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Bassist Avery Sharpe Releases New CD Titled the Avery Sharpe Trio Live.

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 26, 2010

Avery Sharpe Trio Live @ Fraser Performance Studio at WGBH

JKNM Records AS89898 CD release: April 13th, 2010 The Avery Sharpe Trio Live is the new release from bass great and long time band mate of McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe. The recording is a live date from the WGBH Fraser Performance Studio on October 15th, 2008. Included on the new release are musical contributions from Avery Sharpe, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Oscar Hammerstein, McCoy Tyner and Yusef Lateef. Sharpe's trio is ...

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Canadian Jazz Diva Ranee Lee Releases "Lives Upstairs" on Justin Time Records

Source: DL Media
April 26, 2010

CANADIAN JAZZ DIVA RANEE LEE RELEASES LIVES UPSTAIRS ON JUSTIN TIME RECORDS2010 JUNO AWARD-WINNER VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEARRECORDED LIVE AT ACCLAIMED CANADIAN JAZZ CLUB, UPSTAIRSIt's been a rather amazing journey for Ranee Lee, who for several decades has reigned virtually unchallenged as the Queen of Canada's jazz divas. Ms. Lee recently won the coveted Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year(beating out Diana Krall, Emilie-Claire Barlow and Carol Welsman) for ...

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McCartney Catalog Reissued

Source: JamBase
April 26, 2010

MULTI-ALBUM ROLLOUT BEGINS WITH AUGUST RELEASE OF '73 CLASSIC BAND ON THE RUN FEATURING REMASTERED AUDIO, ENHANCED PACKAGING AND RARE BONUS CONTENT

Paul McCartney Paul McCartney's MPL and Concord Music Group have announced an agreement to globally market and distribute McCartney's solo and Wings catalog. The announcement coincides with the 40th anniversary of McCartney, his first solo album released April, 1970.

This exclusive global arrangement, will cover both physical and digital distribution of McCartney's post-Beatles catalog including landmark ...

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Paul Desmond - "Emily" (1975)

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 26, 2010

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More Highnote High Jinks! Wallace Roney and Joe Chambers Drop New Releases (2010)

Source: Something Else!
April 25, 2010

By PicoLast Tuesday, HighNote Records furnished two new CD's, each by established veterans of the jazz scene. Look on the back of just about any classic Blue Note album from the 60s, and you're likely to see Joe Chambers' name listed as the drummer. And while there's no notable drum solos to be found on those records, his sweet, subtle style helped to shape the Blue Note Sound as much as Rudy Van Gelder's production and the visionary ...

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Bassist/Composer Alper Yilmaz Releases New CD Titled "Over the Clouds" on Kayique Records Featuring David Binney and Nir Felder.

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 26, 2010

Bassist/composer Alper Yilmaz is back with a brilliant follow up to his critically acclaimed debut release titled “Clashes." released in 2007. The new release is titled “Over the Clouds" and features several new compositions from the Turkish born bassist. Yilmaz surrounds himself here with some of the top jazz artists of the genre. The ensemble is made up of the great David Binney on alto saxophone, Nir Felder on guitar, Bodek Janke on drums and percussion, Volkan Oktem on drums ...

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New CD by Retta Christie + Dave Frishberg and David Evans Due 5/18

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 26, 2010

Retta Christie makes American music to be enjoyed. If the Portland vocalist has a heartfelt reaction to a song, she sings it her own way, regardless of the style or tradition whence it came. She draws on Western swing, jazz, country and western, and the Great American Songbook and makes all of it her own. Christie's surprising song choices, her breezy sense of swing, and her gift for conveying the emotional essence of a lyric are in ample display on ...

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Ozomatli's 'Fire Away'

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2010

Not many L.A. bands can boast of having a piece of the calendar named in their honor.

But April 23 was recently designated by the city as Ozomatli Day to give props to the artistically mongrel ensemble that for 15 years has been burning holes in local dance floors that is, when they're not playing gala gigs for Barack and Michelle Obama, or touring as official State Department cultural ambassadors, preaching peace, love and kick-butt hip-hop/salsa beats in Myanmar, China ...

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