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News: Recording

Modern Afropop Meets Ivorian Rhythms on New Album from Zansa

August 28, 2013

Robust and rhythmic, melodic and smooth, the music of Zansa presents a dynamic synthesis of centuries’ old West African songs and modern instrumentation. Zansa is a Nouchi slang word meaning “blend,” and the group’s debut album, Djansa, meaning “dance,” delivers an explosive dance party vibe with a folkloric storyline. Based in Asheville, NC, Zansa is led ...

News: Performance / Tour

DJ Shadow On Tour: All Basses Covered 2013

August 28, 2013

Having just come off a wildly successful two week run through Europe and Japan, DJ Shadow is about to kick off another stellar round of dates in North America this August and September with stops in Philadelphia, Boulder, Seattle, Toronto and more. While in the UK on July 21st, DJ Shadow took the decks on BBC ...

News: Recording

Concord/Pablo jazz reissues include Ellington, Gillespie/Pass, Tatum, Sims, Peterson/Grappelli

August 28, 2013

Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on September 17, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, bonus tracks (some previously unreleased), and new liner notes to provide historical context to the originally released material, the series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pablo Records, the prolific Beverly ...

News: Recording

Drinking From the Fountain: Brazil’s Mario Adnet Revels in Villa-Lobos’ Lush Legacy on "Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos"

August 18, 2013

“I don't use folklore, I am the folklore,” Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos stated boldly while on one of many tours in Europe. Able to compose art songs and then go jam with street bands, Villa-Lobos gave birth to modern Brazilian music, both classical and popular. Latin Grammy-winning composer, arranger, and performer Mario Adnet has traced this ...

News: Education

Guitarist Dave Stryker Appointed to IU Jacobs School of Music Jazz Faculty

August 18, 2013

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce that Dave Stryker will join its faculty as adjunct lecturer in jazz guitar this fall. Stryker was voted one of the Top Ten Guitarists in the 2001 DownBeat Readers poll and a Rising Star for the last five years in the DownBeat Critics Poll. Known ...

News: Recording

Atropolis Announces New Album "Transitions" on Cumba Mela August 13th

August 9, 2013

Adam Partridge, also known as Atropolis, his electronically global infused alter-ego, mixes his degree and knowledge in music composition and ethnomusicology throughout his own productions and DJ sets. It makes sense that a lifelong New Yorker has created a sound that encompasses the best of a number of musical influences the city has to offer. Since ...

News: Recording

10 Ft. Ganja Plant - "Skycatcher" Coming September 24 on ROIR

August 9, 2013

The ‘Plant is back! 2012 was a busy year for elusive roots band, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant. They released a critically acclaimed instrumental album, 10 Deadly Shots Vol. II (“their strongest set to date,” according to The Wire), and played an incredible, rare, sold out show at Boston’s Middle East Club. 2013 promises to be even ...

News: Recording

John Coltrane's "Afro Blue Impressions" Expanded Version Coming from Concord/Pablo

August 9, 2013

Concord Music Group will reissue a remastered and expanded edition of John Coltrane’s Afro Blue Impressions album on August 20, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, three bonus tracks, and new liner notes, the new reissue celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pablo Records, the jazz label founded by Norman Granz in 1973. The story ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Inspiration Information / Wings of Love

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 7, 2013

Singer, songwriter and multi- instrumentalist Shuggie Otis might not have been born holding a guitar but he probably picked his first one up soon thereafter. He did grow up playing guitar in bands led by his dad Johnny Otis, who introduced such artists as Charles Brown and Esther Phillips to R&B and soul audiences. He debuted ...

News: Festival

Smooth Jazz Summer Nights at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia

August 3, 2013

This season of Smooth Jazz Summer Nights Concerts on the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing celebrates the nation’s best and brightest jazz performers. An evening summer breeze, a beautiful setting, the sounds of horns, smooth vocals, and heart pounding percussions will make these concerts a summertime must-do event. This season’s power-packed lineup will grace the stage ...