Monday, December 21, 2020

Jazz vocalist Allegra Levy showcases bold new voice on Lose My Number: Levy Sings McNeil

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With Lose My Number: Levy Sings McNeil, jazz vocalist Allegra Levy finds a bold new voice: edgy, breezy, sassy, brassy, and often as stac...
Friday, December 11, 2020

Four Timeless Holiday Jazz Titles By Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Burrell, Ramsey Lewis And Jimmy Smith Boxed Up For New Vinyl Set, 'Verve Wishes You A Swinging Christmas'

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This holiday season, Verve Records/UMe is boxing up some of the most classic jazz holiday titles and wrapping them in a new vinyl box set ti...

Freda Payne Pairs with Johnny Mathis For Gershwin Duet "They Can't Take That Away From Me"

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When Freda met Johnny –Freda Payne and Johnny Mathis, that is - chemistry and musicality abounded as they breathed delicious life into Georg...

Benjamin Boone Broadens His Explorations of Poetry & Jazz with "The Poets Are Gathering"

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Benjamin Boone takes his fascination with the merger of poetry and jazz to stunning new heights on The Poets Are Gathering, set for release ...

Nation Beat returns with a whole new plan and a fabulously funky, brash new CD: The Royal Chase

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The chase has been on for a longtime for drummer/percussionist extraordinaire Scott Kettner. With his collective Nation Beat, he has long ex...

Eric Revis flexes conceptual sensitivity with release of Slipknots Through A Looking Glass

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Heralded by critics as “powerful,” “raw” and “fierce,” Revis’ playing frequently becomes mischaracterized by way of omission. While he plays...

Faune, the debut album by drummer-composer Raphaël Pannier

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The singular artistic vision of drummer-composer Raphaël Pannier bursts into brilliant, extraordinary focus on his first recording Faune, vi...

The George Coleman Quintet in Baltimore

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One of jazz’s most powerful tenor saxophonists, George Coleman, is heard at his freewheeling, unfettered best on The George Coleman Quintet ...

Josh Johnson releases his debut album Freedom Exercise

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Josh Johnson—the LA via Chicago multi-instrumentalist/composer who has toured and recorded with Jeff Parker, Kiefer, Makaya McCraven, Miguel...

International Cooperative Quartet Kaze Meets Laptop Wizard Ikue Mori On New CD Sand Storm

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On Sand Storm, Kaze – the cooperative quartet featuring Japanese composer-pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura along with Frenc...

Angelica Sanchez teams up with Marylin Crispell with release of ¨How to Turn the Moon¨

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For the past two decades, pianist-composer Angelica Sanchez has shocked, bent and blurred lines and perceptions that separate composition fr...

Pioneering Afro-Transcendental and Ambient Music icon LARAAJI releasing 2nd new album of 2020

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Pioneering Afro-Transcendalist and Ambient music icon Laraaji is releasing Moon Piano, a companion volume to the Sun Piano album on Brian En...

Nate Wooley releases new edition of internationally acclaimed series Seven Storey Mountain VI

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Genre-defiant trumpet player and composer Nate Wooley brings together artists from seemingly disparate musical communities with the release ...
Friday, December 04, 2020

Diana Krall | "This Dream Of You"

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This Dream Of You, produced in May 2020 by Ms. Krall, was mixed by Al Schmitt, who worked closely with the artist to achieve notable intimac...

Angela Predhomme | "So Good To Be Free"

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There’s something powerful and inspiring about an independent artist who pursues her passion and finds widespread success on her own terms, ...

Nina Simone's classic 1965 albums I Put a Spell on You and Pastel Blues released as definitive audiophile grade versions

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Nina Simone's classic 1965 albums I Put a Spell on You and Pastel Blues will be released as definitive audiophile grade versions as the ...