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The Beatles and Cole Porter Revisited

Source: All About Jazz

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Fez Dispenser: Live without a publicist.

Source: All About Jazz

Fez Dispenser's self titled debut CD is not for everyone. That's the good news. Fez Dispenser is a prime example of what one forward thinking musician can accomplish when he's not beholden to anyone. California based producer Matt A Thorne has never had it any other way. “Music is communication. The subtext of music made under the old system was 'please buy my T shirt! I owe these lawyers a lot of money'. I can't imagine trying to make a ...

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Tom Schuman's Jazz Electrifies Listeners

Source: All About Jazz

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Medeski Martin & Wood’s “Uninvisible” Set For April 9th Release

Source: All About Jazz

SPRING TOUR CONFIRMED

On April 9th, Blue Note Records will release Uninvisible, Medeski Martin & Wood’s 10th studio album and follow-up to their experimental recording The Dropper. Produced by longtime collaborator Scotty Hard (The Word, Prince Paul, Deltron 3030, Wu-Tang Clan), Uninvisible marks the next step in the trio’s constantly evolving musical vision.

MMW will kick-off the first part of their spring tour on April 7, headlining the 3 Rivers Music Festival in Columbia SC. The 13-date run will include ...

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Louie Records releases "The Brim" by Dave Leslie

Source: All About Jazz

A member of the Portland jazz scene since the mid seventies, Dave Leslie has played with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Jim Pepper and Charlie Rouse. He has also led the Famous Daves, the Dave Leslie Quintet and played in Freezer Burn, The Tone Sharks, Oomph, and the Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet, among others. He has toured in Europe and North America. He obtained a B.A. in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington in the early seventies and went ...

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Heard in the Scene: stunning new singer

Source: All About Jazz

Heard in the scene is the amazing debut of jazz singer Heleen van den Hombergh with Tony Overwater (double bass), Bert van den Brink (piano& keyboards), and Joshua Samson (percussion) - released this month by Munich Records, (BMCD 336). Piano miracle Bert van den Brink worked with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Toots Thielemans, Chet baker and others. Tony Overwater has won several prizes for his remarkable music and special international projects.

Bert van den Brink heard Heleen's voice and spoke ...

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