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Jim Rotondi: 'At the Bird's Eye'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the '70s, soul-jazz albums featuring a tight trumpeter and saxophonist backed by a deep groove organist and persistent drummer. Prestige Records probably turned out more recording of that genre than most other lables—with organists like Don Patterson, Charles Earland, Richard “Groove" Holmes, Brother Jack McDuff and Leon Spencer Jr. The front line often featured saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. and trumpter Virgil Jones, with Idris Muhammad behind them on drums. [Pictured at top: Jim Rotondi] On trumpeter and flugelhornist ...
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Pianist/Composer Pascal Le Boeuf Explores The Depths On "Pascal's Triangle"
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Available: May 28, 2013 on Nineteen Eight Records Featuring: Pascal Le Boeuf (piano) Linda Oh (bass) Justin Brown (drums) NYC CD Release Celebration - May 9 @ The Jazz Gallery, 9 & 10:30 PM 1160 Broadway, NYC, 212 242 1063 On May 28, 26-year-old pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf will release Pascal's Triangle on the intrepid label, Nineteen-Eight Records. Le Boeuf, a spinner of webs constructed with beauty, emotion, and maturity, is an integral part ...
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The New "Sunshower" Single From Airborne Will Chase The Clouds Away
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Cheryl Hughey Promotions
“Sunshower,” the new single from the contemporary jazz group Airborne, embeds the beauty of nature into an amazing and smooth grooving tune that will shine a light of delight to any listener’s ear, mind and body. A sunshower is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining. These conditions often lead to the appearance of a rainbow. This feel good theme of “Sunshower” opens up as a sky with raindrops that groove a heartfelt beat as ...
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AUM Fidelity To Release Two CDs By Mike Pride: Birthing Days & Drummer's Corpse
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Steven Joerg
The distinctly gifted New York-based drummer/composer Mike Pride is prolifically active as a leader/accompanist in a wide variety of groups and genres: metal, noise, avant-garde rock, free music, and modern jazz. On May 14, 2013, AUM Fidelity will simultaneously release two of the most potent albums he has created to date. Birthday Days, the new modern jazz work with his From Bacteria To Boys quartet, was recorded within the same month as the maximum intensity avant-garde rock/noise epic, Drummer’s Corpse, ...
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Unit 1 with Mark Egan, Karl Latham and John Hart Release "Unit 1"
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Powderfinger Promotions
Wavetone Records is proud to present the self-titled debut release for jazz-funk power trio Unit 1, featuring Grammy Award-winning bassist Mark Egan, multi- dimensional drummer Karl Latham, and jazz guitar giant John Hart. Mark Egan has a unique fretless bass sound and style that is both distinctive and versatile, making him one of the most in-demand electric bassists in music today. Egan has recorded and toured with the likes of the Pat Metheny Group, Sting, Roger Daltry, Stan Getz, and ...
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Tommy Flanagan + Jaki Byard
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Piano duets date back to the days when the instrument developed its curves. In fact, I've long wondered whether the piano's undulating casing design was fashioned specifically so two instruments could be spooned for musical dialogue. [Pictured above, from left: Jaki Byard and Tommy Flanagan] One of the earliest recorded jazz piano duets was a series by stride artist Albert Ammons—who was teamed in the late 1930s with Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. As recording technology improved through the ...
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"Piano Bar After Hours," 4th CD By Boston Vocalist Jan Shapiro, To Be Released April 9
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Jazz vocalist and longtime Berklee College vocal professor Jan Shapiro chose to focus on the challenging—and revealing—duo format for Piano Bar After Hours, her fourth CD and her first since 2007’s Back to Basics. Shapiro tapped six of her favorite pianists, with whom she’d worked in various settings through the years, to accompany her on the new disc, which will be released by her Singing Empress label on April 9. Before arriving at Berklee 28 years ago, Shapiro spent more ...
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Bassist Jeff Berlin To Release "Low Standards" On Random Act Records - Available April 16, 2013
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Tampa, FL: Jeff Berlin has been called the greatest electric bass soloist in the world. While the terms “great” and “genius” are bantered about much too frequently, the accolades for Jeff Berlin are not hyperbolical – Jeff is indisputably one of the best bass players to ever play his chosen instrument. Geddy Lee (bassist for RUSH) calls Jeff “The greatest bassist on the planet,” while the late Jaco Pastorius considered Berlin a better soloist than he was. Known worldwide for ...
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