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Guitarist Thom Douvan Returns With His Most Eclectic Release Yet, All Over Again
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles - As a followup to last year's critically acclaimed release 'Brother Brother', guitarist Thom Douvan stretches into some different territory on his new album All Over Again. Accompanied by such stellar musicians as keyboardist Mitchel Forman, bassist Jimmy Earl, percussionist Luis Conte and drummer Michael Barsimanto, Douvan pushes the envelope on nine original compositions and one well-chosen cover tune. “I see it as a continuum of the jazz, blues and soul music I featured on the last album, ...
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The Nu Jazz Agency & Summertime Music Releases New ITunes "Deluxe Album” From Award Winning Canadian Trumpeter & Vocalist Johnny Summers
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Nu Jazz Publicity
New York, NY – The Nu Jazz Agency a longtime producer of digital content in the genres of jazz and Summertime Music a Canadian music production company in the genre of jazz, announced the March 2015 release of the new digital album, Johnny Summers: Piano Sessions – Volume 1 (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes with a special digital booklet & (2) bonus audio tracks, and on other digital music services around the world with bonus audio tracks.: Most musicians say they ...
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Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For the “Masterpiece" column in this weekend's Review section of The Wall Street Journal, I write about Herbie Hancock's “Maiden Voyage"—the strange circumstances that led to its conception and why the album remains special (go here or please pick up a copy of the paper in the U.S.). Here are the first three paragraphs... “In January 1965, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock received a call from a Hollywood jingle agency. Its client, Yardley, needed background music for a TV commercial and ...
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"Team & Variations," 2nd CD By Guitarist/Composer Isaac Darche, Due April 14 From Challenge Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
In the nearly ten years that guitarist Isaac Darche has called New York home, the San Francisco Bay Area native has found opportunities to work with many rising jazz stars and to pursue his own muse. He’s emerged as a rising star himself and is now following up on the 2012 release of his well-received debut Boom-Baptism with Team & Variations, to be released by the Dutch-based Challenge Records label on April 14. Darche’s fluid, warm-toned style reflects the classic ...
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Brian Cruse Talks about His Composition “26.1” and the Release of "Brian Cruse Presents: B-Snaptet "
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Michael Ricci
By Jim Johns The only open table at the cafe on this unseasonably warm day is outdoors on the sidewalk. The awning doesn’t do any good, the afternoon sun angles beneath the canvas. Brian Cruse rifles through his messenger bag, looking for his shades beneath pages of sheet music. He’s meeting up—between rehearsals and teaching — to talk about his band’s new release Brian Cruse Presents: B-Snaptet. The emotional core of the CD is a composition he wrote as a ...
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Trombonist/Composer Joe Fiedler Announces The Release Of His New Trio Recording, "I'm In"
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Featuring Joe Fiedler (trombone) Rob Jost (bass) & Michael Sarin (drums) Available on Multiphonics Music on April 7, 2015 CD Release Celebrations! Sunday 4/6: Quinn's, Beacon, NY, 2 sets starting at 8 PM Friday 4/10: Official CD release show @ The Jazz Gallery, NYC, 2 sets at 8 & 10 PM Wednesday 4/22: Juniper at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2 sets starting at 8:30 PM Thursday 4/23: Lilypad, Cambridge, MA, 2 sets starting at 7 PM ...
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Miles on Monday: Conceiving Birth of the Cool
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It was 65 years ago today, on March 9, 1950, that Miles Davis completed the sessions for what would eventually become the album Birth of the Cool. That day, Davis went into WMGM Studios in New York City with a band including J. J. Johnson (trombone), Gunther Schuller (French horn), John Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Al McKibbon (bass), and Max Roach (drums) and laid down tracks for “Moon Dreams," “Deception" and “Rocker." Though recognized ...
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Guitarist Jack Allen Release Debut CD "Nawlins Boy"
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Craig Neely
For Jack Allen the release of Nawlins Boy is a “culmination of my musical journeys to date and a tribute to my dad who was born in New Orleans." With the title and opening track one might feel the spirit of the Big Easy as the tune seems to march in second line style during Mardi Gras with trombonist Steve Baxter leading the way and Allen keeping the groove right in place. Organist Todd Hunter's Hammond B3 wizardry is on ...
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