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Recording

Original Jazz Classics Add Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk and the Quartet Titles

Source: conqueroo
April 9, 2012

Enhanced, expanded recordings set for release on May 15, 2012 LOS ANGELES, CA: Concord Music Group will release three new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on May 15, 2012. Enhanced with 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, bonus tracks on each release (some previously unissued), and new liner notes to provide historical context to the originally released material, the series showcases pivotal recordings of the past several decades by artists whose influence on the jazz tradition continues to ...

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Rock Icons Jimmy Dillon And Lorin Rowan Ready Debut CD Release From Their New Super-group Aptly Named San Francisco Music Club

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 9, 2012

San Francisco, CA: Veteran performers and recording artists Jimmy Dillon and Lorin Rowan have been playing music for many years, and now they rejoin forces with a group of talented singers and players to form San Francisco Music Club. Their new album, titled “Love and Freedom", is a journey through the back roads of some of the great music traditions and cultures in the US, Caribbean, and Africa. The group’s official CD release party will be held at the legendary ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Showcase Welcomes Back Singer/songwriter, Laury Shelley

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service
April 9, 2012

Jazz Showcase is proud to announce the return of singer/songwriter, Laury Shelley, for two shows only on Monday, April 30th at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. In her third return engagement to the Jazz Showcase, Laury will take you on a journey of jazz songs mixed with several songs of her own. Appearing with Laury is four of Chicago's finest musicians: Jeremy Kahn on Piano, Jim Cox on Bass, Bob Rummage on Drums and Mark Colby on Tenor Saxophone. Singer/songwriter, ...

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Performance / Tour

Arturo Sandoval Brings Fire To The Chicago Jazz Orchestra

Source: Ted Ricci
April 9, 2012

Can an aggressive Chicago jazz group transform itself into a radiant Afro-Cuban jazz band at the drop of a downbeat? Apparently so, if it's being led by the volatile Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Not that Sandoval was officially conducting the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, which sold out Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Saturday evening. But once Sandoval took to the stage, the band became his, CJO conductor and artistic director Jeff Lindberg generally stepping to the side as if a ...

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Performance / Tour

Jack Kleinsinger's "Highlights in Jazz" series honoring saxophonist Sonny Fortune

Source: Michael Ricci
April 9, 2012

New York State's former assistant attorney general has been presenting concerts for four decades For close to 40 years, impresario Jack Kleinsinger has presented “Highlights in Jazz,” acclaimed as the longest-running concert series in the history of New York. On Thursday the multi-instrumental saxophonist Sonny Fortune will be honored at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, playing his own songs with longtime musical friends. Kleinsinger, a former assistant attorney general of New York State, grew up listening to jazz. Several family ...

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Recording

Elifantree - New Album "Time Out", Release Date: April 11th

Source: Tapio Ylinen
April 9, 2012

Eclipse Music is happy to announce that the long awaited second album by Elifantree, entitled Time Out will be released on April 11th. The album will be available by Supersounds Music in Finland and by Plugged Music AB in Sweden and internationally. The album will also be available for download from iTunes and other major digital retailers. Elifantree will support the new release with a series of high profile concerts at Turku Jazz Festival, April Jazz Festival (both in Finland), ...

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Contest

Enter The "Charles Gayle Trio - Streets" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Northern Spy Records “Charles Gayle Trio- Streets“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 7th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Charles Gayle at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Northern Spy Records About Streets The post New Thing lineage is a sacred thing. In the fields sown by Ayler and Coltrane and Sanders and ...

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One Of Louis Armstrong’s Final Performances (and Favorite Recipes) To Be Released This Month

Source: Groove Notes
April 8, 2012

Jazz icon Louis Armstrong, always the consummate entertainer, turned a 1971 award ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington DC into an impromptu performance despite recent poor health. It was one of his last concerts before he passed away five months later. Joined by longtime band-mates Tyree Glenn and Tommy Gwaltney, Armstrong shows no signs of frailty while singing, and to everyone’s surprise, playing trumpet on classics including “Mack the Knife" and “Rocking Chair." The recording, originally a limited ...

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