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Pianist/Composer Peter Horvath's 2nd Album As A Leader, "Absolute Reality," Due March 25
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1980s, keyboardist/composer Peter Horvath has thrived in the region’s highly diverse environment, where various music scenes often overlap. He’s played post-bop with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Eddie Henderson, and Charles McPherson, and funk fusion with the Victor Bailey Group, Marcus Miller, Bennie Maupin, and Lenny White. He’s played Latin jazz with Arturo Sandoval, Ray Obiedo, and Pete Escovedo, and funk and R&B with Pee Wee Ellis, Lalah Hathaway, Melba Moore, Ledisi, ...
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Reducing Current Copyright Terms Would Be Unwise (And Unconstitutional)
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HypeBot
While many in the creative community tend to rally against lengthy copyright extensions, it may be that works entering the public domain are not as beneficial to the public as previously thought, and that the early termination of these copyrights could be in violation of the constitution. Guest Post by Stephen Carlisle of Nova Southeastern University Amongst the many bombs hurled against the current copyright system is the length of the current copyright terms: life plus 70 years after death for ...
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Saxophonist Christian Winther Releases "Refuge In Sound" on Sound Perspective Music
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Christian Winther
Christian Winther: Refuge In Sound (Sound Perspective Music). Release Date: March 7, 2016 Featuring: Christian Winther (saxophone) Allyn Johnson (piano) Mike Moreno (guitar) Reuben Rogers (bass) Billy Williams Jr. (drums) Christie Dashiell (vocals on track 3) Saxophonist Christian Winther's new release Refuge In Sound espouses the words of the great Louis Armstrong who once stated that “What we play is life." Since moving from Denmark to New Orleans ...
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Nicholas Payton Balances Studio Work As Bandleader, Producer; "Textures," His 5th Album On Paytone Records, Set For Spring Release
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Grammy award-winning Nicholas Payton—one of the era’s definitive artists—has been quite busy this winter blowing with the all-star Monterey Jazz Festival on a nationwide tour, putting the finishing touches on Textures, his fifth release for his very own label, Payton Records, as well as producing and arranging Jane Monheit’s latest project, The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald. As a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, bandleader, producer, arranger, and essayist, the New Orleans-born and- bred Payton will debut his Afro-Caribbean Mixtape, a blazing new ...
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Eileen Howard Releases "Big City Love"--Schedules Release Party at West End Lounge on April 10
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Eileen Howard
Critically acclaimed jazz and blues singer/composer Eileen Howard will release her fifth CD, Big City Love, an eclectic musical tribute to love in, and for, the city, on March 31, 2016. The CD Release party will be on Sunday, April 10, from 4:30- 6:30pm at The West End Lounge, 955 West End Avenue (West End & West 107th at Broadway). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. The album may be pre-ordered here and ...
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Danish pianist Søren Gemmer releases "The Lark" on WhyPlayJazz
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All About Jazz
With a series of portraits fleshed out in melodic lines The Lark unites personal experience and collective modern jazz exploration. The second release from pianist and composer, Søren Gemmer, presents an elaboration on the trademark melodicism displayed on the internationally acclaimed debut album. The album is the follow-up release to the highly successful At First that received widespread critical acclaim for its blend of modern jazz and a fascination of late-romantic classical piano music. The Lark features five distinct voices, ...
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Pianist Joel Holmes and The Green House Expansion Fuse Jazz and Hip-Hop with "Take One"
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Joel Holmes
The Green House Expansion was founded ONE year ago in Neukölln, Berlin. Their name comes from the multi-disciplinary artist studio/residence known as The Green House where the band rehearses and creates its compositions. Lead by Grammy-Nominated pianist, Joel Holmes, the band features the award winning jazz bassist Martin Buhl, critically acclaimed Polish drummer, Kuba Gudz and their MC/DJ, Stimulus. Stimulus is most known for his collaborations with Mark Ronson, Chris Dave & Robert Glasper as well as for being the ...
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Tony Adamo Digs Mark Murphy And Beyond
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Tony Adamo will be in New York in early April rehearsing with Mike Clark and Michael Wolff, of Wolff & Clark Expedition. New York photographer Fran Kaufman is scheduled to do the photo shoot. Clark has been Adamo’s music producer on two previous releases, Miles of Blu (2013) and Tony Adamo & The New York Crew (2015), and the newest unreleased CD, Tony Adamo and The NYC Commission. Wolff has previously written songs and arrangements for Adamo's music releases. This ...
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