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Clarinetist/Composer/Bandleader Darryl Harper Releases "The Need's Got To Be So Deep" On Hipnotic Records
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MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
2-CD Set Presents Original & Commissioned Compositions For Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Octet & Works By Jimmy Giuffre, Carla Bley & Yusef Lateef / Guests Include Violinist Regina Carter, Vocalist Marianne Solivan, Pianist Helen Sung & Guitarist Freddie Bryant In an interview from 1989, during which he discussed “the cultural aesthetics of black jazz,” the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa referenced his poem “Blue Light Lounge Sutra For The Performance Poets At Harold Park Hotel” to make the point ...
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The Summer Of The Four Seasons
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1888 Media
Rhino Presents Three Extensive Collections That Spotlight Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Each Available On July 1. Jersey Boys Film Soundtrack Available June 24 From Rhino LOS ANGELES – This summer belongs to The Four Seasons as Rhino unveils three new comprehensive collections, including a colossal 18-disc set that focuses on the iconic group’s hit-packed albums, plus two sets that explore the individual careers of founding members Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio. Each of the following will be available ...
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JazzMain Creates A Sound For Sore Ears
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Kevin Dorrian
Scottish-based quartet JazzMain, has released its long awaited debut CD having waited almost 18 months since they first entered the studio, such was the band's intense attention to detail in selecting the most appropriate tunes from their vast repertoire of standards and compositions. The CD from the Edinburgh-based band, takes its title from the Jimmy Heath-penned tune “A Sound for Sore Ears". It is interspersed with some interesting shifts in time/feel approach on tunes like “Willow Weep for Me" - ...
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The Romance Continues: Urban-jazz Saxophonist Kim Waters Will Mark His 25th Year With The Release Of “silver Soul” On September 2
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The first single, “Dreaming Of You,” is the No. 2 most added radio track this week. New York City (10 July 2014): With persistence, patience and passion, romance grows stronger, richer and sweeter each year and for 25 years, urban-jazz saxophonist Kim Waters has written, produced and performed chart-topping candlelight compositions that explore the excitement, exoticism and mystique of love. He will clank glasses on September 2 to celebrate the silver anniversary with the release of his aptly titled 20th ...
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"My Shining Hour," Guitarist Bobby Broom's New Origin CD, Set For 8/19 Release
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Terri Hinte Publicity
While Bobby Broom’s 2012 CD Upper West Side Story (“a spectacular album”—DownBeat) focused exclusively on original material, the guitarist takes a very different tack with My Shining Hour, due for August 19 release from Origin Records. The luxuriantly melodic session features Broom’s working trio—with bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Makaya McCraven—placing their stamp on beloved American Songbook standards. “When I formed the trio in 1991 it was to avoid playing weather-worn standards with makeshift groups,” Broom says. But when bassist ...
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Jess Stacy: Swing Pianist
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The swing era is widely considered to be the golden age of big bands. Which is true, but the decade also was a period of widespread jazz piano genius. Before the trumpet and saxophone became all the rage on the heels of Louis Armstrong, followed by the electric guitar, the piano was jazz's elegant superstar. The list of exceptional solo jazz pianists who performed solo or led bands in the late 1930s and early 1940s is extraordinary: Art Tatum, Fats ...
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Rick Braun Dances To The Top Of The Billboard Chart
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The jazz-funk trumpeter’s “Can You Feel It” album hits the streets as the rapidly rising “Get Up And Dance” is ready to sashay off with the No. 1 singles crown. Sherman Oaks, CA: Back with his first contemporary jazz foray in five years, trumpeter Rick Braun appears to be wasting no time in his quest to add more No. 1 hits to his burgeoning catalogue of chart-toppers. “Get Up And Dance,” his fun-filled frolic with sax sensation Dave Koz that ...
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Sean Noonan's Stories From Behind The Drum Kit Continue With Bruised By Noon
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GoMedia PR
Bruised by Noon, A Limited Edition Solo Drum Project Which Concludes the Tale of Finny Finnigan, the Gambler Who Was Introduced on Noonan's Critically Acclaimed 2012 Project A Gambler's Hand, Available as CD, Download and Vinyl and Accompanying Book Drummer/composer/storyteller/producer Sean Noonan is among the most prolific and innovative musicians of his generation. Just a few months after the release of his punk-rock influenced Pavees Dance: There's Always the Night, which paired the 38 year old drummer with Malcolm Mooney, ...
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