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Virtuoso Flutist Lori Bell Returns With "Blue(s)," Her 10th Studio Album, On July 14th
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1888 Media
On July 14, 2017, virtuoso flutist, composer/arranger, and educator, Lori Bell will release blue(s), a 9-song excursion showcasing straight-ahead blues, and the word “blue” (which appears in each song title), highlighting its rich color, lingering mood and resplendent hue. Now in the third decade of her acclaimed career, blue(s) is Bell's 10th album overall, and the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed release, Brooklyn Dreaming, which won a Global Music Award for “Outstanding Achievement,” while also garnering a “Best Jazz Album” nomination ...
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The Harry South Songbook
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Harry South is virtually unknown in the States today, but in the U.K. and throughout much of Europe, he was a highly regarded English jazz pianist, composer and arranger. South began his career in the early 1950s and remained active until 1990, when he died in March of that year. Interestingly, many of his small-group recording sessions in the 1950s had a West Coast jazz feel while the big bands he led tended to have an swinging East Coast feel. ...
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Recognized Drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. To Release Upcoming Album "Falling Forward”
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ARE Group
Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. is releasing his latest album entitled Falling Forward (Spice of Life Records) on August 4, 2017 (the record release concert will be held on August 9, 2017 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola). The album marks his fourth project as a leader and features vibraphonist Joel Ross and bassist Reuben Rogers, with special guests, vocalist Vuyo Sotashe and pianist Stephen Feifke. Widely regarded as one of the top jazz drummers of his generation, Ulysses Owens, Jr. (Joey Alexander, ...
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Singer, Songwriter, Composer And Arranger Carolyn Fitzhugh Releases Her Long Awaited Debut CD!
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Pro Marketing Entertainment
Chicago native Carolyn Fitzhugh has released her debut CD Simply Amazing and one listen to any one of her exhilarating vocal performances and you're sure to be left spellbound as her many adoring fans have been left again and again! Carolyn Fitzhugh grew in a home that was filled with the aroma of a diverse assortment of music greats from Miles Davis, {{m: John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald to Morgana King and Sarah Vaughn to Minnie Ripperton, Ray Charles, Earth ...
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Fly Away Butterfly, New Album by Carol Albert
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Carol Albert
Reviewed by Kabir Sehgal, New York Times bestselling author and Multi-Grammy Award winning producer Every so often, an artist comes along that makes you reimagine the possibilities of music. With Fly Away Butterfly
Album, Carol Albert delivers a seminal and sizzling contribution to the artistic sphere, blending lively melodies with thoughtful and refined arrangements. Every song presents not just different sounds but soundscapes in which Carol invites us to inhabit and explore. But this album is also one of healing, ...
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Gus Bivona: Music for Swingers
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Arcuiso “Gus" Bivona was never a household-name clarinetist like Artie Shaw or Buddy DeFranco, but during the big band era and throughout the 1950s, he was one of the finest and most relaxed swing studio clarinetists in the business. He also was a rock-solid alto saxophonist. Bivona came up in the late 1930s in Will Hudson's band before joining Bunny Berigan in 1938 and '39. By 1940, he was a member of the Benny Goodman Orchestra for two years, joining ...
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Alan Broadbent: Developing Story
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Alan Broadbent has had two spectacular careers. As a jazz pianist, he recorded with Woody Herman, Irene Kral, Gary Foster, Don Menza, Don Rader among others in the 1970s. His first leadership album, Palette, was recorded in 1979. Through the years, he has continued to record in the solo, duo, trio and small-group formats, working at length with bassist Charlie Haden in the late 1980s and early '90s. As an arranger, Broadbent has orchestrated for Natalie Cole (he won a ...
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Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius Sign To Melodic Revolution Records
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Anne Leighton
Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius will release their fifth CD Guilty of Innocence through Melodic Revolution Records early Fall 2017. The new 10-track album will be available worldwide in both Physical and Digital formats. Guilty of Innocence features special appearances by Alex Skolnick (Testament), Rave Tesar (Renaissance) and Randy McStine (The Fringe). Guilty of Innocence highlights include a reimagined cover of Muse’s “Hysteria,” a 12-minute prog epic titled “Soul Food” which features many of the guests mentioned above, plus “Dream Diary ...
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