Thursday, January 23, 2014

FUNK AND GROOVE FROM CRAIG HANDY & 2ND LINE SMITH

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On Craig Handy's OKeh Records debut, Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith, funk and groove supply the motive and the motivation. The alb...

BRIAN CULBERTSONS' ANOTHER LONG NIGHT FEATURES A WHO'S WHO LIST OF TOP NOTCH MUSICIANS

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Twenty years in the making, the album multi-instrumentalist hitmaker Brian Culbertson wanted to record ever since he was a 20-year-old m...

NEW RELEASES: BOSSACUCANOVA - OUR KIND OF BOSSA; ACE LIVINGSTON - MY METAMORPHOSIS; KONSTANTIN IONENKO QUINTET - DEEP IMMERSION

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BOSSACUCANOVA - OUR KIND OF BOSSA As the world is getting ready to put all eyes on Brazil for this year's World Cup, one of the ...

MILES DAVIS AT THE FILLMORE - MILES DAVIS 1970: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 3 TO BE RELEASED MARCH 25, 2014

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Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3" to be released March 25, 2014. Miles Davis' historic four-night stand at promoter ...

JAZZ AND THE PHILHARMONIC FEATURING BOBBY MCFERRIN, CHICK COREA, DAVE GRUSIN, TERENCE BLANCHARD

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JAZZ AND THE PHILHARMONIC is a one-of-a-kind concert project conceived by music producer and impresario Larry Rosen featuring a star-stu...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

IAN CAREY / BEN STOLOROW - DUOCRACY

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In the musical realm of Duocracy, the new CD by trumpeter Ian Carey and pianist Ben Stolorow, "two" rules. Mainstays on the Ba...

NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL LINEUP INCLUDES BOBBY MCFERRIN, TROMBONE SHORTY, GREGORY PORTER, DAVID SANBORN, ROBERT GLASPER AND MANY OTHERS

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Bobby McFerrin Fulfilling the mission of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™, the 60th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival®, ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

DHAFER YOUSSEF - BIRDS REQUIEM

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The oud-the 11-string, fretless, acoustic relative of the lute so central to the culture of the Middle East, North Africa and the Medite...

IRMA THOMAS - FULL TIME WOMAN (THE LOST COTILLION ALBUM)

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“Soul Queen Of New Orleans” Irma Thomas enjoyed a run of national success in the U.S. in the mid-’60s with classics like “Wish Someone W...

DR. JOHN, THE NIGHT TRIPPER: GRIS-GRIS

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“Gris gris” is the New Orleans term for voodoo, and one could be forgiven for thinking this album was recorded in the dead of night in o...

4 CLASSIC DAVID RUFFIN ALBUMS REISSUED ON 2 CDS

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DAVID RUFFIN - MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED / FEELIN' GOOD The incandescent talent of David Ruffin was too big for even the Temptations ...

CHRIS READ FEATURING MYLES SANKO AND THE SO MUCH SOUL PLAYERS - THE MAGIC IS GONE

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Chris Read returns on Breakin Bread with a slice of uptempo vocal funk dancefloor magic.This is Chris’s fifth 7inch single for the label...

CAVA MENZIES / NICK PHILLPS - MOMENT TO MOMENT

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Ballads reign on Moment To Moment on the extraordinarily self-possessed new album by pianist Cava Menzies and trumpeter Nick Phillips. B...