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Roy Davis Jr.'s "Chicago Forever" lands September 28

Roy Davis Jr.'s "Chicago Forever"  lands September 28

Source: All About Jazz

UBIQUITY RECORDS TO RELEASE GLORIOUS NEW FULL-LENGTH FROM LEGENDARY CHICAGO-BRED PRODUCER

Roy Davis Jr.'s much-anticipated, all-new full-length album will be released worldwide September 28, 2004 and contains three tracks with Detroit R&B singer Terry Dexter (including “If You Wanna," a Miami Conference pick and Billboard chart hit) as well as appearances from Ayro, Common, Waajeed, and Khalid.

With recent DJ gigs racking-up airmiles between Russia, France, Canada and all over the USA, a steady stream of production work for Warners, ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Goes "Walking With Giants"

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Goes "Walking With Giants"

Source: All About Jazz

JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY Goes WALKING WITH GIANTS & Signs With HYENA

The Long Awaited Groundbreaking Acoustic Album To Be Released August 17th

Including Bonus DVD With “Live" Performances From Yoshi's In San Francisco

New York, NY - HYENA is pleased to announce the signing of the revolutionary jazz trio, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, featuring Brian Haas on piano, Reed Mathis on bass and Jason Smart on drums. Hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jacob Fred's career has spanned over a decade, ...

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Eighty-Eights Label Releases The Great Jazz Trio

Eighty-Eights Label Releases The Great Jazz Trio

Source: All About Jazz



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Mosaic Records Announces The Release Of The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions

Mosaic Records Announces The Release Of The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions

Source: All About Jazz

Mosaic Records proudly announces the release of The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions, a 7-CD set that covers the guitarist's output on the Verve, Norgran and Decca labels from 1952 to 1959. Tal Farlow's incredible technique not only had guitarists shaking their heads in amazement, but other instrumentalists, during a time when bebop still captured the ears of the modern jazz listener and practitioner. He seemed more able than his peers to take what Charlie Christian had put forth on ...

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Jean-Pierre Mas' (H)ombre on Sunnyside Records

Jean-Pierre Mas'  (H)ombre on Sunnyside Records

Source: All About Jazz

Since his last album, Waiting for the Moon (Saravah-1998), the magnificent Catalan pianist and composer, Jean-Pierre Mas, has maintained a low profile, dedicating himself to his work on movie scores. Now, the pianist has decided to end his recording silence with (H)ombre. (The title is a play-on-words, hombre being the Spanish word for man, ombre being the French word for shadow)

On (H)ombre , Jean-Pierre Mas has created a portrait of his musical family. In his studio in the county ...

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Peter Cincotti Releases News CD - 'On The Moon' Coming September 14

Peter Cincotti Releases News CD - 'On The Moon' Coming September 14

Source: All About Jazz

On September 14, 2004, Concord Records will release ON THE MOON, the highly anticipated second CD from the 21-year-old pop/jazz singer and pianist Peter Cincotti. Reunited with Grammy winner Phil Ramone, who produced Cincotti's chart topping debut album, the singer and pianist puts a contemporary, unique and undeniably infectious twist on such classic pop and jazz standards as “I Love Paris", “St. Louis Blues" and “Some Kind of Wonderful." Cincotti also demonstrates his talents as composer and arranger on this ...

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