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"G.R.A.S.S. On Fire" A Jazz-Fueled Take on Seminal Bob Marley Album
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GoMedia PR
Eleven Musicians of the Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society Instrumentally Interpret Music from Catch a Fire With the release of G.R.A.S.S. on Fire, G.R.A.S.S—the appropriately abbreviated Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society—have taken on the challenge of bringing the music of the legendary Bob Marley and the Wailers to an entirely new level. On G.R.A.S.S. on Fire, this collection of eleven intrepid musician/explorers “dedicated to bringing the sounds of classic Ska and Reggae to the fine people of Brooklyn and beyond," ...
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Danish Jazz Comets Release Debut Album
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Michael Ricci
“Lars Fiil Quartet plays modern and competent jazz featuring amazing solo performances, great unity of execution and solid compositions. They just touched us, and we were captivated by their sound and their intensity." These words marked the announcement of the Danish-based Lars Fiil Quartet as winners of the prestigious competition Young Jazz in April 2010. This triumph led to long domestic as well as foreign tours, and the quartet's success continued when they participated in the pan-Scandinavian competition “Young Nordic ...
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Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
When I bought this disc many years ago, the music manager of the now defunct Borders in Colonie, NY told me a story that for this record date Gordon had brought a number of complicated originals to the studio. Pianist Bud Powell was having none of it however, and in the end the album focused on well known popular and jazz standards. Whether this story was apocryphal or not, it was a wise decision. Gordon and Powell, along with Pierre ...
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Noah Preminger - Before the Rain (2011)
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Something Else!
By Pico In 2008, then-21 year old tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger issued his debut CD Dry Bridge Road, one that made much of an impression. Fresh out of the New England Conservatory, Dry Bridge Road racked up recognition from publications like Jazztimes, Jazz Review and the Village Voice, where it won the Jazz Critics' Poll Best Debut Of The Year. Now twenty-four, Preminger has followed up with Before The Rain, an album where he astutely avoids the dreaded sophomore slump. ...
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Arturo O' Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Release New CD Titled "40 Acres and Burro" on Zoho Records.
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Two for the Show Media
Release Date: February 8, 2011 Yes—we, the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, are still here, 3+ years after leaving the womb of institutional life at a great cultural organization in Manhattan. Some said we'd never make it, but here we are,doing pretty well, too! We have our own non-profit organization and a New York concert season, perform internationally, record, provide educational programs in the public schools, commission, and maintain a library of Afro Latin Jazz music that is a unique treasure. ...
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Pianist Landon Knoblock and Drummer Jason Furman Release New CD for Fractamodi Music Titled "Gasoline Rainbow."
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Two for the Show Media
Pianist Landon Knoblock and drummer Jason Furman have been making music together for over 10 years. From their first performance together at a North Miami Beach mega church to their subsequent weddings gigs, club dates, and bar mitzvahs, they never played jazz or improvised. That all changed when an off the cuff recording session turned into an inspired exploration of sound and space, texture and rhythm. An exciting and spontaneous musical duo was born. Described as “highly satisfying" by Luca ...
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Amy Speace's Third Album "Land Like a Bird" Chronicles a Move That Opened New Doors
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conqueroo
Thirty Tigers album due in stores March 29; Kim Richey contributes vocals, Neilson Hubbard produced. Also this year, Speace to be seen in Big Star documentary NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Amy Speace wrote her new album, Land Like a Bird, with her life in a state of transition. Having spent many years in Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey, surrounded by concrete, taxi horns and rushing trains, Speace suddenly found herself in the South. She'd done quite well as a New Yorker: she was ...
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Bill Evans His Piano and Orchestra Play Theme from the V.I.P.S and Other Great Songs
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
Like many controversial films or books that take some effort or expense to understand properly, some records are better known by their reputation than by their actual merit. This particularly unwieldy album, bearing a significantly unwieldy title, certainly ranks among these. As a pianist, Bill Evans (1929-80) was seldom captured in orchestral situations. When he was, the records were—and unfortunately now more than before still are—unfavorably compared to his prodigious trio outings and occasional solo recordings. This 1963 album, variously ...
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