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Interview

Interview: James "Jimmy G" Gutzman Of High Brow And The Shades

Source: Eric Taylor
December 3, 2012

Q: When and how did High Brow and the Shades form? A: High Brow started the way a lot of bands start — a couple of guys from one band and a couple from another. That was in 1998. The newly-formed band was fortunate in that we had four strong vocalists. We could all sing lead and harmonize, and our vocal strength allowed us to play venues that were normally booking six to 10-piece groups, and we could also play ...

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Recording

Barry Cleveland Reissues Critically Acclaimed 1986 "Mythos" Album

Source: Barry Cleveland
December 3, 2012

Originally released on Larry “Synergy" Fast's legendary Audion Recording Company label in 1986, Mythos combined Barry Cleveland's processed, layered, and looped guitars with Michael Masley's otherworldly bowhammer cymbalom, and Bob Stohl and Kat Epple's woodwinds, synths, and light percussion. “Mythos was, and remains, a great album." —Larry Fast The 2012 reissue of Mythos makes the entire album available for the first time since its original release. It was digitally remastered using state-of-the-art tools to restore and enhance the clarity and ...

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Radio

Zach Brock Quartet Featured On WNYC Soundcheck December 10

Source: Claudia Artzer
December 3, 2012

Violinist and composer Zach Brock will be at WNYC FM studios in New York City on Monday, December 10 for an interview and performance on the show SOUNDCHECK with host John Schaefer. The session will stream live and air in early January. Catch Zach and his quartet the next day, December 11, at their debut at Jazz Standard. Zach Brock’s first release on the European label Criss Cross Jazz features top-rank musicians Aaron Goldberg on piano, Matt Penman on bass ...

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Recording

Scott Healy Ensemble "Hudson City Suite" Is Released

Source: Scott Healy
December 2, 2012

Los Angeles composer and pianist Scott Healy announces the release of “Hudson City Suite" by the Scott Healy Ensemble. Featuring Tim Hagans on trumpet, Healy on piano, and an all-star band, this fifty-six minute work was recorded April 30th and May 1st, 2012, at The Bridge in Glendale, CA. Nine original tracks are thematically linked, the music is spacious, rich, reverent to the past and looking forward. Hudson City Suite by the Scott Healy Ensemble is a conceptual and grooving ...

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Book / Magazine

Jazz & Blues Florida December 2012 Online Edition Posted

Source: Jazz & Blues Florida
December 2, 2012

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's best and only free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. This issue marks four years of being totally online. The issue also offers a special promotional click-through entry for a free drawing for tickets to Steve Wilson & Wilsonian’s Grain (Jan. 25, 2013 at The University of Florida Auditorium in Gainesville). The December 2012 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES ...

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Contest

Enter the "Mary Halvorson / Weasel Walter / Peter Evans - Mechanical Malfunction" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Thirsty Ear Recordings “Mary Halvorson / Weasel Walter / Peter Evans - Mechanical Malfunction“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 1st. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Mary Halvorson at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Thirsty Ear Recordings About Mechanical Malfunction Following their critically acclaimed debut trio album, Electric Fruit, ...

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Event

Dee Lucas Brings His Rebirth Of The Smooth Concert To The Metropolitan Room, Jan 2-4, 2013

Source: Cres O'Neal
December 2, 2012

Dee Lucas Brings His Rebirth Of The Smooth Concert To The Metropolitan Room In New York, NY Washington, DC: National recording artist, Saxophonist, Dee Lucas, takes center stage at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, Wednesday, January 2 - Friday, January 4, 2013. Considered one of the Jazz’s best kept secrets, soprano saxophonist Dee Lucas has evolved and catapulted onto the music scene. After launching his well-received 2004 debut CD, “Remembrance”, a tribute to legendary saxophonist ...

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Website

Sign up for the Weekly Jazz Near You Concert Calendar Email Announcement

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2012

If you would like to receive our (free) weekly Jazz Near You concert calendar email announcement, either sign up at the website or change your existing member account settings. Sign up: Simply sign up at Jazz Near You or All About Jazz, enter your location information (U.S. members will need to also include their zip code), and check the “Receive weekly upcoming jazz events?" box under the “Contact" tab from your member account update form. Change your existing settings: If ...

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