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Mathias Eick "Skala"

Source: ECM Records
April 20, 2011

Mathias Eick Skala Mathias Eick: trumpet, vibraphone, electric guitar, double bass Tore Brunborg: tenor saxophone Andreas Ulvo: piano Morten Qvenild: keyboards Audun Erlien: electric bass Torstein Lofthus: drums Gard Nilssen: drums Sidsel Walstad: harp Release Date: April 19, 2011 Mathias Eick's intensely melodic trumpet occupies the center-stage in this album of self-penned tunes, which will appeal to an audience beyond ...

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Albert King on Stax

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 20, 2011

When I was a teenager in the 1970s living with my parents an hour north of New York in Westchester County, I had friends who worked in the record departments of stores that anchored local malls. They knew I loved music and that on my trips to New York I often brought back hip jazz records from stores called Sam Goody and King Karol. One of my cashier friends offered me a deal: He'd buy any three records I wanted ...

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MuthaWit comes home to roost with release and stream of epic LP "men & women (la Revenge de Uncle Baldy)

Source: 4961 Polemics
April 20, 2011

MuthaWit's new release men & women (la Revenge de Uncle Baldy) is homage to blues/jazz teacher of Elvis Presley What has been said about MuthaWit: “If post-punk soul is a genre, then that's what Muthawit is doing" —MTViggy “Boston Fielder and MuthaWit are Gods in the universe they have created and these songs, which you must hear, are their Adam and Eve, cloned to a fallen and disrupted infinity." —The Wire, UK “MuthaWit is simultaneously urban and tribal; a meeting ...

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Mpress Records' "New Arrivals Volume 4" Features Dave Eggar, Lucy Woodward and More, out June

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 19, 2011

Stellar Line-Up on Charity CD to Combat Youth Homelessness 'New Arrivals Volume 4' Set for June Release on MPress Records, to Benefit The National Network For Youth Compilation Includes 2011 Grammy Nominee Dave Eggar, Brooklyn Indie The Paper Raincoat, Critical Fave Michelle Malone, American Idol Finalist Caleb Hawley, Verve artist Lucy Woodward and Many Others MPress Records is proud to confirm the details of 'New Arrivals Volume 4'—a charity compilation CD to benefit The National Network For Youth, whose mission ...

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Jeff Bridges Signs With Blue Note; Album Produced By T-Bone Burnett

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2011

Jeff Bridges Signs With Blue Note Records/Emi Music Group Oscar-Winning Actor And Musician Is Recording His Major-Label Debut Album With Oscar- And Grammy-Award Winning Producer And Crazy Heart Collaborator T-Bone Burnett New York, NY—Having earned an Academy Award for “Best Actor" for his portrayal of a grizzled former country music legend in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, actor and musician Jeff Bridges has signed a recording deal with EMI's Blue Note Records, which will release his major-label debut album in ...

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Karrin Allyson Earns Early Raves for 'Round Midnight' CD, out 5/3 on Concord Jazz

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 19, 2011

Grammy-Nominated Vocalist Karrin Allyson Earns Early Raves for Dreamy CD, 'Round Midnight, Out May 3rd on Concord Jazz USA TODAY: “Exquisite Voice and Elegant Delivery" On 'Round Midnight, Allyson weaves an elegant, understated dreamscape featuring 11 songs by some of the most storied writers in jazz, Broadway and pop music, from Duke Ellington to Stephen Sondheim to Paul Simon—a full track listing follows. The acclaimed release, the singer's thirteenth on Concord Jazz, marks the first time that Allyson plays all ...

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Marcin Wasilewski Trio "Faithful"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
April 19, 2011

Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski and his trio, featuring bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz, continue to impress and astound, but never more so than on the group's newest ECM disc Faithful, a most remarkable feat of collective creativity and improvised music. After waxing some of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's more memorable recent outings (2002's notable Soul of Things, 2004's Suspended Night and 2006's splendid Lontano), the trio—minus drummer Miskiewicz—made drummer/percussionist Manu Katché's ECM discs (2005's Neighbourhood and 2007's Playground) ...

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Jane Ira Bloom Continues Her Journey of Originality with "Wingwalker"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 19, 2011

Jane Ira Bloom is no mimeograph. No Xerox copy. For many years she has been in a place of her own. As a soprano sax master she has developed her unmistakably own sound combined with a sense of phrasing that hangs together with great spatial presence and lucidity. Her compositions parallel the originality of her playing. All this is amply evident on her new CD Wingwalker (Out-Line 140). It's a quartet date with three very compatible fellow-musical artists. Dawn Clement ...

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