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Afro-Cuban Jazz Project - A Puerto Padre: Tributo a Emiliano Salvador CD - Avalable 5/13/08

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2008

Incredible tribute to the special talent of the composer Emiliano Salvador. This record won the Latin Jazz's Cubadisco 2001 award. With the participation, among many others, of Chucho Valds, Tata Gines and Juan Pablo Torres. This is a very well made work with interpretive force and arrangements that bring out the best of the artist being paid tribute to. Above all, it demonstrates the very special talent of the composer Emiliano Salvador. Track Listing/Features: Anglica Para ...

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Ghostlight Sets 6/3 for "In the Heights" Cast Album

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 12, 2008

Latin/Salsa/Hip-Hop-Infused In The Heights to Get Two-CD Original Broadway Cast Recording Release Confirmed for June 3rd on Ghostlight Records NY TIMES: “A Tuneful Score Enlivened by the Dancing Rhythms of Salsa and Latin Pop" - “A Sense of Excitement Almost Never Heard Emanating from a Broadway Pit"--"A Singular New Sensation. When the Musical Erupts in Collective Joy, the Energy it Gives Off Could Light Up The George Washington Bridge for a Year or Two" TIME MAGAZINE: “In The Heights Represents ...

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Members of the the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Announce the Launch of Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 12, 2008

BJURecords Kicks Off This Spring With Its First Three Releases From Alexis Cuadrado, Anne Mette Iversen and Bernard Emer Lackner Ferber - Available on April 22 “Consider this the opening shot in the latest revolution to hit New York's improv scene." -- Time Out New York “Think of it as a mix-tape, a calling card from artists who operate in a small world but like to think big." -- JazzTimes (on the BJU Compilation, Vol. 1) “Brooklyn jazz is happening ...

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Paquito D'Rivera - The Lost Sessions CD - Available 05/13/08

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

Rare tracks from the mid-70s by the incredible D'Rivera. Description: Recorded in Havana and Finland with a dream band that features Chucho Valds, Arturo Sandoval, Carlos Emilio Morales and Oscar Valds, among others, the woodwind giant Paquito D'Rivera offers an excellent variety of songs from different genres. You will play it over and over again. This CD configuration appears here for the first time. Track Listing/Features: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU MI PEQUEA ANNA

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All In, Debut CD of Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Reaches Number 4 on JazzWeek Chart

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

Westchester, NY -- All In, the debut CD of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, has been among the top-played discs on jazz radio across the nation since January. With this week's JazzWeek chart, WJO hits an impressive number 4 in national spins. “Of course we were thrilled when All In started charting a few months ago," says WJO's executive director, Emily Tabin. “To have it reach number 4 is extraordinary and speaks very well of the music the Orchestra creates." Most ...

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Karen Blixt's New CD "Mad Hope" Due in Stores Spring 2008

Source: Gorgeous PR, Inc
March 12, 2008

STELLAR JAZZ VOCALIST KAREN BLIXT's DEBUT DISC, SPIN THIS, BREAKS ONTO JAZZWEEK's TOP 50 ALBUMS CHART! Chanteuse Also Dazzles in Two Sold-Out Shows at World-Famous Yoshi's Karen Blixt has spent the past ten years meticulously establishing herself as one of the California Bay Area jazz scene's most respected and successful vocalists, before choosing to make two auspicious achievements in the same week. Karen's highly-awaited debut album, Spin This, broke onto the JazzWeek Top 50 Albums Charts. ...

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"Jazz in the Air" CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2008

"Jazz in the Air" a Boston area jazz trio and quartet has just released it's latest CD entitled “Easy Does It". The title says it all. Smooth, easy, melodic jazz originals written, arranged and produced by composer bassist Bob Sabourin and featuring Kenji Kikuchi on tenor sax, Ririka Masuda on alto sax, Hiro Tokushige on trumpet, Stephanie Stone on flute and alto sax, Ken Willinger on guitar, Joseph Reid on piano and Dave Ellis on drums. This jazz CD follows ...

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Delirium Blues Project, Co-led by Kenny Werner & Roseanna Vitro, Debuts on CD 3/25

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 11, 2008

In August 2007, longtime friends and musical partners in jazz Kenny Werner and Roseanna Vitro took to the stage of the Blue Note in New York with a bodacious new category-bending band, the Delirium Blues Project. Werner occupied his customary piano chair but also filled the new role of arranging for the nine-piece group. Vocalist Vitro tapped into her Arkansas and Texas roots to deliver the goods on Delirium's funk and blues material, which ranged from Tower of Power and ...

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