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TV / Film

King Crimson’s 'In The Court Of The Crimson King – King Crimson At 50' Documentary By Toby Amies Coming To Select Us Theaters Opening November 3rd!

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
November 5, 2023

Just as King Crimson has been, for more than half a century, an atypical rock band, this film is a refreshingly atypical music documentary. A film about the sacrifices we need to make to bring things of beauty and meaning into the world. But with jokes. Toby Amies’s film In The Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson at 50 provides a unique insight into the working process of a complex touring band, interspersed with contributions from previous band ...

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Recording

Guitar Virtuoso Daniel Reyes Llinás To Release New Album 'Códices'

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
November 4, 2023

“Códices” by guitar virtuoso Daniel Reyes Llinás, is a collection of études for acoustic guitar and improvised pieces on the 12-string guitar. Inspired by the spirit of modern Latin American guitar composers, Llinás pays homage through extensive use of shifting resonance, dissonance, rhythmic exuberance, and deliberate silence. The contrast between the written and improvised works serves as a conceptual gesture in the ongoing search for a sonic vocabulary. The album was recorded in Santa Fé, NM by Grammy awarded engineer ...

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Recording

First Fall - A Depiction Of A New York Autumn Through Sound by Guitarist Shai Jaschek

Source: Shai Jaschek
November 4, 2023

First Fall is New York City– based guitarist and composer Shai Jaschek's debut album. A combination of striking melodies and innovative arrangements of classic jazz standards, this album sets Shai apart as a promising up and coming artist on the New York jazz scene. Jaschek’s trio, consisting of Benjamin Young (bass) and Willis Edmundson (drums), plays as a strong unit and their deep musical connection is felt through the album. The trio place spontaneity and collective improvisation at the forefront ...

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Festival

Rochester Jazz Fest Club Passes On Sale At Early-bird Prices

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
November 2, 2023

Club Passes for the 2024 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF) 21st Edition, June 21 to 29, 2024, are on sale now at RochesterJazz.com or by calling (585) 454-2060. The Club Pass is RIJF's unique and popular value pass to discovery, providing unlimited access to 216 Club Pass shows this year – 24 more shows than last year – at 12 Club Pass venues. The Pass offers significant savings over individual Club Pass show entry of $35 for Kilbourn Hall ...

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Music Industry

Berklee Alumnus Adds Jazz To Agatha Christie’s Murder Mystery Secrets

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2023

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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Website

All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: October 2023

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2023

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in October, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Uncle John's Band John Scofield From: Uncle John's Band 06:27 Some of the Things You Are Zubin Edalji From: Four Windows ...

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Music Industry

Single Review: British-Jamaican Artist Alexia Gardner Impresses On The Cover Of Jazz Track ‘Great Day’

Source: Jazz UK
November 1, 2023

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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Recording

The Lisa Hilton Quartet Masters The Moment With Eloquence And Inspiration on 'Coincidental Moment'

Source: DL Media
October 31, 2023

The Lisa Hilton Quartet Masters the Moment With the Eloquent New Release: Coincidental Moment Featuring Trumpeter Igmar Thomas, Bassist Luques Curtis & Drummer Rudy Royston “I love the way jazz tugs at our emotions in a way no other music can: it can calmly seduce your soul or prompt you to dance," states the award-winning composer and acclaimed pianist Lisa Hilton in the liner notes for her latest release, Coincidental Moment (Ruby Slippers Productions 1029), out December 1, 2023. “The ...

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