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Jazz Charmer Melissa Stylianou Conveys Intimate, Evocative Stories in Song with "Silent Movie"
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Jazz Charmer Melissa Stylianou Conveys Intimate, Evocative Stories in Song with “Silent Movie" The singer's fourth album—to be released in March 2012 by Anzic Records—presents her fresh takes on beloved jazz standards and left-field songs from Johnny Cash to Joanna Newsom, backed by top New York players “Melissa Stylianou has it all—a gorgeous instrument, superb musicianship and great taste." —Fred Hersch “Silent Movie" NYC CD Release Concert @ Jazz Standard (116 E. 27th St) Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 & 9:30 ...
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New York Guitarist Nick Moran Seizes the Moment With a Gorgeous Organ Trio Album “No Time Like Now”
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
With every well-placed note and every incisive solo on Nick Moran's new album No Time Like Now, the guitarist brings an urgent creative agenda to the table. Featuring organist Brad Whiteley and drummer Chris Benham, both rising players on the New York scene, No Time Like Now is a potent trio session that focuses on Moran's stirring compositions and arrangements, venturesome material that consistently moves beyond organ combo conventions. The CD will be released March 6, 2012 on the Manor ...
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Trombonist Marshall Gilkes Gives Orchestral Shape to Small Group Jazz
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Third CD Sound Stories Features Donny McCaslin, Adam Birnbaum, Yasushi Nakamura & Eric Dobb “Marshall Gilkes is the best trombonist to come into jazz in the new millennium." —Stereophile Magazine Trombonist-composer Marshall Gilkes makes a major statement on Sound Stories (March 6, Alternate Side Records). Working with a sympathetic, immensely talented quintet featuring saxophonist Donny McCaslin, pianist Adam Birnbaum, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, and drummer Eric Doob, Gilkes takes his innovative composing and lyrical, hard-swinging soloing to new levels of excitement ...
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Virgin Forest: The Complete Sessions by Lionel Loueke Reissued On Obliqsound
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Calabro Music
OBLIQSOUND To Release VIRGIN FOREST: THE COMPLETE SESSIONS By Lionel Loueke A Deluxe Digital Edition Reissue Of The Debut Album From The Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist And Guitarist Featuring Guest Performances by Herbie Hancock, Gretchen Parlato and Cyro Baptista Plus Six Previously Unreleased Solo Acoustic Tracks Lionel Loueke & Gretchen Parlato To Perform Together On March 9 At Zankel Hall In New York City Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2012, independent record label Obliqsound announces a reissue of West African guitarist/vocalist ...
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Scott Faragher: The Hammond (PT. 2)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Scott Faragher is author of The Hammond Organ: An Introduction to the Instrument and the Players Who Made It Famous (Hal Leonard). It's a terrific new softcover book that tells you everything you will ever want to know about the Hammond organ and then some. It's a book about America's most potent crossover instrument by a writer who is deeply passionate about the subject. Fortunately, his publisher had the good sense to use mostly color photos to illustrate the pages. ...
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The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio Releases "Wobble Walkin"on Blue Duchess Records
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Two for the Show Media
Since he arrived on the scene in the late '60s as founder of the groundbreaking Roomful of Blues, and subsequently in a thriving solo career that began more than three decades ago, Duke Robillard has consistently exhibited boundless curiosity and undeniable panache, continually reinforcing his reputation as one of the planet's most innovative roots musicians. Robillard's journey has taken him in multiple directions, and Wobble Walkin', the debut release for his own Blue Duchess Records (blueduchessrecords.com) is one of the ...
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New Single By Music Legend Jon Anderson and Renown Italian Composer/Producer Marco Sabiu
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
London, UK—The international music community is buzzing with excitement over the new collaboration between legendary YES vocalist/songwriter Jon Anderson and Italian composer/conductor, international producer and arranger Marco Sabiu. “Limitless Lives" is the new single co-written and performed by Anderson and Sabiu, and is now available as a digital download. The song is also available on Marco Sabiu's most recent album 'Audio Ergo Sum,' which was presented on February 18, 2012 on live TV before an audience of 12 million; the ...
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David Lanz Releases "Here Comes the Sun," Pianist's Second Collection of Unique Interpretations of Iconic Beatles Music
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Lydia Sherwood
Quartet and solo versions to be released March 13th When pianist David Lanz released his critically acclaimed album Liverpool: Re-Imagining the Beatles in 2010, he was of course hoping that it would be well received by his legion of loyal fans. And it was, so much so that Lanz took the advice of many of them and went back into the studio armed with a brand new batch of classic tunes by the Fab Four. Here Comes the Sun will ...
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