Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Celebrating 60+ Years of the Magic of Johnny Mathis with Essential Releases Planned for 2017

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Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce an ongoing 60th Anniversary celebrati...

COMING SOON: THE FRANK CARLBERG LARGE ENSEMBLE: MONK DREAMS, HALLUCINATIONS AND NIGHTMARES

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  The Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble is: Kirk Knuffke, John Carlson, Dave Smith, Jonathan Powell - trumpets; Alan Ferber, Brian Drye, Chri...

JAZZ PIANIST / COMPOSER FRED HERSCH NOMINATED FOR TWO 2017 GRAMMY AWARDS FOR RECENT PALMETTO CD - SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE VANGUARD

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“Best Jazz Instrumental Album” and “Best Improvised Jazz Solo” Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch has r...

PERCUSSIONIST MICHAEL SPIRO AND TROMBONIST WAYNE WALLACE’S Canto América EARNS GRAMMY® NOMINATION FOR “BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM”

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“Simply put, Canto América is a certified masterpiece – one of the most aurally-arresting and culturally-distinctive recordings in recen...
Tuesday, December 06, 2016

NEW RELEASES: IVAN LINS & GERALDO FLACH – MUITO BOM TOCAR JUNTOS; KARL BYNES – CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE; SHARON LEWIS AND TEXAS FIRE - GROWN ASS WOMAN

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IVAN LINS & GERALDO FLACH – MUITO BOM TOCAR JUNTOS One of the best albums we've ever heard from this legendary Brazilian sin...

Brazilian-born guitarist/composer Ricardo Grilli explores personal, musical and cosmic history on 1954

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Past and future necessarily collide in the work of any jazz musician. On his second album 1954, São Paulo-born, New York-based guitarist...

GUITARIST/COMPOSER YOTAM SILBERSTEIN Announces The Release of His Fifth Recording As a Leader: THE VILLAGE Yotam Silberstein (guitar), Aaron Goldberg (piano), Reuben Rogers (bass) & Gregory Hutchinson (drums)

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Upon arriving in NYC in 2005 from his native Tel-Aviv on a full scholarship to The New School, word spread like wildfire that an excitin...

NEC Jazz Studies Chair, composer and bandleader Ken Schaphorst bids farewell to mentors on new big band release How To Say Goodbye

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Composer and bandleader Ken Schaphorst, chair of the Jazz Studies Department at New England Conservatory since 2001, pays tribute to som...

Multi-Genre Songtress Alyson Williams Releases First-Ever Christmas Song

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Celebrating over 25 years in music and entertainment, multi-genre songtress Alyson Williams releases her first Christmas single, “Happy ...

Bay Area Vocalist Sandy Cressman Reaffirms Her Deep Connections with Brazilian Music on New CD "Entre Amigos"

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As founder and leader of the group Homenagem Brasileira, San Francisco-based vocalist/ educator Sandy Cressman has had many opportunitie...

CODE NOIR, the new album from vocalist/composer CARMEN LUNDY, due for release on February 24, 2017

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CODE NOIR, the stunning new CD from critically-lauded vocalist Carmen Lundy, is slated for release February 24th via Afrasia Productions...
Friday, December 02, 2016

NEW RELEASES: JOHNNY BRISTOL – MODERN SOUL CLASSICS 1974-1981; KENNY WELLINGTON – FREE SPIRIT; BLACK BOMBAIM & PETER BROTZMANN

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JOHNNY BRISTOL – MODERN SOUL CLASSICS 1974-1981 Johnny Bristol first got his start at Motown – where both his songwriting skills and...

NEW RELEASES: THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE (VARIOUS ARTISTS); HESTON - TRANSPARENCY; THE KAY-GEES – KEEP ON BUMPIN” & MASTERPLAN

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THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE (VARIOUS ARTISTS) The most amazing and groundbreaking American musical phenomenon in ages gets some love from ...