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Brian Eaton’s 'Trail of Contrition' Brings Jazz Fusion to New Frontiers
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All About Jazz
Portland-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Brian Eaton has unveiled his sixth studio album, Trail of Contrition, available now on Eatin’ Records. This vibrant jazz fusion project stands at the crossroads of diverse American musical traditions, blending elements of jazz, country, bluegrass, folk, rock, rhythm and blues, gospel, and Americana into an adventurous, genre-bending sonic journey. The album’s centerpiece is Eaton’s ambitious cover of the Pat Metheny Group’s “Travels,” the Grammy-winning live track that has captivated audiences since its debut. Paying ...
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Eric Ineke: JazzXPress Plays Cannonball Adderley
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Dutch drummer Eric Ineke has just released a tremendously exciting new album that is easily one of my favorites—Swing Street—Plays The Music of Cannonball Adderley (Timeless). It's a gorgeous tribute to the esteemed alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Among Eric's many jazz accomplishments in the Netherlands was being a member of the Frans Elsen Septet. Born in 1934, Elsen was one of the first bebop pianists in Holland who was much in demand in the early 1950s, when he began ...
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In Motion Quartet's 'The Grind' Is Out January 25
Source:
Steve Treseler
Led by Seattle-based saxophonist Steve Treseler and Bellingham-based trumpeter Kevin Woods, In Motion Quartet releases their debut album The Grind, an adventurous set of original music exploring propulsive grooves and the avant-garde. With a nod to the chord-less groups of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Lee Konitz, the instrumentation allows the band the freedom to stretch harmonically and melodically, while maintaining an emphasis on rhythmic interaction and improvised counterpoint. Treseler and Woods seem to communicate telepathically, with a great sense ...
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Charlie Hunter Produces Fourth Bolero Record For Puerto Rican Vocalist Maritzaida
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Aaron Weibe
“We should do another record, but let’s make it a visual product,” suggested Charlie Hunter, celebrated guitarist and producer, just months after Maritzaida’s stunning debut albums, Boleros Clásicos Volumen Uno and Volumen Dos. The Puerto Rican vocalist and her husband, AJ Weibe, had only recently returned to music after a five-year hiatus, following a decade-long career as military musicians, including three years in Tokyo. Their comeback was nothing short of extraordinary, capturing hearts and minds with their authentic take on ...
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Australian Jazz Vocalist Julie O'Hara Releases 'All In The One Room' On Jazzspell Records
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Ferro-cious Media & Entertainment
Australian jazz artist, Julie O’Hara, and JazzSpell Records are proud to release their dynamic contemporary jazz vocal album, All In The One Room. Julie O’Hara is a prolific and versatile composer, vocalist, improviser, and educator from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. This album marks a significant milestone in O’Hara's career, showcasing her rhythmic sensibilities, compositional skill, and unique jazz phrasing and scatting abilities. Featuring 13 captivating tracks, All In The One Room is a vibrant fusion of swing, blues, bop, Latin, and vocalese-inspired ...
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Backgrounder: Wynton Kelly - 'Kelly at Midnite' (1960)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Earlier this week, I posted on Art Pepper's Gettin' Together, featuring the glorious piano of Wynton Kelly. For this week's Backgrounder, I figured I'd give you another round of Kelly by posting one of my favorites: Kelly at Midnite, recorded for Vee-Jay Records in 1960. We can thank producer Sid McCoy for mixing each member of the trio so they'd stand out as sonic equals. This lets you listen and focus on each individual player at any given moment thanks ...
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Perfection: Red Garland & Eddie Lockjaw Davis (1960)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I've long wondered what was going through the mind of producer Esmond Edwards when he teamed the Red Garland Trio with tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis. My surprise hasn't been about the pairing. Bringing them together was a stroke of genius. My problem is they only released three tracks—We'll Be Together Again, Softly Baby and When Your Lover Has Gone. The rest were by the trio. A fourth track, called Untitled Blues, was recorded but remained unreleased until 1995, when ...
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Fearless & Powerful No Wave From Nippon at CBGB In 1994
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Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi aka SoSaLa
“1994—Live at CBGB”—A Resurrected Masterpiece of Japanese No Wave in NYC. Live recording by legendary producer and recording engineer Martin Bisi at CBGB, January 8th, 1994 SoSaLa (whose Japanese artist name was Sadato at the time this album was recorded) has released his next retrospective recording. This album follows up on the previous one, 1993. This time, he looks back to 1994, a significant year in SoSaLa’s music career. The music was performed live at New York’s legendary Punk venue, ...
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