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NYC Artist Sweet Megg Releases New Western Swing Album 'My Window Faces The South'
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EMPKT PR
NYC eclectic jazz artist Sweet Megg (Megg Farrell) introduces her new Western Swing album, entitled My Window Faces the South, out on September 16, 2022 on Turtle Bay Records. The album consists of 11 tracks representing a broad range of early 20th century American music composed by some of the biggest songwriting legends, including Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Waller, and the “King of Western Swing” Bob Wills. Megg splits her time between Nashville and Brooklyn, so it was fitting that she ...
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Roberto Magris: Duo & Trio
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I've known Roberto Magris for many years, dating back to the early days of this blog. In fact, I interviewed him in 2008. The Italian jazz pianist is enormously gifted as a player and composer. I love his feel. He swings, and his playing is always hip and breathtakingly beautiful. Now he's out with an album of trio and duo recordings made in 2012 and 2019, respectively. It's called Roberto Magris: Duo & Trio. The duo recordings feature Roberto with ...
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Jack McDuff: Live at Parnell's, 1982
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In June 1982, Brother Jack McDuff was in Seattle to play a week-long run at Parnell's, the city's major jazz club. Joining the organist was Danny Wollinski on tenor saxophone, Henry Johnson on guitar and Garrick King on drums. McDuff even brought along his own Hammond B3 organ for the date. Fortunately, the club's resident sound engineer, Scott Hawthorn, who was friends with McDuff, recorded the quartet. Now we can hear what this monster combo sounded like with the release ...
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Backgrounder: Bill Evans - 'Solo Sessions, Vol. 1'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In January 1963, producer Orrin Keepnews brought Bill Evans into the studio to record solo. It's unclear whether Orrin did this to bank away Evans tapes prior to him signing with Verve or whether this was done because Evans needed cash and Keepnews decided to record him early in order to advance him payment. Either way, the material wasn't released until 1984, when the tracks were included in Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings in 1984 and, again in 1989, ...
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Pianist-Composer George Colligan's 'King's Dream,' His 36th Album As A Leader & 5th As A Solo Pianist, Due November 11 On PJCE Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
George Colligan expresses the complexities and conflicting emotions of our confusing, sometimes chaotic times with the November 11 release of King’s Dream (PJCE). Though not quite a sequel, the album builds on many of the themes presented on his previous solo album, 2018’s Nation Divided. The 11 original compositions on King’s Dream (Colligan’s 36th album as a leader) are not all new: Some of them go as far back as 2008. But like all the best improvised jazz, the tunes ...
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JMood Records Releases Roberto Magris' 'Duo & Trio' Featuring Saxophonist Mark Colby
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Paul Collins Artist Management International
“I enjoy a good wine, says Paul Collins of JMood Records. Whenever I have a chance to attend a wine tasting, I look forward to the sommelier explaining various aspects of the wine. Things such as, the grape, the region, the vineyard and owners, the aging process, hints added, what to pair it with and lastly, tasting the product. With our new product, we have captured several textures and complexities of the jazz legacy and preserved them in time. Packaged ...
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NYC Drummer Graham Doby 'Weathered Crown' New Release! Straight-Ahead To Funk!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Graham Doby is a NYC-based drummer and composer. His sound has been described as “tremendously agile," with poly-rhythmic jazz fluidity grounded in funk and rock four-on-the-floor groove sensibility. Doby has shared the stage with The Impressions, George Clinton, Trombone Shorty, Thank You Scientist, and Antibalas. A drummer for over 20 years, Doby has cultivated his own diverse creative community that shares resources and networks in addition to talents and styles. Doby's new album Weathered Crown features a changing cast of ...
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Brian Eaton Unveils New Album, ‘All The Earth Will Mourn,’ With Help From A Couple Of His Favorite Artists
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All About Jazz
The new album, All The Earth Will Mourn, by musician/composer/producer Brian Eaton is out now on digital platforms via his label, Eatin’ Records. The album explores jazz fusion in new directions creating a tapestry of emotion and expectation with creative interpolations of nuance and rhythm and is influenced by the fusion and prog rock music Eaton embraced as a young musician. Seven-Time Grammy winner Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group) raved, “All The Earth Will Mourn is a beautiful sounding album ...
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