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James Morrison Releases "Snappy Too" on Aleph Records

Source: CineMedia Promotions
September 15, 2012

Snappy Too is the Follow-Up to the Gold Certified Album Snappy Doo Los Angeles, CA: Aleph Records will release James Morrison’s new recording Snappy Too on September 11, 2012. The album is the sequel to the 1990 release Snappy Doo, which featured Morrison along with three legendary artists (Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, and Jeff Hamilton) creating a seventeen-piece big band sound through the use of overdubbing. “It was tremendous fun and the album went gold,” said Morrison of Snappy Doo. ...

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The Art Of Dreaming, By Saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Set For September 25 North America Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
September 13, 2012

Saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart’s most recent CD, “The Art of Dreaming", released in Europe earlier this year, is set to debut in the United States and Canada by Naïve/Naxos on September 25, 2012. The project is called “The Art of Dreaming" because of the state of heightened awareness shared when musicians play together, which can be described as ‘”dreaming while awake”. According to Carlos Castañeda, anthropologist and author, ancient Toltec sorcerers had developed the art of staying aware while dreaming, in ...

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New CD Of Original Progressive Jazz From Michael Pelz-Sherman

Source: Michael Pelz-Sherman
September 13, 2012

Michael Pelz-Sherman has released a new new CD of original progressive jazz from North Carolina, featuring original compositions and extended free improvisations. From Michael Pelz-Sherman: Goes Without Saying presents two very different, yet complimentary sides of my creative musical work as a jazz composer and improvising keyboardist. The first six tracks are progressive jazz compositions, carefully produced in a recording studio, showcasing notated melodies, funk and rock-based grooves, modal harmonies, complex time signatures, and improvised solos. My love of the ...

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Guitarist/Composer Eric Divito Debuts With "Breaking The Ice," October 2

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 12, 2012

In the midst of a busy career as working musician and educator, New York guitarist/composer Eric DiVito has finally carved out the time to make his recording debut as a leader. Breaking the Ice, a quartet date co-produced by DiVito with Portland pianist/arranger Ezra Weiss and veteran jazz producer/promoter Todd Barkan, will be released on the Canadian Pioneer Jazz Collective (PJC) label on October 2. “One of the most totally unexpected and pleasant surprises of my last 30 years of ...

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Avant-Garde Saxophonist Charles Gayle Makes ESP-Disk' Debut With "Look Up", September 25 Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
September 12, 2012

Charles Gayle’s first release for ESP-Disk (distributed by Naxos of America) is a high-energy performance recorded live in Santa Barbara, California in 1994 − total fire music. The unique complementary nuance of the group brings forth five incredible performances. Featuring: Charles Gayle (tenor sax, bass clarinet, vocals) Michael Bisio (bass) Michael Wimberly (drums) The following is an edited version of the LOOK UP liner notes Once commonly disparaged as “the devil’s music”, jazz’s spiritual ...

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Cuneiform Records Announces Its Fall, 2012 Releases

Source: Steve Feigenbaum
September 12, 2012

The eclectic Cuneiform label announces its six fall releases Our latest batch includes jazz, rock, electronic and experimental artists: AHLEUCHATISTAS “Heads Full of Poison" Ahleuchatistas combine wicked precision with intense abandon, droll humor with analytical construction, and a sly gregariousness with uncompromising vision. This pair interweaves elements of punk rock, jazz, classical music, speed metal, grindcore, progressive rock, noise, folk musics from Asia and North Africa, electronic music, and ambient aesthetics, along with volatile, unpredictable improvisation, flowing organically in a ...

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Jonathan Orland Debuts with "Homes"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 11, 2012

Born and raised in Paris, Jonathan Orland started playing music during his childhood, starting with piano and clarinet. He got interested in Jazz in his early teenage years, and started learning by himself the saxophone before taking lessons with Thomas Savy, Tom Buckner and André Villégier and Antoine Daurès. Then he passed his music studies diploma in Orsay and played in French bands such as the Big Band of Paris Universities (Thierry Lalo) or the Di Costanzo Sextet. In 2007 ...

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"Complete" Louis, Duke, Bessie and Charlie Boxes Coming in October

Source: Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
September 11, 2012

The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with four more Complete Album Collections from the Sony Music archives family of labels, by the greatest names in jazz and blues: LOUIS ARMSTRONG – THE COMPLETE OKeh COLUMBIA & RCA VICTOR RECORDINGS 1925-1933 (OKeh/Columbia/RCA/Legacy) 10 titles, 10 CDs; CHARLIE CHRISTIAN – THE GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR (Columbia/ Legacy) 4 titles, 4 CDs; DUKE ELLINGTON – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION 1951-1958 (Columbia/ ...

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