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Cynthia Basinet Celebrates 10 Years as Santa's Favorite Baby!

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 21, 2007

Montreal - “If you're doing it right, it's more than a cover. It's going to be reinvented," says Cynthia Basinet about the art of a cover song and her Christmas classic. By Marc Soucy Humanitarian, singer, actress, activist, model and mother, Cynthia Basinet is running for office this Christmas. Not really, but she sure could. For now she celebrates the 10th anniversary of her hit single “Santa Baby". The Christmas classic, originally sung by Eartha Kitt in 1953, has been ...

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Sarah Brooks & Graceful Soul CD Release Party on 12/28

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
December 20, 2007

6-10PM NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM Jacobs Family Gallery Sarah Brooks and Graceful Soul CD release party 18 Johnny Cake HL, New Bedford, MA 02740

Free for Museum members and Cardoza's Rewards Card holders, $10 for all others. Cash bar. Open to visitors age 21 and older. For more information, call 508 997-0046, ext. 116 Sarah Brooks, vocals Marcus Monteiro, alto saxophone

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Tony Adamo, Jazzradio 94.1FM on the Helen Simons Show

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2007

Bay side vocalist Tony Adamo (San Francisco) doesn't waste anytime getting into funky baritone interpretations of R&B, straight ahead jazz tunes and a wicked “Lolita". This is a great CD for lots of good track reasons. The Tower of Power Horns are found on five tracks. This is a gritty and soulful album with lots of musical choices. I'll kick off with Stolen Moments on the next show. By all means don't pass this up it deserves a second listen. ...

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Premonition Records Releases New Album from Bassist/Composer Drew Gress

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
December 19, 2007

Premonition Records Releases New Album, The Irrational Numbers, From Bassist/Composer Drew Gress Third Gress Album for Premonition In Stores February 19, 2008 Premonition Records is proud to announce the release of The Irrational Numbers, by bassist/composer Drew Gress. With The Irrational Numbers, his third for Premonition, Gress adds another stellar album to his already impressive discography of smart and uncompromising modern jazz. The album features the same core group of players who appeared on Gress' previous Premonition album, ...

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Bassist Chris Tarry Releases "Almost Certainly Dreaming"

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2007

New York based Canadian born electric bassist Chris Tarry has released his latest album Almost Certainly Dreaming. It features some of the top players in New York and is being hailed as the finest album of his career! “Almost Certainly Dreaming establishes this band as one of the best working today!" --All About Jazz (December 2007 Interview) With seven award-winning solo albums Chris Tarry has constantly pushed the envelope with his electric bass led music. Sold out concert tours and ...

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Theo Jorgensmann & Oles Brothers: "Alchemia" on Hatology 646

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2007

Theo Jorgensmann & Oles Brothers: Alchemia Hatology 646

“Perhaps surprisingly for a conceptualist like Jorgensmann, 'straightahead' jazzers Tony Scott and Buddy De Franco now seem even more relevant to our updated perception of Alchemia. Both were powerful clarinetists who brought idiosyncratic phrasing and a harmonic bite to solos that balanced on the cusp of freedom. The most impressive aspect of Alchemia, to my ears, is the trio's ecstatic, elastic freedom of line and design. Fluid internal tempo changes ...

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Steve Lantner Trio: "What You Can Throw" on Hatology 641

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2007

Steve Lantner Trio: What You Can Throw Steve Lantner - piano; Joe Morris - double bass; Luther Gray - drums Hatology 641 “I'm still surprised when I hear new jazz, and Steve Lantner plays it, reconstituting and reinventing the tradition. First hearing this trio, you'll be struck by its sheer kinetic joy, its ability to swing and to drive in ways that are central to jazz, without simply repeating some specific events in that tradition. The ...

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