Wednesday, July 30, 2014

MARK GUILIANA LAUNCHES NEW LABEL - BEAT MUSIC PRODUCTIONS WITH THE RELEASE OF TWO INNOVATIVE, CONCEPTUAL ALBUMS, MY LIFE STARTS NOW & BEAT MUSIC: THE LOS ANGELES IMPROVISATIONS

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One would be hard pressed to find a more intrepid musician on the scene today than drummer, composer, bandleader and educator Mark Guilian...

OKeh Records Announces New Album from World-Renowned Guitarist BILL FRISELL - GUITAR IN THE SPACE AGE!

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Just when you think you've got guitarist-composer Bill Frisell all figured out, confident in your expectations, this American origin...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek Album Of Classic Jazz Standards To Be Released on Tuesday, September 23

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Cheek To Cheek features classic jazz standards sung by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in a combination of vocal duets and solo performances....

Legacy Recordings Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival with 6 Classic Album Exclusives; Landmark "Live at Newport" Performances from Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald and Lionel Hampton Available for 1st Time Digitally

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival this s...

CHICK COREA PRESENTS TRILOGY – A LIVE, TRIPLE-CD DOCUMENT OF HIS VIRTUOSIC TRIO WITH BASSIST CHRISTIAN McBRIDE AND DRUMMER BRIAN BLADE

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Chick Corea – an NEA Jazz Master and winner of 20 GRAMMY® Awards – has been a prime mover in jazz ever since the late 1960s, when the ke...

Pulsating Afrobeat from Shaolin Afronauts on Follow The Path

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The driving force of The Shaolin Afronauts is Ross McHenry, the ARIA nominated composer, bandleader, producer and bassist based in Adela...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Jane Bunnett and All Female band, Maqueque, Blend Afro-Cuban, Soul and Jazz

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For more than thirty years, Canadian flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett has been bridging the gulf between Cuba and North America, int...

New Releases: Andrew Neu - Everything Happens For A Reason; Lebron - Shades; Nick Colionne - Influences

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ANDREW NEU - EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON Saxophonist Andrew Neu follows up his successful NuGroove Records debut with his 4th co...

Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty Announce Formation of New Music Ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band

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Jean-Luc Ponty Music legends Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty announce the formation of a new ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band! YES&#...
Friday, July 25, 2014

New Releases - Sophie Alour - Shaker; Ray Barretto - Eye Of The Beholder / Can You Feel It; Acid Jazz Mod

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SOPHIE ALOUR - SHAKER For her fifth record, young French saxophonist Sophie Alour returns with a new formula, a beautiful trio album...

Amazonian songstress Dona Onete releases debut album - Feitiço Caboclo

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Phenomenal debut album from the stunning and until now, undiscovered 73-year-old Amazonian songstress Dona Onete - the work of a lifet...

Vocalist Freda Payne Comes Back to Jazz and Big Bands with Come Back To Me Love

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"She had the Motown sound before Motown was Motown." - NPR As iconic in 2014 for her timeless beauty and sex appeal as she ...

New Releases - The Brand New Heavies - AllAboutTheFUnk; T-Bone Walker - Super Black Blues; Akira Sakata, Johan Berhtling, Paal Nilssen-Love - Arashi

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THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - ALL ABOUT THE FUNK Long gone are the heady days of the Acid Jazz explosion led by artists such as JTQ, Cordu...

Lineup Announced for the 57th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 19-21, 2014

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The 57th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival will be held September 19–21 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds & Event Center, Arena and Gro...