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Fully Altered Media Client Release Schedule **Spring 2011**

Source: Fully Altered Media
March 2, 2011

Chris Parrello —Things I Wonder (Stray Dog Music)—January 25 Chris Parrello—guitars, compositions; Karlie Bruce—vocals/lyrics; Ian Young—saxophones; Kevin Thomas—bass; Aviv Cohen—drums; Rubin Kodheli—cello; Greg Glassman—trumpet; Rich Hinman—pedal steel

February

Yaron Herman - Follow the White Rabbit (ACT Music)—February 8 Yaron Herman—piano; Chris Tordini—bass; Tommy Crane—drums

Youn Sun Nah— Same Girl (ACT Music) —February 8 Youn Sun Nah—vocals, kalimba, music box, kazoo; Ulf Wakenius—guitars; Lars Danielsson—acoustic bass, cello; Xavier Desandre-Navarre—percussion: Roland Brival—narration ...

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Johnny Cash: Bootleg Vol. 2

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 2, 2011

If you've ever been down South and driven the Interstates shoulder to shoulder with eight-wheelers or stopped for a chicken lunch and sweet tea at a diner filled with locals, then you surely already appreciate the soul of Johnny Cash. If you haven't done any of this, Cash will leave an impression on you if you give him a chance. Unlike Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis or the other slickers who came out of Memphis in the mid-1950s ...

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Jazz Flutist Ilona Kudina Releases "Nothing But Illusion" with drummer Billy Hart, trumpeter Greg Hopkins, pianist Vardan Ovsepian and bassist Akili Jamal Haynes

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
March 2, 2011

The Ilona Kudina Jazz Quintet Set to Perform at Scullers Jazz Club Tuesday, April 6, 2011, 8 PM Boston, MA—Ilona Kudina, who hails from the tiny Republic of Latvia and who has been living in Boston since 2001, is a fine flutist Informed by rigorous childhood classical training in Europe but equally comfortable in jazz genres. Her impeccable classical performances have been recorded on several CDs and she has been heard in many classical and jazz concerts throughout the Greater ...

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All About Jazz / SonicBids MP3 Download of the Month for January: Lola Danza "Mountain Rabbit" from Vision Quest

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March 2, 2011

All About Jazz has selected Lola Danza's “Mountain Rabbit" from Vision Quest as our featured SonicBids MP3 Download of the Month for January. You can download and listen to the track for free here. Enjoy! Your friends at All About Jazz and SonicBids About the All About Jazz/SonicBids Download Program 6.4 million downloads and going strong! All About Jazz has offered a free full-length MP3 daily since 2005. We also select and feature at least one track per month through ...

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Miles Davis "Bitches Brew Live"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
March 1, 2011

Many years ago when there was evolution and revolution in music, change was palpable. Today, too much music is just churned out by the latest technology. Only the faces change. The music machine is fueled by “product" and (or) stuff that sounds too much like something that's already been done before. But as the 1970s dawned, jazz was losing a lot of its audience to indifferent music and the onslaught of rock. Miles Davis, keenly aware of this transformation, watched ...

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"Habanera" by Sergio Puccini

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
March 1, 2011

Spanish guitarist Sergio Puccini's recent record Romerias features Lalo Schifrin's title piece, a suite of nine solo guitar pieces that the composer was commissioned to write in 1986 by famed guitarist Angel Romero. Puccini's remarkable performance here marks the first time this suite has been recorded in its entirety. The guitarist plays as if he knows exactly what the composer is aiming for—guitar artistry that touches on both classical structures and jazz inflections. Puccini takes the piece and his performance ...

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Gabor Szabo: All About Jazz Playlist

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
March 1, 2011

All About Jazz's My iTunes Playlists are designed to help music lovers compile their own “best of" iPod playlists or CDR compilations. Here is the playlist I constructed to help introduce new listeners to what I consider to be the best of Gabor Szabo's readily available recordings. Guitarist Gabor Szabo (1936-82) made a big noise in the early 1960s as part of Chico Hamilton's quintet. Szabo, who had one of the most unique sounds in jazz, later went on to ...

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Markus Reuter's "Todmorden 513:" Algorithmic Poetics

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
March 1, 2011

Markus Reuter has created an hour-long piece for ten players based on the algorithmic trans- formation, extension and reordering of musical material. He calls the work Todmorden 513. That the work is the product of some sophisticated methodological approaches is not uninteresting. But I've stayed away from that at this point to concentrate on a deep listening of the work. And having done this I come up for air to write up what I am feeling as I hear it. ...

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