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Ricardo Bacelar’s new CD, "Concerto para Moviola," captures an exciting live performance by the dynamic Brazilian Pianist/Composer/Arranger
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All About Jazz
Concerto para Moviola, the new CD from Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, puts jazz fusion of the 1970s and 1980s in the spotlight with tunes by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Yellowjackets, Antonio Carlos Jobim and other greats. The new recording documents a performance specially produced for the traditional Guaramiranga Jazz and Blues Festival, held annually in Guaramiranga, Brazil, during the renowned Carnival celebration. Recorded at the Via Sul Theatre, Concerto para Moviola showcases Bacelar’s deep fascination with ’70s ...
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Mike Jones: Roaring
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
You have to give Penn Jillette and Teller credit. The two magicians/entertainers don't really need music during their shows. But the pair can't help it. They love jazz and improvisation, which they worship and view as musical slight of hand. They also really love pianist Mike Jones, who for the past 10 years has been their music director and performs duets with Jillette on bass on stage during their Las Vegas show. It's also not lost on Penn and Teller ...
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Charlie Parker: Unheard Bird
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
What is one to make of the newly released Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes? The new two-CD set features previously unreleased alternate takes and false starts of Parker's recordings for Verve between 1949 and 1952. The 69 tracks feature multiple takes of Parker in a range of studio settings, including quartets, quintets, soloing with Machito and His Afro-Cubans, and fronting big bands. All of the sessions were produced by Norman Granz for his Clef and Norgran labels, which eventually were ...
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Matt Slocum Presents "Trio Pacific, Vol. 1" Featuring Dayna Stephens, Steve Cardenas, and Matt Slocum
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Available October 7, 2016 on Chandra Records U.S. Tour Dates: October 18 through November 9 “Slocum served the music with a focus on dynamic micro-detail, which in turn allowed his musicians to say even more. It’s a cerebral concept, one that comes to fruition on Black Elk’s Dream… Like Wayne Shorter’s classic Blue Note albums, Black Elk’s Dream seems to ask questions, leaving the answers open to individual interpretation.”—DownBeat Magazine “Matt Slocum has emerged as one of the ...
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Drummer Kevin Bowers Announces New Album - Nova - Out August 9, 2016
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Press Junkie PR
Acclaimed Drummer Kevin Bowers’ Third Solo Album, Nova, Poised To Be The Soundtrack To The Best Movie Never Made Kevin Bowers Set To Release Third Solo Album Nova This August Imagine a movie starring Fred Astaire and Lena Horne, and directed by Federico Fellini. In your mind’s ear, listen to the soundtrack, a mélange of Brazilian samba, psychedelic rock, romantic compositions, and impressionistic lyrics. The music perfectly captures the elegance, earthiness, and otherworldliness of the film. Now, for a reality ...
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Mose Allison: Thinkin' + Feelin'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday while writing, I had a terrible craving for Mose Allison. If you know Mose Allison's music, you know the feeling. There's a warm-weather quality about Mose's piano playing that combines happy-as-a-lark optimism with sage simplicity, sly humor and sophisticated note choices, rhythms and lyrics. Mose grew up in Mississippi, so he has the Delta in his bones. But there's a countrypolitan aspect to him, too, an assuming hipster urbanity that defies category. In 2010, I interviewed Mose for The ...
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Art Van Damme with Flutes
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Between now and the end of 2017, the entire MPS jazz catalog of 500 albums will be reissued digitally as downloads. The German record label known for its sterling sound was founded in 1968 and lasted until 1983, when the rights were sold to Polygram. MPS stood for Musik Produktion Schwarzwald—or Music Production Black Forest, where its studios were located. In the States and other countries, the label was distributed by BASF, which is why the acronym accompanied the MPS ...
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Denny Zeitlin: Early Wayne
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of my favorite jazz piano albums of the year so far is Denny Zeitlin's new album, Early Wayne—featuring Denny's solo impressions of Wayne Shorter's compositions. Denny's approach is tremendously exciting and free-spirited. He covers the keyboard with a range of churning attacks and with glimmering sensitivity. In Denny's hands, Shorter's music comes rushing in at you like the surf. It hits you, surges over you and the rhythmic energy keeps churning on the back end. The album was recorded ...
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