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DarWin Releases Debut Concept Album Origin Of Species Internationally Featuring Drum Legend Simon Phillips

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 16, 2019

Welcome to the near-future: the world of DarWin. An intricate musical fantasy concept that launched in November 2018 in the UK only with the ambitious single release of “Escape The Maze,” followed by the full length album Origin Of Species. The album is now available internationally on all major digital distribution platforms, with an epic cinematic video of “Escape the Maze” available on YouTube, Facebook and iTunes. More DarWin videos can be found on YouTube and Facebook. Who is DarWin? ...

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Rising Israeli Jazz Pianist/Composer Guy Mintus Releases Multi-Faceted And Ambitious New Trio Album, Connecting The Dots

Source: ARE Group
February 15, 2019

New York-based, Israeli jazz pianist-composer Guy Mintus is releasing his new trio album, Connecting the Dots, on February 15, 2019 through France's Jazz Family label. Mintus is a learned, well-traveled and much-honored musician. His awards include the Prix du Public at the Montreux Jazz Festival's solo piano competition, two ASCAP Foundation/Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards and, in 2018, the ASCAP Foundation Leonard Bernstein Award. In addition, the Mintus Trio's debut album, A Home In Between, was selected as a ...

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Consider The Source To Release You Are Literally A Metaphor, Their First Album In Four Years, On March 1

Source: GoMedia PR
February 14, 2019

After releasing several groundbreaking albums and a maintain a multi-country touring schedule, NYC instrumental trio Consider the Source have perfected their global sci-fi fusion sound. This relentless drive has earned them an eclectic audience, ranging from jam-band hippies to prog nerds and metalheads. Their new album, You Are Literally A Metaphor, is the apotheosis of their career thus far. Blending fiery prog-rock maximalism with hooky, anthemic songwriting and traditional music from across Eastern Europe and Asia, Bassist John Ferrara, drummer ...

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Perfect Album: Horace-Scope

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 14, 2019

Two of the most dominant and successful hard bop groups of the 1950s were Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and the Horace Silver Quintet. One wasn't better than the other. Their differences were a matter of flavors and hues. Blakey's group tended to be mightier and bluesier. Silver was funkier and more lyrical, largely because he composed and arranged many of the songs with his jaunty bop feel. Of Silver's vast catalog of exceptional albums, Horace-Scope has always been ...

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Greek drummer and composer Billy Pod releases Drums to Heal Society on Puzzlemusik

Source: Billy Pod
February 12, 2019

Drums to Heal Society—contemporary jazz that draws on elements of free improvisation, pop-electronica and rock to create a sound of unified diversity mirroring human experience in modern society. “Billy is an accomplished composer and arranger with both a great command of his instrument and the sensitivity to create authentic music with others.’’ —Tivon Pennicott, Saxophonist for Gregory Porter Drums to Heal Society is the debut release of Greek drummer and composer Vassilis Podaras (aka Billy Pod). The eleven-track album is ...

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Ami Molinelli, Rogério Souza, Edinho Gerber Come Together As Duo Violão + 1 On New Album, A History Of Choro, To Be Released On March 8

Source: GoMedia PR
February 11, 2019

On A History of Choro, their first recorded collaboration, guitarist Rogério Souza, guitarist Edinho Gerber, and percussionist Ami Molinelli survey the musical history and evolution of choro, revealing its rhythmic and harmonic permutations and, in the process, create an album that is coherent in timbre and vision while marvelously varied in its nuances. According to Molinelli, “The intention for this album overall was to ensure that each song reflects a different musical style within the genre of choro and to ...

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Grammy Nominee The Cedric Burnside Project Drops New Release On February 12 Entitled Backwater Blues

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
February 7, 2019

Pass the Pick Productions to release new single and video of Grammy nominated The Cedric Burnside Project Release of the Bessie Smith classic “BackwaterBlues" Due Out February 12 via Pass The Pick Productions/BFD/The Orchard. Cedric Burnside and Trenton Ayers, who together form The Cedric Burnside Project, are today's living connection to the traditional Mississippi Hill Country Blues genre, and Pass the Pick Productions has captured that spirit and sound with a new video and single of the classic Bessie Smith ...

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Guitarist Trey Wright releases solo effort, Begin Again

Source: Karen Frieske
February 6, 2019

Atlanta's jazz guitar master Trey Wright has released his latest solo effort, “Begin Again". Mr. Wright puts together a moving group of songs inspired by his recovery from a depressive episode in 2016 and dedicated to ex-band mate the late Carl Lindberg (Squat, Grogus, Ok Skool Trio). ”Begin Again" also features Marc Miller (bass: The Atlanta Pops Orchestra), Marlon Patton (drums: John Patitucci, Randy Brecker, Rufus Reid, Wycliffe Gordon), Laura Coyle (vocals: twice featured performer at the Atlanta Jazz Festival) ...

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