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Jimmy Forrest: Sit Down and Relax

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 28, 2012

On the Prestige Records' thermometer, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest sat roughly halfway between Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. Forrest had Ammons' bulldog gospel attack but he also had Stitt's glossy slipperiness. Forrest, of course, had his own distinct swinging style that sounded like the blues mounted on a roller skates. He could be both intimate and bossy—improvising long, serpentine lines and resolving them neatly. Forrest could add a fresh quality to virtually any song, even the most frayed standard. In ...

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Tenor Saxophonist/composer Russ Nolan To Release 3rd Album "Tell Me" Sept. 25

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 28, 2012

In the ten years since his move to New York City from Chicago, tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger Russ Nolan has made great strides in advancing his musical career. He immersed himself in the scene, playing and collaborating with a wide range of musicians. He made his first recordings as a leader — the quartet date Two Colors (2004) and the much-praised With You in Mind (2008), on which he was backed by the Kenny Werner Trio. And, less typically, he hit the ...

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90 Year Old Pianist Marty Napoleon Releases His First New Album In Decades Called Swingin' At 90

Source: DiCesare
August 28, 2012

90 year old pianist Marty Napoleon reinvents himself and plays in the electro-swing style of jazz on his first new album in decades. Marty Napoleon is best known for playing piano with Louis Armstrong during the 1950s. In addition, Napoleon has played with such jazz legends as Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton and the Big Four featuring Charlie Ventura, Chubby Jackson, and Buddy Rich. Musician and Producer, Ron DiCesare has opted not to present Napoleon's songs in a traditional ...

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Santana Trumpeter Bill Ortiz Celebrates Consciousness With Hip-Hop LP “Highest Wish” Featuring Casual, The Grouch And Zumbi

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 28, 2012

San Francisco, CA - A longstanding member of the Santana band, Bill Ortiz is proud to present his new full-length release titled Highest Wish. A follow up to his “Winter in America” EP released earlier this year, this new album project features conscious emcees such as Casual, The Grouch, Zumbi (of Zion I) and K-Maxx, as well as fellow Santana member (and 11 time Grammy® Award Winner) Tony Lindsey, and iconic poet/vocalist Linda Tillery, featured with a spoken word performance ...

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Calaminus' New Album "On The Trail" Released For Free!

Source: Calaminus
August 26, 2012

Two years after his first album Filet de Fonque, AllAboutJazz artist Calaminus from Stuttgart, Germany has finally released his new work On The Trail. The 14 original instrumental compositions reflect his personal musical journey through different music influences of the world, merged with AcidJazz, Fusion & Funk to some groovy flavored listening adventure. As a so called “one-man-band," Calaminus created everything alone: the whole music work as well as the artwork. All tracks are sequenced, using samples, loops, virtual instruments ...

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Knyaz Mishkin Releases "Usialiakaje"

Source: Ladzes
August 26, 2012

A lengthier tradition of this folkish psychedelia, however, comes from outfits like Knyaz Mishkin, named after the hero of Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot and based in Minsk. That ensemble, fronted by Leonid Narushevich has, in fact, been in existence for two decades. Over that lengthy period, and thanks nowadays to the distribution possibilities of the web, the band has also managed to publish over thirty albums. Electrate proposed a form of self-expression that was devoid of punctuation and thus “freer": ...

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Universal Music Releases GRP 30: The Digital Master Company 30th Anniversary September 25, 2012

Source: Michael Ricci
August 24, 2012

GRP RECORDS CELEBRATES 30 YEARS WITH TWO-CD SET FEATURING DAVE GRUSIN, LEE RITENOUR, PATTI AUSTIN, GEORGE BENSON, ARTURO SANDOVAL, RAMSEY LEWIS, MICHAEL BRECKER, GARY BURTON, B.B. KING, DIANE SCHUUR, KEVIN EUBANKS, DIZZY GILLESPIE, LARRY CARLTON, YELLOWJACKETS, SPYRO GYRA, GRP ALL-STAR BIG BAND. 10 GRP Classic Albums To Be Reissued Digitally in New Hi-Res Audio Format Groundbreaking label started by musicians/collaborators Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen leaves an impressive legacy LOS ANGELES, CA: From its very start as an independent record ...

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Uncle Earl Alum Rayna Gellert To Release Solo Debut Album October 2

Source: 1888 Media
August 23, 2012

In-Demand Collaborator To John Paul Jones, Robyn Hitchcock and Abigail Washburn Steps To The Forefront With Old Light: Songs From My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds Fall Tour Dates With Abigail Washburn And Scott Miller Asheville, NC: Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rayna Gellert is set to release her solo debut album Old Light: Songs From My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds on October 2, 2012 via New York-based StorySound Records. A mix of original compositions and fresh arrangements of traditional fare, the ...

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