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Saxophonist/Composer Ilia Skibinsky Releases "The Passage" on David Binney's Mythology Records.
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Two for the Show Media
Street Date: February 12th, 2013 Ilia Skibinskys' “The Passage" presents the listener with an outstanding approach to the recording layout. All nine original compositions are of completely diverse styles: A contemporary jazz composition with a big band feel, a Klezmer/Middle Eastern influence, then followed by an almost classical/cinematic piece featuring a string quartet and so on. Whatever turns the recording takes, the music is deeply rooted in jazz, and the transitions work. All members of the band and its leader ...
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Omnivore Recordings Chronicles Classic Years Of Wanda Jackson, George Jones And Merle Haggard
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conqueroo
Ten-inch vinyl EPs made available on Black Friday provided a sneak preview of Merle Haggard’s The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles, George Jones’ The Complete United Artists Solo Singles, and Wanda Jackson’s The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Records will release definitive compilations by three giants of country and rockabilly music — Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard and George Jones — on February 12, 2013. Having released musical appetizers in the form of ten-inch vinyl EPs ...
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Tom Stewart's New CD Now Available
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Tom Stewart
Guitarist Tom Stewart has a new release entitled “Flyer." The CD contains all-original, modern jazz, featuring brilliant performances from Jeremy Powell on tenor saxophone, Mark Neuenschwander on bass, and Ian Goodman on drums. The CD is available physically on CD Baby, and digitally through dozens of outlets, including Amazon, iTunes, Rhapsody and many others. Tom was born in Tampa, Florida in 1966. After high school, he began undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, then transferred to Boston's Berklee College ...
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Dan White Sextet Releases Debut Album: New York Sessions
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Dan White Sextet
New York Sessions is the first recording collaboration between Dan White, Chris Ott and Jon Lampley. The three met in Columbus, Ohio while attending Ohio State. White, Ott, and Lampley have been performing their own original compositions and arrangements over the past two years. In December of 2011, with the help of a research grant from The Ohio State University, they traveled to Brooklyn, New York to perform and record New York Sessions. There is no easy way to describe ...
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CD Baby Milestone: $250m Paid to Indie Musicians
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HypeBot
CD Baby, founded as a backroom enterprise by Derek Sivers and sold to DiscMakers in 2008, announced that it has paid out over $250 million to artists for digital download sales, on-demand streaming revenue, physical CD sales, and sync licensing royalties. $50 million was paid in this year alone. “For years, we've been paying musicians every single Monday," says CD Baby president Brian Felsen. “but to have hit the 250 million mark for payouts - that's a big achievement for ...
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Grant Stewart: 'Live at Smalls'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Grant Stewart continues to be one of my favorite modern tenor saxophonists. He has a huge sound, he's nimble and knows when to turn on the speed, and he loves showing off on standards. I'm old school—jazz to me is about showing your stuff, competing hard, and having respect for the music's grand tradition. Grant hits all of these hot buttons. Grant is up on his Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Don Byas and Jimmy Forrest. Way back when, leaders understood ...
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Vocalist Ariel Pocock Launches Debut Artistshare Project
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Brian Camelio
We are very excited to announce the launch of new ArtistShare artist Ariel Pocock's debut ArtistShare Project. At only 20 years old, Ariel is an incredibly talented singer, pianist, and composer. She has already earned widespread recognition for her talents from Downbeat Magazine, the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center, the Seattle-Kobe Jazz Vocalist Competition, the Lionel Hampton International Festival, amongst many others. She is recording her debut album as a leader with jazz legends Larry Grenadier, Eric Harland, ...
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Jim Hall: Two New Fan-funded Releases, Artistshare 10th Anniversary
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Brian Camelio
Two new live albums from jazz guitar legend Jim Hall are now available ArtistShare, the pioneer of crowdfunding, celebrates the beginning of its 10th year with two historic releases ArtistShare is pleased to announce the release of two new live recordings from legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall. Jim Hall: Live!, Vol. 2-4 features previously unreleased recordings from Jim Hall trio performances at Bourbon Street in Toronto, Canada circa 1975. The recordings provide an additional 3 hours of music from the ...
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