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Pianist Joshua Bowlus Spreads Christmas Cheer With New Music
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Joshua Bowlus
With a long overdue follow-up to his debut album in 2014 (What a Wonderful World), Joshua Bowlus collaborates again with vocalist Linda Cole to create a fresh offering of Christmas classics. This time, about half of the tracks feature Linda while the rest are instrumentals. The album cover showcases Joshua sitting at a grand piano full of wrapped gifts, as if the piano itself was a sleigh and the gifts contain the joyous music which will abound. Joshua has surrounded ...
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Documentary: The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
How bad did Billie Holiday have it? You have no idea. Coming up in the 1930s, she faced raw racism and sexism head on, but the challenges and injustices the singular vocalist endured took a toll and led to a life of alcohol and drug abuse. The origins of her blues, why she started wearing gardenias in her hair, how she first became addicted to heroin are revealed in The Long Night of Lady Day, a fine 1984 documentary by ...
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Singer/Songwriter Kristen Lee Sergeant Gives Museumgoers a Soundtrack for Manet
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All About Jazz
An “unauthorized" audio guide is shaking things up for art goers at Metropolitan Museum in New York City, centered around an exhibit that features an artist who was no stranger to scandal himself. Kristen Lee Sergeant, an NYC based singer/songwriter, had been writing songs inspired by Manet's artwork since seeing an exhibit at the Getty years ago. When the Met announced the arrival of the “Manet/Degas" exhibit this fall, she recorded demos of the songs that corresponded to the paintings ...
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Mike Barone: Live in Los Angeles in 1967
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Trombonist Mike Barone is a composer, arranger and leader of smashing big bands. As a sideman, he recorded on albums that include Supersax Plays Bird (1973), Oliver Nelson's Sound Pieces (1966) on Impulse, Johnny Hartman's Unforgettable Songs (1966) and I Love Everybody (1967), and Shelly Manne's My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (1964). On the side, Mike arranged and led touring big bands that knocked out audiences. His band was a well-kept secret, especially in Los Angeles. The first ...
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Berklee Alumnus Adds Jazz To Agatha Christie’s Murder Mystery Secrets
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All About Jazz
Prominent Indian composer and music director Salil Bhayani credits his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston for instilling in him a lifelong love for jazz. The 34 year-old Mumbai native who had graduated with honors from Berklee and then relocated to Los Angeles and is considered one of the most inspiring Indian composers in the post-A.R Rahman’s generation, has been acclaimed for skillfully adorning his compositions with the blues scale. One of the leading composers at illustrious TED-Ed ...
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Single Review: British-Jamaican Artist Alexia Gardner Impresses On The Cover Of Jazz Track ‘Great Day’
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Jazz UK
Jazz artist Alexia Gardner has shared her newest release, ‘Great Day,’ taken from her electrifying new album Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father. The singer has maintained her place as one of the most high-profile jazz singers in the UK throughout the last two decades. Having started her career as a teenager performing with her younger sister, Paula Gardner, Alexia developed a solo music career as an adult, becoming a highly sought-after jazz singer. Her ...
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They Bring It! Innovative Music Tech Talk On KPJZ 953 Jamz on November 2
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Entertainment PR
Prepare for an unforgettable evening of music mastery as the iconic DJ Pied Piper invites the sonic wizardry of music composer and sound designer “Spud" to KPJZ 953 Jamz on Thursday, November 2nd at 8 PM CST. This highly anticipated event will feature a fiery conversation about signature mixing and mastering techniques, covering topics from DJing to production, sound design, and music tech talk. To join the conversation and level up your game, download the TuneIn, Waze, or Zeno app ...
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Cynthia Basinet Releases Single 'Biggest Fool Of All'
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
The saying “calm before the storm" doesn't usually fit with singer-songwriters. Typically, the “storm" part happens first when they're trying to find inspiration. After that, they put their emotions into music theory and genre with growing confidence. And the subsequent emotional quotient of the fully-fledged song is immediately apparent to the listener who can gauge the intentions of the singer and the songwriter: with the onus being on the arrangement and performance to breathe life and zest into the lyrical ...
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