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Saxophonist ShaShaty Set To Embark Upon A “Dream Ride” Leading To A “brighter Day”

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 29, 2015

Vibrant radio single precedes the artist’s Steve Oliver-produced album, due March 3. Los Angeles, CA: It’s a new dawn for veteran contemporary jazz saxophonist ShaShaty, who will release his sixth album entitled “Brighter Day,” on March 3 on the newly formed A.H.I. Records. His first collection comprised entirely of original songs in more than a decade, the set showcases the artist who had a hand in writing seven of the disc’s eleven songs that were produced by guitarist-vocalist Steve Oliver, ...

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Cleopatra Records To Release Two Rare Live Albums By UK Prog Legends Renaissance

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 29, 2015

Los Angeles, CA - Cleopatra Records will be releasing two rare live albums by UK progressive rock legends Renaissance. The first release on February 3rd is DeLane Lea Studios 1973; a captivating live-in-the-studio recording from Renaissance performing to a small gathering of friends at the historic DeLane Lea Studios in London (used by everyone from The Beatles to Queen, Jimi Hendrix & Pink Floyd). Beguiling vocalist and ingenue Annie Haslam leads her group through nearly the entire fourth album Ashes ...

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Performance / Tour

Elio Villafranca's "Cinqué - Music Of The Caribbean" at Jazz At Lincoln Center, Feb. 20-21

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
January 28, 2015

With Special Guest Jon Faddis Elio Villafranca brings an all-star band with special guest Jon Faddis into The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 20-21 for the world premiere of “Cinqué - Music of the Caribbean." The Appel Room Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th St., 5th floor Feb. 20, 9:30pm / Feb. 21, 7:00pm For reservations, call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 “This is my largest musical work to date," exclaims the ...

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New Avishai Cohen Trio CD, "From Darkness," Set For Release March 31st

Source: Muse Media
January 28, 2015

From Darkness, the new and 15th album from multi-talented composer- bassist-singer Avishai Cohen, is set for release March 31st via Sunnyside/Razdaz Recordz. A critical darling whose press fans include The New York Times, NPR, MOJO, Jazz Times and many others, the release of From Darkness will be accompanied by tour dates across the globe. Much like the importance of a Compass to an Explorer, when Avishai Cohen is asked what he would consider his favourite navigational instrument, he replies without ...

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Performance / Tour

French Music Legends Magma To Play Select North American Dates Spring 2015

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 28, 2015

Paris, France: One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles Magma will be performing select North American dates beginning in April 2015! Swirling riffs in odd time signatures, theatrical choir arrangements, heavy and distorted pulsing bass guitar, bombastic and minimalistic (sometimes both at the same time), dark and brooding, adventurous and angelic, jazzy or classical, but always with the highly innovative and original drums of founder and main composer Christian Vander. On the forthcoming US dates the legendary ensemble will ...

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Event

The Recording Academy San Francisco Chapter Hosts Grammy Nominee Celebration

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2015

By Walter Atkins The Recording Academy San Francisco Chapter’s GRAMMY Nominee Celebration was held Tuesday, January 20,2015 at The Lodge at the Regency Center in downtown San Francisco. The exclusive reception was well organized and attended by Bay Area artists, city officials and key Academy members including Michael Romanowski, Larry Batiste, and John Poppo, Vice Chair of The Recording Academy. Some of the local nominees were: Ledisi, Best R&B performance, Like This. Charlie Musselwhite, Best Blues Album, Juke Joint Chapel. ...

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Performance / Tour

Irvin Mayfield And The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Kick Off 12-City Tour

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 27, 2015

IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA KICK OFF 12-CITY TOUR FEBRUARY 5-22, 2015 NEW ORLEANS, LA – Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) hit the road for a 12-city tour beginning in Miami, FL on February 5 and wrapping up in Fairfield, CT on February 22. In addition to Mayfield on trumpet, the 18-piece Orchestra includes such respected musicians as Victor Atkins on piano and Ed “Sweetbread” Petersen on saxophone. Jazz music was born in ...

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John Coltrane - "So Many Things: The European Tour 1961"

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2015

"There are so many things to be considered in making music", John Coltrane told an interviewer during his first European tour as a bandleader in the autumn of 1961. “Many things on which I don't think I've reached a final conclusion." Indeed, the music Coltrane made on this trip took audiences to the very cutting edge, leaving many questions unanswered, even for the saxophonists most ardent fans. For some he had taken the fundamentals of modern ...

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