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Jimmy Ponder: 1946-2013
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Michael Ricci
Soul-Jazz guitarist Jimmy Ponder was well known to serious jazz lovers for his recordings as a leader and appearances as a sideman on 80 albums. His unique bluesy sound, which incorporated Wes Montgomery's approach of playing octaves with the thumb, has influenced other guitarists. Ponder's playing was described as aggressive rhythm-and-blues figurations with swift and lucid chromatic bop lines. Jimmy released 21 albums since 1969 as a leader on the Muse, Highnote, Cadet, Explore, and LRC labels. He reached the ...
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Guitarist Ricardo Grilli Debuts Oct. 15 With "If On A Winter's Night A Traveler"
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Terri Hinte Publicity
In the seven years since leaving his native São Paulo for Boston and then New York, guitarist Ricardo Grilli has found his voice as a distinctive jazz player and composer. His glowing debut album, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, which his Dark House label will release on October 15, chronicles that journey in rich detail. Grilli’s restless creativity is manifested in his love of odd meters, offbeat structures, and themes that keep circling back on themselves like the ...
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Future of Music Coalition and Jazz Forward Coalition host informal roundtable in Washington DC on October 28th
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All About Jazz
This is a save the date to join Future of Music Coalition and Jazz Forward Coalition next month in Washington DC for an informal roundtable on the future of jazz advocacy. Hosted by FMC and facilitated by JFC, this is a brown bag lunch bringing together artists, educators, presenters, promoters, advocates, managers, funders, and policymakers to speak frankly about ways to build greater collaborative engagement. A dichotomy is at play for jazz; it’s a cultural and economic driver in the ...
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The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine Releases "It's About Time" -- Includes un-recorded Maynard Ferguson Composition
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Ira B. Liss
San Diego, CA: TallMan Productions is thrilled to announce the release of the latest album from The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, It's About Time available everywhere on August 8, 2013. It's About Time is the 4th CD release by The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, an 18- piece Big Band that has been swinging the Southern California music scene for the last 34 years. Featuring some of San Diego's best jazz musicians and voted Best ...
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Steve Cole's "Pulse" Beating Strongly
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The saxophonist comes full circle on his seventh album, which was released today. Minneapolis, Minnesota (17 September 2013): Deep soul nuances, rhythm & blues grooves, a wall of horns and hooks that pack a wallop are the heartbeat of saxman Steve Cole’s “Pulse,” his seventh album that was released today by Artistry Music. The record that he penned and produced with fellow saxophonist David Mann represents a return to the sound and style with which he’s most comfortable having come ...
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UK Prog Group Haken Release Video For Cockroach King
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA: UK prog-metal group Haken will be releasing their fantastic third studio album ‘The Mountain’ in the US on September 17th, as well as performing short run of European shows. The band have now revealed a great video for the track “Cockroach King" which you can check out here. The band had this to say about the video: “With 'Cockroach King' we allowed our eccentric side to come to the fore and wrote a song in the tradition ...
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100,000 Events Submitted to Jazz Near You Since 2012 Launch
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All About Jazz
Jazz Near You surpassed 100,000 jazz events submitted to our website since it first launched this time last year. The Jazz Near You platform has grown steadily over the last 12 months to include nearly 250 websites, a weekly local events calendar, an app for iPad and iPhone, a widget (by city, by venue and by musician) and XML feeds (for musicians and cities). Events are submitted via the submission form and the form itself can accept both single and ...
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Publish the Quest Grooves on Inspiration from Southeast Asia to the Pulse of Africa
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Chris M. Slawecki
Femi Kuti waxes poetic with Seattle’s Publish the Quest members and bellows, “Gimme horns! Gimme horns!” opening the groovy pan-world pop band’s new album Then What!? (Late Night Sessions), and leading into the “Gimme hope! Gimme hope!” of Jacob Bain’s unrelenting optimism. Before you know it, you’re on your feet ready to dance and to sign up to join his quest. Then What!? is Publish the Quest’s pursuit of musical connection—its own band members’ pop, salsa, reggae, and hip-hop past ...
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