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Guitarist-Composer-Educator Mitch Haupers Casts A Spell On Invisible Cities, July 8 Release
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Mitch Haupers is hardly a Young Lion on the scene. A longstanding faculty member at the Berklee College of Music, the seasoned guitarist-composer-educator is only now seeing the release of his recording debut as a leader at age 55. A showcase of his thoughtful, affecting compositions – which reveal themselves gradually and gracefully – Haupers’ Invisible Cities (July 8, 2014 Release - Liquid Harmony Music) bears the stamp of a steady, veteran hand at the helm. It also boasts an ...
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Newly Discovered New York Concerts From 1965 By Iconic Reedman Jimmy Giuffre’s 3 & 4 Now Available
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Matt Merewitz
New York Concerts Marks First Release of New Label Elemental Music, A Partnership Between American Producer Zev Feldman And Barcelona-Based Distributor Distrijazz, Dedicated to Releasing Newly Discovered Archival or Out of Print Jazz Featuring Joe Chambers, Richard Davis, Don Friedman & Barre Phillips The years between the release of Jimmy Giuffre‘s ground-breaking 1962 albumFree Fall and his return to the studio in 1971 with Night Dance have become known as the legendary clarinetist and saxophonist’s “lost decade,” a key period ...
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'Getz/Gilberto' Turns 50
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In early 1963, the bossa nova was still a novelty in the U.S.—something like “cha-cha-cha lite." Yes, a year earlier Stan Getz had released Jazz Samba—which became a hit album with a hit single, Desafinado—and Dave Brubeck had released Bossa Nova USA. But both albums were really jazz interpretations of the real thing being recorded with gusto by Brazilian artists in Rio de Janeiro for labels like Odeon and Philips. The album that would change everything by transforming the bossa ...
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"Shrimp Tale," Debut CD By The Los Angeles-Based Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra, To Be Released July 15
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra has emerged, since its formation in 2011, as one of the brightest lights on the Los Angeles jazz scene. Last year, Chan gathered a group of topnotch studio and jazz players—19 pieces in all, plus guest trumpeter Wayne Bergeron—and produced a two-day session. First to be released, in the fall of 2013, was the EP Rancho Calaveras. Next month, on July 15, the orchestra’s debut CD Shrimp Tale is due for release on Chan’s imprint, ...
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Bill Russo: 'School of Rebellion'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Bill Russo is best known to jazz fans as one of Stan Kenton's top arrangers in the early 1950s. But from time to time, Russo led his own orchestras on recording sessions. His first leadership date came in 1947, and from 1947 to 1950 he led a rehearsal band known as Experiment in Jazz. Russo's arrangements typically had a brooding, modern-classical fee, which was inspired by his studies with pianist Lennie Tristano in the mid-1940s. Russo also tended to focus ...
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Jazz Pianist George Kahn's "Jazz And Blues Revue" Kickstarter Campaign To Support The Creation Of Their First Album
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Imaginary Friends
Featuring Vintage Songs By Legendary Greats The Andrews Sisters, Billy Holiday, Herbie Hancock And Many More Los Angeles, CA: Pianist George Kahn along with his celebrated “Jazz & Blues Revue” is releasing its first album this year. You may have seen them at the Catalina Jazz Club or the LACMA Friday Night Jazz Series. This 5-piece jazz ensemble is fronted by three incredible singers: Courtney Lemmon, Gina Saputo and Crystal Starr. The album will consist of songs by The Andrew ...
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Guitarist Ben Tyree Catches Fire On First Live CD
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Ben Tyree
Burn It! LIVE captures the infectious grooves and adventurous virtuosity of the Brooklyn guitarist’s BT3 trio Release Date: SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Whether it refers to a raging inferno or a long, slow smolder, Burn It! not only serves as the title for guitar wizard Ben Tyree’s first live album but as a mantra for his blistering BT3 trio. Recorded in 2010 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s prestigious BAMcafé Live series, the scintillating date finds Tyree, his bandmates and a ...
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Distributor/Music Store Squidco.com Adds Allen Weber "Hot Shock" Album To Library
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Allen Weber
From the desk and studio of Allen Weber Jacksonville, FL: The momentum is building around Jacksonville musician Allen Weber and his release of the Allen Weber Hot Shock album (CD and digital album) with it now in rotation on several UK radio stations, radio stations in the USA picking it up, and Allen Weber having just completed an interview with Christopher Bowie for his jazz radio show on WVUM (90.5 fm) in Miami. Now, Allen Weber has just signed a ...
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