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Recording

Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields To Be Released This Friday On Artistshare

Source: Brian Camelio
May 21, 2015

On May 22, 2015, Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields will ship out to all participants and will be available for purchase and download on ArtistShare here. We are proud to share the Maria Schneider Orchestra’s first studio album in seven years with you. It has been a wonderful journey, if you have not yet participated, you can watch the entire process of making this record by joining here. You will be able to see Maria enter the studio to record ...

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Performance / Tour

Cristina Morrison - Hot New CD: "Baronesa" out on June 9

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 21, 2015

CD Release Date: June 9, 2015 The Music Beat of Galapagos to New York City! Actress/Vocalist/Songwriter/Producer Baronesa (JazzHeads) is Cristina Morrison's hot, new CD scheduled to hit the streets on June 9th. The release contains 11 tracks, 8 of which are original, with the lyrics written by Cristina and music composed by pianist Misha Piatigorsky (Baronesa 's producer). Cristina is just off a busy performance tour in Ecuador, where she is a well established performer and celebrity. Today, living in ...

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Recording

Sharon Hendrix, Talented Back-up Singer For Billy Cobham, Steps To Center Stage With Her Solo Debut

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 21, 2015

Los Angeles, CA - After years of working just 20 feet from stardom Sharon “Muffy” Hendrix is stepping into the spotlight. Throughout her successful career Sharon has been singing backup on recording sessions and performing on stages across the world with top names including Billy Cobham, George Duke, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Tom Jones, Grace Slick & Starship, Olivia Newton-John, Dusty Springfield, Natalie Cole, Harry Chapin, Jermaine Stewart, Mac Davis, Michael White, Shirley Bassey and so many other ...

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New Bob Mintzer Big Band CD, "Get Up!," Due From MCG Jazz June 23

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 21, 2015

Since 1983, tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger Bob Mintzer has been delving into the big band format and its myriad stylistic possibilities, collecting five Grammy nominations and one Grammy win in the process. His newest recording, Get Up!, which is his 20th big band album to date, will be released by MCG Jazz on June 23. Mintzer describes the nine tracks on the new CD as “clearly R&B influenced, but [they] then go to many other places along the way. ...

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Obituary

Bruce Lundvall, Longtime Blue Note President, Dies At 79

Source: Michael Ricci
May 20, 2015

It's with great sadness that we announce the passing of beloved music man & longtime President of Blue Note Records, Bruce Lundvall. He was 79 years old. The cause was complications from a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1935, Bruce was a lifelong jazz lover whose passion for the music was ignited by Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker & the other beboppers he heard as an underage teenager at clubs along West 52nd Street in ...

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Education

Terence Blanchard Named Visiting Scholar At Berklee College Of Music

Source: Berklee Media Relations
May 20, 2015

Berklee College of Music has named world-renowned trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Blue Note recording artist Terence Blanchard as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition department beginning in the fall of 2015. Blanchard will also work in the Film Scoring and Brass departments, and for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. “Coming to Berklee feels like I’m coming home. Even though I never went to Berklee, I hang out there a great deal and learn a lot from my friends who ...

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Recording

New Album From The Producer Of E.S.T: Daniel Westin Quartet - Notes

Source: Daniel Stahre
May 20, 2015

The Daniel Westin Quartet will release their debut recording Notes on Strangers Candy on May 15th. The album was recorded and produced by Åke Linton (Tonbruket, Esbjorn Svensson Trio) at Svenska Grammofonstudion. Stockholm based pianist Daniel Westin has been heard in experimental indie band Humfree Bug Art and later live with Stockholm duo Grapell, both recorded on the Swedish label Strangers Candy. Now Daniel Westin debuts with his own instrumental piano quartet, creating melodic Scandinavian soundscapes on the album Notes. ...

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Recording

The Odd Couple Quintet +1 By John Clark

Source: John Clark
May 21, 2015

John Clark French horn CD Release on Composers Concordance Records “Virtually every French horn student starts playing the Mozart Concerti at a young age. I think I was 11 or 12 when I first attempted them, and even then I wanted to improvise on them. I had no idea what 'jazz' or 'creative music' was, but I had the desire to change a note here and there, to add some notes and leave some out. Thanks to Composers Concordance, this ...

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