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Ellen Johnson's Bold New Recording "Form & Formless" Explores Duality In Creative Improvisation
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Sound Visions Media
“So much of life, like music, is the art of listening and responding,” said west coast vocalist Ellen Johnson about her conceptual new recording, Form & formless, slated for release by Vocal Visions Records on June 9, 2015. Most singers are not comfortable with having to create a song on the spot, out of nothing, but not Johnson. She has made improvising a major part of her vocal expression studying avant- garde music, sitting in horn sections as the only ...
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Dizzy Gillespie in London, 1973
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In August 1973, the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet went into Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London for a two-week stay. Gillespie was backed by Al Gafa on guitar, Mike Longo on piano, Earl May on electric bass and Mickey Roker on drums. The gig was recorded by the club, one assumes. The results have been issued on four separate CDs—Dizzy Gillespie Live at Ronnie Scott's Vols. 1-4. It's easy to forget how pleasant Gillespie's trumpet sounded during this period of his ...
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Tony Bennett and Bill Evans
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 2009, the last time I wrote about the two albums recorded by Bill Evans and Tony Bennett (The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album in 1975 and Together Again in 1976), I was rather hard on the work, viewing the albums as an overrated, operatic mess. Back then, I found the pairing to be a mismatch—two great artists unwilling or unsure how to fuse their sensitivities into a single statement. My big beef was that Tony and Evans were overcompensating to ...
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Coming Soon! Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release Of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date, "Love Is A Pendulum"
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date Love Is A Pendulum Available May 26, 2015 Available for pre-order on iTunes Now! Featuring Joe Locke (compositions, vibes), Robert Rodriguez (piano), Ricardo Rodriguez (bass), Terreon Gully (co-producer, drums) With Special Guests Rosario Giuliani, Donny McCaslin (saxophones), Paul Bollenback (guitar), Victor Provost (steel pan) and Theo Bleckmann (voice) Joe Locke is a musician's musician, an artist for the ages, a man who has been ...
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Cynthia Basinet Remake "All Of Me" Slated To Be One Of The Top Of The Pops Summer Hits
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
New York, NY: The American songstress, Cynthia Basinet best known for sultry pop jazz combo standards and her iconic version of “Santa Baby" (the only one to receive the seal of approval from Eartha Kitt) has stepped outside of her typical genre and just released a dance remake of John Legend's “All Of Me”. Teaming up with the hot producers Klubjumpers the flawless performer, whose resonating, haunting vocals have turned out what will be one of the Top Of The ...
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Miles on Monday: "Walkin';" through the years, the "post-Miles paradigm," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For this week's “Miles on Monday," some recent news from the world of Miles Davis, and a look at the evolution of one of the songs Davis performed most frequently in the 1950s and 60s: An exhibit of Davis' visual art will go on display in June at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In an interview with the website Something Else!, drummer Lenny White offers some thoughts about playing on Davis' album Bitches Brew. On a related note, the ...
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8 More MPS Jazz Records
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in March, I posted about three albums originally released on Germany's MPS label—It's Nice to Be With You (1969) by Jim Hall, Intercontinental (1970) by Joe Pass and Rass! (1974) by Monty Alexander. As noted, Edel AG, an independent German music and entertainment group, acquired the MPS catalog in 2014 and has been re-issuing jazz releases recorded in the 1960s and '70s. I finally had a chance to listen to a bunch more. Here are eight additional gems... Count ...
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Chris Vadala & Rick Whitehead release "Eastern Standard Time" on Art Of Life Records
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Art of Life Records
Following up on his debut release Out of the Shadows, Art of Life Records is pleased to present, “Eastern Standard Time", a new quartet recording by Chris Vadala and guitarist Rick Whitehead featuring Barry Hart on drums and John Previti on acoustic bass. Recorded at Bias Studios in Springfield, Virginia in January of 2015, “Eastern Standard Time" features songs composed by Sonny Rollins ("Doxy"), Luiz Bonfa ("Gentle Rain"), Phil Woods ("Waltz for a Lovely Wife"), Chris Vadala ("It's a “U"), ...
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