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Composer / Guitarist Justin Morell To Release 'Exit Music For Intelligent Life On Earth'
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Justin Morell
Guitarist and composer Justin Morell is releasing his newest album, Exit Music for Intelligent Life on Earth, a collection of twenty-one short works for multiple guitars and drums. This is the follow-up to the much acclaimed All Without Words: Variations Inspired by Loren (2021) by the John Daversa Jazz Orchestra featuring Justin Morell, on which Morell was the composer and guitarist. This unusual collection of mostly short pieces, the majority lasting little more than a minute or two, depicts a ...
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Downtown's Premier Jazz Club, The Django, Announces Line-up For February Including La Reserve Records Anniversary, Calvin Johnson CD Release, Mingus Festival And More
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AMT Public Relations
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, continues to host today’s jazz legends and rising stars. On February 3, The Django celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn-based record label, La Reserve, with special performances by the label’s artists. Two enchanting female vocalists celebrate Valentine’s Day 2/14 in back-to-back concerts: Martina DaSilvafollowed by Lauren Henderson. For the 14th year, the Charles Mingus Festival and High School Competition hosts the most important event in jazz education today (2/19-20). The Django’s weekly ...
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Vocalist-Songwriter Eugenie Jones Revels In Variety Both Musical And Geographical On 'Players,' Set For March 11 Release By Open Mic Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
“Wide-ranging” takes on a new meaning with the March 11 release of vocalist/composer/lyricist Eugenie Jones’s Players on her own Open Mic Records. Jones’s third album is the result of an odyssey that took her from her Pacific Northwest base (Seattle) to the Deep South (Dallas), the bustling East Coast (New York), the Midwestern Plains (Chicago), and back again, working in the process with a jaw-dropping spectrum of major jazz musicians that includes (among others) bassists Reggie Workman and Lonnie Plaxico, ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: December 2021
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the tunes featured in December, 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 Not Where, But When (Radio Edit) Brian Eaton From: The Known Space Project 01:48 Deep, Dark and Blue Rodrigo Faina From: Different Roots ...
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Greek Power Trio S.E.V. release debut album 'Far From Close'
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Tassos Spiliotopoulos
Anelia Records is proud to present Far from Close, the debut album of a new collaboration between three of Greece’s most vibrant jazz musicians. Tassos Spiliotopoulos, Panos Vassilopoulos and Michael Evdemon. The music was composed by Evdemon and Spiliotopoulos and the goal was to achieve an elegant but emotionally powerful music through the electric sound of a modern jazz trio. Each one of the band members brought their own influences to the blend, ranging from electric jazz-rock and mainstream jazz ...
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Flautist Nestor Torres - New Release January 17th 'Thank You Willie' Latin Grammy Award Winner And Multi-Grammy Nominee!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Standing on the shoulders of flute giants from worlds as diverse as Rampal & Galway in Classical Music; Richard Egues’ Cuban Charanga style; rocker Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull; Herbie Mann and—most influential of all—Hubert Laws as pioneers of Jazz Flute, Latin Grammy Award winning Nestor Torres’ rhythmic and mellifluous flute sound remains apart in a class all by itself. Nestor's 18 recordings as a soloist; four Latin Grammy nominations, one Grammy nomination and one Latin Grammy Award; collaborations with diverse ...
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The 10 Best Jazz Albums To Own On Vinyl
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UnifiedMFG
In jazz circles, it's common knowledge that the best way to listen to jazz is in a live setting. But while most agree, some argue listening to jazz on vinyl is even better. In reality, there’s no way to judge which is best as they are completely different experiences, One thing is clear: it's hard to go wrong with both. Vinyl has a crackle and pop that gives a warm feeling—almost like ASMR. And since it has uncompressed sound, the ...
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Making the SAFE call: Room 623 is temporarily closing until 2022
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Room 623
Hello Jazz and peace lovers! In keeping with our mission to be the safest Jazz club in NYC, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors effective immediately due to safety concerns related to Covid-19 and specifically the Delta and Omicron variants. All remaining performances for 2021 have been canceled and we will be issuing credits to all those who had purchased tickets. Moving Forward... Right now, our plan is to reopen in 2022. We will continue ...
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