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Guitarist / Composer Ray Sandoval Releases 'What Is Now'

Source: Ray Sandoval
November 6, 2020

Composer and musician, Ray Sandoval, has used his music to advocate for social change throughout his career: From Los Angeles-based Chicano rock group, Quetzal, to his more recent collaborations with world-renowned art activist Ai Weiwei. His latest solo project, What Is Now, features a diverse group of acclaimed musicians from Los Angeles to London, Berlin, and Barcelona: It was recorded, in part, during the Covid-19 lockdown. What Is Now is a question but also a statement, my reflection on the ...

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Drum Legend Bill Bruford’s 'Rock Goes To College' Deluxe CD/DVD Edition Now Available

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
November 4, 2020

Bill Bruford was the original drummer in Yes and was a long-term member of King Crimson. His band Bruford recorded this BBC broadcast in 1979. The DVD in this package is the only officially released concert footage of the band that exists, and as such has achieved legendary status. The line-up on this album is: Bill Bruford (drums, percussion), Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Dave Stewart (keyboards), Jeff Berlin (bass) and Annette Peacock (voice). Bill says of the re-release: “This was a ...

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New David Martinez Single Made With Groove And Passion

Source: Christine King
October 31, 2020

David Martinez is a recording artist, guitarist and musician based out of Los Angeles, California. Recently, he has been quite busy in the studio, creating new and exciting music for the audience, even at a time in which many artists are sadly stuck due to the current coronavirus pandemic. His most recent recording endeavor is a song titled Simple Talk. This track is nothing short of extraordinary, and it is also a great insight into David’s skillful guitar playing and ...

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Lamont Lament: London with Love

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 29, 2020

Back in April, I posted about Duncan Lamont, a wonderful British saxophonist who was an elegant songwriter. He composed a song a day well into his 80s. A majority of them were wonderful and beautifully crafted. His best known is probably Pretty People, which is now a standard and has been recorded by dozens of vocalists. Singers Nancy Marano and Frank Holder both recorded tribute albums to Lamont. Now we can add another. British vocalists Esther Bennett, Sarah Moule and ...

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The Ed Palermo Big Band  Flaunts the Union Jack with The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. 3: Run for Your Life

Source: The Music Outpost Publicity
October 28, 2020

While pundits and experts debate whether the United States of America has entered an age of decline as a world power, New York saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and inveterate troublemaker Ed Palermo makes an incontrovertible case for un-American ascendance. With The Great Un-American Songbook Volume 3: Run for your Life, slated for release on guitarist/vocalist Bruce McDaniel’s Sky Cat label on November 6, 2020, he turns his attention to the music of the nation’s former colonial overlords. Focusing on material ...

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Brazilian jazz pianist Ricardo Bacelar makes a 'Live' statement with 'Nothing Will Be As It Was'

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
October 27, 2020

Brazil is leading the world per capita in coronavirus cases making it unlikely that people will be cramming into a concert venue anytime soon to hear live music. Then there is the recent unrest that erupted in response to civil injustices in the US that bodes to spark meaningful change around the world. These are the events that inspired contemporary jazz pianist Ricardo Bacelar to release a new version of the Milton Nascimento classic “Nothing Will Be As It Was ...

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Elmo Hope Trio

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 26, 2020

In 1957, pianist Elmo Hope moved from New York to Los Angeles. He had little choice. His cabaret license was suspended following a drug conviction, and the only place where he had musician friends and the likelihood of work was on the West Coast. As Leonard Feather remarks in his liner notes for one of Hope's finest recordings, Elmo Hope Trio (Contemporary), “black musicians in the late 1950s and early '60s constituted a jazz underground; they surfaced occasionally on a ...

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Horace Parlan: Movin' + Groovin'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 21, 2020

By now, it's no secret that Bill Evans is my favorite pianist. In second place would have to be Horace Parlan. Born in Pittsburgh, Parlan at a young age contracted polio, which left his right hand partly disabled and disfigured. Two of the fingers in his right hand were out of commission. As a result, his left hand did double duty delivering heavy harmony and bass treatment while the pinky, pointer and thumb of his right hand handled melody improvisation. ...

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