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Count Basie: Rock and Soul

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 26, 2012

The 1960s was a decade of reverse transition for Count Basie. When his Roulette contract ended in 1962, Basie signed with Reprise and began recording a series of swinging albums with Frank Sinatra. By decade's end, Basie was moving back into his commercial comfort zone, recording straight ahead swingers. But in between, there was plenty of experimentation—some successful and some not so much. Two of the most interesting albums of the period were rock and soul outings. First the rock shot. Many ...

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Bang Data Announces "La Sopa" + Tour Dates

Source: Press Junkie PR
March 24, 2012

Straight out of the Bay Area, Bang Data comes armed with slick guitar, gritty synth & bass and banging electro-acoustic drums. Their debut full length album La Sopa (The Soup), dropped digitally on March 13th on iTunes, with a worldwide physical CD release on March 27th loaded with heavy grooves, Samba-Ska-Cumbia and hints of Afro-Electro-Bossanova. Much like its name, La Sopa is a melting pot of rhythms and infectious beats that reflect the band's backgrounds and the undeniable influence of ...

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Seth Walker's New Album of Americana Blues

Source: conqueroo
March 24, 2012

Time Can Change, due out June 19, embraces a stripped-down approach. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—In the three years since his last album, Seth Walker moved to Nashville from Austin, wrote songs with friends new and old, and played many, many shows. And just like most people, he thought about life, about love, and about the changes you experience if you move away (both geographically and philosophically) from those people and places you know so well to try your hand at something new. ...

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Bassist/Composer Omer Avital Offers an Album of Celebratory & Expressionistic Music on Suite of The East

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 23, 2012

Anzic Records to Release Suite of The East on April 24, 2012, featuring Omer Avital, Omer Klein, Avishai Cohen, Joel Frahm & Daniel Freedman Bassist/composer Omer Avital defines the words creative and prolific, with more than a half dozen new recordings of original music released over the past several years. Suite of The East, Avital's latest creation, to be released by Anzic Records on April 24, 2012, is the end result of a month-long residency at Smalls (in Greenwich Village, ...

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Latin Jazz Guitarist/Composer Roland Hunter Releases Debut CD with Launch at Toronto's Lula Lounge

Source: LMC Media
March 23, 2012

Innovative Latin Jazz Guitarist and Composer ROLAND HUNTER releases debut CD TORONTEROS Featuring Roland Hunter on guitar, Ali Berkok on piano, Paco Luviano on bass, Mario Allende on drums and Jalidan Ruiz on congas and celebrates his new release with a special CD Launch Event at Toronto's Latin and World Music Headquarters The LULA LOUNGE 1585 Dundas West Toronto Friday, April 13th at 8:00 PM to 9:15 PM; One ...

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Neneh Cherry & The Thing Collaborate And Release The Cherry Thing, Out June 19 On Smalltown Supersound

Source: Pitch Perfect PR
March 23, 2012

Neneh Cherry and jazz trio The Thing met for the first time at a recording session in London in the fall of 2010. It clicked right away as they all shared an open, free approach to the music. The high energy of The Thing's playing found a fitting counterpart in Neneh's intense style. After a performance at Strand, Stockholm in March 2011, they decided to continue the collaboration resulting in their forthcoming, self-titled album, The Cherry Thing, out June 19 ...

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Music Gems From The Vaults Of SRI Jazz

Source: Shelly Liebowitz
March 22, 2012

"The response to us adding classic recordings to our website has overwhelmingly positive we so dipped into our vaults for some great lost treasures," said Shelly Liebowitz, President of The SRI Label Group whose website, srirecords.com, has become the hot destination on the web for baby boomers in search of the music they love. They went deep into their treasure trove for classic jazz albums by The Velvet Fog himself, Mel Torme' and the great jazz vocalist Ruth Brown. The ...

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Jazzsnap: Anita O'Day (C. 1945)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 22, 2012

Here's singer Anita O'Day with the Gene Krupa Orchestra at New York's Capitol Theater, circa 1945. The trombonist is Leon Cox. This snapshot comes from Betty's fabulous collection of photos, sent along by her friend Chris. Betty has pinpointed the year based on the note on the back of the photo. The movie showing was Her Highness and The Bellboy, which was out that year. Betty has donated all of her prints, including this one, to Rutgers University's Institute of ...

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