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World Of Guitar Trio Wins Double In The 15th Independent Music Awards

Source: Roman Miroshnichenko
November 15, 2016

Guitar-virtuosos Roman Miroshnichenko, José A. Rodríguez & Henrik Andersen (World Of Guitar Trio) were named as a Winners of The 15th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs) at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on November 12th. More than 400 innovative self-released and indie label projects culled from thousands of submissions worldwide, were nominated by fans and industry in more than 80 Album, Song, EP, Music Producer, Music Video and Design categories. The album, Perfect Strangers by ...

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Recording

French Jazz-Core Trio "Toc" Release "Air Bump" With The Compulsive Brass

Source: Peter Orins
November 15, 2016

After the release of Le Gorille (2009), Dance (2012), Haircut (2014) and Qeqertarsuatsiaat (2016), Toc has incorporated sounds of the bayou, the French Quarter and brass bands into their latest, Air Bump. Available on Vinyl, CD, FLAC HD, MP3. Christian Pruvost: trumpet Sakina Abdou: alto and soprano saxophone Jean-Baptiste Rubin: baritone and tenor saxophone Maxime Morel: tuba and trombone Jérémie Ternoy: Fender Rhodes, piano bass Ivann Cruz: guitar ...

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Performance / Tour

Legendary NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd Plays Vicars Street in Dublin on November 16

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2016

Charles Lloyd, one of jazz’s historic greats, returns to Dublin with his classic quartet on Wednesday 16 November for a one-off show on Irish soil as part of an extensive European tour. Described by Nate Chinen as “a storyteller with a seeker’s heart… one of jazz’s great mystery men”, the show comes two years after Lloyd’s triumphant performance at the NEC, but this visit offers fans the rare chance to see NEA Jazz Master Lloyd in the more intimate, club-like ...

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Recording

Pianist/Composer Yelena Eckemoff recollects Childhood In Russia through "Sense Of Smell" On Blooming Tall Phlox, Featuring An All-Finnish Lineup Of Young Rising Stars

Source: DL Media
November 9, 2016

Available January 20, 2017 on L&H Production “Blessed with prodigious classical chops, Eckemoff's a gutsy, imaginative improviser. She's also a gifted composer who's devised a totally original take on the whole jazz-classical hybrid concept. Effortlessly modern, with nothing to prove beyond total involvement in the moment, Eckemoff presents a thoroughly modern, yet intimate and highly personal sound-world."— Dave Wayne, All About Jazz It's not uncommon to read about musicians—especially those who deal solely in instrumental music—struggling to come up with ...

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Recording

Ken Silverman Trio Releases "Guitar Fantasies" on Soundseer

Source: Ken Silverman
November 8, 2016

With Guitar Fantasies Ken Silverman continues on the path he started on the 2015 release Parallel Man (Soundseer). The focus is again on the multifaceted melodies that simultaneously reflect elements of various genres while remaining anchored in the jazz idiom. While on Parallel Man there were more western classical motifs on the current album rock influences predominate. The three “Guitar Fantasies" demonstrate this amply. On number 2 Silverman's nimble and brisk strums together with bassist Sam McPherson's taut reverberating lines ...

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A New Duet Release By Dan Dean And George Duke

Source: Yakup Trana
November 7, 2016

Internationally recognized bassist Dan Dean has performed with the some of the finest musicians of our time, including B.B. King, Buddy DeFranco, Donny Hathaway, Tom Scott, Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Ernie Watts, Freddie Hubbard and many others. One of his favorite collaborations of all was with the legendary pianist George Duke, and Seattle-based label Arena Jazz is proud to release for the first time their wonderful duo recording of Gershwin’s immortal “I Loves You Porgy”. Dan says of his friend: “George ...

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Advocacy

Alphonse Mouzon Needs Your Help

Source: All About Jazz
November 6, 2016

By Chuck Koton These are not words I ever thought I would have to write. Legendary drummer Alphonse Mouzon was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in September. He had to immediately undergo surgery which has bought him some time. But his kidneys are too weak for radiation therapy and he is planning to go to Mexico for an alternative treatment program. Given the cost of this course of therapy, he has set up a Go Fund Me page ...

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Songlines Recordings Releases "Shores Against Silence," The First Of A Two-CD Set Featuring Works By Patrick Zimmerli Spanning The Past 25 Years

Source: AMT Public Relations
November 5, 2016

Composer/saxophonist Patrick Zimmerli offers a unique view on the evolution of musical and artistic ideas on his latest recordings: Shores Against Silence and Clockworks. Recorded in 1992 and circulated only as an underground tape in the New York scene, Shores Against Silence is being released commercially for the first time this November. Bookending a compositional arc that began 25 years ago, Zimmerli now revisits his early musical ideas in Clockworks, commissioned by Chamber Music America, and to be released as ...

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