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John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension's The Boston Record And Asia Tour

Source: Souvik Dutta
March 19, 2014

During the summer of 2013, guitar legend John McLaughlin and his trailblazing band The 4th Dimension – Gary Husband on keyboards and drums, Etienne Mbappe on bass, and Ranjit Barot on drums and vocals – toured across America. On June 22nd they performed at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. This concert was recorded and is now being released as McLaughlin’s latest recording, The Boston Record. When asked to describe The Boston Record, McLaughlin said, “From time to time, ...

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Roy Assaf Trio Release Debut Album On One Trick Dog Records

Source: Michael Martinez
March 19, 2014

One Trick Dog Records to release the Debut Album by the Roy Assaf Trio SECOND ROW BEHIND THE PAINTER Internationally Renowned Pianist Records New Album As Bandleader Available at Amazon.com and iTunes on June 3, 2014 New York, NY: One Trick Dog Records is pleased to announce the release of Second Row Behind The Painter, the debut album from the Roy Assaf Trio. The album marks the second recording as bandleader by internationally renowned pianist/composer Roy Assaf. The trio includes ...

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8 New CD Discoveries

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 18, 2014

I've been traveling a bit lately on assignment, which has left me less time to post on my latest CD discoveries. Last night I finally had a chance to go through my stack. Here are eight you'll surely enjoy... Italian vocalist-lyiricist Lara Iacovini brings heart and smarts to Right Together (Abeat), which featuers electric bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum. Swallow handles the bass like a guitar while upright bassist Paolino Dalla Porta manages the time. Iacovini's voice is ...

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Atash: "Everything Is Music" Out March 25

Source: Press Junkie PR
March 17, 2014

Austin’s multi-award winning world music band Atash shall release their long-awaited third album, Everything Is Music, worldwide on March 25, 2014, featuring the pan-cultural alchemy of sound the group is so famous for, and incorporating heavyweight musicians from the worlds’s stage such as world jazz guitarist Fareed Haque, Uzbek doira (frame drum) master Abbos Kosimov, and tabla maestro Subrata Bhattacharya along with fellow local indie Indo-rock songstress Naga Valli and members of the Haitian boys’ choir Les Petits Chanteurs. In ...

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"Garden Beast" By Iordache Recently Released By Fiver House Records

Source: Iordache
March 17, 2014

Iordache's jazz funk album Garden Beast was recently released by his own record label, Fiver House Records in Bucharest The album is inspired by Iordache's own garden and the animals and plants within it, as well as nature's own rhythms and cycles. The band is a septet which features saxophonist Iordache, trumpet player Sebastian Burneci, trombonist Florian Radu, guitarist Dan Alex Mitrofan, keyboardist Toni Kühn, bassist Utu Pascu, and drummer Tavi Scurtu. It was recorded at Studioul de Baza in ...

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Jamie Saft And Joe Morris Join Forces Once Again For Sonic Mayhem On RareNoise Release Plymouth

Source: Antje Hübner
March 12, 2014

Following on the heels of their successful collaboration on 2013‘s Slobber Pup, one of the most intensely throbbing releases in the RareNoise catalog, keyboardist Jamie Saft and guitarist Joe Morris have reunited for another potent and provocative offering in Plymouth. Joining them on the three expansive pieces that comprise this purely improvised set are the indelible rhythm tandem of bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Gerald Cleaver, who have played together in various settings (including Morris’ quartet) since the late ‘90s, ...

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Italian Trio Chat Noir Stretches Out On Daring RareNoise Release Elec3Cities

Source: Antje Hübner
March 12, 2014

By organically blending elements of electronica and ambient music with bits of chamber music and jazz, the innovative trio of pianist Michele Cavallari, bassist Luca Fogagnolo and drummer Guiliano Ferrari has come up with a wholly unique sound on Elec3Cities that may establish a daring new direction for the piano trio. This delicate balance of electronic experimentalism and acoustic piano jazz has been evolving gradually from the group’s initial release in 2006, Adoption, and continued on 2007’s Decoupage through 2008’s ...

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New CD Release By Indonesian Guitar Virtuoso Dewa Budjana Featuring Jimmy Johnson & Vinnie Colaiuta Now Available On MoonJune Records

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
March 11, 2014

New York, NY - Dewa Budjana, Indonesian iconic guitar my Johnson & Vinnie Colaiuta Now Available On Moonune Recordslegend of Balinese ethnic heritage, is releasing his 3rd album (his 7th solo effort on his parallel jazz-fusion career) on MoonJune Records; the New York City independent label of progressive music that explores boundaries of jazz, rock, avant-garde, ethno & the unknown, run by its cosmopolitan honcho and executive producer Leonardo Pavkovic. Recorded in Los Angeles by the world renowned engineer Robert ...

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