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Bass Legend Stanley Clarke’s New Album Up Reaches New Heights The Stanley Clarke Band: Up
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Diane Hadley Public Relations
Bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke’s new recording, The Stanley Clarke Band: UP, is scheduled for release September 30 on the Mack Avenue Records label. He considers UP to be the most energetic, fun, rhythmic and upbeat album that he has ever done and with more than forty albums under his belt, that’s saying quite a lot. Clarke’s signature bass virtuosity and amazing technical acumen is present throughout, but the enjoyment he had in making this album is also apparent. Unlike his ...
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Varese Sarabande To Release "Whiplash" Soundtrack
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CineMedia Promotions
VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS TO RELEASE SOUNDTRACK FOR SUNDANCE GRAND JURY AND AUDIENCE AWARD-WINNING FILM WHIPLASH Including Original Score & Original Big Band Songs by Justin Hurwitz Original Big Band Competition Pieces by Tim Simonec And The Classic Cuts “Caravan” and “Whiplash” Los Angeles, CA – Varèse Sarabande Records will release WHIPLASH – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally and on CD, October 7, 2014. The soundtrack features original score and big band songs by Justin Hurwitz (GUY AND MADELINE ON A ...
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Commence Communication: Contemplative Keyboardist Patrick Bradley Connects On “can You Hear Me”
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The title track featuring Dave Koz makes its chart debut as the fusion album produced by Jeff Lorber was released. Rick Braun, Eric Marienthal and Jimmy Haslip are also featured. Aliso Viejo, California (26 September 2014): On his third album, “Can You Hear Me,” which was released Tuesday (September 23) on the Patrick’s Song Factory label, keyboardist Patrick Bradley envisioned communicating the full palate of sounds in his repertoire on the jazz fusion, progressive rock and R&B ten tracker that ...
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The Stars Align For Joey Sommerville's "Overnight Sensation"
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
More than 20 years in the making, the soul-jazz trumpeter’s fifth album, due October 28, features Earl Klugh, Jeff Lorber, Jeff Bradshaw, Elan Trotman and Eric Essix. Atlanta, Georgia (25 September 2014): Behind every musical overnight sensation are years of toiling away in rehearsal halls, recording studios and sweaty nightclubs meticulously honing one’s craft. In trumpeter Joey Sommerville’s case, it’s more than two decades of writing, recording and touring to cultivate his following and establish his presence on the national ...
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World-Renowned Guitar Player Steve Hunter Releases Live CD & DVD
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - For the first time ever, Blues Rock Guitarist Steve Hunter, renowned for his work with Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, is captured on film playing a career-spanning anthology in an intimate setting with some of the worlds finest players. Also featuring Tony Levin, Phil Aaberg and Alvino Bennett! The DVD, titled 'Tone Poems Live', was filmed on August 24th 2013 at a recording studio in LA. Alongside Steve was Tony Levin on Bass (Peter ...
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Daniel Roure: "Le Temps D'un Jazz"
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Daniel Roure
Relying on the linguistics of music as the international language is not entirely necessary to fully appreciate Daniel Roure’s Le Temps d’un Jazz. The Marseille native has been immersed in jazz and French music his entire life. It is no surprise that his composing and performing prowess feels completely natural. Roure surrounds himself with a bevy of other talented Europeans who also share his enthusiasm and profundity for jazz. Other Marseille inhabitants include bassist Fabien Giacchi and drummer Alamel Gilles, ...
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Daniel Roure. New Album "Bar De Nuit"
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Daniel Roure
By Alex Henderson French cabaret, French pop and chanson have a long and rich history, from Edith Piaf’s classic recordings of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s to the soundtrack of the 1966 film Un Homme et une Femme (A Man and a Woman). And in recent years, the chanson tradition has been kept alive by younger vocalists such as Amélie les Crayons, Coralie Clément, Camille Dalmais and Keren Ann. Some masters of chanson are from France, while others might hail ...
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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: "Cheek to Cheek"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Over the past few weeks, I've spent quite a bit of time with Cheek to Cheek (Interscope), the much-ballyhooed Songbook album by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga that's out today. For many jazz fans, I suspect it will be difficult for them to go beyond preconceived notions about Lady and even Tony. In recent days, I've fielded emails from readers who insist they won't be listening to the album—accusing Lady of being a a fraud and Tony a doddering legend ...
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