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Wes Montgomery: 1957-58

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 2, 2012

Guitarist Wes Montgomery began his recording carer with Lionel Hampton's band in 1948. The experience lasted until 1950, when he returned to his native Indianapolis and began to raise a family. Though Montgomery recorded with his brothers Monk and Buddy in 1955 and 1957, he didn't start to record as a leader until April 1958 (for Pacific Jazz) and then starting in 1959 for Riverside. [Photo of Wes Montgomery by Duncan Sscheidt] As I write in today's Wall Street Journal ...

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Spectrum Road: Jack Bruce, Cindy Blackman Santana, Vernon Reid & John Medeski

Source: Calabro Music
March 2, 2012

Spectrum Road is a groundbreaking collaboration between four giants of modern music: Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman Santana. Born from a shared passion for the music of legendary drummer Tony Williams, the band will release their self-titled debut album on June 5 through Palmetto Records. Later that week, Spectrum Road celebrates its arrival with a highly anticipated performance at Bonnaroo on June 9, which also serves as the first show of a US summer tour. Complete ...

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Lukas Hein: A Tasteful Album of Lyrical Brazilian Jazz

Source: Lukas Hein
March 2, 2012

Lukas Hein Discusses his latest release with Dialeto Brasileiro; The genesis of this recording is a wonderful story. While I have always loved straight-ahead jazz, with the sounds of swing and bebop comprising the bulk of my listening as a young musician, over the past few years I have felt increasingly, irresistibly drawn to the most significant Brazilian contribution to jazz: Bossa Nova. What started as a gentle nudge—the feeling of ease and happiness while performing a Jobim tune ...

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Toots Thielemans Rarities, "Yesterday & Today" (2-CDs), Set for U.S. Release by Naxos of America & out of the Blue Records

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 1, 2012

This double CD, Yesterday & Today" (March 27 release) may well contain the best Toots Thielemans you never heard before. It's a stunning collection of both rare and great music, starting with his earliest recording as a soloist and ending with a memorable duet in the new millennium. Producer Cees Schrama, a personal friend of Toots, selected all of these treasures, looking for recordings that follow his long and impressive career and are hard or simply impossible to purchase on ...

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David Bindman Ensemble Sunset Park Polyphony CD release March 1

Source: David Bindman
March 1, 2012

On March 1, 2012, saxophonist/composer David Bindman unveils his double CD Sunset Park Polyphony, a narrative collection of his original compositions performed by a six- member ensemble. The album's songs and extended compositions explore layers of rhythmic and harmonic complexity and adapt elements from world music traditions, including West African rhythms and Indian raga (modes) and tala (time cycles). Bindman writes of the polyphony in the album/song title, improvisational voices, and compositional forms: “In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, one hears a ...

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The dB's Make Their First New Album in 30 Years

Source: conqueroo
March 1, 2012

Falling off the Sky, due out June—on Bar/None, reunites original members Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Gene Holder. RALEIGH, N.C.—Falling Off the Sky is the first new dB's album in a quarter-century. It's also the first in three decades to feature the band's original lineup of singer/songwriter/guitarists Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, bassist Gene Holder and drummer Will Rigby—the same lineup that recorded the beloved early-'80s classics Stands for deciBels and Repercussion. Street date is set for June ...

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Jazz Soul Seven Release "Impressions of Curtis Mayfield" on BFM Jazz

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 1, 2012

Curtis Mayfield ranks among the most important and influential artists of the past century, the definition of soul both as leader of the Impressions and as a solo artist. As a singer and musician, his pure tone melted hearts and as a songwriter, he was peerless, a voice of African-American pride as well as a man whose insights into the ways of the heart spoke to generations. Mayfield's impact on artists of all persuasions is incalculable, and jazz musicians have ...

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Keyboardist Steve Weingart and bassist/vocalist Renee Jones create "Dialogue" of hooks and heart

Source: Lauren Rogers
February 29, 2012

Keyboardist Steve Weingart is having one of those years, a period in time that, once it has passed, he will be to look upon with not only fondness but also wonderment. He has just released his first collaboration with his wife, bassist/vocalist Renee Jones; moreover, the two are about to tour with G3. For those who aren't familiar with G3, guitar hero Joe Satriani performs throughout the world with fellow iconic axe men, this time including Steve Vai and Steve ...

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