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Jimmy Wisner: Time and Space
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the hot new trends by record companies is going back into label vaults to find superb albums that have been completely forgotten or overlooked. Real Gone Music has been doing a terrific job at mining vinyl—particularly with country, folk and pop recordings from the late '60s and early '70s. Another company busy combing the archives is ABKCO, which has been excavating its Cameo-Parkway label. One of ABKCO's latest releases is Jimmy Wisner: Time and Space—a jazz-pop album of ...
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New Orleans Helsinki Connection Releases New Album Paradise On Earth
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Spirit Of New Orleans Productions
It’s been eight years since their debut album At Last and now; another collaboration from this diverse ensemble once again ferrying jazz lovers to a better understanding of musical intimacy. Along with a fresh set of titles, the band’s lineup is also slightly augmented on this new, captivating recording. Finnish based drummer and co-founder of the group, Thomas Rönnholm, doesn’t appear amongst the personnel this time. But co-founder, bandleader, trombonist Katja Toivola is an irrefutable force along with vocalist Tricia ...
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The Brass Heard Round The World: Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar Bring Their Dancefloor-packing Best On Golden Horns
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FlipswitchPR, LLC
Boban Markovic and his son, prized protégé Marko, have managed the nigh-impossible: Leaping from a deeply rooted Roma (Gypsy) scene in Serbia, they have ignited hip club dancefloors, innovating effortlessly and integrating everything from jazz to disco in brilliant, organic ways. They sound authentic, yet utterly fresh. Combining the absolute flexibility of Miles Davis and the cool funk of Herb Alpert, the Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar has found the funkiest expression of their Southern Serbian Roma roots. Golden Horns ...
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Guitarist Bruce Forman Returns to the Jazz Trio Format with "Formanism" CD, June 19 Release
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Bruce Forman's musical instincts burst forth clean, crisp and clear on Formanism, his first trio adventure in a dozen years. He throws open the doors, ventures out into the fresh air, and writes a new chapter of possibilities for guitar trio. Riding rippling tides of tasty, understated percussion and nimble, musical string-bass lines, Forman's playing captures the imagination without straining or showing off. The warm sound and clarity he gets from his classic jazz guitar call to mind the energy ...
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Reggae Jazz Band, Groundation, Unleashes New Studio Album "Building An Ark" and Video For First Single Humility
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Press Dept
Hailing from California’s Bay Area, Groundation released their new studio album, entitled Building An Ark, on April 24, 2012 via Dub Rockers/VP/Universal Music. This 10-track set is the first release off the new imprint Dub Rockers from reggae giant VP Records. The internationally acclaimed band stays true to the essence of their dynamic sound— capturing the true spirit of roots reggae while blending elements of jazz, funk, latin and transcendental dub. The album’s hypnotic funk-based rhythms move from earthy percussion-based ...
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Don Braden And Karl Latham Release "Big Fun(k) Live"
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Powderfinger Promotions
Big Fun(k) Live is a mosaic of different musical influences and styles led by tenor saxophone all-star Don Braden and internationally-known percussionist Karl Latham. Having worked with legends such as Wynton Marsalis, Johnny Winter, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Haynes, Tony Williams and Bill Cosby, both Braden and Latham are masters at creatively and passionately expressing themselves in any genre they choose. In fact, Braden is known primarily in the modern Jazz world, but revisits his roots (he cut his teeth playing ...
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Gregg Robins Looks To Brighter Days, Preps 2nd Album In Moscow, Geneva
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Seth Cohen PR
Gregg Robins Looks to Brighter Days, as Second Album Takes Shape A Shift From Reflective to Optimistic, As Singer-Songwriter Readies Summer EP Release An International Endeavor: Bronx-Born, Moscow-Based Singer Now a Berklee Student as Well — CD to be Recorded in Geneva Bronx-born singer-songwriter Gregg Robins looks ahead to brighter days, as an upbeat, optimistic collection of new songs takes shape for a planned Summer EP. The hopeful new album follows Robins’ critically acclaimed 2011 debut ‘Everything That Matters,’ which ...
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Chihiro Yamanaka CD "Reminiscence" Released In U.S. on May 8
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Scott Foster
Jazz pianist/composer Chihiro Yamanaka's latest CD, Reminiscence (Universal/Decca/EmArcy), is set for release in the United States on May 8, 2012. Reminiscence, featuring Bernard Purdie and Larry Grenadier along with Yoshi Waki and John Davis, is Chihiro's 2nd major label U.S. release, following 2011's U.S. debut, Forever Begins, and several acclaimed Universal/Verve releases in Japan. Reminiscence has already been released in Japan, where it quickly ascended to the #1 spot on the jazz charts and won the Nissan Presents Jazz Japan ...
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