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Vocalist Kathy Sanborn Releases "Six Degrees Of Cool" August 28, 2012

Source: Kathy Sanborn
August 23, 2012

Six Degrees of Cool, the latest vocal jazz project from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases August 28th through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Six Degrees of Cool will be available for purchase on Amazon, iTunes, and CD Baby. Drawing from renowned influences such as Cool Jazz giants Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Anita O’Day, Sanborn’s new album brings Cool Jazz into today’s contemporary scene. Sanborn says her latest release, Six Degrees of Cool, may remind you of the ...

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Fantasy Records Readies Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" [2012 Remastered & Expanded Edition]

Source: conqueroo
August 23, 2012

Set for October 9th, 2012 release, new deluxe CD reissue features 24-bit remastering from original stereo masters and three holiday bonus tracks. A green vinyl LP edition will also be issued. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas [2012 Remastered & Expanded Edition] will be released by the Fantasy label in time for the holidays. One of the most popular and beloved holiday albums of all time, the multi- platinum-selling original soundtrack recording was a Library ...

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Half Note Announces A New Release From Lee Konitz, Enfants Terribles, Featuring Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock, Joey Baron

Source: Antje Hübner
August 21, 2012

Available In Stores And Online September 25, 2012 Enfants Terribles features four veteran jazzmen whose collective efforts on stage and in the studio span decades. Together they are saxophonist Lee Konitz, guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Joey Baron. Individually, each boasts a distinguished career path and network of associations representing jazzʼs wide range of stylistic directions. (Konitz alone began professionally in 1945.) Recorded live at the Blue Note, Enfants Terribles finds the group surveying tunes well-known to ...

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Herb Alpert's 'Whipped Cream Lady' now 76, living in Longview and looking back

Source: Michael Ricci
August 21, 2012

The Whipped Cream Lady who is the model on the memorable LP cover of the 1965 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' “Whipped Cream & Other Delights" is 76 now and living in Longview. Dolores Erickson wants to tell all you teen dreamers, “Enjoy the memories." Guys, the girl of your teen dreams now is 76. Her name is Dolores Erickson and she has been living in Longview for around 35 years, after a career that included being an Eileen ...

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"Music Inspired By Freedmantown," Debut CD By Drummer/Composer Reggie Quinerly, To Be Released Sept. 18

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 20, 2012

On his forthcoming debut CD, jazz drummer/composer Reggie Quinerly taps a rich vein of cultural history from his native Houston to produce an ambitious, soulful, and uniquely resonant work—Music Inspired by Freedmantown. The disc will be released September 18 by Quinerly’s Redefinition Music label. Although Quinerly attended grammar school in the heart of the historic African-American district once known as Freedmantown (now the Fourth Ward), he knew little of the significance of the area. But a melody he composed while ...

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Darrell Scott, Tim O'Brien Team Up For Live Duet Album

Source: conqueroo
August 20, 2012

October 9 release finds seasoned musicians and long-time friends in a live duet recording NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Darrell Scott and Tim O’Brien, known for their solo work as well as for stints in high-profile bands, have united for a live album. Titled We’re Usually a Lot Better Than This, and due for release October 9, 2012 on the Full Light Records label through Thirty Tigers, the album was recorded during two separate concerts at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, N.C. ...

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Frank Zappa is About to Land on Streaming Services...

Source: Digital Music News
August 19, 2012

This means nothing to Gaga and Perry fans, but everything to a sector struggling to win over the artist community. Now, the late Frank Zappa is preparing to land on streaming services like Spotify, Rdio, and Rhapsody, according to details shared with Digital Music News over the weekend. Zappa, who died in 1993, has a fairly massive catalog of about 60 albums (among other works), and it appears that a substantial chunk of that catalog will soon be available for ...

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Letizia Gambi: Italian Songstress Blends Neapolitan Songbook and Jazz on Auspicious Debut

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 18, 2012

Her gorgeous voice on the opening refrain to “Secret Tears" ("Una Furtiva Lagrima," an aria from the Italian opera L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti), the leadoff track from Introducing Letizia Gambi, heralds the arrival of a poised and polished young songstress from Naples making her stateside splash. With visionary drummer-producer Lenny White at the helm, Gambi is surrounded by American jazz heavyweights Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Gato Barbieri, Wallace Roney, Gil Goldstein and Patrice Rushen on her auspicious debut. “It ...

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