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Empresarios "Sabor Tropical" Out 1/11/11 on Fort Knox Recordings
Fort Knox Recordings is proud to present Sabor Tropical (out January 11, 2011), the debut album from The Empresarios. The band was originally introduced on the 2009 label compilation The New Gold Standard 2, with infectious tunes that just begged to be remixed and reworked. The Empresarios are the first new artist to release their own ...
JW Marriott Starr Pass to Host Sell-Out New Year’s Eve Jazz Event
The unforgettable New Year's Eve Jazz Gala is back for a fun and fabulous fifth year at JW Marriott® Starr Pass Resort & Spa. More than just a swinging celebration, this is Southern Arizona's premier New Year's Eve event! For this year's annual New Year's Eve Jazz Gala, Starr Pass and the Tucson Jazz Society will ...
Hindi Zahra Plays with East and West on "Handmade"
Berber Funk in the Soul Kitchen: Moroccan Singer-Songwriter Hindi Zahra Plays with East and West on Handmade Moroccan-born, Paris-based Hindi Zahra can speak to mountains or whisper in your ear. She can turn rustling plastic bags into Berber beats and Parisian kitchens into soul incubators. Playfully savoring East and West, she writes infectious and hip songs, ...
Japan's Kodo Celebrates 30 Years with New Album & North American Tour
Sacred Trees, Demon Dances, and a Bold Beat: Japan's Kodo Comes to North America with Innovative New Pieces and Staging, January-March 2011 Drums did more than make music in Japanese tradition. They were valuable tools found at every shrine. They marked the physical and metaphorical edge of a village: If you could hear them beat, you ...
Dave Burrell Explores 150th Anniversary of the Start of the Civil War January 19 & 22 at Rosenbach Museum & Library
The Rosenbach Museum & Library Celebrates Civil War 150: New exhibition The Civil War Begins opens December 15; Today in the Civil War blog offers daily look at the unfolding saga of the War; Jazz musician Dave Burrell to perform Portraits of Civil War Heroes, January 19 & 22 Philadelphia, PA: The Rosenbach Museum & Library ...
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal: Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine
Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine: Chamber Music Discovers Unexpected Strains of African Lyricism and European Funk When kora-player Ballaké Sissoko approached French cellist Vincent Ségal after a show, Ségal never suspected that he'd find himself several years later on the banks of the Niger, digging into African music's introspective side with a virtuosic ...
Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Day Four, November 28, 2010
by Chris M. Slawecki
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Riviera Maya Jazz FestivalPlaya del Carmen, MexicoNovember 25-28, 2010The first three days of the 2010 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival featured local and regional Mexican musicians--the Hiram Gomez band, Troker, and Aguamala--as their respective first acts. The Festival's final night, ...
Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Day Three, November 27, 2010
by Chris M. Slawecki
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Riviera Maya Jazz FestivalPlaya del Carmen, MexicoNovember 25-28, 2010Day three of the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival was opened by Aguamala, anchored by one of Mexico's most famous and longstanding drummers (and Musical Director for the Festival), Fernando Toussaint. Together ...
Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Day Two, November 26, 2010
by Chris M. Slawecki
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival Playa del Carmen, MexicoNovember 25-28, 2010 Painting in bold colors from different corners of the Latin American musical spectrum, guitarist Al Di Meola drew from his acclaimed, historic collaborations with Spanish guitarist Paco de ...
Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol. 5: Stuttgart May 25, 1981
by Chris M. Slawecki
Recorded during a European tour by Pepper's “comeback quartet" with drummer Carl Burnett, bassist Bob Magnusson and pianist Milcho Leviev, Unreleased Art Vol. 5: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 is a genuine labor of love: Not only the performers' love of music but also the devotion of this alto saxophonist's fans, who sent their own recordings of ...
