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Lorens Chuno - New CD "Naija Rhythm Affair, NYC" - West-African Jazz Fusion
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
INTRODUCING LORENS CHUNO! New Release: Naija Rhythm Affair, NYC INFECTIOUS GROOVE OF AFRO-BEAT, R&B AND SOUL WEST-AFRICAN JAZZ FUSION! Since 2008, Lorens Chuno has played live sets that have been praised as “energy-filled", “captivating", and “educative". Over this period, the New York based Nigerian born musician has created a unique sound that can be broadly classified as West-African Jazz fusion. His warm and dynamic vocal style, along with his bold compositions, helps define this sound. All the aforementioned qualities can ...
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Bud Shank: Shorty Rogers, 1954
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
If you're looking for an introduction to West Coast jazz or simply want the pure stuff, Bud Shank's recordings for the Pacific Jazz label in the 1950s are a great place to start. Bud had a sterling, aggressive sound on the alto saxophone, with the feel of a sports car pulling away from the curb. His albums for Pacific Jazz wisely teamed him with top like-minded Los Angeles talent, including Shorty Rogers, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Claude Williamson and others. ...
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Sasha’s Bloc Partners With Grammy-winning Vocal Group Take 6 On New Single "Runaway Blues,” Available Digitally Today
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Miles High Productions
The critically acclaimed jazz collective Sasha’s Bloc has teamed up with the ten-time Grammy-winning vocal group Take 6 to release their new single, “Runaway Blues.” This enticing track blends the big band jazz sound from Sasha’s Bloc with the smooth gospel tones of Take 6 and is currently available on iTunes and other major digital outlets. The single’s accompanying music video, which documents the groups’ recording session at the legendary Capitol Records, is also available now (you can view it ...
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John Park: If Winter Comes
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Odds are most readers will be unfamiliar with John Park while a majority probably have never heard him play on albums. That's about to change, but first some background. Park was a lead alto saxophonist and occasional tenor saxophonist who is probably best known for joining Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1973, just as Kenton was embarking on a tour of Britain and Europe. While in the service in the early 1960s, Park had won the All Army Entertainment Contest but ...
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Vocalist Diane Taber Releases New CD, "Serve With Straw"
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Diane Taber
Diane Taber’s new album, Serve with Straw, is the edgy side of indie in a hot relationship with 21st century jazz. As one fan describes the CD: “It’s the perfect balance of what you love about rock, pop, and indie mixing with everything that’s the whole point of jazz.” And, from the pre-release review by Rob Chantler of UK Radio, Rob's Jazz Club: “...the drive of blues rock with an urban jazz vibe… and even more impressive, of course, they’re ...
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Weekend Extra #2: That Thelonious Monk Cover
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
I realize that in many time zones outside the US, the weekend is over. But what the heck; this is about Monk. You may have wondered about the circumstances of the cover photograph for Thelonious Monk’s 1968 album Underground. As you might imagine, when the recording came out, the cover received widespread attention. In a particularly enlightening edition of Mosaic Records’ Jazz Gazette online, Michael Cuscuna tells the story of the shoot, including the content of Monk’s one-way conversation with ...
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Review: Meet Rob Clearfield
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Rob Clearfield, Islands (ears & eyes records) Pianist and composer Rob Clearfield is a member of Chicago’s under-30 jazz community,admired for work as a sideman with bassist Matt Ulery and pianist-singer Patricia Barber, among others. He debuts as a leader with a trio album due out June 3 that is peaceful, almost placid—except for the moments when Clearfield’s energy and unconventional harmonic content combine to create force fields that can take a listener by surprise. It happens in his first ...
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"Sunday Bolero" Debut Vinyl LP Release By Tyler Greenfield Available Now!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Getting International Reviews & Airplay Available Now! Vinyl Warmth Again! “Tyler Greenfield has both the taste and good sense in abundance, and we could count ourselves lucky to hear nowadays a performance of Cuban repertoire that is unselfconscious and without posturing. Listening to any music that is this natural is refreshing. It is unmatched in the manner of its dallying romance, in its fretful pacing, outright grief and elation. Much of the inner movements of the bolero are played under ...
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