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Jason Miles Will Release "Kind Of New 2: Blue Is Paris" On May 12

Source: GoMedia PR
March 30, 2017

Follow Up to 2015's Kind of New Features Ten Arrangements of Producer/Keyboardist's New Composition Written in Reaction to 2015 Paris Terror Attacks Legendary producer, keyboardist and composer Jason Miles’ Kind of New 2: Blue is Paris, featuring ten interpretations of the titular piece which he composed after visiting Paris in the weeks immediately following the 2015 terror attacks, will be released on May 12 on Lightyear Entertainment, distributed worldwide through Caroline/Universal Music Group. The album’s inspiration can be tracked back ...

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Philadelphia Jazz Professionals Meetup Event Set For April 4 (4-7PM) at South Kitchen & Jazz Parlor

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2017

Dear fellow Philadelphia Area Jazz Professional or Arts Patron, You are invited to the first annual Philadelphia Jazz Professionals Meetup (#phillyjazzmeetup) at South Kitchen & Jazz Parlor on 600 N Broad St in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 4th between 4-7pm. It's an exciting time for Philadelphia jazz and it's my hope to bring us together to discuss new ideas and potential collaborations with the thought of developing a deeper level of cohesiveness in our community. We all share similar goals ...

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Trumpeter/Composer - Glenn Makos Quartet: "The Michel Legrand Project" - Release Date: April 3 on Stop Time Records

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
March 29, 2017

New York based trumpeter and composer Glenn Makos' newest release The Michel Legrand Project with his quartet reimagines the music of Michel Legrand as Legrand celebrates his 85th birthday in 2017. The genesis of the project was the result of a kitchen renovation. “With all of the construction noise in my house, I had a difficult time writing for seventeen people what was then my current project composing for big band. I've always admired Legrand's music and one morning last ...

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Blue Engine Records Releases "The Music Of John Lewis" From The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Jon Batiste

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2017

Available in stores, online and streaming March 24 Honoring the legacy of the Modern Jazz Quartet’s maestro, John Lewis, Blue Engine Records announces its newest release: The Music of John Lewis by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Jon Batiste available March 24. In 2013, when the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis set out to celebrate the esteemed pianist and composer, they teamed up with New Orleans’ own Jon Batiste. The bandleader of ...

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Petros Klampanis Blends the Colors of Emotion and Experience into a Rich Portrait of Humanity on his first Large Ensemble Album, "Chroma"

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2017

Motéma Music Debut, out now, features the Bassist/Composer’s Gifted Jazz Quintet (Gilad Hekselman, Shai Maestro, John Hadfield, Keita Ogawa) with a Vivid String Section Recorded in association with The Onassis Foundation USA Bassist/composer Petros Klampanis has absorbed a vibrant palette of colors over the course of a varied musical life journey, including Mediterranean and Balkan folk music of his native Greece, classical colorings of studies in Athens, Amsterdam and New York City, and vibrant splashes of musical pigment developed on ...

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Danish Bassist/Composer Torben Westergaard Releases "Tangofied III"

Source: Torben Westergaard
March 26, 2017

The creative process leading to a particular product often first reveals itself afterward, i.e. when it has occurred. From the outcome, it all of a sudden becomes clearer in which way causalities led to the result. I had in no way planned that the Tangofied releases should end up as a trilogy. It just happened that way; the first CD brought about the other two. Tangofied (2012), was recorded in Buenos Aires with Argentine musicians in collaboration with pianist and ...

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Chicago Saxophonist Chris Greene Continues To Explore New Musical Territories On "Boundary Issues," Set For April 14 Release

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 24, 2017

Saxophonist Chris Greene, a fixture on the Chicago scene dedicated to transcending the stylistic and structural borders of jazz, continues to discover new musical territory on his new CD Boundary Issues. Set for April 14 release on Single Malt Recordings, the album is Greene’s eighth with the long-standing quartet he formed in 2005 featuring pianist Damian Espinosa, bassist Marc Piane, and, since 2011, drummer Steve Corley. Joining the core quartet as guests on several tracks are saxophonist Marqueal Jordan, known ...

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Tenor Saxophonist Michael Pedicin To Release "As It Should Be: Ballads 2," April 21

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 22, 2017

With the April 21 release of As It Should Be: Ballads 2, tenor and soprano saxophonist Michael Pedicin continues to spread the message of acceptance and justice he eloquently shared on his critically acclaimed 2011 album Ballads … searching for peace. “I’m one of those diehard '60s kids that grew up concerned about peace and togetherness,” Pedicin explains. “I think about that every day of my life. We’re all one.” In addition to covers of John Coltrane's “Crescent” and Paul ...

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