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Right On! DW3’s “Truth” Is Spreading Fast

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
April 15, 2015

With an active summer festival season on the horizon, things are already heating up for the throwback R&B vocal group on the heels of a new album release and a hot radio single featuring Brian Culbertson. Los Angeles, CA: A twelve-song set of smooth old school soul strewn with modern day sensibilities, retro R&B vocal group DW3’s just released sophomore disc, Vintage Truth, is letting the music be its guide to the top of Billboard’s Most Added and New & ...

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Stanislaw Soyka & The Roger Berg Big Band Release "Swing Revisited"

Source: Mikolaj Gajewski
April 16, 2015

American swing played with bravado by leading Polish jazzman Stanislaw Soyka and the Roger Berg Big Band. In their rendition, recorded at sessions in Malmö and Warsaw, the artists refreshed jazz standards by Duke Ellington and Ray Charles among others. Swing Revisited is an album by Stanislaw Soyka, a noted Polish jazz singer, and the Roger Berg Big Band, a Swedish-Danish constellation. Their collaboration stemmed from a spontaneous jam session at the band's first Warsaw concert. ”I was just overwhelmed ...

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Minas Releases Most Important Album of Its Career, Symphony in Bossa

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2015

Ten years in the making. Over 60 musicians. Seven different recording studios. Symphony in Bossa is a monumental achievement by Philadelphia-based Brazilian jazz group Minas. Written specially for Minas for big band and strings by the late Bill Zaccagni (Bobby Rydel, Patty LaBelle), Symphony in Bossa merges north and south with big band jazz and Brazilian Bossa Nova. It presents fresh takes on old classics such as “The Girl from Ipanema," “Quiet Nights" ("Corcovado"), “Desafinado," “Chega de Saudade," “Triste," “Waters ...

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Frank Sinatra's Timeless Music Celebrated Worldwide With New, Career-Spanning "Ultimate Sinatra" Centennial Collections From Capitol/UME

Source: Michael Ricci
April 15, 2015

Ultimate Sinatra CD, Digital, 2LP and 4CD/Digital Deluxe Editions Present Key Recordings Spanning Sinatra's Years with Columbia, Capitol and Reprise, Together for the First Time Los Angeles, CA: In celebration of Frank Sinatra’s centennial year, new, career-spanning collections of the entertainment icon’s timeless music have been compiled for worldwide CD and digital release on April 21 by Capitol/UMe. Available in 25-track CD, 26-track digital, 24-track 180-gram 2LP, and deluxe, 101-track 4CD and digital editions, Ultimate Sinatra presents key recordings spanning ...

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Festival

Jazzmobile & 2015 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
April 15, 2015

JAZZMOBILE CONTINUES CELEBRATING ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY at the Fifth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 4-9 Presented by the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile This year the Festival will also pay tribute to the iconic Jazzmobile as a Shrine “Harlem is a dream-place where so much important cultural history has been enacted that as we explore the power of Harlem’s past we also feel its presence. Take the M60- bus along 125th, or emerge from the A-train at 125th ...

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Event

Judy Collins Returns To Café Carlyle, May 5-16

Source: Matt Gross
April 15, 2015

Judy Collins’ unique artistry has captivated audiences for over fifty years and landed her a spot in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Stephen Holden of The New York Times has praised her for evoking “the kind of ethereal, far-sighted reflection that is her special artistic territory.” Café Carlyle welcomes back the legendary singer-songwriter for a two-week solo engagement, May 5–16. Performances will take place Tuesday - Saturday at 8:45pm (no show on Saturday, May 9). Reservations made by phone at ...

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Video / DVD

Songlines Recordings Posts Richter 858 Video On You Tube

Source: GoMedia PR
April 14, 2015

Long-Form Video, Originally Featured on 2005 Album by Bill Frisell, Has Not Been Available For Viewing since Middle of 2000s In 2002 Bill Frisell was commissioned by producer David Breskin to create the music for an elaborate art book project on the great German painter Gerhard Richter. The book, Richter 858, was published in connection with a comprehensive US retrospective of Richter’s work, although it focused entirely on a recent series of eight small abstract paintings numbered 858-1 – 858-8. ...

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Guitar Virtuoso Scott Henderson To Release Instrumental Album For Guitar Trio, Vibe Station, On May 1, 2015

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 14, 2015

Los Angeles, CA – Guitar virtuoso Scott Henderson has finished his new album Vibe Station, the most ambitious project of his career! The highly anticipated instrumental album for guitar trio will be released on May 1, 2015. Says Scott, “I'm really excited about this record because our trio has been touring a lot and that energy came through on all the performances. The music is still blues-based, but also has a lot of harmonic content. The big change is no ...

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