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Audiophile Vinyl Release Of "10," By Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Due June 24
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The release last year of 10, on ZOHO Music, marked a decade of musical innovation by Gabriel Alegría’s Afro- Peruvian Sextet, its program richly infused with Alegría’s trademark synthesis of folkloric Afro-Peruvian rhythms, jazz, and other musical strains. Now Alegría’s Saponegro Records is preparing to release an audiophile vinyl edition of 10 on June 24—the first such record in the history of Afro-Peruvian music. “We wanted to create a product that would stand the test of time,” says Alegría. “Equal ...
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Donna Lewis With UK Release Of "Brand New Day" Featuring Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and Dave King - Produced By David Torn - Out June 17, 2016 + UK Tour
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Emma Perry Publicity
Brand New Day is available for Pre-Order. “I Love You Always Forever" was such a huge hit for the multi-platinum artist Donna Lewis; a #1 chart hit / dance-pop classic for which people around the globe still have boundless affection—the 1996 song will always be the one for which many fans know her. But the Welsh native is an artist of many dimensions, as she has demonstrated with efforts ranging from “At the Beginning," her charming duet with Richard Marx ...
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Guitarist Wolfgang Schalk Releases "From Here To There"
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Wolfgang Schalk
Guitarist and composer Wolfgang Schalk’s new album From Here to There is an electrifying statement celebrating the “power of now" in jazz. Schalk’s new compositions plus a fresh take on Ellington’s “Satin Doll" bring the listener on a swinging spiritual journey from the first note. His band—Andy Langham (piano), Carlitos Del Puerto (bass), Clarence Penn (drums)—masterfully support Schalk’s characteristic warm sound and swinging lines. From Here to There, released on Frame Up Music and Schalk's 7th album as a leader, ...
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Jazz & Beyond: Re-interpretation Of "The Dark Side Of The Moon" By Savoldelli, Casarano and Bardoscia
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MoonJune Records
There’s an old joke among instrumentalists: What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians? Answer: A singer. While this stereotype is overgeneralized to the point of being offensive, it is sadly too often the case that vocalists, particularly in the realm of mainstream commercial music, lack the deep musical knowledge of their instrumental counterparts. But one vocalist who emphatically puts the lie to this questionable cliché is the protean Boris Savoldelli, whose latest album The Great Jazz Gig ...
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Bill Charlap: Notes From N.Y.
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Unlike most jazz pianists today, Bill Charlap doesn't treat the piano like a muscle car. Instead, Bill is at his best when he's gentle and tender, providing the listener with plenty of space to admire what he's doing with a song. Playing gentle isn't mousey. There's enormous complexity required by artists who force audiences to lean forward. Ahmad Jamal with his trio did this brilliantly in the 1950s. Same goes for trios led by George Shearing, Red Garland and Bill ...
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Jazz-Rock Renegade Dean Brown Unleashes Expansive, All-Star Roller Coaster "ROLAJAFUFU"
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Dean Brown
Guitarist and composer Dean Brown has always done things his way. Nowhere is that in greater evidence than on ROLAJAFUFU, his fifth album as a leader. The title is a playful acronym that encompasses rock-latin- jazz-funk-fusion, the universes Brown explores on this diverse, kinetic recording. Brown’s fiercely independent streak is also exemplified by the fact that this album was funded by his denizens of fans worldwide via PledgeMusic. It’s Brown’s first self-released album, after four celebrated previous discs on the ...
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Hot Tone Music To Release New CDs By Bassist Mimi Jones & Pianist Luis Perdomo, May 13
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Hot Tone Music, the artist-run label founded by bassist /composer Mimi Jones in 2009, announces the simultaneous release on May 13 of new CDs by Jones (Feet in the Mud) and pianist/composer Luis Perdomo (Montage). Perdomo’s Montage is his eighth album as a leader but the first solo piano recording in his distinguished career. After he’d begun playing solo concerts three years ago, this ever-evolving artist reached out to his pianist friend Fred Hersch “to fine-tune some aspects of my ...
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Charlie Parker: Old Folks
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
It all started with Charlie Parker's walk-on solo during Neal Hefti's recording of Repetition at the tail end of 1947 just hours before the start of the second American Federation of Musicians' recording ban. Producer Norman Granz loved the results of Parker's bop backed by Hefti's moody strings. So in November 1949, Granz brought Parker into the studio for a session featuring standards and strings, a date that produced two jukebox hits—Just Friends and April in Paris. Granz had Parker ...
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