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FRANK RUSSELL Circle Without End This bass guitarist’s follow up to his critically acclaimed debut CD, “Covering All Basses,” is titled “Circle Without End” and he does come full circle as he writes and records with some of the musicians who worked with his biggest influence as a musician, the legendary Miles Davis. They include, Robert Irving III, Darryl Jones, Richard Patterson, Dede Sampaio and Miles emissary, the great Wallace Roney on trumpet. Brilliant guitarist, Henry Johnson is also on board, co-producing and playing along with an all-star cast of modern Chi- town stars. Frank also pays homage to the world renowned South African singing group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whom he worked with for six years. Described by noted bass guitar author, Jon Liebman, Frank demonstrates a wide variety of bass playing, from funky slapping, R & B grooving, lyrical fretless and tasteful five-string, stating also this dutiful sideman is solidifying his standing as an established solo artist in his own right. Circle Without End is going for adds January 30, 2012. Jazz - Suggested Tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 Get more info on Frank Russell here and visit his website here. |
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LIZ CHILDS Take Flight A generous program of 17 selections that blends ballads, bossas, standards and blues with jazz taken from folk classics (a pair by Leonard Cohen and one from Bob Dylan) and a Liz Childs' contemporary original (title track) and pages out of the Great American Songbook. Take Flight is going for adds January 16, 2012. Jazz Vox - Suggested Tracks: 5, 7, 8, 2 10 Get more info on Liz Childs here and visit her website here. |
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DOUG MUNRO and LA POMPE ATTACK A Very Gypsy Christmas Jazz guitar virtuoso Doug Munro has an insatiable appetite for all things jazz. On his latest CD, “A Very Gypsy Christmas” Doug demonstrates his long standing love affair with the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Greppelli with 15 of the swingingest Gypsy Jazz versions of Christmas favorites you’ve ever heard. These are not the same old tired versions of traditional Christmas songs but brand new, reworked arrangements. Each track is a musical event unto itself. The CD features special guests swing clarinet king Ken Peplowski, rising vocal star Cyrille-Aimee Daudel, and violinist Howie Bujese. A Very Gypsy Christmas is going for adds November 25, 2011. Get more info on Doug Munro here and visit his website here. |
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JASON KAO HWANG/SPONTANEOUS RIVER Symphony of Souls Jason Kao Hwang’s improvising string orchestra, Spontaneous River, performs a symphony that emanates from blues, jazz, classical and world sources, “like a whole tree, in which you can hear each soul as individual leaf in motion". Spontaneous River is an orchestra of over 37 string improvisers plus drum set. It is only in recent years that so many string players have engaged in the art of improvisational music. Spontaneous River is an ensemble and a community that represents this emerging movement. The power of Spontaneous River is drawn from both the sonic unity of strings and the undeniable individualism of each musician’s “voice.” Symphony of Souls is going for adds September 5, 2011. File Under: Jazz // Suggested Tracks: 1, 3 , 9 & 10. Get more info on Jason Kao Hwang here and visit his website here. |
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JASON KAO HWANG/EDGE Crossroads Unseen Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin/viola) has created works ranging from jazz, classical, “new” and world music. Jason Kao Hwang’s jazz quartet EDGE, founded in 2005, has released three CDs: EDGE (Asian Improv, 2006), Stories Before Within (Innova, 2007), and now Crossroads Unseen (Euonymus, 2011). EDGE will tour Poland this October with music from Crossroads Unseen. Also, being released simultaneously, is Symphony of Souls (Mulatta), performed by his improvising string orchestra, Spontaneous River. Downbeat Magazines Critics Poll recently voted Mr. Hwang as #2 Rising Star of 2011 for Violin. Commitment, The Complete Recordings, 1981-1983, featuring the collective quartet that was Mr. Hwang’s first band, was voted as “2010 Reissued Recording of the Year” by the New York City Jazz Record. His octet Burning Bridge, commissioned by Chamber Music America/ New Jazz Works, recently performed at the Chicago World Music Festival, the Freer Gallery (Washington, D.C.), and Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI). Mr. Hwang has also received support from the Nationa Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer/New Residencies, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, US Artists International, and others. As violinist, Mr. Hwang has worked with Reggie Workman, William Parker, Anthony Braxton, Vladamir Tarasov, Henry Threadgill and many others. Crossroads Unseen is going for adds September 5, 2011. File Under: Jazz Get more info on Jason Kao Hwang here and visit his website here. |
