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Jacky Terrasson Set To Make His Impulse! Label Debut With February 24 Release Of "Take This"
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Michael Ricci
ACCLAIMED PIANIST TO CELEBRATE WITH SHOWS MARCH 13-15 AT DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER IN NYC Pianist/composer Jacky Terrasson makes his Impulse! label debut with the February 24, 2015 release of Take This, a sparkling new album that captures the quintessence of his multifaceted musical makeup, which draws upon modern post-bop, pop, hip-hop, European classical, and African and Afro-Caribbean rhythms and melodies. Terrasson will celebrate with release event performances at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz Lincoln Center ...
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Bassist/Composer Mark Wade Debuts With "Event Horizon," Feb. 17
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Bassist Mark Wade takes the art of the trio to brilliant new heights with his debut recording Event Horizon, to be released February 17, 2015 by his Mark Wade Music imprint. Working with trio-mates Tim Harrison, piano, and Scott Neumann, drums, Wade shines as an instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. “I always loved listening to great piano trios,” the Queens, New York-based bassist says. “With no horn players or other musicians, there is so much space for expression, but with that ...
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CD Discoveries of the Month
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
With the holidays just days away, you've probably been looking for a way to reward yourself or treat someone special to great music. Here are a batch of superb albums worth considering... Solitary Moon: Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield Sing The Johnny Mandel Songbook (Bi-Coastal Music). This swinging, singing duo is backed by a big band smartly arranged by trombonist Whitfield. Fifteen tracks provide an iceberg's tip of Johnny's gorgeous and eclectic output, including Cinnamon & Clove, The Shadow of ...
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Recent Listening, Vinyly: Broadbent, Lowe, Horvitz, Chemical Clock, Kanda
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Once during a listening session, I apologized to Paul Desmond for the pops and scratches on a worn LP. “I don’t care if it’s on a cellophane strip,” he said, “ as long as I can hear what everybody is doing.” When it comes to sound quality, high-end audio perfectionists tend to be more demanding than Desmond was that evening, and there are getting to be more of them. In an artist’s note on the inside jacket of his new ...
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Jazz Composer-Arranger, Trombonist, and Vocalist Pete McGuinness Earns Two Grammy Nominations for "Strength In Numbers"
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Michael Ricci
Pete McGuinness: Strength In Numbers (Summit Records) Grammy Nominated for “Best Arrangement Instrumental or A Cappella" and “Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals" Acclaimed jazz composer/arranger, trombonist and vocalist Pete McGuinness has earned two 2015 Grammy nominations for arrangements on his Summit Records CD Strength In Numbers. The nominations are for “Best Arrangement Instrumental or A Cappella” for his arrangement of “Beautiful Dreamer” and “Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals” for his arrangment of “What Are You Doing The Rest of Your ...
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Marlene VerPlanck: 'I'm in Love'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Vocalist Marlene VerPlanck came up in the business in the late '50s when pop and jazz lived together. She began singing in 1952 and recorded her first album for Savoy in '55 with pianist Hank Jones, bassist Eddie Jones and drummer Kenny Clarke. A year later came a tour with Charlie Spivak's Orchestra, where she met her future husband, arranger Billy VerPlanck. By the early '60s, as Teen Pan Alley and pop-rock pulled the rug out from under traditional pop ...
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New Apostle Fractal Album Rich With Electic Components
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Eric Taylor
The Apostle Fractal’s hybrid rock is rich with components of pop, Celtic, Gothic, and global metal. Only after a couple of dose of the group’s album Ichabod Suite, the progressive-metal aficionado would find ease in tracing those elements to the music of the likes of Cruachan, Evanescence, and Nightwish. The seven-track concept album is a musical journey to a tumultuous, historical past expressed in a dramatic blend of primarily folk and metal. Ichabod Suite opens with “Jeremiah’s Waltz,” which conjures ...
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J.Q. Whitcomb & Five Below Explore Progressive Sounds On New Release
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Eric Taylor
In half a dozen words, Tales of Enchantment is six tracks of brain salad revelry. To say “go figure” is tempting, but to further describe this album is more enticing and more respectable. The genre jazz itself is a broad spectrum of music styles, and J.Q. Whitcomb & Five Below’s sonic paintings epitomize this very well. The artists behind this group have obviously dipped their respective brushes in a colorful palette of progressive rock, blues, New Wave, and classic jazz ...
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