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Terje Lie Releases "Parlophone," Third Single From Urban Vacation

Source: GoMedia PR
June 21, 2011

Groove Jazz Saxophonist's New Single, Produced by Jeff Lorber and Jimmy Haslip, Drops on June 20 Norwegian-born and now L.A.-based saxophonist Terje Lie ("Terry Lee") is continuing to enjoy an extended Urban Vacation with the release of a third single, “Parlophone," on June 20. “Parlophone," another track off of Lie's acclaimed second album, Urban Vacation (TCat Records), pairs the saxophonist with contemporary jazz luminaries Jimmy Haslip and Jeff Lorber, who co-produced the CD and perform on the tracks. “Parlophone" further ...

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Tea Leaf Green, with Current Album "Radio Tragedy" Brewing, Announces Summer Tour 2011

Source: conqueroo
June 21, 2011

Band pays tribute to Clarence Clemons at historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—This past Sunday, Father's Day, Tea Leaf Green performed at the fabled Stone Pony bar and frequent home of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in what became a tribute concert for legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons. Springsteen and Clemons met at the Asbury Park bar in 1971, a story both men have told onstage for the past 40 years. Clemons, 69, the “Big Man" ...

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Nicola Conte "Love and Revolution"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
June 21, 2011

For more than a decade now Nicola Conte has scored brilliantly as a DJ, promoter, producer, compiler and recording artist. From his earliest recording, 2000's still remarkable Jet Sounds (also issued in the US as Bossa Per Due), Conte has also displayed a retro appreciation for the lounge appeal of bossa nova combined with a soulful groove informed by his love of all things jazz. He even waxed a record for the vaunted Blue Note label in between regular forays ...

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Pianist-Musicrafter Michel Reis Creates Seriously Interesting Pianistic Ensemble Music on "Point of No Return"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
June 21, 2011

Musical artists often take exception to being pigeon- holed by the press and it in part has to do with their wish not to prejudice an audience in advance against their music in any way. Yet of course readers want to have some idea of what to expect from an artist and his or her music. Pigeonholing is one quick way to convey some sense of the music, just as bricks-and-morter record shops ordinarily divide what they are selling into ...

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Matthew Shipp and Sabir Mateen - Sama Live in Moscow (Solyd, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
June 21, 2011

If two men were ever born to perform together, pianist Matthew Shipp and saxophonist Sabir Mateen are those two. In this extraordinary duo performance, they expand on last year's excellent studio performance, SaMa, with a live performance which takes their improvised communication even closer to the edge. Mateen's tenor is strong and supple, honed to a razor's sharpness, and Shipp uses the entire keyboard, whether it's bombs of bass notes or rippling high register figures. They begin with a few ...

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Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Legacy (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 21, 2011

He's conducting an all-star band, featuring the likes of Antonio Hart, Luis Bonilla, Renee Rosnes, Lewis Nash and Peter Washington. Yet the star of the show on Gerald Wilson's brilliant new release remains his adopted hometown of Chicago. Legacy, due on Tuesday from Mack Avenue Records, actually opens with five ingeniously performed ensemble pieces, each boasting the coloring and dexterity of the best small-band jazz outings. That includes a trio of historical pieces, each of which has been transformed into ...

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Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)

Source: Something Else!
June 21, 2011

By Tom Johnson Somehow, nearly thirty years into his career, Elvis Costello managed to turn out one of his best albums ever. Costello is anything but afraid to take a chance. Some may argue that he's too willing to do so, leaping from one style to another, often leaving the less adventurous listeners in the lurch while doing so. Those who simply listen to Costello for the song-writing have been rewarded with a (mostly) consistent and large catalog of music. ...

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Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein - Bienestan (2011)

Source: Something Else!
June 21, 2011

When pianist Aaron Goldberg set out to do this record, he wanted to mix things up with the compositions and arrangement, and so he called in Argentinian composer, arranger and fellow pianist Guillermo Klein to take the lead in those departments. Klein, who is fast getting a reputation of being a sort of Gil Evans of Argentina, brings his orchestral sensibilities to Aaron Goldberg and his small combo consisting of Matt Penman (bass) and Eric Harland (drums). Miguel Zenon (alto ...

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