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James "Biscuit" Rouse Release New CD "Conversations In Analog Part 1"
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A.C.
James “Biscuit” Rouse Release New CD Conversations in Analog Part 1 Drummer, Singer, Musician and Producer’s Jazz project is where Funk meets Soul and gives birth to the Groove NEW YORK, NY: World renowned drummer, singer, musician, and producer James “Biscuit” Rouse debut CD Conversations in Analog Part 1, a mostly instrumental jazz EP is where Funk meets Soul and gives birth to the Groove. The EP features eight songs, including the lead single “Lemme Getta” with vocals, written and ...
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David Sanborn 2-disc Anthology Out July 31; Summer Tour Dates
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Jason Elzy
THEN AGAIN: THE DAVID SANBORN ANTHOLOGY Alto Saxophonist’s First Double-Disc Retrospective Spans 20 Years And Shows Why He Is Among The World’s Most Successful Crossover Artists Available July 31 From Rhino LOS ANGELES – David Sanborn stands as one of the world’s most successful crossover artists. Playing with unflinching conviction and using his alto saxophone like a singer uses their voice, Sanborn’s instantly recognizable mix of jazz, R&B and pop has earned six Grammy® Awards and nine gold and platinum ...
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Sonny Stitt: Soul Shack
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sonny Stitt made dozens of records in the 1960s. Many were very good, and some were spotty—as is to be expected when an artist is that prolific. But there also were knockouts—albums on which Stitt was perfectly paced and at the very top of his game on alto and tenor saxophones. One such outing where Stitt offers a penetrating, sweet tone and superlative lines was Soul Shack, recorded in September 1963 for Prestige. Soul Shack is an album of mostly ...
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Keith Jarrett's "Sleeper" from Tokyo, April 16, 1979
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ECM Records
U.S. Release date: August 7, 2012 ECM is particularly pleased to present this two-disc set by one of the most outstanding groups of its era, the group often referred to as 'Belonging' or Keith Jarrett’s 'European Quartet', heard here in a previously unreleased concert recording from 1979. After more than three decades in the archive, this “sleeper”—an original analog recording, newly mixed and mastered in 96 kHz/24 bit—now awakes, sounding thoroughly alive and of the moment. Sleeper is a significant addition ...
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Claude Williamson: Kenton Presents
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the very early 1950s, Los Angeles was awash in jazz pianists who could play with ferocious speed and delicate grace. The names that spring to mind include Russ Freeman, Marty Paich, Hampton Hawes, Dodo Marmarosa, Carl Perkins, Pete Jolly, Lorraine Geller, Victor Feldman, Sonny Clark and Jimmy Rowles. But perhaps the most overlooked member of this silky-swinger set is Claude Williamson. Back in 1954 and '55, Williams recorded two perfect trio albums for Capitol when Stan Kenton briefly headed ...
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René Urtréger: Plays Bud Powell
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday I posted on Claude Williamson and two albums he recorded for Capitol in 1954 and '55, making mention of his interpretations of several Bud Powell compositions. Today we swing way east to Paris, where René Urtréger recorded his own tributes to Powell seven months later in February 1955. The tracks appear on Urtréger's 10-inch album for the Barclay label entitled Joue Bud Powell ("Plays Bud Powell"). Before we dig in, a little big picture. Both Kenton Presents Claude Williamson ...
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Concord Music Group Releases Booker T. & The MGs "Green Onions" As Part Of Stax Remasters Series
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conqueroo
Title track inducted into GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 1999 and Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2012 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group will release Booker T. & the MGs’ Green Onions as part of its Stax Remasters series on July 24, 2012. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, two live bonus tracks and newly written liner notes by Grammy Award-winning Stax historian Rob Bowman, the reissue not only spotlights one of the most entertaining and ...
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Jürgen Friedrich Releases "Monosuite" for String Orchestra and Improvisers on Pirouet Records
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Two for the Show Media
Jürgen Friedrich composer, conductor Hayden Chisholm alto saxophone Achim Kaufmann pianoJohn Hébert bassJohn Hollenbeck drums Sequenza String Orchestra 1st violin: Gerdur Gunnarsdóttir, Constanze Sannemüller, Elias Schödel, Adrian Bleyer, Kira Kohlmann, Christine Rox 2nd violin: Irmgard Zavelberg, Mirjam Steymans, Alwin Moser, Naomi Binder, Adi Czeige viola: Marla Hansen, Pauline Moser, Yodfat Miron, Andrea Sanz-Vela, Valentin Alexandru cello: Ulrike Zavelberg, Teemu Myöhänen, Nil Kocamangil, Marnix Möhringbass: Axel Ruge, Matan Gurevitz Strings never sounded like this before. Cologne jazz musician Jürgen Friedrich brings them to dancing. Or ...
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