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Lyn Stanley’s 'Lost In Romance' Album Released To Critical Acclaim

Source: Muse Media
September 3, 2013

Los Angeles, CA: Lost In Romance, the debut album by singer Lyn Stanley featuring 13 of jazz’s finest musicians, was released August 20th to widespread critical acclaim and airplay both across the country and internationally. A passionate ode to the music and romance of another era, Lost In Romance is also a tribute to Stanley’s friend and mentor, the late legendary world-class jazz pianist Paul Smith, whom she credits with launching her career as a singer. Featuring 15 songs that ...

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Guy Hatton Solo EP "Daylight" Released On Bandcamp

Source: Guy Hatton
August 31, 2013

Guy Hatton’s solo EP Daylight is now available to download from Bandcamp for your listening pleasure! Three brand-new tracks hot off the presses, as they used to say in the pre- digital world. Hear it here, and grab yourself a copy. We’re doing this on an “honesty box” system – you pay us what you think it’s worth. If you really, really have to have it free, that’s OK, but if you like it, please send us a contribution. Guy ...

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"Pacific Premieres: New Works By California Composers," New CD From Quartet San Francisco

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 30, 2013

Quartet San Francisco, the acclaimed cross-genre string quartet, received Grammy nominations for their 2006 Látigo, 2007 Whirled Chamber Music, and 2009 QSF Plays Brubeck. Now they are preparing to release a dazzling new CD, Pacific Premieres: New Works by California Composers, on ViolinJazz Recordings. The disc, due out September 24, delivers a program featuring two swinging new suites by noted jazz big band leader, composer, and arranger Gordon Goodwin; a breathtaking three-movement string quartet by conductor, arranger, and composer Vince ...

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Kathy Sanborn's Sultry Night Releases September 3rd

Source: Kathy Sanborn
August 29, 2013

The glamour of yesterday returns to today’s jazz music with Sultry Night, the steamy new release by American jazz singer and composer Kathy Sanborn. Sanborn’s sizzling album has a film noir inspiration, where passion and sensuality rule the day. Sultry Night opens with the smoky and seductive title track, evocative of the age of film noir detectives Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. The album continues with songs honoring movie icon Cary Grant and jazz vocal legend Anita O’Day, both performers ...

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Concord/Pablo jazz reissues include Ellington, Gillespie/Pass, Tatum, Sims, Peterson/Grappelli

Source: conqueroo
August 28, 2013

Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on September 17, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, bonus tracks (some previously unreleased), and new liner notes to provide historical context to the originally released material, the series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pablo Records, the prolific Beverly Hills–based label that showcased some of the most influential jazz artists and recordings of the 1970s and ’80s. The five new titles in the ...

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Modern Afropop Meets Ivorian Rhythms on New Album from Zansa

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 28, 2013

Robust and rhythmic, melodic and smooth, the music of Zansa presents a dynamic synthesis of centuries’ old West African songs and modern instrumentation. Zansa is a Nouchi slang word meaning “blend,” and the group’s debut album, Djansa, meaning “dance,” delivers an explosive dance party vibe with a folkloric storyline. Based in Asheville, NC, Zansa is led by Adama Dembele, a 33rd generation musician from Ivory Coast, whose ancestry is recognized throughout West Africa as the House of the Djembe. Since ...

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Pianist Ayako Shirasaki Releases New Trio CD "Some Other Time"

Source: Jan Matthies Music Management
August 28, 2013

Jazz pianist Ayako Shirasaki residing in NY, USA released her new trio CD Some Other Time on August 28, 2013 on Jan Matthies Records (JMR 201301). On Some Other Time Ayako combines the hard swinging bebop language of Bud Powell with the sophisticated harmonic elegance of Bill Evans, but with a brilliant creativity all her own and one guiding theme: melody! These are songs without words:Sunrise (Ayako Shirasaki)3 Steps Forward (Ayako Shirasaki)Yosaku-与作 (Kiminori Nanasawa)Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein)Oleo (Sonny Rollins)April ...

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This Christmas Will Be A Very Special Christmas For Jonathan Butler

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 28, 2013

Singer-songwriter-guitarist will release “Merry Christmas To You” on October 1 and embark upon the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour this holiday season. Sherman Oaks, CA: Santa Claus has a special treat to stuff in the stockings of all the good Jonathan Butler fans this Christmas: the first Christmas album by the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist. Butler produced and arranged “Merry Christmas To You,” which will be released October 1 by Artistry Music. Two singles will be shipped to multiple radio ...

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