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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Nils

by AAJ Staff
May 24, 2009

Meet Nils:Moving to Los Angeles in the mid-'80s, Nils began studying composition, arrangement and film composition. While acquiring his production skills as a studio engineer in the '90s, he started doing sessions as a rhythm guitarist for everyone from Rick Braun to The Temptations and George Benson. Nils contributed as a musician and co-writer ...

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Article: Interview

Cindy Bradley: Ready to Bloom

by Jeff Winbush
May 20, 2009

Cindy Bradley first picked up the trumpet in the fourth grade and hasn't put it down since. She learned the importance of professionalism early on, playing at the age of 12 in a Buffalo area jazz band. Bradley would go on to earn a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from Ithaca College and a Master's degree ...

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Article: Album Review

Cindy Bradley: Bloom

by Jeff Winbush
April 26, 2009

The smooth jazz listing in Wikipedia includes only eight trumpeters/flugelhornists and half of them are artists whose surname starts with the letter “B." The names include Chris Botti, Rick Braun, Randy Brecker and Tom Browne, all of whom have their own style and have left their own mark.It's time for another “B" to break ...

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Article: Album Review

Gregg Karukas: GK

by Jeff Winbush
April 18, 2009

It's not smooth jazz musicians that deserve the disrespect they often receive from fans and critics. Smooth jazz is not the enemy. It's smooth jazz radio programmers who clown their own formats by sticking in records by pop and rock artists like John Legend, Michael McDonald and Steely Dan, and expect the listener to think it's ...

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News: Recording

The Rippingtons to Release New Album on Peak Records

February 18, 2009

Smooth Jazz pioneers The Rippingtons will release their latest album, Modern Art, on March 10th via Peak Records (Concord Music Group). The Rippingtons 18th release features an explosive lineup lead by founder Russ Freeman with special guests including smooth Jazz trumpet icon Rick Braun. The Rippingtons, whose first lineup included future contemporary Jazz superstars Dave Koz, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Rick Braun & Richard Elliott @ The Keswick Theatre

July 30, 2008

Rick Braun & Richard Elliott KESWICK THEATRE 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA THURS., AUG. 21, 8:00 PM Tickets on sale now RICK BRAUN & RICHARD ELLIOT's RnR - the smooth jazz CD release of 2007 becomes the can't miss concert of 2008 as two of the world's favorite smooth jazz ...

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RnR

By Rick Braun

Label: Artizen Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: R n R; Sweet Somethin'; Curve Ball; The Stranger; Da JR Funk; Que Paso; Better Times; Down And Dirty; Two Heart Tango; Q It Up; Sunday Night; Sao Paulo.

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R n R

By Rick Braun

Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 2007

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Article: Album Review

Rick Braun / Richard Elliot: RnR

by Susan Lozinak
November 24, 2007

What happens when you take two powerhouse smooth jazz artists and put them together on one album? You not only get a double dose of hot funk and cool vibes, but also steamy Latin rhythms oozing with sex appeal, making its many textures a delight to the all the senses. On RnR, trumpeter Rick Braun and ...

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