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Bassist/Producer Frank Swart's 'Mischief In The Musitorium' Features Vernon Reid, Lenny White, Donald Harrison And More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
A new record bringing together some of the most fearless voices in modern music: Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Nduduzo Makhathini, Jason Marsalis, Lenny White (Miles Davis and Return to Forever), G Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman), Donald Harrison and Bill Summers (The Headhunters). This album is a collision of alt-jazz, progressive blues, and improvisational fusion- equal parts groove, chaos & cosmos. It doesn’t sit neatly in any category, and that’s the point! Think Ornette meets King Crimson in a NOLA warehouse. ...
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Deep Energy Orchestra Unveils Expansive New Album The Science Of Sound On 7D Media Featuring Members Of Snarky Puppy, Kansas, King Crimson, The 4th Dimension, Shakti & Others
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Deep Energy Orchestra will release its third studio album, The Science of Sound, on October 24, 2025, through 7D Media. Conceived and led by composer, producer, and bassist Jason Everett (aka Mister E), the album represents a culmination of global collaboration, complex composition, and genre-defying instrumentation. Following the ensemble’s critically acclaimed albums Playing With Fire (2018) and The Return (2020), this new release builds on the orchestra’s distinctive fusion of Indian classical rhythms, progressive rock, jazz, funk, and orchestral textures. ...
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Burnin' Hot New Release - The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra - Live At Dizzy's
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
For nearly 15 years the Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra (SOLJO) has been one of the most precious hidden treasures of the Bronx, NYC’s majority Hispanic borough. SOLJO was founded by trumpeter-educator Oquendo, who has performed alongside Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Cuco Peña, Wynton Marsalis, & many others. It started as a rehearsal band comprised of a diverse assortment of some of NYC’s most talented musicians that soon found itself with a weekly residency in the Throgs Neck ...
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Threegonos – Modern Jazz Unity Release 'Questioni Di Pensiero'
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Alexandra Loria
Questioni di Pensiero (Matters Of Thought): A Genre-Bending Journey Through Contemporary Jazz Italian jazz collective Threegonos—Modern Jazz Unity, led by visionary bassist Toni Armetta, unveils their highly anticipated second studio album, Questioni di Pensiero (Matters Of Thought), a sonically adventurous project rooted in modern jazz and expanded by global influences. This groundbreaking album, physically launched on May 31st and presented live at Rome's prestigious Alexander Platz, is a testament to two decades of artistic evolution and boundary-pushing musical exploration. The ...
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'El Maestro' Irving Flores Readies Thrilling Afro-cuban Jazz Sextet Project With Giovanni Hidalgo & Horacio “El Negro” Hernández; 'Armando Mi Conga' Arrives August 26
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1888 Media
Acclaimed pianist, composer, and arranger Irving Flores is set to release his most ambitious project to date, ;Armando Mi Conga (Amor de Flores Productions), available on CD and all streaming platforms beginning August 26, 2025. A vibrant celebration of Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz, the 9-song album blends virtuosity with soul — and features an all-star lineup of Grammy-winning legends. “This is a love letter to Latin America,” says Flores. “It’s my journey and a tribute to the rhythms that ...
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UMe To Release New Frank Sinatra Double Vinyl Set ‘The Giants Of Jazz’
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Universal Music Enterprises
INCLUDES RARE PHOTOS & ORIGINAL ARTWORK UMe, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises, announces a new exclusive double-vinyl collection from Frank Sinatra, featuring his historic collaborations with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, entitled The Giants Of Jazz, out September 26, 2025. This special release includes a pair of timeless albums—It Might As Well Be Swing with Count Basie and His Orchestra and Francis A. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington—newly remastered from the archival recordings. The package includes a new ...
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Pianist-Composer Armen Donelian Underscores His Jazz Legacy With A New Reissue Of 'Stargazer,' His 1981 Debut, By Sunnyside Records On October 3
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Produced when pianist-composer Armen Donelian was not yet 30 years old, Stargazer—his debut recording as a leader—was released in 1981 on an indie Japanese record label and only available elsewhere as a hard-to-find import. Until now, that is. On October 3, Donelian’s longtime label Sunnyside Records will reissue Stargazer, a stunning and remarkably assured trio date with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Billy Hart, for the first time in nearly 45 years. The reissue comes just in time for Donelian’s ...
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Bassist And Composer Wink Winkelmann - Debut Release - Be It Known
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Be It Known marks the long-anticipated debut of bassist and composer Wink Winkelmann—a bold and genre-defying statement from an artist whose musical path has been anything but conventional. After a 15-year hiatus spent studying medicine and practicing dermatologic surgery, the Venice, California–based Winkelmann quietly cultivated his sound as a self-taught composer. His breakthrough moment came with the hauntingly evocative score for the critically-acclaimed film by Duane Hansen Fernandez, “A Place to Fall Down.” Building on that momentum, Winkelmann assembled a ...
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