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Summit Records Releases Donny Most's "Mostly Swinging"

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2017

Donny Most, probably best known as “Ralph Malph” on the hit TV show Happy Days, returns to his first love... music. Donny has always sung and appreciated the swing and big band style of music and now he has finally recorded his incredible talent. He is currently delighting audiences with a unique show that fuses the swing era with 50’s cool jazz—He sounds spectacular LIVE. Yes, it’s true. Don truly has vocal chops and he has a wonderful way of ...

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Art Pepper: West Coast, 1980

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 8, 2017

In 1979, the Japanese owners of Atlas Records made Art Pepper an offer we should all be grateful he didn't refuse. They wanted him to record in his 1950s West Coast style backed by a range of equally gifted musicians. The money was good, but there was a problem. Pepper was signed to Fantasy. So Pepper or someone tied to the project figured out a nifty contractual loophole: he could do the sessions provided he was billed as a sideman, ...

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Henry Mancini: Lola Albright

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 7, 2017

Henry Mancini didn't arrange too many albums for non movie-soundtrack singers. Doing so wasn't his bag, since he felt his music was enchanting enough to stand on its own. But he made a handful of exceptions in the late 1950s, a time when he had a spare few hours to do singers a favor. There were two Mancini-arranged 45s produced by Verve in 1957 for singer Linda Lawson (Somehow, More Than Ever, Salty Salty Is The Sea and Never Like ...

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On April 7, Visionary Avant-Garde Composer Joe Garrison Returns With “the People Upstairs”

Source: 1888 Media
February 5, 2017

As a 25-year veteran of pushing the boundaries of modern composition, prolific musician Joe Garrison is getting set to introduce his most adventurous project yet. Releasing April 7, The People Upstairs is the follow-up to 2013’s Veranda, which the San Diego Troubadour favorably compared to the ground-breaking work of Oliver Nelson while also landing in NBC San Diego’s Top 10 jazz releases that year. Produced by multi-instrumentalist Lori Bell, the new opus consists of five movements, with each of the ...

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Getz, Two Gilbertos And Jobim

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 3, 2017

Stan Getz was born on this date in 1927. The day has an hour or so to go in this time zone, so before it expires, let’s listen to one of the master tenor saxophonist’s great collaborations. He and the bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto teamed up for a 1963 album whose title consisted of their last names. It quickly became a hit at a time when conventional wisdom concluded that rock and roll had forced jazz off the charts. ...

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Bunny Brunel And Stanley Clarke Bring Notable Bass Players Together For This Historical New Bass CD, Entitled "Bunny Brunel And Friends - Bass Ball"

Source: First Take PR & Consulting
February 4, 2017

“I think Bass Ball is a great, innovative record with some of the best bass players in the world, encompassing a variety of styles.” –Bunny Brunel If you like the bass, then you will love Bass Ball, a new CD encompassing everything that’s great about the bass. The innovative album is produced by Bunny Brunel and Stanley Clarke; and has been five years in the making. Bass Ball features Bunny Brunel and Stanley Clarke, featuring solos by Billy Sheehan, Victor ...

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"Akua's Dance," Third CD By Cellist / Composer / Arranger Akua Dixon, To Be Released February 10

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 2, 2017

With her sublime new album, Akua’s Dance, cellist Akua Dixon brings her sumptuous sound to the foreground on an array of material encompassing exquisite balladry, the music’s deepest roots in African and African-American culture, and instrumental pieces gleaned from Dixon’s opera-in-progress. Her label Akua’s Music will release the new CD on February 10. “The music moves forward from where I was to where I’m going,” says Dixon, who notes that her last release, 2015’s critically hailed album Akua Dixon, was ...

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Brian Kastan "Roll The Dice On Life" New Fusion Double Album

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 1, 2017

WITH ROLL THE DICE ON LIFE, GUITARIST BRIAN KASTAN OPENS A WINDOW INTO HIS MUSICAL SOUL Full Of Raw Energy, This Dynamic, Guitar-Driven Double Album Features Vocals By Miles Griffith “Think Zappa 21st Century… Brian's Guitar is Just Killer."—Dick Metcalf Jazz-Fusion guitarist, Brian Kastan introduces his newest CD, Roll the Dice on Life. This double album showcases dynamic original compositions by Brian Kastan. The goal of this album is to balance the integrity of composed songs with the fierce energy ...

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