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District 97 Featuring Legendary King Crimson Vocalist John Wetton Release One More Red Night: Live In Chicago CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 14, 2014

London, UK – Prog fans rejoice! A new live CD capturing a set of King Crimson songs performed by District 97 and former King Crimson lead singer John Wetton has been released on Primary Purpose via Cherry Red Records. 'One More Red Night: Live In Chicago' includes three songs from the iconic landmark album 'Red’; which inspired many musicians including Kurt Cobain. This CD also captures several other well- known songs from the three King Crimson studio albums John Wetton ...

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Released Today: "Circuit Rider" Feat. Ron Miles, Bill Frisell And Brian Blade

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 14, 2014

Master Cornetist RON MILES Releases Circuit Rider, his Second Album featuring Bill Frisell and Brian Blade New York, NY —- Cornetist Ron Miles leads guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade in Circuit Rider, the group’s second album. A logical evolution from the Trio’s debut album Quiver (2012), Circuit Rider epitomizes Miles’ signature lyricism, deceptively simple yet fiendishly difficult to play and spiritually aware compositions. The scope of the album spans American folk traditions and vibrant gospel hope infused with ...

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New Release "Unsaid Songs" By Francesco Guaiana Quartet

Source: Workin' Label
October 9, 2014

FRANCESCO GUAIANA QUARTET “UNSAID SONGS” FROM 20 OCTOBER IN RECORD STORES AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Workin’ Label 2014 / IRD Distribution FRANCESCO GUIANA - guitar ALESSANDRO PRESTI - trumpet and flughelhorn LUCA LO BIANCO - electric and acoustic bass FABRIZIO GIAMBANCO - drums Unsaid Song is the new album of the guitarist and composer Francesco Guaiana that, after several experimental experiences and collaborations with artists of different ...

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The Musician's Guide to Sending a Proper Press Release

Source: HypeBot
October 9, 2014

By Kim Kelly from the Sonicbids Blog. As part of my job as a music journalist, I sift through anywhere from 50 to way-too-many press releases daily, separating the wheat from the chaff and trying to find something that fits into the holy trifecta of interesting, relevant, and newsworthy. By now, I've seen plenty of good press releases, a few truly great ones, and an ungodly amount of no good, horrible, downright deplorable excuses for a press release. If you ...

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Sort of Blue: Clone or Art?

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 9, 2014

By this time on Tuesday, the jazz community will likely be in an uproar—or will at least be dumbfounded. Blue, a new album by the quintet Mostly Other People Do the Killing, has broken a taboo of sorts by recreating the Miles Davis Sextet's Kind of Blue, note for note. I write about the album (due out on Tuesday), and its implications for jazz and the music industry in Friday's Wall Street Journal (go here). Kind of Blue (1959), of ...

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David Lanz, Best-Selling Piano Sensation, And Versatile Vocalist, Kristin Amarie, Release "Forever Christmas"

Source: Lydia Sherwood
October 7, 2014

For the globally beloved pianist and composer, David Lanz, Forever Christmas is an album of firsts. It’s the first recording the New Age legend has created from start to finish with a songwriting collaborator and his first prominently featuring a vocalist. It’s also Lanz’s first release since relocating from his longtime home in the Pacific Northwest to upstate New York. As you may have already guessed, all of these firsts have something—someone—in common: Kristin (pronounced Christine) Amarie, a Norwegian-born vocalist ...

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"All India Permit" - New Project & Ep From Pacific Nw-based Guitarist/Composer Alex Pinto, Due For 11/4 Release On Pursuance Records

Source: Alex Pinto
October 7, 2014

Calarts Grad Alex Pinto has been busy since the release of his highly praised debut album Inner State (Pursuance Records) in 2011. The guitarist launched SF Offside, a Bay Area jazz and creative music festival, with music curator Laura Maguire in 2012. He was an active presence in the bustling Bay Area indie scene, collaborating with animator Jeremy Rourke, while also holding down bass and/or guitar duties in Magic Fight, Petejota and The Lawlands. Capping things off, Pinto was awarded ...

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A Generations-Leaping Jazz Adventure

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
October 7, 2014

I’ve spent the last few days listening closely to Cheek to Cheek, the ambitious new recording by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. It debuted September 23 and soared to #1 on the Billboard 200 list. It also topped the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts. Cheek to Cheek sold 131,000 copies in the week ending September 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Bennett is 88 and Lady Gaga is 28, yet they found common ground in exploring the Great American ...

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