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fo/mo/Deep - CD Release Party @ Vonn Jazz (Columbus) Thursday August 19th 8pm

Source: Michael Ricci
August 19, 2010

fo/mo/deep—CD Release Party @ Vonn Jazz tonight! Greetings Everyone! Our CD was released August 3rd and now it's time to celebrate. Come join us to celebrate the release of our new CD Eclecticism. We will perform all the songs on the CD as well as some our favorites. Seating Thursdays is open but, if planning to have dinner best to call & reserve a table in advance. In the event it's gets full. Call Vonn Jazz @ (614) 431-5299. ...

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Music Fans and Media Celebrate the Release of Piano Red's the Lost Atlanta Tapes CD With Party & Tribute Show

Source: Just Roots PR
August 18, 2010

ATLANTA, GA—A throng of music fans and media from the Southeast converged at Atlanta's Smith's Olde Bar on August 12 to celebrate the release (August 17) of the late and legendary Piano Red's The Lost Atlanta Tapes CD on Landslide Records. Produced by Michael Reeves and David Fulmer for Bang Bang Lulu Productions, The Lost Atlanta Tapes features 18 songs recorded live at Atlanta's Excelsior Mill in 1984, and represents the iconic entertainer's last known recording. It features some of ...

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Mike Hallal Band Releases New Album: Hatchet Blues

Source: Just Roots PR
August 18, 2010

Roots rock originals include lyrics inspired by Obama book Lynn, MA —The Boston-based Mike Hallal Band has released a new 12-song, 64-minute album of original roots rock, titled Hatchet Blues, available today at iTunes and other popular online and mobile sites. Featuring live-in-studio recordings of basic tracks and lead vocals, the new album captures the raw power and spontaneity of the 4-piece “gutbucket blues" crew (as The Noise tagged them in '09). The band's previous release, Live at Lizard Lounge, ...

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Coleman Hawkins Outplays Himself in Savory Collection

Source: AAJ Staff
August 18, 2010

There isn't just one recording angel, or even a select few; there are thousands, maybe millions. Each rediscovery of old sound recordings comes to us through a different human filter: a person with a specific job, with specific tastes or aspirations. And yet some recordings seem as if they were meant to survive, as if they were too good not to, no matter what the circumstances of their transmission through the ages, their purpose and their ownership and their custodians. ...

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George Harrison and Ravi Shankar: Collaborations out 10/19

Source: JamBase
August 18, 2010

DARK HORSE RELEASE OUT OCTOBER 19 Dark Horse Records announced today the October 19 release of a limited edition deluxe box set from George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, entitled Collaborations. The release honors the sitar master's 90th birthday. Collaborations is a 3 CD and 1 DVD uniquely numbered limited edition box set. All compositions were composed by Ravi Shankar and produced by George Harrison over a period of 20 years. The DVD is a rare concert performance of the Ravi ...

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Eric Hofbauer to Celebrate New CD at Johnny D'S September 15th

Source: Improvised Communications
August 18, 2010

On Wednesday, September 15th, guitarist/composer Eric Hofbauer will celebrate his latest recording, American Fear (Creative Nation Music), with a hometown CD release concert at Johnny D's in Somerville, Massachusetts. The opening set will feature selections from the record, an intimate and inclusive collection of solo guitar performances that musically explore how fear is reflected and manifested in American culture. Hofbauer will then be joined by his working quartet, The Infrared Band, to preview several new original pieces from the group's ...

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Win The New Ayako Shirasaki CD Set For Release September 7th

Source: Jan Matthies Music Management
August 18, 2010

Falling Leaves—Live in Hamburg, the stunning new solo jazz piano album from frequent finalist in major U.S. jazz piano competitions Ayako Shirasaki, will be released by Jan Matthies Records on September 7, 2010. Shirasaki has been sharing her dramatic improvisational approach with listeners worldwide for the past 10 years, Falling Leaves—Live in Hamburg is her 4th album. The CD has been recorded on October 17, 2009 at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg. The German Jazz Magazine Jazzthetik had this to say about ...

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