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Al Basile Brings the Tinge for Release on February 19, 2008

Al Basile Brings the Tinge for Release on February 19, 2008

Source: Mark Pucci Media

RUMFORD, RI - Sweetspot Records announces a February 19, 2008 release date for The Tinge, the latest album from singer/songwriter/cornetist Al Basile, with national distribution by City Hall. The Tinge is Basile's sixth solo album and the follow-up to his 2006 CD, Groovin' In The Mood Room, which reached #14 on the Living Blues chart. Basile began his performing career in 1973 when Duke Robillard hired him as the first trumpet player for the seminal jump band Roomful of Blues, ...

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Michael Wolff: Producing Pop CD for Sons' Naked Brothers Band is "Liberating"

Michael Wolff: Producing Pop CD for Sons' Naked Brothers Band is "Liberating"

Source: Seth Cohen PR

Producing a Pop Album for His Sons Has “Liberating" Effect on Wolff, a Jazz Artist The Naked Brothers Band Debut CD is a Billboard Chart Winner, and Michael Wolff Has a Surprising Response Wolff Trio Dates to Include Stops in NYC, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Toledo, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, Half Moon Bay (CA,) San Francisco With a #22 debut on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 Album Chart, The Naked Brothers Band CD has become a commercial success, matching the meteoric ...

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Super Session! Dream Theater, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Zappa, Porcupine Tree Members to Appear on Guitarist Todd Grubbs' New CD

Super Session! Dream Theater, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Zappa, Porcupine Tree Members to Appear on Guitarist Todd Grubbs' New CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James

Florida - What only can be described as a 'super session' is taking place on virtuosic Florida guitarist Todd Grubbs upcoming fourth solo album titled Time, Space and the Electric. For these sessions, Grubbs, who has been prominently featured in national and international publications such as Guitar World, Guitar FPM and Guitar (Japan), has enlisted an array of well-known musical artists to record on his new CD. “I am very excited about how the CD is coming out!", says Grubbs ...

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New Album Release: Mike Romig - "Here Forward..."

New Album Release: Mike Romig - "Here Forward..."

Source: All About Jazz



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Tom Ball's New Guitar CD, Entitled "Solo Guitar - Music from Films" Released

Tom Ball's New Guitar CD, Entitled "Solo Guitar - Music from Films" Released

Source: Just Roots PR

Dog Boy Records is pleased to announce the third solo guitar release by multi-instrumentalist Tom Ball.

On this new CD Ball tackles some of the most memorable film music ever composed. Alongside new arrangements of such beloved pieces as Over the Rainbow, Manh de Carnaval and Yesterday, the guitarist has also chosen several lesser known obscurities such as the sublime Wild Mountain Thyme and the hauntingly radiant themes to Once Upon a Time in the West and To Kill a ...

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Venezuelan Label Cacao Musica Enters Us Market with 11/27 Releases by Changuito, "El Negro" & Alfredo Naranjo

Venezuelan Label Cacao Musica Enters Us Market with 11/27 Releases by Changuito, "El Negro" & Alfredo Naranjo

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates

The Caracas, Venezuela-based jazz, world and Latin music label Cacao Musica enters the North American market with the November 27th release of CDs by the legendary percussionist Changuito, the prolific drummer Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez, virtuoso vibraphonist Alfred Naranjo, the folk singer Vidal Colmenares from Venezuela's “llano" region and the alternative pop band Santos Viejos (Old Saints). Cacao's audiophile CDs and associated DVDs will initially be available in selected Barnes & Noble stores around the U.S. and subsequently in other ...

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Maximum Jazz Together with EMI Music Announce the Release of Laura Crema's "Spring is Here"

Maximum Jazz Together with EMI Music Announce the Release of Laura Crema's "Spring is Here"

Source: All About Jazz

"Vocalist Laura Crema is poised to take center-stage on the international jazz scene." --Flutenotes

Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, October 25, 2007 - Maximum Jazz together with EMI Music Canada announces the release of Laura Crema's stunning new recording “Spring Is Here".

Laura Crema imbues well-worn standards and eclectic originals with an uncanny combination of sensuality, originality and sheer musical prowess that has dazzled listeners and audiences alike making her one of the most respected interpreters of song and rising stars within ...

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Armen Nalbandian CD Launch Concert, November 17th

Armen Nalbandian CD Launch Concert, November 17th

Source: All About Jazz

On Saturday, November 17th, 2007, at 7pm Armen Nalbandian will be releasing TWO new recordings by way of a CD release concert at the Fresno Art Museum, where he currently holds the position of Musical Director\Resident Artist. Nalbandian will be releasing “Manchester Born" which features his long time trio with Brian Hamada and Kevin Hill as well as his first solo recording, “Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off." Both recordings will available for the first time at the CD ...

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