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Charlie Apicella & IRON CITY The Business "Apicella is a lithe, swinging guitarist with an affinity for the contrasting styles of both Grant Green and Wes Montgomery...An all-around impressive debut by a guitarist of substance." - Mark Gardner, Jazz Journal "Apicella is a no-nonsense player of unquestioned chops and whose soul drips from each note... This is "organic" music, and Apicella is an exciting young player." -John Heidt, Vintage Guitar Magazine "What I love about Iron City's CD is the tight ensemble playing and well crafted solos. As a member of Grover Washington Jr.'s band we had the nickname "The Locksmiths;" we were so tight, yet responsive to the soloist. I feel Charlie's compositions capture the flavor of our music in the 1970s where you put the groove first.” -John Blake Jr. Violinist and recording artist with McCoy Tyner and Grover Washington Jr. The Business is going for adds August 2011. File Under: Jazz Get more info on Charlie Apicella here and visit his website here. |
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JAZZ LINKS ENSEMBLE The Drive This two year labor of love features an ensemble of the next generation of jazz performers whose debut on this CD project is just the beginning. "The Drive" aptly titled after one of the original compositions on the CD, signifies what it takes to be a young jazz performer. The selected tunes exemplify the passion of these young musicians for this ageless music. Accompanied by Producer and Mentor for the project, Robert (Baabe) Irving, III; with Ari Brown and Corey Wilkes on some numbers, the performers not only had an opportunity to "shine" but to do so along-side world renowned jazz artists. A Jazz Institute of Chicago "Jazz Links" youth program project. The Drive is going for adds August 2011. File Under: Jazz Instrumental Get more info on Jazz Ensemble here. |
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SKIP WILKINS After Second piano trio album from the internationally-regarded pianist and composer, Skip Wilkins. A set of new pieces, featuring Skip with his veteran New York Trio, Scott Lee on bass and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. After is going for adds August 15, 2011. File Under: Jazz Piano Get more info on Skip Wilkins here and visit his website here. |
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FRED FRIED AND CORE Encore Unique pianistic 8-string acoustic guitar jazz trio. Wonderful interplay and great original and highly melodic tunes. Encore is going for adds July 2011. File Under: Jazz Guitar Get more info on Fred Fried here and visit his website here. |
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MARC POMPE Everyone But Me Everyone But Me is going for adds July 2011. File Under: Jazz Vocal Get more info on Marc Pompe here and visit his website here. |
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Gelber & Manning Moonlight Picnic Stride pianist Jesse Gelber, whom we know as a member of Julian Yeo’s retro jazz band, returns with his longtime vocal partner Kate Manning offering up moonlight nostalgia and songs of the ‘jazz age’ MOONLIGHT PICNIC. Perfect timing for airplay expansion of current film soundtracks “Midnight in Paris” and “Beginners”. From corny to kitschy, from nostalgic to romantic, this full moon album comes full circle. Moonlight Picnic is going for adds June 2011. File Under: Songs of the Jazz Age - Nostalgic VOX - Suggested Tracks: 7, 1, 4, 8, and 9 Get more info on Gelber & Manning here and visit their website here. |
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BRIAN O'NEILL / MR. HO'S ORCHESTROTICA Third River Rangoon On the heels of its highly-acclaimed debut CD, The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel, Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica returns, this time with its vibraphone quartet album, Third River Rangoon. Brian “Mr. Ho” O’Neill’s Exotica for Modern Living series continues with the world’s first collection of third-stream exotica. An original and modern exploration of chamber, jazz, classical, and world sounds inspired by the escapism of the 1950s exotica genre, led by composer, vibraphonist, and multi-percussionist Brian “Mr. Ho” O‘Neill. Featuring Albanian flute and bass flute specialist Geni Skendo, Japanese percussionist Noriko Terada (Flangia, Women of the World), bassist Jason Davis (Earthsound), & special guest Tev Stevig (Kafana, Klezwoods) on oud. |
