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Jazzanova's New Album: Funkhaus Studio Sessions
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Press Junkie PR
Whoever had the chance to see Jazzanova play live during the last three years knows how magical this experience can be. The Berlin based outfit transports the richness and sublimity of their productions (own compositions and remixes) perfectly on stage. And it adds this extra twist to the performance which makes the music even more tangible and human. In last November the 2 producers of Jazzanova, Stefan Leisering & Axel Reinemer & the original Jazzanova touring band brought the spirit ...
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Luciana Souza To Release Two New CD’s August 28th
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Muse Media
CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED JAZZ SINGER LUCIANA SOUZA TO RELEASE TWO NEW CD’S AUGUST 28TH “Luciana Souza is a jazz singer who doesn't inhabit the normal jazz-singer role. A composer and arranger of considerable gifts, her midrange voice is amazingly controlled. It is alert, directed, with undertones of calm conversation. It's the sound of a well- rested intelligence.” —The New York Times Los Angeles, CA: After a three-year hiatus from recording, consummate artist and Jazz Singer Luciana Souza returns to Sunnyside Records with ...
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Five Years In The Making, San Francisco Singer/Songwriter And Composer/Sound Designer Karney Announces The Release Of Her New “Love & Respect” CD
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
San Francisco, CA - One is likely to notice several common threads running through Karney's musical creations, whether they involve her funky indie rock band, her singer-songwriter outings with only a guitar, her compositions for video games and other commercial clients, or her work with a variety of name brand artists and bands. Karney's music has always contained elements of solid musicianship based on diverse influences, a knack for writing appealing and energetic songs, and the benefits of frequent collaboration ...
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Nicki Parrott: Jazz At Kitano
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Daniel Kassell
On the last Wednesday night of the first month in the newly renovated bar musical director Gino Moratti announced a quiet policy intended to focus attention on the subtleties of Nicki Parrott’s Trio. Moving from the second floor after six successful years to the first floor adjacent to the hotel in the former Park Avenue Rockefeller Townhouse, the official opening on the weekend of May 2nd, 2012, found it’s now called: JAZZ at Kitano. The mahogany walls, banquettes, skylights set ...
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Stronghold Sound Presents: "Sembeh Ma Fa Fe"
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Press Junkie PR
Following the debut release of Stronghold Sound’s compilation spanning Afrobeat, Arab folk, reggae, dub-step, hip-hop and ñu-cumbia, the SF-based global beats label/collective traveled to Guinea Conakry to record music at the heart of what was once the Mandeng Empire of West Africa in the production of Sembeh Ma Fa Fe, a compilation in two volumes: Mandeng Roots and Revisits from Guinea Conakry. Closed to much of the world since independence, Guinea is home to many masters of Mandeng traditional music ...
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Ottmar Liebert Releases New CD "Dune"
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Chris M. Slawecki
There is a change in the weather and sound for Ottmar Liebert's new release entitled Dune. Magic men are said to be drawn to the desert sands. Sometimes they come as sculptors like Christo that put up strange and beautiful environments that inspire. Sometimes they come as Native American medicine men or old Japanese Kyoto masters to meditate and postulate. And sometimes, just plain and simple great artists disguised as guitar players. Liebert's new release Dune sits firmly in the ...
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Kenny Barron and Ron Carter Awarded for Lifetime Contributions to Jazz
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Chris M. Slawecki
The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) will present its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to two of the world’s most renowned jazz artists, Kenny Barron and Ron Carter, at its 8th annual Festival, held June 1-10. Each year the DCJF honors jazz greats for their indelible lifetime contributions to jazz and humanity. Past awardees include Jimmy Heath, Eddie Palmieri, James Moody, Ellis Marsalis, George Wein, Buck Hill, Clark Terry, Hank Jones, Dr. Billy Taylor and Dave Brubeck. Mr. Barron and Mr. Carter ...
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Pharoah Sanders - In the Beginning - 1963-1964 Four-CD Boxed Set Includes 2 Discs of Unreleased Music
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
PHAROAH SANDERS: IN THE BEGINNING - 1963-1964 (ESP-4069) This four-CD set documents the first recordings of iconic tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, prior to his well known association with John Coltrane. Beginning with two previously unreleased sessions with Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry and Paul Bley, followed by Pharoah's debut date as a leader for ESP-Disk' and concluding with the first issue ever of the complete the December 30 and 31, 1964 Sun Ra at Judson Hall concerts, Sanders' only known ...
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