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Will Goble Releases "Some Stories Tell No Lies"
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Will Goble
Featuring Marcus Printup, trumpet, Chad Eby, Saxophones, Austin Johnson, piano, and Dave Potter, drums, Will Goble's first effort as a leader explores swing, group interaction, and diverse rhythms and feelings within the eleven included tracks. Will's writing is not overly cluttered or ornamented, but concise and clear, with a focus on strong melodic statements. Eby and Printup shine through out; their solos and dialogue bring an aspect of storytelling to the forefront of each song, with ample support from Potter, ...
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Empresarios Announce New Album "El Sonido Magico" November 13
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Press Junkie PR
Washington, DC’s kings of Tropicaliente, the Empresarios, have found the Magic Sound! For their second album, Javier Miranda and his band of dance floor sorcerers have melted together Salsa, Dub, Cumbia, House and Reggae into 13 mind-bending, genre-busting pieces of wizardry and dubbed it El Sonido Mágico. In the year and a half since their debut smash Sabor Tropical, the Empresarios have been busy. Hitting the road with their full band, dominating the floor from the DJ booth and getting ...
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New Release from Louis Armstrong "Satchmo At Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary" On Hip-O Select / Verve
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Universal Music Enterprises
Louis Armstrong, a.k.a. “Satchmo,” is an American icon. Satchmo At Symphony Hall, recorded in 1947 and first issued on Decca in 1951, captured one of his greatest performances, for which a legendary edition of his All Stars band joined him, with Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Dick Cary, Arvell Shaw, Big Sid Catlett and singer Velma Middleton. Verve Music and Hip-oSelect.com now present a newly expanded, 2-CD version of the album, celebrating the 65th anniversary of the original recording. Satchmo At ...
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Bill Jennings: 'Enough Said'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Like many musicians who weren't pure jazz players but had to earn a living in the 1950s, guitarist Bill Jennings spent much of his all-too brief career in R&B bands. When he did drift into jazz, it was often with groove crossover artists like organist “Brother" Jack McDuff and tenor saxophonist Willis “Gator" Jackson. Guitarists like Jennings were solid riff-'n'-pickin' players who could keep swinging time and solo with pronounced lines. Many R&B guitarists like Tiny Grimes, Carl Hogan and ...
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Clifton Anderson: Carrying On
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Trombonist Clifton Anderson's uncle is Sonny Rollins. Which is neither here nor there, since Clifton never brings it up. But the connection is important because it helps explain Clifton's drive and determination to make a jazz statement. He knows there's history at stake, even though making a mark isn't particularly easy these days. Jazz gigs are harder to come by, and the trombone is among the least sexy of the instruments most people associate with the art form. [Photo above ...
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Prog Icon Billy Sherwood To Release New Solo Album "The Art Of Survival"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Much to the excitement of progressive rock fans worldwide, multi-instrumentalist, producer/engineer, singer/songwriter Billy Sherwood is releasing his new solo CD 'Art Of Survival' on October 5, 2012. As well as being band member/producer of bands such as CIRCA:, YES, World Trade, Conspiracy and more recently The Prog Collective and The Fusion Syndicate, this CD marks the 6th solo release from Sherwood, who performs all instruments and vocals, as well as delivering his signature sonic spectrum in ...
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JazzClip: Lennie Tristano (1965)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On the evening of October 31, 1965, pianist Lennie Tristano performed solo at the Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall in Copenhagen. The event was captured for Danish television using multiple camera angles. Several additional Tristano concert performances were recorded on the same tour of Scandinavia and Europe. And that was it. In 1968 Tristano performed publicly for the last time and spent the next 10 years of his life teaching. [Photo above of Lennie Tristano in 1949] As writer Ted Gioia ...
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"Steppin' Back," New CD Due October 23, Introduces Bay Area Trumpeter/Composer Joel Behrman
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Terri Hinte Publicity
When Joel Behrman relocated to the Bay Area in 2000, the trumpeter/composer was intent on renewing his commitment to jazz. He’d completed his music degree at the University of Miami and worked a series of non-jazz gigs, in clubs and on the road, and as he continued his years of dues-paying in California he realized that, in jazz, the fundamental things apply: swing, the blues, connecting with the audience. On his superb new debut recording, Steppin’ Back, Behrman and his ...
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