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Astronauts of Antiquity

Marrying the vibey, seductively ethereal textures of lounge, dub and trance with the timeless verities of great pop and rock songwriting, Astronauts of Antiquity have bridged various musical worlds to create a realm all their own. And while their journey has taken them around the globe, on their new album, Rocket Science For Dummies, they have brought it all back home, delivering an album that is seamless and mesmerizing, reflecting a unified expression of their musical vision. Their music has been called everything from “urban-electro-organica,” to a “jazzy, neo-soulful, electronic exploration,” but more than any genre, what defines Astronauts of Antiquity is the musical and life partnership of India on vocals and B

The Fully Celebrated

Led by saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and formerly known as The Fully Celebrated Orchestra, the group has been a fixture on Boston's jazz scene for more than two decades.

For its first release in four years, Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity), the founding line-up of Hobbs, bassist Timo Shanko and drummer Django Carranza returned to the studio to document eight new quintessentially eclectic compositions.

“Jim Hobbs and his Fully Celebrated Orchestra combine vast musical prowess and playful, irreverent intelligence,” wrote AllAboutJazz.com’s Paul Olson in his review of the group’s most recent release, 2005’s Lapis Exilis (Skycap Records). “No one today is playing the alto better than Hobbs -- the vast range of tones he summons from the small horn is altogether remarkable...Carranza and Shanko are a devastating rhythm section...a powerhouse group. Jim Hobbs and the Fully Celebrated Orchestra play virtuoso jazz music with a marked eclecticism.”

Resonance Big Band

Some may call it hubris to introduce Marian Petrescu with an album in which he is asked to step into the shoes of a uniquely accomplished and intimidating virtuoso. But that assumption evaporates in an instant, once the music of Resonance Big Band Plays the Legacy of Oscar Peterson begins. That's all it takes to make clear that this remarkable album is inspired not by bravado but by Petrescu's respect and even love for the artist he credits with inspiring his commitment to jazz. More About Resonance Big Band Some may call it hubris to introduce Marian Petrescu with an album in which he is asked to step into the shoes of a uniquely accomplished and intimidating virtuoso

Bipolar

Bipolar was born because one morning in July 2005, trumpeter/composer Jed Feuer awakened with a fervent desire, after a long layoff, to return to playing. His aim was to start a quintet which would demonstrate variety, energy, taste and almost always, a departure from the norm. He called his pal, pianist Craig Swanson, and asked him to join forces. Craig expressed great interest and enthusiasm. Within six months, BIPOLAR was performing at Bargemusic, The Metropolitan, Room, Jazz at St. Peter’s and so on. So with Jed on trumpet + flugelhorn, Craig at the piano, Stephanie Long on saxophones, flute + piccolo, David Ostrem on double bass, and James Windsor-Wells on drums, Bipolar is paving new roads into jazz repertoires and performance possibilities

Lima Lima

A new and surprisingly different vocal album!

”Oh Mighty Thought-control” is Lima Lima’s debut album and will be released in april 2008 on the new Danish label Your Favourite Records.

The music is an offspring of Ulla Pihl’s own little world, which through music can be experienced by everybody else. You will notice very fast that Ulla Pihl’s world is different from your own; physics don’t apply, money doesn’t exist... or to make it short: everything is as twisted as her own curly hair.

The lyrics are in English and served with a good portion of self-irony, humour and warmth

Exil

The winners of the ”Young Jazz Competition” releases new recording.

Exil is a danish band with internation line-up and is now ready with their new release ”Porntip”

Four young musicians with a strong personality is here being united through original material and collectively they succeed in making both the minimastic as well as the complex music an interesting experience for the listener. Besides winning the danish jazzunion’s “Young Jazz Competition” 2007 Exil has received much positive notice in the national media.

With their constant search for new ways, they make both the minimalistic and the more complex music an intense and interesting experience for the listener

Looter Beats

Dramatic, Action Packed, Funky Stuff!

On their debut, «The Legend of the Brown Baron» Looter Beats takes the listener back to the time when cars were advocado-green, sideburns were something you combed and white tennis socks were the porn-stars preferred (and only) clothes.

Looter Beats has their musical roots in the 70's actionmovie soundtracks. With a love for car-chases and «oldschool-porn», drummer and band-leader Mathias Nordholt, along with the rest of the Looters, serves up a steady funk-cocktail of hot-tempered brass-riffs, tight catchy themes and groovy beats

Borderline Ensemble

Borderline Ensemble is Denmarks first orchestra, who creates music, exclusively with the sign language Soundpainting. As if that's not dangerous enough, the Ensemble has joined forces with Danish multiartist Torsten ”T.S.” Høeg to release their debut, Beware.

Soundpainting is the live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson. Leading the 8 other musicians of Borderline Ensemble through the unknown terretories of the livecomposition, and using more than 750 Soundpainting-signs, are the two conductors Gustav Rasmussen og Ketil Duckert.

On Beware, this spontanously composed music is created around a series of poems by multiartist T.S

Benny Goodman Centennial Orchestra

Active since: May 30, 1971

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Presents The Benny Goodman Centennial Orchestra Performing Jazz Arrangements Of “The Sound Of Music” And Other Goodman Classics Pianist and composer DiNovi, who is one of the great icons of Canadian and American jazz, together with Order of Canada-winning musicians Campbell (clarinet) and Young (Bass), will be performing with and passing on a legacy to the next generation of premier jazz musicians who make up the rest of the Benny Goodman Centennial Orchestra This top talent includes: Bryden Baird (trumpet), Graham Campbell (guitar), Ernesto Cervini (drums and clarinet), Tara Davidson (alto saxophone and flute), David French (tenor saxophone), and RJ Satchithananthan (trombone). Days after the 1959 Broadway debut of “The Sound of Music” with the help of Fred Karlin, Benny Goodman arranged the entire musical score for jazz orchestra, featuring all the hit songs

Sound Assembly

On the NYC scene since 2000, Sound Assembly is a 17-piece collective of New York's finest players featuring the original compositions of David Schumacher and JC Sanford. Schumacher and Sanford strive for organic structures, extended forms, and motivic development through a colorful palette of orchestration. They intertwine improvised and composed elements in their work to create a natural, seamless evolution of material. It is a combination full of excitement and intrigue that will fulfill the most critical and demanding jazz audience. Sound Assembly members, including drummer John Hollenbeck, pianist Deanna Witkowski, trumpeter John Bailey, trombonists Mark Patterson and Alan Ferber, and reedmen Chris Bacas, Ben Kono, and Dan Willis bring a vast range of experience to the group