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Montreal Pianist Andrés Vial To Release "Gang Of Three," His 5th Album As A Leader, On October 4
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Gang of Three, the stunning new album of originals by Montreal pianist Andres Vial (pronounced Vee-al) and his fifth as a leader, was written over a two-year period marked by major life events—becoming a first-time father, and returning to university to complete a Master’s degree in jazz piano. It will be released October 4 on the Chromatic Audio label. Described as “a crisp, inventive pianist” (Stuart Broomer, The WholeNote) who “eschews the obvious to dig a little deeper” (Mike Greenblatt, ...
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Lisa Rich: There Was A Delay
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
In the 1980s the singer Lisa Rich seemed on her way to a long and successful career. She was featured with symphony orchestras and her recordings received enthusiastic reviews from critics including Leonard Feather in The Los Angeles Times. She was on the Jazz Times national airplay chart for fifteen weeks. In 1985, she became one of the rare American jazz artists to perform in China and India. She recorded the successful album Touch Of The Rare with Clare Fischer, ...
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Michel Maurer releases 'The Shape Of Noon' on Outside In Music
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Outside in Music
Michel Maurer’s debut jazz album as a leader The Shape of Noon captures his ensemble Meridian in peak form while also commanding the listener’s attention through a pure uncomplicated sound and intriguing shapes. Maurer’s compositions are influenced by shapes, colors, textures and reflect a natural compositional style. In addition to the clear musical imagery, the song titles themselves beckon a thought provoking imagery of the shapes and stories behind each track. Maurer explains that “one cannot see music when listening, ...
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TAEKO - Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist Explores From McCoy Tyner To Doug Carn With Contemplation! Birdland Jazz Club October 10th!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Takeko Contemplation Her 4th Release in the U.S. Taeko: Vocals Theo Hill: Piano François Moutin: Bass Victor Jones: Drums Guest: Sumie Kaneko: Koto Internationally-acclaimed jazz songstress from Japan, Takeko releases her 4th album in the U.S. as a leader on October 10, 2019 entitled Contemplation (Flat Nine Records). In Taeko's own words (pronounced Tie-Koe): “This album shows my true love and dedication to the African-American classical art form called jazz, as a singer who came ...
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Genre defying UK ensemble Led Bib to release 'It's Morning' on RareNoise Records - due out September 27, 2019
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hubtone PR
From the Homeric invocation of ethereal opener “Atom Story,” it becomes stunningly clear that It's Morning, the latest album from the uncategorizable UK ensemble Led Bib, is meant to take the listener on a journey. The wide-ranging and evocative set is also a testament to the distance the band has travelled on its own evolutionary path. If not the endpoint, it at least sits at a far-flung guidepost along a transformative odyssey undertaken by the eclectic ensemble. Led Bib has ...
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Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue' Was Released 60 Years Ago This Week
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HypeBot
Sixty years after the release of one of the most iconic albums of all time, we look back on the legacy of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, and the cultural impact it had on music, race, and beyond. Guest post by Caleb J. Murphy of Soundfly's Flypaper Sometimes an album comes along that changes things — for the artist, for the artist’s peers, and for generations of musicians and songwriters to come after it. And when Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue hit ...
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Guitarist Mike Lorenz & The Witherbees Release Their Debut, Self-Titled LP
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All About Jazz
This summer, the Philadelphia area folk-jazz band, Mike Lorenz & the Witherbees, are releasing their first LP of new original music and folksy covers. Following up on the release of the digital single “When the Stars Go Blue,” this release encapsulates all of the group’s unique tastes and sonic trajectories. The band celebrated their release with a series of live shows including an appearance at Bethlehem’s Musikfest 2019 on August 9, 2019. Mike Lorenz & the Witherbees features 19-year-old, up-and-coming ...
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Samantha Sidley Uses Her Playful 'Vocal Weightlessness' To Ask You To 'Listen!!' On Latest Single From Upcoming Debut Album
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Josh Bloom
“We really wanted a song with a ‘refrain,’ a rubato intro that I could play with, like a classic early jazz song,” explains Los Angeles native Samantha Sidley of the latest single from her upcoming debut album Interior Person, out September 13, 2019. “‘Listen!!’ is what came out! I think originally when I was performing this song, I was thinking about all the mansplaining I’ve had to endure over the years, or just turning on the radio and having the ...
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