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Mikkel Ploug Reunites With His Original Trio To Release 'Hope' On Songlines Recordings
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GoMedia PR
Danish guitarist-composer Mikkel Ploug has had a long association with Songlines. The first of three recordings by the avant chamber-jazz trio Equilibrium, which he co-leads with Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst, appeared in 2009, and those were followed by two solo acoustic guitar titles, Alleviation (2017) and Day in the Sun (2022). Hope is the latest record by his very first jazz group, formed in 2006 with Danish bassist Jeppe Skovbakke and Irish drummer Sean Carpio. Recorded in studio ...
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Backgrounder: Buddy Fite - Tasty (1975)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Unless you lived in western Oregon in the late 1960s and '70s or the 1990s, you probably have no idea who Buddy Fite was. I bumped into his jazz guitar playing by accident last week on YouTube and was astonished. So I did a little research in old newspapers. Born in Vancouver, Wash., in 1938, Ronald “Buddy" Fite weighed in at 285 pounds and stood more than 6 feet tall, He was introduced to the guitar when he was 9, ...
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Clarinetist Adrian Galante Declares His Arrival In The Jazz World With 'Introducing Adrian Galante,' Set For April 25 Release On Zoho Music
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Adrian Galante offers up his wide-open, highly expressive clarinet sound to the world with the April 25 release of Introducing Adrian Galante (Zoho Music). The 28-year-old Australian-born musician engages with an ace Los Angeles–based quintet that includes pianist Tamir Hendelman, guitarist Larry Koonse, bassist Alex Frank, and drummer Joe La Barbera on a program of eight pieces from the Great American Songbook. While studying what has become a lesser-played instrument in jazz, Galante has absorbed the clarinet’s major voices, and ...
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Bassist Rodney Jordan Sends A Love Letter To His Hometown With The March 14 Release Of 'Memphis Blue' On Baxter Music Enterprises
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Rodney Jordan, born and raised in the city known as the “Home of the Blues,” rightly channels that heritage on Memphis Blue, his personal tribute to the “soulful people of Memphis,” due to release March 14th on Baxter Music Enterprises. Now based in Tallahassee, Florida, Jordan is joined by his fellow Memphian, trumpeter Melvin Jones, as well as a group of first-rank collaborators who evoke the full spectrum of the South: Atlantan pianist Louis Heriveaux, Charleston-based saxophonist Mark Sterbank, and ...
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PK Music Proudly Presents Christos Yerolatsitis’s Debut Piano Trio Album 'Daydreaming'
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Christos Yerolatsitis
PK Music announces the upcoming release of Daydreaming, the debut piano trio album from Cypriot pianist and composer Christos Yerolatsitis. Officially hitting platforms on March 14, 2025, this deeply personal collection showcases Yerolatsitis’s singular voice, blending modern jazz with the vibrant hues of his Mediterranean roots. Having previously worked with world-renowned musicians such as Erik Truffaz, Ranjit Barot, and Masa Kamaguchi, Yerolatsitis now brings his own compositions to the forefront. He joins forces with Greek double bassist Grigoris Theodoridis and ...
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Trey Gunn’s 7d Media Releases Experimental Guitarist, Composer, And Producer Andre Lafosse Releases 'Entry Level: An Introduction To Andre Lafosse' Spanning More Than Twenty Years Of His Career
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
7D Media is proud to announce that experimental guitarist, composer, and producer Andre LaFosse is joining our musical family with Entry Level: An Introduction to Andre LaFosse. Spanning more than twenty years of his career, this 14 track album brings together remastered classics, remixed favorites, and even offers a sneak peek into the future with an exclusive new track. Throughout the collection, LaFosse’s distinctive “turntablist guitar” technique takes center stage, showcasing his skill in looping, multitracking, and creative sound manipulation. ...
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Kenny Wheeler Legacy: The Lost Scores
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Kenny Wheeler isn't a household name in many American jazz circles. The Canadian trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer was based in the U.K. starting in the 1950s. As a composer and arranger of jazz orchestral scores, he was among the most inventive, daring and gifted in the post-1960 era. [Photo above of Kenny Wheeler in 1988, courtesy of Ebay] What makes Wheeler fascinating is his fluency in straight-ahead jazz, free jazz and rock. He studied composition with British composer and pianist ...
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'Flugelhorn & Strings - Jazz Meets Classic' By Gerhard Daum Now Available
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Gerhard Daum
Gerhard Daum's new instrumental album Flugelhorn & Strings will be released on February 7, 2025 on streaming platforms. The award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Gerhard Daum impressively combines jazzy flugelhorn sounds with classical string arrangements, creating a unique atmospheric sound world. A sound that touches The flugelhorn, known for its warm, velvety sound, is at the center of the album. It not only takes the melodic lead, but also inspires with its improvisational passages, which merge with contrapuntal string orchestrations. The ...
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