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Ralph Burns: Swingin' Herd

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 7, 2015

I'm on a bit of a Ralph Burns tear—listening to both the recordings I've owned for some time and grabbing those that I'm unearthing through a deep dive into his discography. What makes Burns special is that he could write beautifully for strings on one album and then tear your heart out with his charts for a big band date on the next. Case in point: Woody Herman's New Swingin' Herman Herd recorded in March 1960 for the Crown label. ...

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Ralph Burns: Warm for Jazz

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 6, 2015

Years spent with Woody Herman from late 1943 on as a pianist and arranger gave Ralph Burns an edge when he needed musicians for his own leadership albums. In January 1958, during a period when he was orchestrating for artists signed to Decca, Burns arranged an album under his own name called Very Warm for Jazz. It featured an odd photo of penguins on the cover and a splendid mix of hand-picked pros for the sessions. The cover's reference to ...

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Pianist Yelena Eckemoff Reaches New Heights Working With The Norwegian Dream Team Of Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, And Tore Brunborg On "Everblue"

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2015

By Dan Bilawsky When pianist Yelena Eckemoff released Cold Sun (L & H Production, 2010)—a trio date with drumming legend Peter Erskine and Danish bass whiz Mads Vinding—the jazz world was introduced to a startlingly fresh voice destined for great things. Over the course of the six albums that followed, Eckemoff lived up to that promise, delivering organically-crafted music reflective of her classical background, fascination with the natural world, poetic soul, communicative spirit, and overall open-mindedness. Now, Eckemoff is poised ...

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CD Discoveries: June 2015

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 30, 2015

So many great albums came in over the past four weeks, I wanted to wait until month's end to get them all in. Here are 12 gems... Charenee Wade—Offering: the Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (Motema). Singer Charenee Wade brings just the right level of vocal passion, soulful seduction and sensitivity to songs by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson—a pianist, flutist and Scott-Heron's collaborator. Fabulous chill-groove arrangements frame Wade perfectly throughout. Doug Beavers—Titanes del Trombón (Artistshare). This Latin-jazz ...

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Mark Wingfield "Ten Shades Of Light" - Free Download - 10 Tracks - 67 Minutes of Music

Source: MoonJune Records
June 28, 2015

Mark Wingfield's Ten Shades Of Light was compiled from ten albums (with one track represented from each album). Free Download 320 kbps MP3 and/or FLAC. Donations are welcome. Mark Wingfield's MoonJune Records' debut Proof Of Light featuring Yaron Stavi on upright bass and Asaf Sirkis on drums, was released in February 2015, receiving an impressive critical acclaim in on over 30 countries worldwide. “Wingfield possesses the goods to be a world-beater... sparking vivid notions that the guitar is an extension ...

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Pianist Vlad West Releases "Green Light"

Source: Vlad West
June 27, 2015

ALVE Recording Co. Proudly Presents a new release by pianist Vlad West Vlad West, a noted jazz pianist who has played with numerous luminaries including Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Tony Scott and Clark Terry, and is known in Europe as Vladimir Sermakashev, has released his second album Green Light. Commemorating his work with Robin Williams on the movie inspired by Mr. West’s life, Moscow On The Hudson, Mr. West pays tribute to Mr. Williams on the ...

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MoonJune Records Sampler: 75 Tunes, Nearly 8 Hours Of Music For Only $5

Source: MoonJune Records
June 25, 2015

Progressive Music Exploring Boundaries Of Jazz, Rock, Ethno, Avant & The Unknown 75 tunes from 75 albums on MoonJune Records High-quality download in FLAC or/and MP3-320. A $10 contribution gives you an extra bonus album-download of your choice. A $15 contribution gives you an extra two bonus album-downloads of your choice. A $20 contribution gives you an extra three bonus album-downloads of your choice. “The entire Moonjune catalogue is crammed with goodies: exceptional albums by both established and upcoming musicians. It's agenda? To stoke the ...

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Monday Recommendation: Kenny Dorham

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 23, 2015

Kenny Dorham, Quiet Kenny (Original Jazz Classics) Dorham was of the generation of trumpet players indebted to Dizzy Gillespie. As his playing gained individuality in the late forties, he developed into one of the trumpet’s great melodic improvisers. His rhythm section here is pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Arthur Taylor. A few months earlier in 1960, they accompanied John Coltrane in his watershed “Giant Steps” session. The CD contains Dorham originals and five standard songs. His readings ...

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