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Jazz Corps Legend Tommy Peltier Releases Eclectic New Solo CD "Love, Women and Song"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA—Jazz aficionados and music enthusiasts worldwide are buzzing with the new solo release by legendary Jazz Corps founding member Tommy Peltier. An eclectic mix of rock, bop, pop, classical and jazz, Tommy Peltier's 'Love, Woman and Song' is an unexpected sonic adventure from the former jazz cornet virtuoso turned vocalist. “The concept for this solo album was to be free and explore many genres," explains Tommy. “With the subjects love, the women in my life and music, made ...
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Bassist Simon Little Releases Second Solo Album the Knowledge of Things to Come
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Michael Ricci
Having been experimenting with live-looping technology for the past few years and following the success of his debut solo album Mandala in 2010, bassist Simon Little has now released his second album The Knowledge of Things To Come. Best known for his work with The Divine Comedy, Clare Teal and Duke Special, Simon has appeared on numerous recordings. This is the second release under his own name. The entire album was recorded using solely his Warwick Thumb Bass VI, the ...
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"Leave Me In Stasis" Singapore's Diva Of The Theremin shows off her best features
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Shueh-li Ong
A piano and tin whistle couple in quiet contemplation, leading to a theremin and orchestra fury before ending with prog-pop energy. All in the hands of Australian-born Singapore recording artist, Shueh-li Ong. When the Singapore Business Times remarked that “Shueh-li isn't a one-trick pony" they had a inkling of more exciting moments still to emerge from this multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. If you are familiar with her work with Xenovibes, then you would probably have witnessed the show which is ...
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Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III - Synchronicity (Harmonic Convergence, 2011) ****a1/2
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Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
By Paul Acquaro Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III's “Synchronicity" is a tough, dark and moving affair. His experience working the timbers and tones of the avant-garde with his saxophone and clarinet is on great display. The recording was made of a concert date at The Hideout in Chicago in 2007, the sound is excellent and the audience was obviously quite appreciative. While noise, both electronic and acoustic, is used to shade and texture, it's never at the expense of the ...
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Peter Martin Reissues First CD the Answer
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Pianist Peter Martin has just re-issued his very first CD, making it widely available for the first time in several years. Titled The Answer, it was recorded back in 2000, while Martin was still living in New Orleans and before he made his debut CD for the St. Louis based MAXJAZZ label in 2001. The self-produced disc features Martin leading a quartet with Brice Winston on tenor sax, Roland Guerin on bass and Adonis Rose on drums. They perform six ...
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Ken Peplowski Keeps It Fresh and Vibrant with "In Search Of. . . "
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
For someone who is playing within a tradition, it is important to keep inspiration high, to keep yourself challenged and contributing on a high level. Where perhaps some have fallen victim over time to a kind of creeping fungus of the repertoire, the same tunes played in the same ways time and again, Ken Peplowski has found ways to keep his music very much a thing of today. His newest, In Search of. . . (Capri 74108-2), is a particularly ...
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BB and C - The Veil (Cryptogramophone, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
BB and C is a cooperative group consisting of alto saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Jim Black and guitarist Nels Cline. This music is taken from a from a live recording at made at The Stone in New York City. This was a very exciting and continuously engaging album to listen to, moving between avant-garde squalls of noise and abstract passages of sound sculpture. The trio is very well integrated, but Nels Cline sounds particularly inspired, on a busman's holiday from ...
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Jerry Granelli Trio - Let Go (2011)
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Something Else!
verytime I've examined a Jerry Granelli record, like Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing or News From The Street, I've marveled at how a guy who drummed for all those Charlie Brown children's TV specials with Vince Guaraldi ended up being such a creative risktaker as a leader. At the same time, I think it's a crime he doesn't get enough due for his daring and just damned good drumming. Jerry's always trying something new and this time he's ...
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