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Sam Trapchak's Put Together Funny - Lollipopocalypse (2010)
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Something Else!
By S. Victor Aaron Growing up in the Detroit area, Sam Trapchak's dad played electric bass, and like most musically interested young boys in America, Sam wanted to play guitar. But his father persuaded him to take up bass instead with a piece of irrefutable logic: Everyone always needs a bassist. From there, young Sam was on his way, beginning a way of life that eventually landed him a full scholarship at New Jersey's William Paterson University and the opportunity ...
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New CD, "The Send Off," from Jazz Bassist, Tyson Ailshie
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Michael Ricci
Ailshie Releases New EP DENVER—Independent Jazz recording artist, Tyson Ailshie, has released his first EP length CD entitled The Send Off, featuring original straight ahead jazz trio and duo tracks on the Duo Music Records label. Ailshie, who hails from Denver, Colorado, is playing locally in support of the release February 7th at the Front Range Community College Art Gallery, and will announce other dates shortly. The artist is supported by local musicians Brad Goode, Serafin Sanchez and Antwon Owens ...
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing - The Coimbra Concert (Clean Feed, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
One of the most exciting and innovative bands on the modern jazz scene, Mostly Other People Do the Killing is a jazz ensemble consisting of Peter Evans on trumpet, Jon Irabagon on tenor and sopranino saxophones, Moppa Elliott on bass and Kevin Shea on drums. What makes the band so much fun to follow is the impish delight they take in making music, from the delightful spoof covers to wryly quoting famous jazz songs amidst their original compositions. But make ...
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The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day (1997)
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By Mark Saleski I've been reading bits and pieces of Henry Miller's The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, Miller's collection of essays about his travels around the United States. The expatriate writer had wanted to see what his homeland had become, to get to the core of it all. As with all of his work, Miller pulled no punches—there were parts of the country that disgusted him (Boston and New York), while other places inspired. It's interesting to read his summation of where ...
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How To: Give Fans Control of an Album Release
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HypeBot
Say you're a band from Australia and you have a new album coming out. It's done. You've picked a release date, but it's not really set in stone. There's a tour coming up through the US in April and that seemed like the best time to release it. No point in touring unless you can put an album in people's hands. Here's the catch: you have fans all around the world and it would be unfair to make them wait ...
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Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Telesterion, Live Dates
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JamBase
COMPILATION GATHERS SWEET MEAT FROM MASSIVE SOLO CATALOG Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) has announced the spring 2011 release of a quadruple LP / double CD collection culled from his multiple solo and collaborative albums entitled Telesterion. In celebration of this, Rodriguez Lopez's eponymous band will perform at this year's Coachella Festival and SXSW Music Festival (Sargent House/Rodriguez Lopez Productions showcase). Headlining tour dates are also in the works for late spring, to be announced soon. ...
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Seth Glier Hits #1 on Clearchannel; New CD Is 'Brilliant'
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Seth Cohen PR
Seth Glier CD is “Beautiful; Brilliant; Breathtaking—Sets the Bar High for 2011" — “Incredibly Poetic" Single Hits #1 via ClearChannel Radio; Album Shows Early iTUNES Promise 22-Year Old Phenom Seth Glier Visits Local Hospitals and Shelters Prior to Concerts While on Tour Singer Seth Glier has broken through with his sophomore CD, 'The Next Right Thing' - from universal rave reviews to sold-out concerts to cover stories of Entertainment sections to multiple television appearances, to a rousing radio chart build ...
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From the Stacks: Pico's 2011 Stacks, Volume 1
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Something Else!
Roxy Coss' self-titled debut CD is worth checking out. By S. Victor Aaron Well, I didn't expect I'd being doing this so early. Here we are just weeks into the new year and it's already time to work off some mounting stacks of CD's that have arrived since around Christmas or so. We can't let these fall be the wayside because they're just too hard to ignore, however. It's all jazz, and all released this month, or perhaps a little ...
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