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Blue Engine Records Releases Carlos Henriquez's Debut Album "The Bronx Pyramid"
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Michael Ricci
Critically acclaimed bassist and Latin music master Carlos Henriquez announced the release of The Bronx Pyramid, his debut recording as a leader, on Blue Engine Records. The Bronx Pyramid, the second release from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records, features Henriquez expertly blending modern jazz with Latin rhythms on original compositions and new arrangements of Latin and jazz standards. Exclusively for this recording, Henriquez is joined by an all-star roster of musicians including fellow Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra ...
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Pete Jolly: Accordion, 1955
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Four well-known jazz pianists of the 1950s started out as accordionists. The trend owed much to the accordion's affordability by families that couldn't afford a piano and the instrument's appeal at weddings and other parties, allowing budding squeeze-boxers to earn a few bucks. The list includes George Shearing, Joe Mooney and Marty Paich. The fourth may come as a surprise—Pete Jolly. [Pictured, from left, guitarist Howard Roberts and Pete Jolly] Born in New Haven, Conn. in 1932, Jolly (née Peter ...
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Red Piano Records To Release The New Recording From Pianist/Composer Frank Carlberg - Word Circus
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
RED PIANO RECORDS To Release The New Recording From Pianist/Composer Frank Carlberg - Word Circus Featuring Frank Carlberg with Christine Correa, John O'Gallagher, Pascal Niggenkemper & Michael Sarin Available November 13, 2015 Frank Carlberg Appearances: This Saturday, October 17th: Frank Carlberg's WORD CIRCUS Sound It Out Series, Greenwich House, NYC October 21st: Roxana Amed/Frank Carlberg La Sombra De Su Sombra @ Consulate General of Argentina in NYC November 19th: Frank Carlberg's WORD CIRCUS Cornelia ...
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Unreleased Ella Fitzgerald On Dot Time Records!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
The inaugural release of the Legends series is Ella Fitzgerald: Live at Chautauqua. Vol. 1. The date is July 11, 1968. The venue is the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater in Western New York near Lake Erie (a venue built in 1893 that had housed such varied programs as those presented by Booker T. Washington, Amelia Earhart, Marian Anderson, George Shearing and where FDR delivered his famous “I Hate War” speech). All those in attendance that night experienced the reason why Fitzgerald ...
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"Fado Da Vida," New Album From Fado-inspired Singer Ramana Vieira, Out Now!
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GoMedia PR
Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist and Composer Supporting Release with Shows in Northern California and Oregon in October and November Described by the San Francisco Examiner as a “rising star in world music” and by the Boston Globe as deserving “a prominent place in the front rank of today’s Fado singers,” Ramana Vieira will release her third album, Fado da Vida (Fate of Life), on October 16. She will support the release with a six-week long series of performances in northern California ...
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Jessica Jones Quartet New CD "Moxie" - Two-Tenor Sax Madness!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
This rare two-tenor quartet busts things wide open with new music, joined by old friends! Moxie is the new release (December 8, 2015) from the Jessica Jones Quartet, reuniting band members from one of the band's original incarnations from over 30 years ago. Jessica recruited bassist Stomu Takeishi and drummer Kenny Wollesen in the early 1980's when they were both still studying at the New School. Since then they have gone on to stellar careers in the creative jazz world, ...
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Australian Duo Tom Barton And Diego Villalta Release "Connections" – Improvisations From Japan
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Tom Barton
Innovative jazz vocalist Tom Barton has joined with guitarist/composer Diego Villalta to release an album of improvised works recorded in Osaka, Japan, in early 2015. This album is the duo’s first recording, following years of musical collaboration between the Victorian College of the Arts graduates. Connections features daring explorations into the sublime and surreal, sketched with a diversity of musical techniques and electronic experimentation. Wholly improvised, the recording was inspired by the duo’s time touring Japan. The music is a ...
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Saxophonist Mark Hauser Releases “it’s All About The Journey” on October 14th
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Mark Hauser
The Mark Hauser Quartet’s new CD, It’s All About the Journey, will be released on October 14th. Mark Hauser (alto saxophone) presents eight of his own compositions and gives a high-energy performance with band members Marvin Trummer on piano, Dominik Schürmann on bass and Elmar Frey on percussion. The album will be played at various concerts in Switzerland throughout 2015 and 2016. “After 10 successful years on stage, playing many different styles at public concerts, private events and in the ...
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