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Invasion Group In Collaboration With Innerhythmic Records To Issue First Ever Acoustic Solo Bass Recording By Bill Laswell, Means Of Deliverance
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Antje Hübner
AVAILABLE ON INNERHYTHMIC.COM, IN STORES AND ONLINE OCTOBER 16, 2012 Innerhythmic Records, founded by musician and producer Bill Laswell, presents a milestone release, a rare return to the roots. In keeping with his distinguished career, Laswell decided to go solo and acoustic. Means of Deliverance showcases original solo pieces on an innovatively designed instrument, the Warwick Alien fretless four-string acoustic bass guitar. This work adds to an acclaimed catalog of forward-thinking projects and puts Laswell in touch with his foundational ...
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John Brown's Body New Release And Tour
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Curtis Bergesen
“JBB IN DUB" OUT SEPTEMBER 18 ON EASY STAR RECORDS It's been four years since groundbreaking reggae band John Brown's Body last put out a record, 2008's “Amplify," which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Reggae Chart. The wait for new music is over, as the octet will release an EP of mostly instrumental dub, “JBB In Dub," on September 18th. Two days later the band kicks off their fall U.S. tour at One Pelham East in Newport, RI. The four-week ...
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Return of Canadian Psychedelic Phroggers Mahogany Frog: "Senna"
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Chris M. Slawecki
Mahogany Frog is an instrumental band, comprised of four multi-instrumentalists and based out of Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Their music draws from a wide range of influences such as eariy 20th century classical music, 50's lounge/exotica, '60s psychedelia, '70s progressive/kraut-rock, fusion, contemporary electronica and ambient/experimentalism. Using a vast array of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and walls of electronics, the group creates dynamic, multi-layered songs which explore tone, mood and composition. Although Mahogany Frog's unorthodox sounds and complex arrangements can challenge the ...
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Johnny Mandel: 7 Tribute CDs
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, around 2 p.m., I became stuck on Cal Tjader's The Shining Sea, which was written by Johnny Mandel for The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming in 1966. The track features Scott Hamilton on tenor sax and is one of the most beautiful renditions of the song. Which made me realize there really aren't any bad Johnny Mandel tribute albums, which by default means there aren't any bad Johnny Mandel songs. All jazz artists and vocalists who have ...
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Izz Bassist/Congwriter/Vocalist, John Galgano, To Release Debut Solo Album On September 11, 2012
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
New York, NY: Doone Records is pleased to announce the release of Real Life is Meeting, the debut solo album by John Galgano. John Galgano is a founding member of art-rock group, IZZ, and has been one of the band’s primary songwriters throughout its career. Real Life is Meeting presents eight tracks varying in styles and instrumentation, from the catchy, art-pop flavor of “Bigger on the Inside,” to the experimental, synth-based “The Only Thing,” to the 19- minute piece “1000,” ...
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Jane Fielding: Embers Glow
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I'm convinced you can spend a lifetime listening to captivating albums by female jazz singers of the 1950s. There seems to be an endless supply. Today, the names of these vocalists are completely unknown or forgotten by most fans of the music. In many cases these women recorded one or two albums in New York or Los Angeles and then disappeared—either because they found the hard hours and low pay unbearable or because they married and found other ways to ...
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MAXJAZZ Releases New Solo CD by Pianist Dena Derose
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The St. Louis based independent label MAXJAZZ has released a new CD by pianist Dena DeRose called Travelin' Light. The album (pictured) is DeRose's fourth for the label and her first recording as a solo pianist. It was recorded live at The Chromatic Attic in Antwerp, Belgium, and features DeRose's interpretations of some familiar tunes (and some more obscure ones) from the “Great American Songbook." DeRose will promote the release of Travelin' Light with performances on September 14 and 15 ...
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Rising Young Keyboardist, Composer, and Producer Jesse Fischer to Make Obliqsound Debut with "Retro Future," Featuring Soul Cycle, His Tight-Knit Working Unit - Available October 30
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DL Media
Ambitious Project Ties Together Jazz, Electronic, Soul, Classical, Psychedelia, and World Music What did the future used to look like? The space-age exploration of the Mad Men era? The free love and flower power of the hippies? The technological utopia of the early Internet pioneers? The promise of today’s era of global interconnectedness? With each new generation of dreamers, a new future is imagined, and when the future actually arrives, it ends up both stranger and more interesting than we ...
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