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Sean Noonan's A Gambler's Hand Is A Further Step Forward In His Evolving Blend Of Music And Narrative

Source: GoMedia PR
July 26, 2012

Drummer's Latest, Along With Oudist Gordon Grdina's Her Eyes Illuminate, Will Be Released by Songlines on August 14 Songlines Recordings will once again traverse musical boundaries and challenge genre specificity with its two August releases: Sean Noonan's A Gambler's Hand and Gordon Grdina's Haram's Her Eyes Illuminate. While Noonan's last release for Songlines, Boxing Dreams (2008), featured such unlikely combinations as Irish and West African vocalists singing simultaneously in Gaelic and Bambara against raucous guitar and hyperactive drums, A Gambler's ...

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Award Winning Pianist/Composer Kevin Toney And His New Trio Kevin Toney 3 Releases New American Suite On July 24

Source: Inque Public Relations
July 26, 2012

Founding Member of the Jazz/R&B Group The Blackbyrds Blends Traditional Jazz and Classical Music To Create A Musical Mosaic Which Pays Homage to America the Beautiful” In recent years America has seen a paradigm shift toward the manifestation of real, forward thinking change – especially in the minds of people of faith. On July 24th, award-winning keyboardist/composer/author Kevin Toney released an inspired project that blends traditional acoustic jazz trio music with the compositional expanse of classical movements. Titled New American ...

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Blue Note Releases Six Jazz Classics In High Definition Audio For The First Time On HDTracks

Source: Michael Ricci
July 26, 2012

Albums by John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, and Larry Young Digitally Remastered from Original Analog Masters New York, NY: Blue Note/EMI is pleased to announce today’s high definition, master-quality audio release of six classics from the label’s legendary catalog on HDtracks. John Coltrane’s Blue Train, Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch, Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage, Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil, Horace Silver’s Song for My Father, and Larry Young’s Unity have been digitally remastered for the ...

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Want Some New Music To Chill By? Vocalist Kathy Sanborn To Release Six Degrees Of Cool

Source: Kathy Sanborn
July 26, 2012

Six Degrees of Cool, the latest jazz project from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, will release late August 2012 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. 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, will remind you of the “West Coast Jazz” phenomenon of the 50s and 60s, complete with cool trumpet and ...

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Cannonball and the Poll-Winners

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 25, 2012

In the spring of 1960, fate had its way and a perfect jazz moment occurred in San Francisco. Cannonball Adderley was gigging in town with his quintet, the Oscar Peterson Trio was playing at the Blackhawk and Wes Montgomery arrived in the city to join his brothers, the Montgomery Brothers, on club dates. According to Orrin Keepnews, Adderley had been hoping to record with Ray Brown and Wes Montgomery for some time but touring schedules had made such a summit ...

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Mosaic Records Limited Edition Box Set: Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2012

“Almost all of the recordings Hawkins made throughout a 45 year period were outstanding examples of improvisation, but among them were masterpieces by which all jazz tenor saxophone solos will forever be judged.” —John Chilton, The Song Of The Hawk Limited Edition: 5,000 copies 8 CDs - $136.00 The Coleman Hawkins Set You’ve Been Waiting For The saxophone was patented more than a half century before jazz developed but their affinity for each other might be nearly perfect. ...

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New CD From Original Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Jeremy Spencer To Be Released Worldwide On August 28, 2012

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
July 24, 2012

San Francisco, CA: On April 21st, legendary guitarist Jeremy Spencer, an original member of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and featured artist on Propelz, released a limited edition double vinyl album titled 'Bend In The Road' for International Record Store Day. The release packs a “vintage vibe” by way of Jeremy’s handmade touch, fusing his artistry as a consummate slide guitarist, singer/songwriter, interpreter, and illustrator. His evocative watercolor graces the timeless gatefold ...

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Mays, Cecil and Sondheim

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 24, 2012

Our greatest living Broadway composer is Stephen Sondheim. All you have to do is sit through A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sunday in the Park with George or Into the Woods to be smitten by his wordplay and bitten by his melodies. The songs win you over because they are like the couple in Two for the Road—at odds and in love. Sondheim's music goes its own way while his lyrics understand that an audience ...

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