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C LANZBOM OF SOULFARM LEADS 'MEDITATIONS' ON 3RD SOLO CD

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NEW YORK -- While his band completes its net studio album, SOULFARM lead guitarist C LANZBOM is revisiting his popular solo career with his third CD of virtuoso guitar-based world instrumentals.

MEDITATIONS, due for release Feb. 6 on Desert Rock Records, taps deeper into the spiritual side that rises from SOULFARM's Middle Eastern grooves and transports the listener to places rarely visited through the band's exotic country rock. Drawing primarily from Americana-style acoustic folk to Renaissance to new age jazz, ...

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JOHN COLTRANE'S A LOVE SUPREME GOES GOLD

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Landmark recording achieves RIAA certification-a first for the late saxophonist

John Coltrane's legendary recording A Love Supreme has achieved Gold status according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The certfication of this album, orginally released in 1965, marks the first time any of the influential saxophonist's recordings have achieved this honor.

Available since its release under several different catalog numbers (ABC 77, MCA 29017, MCA 5660, and currently GRP 155), A Love Supreme is a three-part suite, “Acknowledgement," “Resolution," ...

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2001 - The Year of Nnenna Freelon

Source: All About Jazz

2001 is the Year of Nnenna! Let us begin to count the ways.

1) NNENNA FREELON, received 2 GRAMMY nominations. One for Best Jazz Vocal Album: Soulcall and one for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist(s): “Button Up Your Overcoat" which Nnenna also arranged.

2) In other Grammy news, it was announced that Nneena Freelon and Take 6 will be performing “STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT" during the telecast Wed. Feb. 21st!! This song will be the next track serviced ...

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Kim Kuzma - The No. 1 Selling Independent Artist for the Year 2000 - HMV Vancouver

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January 8, 2001

Kim Kuzma The No. 1 Selling Independent Artist for the Year 2000

Vancouver. Once again Kim Kuzma has charted as the No. 1 selling Independent Artist at HMV Robson Street in Vancouver, BC, Canada. For two years in a row now, (1999 & 2000) Kim has held the No. 1 spot at the top of the HMV Independent Sales Charts at their main West Coast store on Robson Street in Vancouver. Based on stats ...

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BERKLEE FACULTY HEAD TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THE 28th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAZZ EDUCATORS

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La big band Fanfararara diretta da Ken Hyder e Tim Hodgkinson

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HiPNOTIC RECORDING ARTISTS THE ONUS AND SEED TO APPEAR AT WASHINGTON'S BLUES ALLEY IN JANUARY

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BANDS PROMOTING NEW CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CDs

releases on HiPNOTIC RECORDS, jazz artists The Onus and Seed will appear on consecutive Tuesdays in January at Washington's famed jazz supper club, Blues Alley.

On Tuesday, January 16th, The Onus, a distinctive quintet led by Baltimore-based clarinetist Darryl Harper, returns to DC for its third Blues Alley appearance in as many years. The band's second CD, Reoccurring Dream, has garnered several favorable reviews since its August 2000 release, adding to the glowing accolades ...

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LEGENDARY ORGAN MASTER JIMMY SMITH TO RELEASE

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