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Platinum-Selling Classical Kids Releases First New Album In 20 Years 'Gershwin's Magic Key'
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Classical Kids
In work Billboard lauds as “one of the most completely wondrous examples of children’s entertainment… ever,” multi-award winning and Platinum selling non-profit Classical Kids LIVE! present their newest studio recording, Gershwin’s Magic Key—available now! It’s ‘Extra, extra! Read all about it!’ as audiences step into the streets of 1920s New York as a newspaper boy has a chance encounter with the famous composer, George Gershwin. From there, the musical masterpieces of one of America’s greatest composers are magically woven into ...
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Mangione Brothers: Hey Baby!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Post-war jazz was peppered with fraternal wonders. Among the many families with exceptional jazz siblings in the 1950s were the Montgomerys, the Garners, the Turrentines, the Heaths, the Adderleys, the Joneses (Hank, Thad and Elvin) and the Candolis. Jazz wasn't genetic. In the decade after the end of World War II, music was one of the few ways up and out of crowded households and poverty. Later, of course, would come the Marsalises, the Breckers, the Cohens, the Claytons and ...
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Shambhu Announces New Single, 'Heart Awakening,' Due April 5th
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Shambhu Vineberg
Acclaimed jazz / new age guitarist Shambhu announces his new single, “Heart Awakening," releasing on April 5th on Acoustic Shine. The song features Shambhu’s guitar magic in a soothing and peaceful respite for Covid times. “Heart Awakening” is also the title song of Shambhu’s new EP due early this summer. Pre-save Heart Awakening on Spotify. “Heart Awakening” was composed, arranged and produced by Shambhu, who is featured on guitars and keyboard. “Listening to 'Heart Awakening' is an easy and simple ...
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'Naked Animals,' A 1990 Recording By Saxophonist/Flutist Mark Lewis & His Long-Lived Rotterdam-Based Quartet, Set For First Release On April 2
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Alto saxophonist/flutist Mark Lewis revisits a chapter from his own musical history on Naked Animals, set for an April 2 release on the Audio Daddio label. Recorded in 1990, the album features eight original compositions performed by Lewis’s Dutch quartet, the working unit he maintained through most of his 14-year residency in Rotterdam: pianist Willem Kühne, bassist James Long, and drummer Frans van Grinsven. A native of Washington State, Lewis was all of 20 years old when he settled in ...
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Grammy Award-Winning Record Producer Charlie Peacock Releases New Jazz Album, 'Trout Creek Ranch,' Available March 5th, 2021
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Charlie Peacock
A unique collection of solo piano compositions and improvisations from the producer of Chris Cornell, The Civil Wars, Holly Williams, Ben Rector, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and The Lone Bellow. Grammy award-winning record producer Charlie Peacock adds another solo piano chapter to his diverse musical story, Trout Creek Ranch, his 5th jazz recording (3/04/21). The album was recorded in Studio C at Sear Sound, NYC, September 29th, 2017. As the sonic architect behind the best-selling music duo, The Civil Wars, Peacock ...
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Brazilian Saxophonist Marcio Resende Releases His Third Album Elegant Fish Featuring Latin Grammy Award-Winning Acoustic Guitarist Toninho Horta, Celebrated Guitarist/Producer Sandro Albert And More
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ARE Group
Brazilian tenor saxophonist Marcio Resende will release his third studio recording entitled Elegant Fish on February 26, 2021. The album features Marcio Resende (tenor saxophone); Hélio Alves (piano); Jorge Hélder (acoustic bass), and Marquinhos da Costa (drums), with special guests Sandro Albert (electric guitar), Toninho Horta (guitar), and Claudio Nucci (vocals). It will be distributed globally and available on all major music platforms. Resende’s concept for Elegant Fish was to present his audience with what he calls the “New Bossa ...
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Pianist/Composer Yaniv Taubenhouse Announces The Release Of 'Moments In Trio Volume Three: Roads'
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Available on Fresh Sound New Talent on April 9, 2021 Yaniv Taubenhouse: Piano Rick Rosato: Bass Jerad Lippi: Drums “A marvelous piano trio outing. Taubenhouse has a restless sense of wonder on his own tunes, and a beautiful feel for the standards. And he's got crack trio-mates on board. He seems to know where he's going: where the music takes him." —Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz ...
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Estonian Guitarist Robert Jürjendal Releases Fourth Solo Album 'Water Finds A Way' On NEWdOG Records
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
“One can take the album Water Finds A Way as a coded story. Instrumental music has the power of imagination. It doesn't say directly, the hidden meaning behind the title may be something else. I call this ‘coded.’ It carries a secret which I can't open up to the end. I’m sure that a sensitive listener will find his/her own way into this complex world of music and art.” —Robert Jürjendal, Aaviku Farmstead Studio, Estonia Water Finds A Way continues ...
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