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Bassist and composer Simon Sammut takes listeners on a profound journey with 'Visions Of Transcendence'
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Simon Sammut
Bassist and composer Simon Sammut proudly announces the release of his latest album, Visions of Transcendence. This album is not just a collection of songs; it's a cohesive narrative that takes listeners on a profound journey through moments of serenity, enlightenment, and self-discovery. Blending fusion, jazz, hip-hop, and funk, “Visions of Transcendence" creates an introspective and ethereal soundscape designed to resonate deeply with the soul. Each track serves as a portal into different facets of transcendence, offering a transformative experience. ...
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Backgrounder: Shorty Rogers Courts the Count
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Whenever the jazz conversation turns to West Coast jazz, the talk usually centers on the laid-back style's major influences, including tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Woody Herman's Four Brothers band and Gerry Mulligan's quartet and arrangements. The biggest influence of all is rarely mentioned—Count Basie. Many of the leading West Coast arrangers of the day have cited Basie as a major inspiration, among them Bill Holman, Gerry Mulligan and Shorty Rogers. What they found particularly radical at the time was Basie's ...
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Nashville Drummer John Alvey Makes His Leadership Debut With 'Loft Glow,' Set For August 23 Release On Jazz Music City Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Drummer John Alvey announces his formidable presence to the jazz world with the August 23 release of Loft Glow on Jazz Music City Records. Alvey’s recording debut presents a remarkably assured, but also risk-taking set of straight-ahead post-bop jazz, joined by a killer sextet of stalwarts from the increasingly hot Nashville jazz scene: trombonist Roland Barber, tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, alto saxophonist Jovan Quallo, pianist Matt Endahl, and bassist Jacob Jezioro. Alvey is a native of Nashville, the son of ...
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Interview: Jon De Lucia on the Brubeck Octet
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
With World War II over at the end of August 1945, Dave Brubeck returned home from Europe and was discharged from the Army. He returned to California and immediately began studying at Mills College with Darius Milhaud, the famed French modern-classical composer and conductor who had a great reverence for jazz. That year, Milhaud (above) asked Dave and his newly formed octet to play concerts for the college. Dave's group called themselves Les Eight, in tribute to Milhaud's classical group, ...
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Multi-Cultural AfroBlueGrazz Guitarist Pascal Bokar's 'I Can Tell' Drops Today
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
An award-winning jazz composer, guitarist and vocalist, Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam presents a global musical banquet from his native France to his Senegalese and Malian roots. Anchored in bebop, he has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Donald Bailey and Donald Brown. Pascal is the “father” of the funky, jazzy, bluesy, bluegrass-y, joyous and thoroughly infectious music performed by his AfroBlueGrazz band. He has performed at more than a dozen jazz festivals around the country, including the 2024 Elk Grove ...
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First-ever Release Of 70-year-old Melody Stirs Emotions
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Greg Nathan
The song “In the Autumn Years" is the title track of a new album being released today by Soaring Music Publications. “In the Autumn Years" is a 70-year-old melody written by Charles Nathan. Charles was recognized in 1953 by BMI with a Certificate of Achievement for the “great national popularity" of his melody from “Say You're Mine Again," which was one of Perry Como's greatest hits. Also, in 1953, Charles wrote the music and lyrics for the song “In the ...
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Bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt Features Masterful Guitarist Gilad Hekselman On The Rapturously Melodic 'Why Ten?'
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Yosef Gutman Levitt
In what promises to be a prolific 2024 for the recently formed Soul Song Records, bassist and composer Yosef Gutman Levitt is proud to announce the release of Why Ten? featuring one of the world’s finest jazz guitarists, the renowned Gilad Hekselman. Why Ten? follows up Levitt’s captivating 2023 release Soul Song, an inspired outing with the great Lionel Loueke on guitar. This remarkable showcase finds the Tel Aviv–born, New York–based Hekselman in the company of Levitt on upright and ...
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Taiwanese Pianist Yu-Chen Tseng Releases Debut Album Of Original Compositions - 'Gratitude Voyage: Embarking'
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Yu-Chen Tseng
Taiwanese jazz pianist Yu-Chen Tseng recently released his debut jazz album, Gratitude Voyage: Embarking. The album's title reflects Tseng's gratitude to his family and all those who have supported him. This album has attracted considerable attention in New York for its outstanding performance and arrangements, highlighting Tseng's profound musical expertise and distinctive creative style. The album comprises seven original compositions by Tseng, each illustrating his deep comprehension of music and respect for culture. Among them, “Guan-Yin", inspired by the Buddhist ...
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