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Vocalist Norm Drubner Captures Emotional Highs Of Jazz Classics On New CD
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Eric Taylor
With his warm, breathy voice, Norm Drubner can reflect the emotional pulse of even the most familiar of jazz standards. Suddenly, what once seemed to be so engrained in the consciousness that new feelings were muted becomes fresh and alive once again. On his latest album Let’s Fall in Love, Drubner doesn’t do the usual, which is a paint-by-numbers rendition of classic material, so often the case with other artists. Instead, Drubner offers his own interpretation of them, letting his ...
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Leon Sash: 'I Remember Newport'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Arguments over which jazz accordionists are best is pointless. For one, there were too many great ones in the post-war period, so ranking them is like splitting hairs. For another, any accordionist who swings sounds great, making further discussion moot. With that said, one of the greats was Leon Sash, despite the fact that he recorded only a handful of albums. Born in 1922, Sash lost his sight at age 11. He took up the accordion in his early teens ...
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Gary Lefebvre: Ghost Great
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the finest saxophonists with the fewest number of jazz recordings was Gary LeFebvre. The San Diego musician died at age 74 last August, leaving behind a king-size reputation among musicians but only two leadership albums and just a handful of others. LeFebvre got his start in 1956 at age 17 playing with the San Diego Symphony and soon relocated to Los Angeels. But by the time he pivoted to jazz in the late 1950s and early '60s, there ...
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Francesco Lo Castro Creates A Masterpiece While "Chasing Beauty"
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Francesco Lo Castro
"This is a beautiful album, with a range of stunningly cinematic compositions exquisitely arranged and performed" —John Wheatcroft, Guitar Techniques Magazine and Head of Guitar at Tech Music School, London Italian guitarist and composer Francesco Lo Castro released his forth studio album in October 2013. Entitled Chasing Beauty, the album has a European and cinematic jazz quality to it that sits halfway between the works of authors such as Pat Metheny and Ennio Morricone. Each piece is a canvas of ...
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Impulse! Renaissance Universal Music Group Reactivates Legendary Impulse! Label
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Josh Johnson
First Release From Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein And The Hot 9 “Viper’s Drag” Due Out July 15 In The U.S. Universal Music Group is reactivating the legendary jazz label impulse! with the release of Viper’s Drag, a retro-modern opus from Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 that is due out July 15 in the U.S. The new impulse!, which was reported yesterday in The New York Times, is a division of Universal Music France headquartered in Paris that will be ...
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John Ellis & Andy Bragen Present Mobro - A Narrative Chamber Piece For Nine Musicians & Four Singers
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Featuring: Becca Steves, Miles Griffith, Sachal Vasandani, Johnaye Kendrick,John Ellis, Alan Ferber, Josh Roseman, Shane Endsley, John Clark, Mike Moreno, Ryan Scott, Joe Sanders, Rodney Green and Roberto Lange A New Work Commissioned by The Jazz Gallery in 2011, MOBRO marks the first CD release on Ellis' newly formed label, Parade Light Records (distributed by RED) Available Everywhere on May 13, 2014! NYC CD Release Celebration: May 30 & 31 at The Jazz Gallery Saxophonist/composer John Ellis is proud to ...
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Alan Broadbent with NDR Bigband Release "America The Beautiful"
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Last year Alan Broadbent, jazz pianist, arranger, conductor and composer released his solo album Heart to Heart for which he received the rarely given best rating of 5-stars by Downbeat magazine (USA) and Jazz Journal (UK). This year on Alan’s 67th birthday on April 23, 2014 his new album together with the NDR Bigband America the Beautiful will see the light of day. The Title America the Beautiful is Alan’s way of giving thanks to the country and its people ...
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Doc Stewart's Code Blue! Big Band
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Chris Doc Stewart
The concept of Code Blue originally came from an idea to follow‐up my 2005 CD Phoenix: A Tribute to Cannonball Adderley. That CD debuted on the independent jazz new releases at number one. It continued to do well reaching number 13 on the jazz charts. I attribute this fluke to a very good CD and, based on the reviews and interviews, the whole doctor‐jazz musician thing. Therefore the follow‐up CD would have a bent towards medicine and in particular emergency ...
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