world-famous Gipsy Kings, is carrying on the group’s tradition of playing their unique blend of musical styles with a new generation of musicians steeped in Romani culture. Baliardo is releasing Este Ritmo (This Rhythm), the debut release with his new group, The Gypsy Evolution (March 19, 2021, Moondo Records). The Gipsy Kings were formed in 1987 by two sets of brothers from the Baliardo and Reyes families, Spanish Romani who fled to ...

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Multi-Saxophonist / Composer Rahsaan Barber Presents Expansive Musical Vision On 'Mosaic,' Due April 9 From Jazz Music City Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 14, 2021

As gifted a composer as he is an instrumentalist, tenor/alto/baritone saxophonist Rahsaan Barber offers a panoply of his scintillating originals on Jazz Music City’s April 9 release Mosaic. The double album features Barber working with two separate frontline partners—his twin brother Roland Barber on trombone, Nathan Warner on trumpet, and the rhythm section of pianist Matt Endahl, bassist Jack Aylor, and drummer Derrek Phillips—as he explores 15 of his straight-ahead jazz compositions. Double-disc recordings are often associated with sprawl and ...

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A New Jazz Opera From Kabir Sehgal And Marie Incontrera, 'Angela's Ring,' Explores The European Debt Crisis

Source: Mouthpiece Music
March 13, 2021

The mere thought of a jazz opera based on the European debt crisis might be enough to send potential listeners running for the exits, but Angela's Ring, a new work co-composed by bassist Kabir Sehgal and pianist Marie Incontrera, is an entertaining and enlightening view of recent history perfectly set to a unique hybrid genre. Uniting the diverse countries of Europe through a common currency was an audacious idea from the start. Many of the countries had been at war ...

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New Album From Slovakian Born Drummer Marek Dorcik

Source: Dynamic Agency
March 13, 2021

Slovakian born drummer Marek Dorcik is swiftly gaining a reputation as a sought after professional drummer on the international jazz scene, working with some of the UK’s leading jazz artists including Mike Walker, Alan Barnes, Stuart McCallum, Alice Zawadzki (as part of the Moss Project) and Matthew Halsall of Gondwana Records. His tenure bands such as the European Union Quartet and the Lukas Oravec Quartet, as well as performances at leading jazz festivals including Manchester, London and Cheltenham, as well ...

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UK Jazz Singer Showcases Vocal Talent With Fresh Interpretations Of Rare And Celebrated Standards

Source: Dynamic Agency
March 12, 2021

February 2021 marked the release of Tomorrow, the brand new album from the charming and distinctive jazz vocalist, James Hudson. Citing a wide spectrum of influential luminaries in his development as an artist including Mel Tormé, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Harry Connick, Jr. and Ella Fitzgerald—James Hudson became inspired to establish his own voice and unique style, the sum of which is captured in the music of Tomorrow . Providing a new and inimitable take ...

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Wedding Bliss: Greg Abate’s Musical Gifts Combined With Kenny Barron’s Gorgeous Compositions Is A Match Made In Bebop Heaven

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
March 12, 2021

There’s a beautiful marriage happening with Greg Abate’s Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron. It’s the union between Abate’s multi-instrumental gift of bebop and Kenny Barron’s varied and sublime compositions. Abate and Barron, who, in addition to lending Abate his material, handles keys on this recording session, are soul mates occupying the same lovely musical space. With Barron’s material and Abate’s fresh vision, the two-disc set, recorded over three days at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, is a ...

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