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Bootsy Collins: Tha Funk Capitol of the World
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JamBase
LEGENDARY FUNKATEER TEAMS WITH GEORGE CLINTON, CHUCK D, SNOOP DOGG, REV. AL SHARPTON, DR. CORNEL WEST, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, ICE CUBE AND MORE Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer and legendary bassist Bootsy Collins, known worldwide for pioneering funk music with James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic, will release his first new album in five years, Tha Funk Capitol of the World, April 26 on Mascot Records. Collins collaborated with fellow P-Funkers George Clinton and Bernie Worrell on the ...
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Sonny Stitt's Prestige Ballads
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Between 1949 and 1952, saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded close to 70 sides for Prestige as a leader and sideman. Excluding Charlie Parker, Lester Young and James Moody, it's hard to think of too many other artists during this period who produced as much exciting and consistently dynamic material for a single label. Later, in the 12-inch LP era, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and others, of course, would come to define prolific recording excellence. The box that comprehensively captures ...
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Trombone Shorty's "Backatown" is Back At #1
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conqueroo
Trombone Shorty is nominated for a GRAMMY, Six Offbeat Awards, and is Elmore magazine's cover story, “Bound for Glory" Artists To Watch in 2011" LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In its 38th week of release, Trombone Shorty's Grammy-nominated Backatown returns to #1 on Billboard magazine's Contemporary Jazz CD chart this coming week. Backatown went immediately to #1 on its release in April of 2010 and held the top position for nine straight weeks, rarely straying from the Top Five in the past nine ...
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Danish Music Artist Nattefrost Takes Electronic Music To A Higher Level
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Denmark—When you think about great electronic music artists, names like Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream. Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk, Vangelis, Kitaro and Jean Michel Jarre immediately spring to mind. Now Danish electronic music composer Nattefrost can be proudly added to this list of prestigious artists. As reviewer Paul Rijkens recently stated, “Nattefrost has become quite a 'household name' in serious electronic music!" Meaning “Nightfrost" in English, Nattefrost is actually the alias for musician Bjørn Jeppesen, who describes his work as “synthesizer based ...
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"Opus One," the Plus Loin Music Debut of Israeli Saxophonist-Composer Shauli Einav
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Rolling Thunder PR
CD Release Celebrations Announced for Boston and New York International Tour To Follow Today's international release of Opus One marks the emergence of a promising new talent on the jazz scene, saxophonist-composer-arranger and bandleader Shauli Einav. On his startling debut, from the French Plus Loin Music label, the gifted young musician is accompanied by a stellar crew that includes pianist Shai Maestro, trombonist Andy Hunter, bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer Johnathan Blake. Together they interpret this richly rewarding music with ...
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Deep Cuts: Forgotten Prog-Rock Gems from Yes
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Something Else!
By Something Else Reviews News that Yes — the newest iteration, anyway—was in studio completing its first new recording in 10 years got us thinking about this shape-shifting progressive rock act. Pity the poor soul trying to sort through anything beyond the obvious ("Roundabout," “And You and I," “Long Distance Runaround," “Owner of a Lonely Heart") with a band that has taken more twists and turns than the fantastical lettering created for its album covers by Roger Dean. (We count ...
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Jazz pianist Roy Meriwether covers Prince classic on reissued CD
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Lauren Rogers
When it was released in 1984, Prince's landmark Purple Rain album began to influence generations of artists from multiple genres. One of those was pianist Roy Meriwether. Meriwether was so taken by one track in particular, “The Beautiful Ones," that he decided to cover it. But Meriwether did more than simply remake it; he molded the song's then-groundbreaking mélange of synth-pop and R&B to his own style, giving it a jazzy elegance and a breathtaking piano jam that matched Prince's ...
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