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Unconscious Collective Album Announced!
Tofu Carnage Records is pleased to announce the upcoming album by Dallas-based ritualistic improv jazz-rock trio, Unconscious Collective, due out on October 13th! Pre-orders are available now and will come with a FREE bonus DVD featuring exclusive artist profiles, interviews, and performance footage. Witnessing Unconscious Collective live is a voyeuristic act of ritualistic transmogrification, one that ...
Bett Butler Releases American Sampler
THE AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER JOINS VIRTUOSO BASSIST/COMPOSER JOËL DILLEY IN AN INTIMATE EXPLORATION OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. “What might well be the most honest, haunting and intense version of 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?' committed to CD.” —Jim Beal, San Antonio Express-News “Breathes new life into old songs with fresh arrangements and a flair for ...
Not A Word - Glenn Fukunaga
Glenn Fukunaga has emerged as one of Austin’s most respected and sought after bassists, having played with a Who’s Who list of artists that includes the likes of Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Dr. John, just to name a few. Glenn Studied music at University of Hawaii at Hilo, but ended up making his ...
April Is Jazz Appreciation Month In Austin, Texas
The Mayor of Austin has proclaimed April as Jazz Appreciation Month in Austin. In a ceremony held in the Austin city council chambers Thursday April 12th, Mayor pro-tem Sheryl Cole presented the proclamation to founding members of the Austin Jazz Alliance, Fito Kahn and Paul Klemperer. the proclamation read: Be it Known that Whereas, The ...
Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month is Official
APRIL IS D'JAM-DALLAS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH Area Destinations to Showcase Texas Jazz Legends and Contemporary Artists Dallas-Fort Worth, TX: It's official. To celebrate the annual Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), the whole month of April has been declared “Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month" (D'JAM), as proclaimed by Dallas Mayor Michael Rawlings as ...
Beal: Lofton adds to KRTU's jazz fete-1950's Miles Davis tribute
This weekend there's jazz, there's an “out of the house" concert and there's metal. Get busy. Jazz ala Miles When Trinity University's KRTU kicked off its “Year of Jazz" in October, the station and its community organization partners aimed to stage a well-rounded concert series to showcase the station, the city's nonprofit organizations and a whole ...
Trumpeter Jeff Lofton wins Best Jazz Band 2010-2011 Austin Music Awards @ SXSW
Austin—With a nod to Louis Armstrong, and a rallying cry of “Jazz to the People," jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton accepted the Best Jazz Band award at the 2010-2011 Austin Music Awards at SXSW last Saturday. Next week, April Fool's Day, marks Lofton's four-year anniversary of moving to Austin, and the celebrating started earlier this week with ...
Not even Hurricane Katrina could stop saxophonist Vandell Andrew from pursuing his dreams with new EP
Saxophonist Vandell Andrew nearly saw his dreams swept aside by the lethal force of Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans native was on the verge of receiving instruction from jazz icon Edward “Kidd" Jordan before tragedy struck the region. Andrew ended up having to move to Dallas, Texas, where he honed his chops in the local jazz ...
IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION Magazine interviews Jeff Lofton
After reviewing Jeff's fantastic JAZZ TO THE PEOPLE CD in issue # 105, I decided that we (all) would enjoy getting a bit more insight into this way-cool player... thanks for doing the interview, Jeff—I've no doubt that folks all over the world will love reading about you here! (Ed: You can listen to streams of ...
Jacob Wise Trio Release Self Titled CD
JAZZ GUITARIST RELEASES DEBUT CD OF ALL—ORIGINAL MUSIC Jacob Wise, a jazz guitarist from Austin, Texas, has released his self titled debut album. With nine original compositions, the album is a strong artistic statement. But it's not simply a traditional jazz CD. Although the warm sound of Wise's Gibson 335 comes from squarely within the modern ...
