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Pianist Aaron Parks Makes His Major Label Debut on Blue Note Records

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

On August 19, pianist Aaron Parks will make his Blue Note Records debut with Invisible Cinema, a stunning concept record conceived entirely by Parks. Invisible Cinema finds Parks in excellent form as both a soloist and composer, buoyed by the support of guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland. Together and apart, all four players have assumed roles at the forefront of jazz in the new millennium. Parks came to the attention of Blue Note Records during ...

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Stephen 'Doc' Kupka Releases "Doc Goes Hollywood"

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

Best known as a founding member of the legendary Oakland, California horn band “Tower of Power" and a prodigious songwriter, Stephen “Doc" Kupka has once again pulled together the best of the best for this, his latest Strokeland Records release. This release, however, is a major departure from Doc's trademark East Bay Soul or “snap funk" style. A personal dream of Doc's for over twenty years, Doc Goes Hollywood is a collection of lush ballads in a modern “Great American ...

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Album of the Week: Cultural Survival, David Sanchez

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2008

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Solo Debut from Simply Red's Mick Hucknall Pays Tribute to Bobby "Blue" Bland on Rhino CD Due June 17

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- One of the most distinctive vocalists in Britain tips his hat to one of the greatest from the American South with the June 17 release of Mick Hucknall's Tribute To Bobby. The solo debut from the leader of Simply Red features sizzling versions of songs popularized by the great Bobby “Blue" Bland. Tribute To Bobby was recorded last summer at Hucknall's home studio in England with longtime collaborator Andy Wright behind the boards. While the 12 ...

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"Echo" Lingers for Alyssa Graham

Source: AirMTM
June 7, 2008

New York, NY. - A sensuous blend of jazz rhythms pulses through Echo (Sunnyside), a collection of songs bound together by the unforgettable resonance of Alyssa Graham's extraordinary voice. Its eleven tracks reveal musical influences from around the globe, all while maintaining the thematic feel of a deeply personal, well-told and eternal love story. With seven original tracks, four classic songs round out the album, including a delicately yearning version of Paul Simon's “America" that speaks to journeys closer to ...

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Guido Mazzon - As the Crow Flies (Ictus Records, 2008) ****a1/2

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2008

I may be writing this review too soon, without having listened sufficiently to this new release by Italian trumpeter Guido Mazzon, but I'm so thrilled by his music, that I can't wait to share my enthusiasm. This CD compiles a number of recordings that Mazzon made over the years with various musicians, and always in small settings, duo or trio. I like this music because it is pure. It is genuine. It is honest. It is deeply felt. He also ...

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Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Mosaic Set, Bud Powell Bio Update

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2008

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Alyssa Graham Releases "Echo"

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2008

An echo can soothe, and an echo can haunt. In Roman myth, Echo is the beautiful nymph with the musical voice forever calling after a boy in love with his own reflection. Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Alyssa Graham's sophomore CD, the aptly-titled Echo, is a musical travelogue that traces the arc of a modern-day love affair and infuses it with a mlange of Jazz, Pop and Brazilian rhythms, bound together by the unforgettable timbre of Graham's stunning voice. Echo was produced by ...

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