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JOHN VANORE & ABSTRACT TRUTH Contagious Words Contagious Words, the third release from John Vanore and Abstract Truth, marks the continued development from one of the most distinctive ensembles in jazz today. The veteran Vanore, who cut his chops playing with Woody Herman in the 1970’s and has gone on to be one of Philadelphia’s first call trumpeters, founded the little big band – named in honor of the great Oliver Nelson --in the early eighties to display his considerable talents as a composer/arranger. Influenced by Nelson (whose tutelage at a jazz camp was a decisive factor in Vanore becoming a professional player), Dennis Sandole (with whom the trumpeter studied extensively) and Gil Evans, the group evinces an impressive sound with a dynamic range that is capable of both stirring sensitivity and vibrant power. Contagious Words is going for immediate adds. Get more info on John's new album here and visit his website here. |
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WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET To Hear From There Wayne Wallace’s extraordinary musical journey continues apace with his new album "To Hear From There,” a sizzling Latin jazz session that highlights the deep cultural currents flowing between West Africa and the Americas. Following up the Grammy Award-nominated “¡Bien Bien!,” which DownBeat named one of 2010’s best releases, the San Francisco trombonist, arranger and composer once again showcases his stellar quintet, featuring Murray Low (piano), David Belove (bass), Michael Spiro (Latin percussion and percussion arrangements), and Paul van Wageningen (trap drums) on a program of finely wrought originals and beloved standards. The CD will be released on January 18, 2011 on Wallace’s Patois Records. To Hear From There is going for immediate adds. - Latin Jazz + Vox Get more info on Wayne's new album here and visit his website here. |
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PETER MACDONOUGH The WOO: A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone THE WOO “A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone” of THE WIZARD OF OZ sound track. I wrote The WOO in 2002 as basically a thesis representing 3 years of Latin music study in the Bay Area I expected it to be an academic project with no commercial appeal and I was just going to get it out of the way before doing my really commercial album which I’m recording next month. The tag line for that one is Brazilian Motown. “A 6-piece, instrumental dance orchestra playing Motown favorites in a Ramsey Lewis groove with Brazilian percussion.” However, the guys I hired for The WOO were so good, they made it viable. No one was more surprised than I. –Peter MacDonough “Having just heard THE WOO “A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone” of THE WIZARD OF OZ, I find Peter MacDonough’s approach to the original material masterful and refreshing. Although there is cohesion via the fine arrangements, production and playing by all musicians (including the exceptional pianists), the tracks are so different and digress from the originals in such a way as to keep the listener’s attention by opening up new and interesting vistas of musical exploration. The CD plays well from start to finish (viz: segue from track 1 to 2), is well thought out, well-written album and one well worth a good listen” —Georgina Reed, presenter ‘A Twist of Cool’ – Eastside Radio Sydney. eastsidefm.org The WOO: A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone is going for immediate adds. FILE: Latin Jazz Get more info on Peter MacDonough here and visit his website here. |
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| WAYNE WALLACE's Grammy Nominated ¡Bien Bien! 81 Weeks on the Charts WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET "TO HEAR FROM THERE" JULIAN YEO “YOU AND THE NIGHT/ night and the music” TOM GRAF “GRAFITTI” PETER MACDONOUGH “THE WOO” A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone BRIAN “MR. HO” O’NEILL, Artistic Director PHIL HAWKINS “SUGARCANE SUITE" CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY MR. HO'S ORCHESTROTICA presents “THIRD RIVER RANGOON” GELBER & MANNING JOHN VANORE & ABSTRACT TRUTH "CONTAGIOUS WORDS" SKIP WILKINS “I CONCENTRATE ON YOU” JANE STUART "DON'T LOOK BACK" FRED FRIED & CORE “ENCORE” SUSIE MEISSNER "I’M CONFESSIN" ELIANE (L’ E on) AMHERD MARC POMPE “EVERYONE BUT ME” ADIA LEDBETTER “TAKE 2: RENDEYVOUS WITH YESTERDAY” SKIP WILKINS “AFTER”
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