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The Brett Gold New York Jazz Orchestra Debuts With "Dreaming Big," Due June 16
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The June 16th release of Dreaming Big (GoldFox Records), which marks the recording debut of the Brett Gold New York Jazz Orchestra and features the compositions of Brett Gold, illuminates a most intriguing jazz odyssey. A star trombonist in high school in his native Baltimore, Gold was steered away from a music career by his parents as well as his trombone teacher, of all people. Gold became an attorney and went on to achieve formidable success in the field of ...
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Indo-Fusion Guitarist Rahul Mukerji To Release Debut Album "Ma De Re Sha"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Indo-Fusion guitarist Rahul Mukerji will be releasing his eagerly awaited debut album Ma De Re Sha on May 29, 2017! Rahul is a guitarist/musician based in Maryland, USA. Born in India, he has been performing live for over fifteen years. From dive bars and weddings, to crowds of thousands opening for the B-52s, he has had a varied performing career that has included gigs in Chicago, Boston, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and India. Rahul has been featured on a wide ...
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Virtuoso Flutist Lori Bell Returns With "Blue(s)," Her 10th Studio Album, On July 14
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1888 Media
Record release show set for July 15 at Dizzy’s in San Diego, CA. 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 ...
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Kenny Dorham: K.D. Is Here
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Kenny Dorham played his trumpet with an almost pinched tone. It wasn't blistering or round but romantically piercing. The notes were like the dots on exclamation points—just distinct enough to make a point. And he often had them shimmer with a brief bumblebee sound. He used this punctuating and shimmer technique to great effect when playing with Charlie Parker from 1948 to 1950 and throughout the 1950s on great albums such as Tadd Dameron's Fontainebleau, Max Roach + 4, Sonny ...
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Jerry Donato and Pete Jolly
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
At the end of April, my dear friend and arranger Bob Freedman sent along the following email about the late pianist Pete Jolly: “A few years ago, I wrote a few arrangements for a CD being recorded by Jerry Donato, a wonderful Phoenix-area reed player. Among the other local players was a pianist named Pete Jolly. Pete was very ill the entire time he was here, but he played typically beautifully throughout the three days of recording, and his spirits ...
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Jerry Coker: Modern Music
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jerry Coker should have been a household name (and hopefully after this post he will be). A composer, arranger and tenor saxophonist from Indiana, Coker in the 1950s had a beautiful ear and was a gifted musician. But Coker recorded only one album and a few tracks as a leader in 1955. He also recorded as a sideman in small groups led by Mel Lewis and Nat Pierce and a big band led by Rudy Salvini. In the early 1950s, ...
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Melvin Sparks: Live at Nectar's
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Just three months before guitarist Melvin Sparks died on March 15, 2011 at age 64, he recorded at a club in Burlington, Vt., called Nectar's, a club that's still there today (go here). Sparks was backed by members of his working trio—organist Beau Sasser and drummer Bill Carbone. But on this night, he added alto saxophonist Dave Grippo and tenor saxophonist Brian McCarthy. It had been several years since Sparks last used horns. Now this live date has been released ...
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World Music And Jazz-Fusion Group Filtron M To Release New Album "Astoria Roots Live”
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ARE GROUP
Filtron M, led by New York-based pianist, keyboardist, and composer Manu Koch, will release their latest album entitled Astoria Roots Live (True Groove Records) on April 28, 2017. The recording is the first full-length album released by the group and was recorded live at the Iridium in New York, NY, and Moods in Zürich, Switzerland in 2014. Filtron M represents a diverse cross-section of many groups and sub-projects and comprises an array of artists from around the globe. Stemming from ...
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