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Violinist/Composer Majid Khaliq Releases New CD Titled "The Basilisk"
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Two for the Show Media
Majid Khaliq's The Basilisk is a spellbinding and unforgettable compilation of jazz compositions. The album launches into a musical progression that moves through a series of original compositions that will surprise, inspire and intrigue. The recording is an extraordinary connection between master musicians and composition. Majid Khaliq is joined on the project by Jeb Patton on piano, Charles Porter on trumpet, Ivan Taylor on bass, Johnathan Blake on drums, & Eric “ELEW" Lewis on piano. Give a listen to a ...
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Saxophonist/Composer David Binney Releases New CD on Mythology Records Titled "Graylen Epicenter"
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Two for the Show Media
Graylen Epicenter is the new 2011 Release from New York Based Saxophonist David Binney. The album is of all new original material and features Guitarist Wayne Krantz along with Chris Potter, Brian Blade, Gretchen Parlato, Dan Weiss, & Ambrose Akinmusire among others. Check out Binney's new masterpiece. Numerous media personal have already deemed this recording the record of the year! David Binney (Alto,Soprano Saxophones,Vocal);Gretchen Parlato (Vocal); Wayne Krantz (guitars); Ambrose Akinmusire (Trumpet); Chris Potter (Tenor Saxophone); Craig Taborn (Piano); Eivind ...
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James McMurtry Albums Reissued: 'Childish Things' & 'Aught-Three'
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Live album that marked McMurtry's re-emergence also to be released on vinyl for first time. The singer-songwriter will perform solo and also co-headline dates with the Bottle Rockets in 2011. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Childish Things and Live in Aught-Three, two of singer-songwriter James McMurtry's most popular albums, will be reissued by Lightning Rod Records on February 1, 2011. Live in Aught-Three has been remastered since its original 2004 release and will be available on vinyl for the first time. The deluxe double ...
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New York vocalist Yvonne Roome pays homage to American standards on new CD
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Lauren Rogers
Born in Sweden but firmly embedded in New York, vocalist Yvonne Roome has released more than eight albums of sophisticated vintage jazz, drawing upon American, European, and Latin influences that span generations. Her latest album, the wittily titled Roome for All, is an electrifying, life-affirming album recorded live in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Featuring the backing band Trio Balula Cid—pianist Joao Balula Cid, bassist Vasco Sousa, and drummer Urbano Oliveira—Roome for All is a collection of American jazz standards ...
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Windfall Light: The Visual Language of ECM
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
For those of us of a certain age, buying music was once considered something special. It wasn't only just getting that one song you liked. It wasn't even the excitement of owning someone's latest album. Buying music in the last half of the 20th Century—for me, the 1970s and 80s especially—meant getting a record that introduced you to more songs and new kinds of music, with musician and songwriting credits to learn about others who might make more of the ...
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Big Walter Horton - Blues Harmonica Giant (JSP, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Big Walter “Shakey" Horton was an influential blues harmonica player and singer who recorded as a leader and a sideman for a variety of labels from the early 1950's until the late 1970's. Horton has a huge impact amongst blues players, but was rather reticent himself, preferring to play as a sideman rather than aggressively promote himself as a leader. This compilation has two discs that cover Horton's early records under his own name from 1951-1956, primarily for the Sun ...
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Shauli Einav - Opus One (2011)
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Something Else!
By Pico The steady stream of highly talented young jazz musicians continue to flow from Israel to New York. We've gone from Avishai Cohen to, uh, Avishai Cohen and everyone in between, like Amos Hoffman and Oz Noy. Earlier this week, we officially welcomed another Israeli musician into the fold as leading recording artists with the first widely distributed album led by tenor and soprano bop specialist Shauli Einav. Reflecting the big statements Einav sought to make as a first ...
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The Friday Morning Listen: Yes - Big Generator (1987)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski I used to wonder, “Uh...what happened?" It took four years for Yes to come out with a follow up to 1983's huge 90125 and what we got was Big Generator. I'm don't really remember what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. To be fair, the record actually has some fun songs on it. “Rhythm of Love" and “Love Will Find A Way" did get some airplay, but “Owner of a Lonely Heart" and “Leave It" threw ...
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