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Original Album Series

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2012

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Franks

Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Franks

All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Franks' birthday today! Over the languorous course of 33 years and 16 albums, Michael Franks has mesmerized an international legion of fans with his one-of-a-kind artistry. Seamlessly weaving lyrics of stunning sensuality, wit, reflection and literary eloquence over music that tastefully utilizes top shelf shadings of jazz, soul, pop, chamber ...

Album

Time Together

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2011

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Walter Clark

Read "Take Five With Walter Clark" reviewed by Walter Clark


Meet Walter Clark: It's in my DNA. Both of my grandparents on my mother's side were musicians. My grandmother had a degree in music from Spellman College and my grandfather, John McCoy, played multiple instruments and is the biological father of pianist McCoy Tyner. Music was a hobby, but after trying ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Franks

Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Franks

All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Franks' birthday today! Over the languorous course of 33 years and 16 albums, Michael Franks has mesmerized an international legion of fans with his one-of-a-kind artistry. Seamlessly weaving lyrics of stunning sensuality, wit, reflection and literary eloquence over music that tastefully utilizes top shelf shadings of jazz, soul, pop, chamber ...

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News: Video / DVD

Iconic Singer-Songwriter Michael Franks Releases Video For The Title Track From His New Album Time Together

Iconic Singer-Songwriter Michael Franks Releases Video For The Title Track From His New Album Time Together

Michael Franks, the ever-artful singer-songwriter and harvester of the most delectable musical passion fruit known to distingué lovers, recently released his 18th offering, Time Together, his first for Shanachie, and first since 2006's Rendezvous in Rio. Following the success of the album's lead single/video “Now That The Summer's Here" (feat. Eric Marienthal), Franks chose to highlight ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Paul Lieberman

Read "Take Five With Paul Lieberman" reviewed by Paul Lieberman


Meet Paul Lieberman: After a session at Mickey Hart's, Gil Evans noted to Airto Moreira: “everything he plays sounds right," and David Sanborn responded to a show in New York with a surprise kiss. Saxophonist and flutist Paul Lieberman's 2011 CD ibeji features a number of legendary musicians: Rufus Reid and Nilson Matta on ...

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News: Recording

Michael Franks - Time Together (2011)

Michael Franks - Time Together (2011)

You don't see me cover a lot of jazz vocalist or smooth jazz records, so you may wonder what is up with this piece about a record from smooth jazz's premier vocalist, Michael Franks? When I informed our own Mark Saleski my intention to cover Franks his reaction was to disgusted “ewwwww!" but that didn't faze ...

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Song of the Day

Now That The Summer's Here (ft. Eric Marienthal)

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Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2011
Duration: 05:30

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News: Recording

Iconic Singer-Songwriter Michael Franks Returns With Sublime New Album Of Penetrating Poetry And Worldly Grooves, Celebrating His Love of Animals, Travel, Literature, Humanity And Life

Iconic Singer-Songwriter Michael Franks Returns With Sublime New Album Of Penetrating Poetry And Worldly Grooves, Celebrating His Love of Animals, Travel, Literature, Humanity And Life

Time Together, Franks' First New CD in Five Years, Unites Him With An All-Star Cast of Friends Including Gil Goldstein, Chuck Loeb, Till Bronner, Mike Mainieri, Eric Marienthal & Others Michael Franks, the ever-artful singer-songwriter and harvester of the most delectable musical passion fruit known to distingué lovers, has returned with his 18th offering, Time Together, ...


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