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Cult Funk Group Brooklyn Funk Essentials New Single ‘Scream!’ Out Now
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Press Junkie PR
The cult funk ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials have released their exciting new single “Scream!" today (13th July 2022). “Scream!" is taken from the group’s hotly anticipated seventh studio album Intuition, which will come out in November 2022 on Dorado Records, the original label who first signed the band in 1994. “Scream!" is an infectious and uplifting funk and afrobeat jam, a syncopated groove wrapped by powerful Tower Of Power style horns and percussion, with lyrics that make a shout for ...
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Jhelisa New Single ‘Oxygen’ Out Now On Dorado Records
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Press Junkie PR
She’s back. Released today on Dorado Records, musical maverick Jhelisa returns with a triumphant masterpiece, “Oxygen,' a breath-taking, expansive, unapologetic 11-minute opus. Underpinned by her glorious, deeply seductive voice, remarkable in its power and spiritual force, the richly nuanced track journeys through sections of hypnotic rhythms, infectious hooks, probing jazz lines, African chanting, blues-drenched harmonica, pacey percussion and slower slices of sweet soul jazz. The sound is an exciting sonic assault featuring a masterful band that includes legendary bassist Oteil ...
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New From Sher Music Co. - 'Jazz Arrangements Of Public Domain Songs' by Chuck Israels
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Sher Music Co.
A unique collection of jazz arrangements by the great Chuck Israels, who has spent many years honing his jazz arranging skills, besides being a legendary bassist with Bill Evans, Stan Getz, George Russell, and many more. “A valuable collection of tunes. Mr. Israels' quartet makes a great case for adding some of these tunes to your jazz repertoire. Thanks, Chuck, for a great job." —Jamey Aebersold Great jazz-oriented arrangements of Tin Pan Alley songs, ("Deed I Do," etc.) Americana classics ...
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Quentin E. Baxter & Charlton Singleton Mark Nearly 30 Years Making Music Together With Joint Albums 'Art Moves Jazz' & 'Crossroads,' Set For Aug. 12 Release By Baxter Music Enterprises
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Friends, bandmates, and fellow members of the Gullah cultural community Quentin E. Baxter and Charlton Singleton enrich their relationship yet further with the tandem August 12 release of their albums—Baxter’s Art Moves Jazz and Singleton’s Crossroads—on Baxter’s own BME/Baxter Music Enterprises. Two-fifths of the Grammy-winning Gullah music ensemble Ranky Tanky, drummer Baxter and trumpeter Singleton each also plays a prominent supporting role on the other’s record, with Baxter as the producer of both. Friends for nearly 30 years, Baxter and ...
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Songstress Monday Michiru's Acoustic Passion Project 'Enso' Album Release
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Monday Michiru Mariano
Japanese-American songstress/flutist/producer Monday Michiru entitled the album ENSO to have two meanings: 円相 = a calligraphy illustration of a circle depicting the Zen Buddhist concept of an expression of the moment as well as the cycle of life. The other meaning 演奏 = means performance. “I wanted to revisit my roots which started in classical music and give a nod to the sonic journey that led me to where I am today, to come full circle." A friendship forged with ...
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Andrew Dixon Releases 'Mind Noise' — Album Release Concerts Scheduled In Berkeley And Oakland
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Hope Insite Publicity
Mind Noise, the much anticipated fourth album by Andrew Dixon is here, and is even more avant-garde than his previous works. He is going to celebrate this new creation with two big album release concerts! The fun begins at the The Back Room in Berkeley on July 23rd at 8pm, and then there will be an even larger event at the beautiful Temescal Art Center in Oakland on July 24th at 2pm. Join us for one or both events! Mind ...
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Christopher James Releases 'A Rose In The Canyon' August 19th!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Bob Dylan once famously said, “I’ll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours.” Christopher James’ music, elegantly conceived and profoundly felt, makes that happen. Impressions They’re the raw material of our reactions to artistic expressions. They form the building blocks of our private narrative responses to what we’ve seen and heard. Composer Christopher James and his supporting cast—which includes two of New York’s most talented orchestrators and several first call instrumentalists—construct evocative musical experiences that ...
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Saxophonist Lynn Riley & The World-Mix 'Head To The Sky' Released June 25th!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
“She’s a show stopper. She wails, she grooves, she swings. She plays with authority, with power, with soul.” These are the words to describe Lynn Riley by Ron Avery of the Philadelphia Daily News. A powerful dynamo in a tiny package, Riley has been described more than once as the “Superwoman” of the saxophone. Philadelphia homegrown jazz meets world-music to inspire this collection of original compositions and distinctive classics. Lynn Riley and her band The World-Mix are known for melding ...
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