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New York Voices: New York Voices Live with The WDR Big Band Cologne

Read "New York Voices Live with The WDR Big Band Cologne" reviewed by Edward Blanco


The Grammy Award-winning vocal group New York Voices celebrates its 25th anniversary presenting their first full live album with New York Voices Live offering a collection of past favorites and brand new arrangements from the principal arranger-conductor renowned pianist/arranger Michael Abene. A live recording from a May 2008 concert at the Kolner Philharmonie in Cologne, Germany ...

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New York Voices: Live with the WDR Big Band Cologne

Read "Live with the WDR Big Band Cologne" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


New York Voices celebrates its Silver Anniversary with the release of the jazz vocal quartet's first completely live recording, Live with the WDR Big Band Cologne, recorded at the Kölner Philharmonie in May, 2008. Sharing a jazz ensemble field with Manhattan Transfer and the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet has in no way dampened the group's efforts ...

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News: Performance / Tour

New York Voices Performing at Shalin Liu in Rockport on November 25

New York Voices Performing at Shalin Liu in Rockport on November 25

Jazz vocal group New York Voices is appearing at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $19, $28 and $34, and can be purchased online. Formed in 1987, New York Voices is a Grammy Award-winning quartet that has emerged as one of the exemplary vocal jazz ...

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News: Festival

5th Annual Longwood Gardens Wine & Jazz Festival Set for June 4th

5th Annual Longwood Gardens Wine & Jazz Festival Set for June 4th

Experience a day full of jazz greats, Pennsylvania fine wines and local fresh fare amid spectacular gardens during the 5th annual Wine & Jazz Festival. Longwood's outdoor stage overlooking the picturesque meadow comes alive with sizzling performances by the finest jazz artists of today! Tickets $34 Members/$21 Designated Driver $40 Non-Members//$25 Designated Driver Price ...

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Take Five With Jason Hammers

Read "Take Five With Jason Hammers" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Jason Hammers:Originally from Gaithersburg, MD, Jason Hammers grew up in Stafford, VA where began his musical journey on the alto saxophone at age 11. While a student at Stafford Senior High School, he was named to numerous All-County and All-District Bands and had established himself as a featured soloist with the school's jazz ...

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Dollison and Marsh: Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider

Read "Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider" reviewed by Larry Taylor


Maria Schneider's orchestral music has been described as evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous and beyond categorization. Therefore, it was with trepidation that vocalists Julia Dollison and Kerry Marsh approached Schneider with the concept of using their voices, with the aid of multi-tracking studio techniques, to create the sound of her orchestra. They would wordlessly sing the ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans

Read "Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...

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Article: Album Review

Gabriel Espinosa: From Yucatan to Rio

Read "From Yucatan to Rio" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A native of Merida, the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan, bassist/composer/arranger Gabriel Espinosa delivers his fourth album and ZOHO debut with a stunning recording, delving into a palette of Brazilian-colored music with the help of an international cast of world-class musicians. Living in Merida since the age of fourteen, Espinosa spent years listening to ...

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A Day Like This

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2008
Track listing: Darn That Dream; The World Keeps You Waiting; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; On a Clear Day; For All We Know; Love You Madly; As We Live and Breathe; No Moon at All; Chamego (Betty

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Article: Album Review

New York Voices: A Day Like This

Read "A Day Like This" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


At first listen, the New York Voices may bring to mind another two-man, two-woman quartet: The Manhattan Transfer. Both groups harmonize beautifully, and their members take turns as lead vocalist. However, the Transfer is known mostly for vocalization--adding lyrics to previously recorded instrumental songs. New York Voices also do that, but the group covers more songs ...


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