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Charged Particles | “Live at the Baked Potato!”
Charged Particles Pay Tribute to the Late Tenor Sax Great Michael Brecker on Live at the Baked Potato! October 8 Summit Records Release to Coincide with Biography Ode to a Tenor Titan by Acclaimed Author Bill Milkowski On their latest collaboration, Bay Area jazz trio Charged Particles joins forces with powerhouse Bay Area saxophonist Tod Dickow in a heartfelt…
Read MoreREMINDER: Kenny Garrett | “Sounds from the Ancestors”
Kenny Garrett Recalls the Sounds of West African Music and its Role in Jazz, Gospel, Motown, Hip-Hop and More with Sounds from the Ancestors First Two Singles Available Everywhere Now: “For Art’s Sake” and “Sounds from the Ancestors”, Album Available August 27 via Mack Avenue Records International Tour Announced, Full Schedule Below Kenny Garrett’s latest…
Read MoreJoey DeFrancesco | “More Music” | September 24 via Mack Avenue Records
Joey DeFrancesco Offers the Remedy for a Challenging Year, Supplementing His Organ Virtuosity with Trumpet, Piano, Keyboard, Vocals and, for the First Time, Tenor Sax More Music, Due Out September 24 via Mack Avenue Records, Debuts a New Trio with Fellow Philadelphia Organist and Guitarist Lucas Brown and Gifted Drummer Michael Ode Tour Dates Announced…
Read MoreMarc Johnson | Overpass | Available August 27 via ECM
With Overpass, recorded in Brazil in 2018, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM’s solo bass recordings. It is an album that takes note of that tradition – Johnson has said that Dave Holland’s Emerald Tears was among the solo recordings that fired his imagination almost half a century ago –…
Read MoreAndrew Cyrille Quartet | The News | Available August 27 via ECM
Andrew Cyrille’s album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as “an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying.” The New York Times cited the album as evidence of a “late career…
Read MoreJoe Farnsworth | “City of Sounds” | Available October 1 via Smoke Sessions Records
Drummer Joe Farnsworth Celebrates the Fortitude of New York City’s Jazz Community with Second Release for Smoke Sessions Record Due Out October 1, City of Sounds Features Kenny Barron and Peter Washington Prior to the events of 2020, it may have been easy to take New York City’s thriving and diverse music scene for granted. But…
Read MoreBrasuka | “A Vida Com Paixão”
Brasuka Delivers a Compelling Debut Recording Rooted in Brazilian Fusion, Taking the Listener on a Culturally Diverse Journey Available Everywhere October 8 via Outside In Music Over the past year and a half, music experienced a dark and dismal outlook of pandemic doom. But in demanding times, musicians keep us grounded. They call up…
Read MoreAN EVENING WITH ANDY JAMES & JOHN PATITUCCI & Her All-Star Band Live!
AN EVENING WITH ANDY JAMES & JOHN PATITUCCI LIVE in Las Vegas! All-Star Band Includes Chris Potter, Nate Smith, Alex Acuña, Jon Cowherd, and Terell Stafford Catalina Bar & Grill 6725 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028 Date. August 15, 2021 Time. 7:30 PM Price of the show. $25.00 The Las Vegas based Le Coq Records…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Vince Mendoza | “Freedom Over Everything” | Modern Recordings
Available Now on BMG’s Modern Recordings Imprint Freedom Over Everything, a Revelatory and Politically Charged Album Set Celebrated Multi-GRAMMY® Award Winning Arranger, Composer and Conductor Vince Mendoza Brings Forth a Life Affirming Cross-Genre Collaboration Guest Artists include Joshua Redman, Antonio Sanchez, Derrick Hodge, and The Roots’ MC Black Thought Six time GRAMMY® Award-winner, and 34-time nominee, Vince Mendoza is considered the foremost arranger…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Steve Cole | “Smoke and Mirrors” | Artistry Music (Mack Avenue Music Group)
AVAILABLE NOW via Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group Steve Cole Reflects on Turbulent Societal Themes in Smoke and Mirrors Album features David Mann, Bernd Schoenhart, Trevor Neumann, Ricky Peterson, Mel Brown, Mark Egan, Brian Dunne and Todd Sucherman “Smoke and mirrors” refer to the trickery used by magicians to fool an audience – but don’t we…
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