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Toronto Guitarist-Composer James Brown Returns To Recording After Decade-Plus Break On "Song Within The Story," Due March 18 On NGP Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Guitarist-composer James Brown returns from a 13-year recording hiatus with the fetching Song Within the Story, set for a March 18 release on NGP Records. Brown’s fourth album, and his first since 2009’s Sevendaze, finds him helming his Toronto-based working trio featuring bassist Clark Johnston and drummer Anthony Michelli. Respected tenor saxophonist Mike Murley joins the band on three of the album’s 10 tracks—eight of which are original compositions that document Brown’s ongoing intermarriage of jazz and classical music, while ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest 2021 Edition: And the winners are...
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Valerio Pappi
Milan, February 13th 2022, during a live streaming event, the judging panel and the 7 Virtual Jazz Club finalists (2021 Edition) joined the award ceremony for the Pros & Amateurs and the Under25 category. Pros & Amateurs’ Category First Place: Israeli harmonica player Ariel Bart for the composition “Colors Palette." Prize: Masterclass (CvA program) offered by Conservatorium van Amsterdam; Live Concert in Jazz Club Ferrara (Italy); recording equipment and advertisement. Second Place: English group led by bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado for ...
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Saturn Quartet Debut Release 'Synchronicities' On May 21st
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Made up of four extremely talented young players and composers, Saturn Quartet, (the term “prodigies” might not be entirely inappropriate when discussing the group’s members), who all fell together initially during their time studying that most unique and challenging American art form in the fabled Jazz Studies Program at Florida State University, the Saturn Quartet is one of the most intriguing—and notable—new entries on the international jazz scene. However, while the combo proudly wears its sincere reverence for the history ...
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'Rarities,' A New Album By Pianist Daniel Roure Who Once Again Rolls On The Road Of French Swing Song With This Eleventh Release
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Daniel Roure
Since Les Baleines Bleues in 2001, huge success in the United States, Canada and Australia, 60 million streaming, here is Daniel Roure who once again rolls on the road of French swing song with this eleventh album release. For Europe, this style goes back roughly to Jean Sablon accompanied by Django Reinhardt, Charles Trénet, Johnny Hess, to arrive at Paolo Conte, and a few others including Thomas Dutronc and Daniel Roure. The voice has taken on both more velvet and ...
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Post-Soviet Jazz: Celebrating 100 Years Of Russian Jazz In 2022
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That Jazz Girl
One fine day in 1921, Russian dancer, poet and performer Valentin Parnakh was in Paris, France when he first heard jazz music. Immediately beguiled, he decided to bring it back to his native Russia, and started planning the first-ever jazz concert performed by Russian artists. Traveling from Paris to Moscow via Berlin, where he acquired the instruments required for this historic performance, he finally presented his brand new group on October 1, 1922, at the Theatre Institute. Ever since, the ...
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AVG Records Announces New Album Release 'Transcendence' From Jazz Flutist, Michael Mason
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Lampkin Publicity Service
AVG Records is proud to announce the new release from critically acclaimed Jazz Flutist, Michael Mason, Transcendence Transcendence is a nine song compilation of jazz/world fusion/rock original composed/arranged/orchestrated and performed by Mason, with his long time band of gifted musicians. From upbeat guitar riffs on “Joy” to the worldly “Night Skies” with the usage of multiple woodwind instrumentation has Michael floating on top of the musical notes with elegant ease; to the pieces of meditation in “Aloft” and “Together" will ...
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Louise Cappi Will 'Keep That Dream Alive' With Her #2 UK iTunes Single And Lyric Video
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MTS Management Group
Since the release of her 2nd full-length album, the inspirational-themed Hope (MTS), New Orleans singer-songwriter Louise Cappi has been instrumental in spreading her message to music fans across the globe. The first single, the title track,” reached #1 on the iTunes Vocal Songs chart in South Africa. The song also received more than 68K Spotify streams, making it her most successful single to date. Following her successful album launch party in New York City, Ms. Cappi has released the 2nd ...
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Drummer/Composer And Rhythmic Storyteller Sean Noonan To Release Two Imaginative New Albums In Early 2022
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GoMedia PR
Drummer and composer Sean Noonan has long preferred the term “Rhythmic Storyteller” to describe his audacious, genre-defiant artistry. As a modern-day self-described sonic griot he combines the most ancient of traditions with forward-seeking experimentation; as a kind of post-modern wandering minstrel he gathers irreverent folk tales and offbeat inspirations from various cultures and translates them through his own singular worldview. The first of the two releases that he has slated for 2022 is Knott Tones, a collision of new music ...
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