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For Sale

Wax Rax: Record Storage Remastered

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2014

LP-V Series shelving holds up to 700 vinyl LPs. Founded by artist, designer and metal fabricator David Stanavich, Wax Rax designs products with the vinyl record collector in mind. Decades of experience designing and building metal furnishings go into making our product line the audiophile’s choice to store, catalog and access vinyl records. Wax Rax units are optimized to give you easier access to your records and preserve your collection. Our first offering is the RC-1 Record Cart. Made of ...

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Recording

New Lp Alan Broadbent Solo Piano "Just One Of Those Things" Availabe Oct. 1, 2014 on Edition Longplay -- Preorder Now!

Source: Jan Matthies Music Management
July 28, 2014

The new solo piano recording of Alan Broadbent Just One Of Those Things shows very clearly: Broadbent is not only a highly acclaimed arranger and orchestra leader, two Grammy Awards as well as working with Woody Herman, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, etc., he is also a great and distinctive pianist. In decades of cooperation with the unforgettable Charlie Haden and his Quartet West, he demonstrated this emphatically. Charlie Haden praised him as “one of the most original improvisers ...

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Recording

Trombonist Ryan Keberle & Catharsis To Release Second Record, Into The Zone

Source: Fully Altered Media
July 27, 2014

Exploring Meditative Concept Of Mindfulness As Applied To Improvised Music, On Dave Douglas’ Greenleaf Music, Out Sept. 30, 2014 Into the Zone Features Original Catharsis Lineup: Ryan KEBERLE (trombone/melodica), MIKE RODRIGUEZ (trumpet), JORGE ROEDER (bass), ERIC DOOB (drums), Plus Newest Addition to Catharsis, CAMILA MEZA (vocals); And An Encore Guest Spot from SCOTT ROBINSON (sax) Most jazz musicians avoid repetition dogmatically. But when Ryan Keberle realized he’d been playing the same eight-note phrase in all his recent warm-ups, the trombonist ...

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Contest

Enter the "Roscoe Mitchell - Conversations II" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Wide Hive Records “Roscoe Mitchell - Conversations II“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 25th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Roscoe Mitchell at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Wide Hive Records About Conversations II Roscoe Mitchell is an unmistakably unique icon of modern composition and jazz and with the second ...

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Recording

Vocalist Tom Barton Transcends Jazz To Unique Sonic Worlds

Source: Tom Barton
July 26, 2014

Genre-crossing contemporary jazz vocalist/composer Tom Barton has released crowdfunded studio album, Aspirations Aspirations was recorded in early 2014 after over $9,000 was raised by fans on crowdfunding platform Pozible. The album transcends its acoustic jazz instrumentation to worlds of electronically-augmented sonic atmospheres. Tom sings original prose and wordless music pondering the self and the natural world, featuring jazz improvisation, extended vocal techniques, and live electronic looping and effects processing. The album blends genres of jazz, pop, folk, electronica and world ...

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Event

Ed Motta 2014 US Tour! Plus Katia Moraes, Daniel Carneiro & DJ Potira

Source: Patricia Leao
July 26, 2014

At The King King in Hollywood on August 3, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. “Ed Motta pushes all the right retro buttons. There are blasts of soul-jazz and blues-rock and a library of funky dance grooves, replayed in the spirit of the originals.” John L. Watters, The Guardian Los Angeles – Brazilian Nites Productions, presenters of the top Brazilian musical talent since 1989, is proud to present the multifaceted singer, musician and composer Ed Motta on his 2014 US Tour at ...

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Music Industry

Music Legends Jon Anderson And Jean-Luc Ponty Announce Formation Of New Music Ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
July 26, 2014

Los Angeles, CA - Music legends Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty announce the formation of a new ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band! YES's original singer/songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento. International jazz superstar Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has ...

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Event

Memorial Concert For Tenor Saxophonist Jeff Marx

Source: Jeff Siegel
July 26, 2014

Friends of saxophonist Jeff Marx, former Woodstock area resident, who passed away December 16, 2013 will present a memorial concert at the Colony Cafe, Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY on Sunday, August 3, 4-7 pm. Admission is $10 and proceeds from the concert will go to the Jazz Foundation of America’s Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund. Artists performing will include Emma Alabaster Ben Bierman Frederick Berryhill Carlo DeRosa Dave Douglas Peter ...

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