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French Saxophone Duet Group Bi-Ki ? Release "Quelque chose au milieu" on Circum-Disc
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Peter Orins
Created in 2012, the saxophone duet Bi-Ki ? shows and questions the meeting of two sound identities and two personal paths around the same instrument. In concert situation, usually in the middle of the audience, the duet sculpts a sound material that draws on the acoustic resources of the place they play in. Two voices mix, follow and avoid each other, exploring all the possibilities of the instrument, the density of the timbre as its fragility, and playing with the ...
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Spin Cycle, Co-Led By Drummer Scott Neumann & Saxophonist Tom Christensen, Releases Self-Titled Debut CD on May 6
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Terri Hinte Publicity
With its strong melodies, tight rhythms, intriguing textures, and sophisticated interplay, Spin Cycle has got everything covered. What makes the band special is how everything fits together—or, by intention, doesn’t. For listeners and band members alike, every tune is an adventure. Spin Cycle is the new quartet co-led by drummer Scott Neumann and tenor saxophonist Tom Christensen—and also featuring fellow veterans of the New York jazz scene Pete McCann on guitar and bassist Phil Palombi—whose self- titled debut CD will ...
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ECM Records Releases Nik Bärtsch's Mobile "Continuum" on CD and 2-LP
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Universal Music Enterprises
Nik Bärtsch: piano, comp.; Sha: bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet; Kaspar Rast: drums, percussion; Nicolas Stocker: drums, tuned percussion Etienne Abelin: violin; Ola Sendecki: violin; David Schnee: viola; Solme Hong: cello; Ambrosius Huber: cello After three studio albums [Stoa (2006), Holon (2008) and Lyria (2010) plus one live- double-CD (2012)] with his electric band Ronin, Swiss keyboardist/composer Nik Bärtsch now presents a new album with his original group Mobile (whose line-up overlaps with the current Ronin cast). Mobile, originally founded ...
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Michael Bisio And Matthew Shipp Announce New Recording “Live In Seattle” -- Out Now
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Yakup Trana
Formidable, New York-based duo, Matthew Shipp and Michael Bisio, have released their latest album, Live In Seattle, under Arena Music Promotion’s Jazz division. The exclusive recording, available now, was captured live in Seattle as part of the International Jazz Day 2015 events, which Arena Music Promotion participated in by hosting the concert. Paul DeBarros, Music Editor and Jazz Critic for The Seattle Times says of the recording: “This live duo album was a homecoming in more ways than one, as ...
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International Jazz Day Concert On April 30 Features Fusion Of Jazz And Jewish Music With CD Release Of Paul Green’s “music Coming Together”
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Ed Bride Associates
Virtuoso clarinetist Paul Green melds jazz and Jewish music in his own inventive arrangements on a new CD, “Music Coming Together,” which will be formally introduced at a concert in Lee, Mass., on April 30. In celebration of International Jazz Day, Green and Two Worlds—his band of extraordinary jazz musicians—will perform selections from the CD at the launch event, starting at 7:30pm, and to be followed by a reception. Green's third and newest CD, Music Coming Together features the clarinetist's ...
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Klazz-Ma-Tazz and J-MUSIC Ensemble Live At DROM on April 24th
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Benjamin Sutin
On Sunday, April 24th, 2016, two eclectic ensembles influenced by music from around the world will perform together at DROM (NYC), taking their audience on a musical journey from the far east to the middle east. The J-MUSIC Ensemble will open the night's program (at 8:00 pm) with their acclaimed jazz arrangements of J-Pop, including generational favorites from legendary video games, Anime, Perfume, and many more. They will be followed (9:15) by world/fusion ensemble Klazz-Ma- Tazz and their jazz and ...
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Album Launch For UK's Leading Gypsy Swing Ensemble, Trio Manouche
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Maroto Lounge
Sting, KT Tunstall and Suzy Klien (BBC) will be amongst Trio Manouche’s fans that’ll be eagerly anticipating the long awaited first album Now What? Now What? is the debut album, following the successful EP released back in 2012, for Trio Manouche, the UK’s most original and leading Gypsy swing band, and this debut will be launched, most suitably, at the UK’s home of Gypsy swing and mecca to Django Reinhardt, Le QuecumBar in Battersea London, on Sunday 22nd May 2016. ...
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Danny Green And His Trio In Five California Shows – April 7-26
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Pianist/composer Danny Green and his trio—featuring bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm— perform in five California cities as part of a ten-city tour celebrating their new OA2 recording Altered Narratives. Upcoming Tour Thurs., 4/7 at Café Pink House, 14577 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA Also featuring guest saxophonist Harvey Wainapel Two sets: 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $15 Fri., 4/8 at the Red Poppy, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA Two ...
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