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Jürgen Friedrich Releases "Monosuite" for String Orchestra and Improvisers on Pirouet Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 26, 2012

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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Coleman Hawkins: 1922-1947

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 25, 2012

Few figures in jazz are as historically important as tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. While Louis Armstrong forged a radical new solo style in the 1920s, the trumpet giant generally stuck with his ingenious creation for much of his career. By contrast, Hawkins not only transformed jazz but also changed his own style multiple times, incorporating new approaches introduced by younger players in an effort to remain current, relevant—and on top. In this regard, Hawkins' mighty discography (555 recording sessions in ...

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Rico Belled's "XR7" Now Available at ITunes, Amazon and CD Baby!

Source: Rico Belled
June 23, 2012

Back Scratch Music is pleased to announce the release of Rippingtons bassist Rico Belled's sophomore album called XR7. Featuring Chris Coleman, Jeff Kashiwa, Dave Karasony, Andy Langham, Jonathan Dresel, Katisse Buckingham, Ronnie Gutierrez, Bill Heller, Scheila Gonzalez and many more fantastic musicians, XR7 is bursting with energy. Ten original compositions take the listener from 70ies Funk to modern Jazz, through richly orchestrated soundscapes that only modern recording systems can provide. XR7 is an album about the relationship between man and ...

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Keyboardist Derek Turner Keeps Smooth Jazz Alive On Debut CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 23, 2012

The debut album from keyboardist Derek Turner, Sharing the Groove, was a quarter-century in the making. However, that doesn’t mean Turner spent each day for 25 years crafting the album. Rather, a household with a devout spiritual background wasn’t exactly accepting of secular music. “I spent the majority of my time playing Gospel music,” Turner revealed. “Growing up in a Christian home, there was a stigma playing music other than Gospel. When I finally broke away and decided to explore ...

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Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege’s "Million Download Campaign" Excedes 50k Dowloads With Innovative Open Source Music Business Model

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 23, 2012

New York, NY: Since its inception in January, Ghana-born Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s Million Download Campaign (MDC) has generated over 50,000 downloads from more than 50 countries and had blogs translated into ten different languages, using an “open-source” approach to music promotion and distribution. The MDC’s mission is to offer a million free downloads of songs and remixes from Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s recently released and highly successful CD, AFropolitan, by Christmas of 2012. In a recent interview ...

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Avant Prog Ensemble Mirthkon To Release New Live DVD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 20, 2012

Oakland, CA - The prog world is buzzing with excitement about the forthcoming DVD release by miRthkon; Oakland, CA based amplified chamber ensemble masquerading as a rock band. This illusion is well maintained by the fact that from time to time they do indeed rock. Maintaining a passionate aesthetic stance that they are (quite happily) 'beneath everything', their music—whether evoking the direct or indirect influence of progressive rock, contemporary classical abstraction, avant-garde jazz, catchy hook-laden pop, or thrash metal—is held ...

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Pre-teen Prodigy Bodes To Be A Jazz Legend "Tomorrow"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
June 19, 2012

The astonishing and astute Aleks Girshevich Trio to release an evocative debut album August 14th Oakland, CA: Before you dismiss the Aleks Girshevich Trio simply because the jazz combo is named after its prodigious 11-year-old Russian-American drummer-percussionist, Aleks Girshevich, listen to the scholarly piano etchings vividly composed by his father, Vlad Girshevich. Masters have been bewildered by the cerebral beats and Cuban and Brazilian-influenced rhythms deftly dispensed by Aleks. Produced by the chamber jazz outfit’s award-winning double bassist David Arend, ...

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Carrie Underwood Isn't Only Country Act To Support Gay Marriage

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 18, 2012

The first single from Town & Country's self-titled debut CD takes on the hot-button topic of marriage equality and support of gay-marriage rights. “Everybody Wants to Say I Do,” which vocalist Rob Shapiro and and songwriter/producer Brian Woodbury wrote together, addresses marriage – gay or straight – from a universal point of view, as in “I will love you for the rest of my life.” Q: “Everybody Wants to Say I Do" tackles the sensitive topic of marriage equality. How ...

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