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Karl Latham, Ryan Carniaux and Mark Egan release "Constellations"

Source: Michael Ricci
February 9, 2015

Constellations is the debut recording from Karl Latham, Ryan Carniaux and Mark Egan with special guest Nick Rolfe featuring their creative interpretations of the music from Icelandic pop star Bjork. On this 74+ minute highly adventurous improvisational outing the group draws from a wide palette of influences ranging from Miles Davis's Live-Evil and Bitches Brew to open ended impressionistic variations. The Icelandic singer Bjork has created her own universe with her music and performances that are both exciting and original, ...

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Danielle Freeman's "Una" Is Honest As One

Source: Danielle Freeman
February 9, 2015

Emotive and dynamic vocalist, Danielle Freeman, is characterized as being a “forward thinking vocalist with jazz influence" by New York artist Jake Cartwright. Una, a vocal solo EP written and performed by Freeman, seeks to honor sounds and words revealed to her regardless of genre classification. Versed engineer, John Paterno (Mark Guiliana, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill) mixed and mastered the album. Paterno compliments her overall intention to create a full sound recording utilizing ostinato bass lines, counter melodies, layered harmonies ...

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Grammys 2015: Jazz sticks to the familiar as Chick Corea wins two

Source: Michael Ricci
February 9, 2015

Awards speeches are ideal forums for jokes, even during the Grammys' Internet-only pre-show broadcast. But there was a kernel of truth to what was said from the stage as Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band accepted honors in the big band category for the album “Life in the Bubble": “Once again we want to thank Chick Corea for not making a large ensemble album." The line was in reference to the Grammys' longtime favorite when it comes to the jazz field ...

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"The Music Is The Magic," New CD By Vocalist Lainie Cooke, To Be Released March 17 By Ralph Peterson's Onyx Music Label

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 7, 2015

Given the deep jazz feeling and serious vocal chops displayed by Lainie Cooke on her new CD The Music Is the Magic, it’s hard to believe that the disc is only Cooke’s third. But this masterpiece of vocal jazz, which will be released March 17 by Ralph Peterson’s Onyx Music Label, affirms her standing in the front ranks of jazz singers performing today. “The wisdom, clarity, and nuances possessed by Lainie throughout the recording are most refreshing,” comments Peterson in ...

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Composer/Musician Peter Gordon & His Love Of Life Orchestra Present Symphony No. 5

Source: hubtone PR
February 7, 2015

Peter Gordon’s Symphony No. 5 traces the growth of the New York-based composer’s musical ideas from 2007 to 2012. The number “5” of the title refers to the five-year gestation period as well as the five-movement form of the work, and the idea of a “fifth symphony” as a significant point in a composer’s trajectory. The composition is a striking and elaborate statement, with the communication and energy of an ensemble performance, and the punch and careful attention to detail ...

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Drummer, Composer, Bandleader Manu Katché Releases "Live In Concert", His Debut For ACT Music

Source: ACTmusic
February 6, 2015

“Anyone who heard the quartet play last year will want this chronicle of a rapturously received night’s work.” —John Fordham, The Guardian (review of Live in Concert) “Manu Katché is a drummer of watchful effervescence, attuned to the tiniest particulars of rhythm and timbre but intent on a feeling of unthinking ease” —Nate Chinen, The New York Times “Live, Manu Katché group must be positively nuclear.” —John Kelman, AllAboutJazz.com Manu Katché, one of the world’s most renowned drummers & bandleaders, ...

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Free Nelson MandoomJazz Presents New Full-Length Album, Awakening Of A Capital, On RareNoiseRecords

Source: hubtone PR
February 6, 2015

Hot on the heels of their debut Double EP The Shape Of DoomJazz To Come / Saxophone Giganticus Scottish doom-jazz trio Free Nelson MandoomJazz are back with their first full-length album, Awakening Of A Capital. In the time that has passed since the release of their first double EP on RareNoiseRecords, Free Nelson MandoomJazz have gone from strength to strength, touring across central Europe during the summer and capping it off by performing at the Match & Fuse London Festival ...

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Spin Marvel's Infolding With Nils Petter Molvaer - Upcoming RareNoiseRecords Debut

Source: hubtone PR
February 6, 2015

Spin Marvel is the brainchild of British drummer Martin France, here joined by an all-star crew of celebrated Norwegian trumpeter and electronic music pioneer Nils Petter Molvaer, bassist Tim Harries (formerly of Bill Bruford’s Earthworks), Norwegian electronic sculptor Terje Evensen and remix maestro Emre Ramazanoglu. Together they create spacious and dramatic soundscapes of profound intensity on the startlingly original Infolding, blending aspects of free jazz, ambient music and electronica in provocative ways. From the serene to the unsettling, this latest ...

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