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Illness, Recovery & Cole Porter: Bentyne's Joyous New CD With James Moody

Source: Amy Blum
July 31, 2012

Los Angeles, CA—When soprano Cheryl Bentyne was recovering from cancer treatment and starting again to sing, it was to Cole Porter she first turned as her “saving grace.” With his songs fresh in her mind from recently recording Let’s Misbehave—The Cole Porter Songbook—Cheryl connected with Porter’s ability to “cover the human condition,” healing along with the music she calls “perfect, joyous and a thrill to sing!” Now, nearly a year after the diagnosis, followed by surgery and chemo, Cheryl—for 30+ ...

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"Ojos de Brujo Reworked" Just Released

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 31, 2012

UrbanWorld Records and Al Lindrum proudly present Ojos de Brujo Reworked, a remix compilation of the music of Grammy award-winning, Spanish flamenco-fusion group, Ojos de Brujo. Throughout the last 10 years, Ojos de Brujo has represented the freshest fusion of flamenco and urban music. By staying true to their Catalan roots, they successfully merge past and present to create a unique sound. It was a difficult job selecting only five tracks from their immense and amazing back-catalog, but we think ...

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Tracey Whitney's New Album - I Am Singing...Songs I Love

Source: Creativity in Music
July 30, 2012

I Am Singing...Songs I Love On her stunning sophomore album, Tracey Whitney pays joyful homage to a diverse mix of musicians who have inspired her own singing and songwriting. Rounded out by three original tracks, “I Am Singing…Songs I Love” (a nod at her cover of the Stevie Wonder classic, “Ngiculela - Es Una Historia/I Am Singing”) features the Los Angeles/Albuquerque- based singer’s stirring renditions of classic yet lesser-covered songs by artists like Michael Franks, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. At ...

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Recent Listening in Brief: Quincy Jones

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
July 30, 2012

Preparing for my public conversation with Quincy Jones (two items down), I’ve been reading his 2001 autobiography, chatting with people he knows and listening to his music. The inventiveness, sparkle and audacity of Jones’ arrangements in the 1950s and early ‘60s gave his music freshness that was notable when he was in his twenties. Now that he’s nearing 80, these works of his youth are still among the most vital big band recordings of an era in which Count Basie, ...

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Japanese Bossa Nova

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 27, 2012

I don't know when Japan caught the bossa nova bug, but I suspect it was in 1964, when Sergio Mendes toured there with Nara, the Brazilian vocalist. Helen Merrill's chill Bossa Nova in Tokyo album, recorded for Victor in March 1967 and released there, probably was influential as well. Long story short, Japan produced a large amount of home-grown bossa nova albums starting in the 1960s, yet few here in the U.S. know about them. I only found out about ...

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Florencia Gonzalez Big Band CD Release

Source: Florencia Gonzalez
August 13, 2012

Described by the Boston Phoenix as “recalling the best of Mingus, Monk and Gil Evans...” Florencia Gonzalez Big Band has been together since 2007; playing regularly at the Lily Pad every other Thursday, and was selected last year one of the best 5 jazz bands in Boston. Being originally from Uruguay, her music infuses jazz and classical music with tango, candombe, chacarera and many other rhythms brought from the southern region of South America, incorporating extra woodwind colors, such as ...

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PRA Records To Release Randy Crawford & Joe Sample – Live Featuring Steve Gadd On Drums And Nicklas Sample On Bass In Stores July 31st

Source: Inque Public Relations
July 27, 2012

Electrifying Performances Recorded On Tour at Various Concert Venues Throughout Europe From October – December 2008 Randy Crawford and Joe Sample have been making music together in one form or another for nearly 36 years. From their first hit together in 1979, “Street Life” (which Randy sang with Joe and The Crusaders) to “One Day I’ll Fly Away,” “When Your Life Was Low” and “Last Night at Danceland,” to their recent duo collaborations on the GRAMMY®-nominated CDs Feeling Good (2006) ...

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Gordon Grdina Fuses Arabic And Avant On August 14 Songlines Release, Her Eyes Illuminate

Source: GoMedia PR
July 27, 2012

Oudist, With His Band Haram, Interpret Popular and Folk Music by Celebrated Iraqi and Egyptian Artists of the Last Century Vancouver guitarist/oud player Gordon Grdina's music is all about call-and-response across every possible artistic pre-conception. His last record on Songlines, by his East Van Strings quartet (The Breathing of Statues, 2009), included intense, concentrated avant-garde pieces inspired by Bartok, Webern and Berg side-by-side with spacious excursions around Arabic modes. Although he's perhaps best known as a guitarist, Grdina was already ...

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