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Jazz Legend Grover Washington, Jr. Commemorative Vinyl To Be Released

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 10, 2020

Lightyear Entertainment announces that it will release a commemorative double vinyl of beloved artist Grover Washington, Jr. on Black Friday for Record Store Day. This release marks 20 years since the passing of the immensely popular artist who was largely responsible for creating a bridge between jazz and R&B. Grover was well loved by his fans but also by the many musicians who worked with him over the years. He was a contemporary jazz artist whose music topped the “Smooth ...

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Michael Joseph Harris Releases New Albums Showcasing Contemporary And Traditional Gypsy Jazz

Source: The Phillips Agency
October 8, 2020

Inspired by the legendary Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), Baltimore guitarist and bandleader Michael Joseph Harris leads two Gypsy jazz bands. Comprised of the same core members, both are releasing their fourth albums in North America and Europe in 2020 on the Swing Underground label. With the help of numerous guest artists, they are busting the boundaries of the genre. A respected ambassador of traditional Gypsy jazz, Harris founded the popular Hot Club of Baltimore in 2012. Two years later he added ...

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Whisky Kisses by Alex Bird & The Jazz Mavericks Available On October 23, 2020

Source: Orange Grove Publicity
October 7, 2020

Alex Bird is a singer/songwriter and actor from Toronto, Canada. Alex is quickly becoming one of the top new Jazz crooners on the scene. With a swinging style and an indescribable charm, Alex is currently working on an entirely new chapter in the Great American Songbook, with his soon to be released original 11 track debut album Whisky Kisses (October 23rd, 2020). The album was recorded at Canterbury Studios with the masterful Jeremy Darby. “Whisky Kisses” is already an award ...

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Jazz From Heaven…Tony Adamo: Angel Bop Reviewed By Jazz Weekly

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2020

Bay area vocalist Tony Adamo tells another jazz story in swinging Steinbeck fashion, this time from a heavenly viewpoint. Adamo sings out the role of a bebopping angel “in the heavens of my walk here on earth…digging on the new jazz”. With his late night dj of a voice, he’s backed by a mix of funk and snappy hip hop percussion’d grooves, coaxed on by guitar spicks by Chris Pimento that evokes tones from the cool strings of George Benson ...

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Ira Sullivan: Blue Stroll

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 5, 2020

Ira Sullivan, a trumpeter and saxophonist who played in Chicago in the 1950s and Miami in the 1960s and beyond, recording largely with Red Rodney and Lin Halliday, died September 21, 2020. He was 89. Among his finest albums as a leader was Blue Stroll. Recorded for Chicago's Delmark label in July 1959, Blue Stroll featured Sullivan (tp-1,as-2,ts-3,bar-4,peck hrn-5), Johnny Griffin (as-6,ts-7,bar-8), Jodie Christian (p), Victor Sproles (b) and Wilbur Campbell (d). The tracks are Campbell's Wilbur's Tune, My Old ...

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Jazz-Pop Singer-Songwriter Laura Fernandez New Release - Okay, Alright - Release Date: October 2nd

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
October 3, 2020

Canadian singer/songwriter, pianist, producer, artist, and JAZZFM.91 Toronto radio producer/host Laura Fernandez is taking the time to “Breathe Life" in this, her new single. An intense, emotional ode to love, its recurrent line 'you breathe life into me' is fervent, and almost prayer-like; Alexander Brown shines with a beautiful, muted trumpet and the overall sense of the song is hushed and jazzy in a minor key. “Breathe Life" gives you a taste of Fernandez's new album, Okay, Alright (Sonic Peach ...

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Saxophonist Benjamin Boone Broadens His Explorations Of Poetry & Jazz With "The Poets Are Gathering," Due Oct. 16 From Origin Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 29, 2020

Benjamin Boone takes his fascination with the merger of poetry and jazz to stunning new heights on The Poets Are Gathering, set for an October 16 release on Origin Records. True to its title, the album finds the saxophonist-composer assembling a large group of acclaimed American poets—11 in all, including Tyehimba Jess (Pulitzer Prize), Patricia Smith (LA Times Book Award/National Slam Poetry Champion), Juan Felipe Herrera (U.S. Poet Laureate), and Edward Hirsch (MacArthur)—intertwining their work with that of 20 musicians, ...

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Daniel Roure Delights Jazz Fans With Latest Release Album Promises A Romantic Mix Of Jazz And The French Language

Source: Daniel Roure
September 29, 2020

Jazz musician Daniel Roure is transporting listeners to the sidewalk cafes and lights of France with his latest album. Quintessence has all the jazz melodies fans will love paired with soulful lyrical content. Quintessence features the talent of many musicians as well as the powerful voice of Daniel Roure. The sounds blend together to form romantic, smooth jazz melodies. All of this is overlaid with the amazing vocals of Daniel Roure. Each track is sung with a well-stamped voice, perfect ...

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