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Critically-Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Jackie Allen Releases "My Favorite Color"
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Michael Ricci
Tenth Overall Recording and First Studio Album in 8 Years Set For Release May 13, 2014 “Her gift is utterly distinctive and even innovative... a masterpiece. It's revelatory and sounds effortless." —Billboard Long known for the enticing smoky quality of her voice and the natural sincerity of her interpretations, My Favorite Color is Jackie's long anticipated follow-up studio release to her 2006 Blue Note recording Tangled. My Favorite Color features two originals and eight standards, reaching from the thirties into ...
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Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth's "The Last Whoop-Dee-Doo!" And A Free MP3
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Richie Kaye
From the new album of swingin' fun: The Last Whoop-Dee-Doo! played by Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth featuring Tony LaVorgna DOWNLOAD THE FREE MP3 Down in the dumps? Need a pick-me-up? You've got a smile-maker in your hands! 25 tracks of classic American jazz for your entertainment and delight. No heavy lifting needed with this album. It's all melody, all the time. Lyrical and fulfilling, with the occasional comic air that will make you say, I'm glad I listened! Go ...
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Spirojazz Releases Thought Provoking Fusion Album "Space and Alienation"
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Eric Taylor
The music of multi-instrumentalist Don Andrews is alive. It literally breathes and accelerates at a breathtaking pace. On his latest effort, Space and Alienation, Andrews forces the listener to pay attention. No coercion is needed. Calling himself Spirojazz, Andrews crafts hypnotic, thought provoking, and daydreaming instrumentals that inspire various interpretations. If the title of the album hints at the otherworldly landscapes conjured by ‘70s progressive rock, the payoff is certainly there. Space and Alienation is awash in celestial synthesizers and ...
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New Release From Marianne Matheny-Katz Celebrates Charm City's Fertile Jazz Scene
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The Phillips Agency
BALTIMORE, MD – Jazz lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy the new album Somewhere in Paradise featuring vocalist Marianne Matheny-Katz with many of Baltimore’s best-known jazz musicians. The CD, on the Indy label Jazzway, goes to radio in the United States and will be available for sale in May 2014. While most of her band members now figure prominently on the national jazz scene, the singer handpicked them over years of performances in the Mid-Atlantic region and watched ...
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Jazz And Pop Crooner Spencer Day Readies New CD "Daybreak" Featuring Both Standards And Originals
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Acclaimed singer/songwriter Spencer Day returns to his musical roots with his fifth full-length album Daybreak, and his first independent album in seven years. His past two albums were released on the legendary Concord/Jazz label. With Daybreak, Spencer has created an album of signature interpretations of well-loved songs from the 1960’s along with five brand-new compositions written in homage of these classic American tunes. There was a time, a sound, a feel, and a sensibility that defined ...
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Pãodemónio Releases Debut Album
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Nuno Trocado
Pãodemónio's debut album introduces the band's powerful, groovy, technical, dynamic and fresh sound, developed since the foundation of this group in mid-2013 as a result of an intense work and experiment with various timbric and textural sonic possibilities, arrangement structures and musical ideas. Along this 45-minute journey, Pirraças Pueris takes the listener through different grooves, moods, colors and dynamics in a very personal musical world rooted in the spirit of the contemporary expression of jazz, metal, rock, funk, hip hop ...
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Armen Nalbandian To Release Solo Piano Album, Time Waits On May 23rd
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Blacksmith Brother
On May 23rd, 2014, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release Time Waits (Blacksmith Brother Music), his ninth album as a leader and first solo piano album. Time Waits is also one of two solo piano albums that Nalbandian will be releasing this year and features several original compositions by Nalbandian as well as compositions by Thelonious Monk, Radiohead, and Hoagy Carmichael. About Armen Nalbandian Armen Nalbandian (b. 1978 in Manchester, England) is a jazz pianist, composer and humanitarian. In addition to ...
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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records To Release New Recordings From: Rob Garcia, John Chin & Gianni Gagliardi
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
"Brooklyn jazz is happening and those who venture across the bridge will be delighted by the hard-edged ethnically-flavored jazz that they find on the other side." —All About Jazz “...The spirit of the organization is firmly rooted in Brooklyn. All of the members reside there, and they wanted to give a nod to the vitality of its scene." —The Wall Street Journal BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND RECORDS To Release New Recordings From: ROB GARCIA, JOHN CHIN & ...
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