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Los Angeles Based Sun Soul Orchestra Prepares To Release Their Long Awaited Full-length CD Debut "What Matters Most" Worldwide On April 28th, 2015
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Sun Soul Orchestra is an inspired project that features a rotating collection of artists performing original music and covers arranged by Stevo Théard and Ginger Murphy. Their debut album, What Matters Most has been a labor of love over the past 5 years and finally releases worldwide, physically and digitally on April 28th, 2015. On the surface it would seem that Los Angeles, California based Stevo and Ginger could not come from more disparate planets in ...
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Michael Mull Octet Releases Source Code On Orenda Records
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Michael Mull
Saxophonist and Composer Michael Mull Digs Deep for the Source on his debut Octet album, Source Code! Michael Mull is a saxophonist and composer of surprise breadth and depth and to say his music is chameleonic is an understatement. On Source Code, the debut album of his flagship ensemble, the Michael Mull Octet, he shows just how cutting and poignant a paradox can be. It’s dark yet uplifting, wrenching yet airy, manic yet precise, crushingly heavy and ineffably light—in a ...
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Peggy Lee: CBS Radio Sessions
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In June 1951, Peggy Lee began hosting her own radio show on CBS. She appeared on the national network twice weekly—on Tuesdays and Thursdays—for a total of 89 episodes before her stint ended in November 1952. The first 42 episodes of The Peggy Lee Show ran from June 1951 until May 1952 and were broadcast from New York, directed by Russ Case, who worked with Perry Como. Lee's marriage to guitarist Dave Barbour was fizzling in Los Angeles, so the ...
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Three Fab New Jazz Albums
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I'm often asked by friends and acquaintances at dinners and parties for recommendations of new jazz albums. The question is typically followed by a halting look, like, “Oh, yeah, I forgot, you only write about stuff from the 1940s and '50s." Believe it or not, I listen to a ton of cutting-edge new jazz. The problem is very little is of interest to me or worth telling you about. Of the 50 new CDs I receive each week, I fall ...
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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
Available May 26, 2015 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 gracing stages and studios with his immense talent, and uplifting spirit, since he was fifteen. Locke is a man who has gathered no moss as he ...
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New Brazilian Flute Release Bill Mc Birnie & Bruce Jones Release "Grain Of Sand"
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Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Extreme Flute release Grain of Sand features Bill McBirnie on flute, alto flute and piccolo along with the multi-talented singer-songwriter, Bruce Jones. Grain of Sand consists of original material in a variety of Brazilian formats incliding improvised flute work and is now available at CDBaby and iTunes. Early praise for Grain of Sand “...McBirnie’s brilliant flute technique and sensitive style happily unite with Jones’ diverse skills and genuine gift for songwriting as they demonstrate their shared love for Brazilian music. You will ...
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Blake Aaron Spins Soulful Guitar Tales On “Soul Stories,” Coming May 5
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
"Wes Side Story” bodes to be the fourth single from the set to enter the Billboard Top 10. Aliso Viejo, CA—Guitarist Blake Aaron utilized an unconventional approach when constructing his fifth album, Soul Stories, which will be released May 5 by Innervision Records. To maintain his presence on radio and in the marketplace while juggling a busy schedule as a first-call session player, featured sideman and in-demand producer, he issued a variety of singles with three cuts—the retro funk-disco energizer ...
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Saxophonist/Composer Yehonatan Cohen Releases Breathtaking New Album
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Eric Taylor
The spellbinding artistry of Yehonatan Cohen's latest album Stories unveils not only the technical skills of a rising talent but his compositional wizardry as well. The result is an album that is breathtaking in its free-flowing energy and smooth craftsmanship. Cohen uses his saxophone to weave ideas with emotions, reeling in both the hearts and minds of listeners. On “Spring," Cohen's breezy saxophone is deepened by Gadi Lehavi’s sad, reflective piano. The track proceeds at a cool, leisurely pace, only ...
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