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Peggy Lee: Jan. 1945

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 6, 2017

When did Peggy Lee become Peggy Lee? Meaning, at what point in her recording career did she cross over from a straight reader of songs to someone who was keenly hip and aware of her sly seductive powers when delivering songs? Today, we're most familiar with latter Lee, the woman with the hourglass figure in the 1940s and '50s cooly in control of her facial features as she cast a spell on viewers by moving her eyes from left to ...

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Award-Winning Triple Threat Entertainer - Elijah Rock - Is Jazzin' Up Gershwin On Record With "Gershwin For My Soul" - Release Date: April 18

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
April 4, 2017

Long-dedicated to upholding and aligning himself with the first class carriage and aesthetic of timeless entertainment, singer/actor/dancer Elijah Rock is carrying the blazing torch for the legacy of George & Ira Gershwin, bringing a contemporary and decidedly African American twist to their timeless music with several forward thinking projects. Gershwin For My Soul (release date April 18) is the Cleveland-born baritone's brand new critically acclaimed album. Jazziz magazine marvels, “Rock brings both chops and emotion to his masculine yet sensitive ...

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Tina Raymond CD Release Celebration For "Left Right Left," Thursday, April 6th At The Blue Whale, Los Angeles

Source: Mouthpiece Music
April 3, 2017

One of the most in-demand jazz drummers in Los Angeles, Tina Raymond, unites with two legendary musicians, pianist Art Lande and bassist Putter Smith on her debut CD, Left Right Left (Orenda Records). A politically inspired album, Left Right Left features anti-war anthems, union songs, and other sociopolitical works from America's history, re-imagined through modern jazz. The CD will be available April 7th on Orenda Records and at the CD release celebration on Thursday, April 6th at 9pm (PDT) at ...

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New Age Legend Will Ackerman's "Returning: Pieces For Guitar 1970-2004" To Be Released For The First Time On 180g Vinyl

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 2, 2017

Will Ackerman's 2005 Grammy award winning recording, Returning: Pieces for Guitar 1970-2004 is being released for the first time on 180g vinyl by Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity. In 2004, after years of growth and introspection, Ackerman re-recorded an album of his best-known songs. A greatest hits collection of all new performances. Will's goal was to take a series of 11 favorite songs and record them for posterity in a way that reflects the emotional nuances, precision, and maturing beauty they've ...

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Sarah Partridge Expands Jazz Vocal Repertoire On "Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian," Due April 21 From Origin Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 1, 2017

Vocalist Sarah Partridge introduced an impressive body of original compositions on her 2015 Origin Records release I’d Never Thought I’d Be Here, but for her new project, she wanted to celebrate a singer/songwriter outside of her own genre and beyond the Great American Songbook. On Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian, her 5th album and second for Origin Records, Partridge reimagines 11 well- and lesser-known works from the legendary singer/songwriter’s discography, and also co-wrote two with Ian. The new ...

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Jason Miles Will Release "Kind Of New 2: Blue Is Paris" On May 12

Source: GoMedia PR
March 30, 2017

Follow Up to 2015's Kind of New Features Ten Arrangements of Producer/Keyboardist's New Composition Written in Reaction to 2015 Paris Terror Attacks Legendary producer, keyboardist and composer Jason Miles’ Kind of New 2: Blue is Paris, featuring ten interpretations of the titular piece which he composed after visiting Paris in the weeks immediately following the 2015 terror attacks, will be released on May 12 on Lightyear Entertainment, distributed worldwide through Caroline/Universal Music Group. The album’s inspiration can be tracked back ...

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Patti Page: Land of Hi-Fi

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 30, 2017

On Monday and Tuesday, May 7 and 8, 1956, singer Patti Page was in Holloywood recording a jazz-pop album arranged by Pete Rugolo with a crowd of the finest jazz studio musicians in town. Produced by Bob Shad for EmArcy, Mercury Records' jazz subsidiary, Patti Page in the Land of Hi-Fi was most likely recorded in the ground-floor studios at the newly opened cylindrical Capitol Tower. Signed by Mercury in 1947, Page had 42 hits between 1948 and '54. In ...

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Trumpeter/Composer - Glenn Makos Quartet: "The Michel Legrand Project" - Release Date: April 3 on Stop Time Records

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
March 29, 2017

New York based trumpeter and composer Glenn Makos' newest release The Michel Legrand Project with his quartet reimagines the music of Michel Legrand as Legrand celebrates his 85th birthday in 2017. The genesis of the project was the result of a kitchen renovation. “With all of the construction noise in my house, I had a difficult time writing for seventeen people what was then my current project composing for big band. I've always admired Legrand's music and one morning last ...

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