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Prog Legends Gong To Release New Studio Album "Rejoice! I'm Dead!"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Some say it couldn't, or shouldn't, be done. How could Gong exist without Daevid Allen? A few minutes into listening to the title track of their brand new album, Rejoice!, aspersions will be cast aside. It is undeniably Gong Gong have had many, many line-ups. Formed when Australian beatnik/freak Daevid Allen quit The Soft Machine and moved to France at the tail end of the '60s, before debuting in 1970 with Magick Brother, the band have remained fluid, even playing ...
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Robert Rodriguez "Melodies And Fantasies" Available on September 23
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Debut Trio Recording: Featuring Hans Glawischnig & Marcus Gilmore Born in New York City and raised in Miami, Grammy Nominated pianist and composer Robert Rodriguez returned to NYC in 2000. Since his arrival in NYC, Robert had the opportunity to perform, collaborate and record with many legendary Jazz musicians including Arturo Sandoval, Ray Barretto, Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden, David Sanchez, Paquito D'Rivera and Richard Bona. His work with brother Trumpeter Michael Rodriguez earned Robert a 2016 Grammy Nomination for The ...
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Jennifer Gasoi Releases The Storybook-Music CD "Blue And Red Make Purple" On October 1, 2016
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Roland Stringer
This new book with CD, published by The Secret Mountain, offers young listeners a musical journey through the different colors of Jennifer Gasoi’s multi-layered and playful jazz-infused music. The colorful picture book, featuring original illustrations by Steve Adams, highlights the history, instruments and unique characteristics of each musical genre along with listening suggestions accompanying each song. Along the way, Gasoi offers readers a chance to create their own sounds, and discover more about the songwriting process itself. Full lyrics are ...
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Rugolo, Kenton and Bardot
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
When I posted last on Pete Rugolo (here), I left out two major albums in my survey of the arranger's work in a leadership role. They are Rugolo Plays Kenton (1958) and Behind Brigitte Bardot (1959). Both are exceptional for different reasons. Rugolo, of course, began arranging for Stan Kenton in 1944, starting with Opus a Dollar Three Eighty. As the years rolled on with Kenton, he arranged many of vocalist June Christy's numbers with the band as well as ...
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Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Tenor saxophone giants Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon recorded together only once—on Oct. 22, 1976, for the Xanadu label. The result of the lengthy New York session were two albums—True Blue and Silver Blue. Cohn was recording regularly for Xanadu at the time and Gordon had only recently relocated to the States after spending 14 years living in Europe. These recordings preceded Gordon's lengthy relationship with Columbia, which began with his live album for the label two months later—the aptly ...
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Tito Rodriguez: Mambo Madness
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
From 1974 to the early 1980s, disco ruled the clubs. But in the late 1940s and 1950s, the dance that was significantly more pervasive and influential was the mambo. From the start, the mambo's popularity was based on the imagery the music stirred up. The mambo was the music of elite Havana vacations and exotic drinks while the dance gave women a certain freedom from being led by male partners, since the mambo was a sensual blend of freestyle and ...
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Bill Jennings and Leo Parker
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the early 1950s, before modern jazz giants emerged with the rise of the 12-inch LP and the prestigious signing of Miles Davis to Columbia Records, R&B was all the rage. Independent radio saw to that, since many small stations in African-American communities played R&B records. They attracted larger listening audiences than jazz singles. Back then, R&B was largely for adults, since many of those singles were geared for jukeboxes in bars and clubs. African-American and white teens found the ...
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"Modern Jacobite" - History, Art And Identity Entwine With A New Symphonic Work By Tommy Smith
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Michael S. Clark
Many jazz composers and musicians now work comfortably across lines of demarcation between classical music and jazz forms. The outcome over the years has largely been a victory of good sense over tender sensibilities, with much fulfilling music to enjoy. Now, Scots tenor saxophonist Tommy Smith, with the 80-piece BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, offer music lovers a full-bodied listening experience on 'Modern Jacobite'. Modern Jacobite (released in the USA 2nd September 2016) opens with Tommy Smith’s personal interpretation of Rachmaninov’s ...
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