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"A Night Like This": New Mercator Media CD from Vocalist Bryan Anthony, Due July 12

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 29, 2011

Vocalist Bryan Anthony's passion for the American Songbook is in sumptuous display throughout his Mercator Media debut, A Night Like This, which will be released July 12. “These songs possess such wisdom and poetry about human emotions, the feelings, situations, and dynamics that run through every generation and tie us all together," Anthony says. “I really believe that along with jazz these songs are America's classical music, the greatest gift American culture has provided to the world." Working with a ...

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Guitarist Harald Peterstorfer finds "Inspirations" within himself on new album

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 29, 2011

The art of guitar playing can emanate from a personal touch. For guitarist Harald Peterstorfer, the core of his creativity lies within himself. “I always listen to my inner voice," Peterstorfer revealed. “She tells me what I have to play, how I like to sound. 'Music is what feelings sound like' is on my web page." It's no surprise then that Peterstorfer's latest album, Inspirations, can often sound like the musical score to a dream. From the crystalline beauty of ...

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New Dutch band Taconieuwenhuizen Group blossoms with infectiously energetic album

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 29, 2011

For bassist Taco Nieuwenhuizen, there was a mystique to the instrument that reeled him in at the age of 17. “The coolness; the sound of the instrument," Nieuwenhuizen revealed, almost like the affection for detail that an adoring husband has for his wife. “There is magic around the bass guitar. The thickness of the strings; you can play fast with two fingers, pull and slap. There's a world out there to explore." And creative exploration, especially with the bass, summarizes ...

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Jason Yeager's "Ruminations": Piano Trio Plus Much

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
June 28, 2011

Pianist Jason Yeager has been working with his trio of Tal Gamlieli (bass) and Michael Gleichman (drums) for more than three years now. Their Ruminations (Inner Circle 020) shows the sort of subtle interplay a piano trio ideally develops when they grow together as a unit. Yeager plays a thoughtfully subtle, harmonically advanced sort of piano with great touch. Gamlieli shows sensitive accompanying abilities and the ability to step out in front of the ensemble and say something when called ...

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Stefon Harris, David Sanchez and Christian Scott - Ninety Miles (Concord Picante, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
June 29, 2011

Ninety Miles (the distance between the tip of Florida and the island of Cuba) is a collaborative album featuring David Sanchez on saxophones, Stefon Harris on vibraphone and marimba and Christian Scott on trumpet. Joining them are a range of Cuban musicians that make this quite a special and successful project. Jazz and the music of Cuba have a long history, dating back to the experiments of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo and even before that to Jelly Roll Morton's ...

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One Track Mind: Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, "The Best is yet to Come" (1964)

Source: Something Else!
June 28, 2011

The crashing brilliance of “The Best Is Yet To Come," courtesy of Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie band, came to mind on this, the fifth anniversary of Something Else! Reviews. The site has evolved through a couple of iterations into the daily digest you see today and, in many ways, it feels like we're just getting started ... As for Sinatra-Basie, well, our tune begins, as expected, with a lightly swinging piano aside. (Count Basie played with the kind ...

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Daniel Marques: Brazilian Jazz with Gunpowder

Source: Charles Blass
June 29, 2011

From Rio de Janeiro, 7-string guitarist Daniel Marques recently won the greatest award in his country, the 'Brazilian Grammy' known as the Prêmio da Música Brasileira (2010). “The Brazilian Award was for my last project called Frevo Diabo Orchestra. I created that band, produced the awarded CD and directed the band, also composing and making arrangements. My new project is like a microcosm of the orchestra." Daniel is now releasing his debut solo album, Carnaval de Perneta (2011), independently on ...

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Jacky Terrasson - Mirror (2007)

Source: Something Else!
June 29, 2011

By Mark Saleski How many times have you heard somebody say that they were never able to get into jazz because “I don't understand it?" Maybe you are that person? Well, I want to let you in on a little secret: There is no right answer. Yes, you read that right. It's very much like those daunting questions in high school literature class..."In this story, the mountains are symbolic of what?" Technically, there is a correct answer, but that doesn't ...

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