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News: Recording

Music Therapy: Duboc Delivers A Revealing “Smile”

May 23, 2013

Jazz singer-songwriter teams with Jeff Lorber for a deeply personal album about the demise of her marriage Los Angeles, CA: Thinking that everything had fallen apart, the tears streamed down Carol Duboc’s face as she wrote the lyrics to “Smile,” the title track to the soulful jazz vocalist’s stunning sixth album that was released Tuesday (May ...

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En Casa De Luis

By Luis Conte

Label: BFM Jazz
Released: 2011
Track listing: En Casa De Luis; The Last Resort; El Rumbero Mas Chevere; Water Pots; Sticks And Stones; Fever; Conga Melody; Eden; Dance Of The Firefly; There's Only Love; Mi China.

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Article: Album Review

Luis Conte: En Casa De Luis

Read "En Casa De Luis" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 11, 2011

Luis Conte may not be a household name, but anybody with access to music in the past thirty years has probably heard his playing. Conte has served as the percussion colorist of choice for the musical elite and, with appearances on hundreds of albums that touch on virtually every genre, from jazz to pop to film ...

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News: Recording

Anna Mjoll's "Christmas Jazzmaz" CD Now Available

November 7, 2011

Icelandic jazz diva Anna Mjll has finally released her much anticipated second solo CD—this time an incredible jazz Christmas CD Christmas Jazzmaz with Tnaljn Records. In its second week, Christmas Jazzmaz is already receiving rave reviews for its originality, freshness and quirkiness both due to the amazing arrangements by lafur Gaukur and also due to the ...

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News: Recording

Luis Conte's "En Casa De Luis" Features The Many Sides Of The Powerful Percussionist

March 9, 2011

LOS ANGELES—Luis Conte, most famous as a masterful percussionist, has announced the release of his latest album, “En Casa de Luis," out March 8th through BFM Jazz. Conte can play virtually any style of music and has performed with a very wide range of major artists, including James Taylor, Madonna, Barbara Streisand, Phil Collins and Pat ...

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Article: Live Review

Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Day One, November 25, 2010

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 11, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival Playa del Carmen, MexicoNovember 25-28, 2010In the language of their spoken words during the pre-performance press conferences, and in the language of music through their concerts, the performers at the 2010 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival ...

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Article: Interview

Sandro Albert: A Bard’s Journey

by Raul d'Gama Rose
November 23, 2010

His voice is soft and as lyrical as the music he composes and plays. Hearing the young and immensely talented guitarist, Sandro Albert speak can calm even the most frayed nerves. Nervousness was never an issue, but it is always exciting to speak with an accomplished musician. Albert is certainly one. He was born in Brazil ...

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News: Festival

Playboy Jazz Fest Announces Lineup

February 27, 2009

Quincy Jones had a twofold purpose in taking the podium at Wednesday's announcement of the 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival. First he continued his advocacy for a secretary of the arts Cabinet position; second he introduced 23-year-old Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, whom he has taken under his wing over the past few years. Rodriguez, who performed ...

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Rock Swings

By Paul Anka

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2005
Track listing: It's My Life; True; Eye of the Tiger; Everybody Hurts; Wonderwall; Blackhole Sun; It's a Sin; Jump; Smells Like Teen Spirit; Hello; Eyes Without a Face; Lovecats; The Way You Make Me Feel; Tears in Heaven.

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Arc

By Jimmy Haslip

Label: GRP Records
Released: 1993
Track listing: Outland; Old Town; Niños; Leap; Orange Guitars; I Dreamt of You; Matha; Red Cloud; Market Street[ Hannah's House.