Jazz News

ESL Music Presents Nickodemus' "Moon People"

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 13, 2012

Brooklyn based DJ/producer Nickodemus has been an ambassador for global club sounds since he started spinning at the legendary Giant Step parties that rocked New York in the mid 90's. When he founded the legendary Turntables On The Hudson party with his friends Mariano & Nappy G, they continued mixing their eclectic DJ sets with live musicians. The influence of hip-hop, house, reggae, soul and jazz led him to the sounds of Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, the Middle East and ...

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Curumin Releases "Arrocha"

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 13, 2012

"'Arrocha' means to hold on with a lot of pressure," Curumin says from his Sao Paolo home, describing the meaning behind his new album title. “In Bahia it’s a rhythm, a way of dancing where you hold your girl very close. That pressure is something we feel here in Sao Paolo. It’s a very big city and you are always surrounded by people. On this album I’m trying to make more sensual music, speaking with a lot of feeling and ...

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Drummer/composer Duduka Da Fonseca Exhibits The Best Of Both Worlds On His Latest Samba - Jazz Exploration

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 13, 2012

Featuring Anat Cohen, Helio Alves, Guilherme Monteiro, Leonardo Cioglia & Duduka Da Fonseca Anzic Records to Release Samba Jazz - Jazz Samba on July 17, 2012 “Drummer Da Fonseca perhaps the best Brazilian trap drummer of his generation, plays with an uncommon mix of finesse and drive" - Mark Holston, Jazziz Magazine Drummer/Composer Duduka Da Fonseca is a blender, set at high speed. The Brazilian drummer (born in Rio De Janeiro in 1951), who arrived in New York City in ...

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Enter the "Sara Gazarek - Blossom & Bee" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Palmetto Records “Sara Gazarek - Blossom & Bee“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 12th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Sara Gazarek at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Palmetto Records About Blossom & Bee Blessed with a beautiful, translucent voice, Gazarek is a strikingly original artist who continues to blur ...

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Remembering Ralph Sutton This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 12, 2012

In an encore presentation this week, Riverwalk Jazz presents pianist Ralph Sutton’s 2000 visit to The Landing in San Antonio with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Between tunes, Sutton talked with host David Holt about his early experiences and influences and how he came to join Jack Teagarden’s band. Longtime Jim Cullum Jazz Band pianist John Sheridan shares a story about an afternoon lesson with Sutton in San Antonio. Sutton offers rarely-heard stride piano repertoire including Fats Waller’s “Clothesline Ballet” ...

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Design 4 Music gives Jeff Platz an Impressive Makeover

Source: Chris Rich
July 12, 2012

Design 4 Music works closely with All About Jazz to help make it the ultra helpful jazz locus that it is. They have to be one of the few web shops mainly focused on making a solid web presence for a notably disadvantaged sub idiom, free jazz, and they do it beautifully. The recent launch of a site makeover for Boston area guitarist Jeff Platz is merely the most recent example of work that marries high function to aesthetic majesty ...

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Wing Beat Fantastic: Songs Written By Mike Keneally And XTC’s Andy Partridge

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
July 12, 2012

Wing Beat Fantastic (Exowax Recordings, July 17, 2012 release), the magical new album from composer/ producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Mike Keneally, is the highly anticipated result of a songwriting union between the famed rock experimentalist and legendary XTC tunesmith Andy Partridge. Their collaboration produced eight new songs, combining Partridge’s innate sense of angular pop melody and beautifully intelligent poeticism, and Keneally’s experimental bent and surrealist tendencies. For Partridge fanatics, the album will be a trove of rare new material from a songwriter who’s ...

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Young Ukulele Star Brittni Paiva Releases "Tell U What" Produced By Tom Scott

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
July 12, 2012

At just 23 years of age, Brittni Paiva (pie-VAH) is the preeminent female ukelele player from Hawaii. This native of Hilo is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist with a prodigous gift who has been embraced by a global audience. Her latest album, Tell U What (July 10 release, Brittni Paiva Music), showcases her true talent along side a group of highly respected musical legends – Michael McDonald, Tom Scott, and Arturo Sandoval. Scott produced the album, noting “we’ve put Brittni and her ...

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