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9 Box Sets You Deserve

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 17, 2015

It's that time of year when music writers like me are bombarded with box sets. Some are superb, others not so much. Here are the ones I dig most and are well worth giving yourself for the holidays: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, the Complete Masters (Verve). I always think of this album as a grown-up time machine back to December 1964, when the masterpiece was recorded by tenor saxophonist John Coltrane. The work is thick with stormy energy, African ...

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UK Bass Virtuoso Shez Raja Releasing All-Star Album On Dot Time Records with Mike Stern and Randy Brecker

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
December 16, 2015

UK Bass Virtuoso Shez Raja Releasing All-Star Album, Gurutopia Featuring Jazz Legends Randy Brecker and Mike Stern Dot Time Records is pleased to announce Shez Raja's highly anticipated all-star album “Gurutopia" will be released in April 2016. Featuring the cream of the British jazz scene as well as global jazz legends, Mike Stern and Randy Brecker, the recording captures the raw energy of the band's spectacular live show— a sonic kaleidoscope of Indo-jazz, thundering funk, tuneful ragas and euphoric grooves. ...

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John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (And Then Some)

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
December 12, 2015

John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Impulse!) John Coltrane (1926-1967), was already a musician of major standing and influence when he recorded A Love Supreme on December 9, 1964. In the less than three years of life remaining to him, the album became a watershed in the development of jazz. It made Coltrane a secular saint not only of the music but also of a troubled generation wandering in the spiritual wasteland of the Viet Nam and civil ...

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"This Could Be That," 3rd CD By Drummer Brian Andres & The Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, Due For January 15 Release

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
December 12, 2015

Drummer Brian Andres has been leading his powerhouse Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel since 2007, establishing them as a prime voice in the thriving San Francisco Bay Area Latin jazz scene. With his third album, This Could Be That, which is due for release by his Bacalao Records imprint on January 15, Andres and his Cartel exert a firm grip on the music’s cutting edge, playing with confidence, poise, and rhythmic imagination. Featuring a core octet drawn from the cream of local ...

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Bobby Scott: Back to Joe's

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 9, 2015

You probably know Bobby Scott best as the songwriter of two huge pop hits in the 1960s—A Taste of Honey and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. He co-wrote the former with Ric Marlow and the latter with Bob Russell. Born in 1937, Scott began working professionally at age 11 and could play virtually every instrument he set his hands on. In the 1950s, he straddled jazz and pop, touring with Louis Prima and performing with Gene Krupa, Lester Young ...

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Canadian Jazz Singer Edie Daponte Releases Second Studio Album "Young At Heart"

Source: Edie DaPonte
December 8, 2015

After 2012’s Love Bossa, a latin-styled collection sung mainly in Brazilian Portuguese, Edie Daponte returns this year with Young at Heart, her second studio album. A collection of Edie’s own original material alongside some of her and her fans' favourite standards, this new album showcases the strength of Edie’s beautiful and versatile voice. Young at Heart is truly a love- affair, reflecting all Edie’s passions including the west-coast of Canada, sailing and her personal relationships; all expressed through her other ...

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Timmons/Patterson: Holiday Soul

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 8, 2015

Each year, for the past eight years, I've chosen a jazz or pop album for induction into my JazzWax Vintage Holiday Album Hall of Fame. To qualify, the album has to be a sleeper of sorts, usually from the 1950s or '60s. It also has to swing. This year, I'm welcoming two albums with the same title: Bobby Timmons' and Don Patterson's Holiday Soul. Both trio albums were recorded for Prestige in Nov. 1964—the former on the 24th and the ...

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Guitar Virtuoso Micha Schellhaas Releases Full-length Debut Album Featuring Supertramp's Carl Verheyen And Drum Legend Chad Wackerman

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
December 7, 2015

Much to the excitement of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Micha Schellhaas has released his full-length debut album Double Take. The album features Supertramp guitar legend Carl Verheyen and drummer Chad Wackerman, who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. Says Micha, “Double Take, my first full length release, reflects my relationship with the US and my journey to come and in the end live here. After I was already established in Europe with steady gigs ...

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