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Duane Allman 'Skydog' retrospective chronicles groundbreaking career

Source: conqueroo
February 3, 2013

Even if he’d never formed The Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman would be a major figure in American popular music. Long before his name became known to mainstream audiences, he had already established his credentials as a once-in-a-lifetime guitar visionary, leaving his unmistakable stamp on a broad array of recordings. On March 5, 2013, Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, will release the most ambitious retrospective of Allman’s short but influential career titled Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective. ...

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Alice Russell & Tru Thoughts Records Prepare "To Dust"

Source: Press Junkie PR
February 3, 2013

To Dust is the first solo album from British soul sensation, Alice Russell since 2008’s critically acclaimed Pot Of Gold, and marks the next step forward in her remarkable career. Whether on a big stage with her 16 piece band, charming a crowd of 4000 into staying out dancing in the rain (as she did at Montreal Jazz Festival) or rocking out an intimate club with a stripped-down six piece, Alice’s natural talent and charisma have always commanded attention and ...

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Event

Carmen Lundy + Luckman Jazz Orchestra: Tribute To Heath on February 9

Source: Dorothy Riley
February 3, 2013

Celebrated jazz vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy joins the Luckman Jazz Orchestra in a one-evening-only tribute performance to the incomparable Jimmy Heath. During his five decade career, Heath has performed with jazz greats including Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Wynton Marsalis. Heath performed on more than 100 albums and wrote more than 125 compositions. Carmen Lundy is hailed by the Los Angeles Times as having a voice of agility and seductive allure. February 9, 2013 8:00 ...

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Guitarist/Composer Ken Hatfield Celebrates The Genius Of Harlem Renaissance Poet Langston Hughes With "For Langston", An Enthralling Song Cycle Drawn From His Blues-Steeped Verse

Source: Ken Hatfield
February 3, 2013

To Be Released February 1, 2013, Langston’s Birthday A supremely lyrical guitarist and award-winning composer with a deep love of literature, Ken Hatfield is always on the lookout for texts ripe for musical interpretation. He found an ideal muse in the great American poet Langston Hughes, whose rhythmically agile verse, marked by penetrating observations about love, life and politics, takes flight on For Langston, due out on Arthur Circle Music on February 1, 2013, Langston’s birthday. A chamber jazz work ...

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Contest

Enter the "Scott McLemore - Remote Location" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
February 2, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Sunny Sky Records “Scott McLemore - Remote Location“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 1st. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Scott McLemore at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Sunny Sky Records About Remote Location It's an album about fond memories and fast friends, homesickness and new beginnings, musical heroes ...

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"Lush" - New CD By Joe Clark Big Band (Featuring Jeff Hamilton) - Set For Feb. 12 Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
February 2, 2013

From the liner notes by Mark Hiebert: The title of this album is Lush. The word “lush” by itself can describe a man who drinks and becomes flirtatious, or it can depict something that is savory and appealing to the senses. The album includes a little of both, with characters like the Femme Fatale living in an unwritten story set in the streets of New Orleans, along with some of the richest and most beautiful new music in the big ...

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New John Serry Album, "The Shift," Released

Source: John Serry
February 2, 2013

The new album, The Shift (SPCo Records) from pianist/composer John Serry is now released and will be available at CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Music Store and other online outlets, as well as directly from the artist. John Serry received a Grammy Nomination in 1979 for his arrangement of his composition, “Sabotage," on his debut LP, Exhibition and he was the Grand Prize winner of the 1995 Jazziz magazine Keyboards on Fire competition (Dave Brubeck and Bob James judges.) ...

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