Jazz News

Tim Brantley on NBC-TV Weekend Today Show!

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 13, 2009

Tune in tomorrow morning at 9am, as singer Tim Brantley performs live on NBC-TV4'S WEEKEND TODAY SHOW IN NEW YORK. Brantley will sing his hit single 'Damage'. Saturday, 3/14, check local listings. Critics have embraced his “room-filling vocals and epic storytelling sagas...” His debut CD 'Goldtop Heights' will be released 4/21. You “Wonder Why More Musicians Don’t Have the Balls to Make Good Old-Fashioned Rock Albums Like This Anymore” “Room-Filling Vocals and Epic Storytelling Sagas” Press, TV and Radio Embrace ...

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Dhani Harrison up Close with the Beatle Progeny's Band

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

“It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn’t want to mess up before,” thenewno2’s Dhani Harrison (son of Beatles great George), tells Rolling Stone of playing with his late father. “But now we can mess it up as much as we want.” Thenewno2, Harrison’s psychedelic project with pal Oli Hecks, recently performed an intimate acoustic set in our Rolling Stone studio, and Harrison talked ...

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Bill Frisell & Cuong Vu Interviews

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Bill Frisell Interview Cuong Vu Interview These interviews are part of the book project “under your skin" which includes Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Skip Mcdonald, Erika Stucky, Living Colour, Rhonda Smith, Dj Rob Swift, Marilyn Crispell, Dick Griffin, Billy Bang, Kahil El ...

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Xavier Casellas NY Quintet @ Smalls Jazz Club, NY

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

XAVIER CASELLAS NY QUINTET Xavier Casellas, vocals & lyrics Emilio Solla, piano & arrangements Ben Monder, guitar Jorge Roeder, double bass Ted Poor, drums

special guests: Vctor Prieto, accordion Oscar Feldman, alto sax

New material to be recorded right after gigs at Bennett's. Music includes great stuff from artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Emilio Solla and more, on a new vocal approach with original ...

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Guitarist Mike Fageros Releases New CD "Melange de Jazz"

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Guitarist Mike Fageros has released his new CD entitled “Melange de Jazz" on the Top Secret label. This CD features the guitarist in the Organ Trio setting utilizing two different Hammond Organists and featuring them on different tracks.

Organist Robert Sanders is featured on 6 cuts including Minority and Recorda Me and Organist Travis Doyle is featured on another 3 cuts featuring Son of Ice Bag and Take Five.

In addition, Mike plays in the Guitar Trio with Guitar, Drums ...

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Alvon Johnson On Top of the Bay Area Blues Game

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

The blues game has a new shot in the arm, and his name is Alvon Johnson. His aggressive style of playing the guitar has ignited a new generation of blues fans.

Johnsons introduction to music came early on, as he followed in the footsteps of his mother. His talent as a young man was evident, and singing and playing guitar for a living was an obvious career path. Early influences included legends Wes Montgomery, Andre Segovia, Charlie Christian and Jimi ...

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Jazz Artist Liza Lee's New CD, Anima

Source: Michael Ricci
March 13, 2009

Jazz artist Liza Lee’s new CD, Anima, has been released for only a few weeks and fantastic reviews are already coming in.

It is joining radio station playlists across the country and selling out at online retailers with more CDs on their way. Most important though, Liza’s ultimate personal mission is being accomplished. One hundred percent of the proceeds from Anima are being donated to The Society For Women's Health Research (SWHR), a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve ...

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Lunapark - Upright Acoustic new CD

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Lunapark combines acoustic jazz and electronic soundscapes with formal and harmonic structures of European music. The band manages to be unplugged and plugged-in at the same time thanks to resourceful flutist Sascha Otto and guest contributor Leon Gruenbaum, a New York based electronic musician and sound inventor. All compositions on the new album are by bassist/leader Gerhard Graml. Following Graml’s involvement in various recording projects, world music, jazz standards and contemporary orchestral music among them, “Upright Acoustic” is the third ...

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