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Klezmer Clarinetist / Composer David Krakauer Releases New CD "The Twelve Tribes" On Label Bleu
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All About Jazz
Barbara Montgomery Returns To The Spotlight With Her New CD, "Little Sunflower"
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All About Jazz
With her compelling new CD, Little Sunflower, acclaimed jazz vocalist Barbara Montgomery continues an extraordinary and impassioned musical voyage of discovery toward the intrinsic connection of art and soul. Conceived as a therapeutic place, she says, to put an avalanche of emotions," her new release celebrates courage, love and compassion with the same plenitude of elegance and enchantment that has long marked her performances and recordings, thus elevating her in the past few years to the top echelon of singer-songwriters ...
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The Classical Jazz Quartet, Featuring Ron Carter And Kenny Barron, Presents "Plays Bach" On Vertical Jazz Records
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All About Jazz
Nobody swings like Johann Sebastian Bach.
At least that's what the Classical Jazz Quartet and arranger-producer Bob Belden presupposes on Plays Bach, a new album on Vertical Jazz Records. Using a half-dozen of the 17th century baroque composer's eminent creations as a springboard for jazz invention and improvisation, the musical artists here transcend genre and context in these performances and together forge an aesthetic experience that is both entertaining and sublime.
With a moniker like the Classical Jazz Quartet and ...
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Stuck Releases New CD "We're Stuck" On Their Sticky Mess Music Label
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All About Jazz
Billy Taylor Trio Live at IAJE, New York
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All About Jazz
Billy Taylor and Soundpost Records are pleased to announce the release of the Billy Taylor Trio Live at IAJE, New York.
Billy Taylor Trio Live at the IAJE, New York was recorded at the 28th annual conference of the International Association of Jazz Education held on January 13, 2001 in New York City. A pioneer of the trio format, Taylor along with bassist Chip Jackson and drummer Winard Harper presented a heartfelt, very personal program here. His masterful, improvisational style ...
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Orrin Evans Debuts on Palmetto Records with Aptly Named Release, "Meant to Shine" (September 24, 2002)
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All About Jazz


