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BJURecords To Release Boom-Bap!tism From Guitarist Isaac Darche

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 15, 2012

BOOM-BAP!TISM features: Isaac Darch (guitar, compositions) Sean Wayland (Hammond B3, compositions) Mark Ferber (drums) A great sense of excitement and joy permeates the music on Boom-Bap!tism (BJURecords, May 15), the sophomore CD release from guitarist/composer Isaac Darche, featuring Darche on guitar, Sean Wayland on Hammond B3, and the ubiquitous Mark Ferber on drums. “I think the mojo, or the special sauce, of this session was excitement. Sean, Mark and I were just really going ...

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Electric Prunes, Timi Yuro Headline June Real Gone Music Reissues

Source: conqueroo
May 15, 2012

Also due on June 26 are the Tokens, New Christy Minstrels and Rita Pavone. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — With its June 26, 2012 releases, Real Gone Music will offer music fans too much to dream. Featured will be three definitive packages — the Electric Prunes' The Complete Reprise Singles, Timi Yuro's The Complete Liberty Singles and the New Christy Minstrels' A Retrospective: 1962-1970 — as well as the Tokens' It's a Happening World and Rita Pavone's The International Teen-Age Sensation, ...

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Moksha Trio: Brazilian Instrumental Music With Vanguard Echoes

Source: Moksha Trio
May 18, 2012

Recorded in 2008, the first Moksha’s album (Self Produced) were devised after an extensive work in which made part the musicians: Gilberto Ferri (Piano), Lauro Lellis (drumns) and Felipe Alves (Bass). Moksha Trio’s drummer, Lauro Lellis, whom is also Tom Zé Band’s drummer for the two last decades, is the most renowned musician of this trio which also includes the Pianist Gilberto Ferri and the Bassist Felipe Alvez. The group’s name antecipates yours musical conception: from sanscrit, Moksh means liberation, ...

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Clara Ponty Releases New Vocal Album "Into The Light"

Source: Air MTM
May 15, 2012

Clara Ponty releases new vocal album Into The Light-a collection of twelve original compositions with tracks featuring Jean Luc Ponty and Nigel Kennedy Acclaimed songwriter, pianist and vocalist Clara Ponty releases Into The Light on May 7th 2012, co-produced by Stuart Bruce (Stevie Wonder, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Yes, Kate Bush) and featuring guest appearances from her father, jazz violin pioneer Jean Luc Ponty, experimental cellist Vincent Segal and maverick composer and showman violinist Nigel Kennedy. Musically, the album touches ...

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Performance / Tour

Vonda Shepard Plays Annapolis on May 18, Woodstock on May 19, New York City on May 21

Source: Anne Leighton
May 15, 2012

Vonda Shepard and her piano will be performing three east coast dates this May 18, 19 and 21. On May 18, Vonda performs at The Ram's Head On Stage, 33 West Street, in Annapolis, MD, on May 18, at 8 PM. Jann Klose opens. May 19 brings Vonda to the Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock, at 9 PM. Vonda performs at BB King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, in New York City, on May 21, ...

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This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe, Dresser, Stillman, Davis, Perry And More!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 15, 2012

THIS JULY THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE CELEBRATES ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY The Cornelia Street Café is a true New York City landmark, an epicurean destination, an artist's café that cultivates and inspires, and one of the few remaining Greenwich Village bastions for creative music, spoken word, art, theatre, cabaret and much more. This Week at The Cafe, May 14-21: Monday, May 14, 8:30 PM CLASSICAL AT THE CORNELIA: “CORNELIA SUITE" Kayo Hiraki, piano; Kat Georges, flute, composition ...

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Guitarist Dan Arcamone's "In Colors" Now Available

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
May 15, 2012

Swinging, soulful, energetic, gifted, flawless, these are just some of the words that have been used by critics to describe Connecticut based guitarist Dan Arcamone. Equally at home as a composer and performer, Arcamone’s powerful yet elegant style has been winning over audiences and critics alike. A diverse player, Arcamone is equally at home creating arcing melodies on a ballad as he is taking the reins on a burning, rock-fused solo, qualities that have caused him to make waves as ...

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The Jazz Session with Jason Crane is Going On Tour!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 14, 2012

THE JAZZ SESSION WITH JASON CRANE IS GOING ON TOUR Popular online show to travel the world interviewing musicians CONTACT: Jason Crane [email protected] 718-759-7519 thejazzsession.com BROOKLYN, NY: Starting June 1, 2012, Jason Crane, host of the popular online interview show The Jazz Session, is beginning a world tour, documenting the lives of jazz musicians around North America and elsewhere. He'll also be performing his poetry during the tour. The tour begins on ...

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