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Brian Eaton Mines Emotional Depths With Genre-bending 'Like A Root Out Of Dry Ground'
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Eatin' Records
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Brian Eaton has released his most personal and sonically adventurous album to date, Like a Root out of Dry Ground. The album is now available through his own Eatin’ Records imprint and can be found on all major digital platforms. This genre-defying instrumental work showcases Eaton's unique creativity and has truly taken root in the music world. Known for his fearless approach to musical boundaries, Eaton’s latest offering dives deep into the fertile territory where jazz ...
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Backgrounder: George Wallington - Showcase (1954)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
George Wallington doesn't get enough credit for being one of bebop's earliest pianists. He played with Dizzy Gillespie and other nascent boppers in clubs on New York's 52nd Street in the mid-1940s. His compositions include Lemon Drop, recorded by Woody Herman, and Godchild, which was included on Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool recordings. He's a fascinating jazz figure. Among his albums, the one I'm spotlighting today is fascinating, both for the personnel and the arranger. Recorded in 1954 for ...
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Pianist-singer Kelly Green Honors Her Late Mother On 'Corner Of My Dreams,' Set For August 22 Release By La Reserve Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
By taking a wistful look backward, Kelly Green takes a tremendous artistic stride forward with her August 22 release of Corner of My Dreams (La Reserve Records/Green Soul Studios). Inspired by and in tribute to her late mother, Green’s fifth album also finds her at the head of an ambitious assemblage. Her working trio with bassist Luca Soul Rosenfeld and drummer Evan Hyde is augmented by an accomplished, all-female string quartet under the leadership of violinist Ludovica Burtone; percussionist Andromeda ...
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Outside Release Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition Of Seminal Album 'The Rough And The Smooth' Today Via Dorado Records
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Peter Quinn
Today, Outside—the project helmed by studio mastermind and gifted multi-instrumentalist, writer and arranger Matt Cooper—celebrates 30 years since the release of his celebrated seminal album The Rough And The Smooth with a new version of the album that has been stunningly remastered in Hi Res Audio by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. Officially out today, 30 years to the day since its debut release via Dorado Records, the record is available digitally and on double vinyl now. Listen now here. ...
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Karen Bernod Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Debut Album With Special Edition Album Release
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Flowers PR Agency
Continuing to make her mark in her return to the music scene, renowned Soul and Jazz singer-songwriter Karen Bernod will celebrate the milestone 25th anniversary of her debut album with the digital release of =Some Othaness For U (25th Anniversary Edition). Set to debut on Friday, June 27, 2025, the recording will be available on all streaming platforms globally. Originally released in 2000, Some Othaness For U solidified Bernod’s transition from world-class background vocalist to solo star. With lush arrangements, ...
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Gregory Golub Releases A New Jazz Reflection On The Madness Of The Moment: 'Not Knowing What The Future Holds'
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Gregory Golub
Jazz pianist and composer Gregory Golub unveils his latest work, Not Knowing What the Future Holds—a new solo jazz piece with an unusual format, captured live and released both as an audio single and a concert video. The live recording was captured in a single take, highlighting the spontaneity and conversational spirit of improvisation. (A separate studio take was also recorded, equally spontaneous in its own way.) The composition is built so that Golub manages to play both acoustic piano ...
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Backgrounder: Tina Brooks - True Blue (1960)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
No other category of artist in American history had to fight harder to have his or her creativity recognized than the jazz musician. This war was waged on three fronts—with themselves, with the culture and with their record label. If any one of these three battles was lost, the other two often collapsed as well. In the 1940s and '50s, the battle with one's self meant steering clear of drug addiction. The battle with the culture was the struggle to ...
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