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William Parker - Solo Bass/Crumbling in the Shadows is Fraulein Miller's Stale Cake (Centering/Aum Fidelity, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
August 16, 2011

William Parker is one of the premier bassists of modern jazz, and this special boxed set features him in a lengthy series of unaccompanied improvisations. Upright, acoustic bass must be one of the most difficult instruments to play solo, demanding a level of physicality and dexterity to keep the music moving forward. Parker demonstrates total command of the instrument both plucked and bowed, creating buzzing and undulating soundscapes that are hypnotic in their improvisational acuity. There are two CDs of ...

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Untempered Ensemble - Untempered Ensemble (2011)

Source: Something Else!
August 16, 2011

Bill Cole, a multicultural multi-instrumentalist, is one of the guys at the top of the hierarchy in the improvised music scene, having been at it in earnest since at least the late 70s. Earlier this year I marveled at his mastery of Eastern reed instruments in his one-on-one with violinist Billy Bang, in what proved to be Bang's swan song. He quickly followed that up with another live performance, this one being the seventh album of his long-running Untempered Ensemble ...

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Guitarist Chuck Loeb Releases "Plain 'N' Simple", B-3 Organ Combo Date w/Harvey Mason, Pat Bianchi, on Tweety Records

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
August 16, 2011

Long before Chuck Loeb embarked on his remarkably diverse career that has included being Stan Getz's musical director, holding the guitar chair in the 80s fusion ensemble Steps Ahead and, most recently, joining supergroup Fourplay, he was a kid growing up outside New York City, fascinated by the classic jazz organ trio sounds of his childhood. Capping a two decade-plus discography of popular and often groundbreaking contemporary jazz recordings, Loeb fulfills a lifelong dream with the release of Plain 'n' ...

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Leron Thomas: Dirty Draws, Vol. 3

Source: Poppi Kikos
August 16, 2011

The trumpeter, singer, bandleader and provocateur Leron Thomas, a New Yorker originally from Houston, isn't making it easy on himself. His records, self-produced and often underproduced, are hard to sum up, and that's the point. They're perverse and searching and sketchy and sometimes quite lovely: straight-ahead jazz— he is a serious improviser, rhythmically strong and controlled in ballads—as well as R&B, tense indie-rock and several kinds of singer-songwriter music. He sings in croons and yelps, making acid commentary about competition ...

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Renolds Jazz Orchestra's "Three Penny Opera - Live in Aarau" Set for September 26 U.S. Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
August 16, 2011

The Renolds Jazz Orchestra (RJO) is a group of international musicians led by Fritz Renold and Helen Savari-Renold—musicians and organizers of the jazzaar music educational festival in Aarau, Switzerland. The orchestra is assembled for exclusive productions of original works and makeovers of standard repertoire to be premiered at jazzaar. The members of the orchestra hail from a variety of geographical and musical landscapes, chosen according to the need of the production at hand but each artist is always an established ...

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Andrea Wolper's New CD, "Parallel Lives", Set for September 13 Release on Jazzed Media

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
August 16, 2011

Innovative jazz singer (and songwriter) Andrea Wolper's new CD, Parallel Lives, is scheduled for a September 6 release on the Jazzed Media label. Co-produced by Wolper and Todd Barkan, this is her first album since 2005's well-received The Small Hours. Her working group—some of NYC's best musicians—recorded this album with her: Michael Howell, guitar; Kris Davis, piano; Ken Filiano, bass; Michael TA Thompson: soundrhythium. The set list ranges from Great American Songbook standards by Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer, Buddy Johnson, and ...

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Hossam Ramzy's "Rock the Tabla" Released Aug. 30 in North America by Naxos of America, Inc. and Arc Music Productions

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
August 16, 2011

Hossam Ramzy, Legendary Percussionist, Assembles All-Star Cast Including Billy Cobham Jr., Manu Katche, A.R. Rahman, et al. “Rock the Tabla" Debuts in the U.S. and Canada on August 30 Legendary percussionist Hossam Ramzy realizes a 10-year dream with the release of Rock The Tabla. For this album, Hossam decided to invite some of his friends and the musicians that he most respects and admires to join him. The fact that A. R. Rahman, Billy Cobham, Manu Katche, and Omar Faruk ...

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Global Noize Featuring Jason Miles, DJ Logic & Falu: "A Prayer For The Planet" Out August 23, 2011 Via Lightyear/EMI

Source: Tijuana Gift Shop
August 16, 2011

"A vibe that's a freewheeling swirl of jazz, funk, electronica, world fusion and blues that's grounded at times, trippy and sensual most of the time, and—on the wings of the ethereal vocals of Falu—truly transcendent and spiritual." —Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide New York, NY—We are at what is clearly a line of demarcation in our society, where the only thing that can be said with much clarity is that things going forward will be very different than they have ...

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