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Backgrounder - Dizzy Gillespie - Gillespiana
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1956, a year after Juan Perón's regime was overthrown, Lalo Schifrin returned to Buenos Aires, Argentina, from Paris a professional jazz musician—much to his parents' dismay. “They feared I wouldn't be able to earn a living," Lalo told me in 2012 at his home in Beverly Hills. When Dizzy Gillespie performed in Buenos Aires later that year, Mr. Schifrin attended his concerts and played for him at a reception. “Dizzy asked me to come to the U.S., but I ...
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Buddy Rich’s 'Birdland' Lp To Be Re-released On Limited Edition Translucent Red Vinyl July 21, 2023
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Lightyear Entertainment and Lobitos Creek Ranch, in association with Scabeba Entertainment and the Buddy Rich Estate, have announced the release of a special limited-edition version of the best-selling live album Birdland featuring Buddy Rich and his Killer Force Band at the peak of their performing years. The new release will be a 180-gram audiophile translucent red vinyl collector’s edition. It will be released July 21 through Virgin/Universal Music Group and will temporarily replace the original black vinyl version, which has ...
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Backgrounder: Frankie Laine Jazz Spectacular
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the mid-1940s, Frankie Laine was an up-and-coming club singer with a jazz feel. His first recordings were in Los Angeles in 1944 and '45, but by the summer of 1946 he signed with the newly formed Mercury Records, where Mitch Miller was head of A&R. So began a string of jazz-flavored pop hits that included That's My Desire, By the River Sainte Marie, Black and Blue and others. No one up until that point could bring the vocal drama ...
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Bassist-Producer Frank Swart Releases 'Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures' Featuring Gary Bartz, Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Bill Evans, Warren Wolf And Idris Ackamoor
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
In his wide-ranging career, bassist, guitarist, arranger, composer, producer, and engineer Frank Swart has contributed to countless sessions covering a wide range of music, from rock and funk to psychedelic acid jazz. In recent times, under the Funkwrench Blues name, he has created and produced 146 singles (at the time of this writing) that have been released once every two weeks, featuring such major artists as Mike Stern, Charlie Hunter, John Medeski, Oz Noy, Fred Wesley, and the late Lucky ...
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Don Braden: Earth Wind and Wonder, Vol. 2
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
It has long astonished me that so many jazz musicians choose to ignore the Third Great American Songbook when looking for songs to cover on albums and in performance. Instead, many regularly turn to songs by composers such as Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, and Jimmy Van Heusen. Or they turn to jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and others (do we really need another Satin Doll or Cherokee?). Others have dipped into the well of what ...
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Resonance Records Is Proud To Present Brazilian Legend Ivan Lins With A Symphony Orchestra In The Most Sumptuous Album Of His Career
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Ivan Lins is one of the most treasured and recorded Brazilian composers in the world and a melodist with few equals. The winner of four Latin Grammy Awards, Lins has recorded nearly fifty albums since 1970; they contain countless songs, notably “Madalena” and “Começar de Novo” (To Begin Again), that have become standards in his country. “Love Dance,” cowritten with his longtime arranger, Gilson Peranzzetta, and lyricist Paul Williams, is Lins’s English-language classic. Its performers include Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, ...
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Hip Holland: Modern Jazz in the Netherlands (1950-70)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Netherlands had one of the most strategic locations in Europe for touring American jazz musicians. Artists often started Continental road trips in Paris and then worked their way north by train, stopping in Brussels, Belgium, before continuing on to Rotterdam and Amsterdam in Holland. From there, they made their way east to Hamburg, Germany, and then north to Copenhagen and into Scandinavia before returning to the U.S. Sometimes this path was reversed. Also fundamental to the Netherlands' exposure to ...
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Monika Ryan Introduces 'Playfully' — A Fresh Vocal Jazz Album That Invites Everyone To Play Fully. Appearing June 26th At The Cutting Room!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Monika Ryan, award-winning jazz vocalist and songwriter, is celebrating her latest album, Playfully. Featuring eleven original tracks, “Playfully is a spirited celebration of life, love, and the pursuit of happiness,” says Monika Ryan. She is joined by a trio of veteran collaborators—Steve Einerson on piano, Rene Hart on bass, and Alvester Garnett on drums—adding depth and emotion to each song. Recorded at Kaleidoscope Sound studio by Chris Parks, Monika Ryan has made it her most ambitious album to date, having ...
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