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Trumpeter Greg Adams To Release The New CD East Bay Soul 2.0 February 28, 2012
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Andrea Adams
RIPA RECORDS TO RELEASE EAST BAY SOUL 2.0 ALBUM BY GRAMMY AND EMMY NOMINATED TRUMPETER ARRANGER GREG ADAMS ON FEBUARY 28TH, 2012 EAST BAY SOUL 2.0-COMPELELTY PRODUCED, ARRANGED AND CO-WRITTEN BY GREG ADAMS ADAMS HAS WORKED WITH ELTON JOHN, SANTANA, PHISH, CELINE DION LUTHER VANDROSS, AND THE ROLLING STONES TO NAME A VERY FEW A COLLECTION OF 10 DYNAMIC SONGS SOULFULLY BACKED BY HIS BAND EAST BAY SOUL Los Angeles, CA- Ripa Records will release East Bay Soul 2.0 from ...
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GI Blythe Release Their Debut CD "Lost In Space"
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Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
New York, NY—GI Blythe (www.giblythe.com) issues their debut CD release, Lost in Space. This group of seasoned musical pros are from a variety of impressive musical backgrounds and have come together to fuse a high-energy hybrid of wit and horn-centric good-time Rock, which is amply demonstrated on their new CD release. Lost in Space is an exhilarating introduction to a band that's sure to pique some discerning ears, and raise some diverse eyebrows, in the near future. The CD contains ...
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Jazzwax List: Martin Luther King
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz in the 1960s and beyond routinely paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. On what would have been the civil rights leader's 83d birthday, here's a list of worthy jazz paens: John Coltrane—Alabama (1964). This composition was written in honor of the six black girls killed by the 16th St. BaptistChurch bombing in Birmingham, Ala., on September 15, 1963. The cadence Coltrane chose for the song recorded in November 1963 was based on on Martin Luther King's I Have ...
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Motian Sickness - For the Love of Sarah (2011)
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Something Else!
Less than two months ago the great jazz drummer, composer and bandleader Paul Motian passed away at eighty years old, in what was arguably the most substantial loss in the jazz world of 2011. He left behind a legacy that's been well documented on this site, so I won't get into all that here. Instead, this space is devoted to addressing one last addition to that vast legacy during Motian's lifetime. For The Love Of Sarah isn't a Motian album ...
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Joshua Bell Records New Album in a Musical Instrument Museum
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HypeBot
This week violinist Joshua Bell with pianist Jeremy Denk released French Impressions the first album recorded in the Music Instrument Museum's Music Theater. An intimate venue in Phoenix, the MIM Music Theater books a busy schedule of world class artists and was designed to be a space for recording as well as performing. French Impressions offers a full-length example of the Music Theater's recording qualities in performances by an accomplished classical duo. The Music Instrument Museum (MIM) opened in April ...
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Dr. John: New Album Produced by Keys' Dan Auerbach
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JamBase
DR. JOHN TO RELEASE LOCKED DOWN ON NONESUCH RECORDS APRIL 3 Storied musician and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dr. John—Mac Rebennack—will release Locked Down, a startling album that marks a significant departure from his recent efforts, on April 3, 2012. The new album, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, will be Dr. John's first for Nonesuch Records. It's an entirely new approach for the iconic Dr. John, featuring as it does his collaboration with Auerbach and a ...
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Album of the Week: Current, Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Current Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto Adventure Music The concept of flow is a far reaching and powerful idea when related to musical performance. At its essence, it taps into the thought of moving from one place to another, on a physical, developmental, and artistic level. All of these types of flow occur within any group of musicians that stay together over a long period of time. Each musician flows into physical changes, gaining new technical skills ...
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I See Hawks in L.A.'s All-Acoustic "New Kind of Lonely" Coming March 6
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conqueroo
Cut live in a circle around three mics, the stripped down sound highlights the Hawks three part harmonies and cinematic lyrics. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—I See Hawks in L.A. have released five critically acclaimed albums since they began writing songs in their Echo Park living rooms 11 years ago. The band's sound layers electricity and Southern California psychedelia over acoustic guitars and rich vocal harmonies. Meanwhile, fans have always treasured the Hawks' acoustic shows, where Rob Waller's rich voice, the band's ...
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