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Jazz Saxophonist Frank Fontaine releases his first Album, Wisdom Rising (LifeForce Jazz Records) to the acclaim of becoming an iTunes “Rising Stars of Jazz”. The East Los Angeles-born reed man assembles a superior cast of playmates �” John Beasley, Robert Hurst, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, for this live studio recording captured direct to track, with no overdubs. Together they make music informed by the rhythms of Fontaine's Hispanic culture, while also going beyond into adventurous (odd-metered) modern jazz. In the process, Frank evinces a versatility rare among young players; his compositions and interactions with different combinations of group members underscore his collaborative instincts

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Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble LaPena

By Bobby Matos

Label: Life Force Jazz
Released: 2026
Track listing: Disc 1 Song for Jud; After thought; La Patria Del Son; Gratitude; Cubop Bailable; The Jazz Messenger; All Blues; Mi Bomba de Corazon Disc 2. Cuban Fantasy; Free South Africa; Cuando Baila Ramon; You Don't Love; Uncle David's Egg Cremes; No Me Diga Na; Listen Here; Mi Bomba Corazon

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It's My Turn

By The Echo Park Project

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: En Camino; Monktuneando; It’s My Turn; Guanica; Can’t Complain; Felicity’s Harvest; Charanga in Q; Si, Si, C.L.I.

Article: Album Review

The Echo Park Project: It's My Turn

Read "It's My Turn" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 10, 2021

There is an abundance of salsa and soul (soulful salsa?) on It's My Turn, the sixth recording by conguero Carlo Lopez's Los Angeles-based Echo Park Project. Most of the sunny, light-hearted music was written and arranged by Joe Mannozzi (the one exception is bassist John Belzaguy's “Can't Complain"). “These tunes," Lopez says, “are for listeners and ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel Orchestra / Tim Davies Big Band / New England Jazz Ensemble

by Jack Bowers
September 3, 2011

John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel OrchestraOur First SetSelf Published2010 Those who mourn the passing of the great trombonists Rob McConnell and Dave McMurdo and, with them, two of the most renowned big bands Canada has ever produced, should take substantial comfort from this superlative debut recording ...

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