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Backgrounder: Walter Davis Jr. - 'Davis Cup' (1959)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Walter Davis Jr. was an exceptional hard bop pianist and composer. He was commanding and percussive, similar in this regard to Horace Silver. As a leader, Davis made a bunch of terrific albums for Blue Note, and one of his best was his first—Davis Cup. The album was recorded on August 2, 1959. The reason I include the date here is because Davis Cup was the first full album to be recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's newly constructed studio in ...
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Alex Sino And Terry Heimat Are Unveiling The 'Funky Sonatas'
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Two for the Show Media
In a captivating blend of classical elegance and Latin rhythms, Grammy-winning producer Alex Sino and Global Music Award Winner Terry Heimat announce the completion of the first single—Astor Piazzolla's “Tema de Maria" from the long-awaited album Funky Sonatas. The album, set to be released in April 2025, promises to deliver an exquisite collection of melodies penned by some of the most iconic composers, including Astor Piazzolla, Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Luis Bacalov, and Chick Corea. The Allure of “Tema de ...
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Vocalist Kim Maguire Releases Holiday Single, 'My Favorite Things'
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Kim Maguire
Kim Maguire’s latest single, “My Favorite Things," blends the nuanced precision of jazz, the fluidity of dance, and the emotional expression of theatre. This seamless integration is no surprise, given Kim’s extensive background in all three disciplines—her true favorite things. The sweeping vocal brushstrokes of this new release reflect her unique ability to merge jazz with the theatrical training that has shaped her artistry, resulting in a sound that is both dynamic and uniquely intimate. The single features an ensemble ...
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All Is Merry & Bright: New Holiday Album By Donald Vega
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Donald Vega
Grammy nominated pianist and composer Donald Vega is getting into the holiday spirit early this year with his new album All is Merry and Bright;(Imagery, 2024). Recorded, Mixed & Mastered in DigitaleXtreme Definition (352.8kHz/32bit) in both stereo and immersive sound, with Multi GRAMMY-Winner Engineer &Producer Jim Anderson. The 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and Juilliard Professor shared his inspiration behind the album: Echoing the traditions of holiday albums by Oscar Peterson and Nat King Cole, and taking inspiration from Vince Guaraldi’s holiday ...
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Backgrounder: Horace Silver Trio (1952)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Looking back, we can say now that Horace Silver was way ahead of his time. The pianist not only invented hard bop piano but also funk. All in 1952, two years after being discovered by tenor saxophonist Stan Getz in Hartford, Ct. Silver's first album was a 10-inch LP recorded for Blue Note in October 1952. The recording—New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio)—is astonishing in that Silver unleashed an entirely new approach on the piano that fused ...
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SF Bay Area Trumpeter-Composer Erik Jekabson Displays His Mastery Of Orchestral Jazz On 'Breakthrough,' To Be Released January 17 On Wide Hive Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Erik Jekabson retrains his musical focus in an unfamiliar direction—lush, intricate, ambitious chamber jazz—with Breakthrough, set for a January 17 release on Wide Hive Records. Featuring 15 musicians, the album is the San Francisco Bay Area trumpeter-composer’s first time marrying an orchestral ensemble (in the European sense, using strings, brasses, and reeds) with a jazz rhythm section, a surprising and marked turn toward the Third Stream. (The first single, “Jane Wants to Tell You Something,” will be released January 10.) ...
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Lisa Hilton's New Album: Captivating, Cool, Impressionistic And Uplifting
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DL Media
“Imagine the peaks we could climb if everyone listening to Hilton or reading this played so well together. Truth be told, Lucky All Along could be as close to a greatest hits album Hilton, or any of us, will ever get….very attainable, very welcome, very deserved.” —Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz “A captivating blend of cool Jazz and impressionist-inspired compositions... Lucky All Along merges diverse jazz styles with impressionistic textures, making it a deeply emotive and innovative release.” —Jazz Sketches ...
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From The Heinous To The Sublime, Paul Adams And Elizabeth Geyer Release The Album 'A Journey Of Dreams'
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Living thousands of miles apart, United States based, award-winning multi-instrumentalist, Paul Adams, and Australia based, award-winning pianist, flugelhorn instrumentalist and vocalist, Elizabeth Geyer, have been creating music together from opposite ends of the globe since their debut collaboration, Imaginings. Across the oceans and continents, something definitely worked synergistically and continues to work. Their album won the award, “Contemporary Instrumental Album of the Year” at the Zone Music Reporter Awards in 2015. Following, “Imaginings,” came “Deeper Imaginings” and “Sanctuary,” the New ...
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