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Adderley's 'Presenting Cannonball,' 1955
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the mid-1950s, drummer Kenny Clarke was the house drummer for Savoy Records. Aware that Clarke was plugged in to networks of musicians, Ozzie Cadena, the label's A&R chief, paid him extra to assemble interesting combinations of talent for recording sessions. As a reader pointed out a few days ago, the Kenny Burrell and Pepper Adams session I posted about was one of those set up by Clarke. Today I'm continuing with records for Savoy that Clarke not only played ...
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New Live Recording From Trumpeter Chad McCullough on Calligram Records
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Calligram Records
Reflecting on In these hills, beyond , trumpeter and composer Chad McCullough says “this album is a celebration of life, but it wasn't planned that way. I just wanted to play great music with my friends, as lofty a goal as I have most of the time. However, the recent passing of my grandfather added more weight to everything.” On tour with his quintet last year, McCullough realized midway through the first concert that it was his grandfather’s birthday. “It ...
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Backgrounder: Kenny Burrell - Jazzmen Detroit
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell turned 93 on July 31 and is a national treasure. Kenny always plays with an elegant soul and a understated and lovely swing style. Best of all, he combines firm thumb picking with hushed, lush chords to fill space. One of his lesser-known albums is Kenny Burrell: Jazzmen—-Detroit. Recorded over two sessions in April and May 1956, for Savoy the LP featured a superb quintet: Pepper Adams (bar), Tommy Flanagan (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Paul Chambers ...
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Perfection: Horace Silve's The Back Beat
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Like Bill Evans, Horace Silver was unlike any other jazz pianist. The forefather of funk, Silver was brilliant at chord voicings, rhythm, original melodies and, most of all, harmony. He also was one of the originators of hard bop in 1952. Discovered in Hartford, Ct., by Stan Getz in 1950, Silver led a quintet for much of his career, starting in 1956. The format was perfect for expressing his dynamic and exotic originals. Melodies were catchy and the horns were ...
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Geof Bradfield Releases 'Colossal Abundance' On Double Vinyl
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Calligram Records
Geof Bradfield straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. Expanding upon his critically acclaimed Yes, and... Music for Nine Improvisers (2017), Bradfield leads a stellar 12-piece ensemble through a program of his own ...
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Brazilian Gaia Wilmer And Jaques Morelenbaum U.S. Tour: D.C., NYC, Boston And More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Trem das Cores is a celebration of Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter, and important figure in Brazilian culture. He was also very influencial in Brazilian Jaques Morelenbaum and Gaia Wilmer’s lives. The idea comes from their love and great pleasure in working together with Caetano’s work while celebrating his 80th birthday and, most of all, honoring him as a composer, beyond his greatness as a singer and a poet – hence the idea of an instrumental journey through his music. Gaia ...
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Bernell Jones II CD Release Event On August 2nd At Heaven Can Wait
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Originally from Memphis, TN, Bernell Jones II is an NYC-based multi-instrumentalist experienced in multiple forms of Black American Music. At age ten, Bernell first picked up his primary instrument, the saxophone. Bernell dropped his new single “Don't Know Why" featuring vocalist Jazzmine James on May 28th. This new release entitled Typewriter is expressed in R&B, funk and fusion. “I am 26 years old at the time of the release of my first ambitious project, Typewriter. At this age, I have ...
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Expat Kentuckian Myles Cochran Releases Jazz-Americana Double-LP Opus 'You Are Here'
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Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Multi-instrumentalist/producer Myles Cochran releases his sprawling double-LP opus You Are Here today. The album was just praised by Uncut magazine for its “varying choice of instrumentation and mood goes a long way towards conjuring up vivid images in the listener's head," with Cochran hailed for “creating his own brand of ambient Americana." The track “Making Something out of Nothing" was also featured on the Best New Music bonus CD that accompanies the latest (September/Springsteen) issue of the magazine. Over many ...
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