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Saxophonist Nathan Woodward Delivers Scorching Performance On "A Quartet Session"
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Lauren Rogers
Jazz is often caught in peak form when there are no frills, no studio glaze. The sign of a true musician is one who can excel minus the gimmicks and production makeup. Recorded live with only one microphone in a crowded house, Nathan Woodward’s A Quartet Session (Live from Martin Hall) is jazz served raw, the way it should be. The setting invigorates Woodward, a promising young saxophonist. Although only two tracks, A Quartet Session doesn’t feel lacking of any ...
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Montreal Jazz Chanteuse Susie Arioli Goes "All the Way" on New Jazzheads Release.
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Two for the Show Media
Set to perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York City on June 19, 2012 Since first joining forces in 1998 with guitarist and kindred spirit Jordan Officer in her Swing Band, Montreal-based singer Susie Arioli has been casting her seductive spell on jazz fans throughout Canada, and in Europe. Her sultry voice, clear articulation and fondness for the Great American Songbook places her squarely in the camp of such classy jazz divas from the 1950s as Peggy Lee, Chris Connor, ...
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Steve Smith & Vital Information Release New CD+DVD on BFM Jazz; Launch 30th Anniversary Tour (May 31-June 27)
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
LIVE! One Great Night - a CD + DVD set to be released May 29, 2012 on the BFM Jazz label - captures Vital Information in their natural habitat: A packed club with an audience of music lovers and the band in high gear, pulling out all the stops for the entire set. The all-star lineup of keyboardist Tom Coster (Santana/Gabor Szabo), bassist Baron Browne (Jean-Luc Ponty/Billy Cobham), guitarist Vinny Valentino (Bill Evans/Jimmy McGriff) and drummer Steve Smith (Journey/Hiromi /Steps ...
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FFEAR (Forum for Electro-Acoustic Research) to Release New Recording "Mirage" on Jazzheads Records.
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Two for the Show Media
FFEAR (Forum for Electro-Acoustic Research) is an adventurous improvising quartet co-led by long-time collaborators Ole Mathisen and Chris Washburne. FFEAR's prime objective is to research and explore new sonic possibilities by adopting contemporary classical compositional techniques into an improvisational setting. Conventional uses of meter, tonality, and harmony are replaced with multiple meters, microtonality, and open templates of form to forge novel and unexpected paths in improvised music. FFEAR delights in blending and blurring the divide between jazz and contemporary classical ...
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Algo Jazz By Nonsoft Now Available Worldwide
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Nonsoft
Shortly after its release, Algo Jazz by Nonsoft is now available from outlets worldwide including Amazon, CD Baby, iTunes, Rhapsody, and eMusic. Algo Jazz is the debut album by Nonsoft, who were formerly creating video games before turning their attention to music. The album features 18 tracks of varied styles and instrumentation, all of which were algorithmically-composed and recorded by a computer. Songs range from the smooth jazz piano of “The Best Days", to the Latin guitar of “On the ...
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Tony Scott: New York, 1953
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Tony Scott is an acquired taste, much like squid-ink pasta or amaro. At first, the sound of his clarinet will seem uneven, as though you're listening to someone who just started to play the instrument. If you're used to hearing the well-paced, round sounds of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Buddy De Franco, then Scott's lurching, queasy attack may appear rough. But not so fast. My suggestion is that you dismiss your initial impressions and dig in. Scott's emotional intonation ...
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Sophie B. Hawkins To Release Highly Anticipated 6th Album 'the Crossing' On June 19, 2012
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Sherman, Oaks, CA - Lightyear Entertainment, in association with Trumpet Swan Records, is proud to announce the release of the brilliant new studio album from Sophie B. Hawkins, entitled 'The Crossing'. The album will be released through EMI in the U.S. and Canada on June 19, 2012. European distribution will be through in-akustik, who will release the album simultaneously. Since her breakthrough with the indelible hit single “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" and her acclaimed debut album Tongues ...
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A Jazz Version of Kean
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On November 2, 1961, the musical-comedy Kean arrived at The Broadway Theatre on Broadway between 52nd and 53d Streets to positive reviews. The show's book centered on the salacious life of 18th century Shakespearean actor Sir. Edmund Kean, and Robert Wright and George Forrest wrote the words and music. But before Kean made it to Broadway, it opened on the road in Boston and Philadelphia, which is where Riverside producer Orrin Keepnews caught the musical. With the huge success of ...
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