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Chris Burton Jacome Reinterprets a Tradition in the Spanish Southwest

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
March 12, 2010

Flamenco Rising: Chris Burton Jacome Reinterprets a Tradition in the Spanish Southwest

Sometimes it takes an outsider to innovate within a tradition. And sometimes that outsider is less outside than it appears. Flamenco guitarist Chris Burton Jacome is just that kind of outsider. His new album, Levanto (release: April 13, 2010), is a studio adaptation of an original full-length flamenco performance (dancers and palmas included) by Calo Flamenco, a touring music and dance ensemble based in Phoenix, Arizona. Few realize ...

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Marcus Printup - Ballads All Night (Steeplechase)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 12, 2010

What's a Young Lion to do when he starts to grow long in the tooth? Only a few years past forty, Marcus Printup still has quite a ways to go until he reaches retirement age though he's been in the game for several decades and paid a number of dues. One in particular ended up a lemons-into-lemonade affair. After a promising start on Blue Note stalled in the wake of waning corporate jazz tastes at the close of the last ...

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Grover Washington: Inner City Blues

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 12, 2010

I consider Marvin Gaye's What's Going On to be one of the last great jazz albums. Though technically a soul recording, much of its heart remains deeply rooted in jazz's orchestral tradition and progressive consciousness. The party chatter that opens Gaye's album is akin to the banter near the start of James Moody's Disappointed. Flyin' High has Billie Holiday written all over it. Mercy, Mercy Me and Miles Ahead from Miles Davis' album of the same name are similar concept-album ...

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1% For the Planet Album Johnson, Browne, Potter, ALO

Source: JamBase
March 12, 2010

Artists Raise Money and Awareness with 1% for the Planet Album

1% for the Planet, a global network of 1,200 companies that donate 1% of annual sales to environmental causes, has released a digital music compilation: 1% for the Planet: The Music, Vol. 1, the world's first music compilation dedicated to supporting non-profit organizations working to create a healthy planet. The album aims to accelerate the 1% movement by engaging more people and inspiring more companies to join.

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David Haney Trio - Blue Flint Girl (Cimp)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 11, 2010

Canadian pianist David Haney isn't reticent about diving into the deep end when it comes to challenging settings for his instrument. He's regularly explored novel combinations, notably a duo with trombonist Julian Priester, along with the conventional context of bass and drums accompaniment. Even in familiar piano trio surroundings, his approach avoids the easy or ordinary. Additional mitigating factors for this particular date included regional record highs in heat and humidity and a recording space that offered only minimal ventilation. ...

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Pink Floyd's Dark Side Eclipses Concept Album Classics

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2010

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon turns 37 Wednesday after another year kicking ass on every concept album that came before or after it. The English quartet's sixth studio effort is a seamless masterpiece that cannot be readily sliced and diced into iTunes singles for sale, as the band argues during its ongoing dispute with its record label, EMI. Confidently hop-scotching across the themes of life, death, violence and mental illness -- and foregrounding groundbreaking musical experiments in ...

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TJAY Hits a Homerun with His New CD

Source: ISL Public Relations
March 11, 2010

INVITES YOU TO TAKE A SEAT AT AN UPCOMING SHOW NEAR YOU New York, NY: Talented upstate NY-based musician TJAY has knocked one out of the park with his much anticipated new album, “Take a Seat," which has already started receiving strong attention from fans and music critics alike. James Spina of 20/20 Magazine writes: “When a new singer/songwriter like TJAY with a vibrant CD like 'Take a Seat' comes along one surely takes notice." TJAY is known for his ...

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Rounder Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
March 11, 2010

Rounder just released Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert, an album of the concert that celebrated the label's 40 years in the music industry. Recorded in October 2009 at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, the concert will also be presented as a PBS television special that will begin airing on the network in this month and released on DVD in May. The event is a superb exhibition of Rounder's diverse roster, and features Grammy winning Rounder artists Alison Krauss & Union Station ...

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