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Jazz Violinist Mads Tolling Releases the Playmaker, a Salute to Sports and Music Greats
Mads Tolling, internationally renowned violinist, violist, and composer, is a two-time Grammy Award winner. He is currently a member of the Turtle Island Quartet and soloist with bassist Stanley Clarke’s band. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mads moved to Boston to study at Berkeley College of Music. Mads was immediately recognized as a fresh voice ...
Brazilian Buffet: Trio + 1, Patricia Talem, Paulinho Garcia, Nilson Matta, Fred Hersch
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Here's a tasty buffet from Brasil: five newly released, or in 2009 recently revived, CDs that underscore the richness of the music. The artists range from brand new to legendary, while the menu includes two vocal CDs, one mix of vocals and instrumentals, and a pair of unusual takes on the genre: an other-worldly trio, and ...
Yellowjackets: New Morning - The Paris Concert
by John Kelman
YellowjacketsNew Morning - The Paris Concert Heads Up International2009A group that has, on occasion, ventured along the fine line between contemporary jazz and that of the smoother variety, Yellowjackets has always been a performing band. Now approaching its 30th anniversary as a collective, it's the group's eighth year ...
Jazz Legends Pay Tribute to Sergio Mendes at Anthology
By Erick Pettersen On July 26, at 7PM, at Anthology--a jazz club in San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood--an ensemble of seven jazz performers, including jazz guitarist Peter Sprague and vocalist Kevyn Lettau, will perform a tribute concert to Sergio Mendes--a Brazilian musician who plays bossa nova, which he crosses with funk and jazz. Mendes influenced modern ...
Grant Geissman: Cool Man Cool
by Woodrow Wilkins
There are throwbacks, and then there are throwbacks. Guitarist Grant Geissman takes us back to the era of cool--a visual image of nightclubs patronized by people wearing long shirts, dark glasses and berets. Geissman may be best known for his solo on “Feels So Good," the pioneering smooth jazz song that brought Chuck Mangione's ...
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Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2008
Track listing: Traffic and Weather; We Appreciate Your Patience; Very Unbecoming; I Love New York at Christmas; Home Alone; Hit the Ground Runnin'; Where Are My Keys?; In
Flower; Waiting Tables; A Household Name; Making It Up As We Go Along.
Altered State
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2005
Track listing: Suite 15; March Majestic; The Hope; Hunter Point; Mother Earth;
Youth Eternal;
Free Day;
Cross Current;
Aha;
57 Chevy;
Unity.
A Twist of Jobim
By Dave Grusin
Label: i.e. Music
Released: 1997
Track listing: Water To Drink (Agua De Beber);
Captain Bacardi;
Dindi;
Waters Of March;
Bonita;
Stone Flower;
Favela;
Children's Games;
Lamento;
Mojave;
Girl From Ipanema.
