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Carla White's The Sweetest Sounds

Source: All About Jazz

When Carla White entered New York City's Clinton Recording Studios to record what would become The Sweetest Sounds, her seventh album, the acclaimed vocalist was striving for something different. Already enjoying a reputation as one of the finest scat singers on the scene and an extraordinary interpreter of both standard and lesser-known works, Carla took a different approach to the piano trio accompaniment that was central to most of her previous work.

“The overall idea of this recording was to ...

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Mosaic Records Presents The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey

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Mosaic Records Presents The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey - One of the Most Popular and Prolific Vocalists of the '30s

From the time Mildred Bailey joined Paul Whiteman's band in 1929, becoming the first prominent big band “girl singer," her crystal clear tone and impeccable phrasing made Bailey a major influence on both jazz and popular vocal styles. From her deep early impact on Bing Crosby to her strong influence on Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney, ...

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JAZZ VOCALIST BARBARA MONTGOMERY DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM CHICK COREA ON HER NEW CD, DAKINI LAND

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Described once as an “ice cream blond with a black coffee jazz voice," resplendent vocalist Barbara Montgomery announces the release of her most accomplished and spirited CD yet--Dakini Land, a 10-song collection centered on the evocative compositions of keyboard master Chick Corea. Produced by Montgomery along with her pianist and frequent collaborator, Barry Sames, Dakini Land features contributions from a host of stellar musicians, including trumpet-flugelhorn ace Terrell Stafford and violinist John Blake. Both Dakini Land and Montgomery's acclaimed 1999 ...

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35 Years Later Here Comes The Whistleman Rahsaan Roland Kirk Again

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The Spring Hill Music Group Announces the Creation of the Hillsboro Jazz Label

Source: All About Jazz

The Spring Hill Music Group, Inc. announces the creation of a new imprint set to launch February 27, 2001 from their Nashville base of operations. The label known as Hillsboro to be distributed by EMD (EMI Distribution) will debut with three releases by pianist Beegie Adair, violinist Antoine Silverman and guitarist Jack Jezzro. To celebrate the label's emergence, a 12-track sampler is being released to familiarize industry members from the radio, retail and press community with the label.

The Spring ...

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Subtle But Groovin' Soul Jazz Star: Jack McDuff Dies at 74

Source: All About Jazz

Jack McDuff, who was often known as Brother Jack McDuff, but later upgraded that honorific to Captain (an image completed by a jaunty, Count Basie-style yachting cap), was one of the handful of leading exponents of the soul jazz style created on Hammond organ by Jimmy Smith in the late 1950s. Soul jazz was one of the most popular (and populist) of all jazz-based styles, and remains so today.

Although it had its roots in the piano work of Horace ...

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Iris Lord...12 Famous Men

Source: All About Jazz

Iris Lord has achieved a sort of cubist expression with her new spoken word opera 12 Famous Men presented last week at the Knitting factory Hollywood. Cubism, usually associated with painting, such as Picasso, is defined as “... displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of the depicted objects" “ Broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in an abstracted form." In this performance Iris Lord has separated the elements of story, action, and music and ...

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Giampiero Boneschi, Franco Cerri e altri - Jazz In Italy In The 40s

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