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Ten-Time Grammy-winning Acapella Sextet Take 6 Celebrate 25th Anniversary With "One"

Source: 1888 Media
April 18, 2012

Huntsville, AL: With the popularity of televised vocal competitions like the explosive a cappella show The Sing Off and the mania over singing driven comedy dramas like Glee, Take 6 is the original torchbearer for the first instrument. The ten-time Grammy and ten-time Dove winners, Take 6, (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley) celebrate their 25th Anniversary this year and have a lot to be grateful for. The distinguished Gospel/Jazz vocal group, heralded ...

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The Mads Tolling Quartet's "Celebrating Jean-Luc Ponty-Live at Yoshi's" Set for May 15 Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
April 18, 2012

Mads Tolling, internationally renowned violinist, is a double Grammy Award-winner with the Turtle Island Quartet. Since 2007 Mads has led his own group, The Mads Tolling Quartet, and released three albums - with the latest, Celebrating Jean-Luc Ponty - Live at Yoshi's, coming out on May 15 of this year. His previous recording, the critically acclaimed “The Playmaker," features bass legend Stanley Clarke and jazz greats Russell Ferrante & Stefon Harris. Mads grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark and moved to ...

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Multi-Talented Emerging Artist Bria Skonberg To Make U.S. Debut With "So Is The Day" Available April 10 On Random Act Records

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2012

Less than two years ago, trumpeter-vocalist-composer-bandleader Bria Skonberg uprooted from Western Canada and arrived in New York City. Lured by the music and those who play it so well, the already-seasoned musician hoped to thrive and to learn in the jazz mecca. The city landscape and abundance of clubs proved to be a stark contrast to the hobby farm Skonberg was raised on in Chilliwack, British Columbia, but the young musician dove in head-first, ready to make an impact with ...

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Sara Gazarek's New CD, "Blossom & Bee," to be Released by Palmetto on June 19

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
April 17, 2012

Sara Gazarek — once hailed as “the next important jazz singer" by The Los Angeles Times — is back on the scene with the recently recorded Blossom & Bee, her debut for the Palmetto label. Blessed with a beautiful, translucent voice, Gazarek is a strikingly original artist who continues to blur the line between innovation and emotional integrity. For her new project, she is joined by her all-star, LA-based trio (Josh Nelson, p; Hamilton Price, b; Zach Harmon, d) with ...

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Cheryl Lynne Skinner Producer At Elinez Music Announces 2nd Contemporary Muse MP3 Project Releases “Heartbeats”

Source: Cheryl Lynne Skinner
April 17, 2012

Louisville, KY: Composer-Musician Cheryl Lynne Skinner is happy to announce the 2nd Contemporary Muse MP3 Project at cheryllynneskinner.com. Elinez Music, Skinner’s independent label is excited to release an mp3 single each month April-July this summer. This year’s project will feature tracks from The Love Chronicles Collection exploring the stages and phases of “love“. The first flute instrumental dance track “Heartbeats” explores feelings of infatuation, attraction, “love at first sight” and new love that wants to dance. The MP3’s can be ...

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Hank Mobley: Newark, 1953

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 17, 2012

Everyone in jazz had to start somewhere. In the case of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, that start came in Newark, N.J. Though Mobley had recorded in April 1953 with Max Roach's sextet and quartet for Debut (a short-lived label founded by Roach, Charles Mingus and Mingus's then wife, Celia), Mobley wasn't recorded again until September 28, 1953. The live Newark date in question was recorded at The Piccadilly Club and has just surfaced for the first time on Hank Mobley: ...

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Composer-Pianist Manuel Valera Conjures Deep Roots on Sixth Outing as a Leader, New Cuban Express

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 17, 2012

After flirting with Latin rhythms within a modern post-bop context on his five previous releases, the brilliant Cuban-born pianist and composer Manuel Valera has put together the album of a lifetime. As a followup to 2009's trio recording, Currents, a savvy collection of jazz standards and originals, Valera has dipped into his own Afro-Cuban roots on his superb new release, New Cuban Express. Accompanied by fellow Cuban musician Yosvany Terry on alto sax, Tom Guarna on guitar, John Benitez on ...

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Cuban Piano Virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba Shines on Ambitious 2-CD Set, XXI Century

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 17, 2012

In a career that has spanned 25 years and nearly 30 releases, including a string of acclaimed recordings for the prestigious Blue Note label, Cuban piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba has awed critics and fans alike with his prodigious technique and depth of soul as a composer. On XXI Century, his second recording on his 5Passion imprint, Rubalcaba lets his Afro-Cuban roots bubble to the top while also paying tribute to two piano heroes in Bill Evans and Lennie Tristanto. Accompanied ...

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