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Actress, Author And Singer Molly Ringwald To Release Jazz CD
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Muse Media
CELEBRATED ACTRESS AND AUTHOR MOLLY RINGWALD TO RELEASE DEBUT CD, “EXCEPT...SOMETIMES,” APRIL 9th_VIA CONCORD RECORDS Critically-Acclaimed Actress, Author and Singer Signs To Concord Records Los Angeles, California. “Except...Sometimes,” the debut CD from actress and author Molly Ringwald, will be released by Concord Records on April 9th, 2013. An homage to the Great American Songbook, Ringwald has crafted a carefully chosen selection of nine standards which she caps off with her take on The Breakfast Club classic, “Don’t You (Forget About ...
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Art Pepper: Rare Lighthouse (1952)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Alto saxophonist Art Pepper may well have been the earliest exponent of what would become known as West Coast jazz. At the end of 1951 and top of '52, Gerry Mulligan hadn't yet arrived in Los Angeles, Shorty Rogers was still emulating Dizzy Gillespie and Shelly Manne was still under the influence of Max Roach. But Pepper was at this moment in time his own man—there was no Charlie Parker in his playing, just a searing, high-register, laid-back sound in ...
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7 Blues CDs a Swimming
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
If you're looking to buy blues albums as a holiday gift for yourself or a friend, you've come to the right place. Take a load off and set a spell. Here are seven that recently crossed my desk and knocked me out... The Fat Babies transport you back to the late '20s on Chicago Hot (Delmark). This young group has all the syncopation of bathtub gin and chalk-striped double- breasted suits. Leader and bassist Beau Sample is an established Chicago ...
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Proper To Issue Deluxe Edition Of Bap Kennedy's "The Sailor's Revenge" With 11 Retrospective Bonus Tracks
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conqueroo
With package to be released via Proper American on January 8, Kennedy will perform dates in New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Boston. “Kennedy distills his love of Hank Williams and Van Morrison, his self-preserving humor, and his endearingly stoic bar-room philosophies into stunningly beautiful songs.” —MOJO LONDON, U.K. — Bap Kennedy’s critically hailed The Sailor’s Revenge album, released in June 2012, will be reissued by Proper American on January 8, 2013 as The Sailor’s Revenge Deluxe Limited Edition. Kennedy ...
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Singer Jackie Ryan Returns; "Listen Here" Also Features John Clayton & Friends
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Jackie Ryan teams with Grammy Award winner John Clayton to deliver a tour de force through a myriad of jazz idioms ─ from blues & gospel flavored jazz gems, to luscious love songs, a soaring Spanish ballad, a Gershwin classic, pulsating samba rhythms ─ and culminates with the title track: a duet with three-time Grammy nominee Gerald Clayton. Listen Here is at once both a testimony and a tribute ─ a testimony to this artist’s love of exploration, and a ...
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Art Pepper: 1951-52
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Alto saxophonist Art Pepper may well have been the earliest exponent of what would become known as West Coast jazz. At the end of 1951 and top of '52, Gerry Mulligan hadn't yet arrived in Los Angeles, Shorty Rogers was still emulating Dizzy Gillespie, and Shelly Manne was still under the influence of Max Roach. But Pepper was at this moment in time his own man—there was no Charlie Parker in his playing, just a searing, high-register, laid-back sound in ...
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Concord Readies Tony Bennett's 'As Time Goes By: Great American Songbook'
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Chris M. Slawecki
In the post-WWII era of American popular music, Tony Bennett rapidly emerged as one of the most distinct and popular voices on the landscape, due in large part to a versatile and dynamic style that has enabled him to sing pop standards, jazz, show tunes and just about any other genre that has emerged in the span of his six-decade career. Indeed, any discussion of the Great American Songbook — however it may be defined — will inevitably lead to ...
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Cheb i Sabbah Announces New Album: OptiMystiK
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Press Junkie PR
Cheb i Sabbah Announces Fundraising Campaign to Help Produce New Album: OptiMystiK Cheb i Sabbah, musical adventurer, global spiritualist and producer extraordinaire is calling out to his fans and supporters to help in the production of his eighth album, OptiMystiK, his most ambitious project to date. The album will combine languages and musical cultures of twelve different countries and is loosely described by Sabbah as “New World DJ Science.” Known as one of the most creative artists in global electronica, ...
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