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Cilla Black: 'Is It Love?' (1965)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back while I was doing research in preparation for my Wall Street Journal interview with Sir George Martin in August, I listened to virtually everything he produced—before, during and after the Beatles. I tend to do enough research to write a book. It's just my way. [Pictured above: Cilla Black with Sir George Martin] At any rate, while listening to all of Cilla Black's Parlophone recordings, I came across Is It Love?, a beautiful ballad written by Bobby Willis, a ...
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Real Gone Music Late October, November Releases Feature El Topo, David Peel, Barbara Harris, Johnny Mathis, More
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conqueroo
Also, Christmas stocking stuffers from Percy Faith, Doris Day and a Perry Como collection produced by Richard Carpenter LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Real Gone Music is hitting the election season with a slate of releases designed to appeal to every party. The mind-bending soundtrack from the movie El Topo will return as a deluxe CD and 180-gram LP on October 30. Northern soul legend Barbara Lewis’ Atlantic years are collected on The Complete Atlantic Singles. Lower East Side habitué and ...
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Fab 50's Vocalist: Vicky Lane
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
By now I'm sure you know I dig obscure, dynamic female jazz vocalists who recorded in the 1950s. In the past, I've raved about Benny Bennett, Doris Drew, Jane Fielding, Marcy Lutes, Mavis Rivers, Peggy Connelly, Themla Gracen and Toni Harper. And for your convenience, they're all linked to my posts down the right-hand side, under “Fab '50s Vocalists." Today I want to introduce you to Vicky Lane's I Swing for You (RCA). The album was recorded in Hollywood in ...
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Paul Kelly Springs Forward Without Falling Back
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conqueroo
Legendary Australian singer-songwriter, delivers an intimate classic with his first new album in five years Spring and Fall to be released on November 6 on Gawd Aggie through CEN/RED Distribution in U.S. MELBOURNE, Australia — Paul Kelly’s remarkable new 11-song album Spring and Fall — his 19th studio album and first collection of new material in five years — ranks with the seminal Australian singer-songwriter’s most memorable and resonant work, demonstrating why he’s virtually a national hero in his home ...
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"Don't Wait Too Long," 3rd CD By Bay Area Jazz Vocalist Ellen Robinson, To Be Released Oct. 16
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Since her arrival from the East Coast in the late 1970s, Ellen Robinson has established herself as a protean figure on the active San Francisco Bay Area vocal scene. She’s made her mark as an educator, choral director, dynamic performer, and—over the last ten years—recording artist. Her first two albums, On My Way to You (2001) and Mercy! (2006), earned her fans beyond the Bay, including vocal master Carol Sloane who memorably wrote that “Hers is a white chocolate sound, ...
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Richard Williams: New Horn in Town
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
A couple of weeks ago, I posted on Red Garland's sole recording session with Oliver Nelson in March 1961. The trumpeter on the date was Richard Williams, who many readers admired but knew little about. Curiously, Williams recorded only one leadership date—for Nat Hentoff's short-lived Candid label. It's called New Horn in Town and featured Leo Wright on alto sax and flute, Richard Wyands on piano, Reggie Workman on bass and Bobby Thomas on drums. New Horn in Town was ...
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Jazz-Fusion All-Star Trio Scott Henderson Jeff Berlin Dennis Chambers to Release New CD "HBC"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Much to the excitement of musicians and jazz aficiandos worldwide, the highly anticipated CD release by jazz-fusion legends Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers, will be released on Tone Center Records (a division of Shrapnel Records) on October 16, 2012. Considered one of the most phenomenal trios in the history of jazz- fusion, HBC's debut CD delivers a full dose of virtuosic performances guaranteed to thrill and inspire all who listen. “The trio is all about interplay,” explains guitarist ...
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UrbanWorld Records Presents "Global Bass Vol. 3" on September 17
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Press Junkie PR
Get your visas - you're bound for a global party. We live in an exciting time for music. For the first time in history, artists from all over the globe can share their music virtually anywhere on the planet. Beatmakers from all corners can collaborate on music projects instantly, without requiring big investments or structures backing them up. This means a flood of songs pouring in from thousands and thousands of computers. More specifically, this means entire genres, which were ...
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