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Event

Redwood Entertainment Presents: A Night of American Roots Music at Drom (NYC) on June 23

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
May 30, 2011

New York, NY,—Redwood Entertainment, Inc. presents the first of its dynamic theme-night music shows at Drom in NYC with an American Roots Music Review on Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. Appearing at the show will be successful Redwood recording artists Back Alley Players, Jambalaya Brass Band, and Larry Baeder & The MuseGurus. Back Alley Players, recently busy contributing to the soundtrack of the soon to be released World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Studios' film Inside Out, will ...

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Recording

New Release by Loga Ramin Torkian: "Mehraab" (Digital Out Now; CD Available June 7)

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 29, 2011

Iranian born composer and multi-instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian is internationally recognized for his ground-breaking work with world music groups Niyaz and Axiom Of Choice, both of which he co-founded. Born in Tehran, Iran, Loga moved to the United States as a teenager after the Iranian Revolution. This major transition would fuel much of his musical and artistic expression in the years to come as he struggled to reconcile the bonds of tradition and culture with his own personal experiences. A ...

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Recording

"Hammock House": "Africa Caribe" Produced & Mixed by Joaquin "Joe" Clausell

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 29, 2011

Fania Records announced the release of a deluxe 2-disc set entitled Hammock House 'Africa Caribe' produced and mixed by the legendary Joaquin “Joe" Claussell. The project is a perfect marriage between old and new, a fresh take on classic sounds from the Fania archives. Late last year, Fania Records hand delivered the original multi-tracks (recording tapes) in a battered cardboard box to Joe Claussell's NYC studio. Inside was a round metal reel wrapped with many feet of rolled magnetic tape, ...

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Phi Yaan-Zek resurrects ghost of Frank Zappa on genre-bending new album

Source: Lauren Rogers
May 29, 2011

When rock & roll iconoclast Frank Zappa passed away in 1993, he left behind a spirit of adventure in music that was as revolutionary as it was irreverent. There won't be another like him. However, that doesn't mean there will not be any artists who won't even come close. Zappa's successor just might be a relatively unknown guitarist from London, England named Phi Yaan-Zek. Yaan-Zek's latest album, Dance with the Anima, a collaboration with drummer Marco Minnemann, is a genre-bending ...

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Singer Judy Wexler's "Under a Painted Sky" Debuts June 14 (Jazzed Media)

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
May 29, 2011

Singer Judy Wexler's UNDER A PAINTED SKY (Jazzed Media, June 14 release) follows her acclaimed Dreams and Shadows (profiled on NPR, reached #2 on the JazzWeek Radio Chart) with another marvelous, out-of-the-box collection of tunes. Once again the band is anchored and organized by piano great Alan Pascua. With contributions fromtop tier musicians like Bob Mintzer, Bob Sheppard, and Alex Acuna, the music here shows what happens when some of the best, most creative forces in jazz work together. Judy ...

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Jazz vocalist Keiko Ito releases intimate acoustic EP "The Trio"

Source: Lauren Rogers
May 29, 2011

The latest album from Boston, MA-based jazz vocalist Keiko Ito may be called The Trio, but the spotlight really lands on her delicate, sweetly innocent voice. Ito's twee vocals gives her the advantage of appealing not only to jazz fans but to indie-pop followers as well. However, do not mistake the tender caress of Ito's singing for absence of power or vocal range. Ito studied at the Berklee College of Music; she is no mere coffeehouse singer although her music ...

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Mansur Scott: Something Forgotten, Something Remembered (PAO Records, 2010)

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
May 28, 2011

By Larry Reni Thomas Vocalist/percussionist extraordinaire Mansur Scott, known all over New York City as a serious sage and “the jazz mayor of Harlem" is the epitome of a working jazz musician. He has been on the front lines, pushing the music forward, making it visible, boldly, and making it strongly heard throughout all of the boroughs of the city for decades. He is known in Harlem' s jazz community as a warm, peaceful, graceful, adventurous, humble performer, who has ...

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Performance / Tour

Cuneiform Artists on Tour: June 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
May 28, 2011

JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26, Hungry Brain, Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL November 18, The Stone, 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street), NYC, NY 10009 AFUCHE June 27, Blue Note Jazz Festival Vol 2: This Is Jazz?, Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St # A, New York, NY 10002-1021 / (212) 260-4700 AHLEUCHATISTAS June 5, The Blind Tiger, 2115 Walker Avenue, Greensboro North Carolina ...

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