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The Green Announce "Hawai'i '13" on Easy Star Records
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Press Junkie PR
Hawaii’s The Green are back with their anticipated new album, Hawai‘i '13, released worldwide on August 20 through Easy Star Records. Hawai‘i '13 is the band’s third studio album and was recorded and mixed with Danny Kalb (Ben Harper, Beck, Jack Johnson) mainly in Costa Mesa, CA, at Hurley Studios. Since the 2011 release of their chart-topping (#1 Billboard and iTunes Reggae) sophomore album Ways & Means (Easy Star Records), the sextet continues to raise their profile to the top ...
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Piloo Records To Release CD/DVD Set Randy Brecker's The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion
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Antje Hübner
AVAILABLE ONLINE SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 AVAILABLE IN STORES OCTOBER 8, 2013 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, trumpeter Randy Brecker and his younger, sax-playing brother Michael helped define a sub-genre by blending sophisticated jazz harmonies and searing solos with slamming funk grooves and a visceral energy that grabbed rock ears. The Philly-born Brecker Brothers set the tone for a generation of aspiring musicians who followed. “When the band started back in the day, the original intent was to do ...
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Allen Weber And His Band Hot Shock Finalizing Debut Album
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Allen Weber
Jacksonville, FL: After months of planing, writing, and rehearsal, jazz fusion guitarist Allen Weber and his band Hot Shock have just finished recording the debut album. The recording was done in the storied Jacksonville FL studio Warehouse Studios—Ryan Turk engineered the recording. It is being mixed at“TrueTone Studios with Andrew Perlowich engineering the mixing. When asked to describe the music Weber said “You could describe our music this way: Jazz Fusion infused with Latin, Carribeo, Funk, Blues, R & B ...
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Jump Onboard The Magical Airborne Voyage Into The Silver Skies
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Cheryl Hughey Promotions
Airborne is proud to announce the release of Silver Skies, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of this dynamic band. This project with all new compositions is a testimonial to the wisdom, endurance, determination, spirit and extraordinary talents of the contemporary jazz group Airborne. The formation of Airborne was in the early 1980s by Thomas Sansone, Thomas Borino, and Greg Borino. The signature jazz sound of Airborne was nurtured in the communities of art and music that flourished in the streets ...
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Paula Castle: Lost Love
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
With the release of Paula Castle's Lost Love (c. 1955) by the Verse Music Group—which recently acquired the Bethlehem Records catalog—we're presented with something of a mystery. Castle's voice was leather-glove warm and elegantly sensuous—with hip phrasing and a credible range reminiscent of Sarah Vaughan's. And Love Lost by any measure is a superb recording. Songs dwell thematically on love lost and found. But there's a subtext. This would be Castle's first 10-inch LP—and her last, according to Lord's Jazz ...
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"Another Long Night Out" For Brian Culbertson
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
On the 20th anniversary of its release, the multi-instrumentalist hitmaker returns to his contemporary jazz roots to remake his debut album joined by many of the accomplished artists that inspired him. Los Angeles, CA: Brian Culbertson was a 20-year-old student at DePaul University recording demos in his bedroom “studio” in a crowded apartment that he shared with three roommates above a costume shop on a busy Chicago street. Those demos not only landed the then trombone player in DePaul’s jazz ...
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Piano Sutras, A Glistening New Thirsty Ear Solo Release From Pianist Matthew Shipp Is Ready For You
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Chris Rich
By Chris Rich Amid the snow swirl and chill of a late February this year, Matthew Shipp headed to Park West Studios to commence work on a solo recording which will be called Piano Sutras. “On Wednesday February 20, pianist/composer Matthew Shipp recorded his next Thirsty Ear record, “Piano Sutras”, at Park West Studios in Brooklyn. Jim Clouse was the recording engineer and Thirsty Ear owner Peter Gordon was the producer. The recording is a solo piano recording of originals ...
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Van Morrison Moondance Deluxe Five Disc & Expanded Two Disc Editions Available October 22 From Warner Bros. Records
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1888 Media
Moondance Shines Brighter Van Morrison’s Classic Revisited With Five-Disc Deluxe Edition Loaded With Unreleased Takes From The Sessions, Including The Lost Track “I Shall Sing” The Newly Remastered Album Also Available As Single Disc And As Double Disc Featuring 11 Unreleased Tracks All Three Available October 22 From Warner Bros. Records LOS ANGELES, CA – In the fall of 1969, Van Morrison entered the studio to record MOONDANCE, the album that would soon become his commercial breakthrough and one of ...
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