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Vocalist/Composer/Arranger Kristen Lee Sergeant New Release February 15 - Smolder - With Jeb Patton, Cameron Brown, Ted Nash And More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Vocalist/Composer/Arranger Kristen Lee Sergeant—New Release February 15—Smolder with Jeb Patton, Cameron Brown, Ted Nash and more! Kristen Lee Sergeant is a vocalist with effervescent energy, musical intensity and dramatic flair. Her debut record, Inside Out, was a Downbeat Editor's Pick. Smolder is a story of fire—fully ablaze or newly extinguished, and is set to further ignite her international career. Smolder spans '80s pop, bold interpretations of standards, and breathtaking originals—all bound together with a theme of elemental flame. Kristen is ...
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Pianist And Composer Guy Mintus Releases New Single From Forthcoming Album 'Connecting The Dots'
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ARE Group
New York-based, Israeli jazz pianist-composer Guy Mintus has released the first single from his forthcoming album Connecting the Dots, entitled “Dalb." His full album is set for worldwide release on February 15, 2019, on France’s Jazz Family label. Connecting the Dots touches on a broad variety of musical worlds and is a musical summation of Mintus’s ethnic and musical heritage, and his experiences and interests. The recording features bassist Dan Pappalardo and drummer Phillipe Lemm with guest appearances from jazz ...
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Cody Carpenter Releases Force Of Nature on Blue Canoe Records
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Karen Frieske
Cody Carpenter is at it again with his sophomore release Force Of Nature on Blue Canoe Records. This stunning instrumental prog-rock, fusion effort is the follow-up to the outstanding Interdependence (2018). This prolific songwriter and keyboardist has teamed up with some old friends and new to bring the listener into the prog glory days of Yes and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Cody Carpenter is the son of Adrienne Barbeau, a star of film, television and the Broadway stage, and legendary ...
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Avant-Jazz Group The Oddyssey Quartet To Release Sophomore Album We Are All Branches Of The Same Tree
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Following up their debut of composed music “Suite for the End of the Earth,” “We Are All Branches of the Same Tree” is the second release from avant-jazz group the Oddyssey Quartet, featuring twelve improvised pieces from four musicians who have only played together a handful of times but who share the common ancient language of music, bringing them together in a cohesion of intuitive conversation, and demonstrating in real time that we all really are branches of the same ...
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Alfonso Adan - Jazz guitarist and composer begins a colorful new chapter with New Morning
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All About Jazz
In a city that’s always moving at high speed, Alfonso Adan remembers the value of quiet and patience. The world-travelling guitarist has had a long and colorful journey from his roots in Europe to his current working life in and around Greenwich Village, New York. The music bug first struck at age six, and that same fundamental restlessness has kept him at work ever since. His trajectory has included small performing and recording bands, sideman work, theater ensembles, and the ...
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Jessica Jones And Tony Jones Two New Releases January 22! Jessica Jones Quartet Continuum (with Special Guest Ambrose Akinmusire) & Pitch, Rhythm And Consciousness Quartet
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Jessica Jones Quartet CONTINUUM with Special Guest Ambrose Akinmusire PLUS: PITCH, RHYTHM AND CONSCIOUSNESS QUARTET Tuesday, January 8th at 7pm Reva Records 'Live' Recording featuring vocalist Candace Jones (during Jazz Congress week. Join us!) ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Pl. Brooklyn, New York 11215 phone: 646-820-945 Sunday, January 13th at 1pm Jessica Jones Quartet “Continuum" CD release concert with special guests The Back Room
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Pianist Dan Papirany Releases New Trio Album
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Dan Papirany
Pianist Dan Papirany new trio album entitled 2018 was recorded in BARS studio in Bundaberg, Australia. It features Papirany on piano Marsh Robinson on bass and Steve Wright on drums. The trio performs standards and Papirany's original tunes. The album was recorded over three separate sessions on the 17th of November 2018 and December 16th and 17th and is now available via digital downloads through cdbaby.com. Dan's approach on this occasion is a straight ahead trio playing, featuring solos by ...
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Guitarist Markus Reuter Releases First Christmas Album
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Poly-disciplinary musician and touch guitarist Markus Reuter has just released his first Christmas album—a free, limited-availability-period recording of five traditional Christmas songs (each of which has been given Markus’ distinctive loop/solo/soundscape treatment). As with much of Markus’ music, the pieces are accessible and enjoyable while concealing hidden depths. Beneath and behind Markus’ soulful touch guitar renditions of the original melodies, billowing detailed soundscapes are built on re-examinations and explorations of the pitch series of each tune. Listeners can enjoy the ...
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