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News: Event

Sol & Funk Root in Richmond, Virginia, May 21

May 15, 2010

"Sol is a fierce guitarist and soulful singer"- Jambase What: Sol & Funk Root in Richmond VA When: Friday May 21, 2010 at 8:00pm Where: Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall 623 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Sol & Funk Root perform in Richmond VA ...

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News: Interview

Justin Kauflin's Transcendent Vision

May 10, 2010

Justin Kauflin's debut CD is a testament to his remarkable artistry, wisdom and faith By Tom Robotham Eight years ago, I attended a concert featuring the Governor's School Jazz Band under the direction of Jae Sinnett. I knew I was in for an enjoyable evening; over the preceding ...

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News: Recording

Gregory Porter Will Release Motema Debut, Water, on May 11

April 26, 2010

Critically Acclaimed Vocalist Celebrates CD's Release At Smoke in NYC May 3 and Stars in “Low Down Dirty Blues" in Chicago from May 27 - July 3 With a voice that can caress or confront, embrace or exhort, Gregory Porter exhibits such an incredible degree of vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton ...

News: Recording

CD Review: "Introducing Justin Kauflin"

March 31, 2010

By Joe Lang, Jersey Jazz, May 2010 Pianist and William Paterson University graduate Justin Kauflin has, with Introducing Justin Kauflin (JKC - 001), immediately established himself as a stellar jazz player, composer and leader. It is rare for a young musician to produce an album that displays the kind of musical maturity ...

News: Recording

Richmond VA News - Review of "Introducing Justin Kauflin" CD

March 24, 2010

By Dean Christesen If the album as a whole is pianist Justin Kauflin's introduction, then track one is the first impression. On drummer Billy Williams's composition “The Covenant," Kauflin's personality comes out right away: unpretentious, creative, and assertive with a fluidity that makes the tune's 5/4 time feel as natural as ever. This release marks the ...

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CD Release Party for Urban Funk's "Heroes and Legends" at Clydes of Chevy Chase, MD

March 6, 2010

CD RELEASE PARTY Clydes of Chevy Chase 5441 Wisconsin Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815-3532 (301) 951-9600 St. Patricks Day March 17th, 2010 8:00PM to 12:00AM NO COVER! Urban Funk celebrates their debut release Heroes and Legends Come get Down, Funky and Loose! With the Funk Fusion ...

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News: Recording

Sokoband to Release New Album

February 21, 2010

Sokoband (formerly “Soko"), prog/jazz/jamband ensemble from Charlottesville, VA will release Sokoband on March 9, 2010. The eponymous work is a maximum-capacity CD containing 10 tracks, eight of which are new versions of the songs from Soko's 1997 debut album, In November Sunlight. The other two are previously unreleased; the first is a modern take on an ...

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News: Recording

Blind Ambition

February 7, 2010

Virginia Beach Native, Justin Kauflin, will release his debut jazz CD, Introducing Justin Kauflin, on February 16. Kauflin, on piano, is accompanied by a young and inventive band of “20-somethings": Billy Williams (VA) on drums, Phil Kuehn (NY) on bass, Tim Green (MD) on alto sax and Etan Haziza (NY) on guitar. Kauflin handpicked a wide ...

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News: Recording

"You Look Like a Movie Star, and I Believe I'm Lucky--Spending Time with You."

October 7, 2009

The new CD Pretty by Whitman Rinaldo has great songs and playful lyrics, in the vein the Kinks, U2, Beatles and UB40. The Northern Virginia/ Washington DC guitarist's CD has been released under the CreateSpace record label. The title track, “Pretty," is a Beatlesque song dedicated to his late mother Mary Anne Rinaldo Her face is ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mark Rapp Set to Play WC Handy Jazz Festival

July 22, 2009

This weekend (July 24 & 25), trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp and his NY-based band will come back for a second year in a row bringing his original sounds of contemporary/modern Jazz to Florence, Alabama at the 28th annual WC Handy Festival. Past festivals have had such greats as Dizzy Gillispie, Take6, Henry Butler, Ellis Marsalis ...