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Confessional romantic laments on Kit Holmes' new album wrapped in '70s pop sensibilities

Source: Lauren Rogers
October 18, 2011

The piano-based melodies of singer/songwriter Kit Holmes may suggest Norah Jones, but the confessional, introspective romantic laments on her new record Return to Love are wrapped in an unmistakable '70s pop sensibility that actually echoes more Carole King's Tapestry. Nearly every track on Return to Love could have been played on AM radio back in the day, and as a lyricist Holmes would've held her own against the likes of Adult Contemporary staples such as James Taylor and Carly Simon. ...

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Trio of Blackman, Murray, Russo delivers rambunctious energy on new CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
October 18, 2011

For all the rambunctious energy that Blackman, Murray, Russo are capable of generating on their new album Turning Point, it's their most quiet moment that truly leaves a lingering spell. Tucked away at the end of the record, “The Yearning" reflects the pensive atmosphere of winter as Blackman's piano caresses like the icy kiss of falling snow. It's poetry in slow motion, words translated into sound. The group certainly has a way of leading listeners into surprises such as that; ...

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New Aural Documentary On Legendary Mothers Of Invention Member Bunk Gardner Now Available For Digital Download - The Bunk Gardner Story

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 18, 2011

Norway—Much to the elation of Mothers of Invention fans across the globe, now available for digital download is the amazing audiobiography of the original Mothers Of Invention reed player BUNK GARDNER—joined by the hip to keyboard player DON PRESTON. A rare glimpse of the creation of the MOI, and a new perspective on this important chapter of the 20th century music. THE BUNK GARDNER STORY is an audiobook of nearly three hours, including ringside comments by Don Preston, and bonus ...

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Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry

Source: Michael Ricci
October 17, 2011

Clark Terry (Author), Gwen Terry (Editor), Bill Cosby (Foreword), Quincy Jones (Preface) Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his ...

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Song Stylist Nicole Henry's "Set for the Season: Live in Japan" is a Year-Round Delight

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
October 17, 2011

Miami, FL: Only a couple of months after releasing her critically-acclaimed Embraceable CD, song stylist Nicole Henry keeps the momentum rolling with a joyous jazz collection of holiday-themed classics that were recorded live at the Cotton Club in Tokyo. Set For The Season: Live In Japan, produced by Henry and Grammy nominee Matt Pierson (Kirk Whalum, Jane Monheit, Joshua Redman), will be released October 25th on Henrys Banister Records. Backed by an astute trio comprised of Pete Wallace (piano), James ...

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Rapidly Rising Star Gregory Porter Releases New Video & Remixes of "1960 What?," The Indendiary Track From His Grammy Nominated Debut, "Water"

Source: GoMedia PR
October 17, 2011

Remixes by Opolopo, Peas, and Wicked Jazz Sounds Available Digitally on October 25 Gregory Porter, whose 2010 Motema Music debut, Water, was nominated in the 2011 54th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Jazz Vocal Album, will release a powerful cinematic treatment of one of the CD's most powerful and popular tracks, “1960 What?." The video, which previewed on Porter's website and on YouTube in September, was serviced to media outlets nationwide the week of October 10. The first video from ...

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Art Pepper: Live In Japan on Storyville Records

Source: Michael Ricci
October 17, 2011

Art Pepper played with Benny Carter when he was 18 and gigged around Central Avenue with all-black groups such as Lee Young Sextet and later with Stan Kenton. Then he was in the army for two years and then back to Stan Kenton untill 1952. He was inactive the next few years while serving several jail terms for drug abuse. He appeared at Newport in 1977 and toured Europe and Japan for the first time in 1978. He was influenced ...

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