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Oct. 12: Pulp Superhero Doc Savage Inspires Scott Robinson Doctette's "Bronze Nemesis"
Bronze Nemesis (Doc-Tone Records DT-01), featuring Scott Robinson, Randy Sandke, Ted Rosenthal, Dennis Irwin, Pat O’Leary & Dennis Mackrel Twelve fantastic musical adventures inspired by the amazing worlds of Doc Savage, pulp novel hero of the thirties and forties. Join composer/saxophonist Scott Robinson and his co-adventurers Ted Rosenthal, Randy Sandke, Dennis Irwin, Pat O'Leary and Dennis ...
Art & Architecture Inspire Trumpeter/Composer Erik Jekabson's Sept. 18 Release, "Anti-Mass"
Anti-Mass, a chamber-jazz concept album by trumpeter/composer Erik Jekabson, features his String-tet playing music inspired by artwork from the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. The impressive list of sideman includes Dayna Stephens, tenor sax; Mads Tolling, violin; Charith Premawardhana, viola,; John Wiitala, bass; Smith Dobson on drums and vibraphone; and Jekabson on trumpet and flugelhorn. “I'm ...
Lorraine Feather & Russell Ferrante To Perform At Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival
On October 12th & 13th vocalist Lorraine Feather and pianist Russell Ferrante will perform (as a duo) for two nights at Tula’s in Seattle, as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. Lyricist/singer Lorraine Feather has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. She has received seven Emmy nominations as a songwriter. She began ...
"Tranceformation In Concert”: October 9 Release By Connie Crothers / Ken Filiano / Andrea Wolper
TranceFormation, the improvising trio of Connie Crothers (piano), Ken Filiano (bass), and Andrea Wolper (voice), subverts expectation on several counts. From the first moment, this seemingly traditional bass-vocal-piano formation leaves tradition behind: there are no assumed or assigned roles, no leader, no side players. Instead, three strongly individual “voices" join to make music cooperatively as they ...
Guitarist Grant Geissman's "Bop! Bang! Boom!" - July 17 Release On Futurism Records
Eclectic new music from jazz guitarist/composer Grant Geissman, with special guests, including Albert Lee, Larry Carlton, Mike Finnigan, Russell Ferrante, Leland Sklar, and Van Dyke Parks. “From loping funk to boogaloo to earthy blues shuffles, with a haunting ballad, a beautiful samba and an urgently swinging post-bop romp thrown into the mix—along with touches of classical, ...
Vocalist Connie Evingson's "Sweet Happy Life," A Tribute To Songwriter Norman Gimbel
For her ninth album, SWEET HAPPY LIFE (Minnehaha Music, July 10, 2012 Release), vocalist Connie Evingson (pronounced EE-ving-sen) samples the songbook of Grammy and Oscar winning lyricist Norman Gimbel. “With a healthy dose of bossa nova and samba from Gimbel’s frequent collaborations with Brazilian composers Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa, Marcos Valle and others (“Girl from ...
Young Ukulele Star Brittni Paiva Releases "Tell U What" Produced By Tom Scott
At just 23 years of age, Brittni Paiva (pie-VAH) is the preeminent female ukelele player from Hawaii. This native of Hilo is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist with a prodigous gift who has been embraced by a global audience. Her latest album, Tell U What (July 10 release, Brittni Paiva Music), showcases her true talent along side a ...
Wing Beat Fantastic: Songs Written By Mike Keneally And XTC’s Andy Partridge
Wing Beat Fantastic (Exowax Recordings, July 17, 2012 release), the magical new album from composer/ producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Mike Keneally, is the highly anticipated result of a songwriting union between the famed rock experimentalist and legendary XTC tunesmith Andy Partridge. Their collaboration produced eight new songs, combining Partridge’s innate sense of angular pop melody and beautifully intelligent poeticism, ...
Sweden's Caprice Records Reissues Don Cherry's "Organic Music Society" - CD And Vinyl Versions
One of the towering figures of American music, Don Cherry was part of the revolutionary free-bop quartet led by Ornette Coleman in the late 1950s and early 1960s, an ensemble that helped shift the conversation about jazz from chord changes and swing to freedom and energy. Always an independent spirit, Cherry brought his openness and burgeoning ...
