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Recording

Prog Ensemble Theo Featuring Renowned Keyboardist Jim Alfredson Release Debut CD "The Game Of Ouroboros"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 9, 2015

Lansing, MI – Jim Alfredson is best known for his work with acclaimed jazz trio organissimo and is considered among the best Hammond organists working today. His newest project is a solo album known under the name THEO that originated as a rediscovery of Alfredson's affection towards the classic era of progressive rock. Inspired by classic bands like Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and Genesis, THEO brings epic songwriting and sweeping narratives back to the forefront with contemporary sensibilities ...

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Event

New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present More Than 50 Free Performances For Spring 2015 Season

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
January 9, 2015

Plus Residencies with World-Renowned Performers January 26 — May 19, 2015 Highlights include: The Music of Ken Schaphorst and John Medeski; Jason Moran in The Music of Fats Waller; Order of the Virtues, a re-interpretation of Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum; Masterclasses with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Medeski, Jason Moran, Dave Holland & Fred Hersch. In the Mix – 36 one-hour concerts by exceptional student ensembles New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation Departments announce more than 50 ...

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Performance / Tour

Bettye Lavette Returns To Café Carlyle With All New Show & A New CD, January 27-February 7

Source: Matt Gross
January 9, 2015

Café Carlyle is pleased to welcome back iconic R&B songstress Bettye LaVette for a two- week engagement, January 27–February 7, where she will showcase her inimitable style, gut wrenching vocals and songs from throughout her five decade career, as well as the world premiere of selections from her new album, Worthy. The album, which Cherry Red releases on January 27, features Bettye’s reflective, visceral interpretations of classic tracks by Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones amongst others. Performances ...

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Recording

Brazilian Vocalist & Cellist Dom La Nena Announces New Album And North American Tour

Source: Matt Gross
January 9, 2015

Co-produced by Dom and Brazilian composer/singer/guitarist Marcelo Camelo, SOYO is the follow up to debut album, Ela, which NPR Hailed As A “Sonic Masterpiece." Dom La Nena has drawn comparisons as varied as “a young Brian Wilson” (Wall Street Journal), “a burnished, bossa Joanna Newsom” (Time Out New York) and “the shadow of Lhasa” (Voir), yet her music and style remain distinctly her own. Her debut album, Ela – which NPR hailed as a “sonic masterpiece”—introduced Dom’s delicate vocals and ...

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Performance / Tour

Buster Poindexter (aka David Johansen, New York Dolls) Returns To Café Carlyle, February 10-21

Source: Matt Gross
January 8, 2015

As a founding member of the New York Dolls and in a prolific solo career, David Johansen has been a seminal force in rock and roll, influencing countless singers and bands to this day. Buster Poindexter, Johansen’s celebrated alter ego showcases his elegant crooning through R&B ballads. As Poindexter, his previous engagements at the Café have been sellouts and he’s become one of the most revered artists to grace the Café, with TheaterMania calling his Café show “one of the ...

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Performance / Tour

Singer/Actor Cheyenne Jackson Makes Café Carlyle Debut, January 13-24

Source: Matt Gross
January 8, 2015

Cheyenne Jackson, with stage credits including The Performers, 8, Finian’s Rainbow, Damn Yankees and Xanadu; television appearances on 30 Rock, Glee, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ugly Betty; and film work including Love is Strange, United 93, Price Check and Lola Versus, will make his debut at Café Carlyle to open the winter season, January 13-24. The two-week engagement, entitled Eyes Wide Open, will take a personal and humorous look at loss, love, revelation and recovery with music ranging from Louis ...

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Recording

Donna Lewis Returns With New Jazz Album, "Brand New Day"

Source: Matt Gross
January 8, 2015

Platinum singer-songwriter reimagines her own material and songs by David Bowie, Neil Young, Damien Rice, Gnarls Barkley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chocolate Genius, Burt Bacharach and Harry Nilsson. The Welsh-born singer Donna Lewis is one of those rare artists whose immense success on the pop radio charts disguises an exceptional and serious musicianship and breadth of repertoire. Lewis’ new album, Brand New Day, reveals the range of her artistry, and may surprise listeners who know her only for her pop hits ...

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Performance / Tour

Charley Gerard's Songs Of Love And Passion at IBeam on February 6

Source: Charley Gerard
January 8, 2015

This will be the first project for the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet (BRSQ) with lyrics! This Brooklyn-based group is directed by composer and alto saxophonist Charley Gerard with Jenny Hill, Jacob Teichroew and Dimitri Moderbacher filling out the quartet. Kristin Slipp, an immensely talented singer with the group Cuddle Magic, is performing the work along with the BRSQ at a concert at IBeam on February 6. The concert will be recorded and the music will be on the BRSQ's next ...

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