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"No Small Thing" Is A Big Deal

Source: Karen Frieske
November 11, 2014

Blue Canoe Records latest release from J-Mood slashes across genres from pop to rock to heartwarming contemporary jazz and deliver rich, mood lifting melody to every listener. No Small Thing is the second release on Blue Canoe Records and is a captivating compilation of covers and intelligent, home-grown numbers that expose the brilliance of the Carrozza clan. Mrs. Jennifer Carrozza is classically trained and has been singing professionally for nearly 20 years. Keyboard/Producer/Engineer/Solo Artist John Carrozza has featured parts on ...

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David Ryshpan & Gitanjali Jain Serrano Launch Alicuanta On Nov 27, 2014

Source: David Ryshpan
November 10, 2014

Alicuanta: signifying a quantity or part that does not fit into its larger whole evenly or equally. Alicuanta is a staged song cycle set to the texts of Mexican poet Francisco Serrano, co-composed by pianist David Ryshpan and vocalist Gitanjali Jain Serrano. Through poetry, music, dance and visual elements, Alicuanta is an examination of the memory of an ancestor; an attempt to find peace within the tumultuous history of 1920s Mexico. The legacy explored is that of the General Francisco ...

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"Souling" Songs From Allison Crowe

Source: Adrian du Plessis
November 10, 2014

Allison Crowe’s gorgeous voice brings tidings of comfort and joy with Souling—her 11th full album release. The artist, one of our greatest living musicians, singer-songwriters and performers, has always created authentic music. With this newest song set her voice is heard wholly a cappella. The songs themselves have a purity of expression—a 21st century take on music of faith and spirit—sounds and themes aired by carollers and soulers of old. The genesis of Souling is found in the bond Allison ...

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Sparks & Shadows To Release The C.O.W.L. Sessions Featuring Original Music Composed By Joe Clark

Source: CineMedia Promotions
November 10, 2014

“American history gets overhauled in C.O.W.L., a new series about the superhero labor union of 1960s Chicago that’s been described as Mad Men meets Avengers.” – The Hollywood Reporter Culver City, CA: Sparks & Shadows announces the release of The C.O.W.L. Sessions soundtrack digitally on October 28, 2014. The C.O.W.L. Sessions is the audio companion to the first five issues of the hit comic book series C.O.W.L., created by Kyle Higgins & Alec Siegel, with art by Rod Reis (who ...

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New Album By Port Mone Was Recorded In The Forest

Source: Aleksey Vanchuk
November 8, 2014

Album Thou by Port Mone from Belarus was released this autumn by a large European label Hevhetia (Slovakia) specializing in neoclassical, jazz, and avant-garde releases. The album is available on Amazon, iTunes and the official site of the label. The new program was presented at the international festivals, such as Umeå Jazz Festival (SE), Hevhetia festival (SK), Integrations-Meditations Festival (PL), Echo Festival (BY), Drewniane Ucho Festival (PL), XV Trialoh / Krynki 2014 (PL), and received wide acclaim of the European ...

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M.O.D. Technologies Presents Marter & Yony's Rhythm Matter As Part Of The Incunabula Digital Series

Source: hubtone PR
November 6, 2014

Marter & Yony is a sensational Japanese DUB duo featuring Masateru Yamauchi (Jazzy Sport, Japan) and Yoshio Kabayashi (Aokoya Afrobeat, New York). Intentionally recorded on cassette & ¼” tape to retain a unique, raw yet warm analog sound. Reminicient of Sly & Robbie, Basic Channel (German NEO DUB), yin-yang drum ‘n’ bass – perfect harmony of dubbed out reverb & echo…creates a blasting dub experience. Recorded in Brooklyn, NY & Nagano, Japan, mixed & mastered in NYC by Hideyuki Waki ...

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Jazzedelics - A Mashup Of New And Old

Source: Tony Jones
November 6, 2014

Jazzedelics is the brainchild of singer/percussionist Tony Jones and guitarist Doug Perkins based on a simple premise: What if the seminal rock giants of the 60’s had written their songs in a jazz framework? With music from Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Animals and others, Jazzedelics is a mash-up band that will excite audiences looking for something familiar but out of the ordinary. Featuring Chris Smith on keys, Adam Cohen on bass and David Anderson ...

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New "Jazz In Polish Cinema" Box Set Release, Featuring Previously Unissued Krzysztof Komeda

Source: Selwyn Harris
November 5, 2014

Jazz on Film Records announces the release on November 17th of a definitive 4-CD box set titled Jazz in Polish Cinema (Out of the Underground 1958-67) with rare and previously unreleased original soundtracks following its highly acclaimed French New Wave Volume, that reached # 5 in Mojo Magazine’s best soundtrack CDs of 2013. The box set is a treasure-trove of rare and previously unissued classic jazz film soundtracks written by a pair of legendary Polish composers-pianists Krzysztof Komeda and Andrzej ...

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