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"San Francisco," 2nd CD By Bay Area Drummer Brian Andres & The Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, Due July 16
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Drummer Brian Andres’s new album with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, San Francisco, not only takes its title from the band’s home base. The CD, to be released July 16 by the leader’s Bacalao Records imprint, also makes a persuasive case for the assertion that San Francisco has its own distinctive Latin jazz sound (the classic “San Francisco Tiene Su Propio Son” is included on the disc). “There’s so much talent in the Bay Area, I wanted to represent the guys ...
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Vocalist Kathy Sanborn Turns Up The Heat With Sultry Night
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Kathy Sanborn
Sultry Night, the steamy and seductive new jazz album from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases July 2nd, 2013 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Sultry Night will be available for purchase from popular digital outlets such as iTunes. The CD version of Sultry Night debuts September 3rd, 2013. Sultry Night includes songs honoring jazz vocal legend Anita O’Day and popular screen actor Cary Grant. Sultry Night also includes the song, “Angels Cry,” which was penned by Sanborn in ...
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Bud Powell: The RCA Sessions
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the fall of 1956, pianist Bud Powell was an emotional mess. His brother, pianist Richie Powell, had died in June in the same car crash that killed his wife Nancy (and the car's driver) and trumpeter Clifford Brown. Bud Powell was also suffering from schizophrenia and was on powerful meds following his release from a mental hospital in 1953. And only a month earlier, Powell's long string of recordings for Verve had ended with the Blues in the Closet ...
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Mike MacArthur: Moving Away From The Kids' Table
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
In the company of prominent friends, saxophonist Mike MacArthur releases a sterling jazz album, “Feels Like Home,” his first major release as a frontman. Tampa, FL: In the midst of graduation season, it seems like the ideal time for the release of long-time sideman Mike MacArthur’s first major recording on center stage. The saxophonist’s 10-song “Feels Like Home” was released today by Paradise Point Music. On the collection produced by Grammy-nominee Brian Bromberg, MacArthur graduates surrounded by his scholarly musician ...
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Gil Evans: Jamaica Jazz
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the least-known Gil Evans albums and among his most interesting is Jamaica Jazz. Produced by Creed Taylor when he was at ABC Paramount, Jamaica Jazz was recorded in November and December 1957—between Evans' Gil Evans and Ten (Prestige) and New Bottle, Old Wine (World Pacific). Evans wrote the arrangements for The Don Elliott Octet, with Candido Camero on conga. The East Coast personnel was exceptional and experimental... The November session: Don Elliott (tp,mellophone,vib) Frank Rehak (tb) Jimmy Buffington, ...
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Marianne Trudel’s "Trifolia" Project - New Recording: "Le Refuge" & Summer Tour 2013
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Vivo Musique Internationale
MARIANNE TRUDEL'S ‘TRIFOLIA’ PROJECT TO RELEASE NEW RECORDING “LE REFUGE” ON JULY 2nd, 2013. SUMMER TOUR CANADA, 2013 WITH ‘TRIFOLIA’: FOURTEEN CITIES, SEVEN PROVINCES. CD RELEASE CONCERT: THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, JULY 4th, 2013. SOLO PIANO CONCERT - USA DEBUT: XEROX ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, JUNE 29th, 2103 “Marianne is one of our great Canadian pianistic talents and more people need to hear her music.” —Ken Pickering, Artistic Director, Vancouver International Jazz Festival Montreal: Montreal pianist, composer, improviser and ...
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David Jacobs-Strain To Release New CD "Geneseo"
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Muse Media
NEW DAVID JACOBS-STRAIN ALBUM, GENESEO, SET FOR RELEASE JUNE 25TH “His acoustic and electric guitar work is crisp and driven, and his voice can rise to a soulful pitch or fall quietly in sync with a loping beat. His imagery-rich tales—well, it’s not hard to imagine some of them being covered by the likes of John Hammond Jr. . . . or Boz Scaggs. . .” — The Washington Post “David Jacobs-Strain sings and plays slide-driven country blues with a ...
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BluJazz Label Releases Jamie Breiwick's "Spirits"
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Jamie Breiwick
Artist: Jamie Breiwick Album: Sprits Label: BluJazz Release Date: May 4th, 2013 LISTEN TO SPIRITS Open the door on the album cover and you enter the Jazz Estate, a Milwaukee club that exemplifies a venue that nurtures modern straight-ahead jazz and makes money at it. This recording was made there one night, even if the program has the well-considered sense of purpose of a studio recording. The melody of the opening “Gig ...
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