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Mark Cherrie Quartet: Joining The Dots
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Dynamic Agency
‘"A great musician in his own right and a great steel pannist." –Jazz FM From the artist himself: “My earliest memories of the steel pan were watching my father playing with the Russ Henderson Trio. Russ and my father (Ralph Cherrie) had arrived in the UK from Trinidad in the mid 1950's and quickly found that they could make a good living playing the steel pan over here. They were both accomplished musicians; Russ was a well knownpiano player in ...
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"The Poetry Of Jazz," A Collaboration Between Saxophonist/Composer Benjamin Boone & The Late Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Philip Levine, Due March 16 From Origin Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Musicians and poets have been inspiring each other for millennia, with collaborations in San Francisco and New York between beat poets and beboppers during the 1950s a particularly memorable recent chapter. On the forthcoming The Poetry of Jazz, which Origin Records will release on March 16, saxophonist-composer Benjamin Boone and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Levine make an invaluable contribution to the jazz-and-poetry canon and set a standard for the genre that will be hard to surpass in the future. Fellow ...
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Trombonist Chris Abelen Releases "Songs On The Eve Of Dismissal"—Commentary On Present-Day Office Life
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Chris Abelen
Songs on the eve of dismissal, as the title suggests, is a project about working in an office, and the main emotions involved in present-day office life: fear and loss of individuality. With millions of people worldwide trying to survive the next reorganization while doing their job, this is a serious subject which connects to a large group; at the same time, not many songs have been written about it—up to now, that is! Sad songs, but high-spirited ones as ...
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Wes Montgomery: Paris, '65
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Wes Montgomery was puzzled. Like most leading jazz musicians in 1965, the guitarist didn't think much of the pop-chart scene. Many top jazz artists felt the music was painfully repetitious and that many lousy musicians were making a lot of fast money. Geared to the kid market, the music, jazz musicians felt, lacked substance. Hence, jazz musicians who covered the stuff sounding like silly sell-outs. So when Verve producer Creed Taylor turned up at Montgomery's gig at New York's Half ...
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Aussie-NYC-Based Saxman Evan Harris Delivers With "Skylines"
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Skylines Debut Release by Evan Harris All Originals with Wisdom of the Masters Australian Tenor Saxophonist Earns Respect in NYC! As Featured On the International Program “ABC Jazz" Debut album Skylines from New York-based Australian saxophonist Evan Harris, documents a deeply personal journey by a young saxophonist at the top of his game breaking into the toughest music scene in the world, New York City. The haunting yet uplifting melodies and incredible improvisations from ...
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Surprises Abound In New As Is Release “Here’s To Life” Featuring Alan And Stacey Schulman Available February 16, 2018
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Mouthpiece Music
Here’s To Life is the newest CD by AS IS, featuring jazz guitarist ALAN SCHULMAN and jazz vocalist STACEY SCHULMAN. The CD is an eclectic mix of tunes that showcases Stacey’s versatile vocal stylings and Alan’s soulful acoustic and electric jazz guitar playing. Their debut CD, A Love Like Ours, was a duo project that hit #1 on the Amazon jazz vocal charts in its first week of distribution. This time around, they have partnered with some of the top ...
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Chicago Vocalist And Trumpeter Andrew Distel Releases "It Only Takes Time," January 20, 2018 On Jerujazz Records
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Mouthpiece Music
There’s something of a tradition of trumpet players who are also singers. Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Till Brönner and Jack Sheldon are certainly among the best known of the lot, but there are quite a few others, including Andrew Distel, a mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene. The multi-talented singer, trumpet player, composer, and arranger releases his second CD, It Only Takes Time. Although Distel plays trumpet on several tunes, the CD is a showcase for his modern vocal stylings. ...
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Recent Listening In Brief: Two From Wadada Leo Smith
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The music of trumpeter, composer and resolute individualist Wadada Leo Smith is absorbing. It often has a demanding density even when he is the only player—as he is in one of these albums. It can bring rewards to the listener who accepts Smith’s free jazz heritage and listens to him with open ears and open mind. As in his recent tribute to America’s national parks, his paean to Miles Davis, duets with pianist Vijay Iyer and a succession of other ...
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