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Boyd Lee Dunlop: Solo Piano

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 25, 2013

Every blue moon, someone like Boyd Lee Dunlop comes along who blows jazz fans' minds. In December 2011, Dunlop, a jazz pianist, was discovered in a Buffalo, N.Y., nursing home. He was profiled on NPR and in newspapers, including The New York Times (go here), and he recorded an album—Boyd's Blues. Then everything came crashing down. The 85-year-old Boyd suffered a heart attack and was thought to be dead for about six minutes. Medics were able to get his heart ...

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Italian Composer/Keyboardist Cristiano Roversi Releases Third Solo Album '"Antiqua" Featuring Former Pfm And Le Orme Members

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 25, 2013

Italy - The worldwide progressive rock community is buzzing with excitement about the third CD release by Italian musician, composer, keyboardist, bass and Champan stick player Cristiano Roversi titled 'AntiQua', featuring guest appearances by Le Orme's Aldo Tagliapietra and PFM's Bernardo Lanzetti, among others! Founding member of the new progressive band Moongarden in 1994, very much a vital entity to this day, Cristiano over the years has explored a variety of musical genres in collaborative projects such as Submarine Silence, ...

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Whirlwind Recordings Releases: The Aruan Ortiz And Michael Janisch Quintet - Banned In London

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 23, 2013

Whirlwind Recordings Proudly Releases: The Aruan Ortiz and Michael Janisch Quintet - Banned in London U.S. Release Date: January 29, 2013 Featuring: Greg Osby, Raynald Colom & Rudy Royston! ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT GIGS AT THE 2011 LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL took place at the Pizza Express on Soho's Dean Street by the Aruán Ortiz and Michael Janisch Quintet. On January 29, 2013 Whirlwind Recordings will release this critically acclaimed performance in the U.S. Banned In London has garnered ...

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Motéma Music Will Release Nilson Matta’s Black Orpheus On February 12, 2013

Source: Cary Goldberg
January 23, 2013

Bassist’s Inspired Re-imagining of Classic Brazilian Music Includes Contributions from Leny Andrade, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, Anat Cohen and Gretchen Parlato When Nilson Matta was a young child in his native Brazil, his father brought home an LP of the music from the play Orfeu da Conceição, by the playwright Vinicius de Moraes, which retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in the then-contemporary setting of Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. Matta, along with his entire family, were entranced ...

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Dave Brubeck: 'Southern Scene'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 23, 2013

On September 10, 1959, about a month after Dave Brubeck completed Time Out and a month before the craze began over Take Five (the single wasn't released until September 21 while the album didn't hit stores until December 14), the Brubeck quartet began to record Southern Scene. By then, most people who watched TV news were all too familiar with the Southern scene. In 1959, federal courts began forcing public schools and public bus lines in the South to desegregate, ...

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Acclaimed Drummer/Composer Antonio Sanchez Marks New Chapter in His Musical Life on Latest Album, New Life, Available February 26 on CAM Jazz

Source: DL Media
January 23, 2013

Project Puts Prime Focus on Sanchez' Compelling New Compositions Featuring Donny McCaslin, David Binney, Matt Brewer, John Escreet and Thana Alexa Drummer Antonio Sanchez has played alongside some of the greatest composers in modern jazz – including Chick Corea, Danilo Pérez, Gary Burton, and Pat Metheny, who has called on Sanchez to anchor virtually every project he’s undertaken for more than a decade. With his third album as a leader, New Life, Sanchez launches himself into those estimable ranks with ...

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Pianist Aaron Diehl to Make Mack Avenue Records and Studio Debut with Captivating New Album, the Bespoke Man's Narrative, Available March 19

Source: DL Media
January 23, 2013

In fashion circles, the adjective “bespoke” denotes custom-made suits and shirts and signifies the person who designs and constructs them. On The Bespoke Man’s Narrative, his brilliant Mack Avenue Records debut, pianist Aaron Diehl extrapolates this notion to matters of musical invention. “The idea for the metaphor was that the composition and concept were specifically for these musicians,” Diehl says, referring to his working quartet of 30-ish all-stars – vibraphonist (and Mack Avenue artist) Warren Wolf, bassist David Wong and ...

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Composer/Saxophonist Joshua Kwassman Spins the Tale of Friendship on Songs of the Brother Spirit - His Debut Album of All Original Extended Compositions, Available March 12 on Truth Revolution Records

Source: DL Media
January 23, 2013

Featuring Guitarist Gilad Hekselman The journey from adolescence to adulthood can be a harrowing one. For composer and saxophonist Joshua Kwassman, that was true in a very literal sense, as a three-day bike trip, in August 2010, with an idolized childhood friend collapsed into chaos and shattered his youthful illusions. While that trek itself found Kwassman growing up in a hurry, his musical recounting of the experience marks the debut of a remarkably mature young composer. Songs of the Brother ...

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