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New Album By An American Drummer In Iceland

Source: Scott McLemore
September 7, 2012

Scott McLemore, the American drummer living in Iceland has a new album. Remote Location features a quintet of Icelandic musicians, including Sunna Gunnlaugs on piano, saxophonist Óskar Guðjónsson (known for his work with Mezzoforte, Søren Dahl Jeppesen and Skúli Sverrison), guitarist Andrés Thor and bassist Róbert Thórhallsson. The album is a collection of original music that revolves around three chapters in McLemore's life, or rather the three places he has lived: Virginia, New York and Iceland. The songs are filled ...

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Radio

Shelly Berg On Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
September 6, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, pianist Shelly Berg joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand in San Antonio for a free-wheeling jam session. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. The LA Times calls him “a whirlwind of motion on the piano bench.” He’s a composer, arranger, educator, conductor, and jazz piano virtuoso. He recorded with Woody Herman, Louis Bellson, ...

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Arizona Dranes : Forgotten Mother Of The Gospel Beat

Source: Tompkins Square
September 6, 2012

San Francisco-based label Tompkins Square has released the book+CD/eBook,'He Is My Story : The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes'. A singer sits at the piano and loses all inhibitions while in complete control of the instrument: Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis. Although church singer Arizona Dranes doesn't come close to the stature of those icons, she set the mold for rockin' singer/ pianists in 1926 with six “test records" that have stood the test of time. Until now, ...

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UK Prog Legends Curved Air Release "Live Atmosphere" CD/DVD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 6, 2012

London, UK: Reformed in 2008 after a sabbatical of 18 years, Curved Air's concert and festival appearances in the UK, Japan, Italy, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Holland and Belgium continue to thrill a steadily increasing mass of new and old fans. Their experimental blends of classical themes, electronic sounds and pop/rock energy and beautiful, timeless songs are performed with fire and passion and tremendous musicianship. Now, much to the excitement of their fans worldwide, Curved Air have released a new CD/DVD ...

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Yazoo Records To Release Follow Up To Critically Acclaimed Collection Of Early Country And Blues Recordings

Source: 1888 Media
September 6, 2012

46-Track Collection Culled From The 1920s Contains Rare Tracks From Charley Patton, Bukka White, Ishman Bracey, Dave Macon, Eck Robertson and Charlie Poole 54-Page Booklet Chronicles The History of Collecting Old 78 Records From The 1920s Through The 1960s New York, NY: On September 25, 2012, Yazoo Records (a division of Shanachie Entertainment), will release the ultimate collection of early country and blues recordings, with the illustrious 2-CD set, The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of. This ...

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Music Industry

ITI Records Resurfaces After Many Years Dormant

Source: MICHAEL DION
September 5, 2012

After Thirty Years since its inception, ITI Records is returning to re-release its catalog as well as new titles in the future. Original owner, Mike Dion, who had been recalled to Active Duty in 1998 by the Navy, due to the wars in Bosnia and the Middle East has retired and has since returned to the Music Industry. Dion, in the past had stated that “ITI was one of the avenues for known and unknown jazz artists to get their ...

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New Vocal Jazz Album Six Degrees Of Cool Spotlights Financial Woes Of The 99%

Source: Kathy Sanborn
September 5, 2012

Six Degrees of Cool, the newly released vocal jazz project from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, shines a light on the economic turmoil of the 99-percenters. Packing a punch on the nature of economic hard times are the songs “Bitter Winter” and “Shanty Man,” the last a song describing the effects on a family in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Sanborn says, “'Bitter Winter' describes the nature of the times we’re living in; homeless families, jobless people, and ...

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Festival

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Barbara Morrison & Her Trio Headline First Divine Jazz Cruise To Alaska June 2013 On Celebrity Solstice

Source: Jeff Rudin
September 5, 2012

For the first time in several decades, a jazz cruise is heading to Alaska. The Clayton- Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the world-renowned jazz band will star on the seven-night Celebrity Solstice Cruise scheduled for June 21-28, 2013. The cruise leaves from Seattle Washington. The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra was started in 1986 and was a success from the start. The Orchestra was the house band at the Hollywood Bowl from 1999-2001 and has recorded with Gladys Knight, Diana Krall and John ...

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