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News: Recording

Actress/Singer Cynthia Basinet Petitions the UN

October 16, 2007

Sixty-second General Assembly Fourth Committee on behalf of issues facing the Western Sahara. Quote from the UN official site: “CYNTHIA BASINET, actress, singer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, said the Sahawari people lived in a futile faith over their future because they had agreed to a United Nations peace accord more than 16 years ago and, ...

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News: Recording

Staple Singers' 1962 Christmas Album Reissued on Riverside Through Concord Music Group

October 6, 2007

Long lost album featuring traditional spirituals--recorded a decade before their breakthrough on Stax--found Mavis Staples in excellent voice LOS ANGELES, CA. - The Staple Singers were best known for their '70s Stax hits like “Respect Yourself," “I'll Take You There" and “If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)," but in fact the Chicago quartet's recording career ...

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News: Event

M'dears Monday Night Blues Jam Hosted by Bernie Pearl Going Strong After Four Years

October 2, 2007

For the past four years blues guitarist Bernie Pearl has hosted the Monday Night Blues Jam, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. at M'Dears in Los Angeles on Western and 78th. Bernie's history goes back to working at his brother's legendary Ash Grove club where he learned how to play the blues directly from the masters themselves, sometimes ...

News: Recording

Luciana Souza: The Voice of the New Bossa Nova

September 28, 2007

"I wanted to make a record that would be accessible yet truthful," Luciana Souza says of The New Bossa Nova, her seventh album and her Verve debut. “The world is so loud and noisy and overwhelming now that it can be a challenge to get people to sit and listen to something that's quiet. But I ...

News: Recording

Chris Stills New Album to See Light of Day in the USA, and Now on Tour

September 27, 2007

After causing a stir in Europe, the self-titled CD was delayed when its American label shut down, but has fortunately just found a new life as an indie. LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The roundabout journey of Chris Still's self-titled second album started in France where the President of V2 Records signed the artist in 2005. Soon ...

News: Radio

Listen Live to the Miami Debut of the Tamela D'Amico Album with Ed Blanco at www.seriousjazz.org

September 26, 2007

Ed Blanco will be featuring The Tamela D'Amico Album on Sunday, September 30th between 8 and 9 am (Eastern Time) in the morning in which he will play three cuts ( two in a row between the 8 and 8:30 set and one additional cut between 8:30 and 9 am). It will be the featured album ...

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The Vault VIP Lounge Presents the Mike Bennett Trio on Friday, September 21

September 18, 2007

The Vault VIP Lounge, located inside the OC Pavilion, is pleased to welcome The Mike Bennett Trio on Friday, September 21 at 8 PM. Once a basement vault for a large bank, the Vault VIP Lounge has been transformed into a plush nightclub with hightop tables, leather sofas, hand-painted jazz art and romantic lighting. Mike Bennett ...

News: Performance / Tour

Gemini Soul "Live" @ The Knitting Factory; Oct. 7th (Jazz Fusion) - Tickets on Sale Now

September 17, 2007

Gemini Soul “Live" @ The Knitting Factory Sunday - October 7th @ 8 PM THE KNITTING FACTORY 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 323-463-0204 Showtime: 8 PM Tickets: $15 Advance/Door Tickets by phone: 1-866-468-3399 Cyber Jazz recording artists Andre Ajamu Akinyele - bass & ...

News: Recording

Bootsy Stretches out with Collectors' Choice -- Four Reissues Planned

September 14, 2007

Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band; The Boot Is Made for Fonk-N; Ultra Wave; and The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away on boards for October 16 street date LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On October 16, Collectors' Choice will reflect on Bootsy Collins' evolution as funk's clown prince. In the 1980s, funk stretched its boundaries under ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Old Hollywood Glamour - Tamela D'Amico - By Katie Custer

September 14, 2007

Los Angeles, CA -- Recently, I had the pleasure of doing makeup for chanteuse Tamela D'Amico. It was for her debut CD release party at the Catalina Jazz Club here in Hollywood. Tamela and I had met due to our mutual love of Old Hollywood Glamour and I had worked with her before, but I was ...