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Guitarist Joe Caro & The Met Band to release new recording “Every Dog Has His Day” (Innsbruck Records)
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Two for the Show Media
When you hear the cover songs on Joe Caro & the Met Band’s Every Dog Has His Day—classics from Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Carole King and one Great American Songbook standard—your first thought may very well be, I’ve never heard those songs played like that before! Then it occurs to you that the original compositions by Caro—the acclaimed guitarist and vocalist who’s been an in-demand session musician in New York for decades—are equally exciting and original, pumped with soul ...
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Leo Richardson: The Chase
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
News this week that Britain's Prince Harry's will marry American actress Meghan Markle in May isn't the only good word about British-American relations. Yesterday, I listened to British tenor saxophonist Leo Richardson's new album. It pays tribute to American hard bop. I'm happy to report that the musical coupling is a perfect match. Released on Britain's Ubuntu label, Richardson's The Chase is loaded with hard-charging blowing. On the album, Richardson is joined by pianist Rick Simpson, bassist Mark Lewandoswki and ...
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Pianist, Composer, Arranger Earl MacDonald release new recording “Open Borders”
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Two for the Show Media
Pianist Earl MacDonald, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Connecticut, is set to release his fifth album as a bandleader—Open Borders. For this project, the two-time JUNO-award nominee assembled a lean and mean 10-piece band, capable of capturing the intimate subtleties of a jazz combo, or packing the walloping punch of a full big band. The album successfully blends “smart, economical writing with fabulous blowing.” (Marc Myers, JazzWax) Described as “a major force in the world of jazz ...
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Drummer Jerry Granelli Reunites with Guitar Greats Bill Frisell & Robben Ford After 25 Years for Blues-Soaked Repertoire on "Dance Hall"
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DL Media
Back in 1992, veteran drummer-composer Jerry Granelli went to studios in Seattle and San Francisco with an all-star cast, including trombonist Julian Priester, alto sax great Kenny Garrett, bassist Anthony Cox and guitarists Bill Frisell and Robben Ford, to record a set of blues-based tunes that resonated with his youth. The resulting album, A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing, inspired by Michael Ondaatje's haunting novel “Coming Through Slaughter" about the life of the legendary New Orleans cornetist Buddy ...
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Amy London's "Bridges" Released On November 17
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GoMedia PR
Vocalist Revisits the First Decade of her Career with 15 Song Retrospective Fred Hersch, Darmon Meader, Harvie S, Victor Lewis, Bob Mintzer and Dr. Lonnie Smith are among the stellar cast of collaborators. Sometimes you must look back in order to move forward. With the November 17 release of Bridges, vocalist Amy London is doing just that, allowing 15 tracks of previously recorded music to finally see the light of day. While most recently recognized for her work with critically ...
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Portland Songwriter Releases Jazz-Pop Holiday Single
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All About Jazz
Portland based Jazz Singer Songwriter, Marti Mendenhall, releases her new Holiday Single, “Here I Am Home.” Recently featured in Oregon Music News, this will be Marti’s third CD and her first Holiday release. Marti’s live shows and recordings are rich with originals that capture the essence of Jazz and the wide-appeal of Pop. “Here I Am Home” features a timeless, feel-good melody, with lyrics that speak of global togetherness, and the feeling that everywhere is home for the Holidays. Featuring ...
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Dot Time Legends Releases Louis Armstrong: "The Night Clubs"
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All About Jazz
Dot Time Records (DTR) is honored to announce that it has released Louis Armstrong: The Night Clubs, the second in a series of previously unreleased recordings, under its 'Legends' series. This recording contains selections from five different nightclub engagements—Bop City in New York in 1950, Club Hangover in San Francisco in 1952, Storyville in Boston in 1953, Basin Street in New York in 1955 and the Brant Inn in Ontario in 1958— featuring five different iterations of Armstrong’s All Stars, ...
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Jazz Singer/Songwriter Karen Souza To Release Highly Anticipated New Album "Velvet Vault" on December 1, 2017
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Jazz singer/songwriter Karen Souza will be releasing her highly anticipated new album Velvet Vault on December 1, 2017! Featuring several jazz standards, “Velvet Vault” is a more mature and more subtle than Karen's previous efforts, and she truly feels is her best album to date. Saya Karen, “Velvet Vault is really three albums that coexist as one. On the one hand I wanted to record several of the jazz standards that the public love when I sing them live. Then, ...
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