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Johnny Mandel: Krazy Kat
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By the late 1940s, most of the marquee big bands fronted by Swing Era bandleaders featured bebop arrangements. Bebop's popularity at the end of the decade owed a great deal to the increased influence of jazz disc jockeys, concert promoters and writers who championed the new music. Developed mid-decade by African-American musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and Max Roach as well as a handful of white musicians including Stan Levey, Shelly Manne and Al ...
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George DeLancey - Self-Titled Debut CD - With Aaron Diehl, Lawrence Leathers, Stacy Dillard & More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Rodney Whitaker's Protégé GEORGE DELANCEY Self-Titled Debut CD NYC Release Gig: September 28- Smalls Jazz Club CD Features All-Star Band Including: Aaron Diehl, Lawrence Leathers, Stacy Dillard and more! Straight Ahead Hard Swingin'! Bassist/composer/bandleader George DeLancey busted out with his self-titled debut CD July 9, 2016 to critical acclaim and nationwide airplay. He features an all-star lineup of young musicians crossing the spectrum of the New York jazz scene. Together they create a tight program of ...
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Bob Freedman on Grover Washington, Jr.: Aria
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week I caught up with saxophonist and pianist Bob Freedman, who arranged for Maynard Ferguson (And We Listened from Ferguson's Message From Newport) and plenty of other bands, including Toshiko Akiyoshi's sextet on United Notions (1958), which I posted about last Wednesday. Bob told me a wonderful story about arranging for Grover Washington Jr.'s Aria album. Aria was recorded in May 1999 and was Washington's last album before his death of a heart attack at age 56 in December ...
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Nat King Cole and Frankie Laine
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By the time Frank Sinatra arrived at Capitol Records in March 1953, Nat King Cole had been with the label since its start in 1942. During those years, in the mid-1940s, Cole set the standard for the relaxed, swinging jazz singer, starting with his appearance in the 1944 film Swing in the Saddle, singing By the River Sainte Mariewith his trio. By the late 1940s, Cole had begun to be featured on singles backed by a big band and with ...
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Abbey Rader & Kidd Jordan Release First Album Together - "Reunion"
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Kai Rader
In a busy summer, Abbey Rader has released his second recording in as many months. Reunion is a collaboration with saxophonist Kidd Jordan. The album is their first together. It follows the June release of It's Time, a duet session with Abbey and longtime collaborator Peter Ponzol. The chain of events that led to Reunion can be traced to the early 2000s. Abbey was on tour with Billy Bang and Frank Lowe when the band performed at the Zeitgeist Arts ...
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Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Releases New Album - "Chromatic Dialogues"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Much to the anticipation of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil has released a new album Chromatic Dialogues! The tracks were conceived and recorded in Boston, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh during the Fall of 2015, and brought to Grammy winner engineer Dave Darlington for mixing and mastering at Bass Hit Studios, New York City, in January 2016. Says Gustavo, “The main idea of recording this album was to combine compositions with improvised musical dialogues (duets). The result was an original ...
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Prog Legends Stick Men Featuring King Crimson Members New Album "Prog Noir" Available For Pre-Order
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, prog legends Stick Men will be releasing their new album Prog Noir on October 21, 2016. It is now available for pre-order as a single disc edition and a super deluxe box set, which contains an additional bonus CD with exclusive material, a double vinyl version of the album, a t-shirt and poster. The band, featuring members of King Crimson, has also released a new lyric video for the track, The Tempest. ...
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Dot Time Records New Release: Joe Bushkin Quartet "Live At The Embers 1952" - Available September 15, 2016
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
DOT TIME RECORDS ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE IN LEGENDS SERIES JOE BUSHKIN QUARTET Live at the Embers 1952 Featuring BUCK CLAYTON, MILT HINTON AND JO JONES Dot Time Records announces the third release of its “Legends" Series, Live at the Embers 1952- The Joe Bushkin Quartet featuring Buck Clayton, Milt Hinton and Jo Jones. One night in early 1952, the violinist David Sarser, who played his prized Stradivarius under Toscanini with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, ...
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