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Greg Chako Trio Releases New Compilation Album STANDARD ROOTS
by Blair Ingenthron - April 27, 2024 Guitarist and composer Greg Chako releases STANDARD ROOTS, a new compilation of classic jazz standards with his exceptional trio....
Edition Records and Jazz Legend Dave Holland to Partner in New Label Deal
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 03, 2021 In May 2021, Dave Holland will release a new Double LP, CD and Digital album with Kevin Eubanks and Obed Calvaire marking the start of the new deal and his continuing relationship with Edition following the release of Good Hope in 2019 with Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter....
Joe Chambers Releases SAMBA DE MARACATU
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 19, 2021 On February 26, the venerated multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe Chambers will release Samba de Maracatu, a notable Blue Note Records return for a significant figure in the label’s history. The album’s Brazilian flavored title track “Samba de Maracatu,” is available today to stream or download....
Jazz Promo Services Begins 20th Year of Serving the Jazz Community
by Abigail Charpentier - January 11, 2020 Ever since it was formed in 2001, Jazz Promo Services has been an important force in publicizing the music, events and news of the jazz world. Among the pioneers and innovators in utilizing E-mails for publicity (he can contact virtually anyone in the jazz and music industry), Jim Eigo works with hu...
Newport Jazz Festival Explores Relationship Between Jazz & Hip-Hop
by A.A. Cristi - July 03, 2019 There is a definite relationship between rap and jazz. Musicians improvise with notes. Rappers improvise with words. Many of the great hip-hop recordings featured samples from some of the greatest jazz albums. So it should be no surprise that there are rappers who are not only comfortable in post-bo...
Sleepkillers Release New Music Video DROWN
by Tori Hartshorn - March 04, 2019 Following the release of their self-titled debut album last Friday (March 1), hard rock collective SLEEPKILLERS have unveiled a new music video for the single 'Drown,' which stars co-founder and vocalist Damien Starkey (Puddle of Mudd, Burn Season). It was directed by David Borges, who did the same ...
Sleepkillers Reveal Second Single from Upcoming Debut Album Due 3/1
by Tori Hartshorn - February 19, 2019 Hard rock collective SLEEPKILLERS--consisting of founding members Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit) on bass guitar and Damien Starkey (Puddle of Mudd, Burn Season) on vocals, alongside touring members Bobby Amaru (Saliva) on drums and Adam Latiff (ex-Puddle of Mudd) on guitars--will self-release their self-t...
David Pate & Rex Shepherd, One Half of the Oddyssey Quartet, To Release New Album SEEING SOUND 12/21
by Tori Hartshorn - December 10, 2018 The first duet release from one half of the Oddyssey Quartet, with David Pate (Sam Rivers Rivbea Orchestra) and guitarist and composer Rex Shepherd (No End of Now). “Seeing Sound” features the two playing an improvised set, creating palpable musical textures using subtle harmonic and melodic ideas a...
Michael Moss' Accidental Orchestra HELIX CD Release Show Set for Friday, May 18
by Macon Prickett - May 14, 2018 Jason Kao Hwang, Rosi Hertlein, Fung Chern Hwei (violins), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Lenny Mims and Carol Buck (cellos), Steve Swell (trombone), Vincent Chancey (French horn), Waldron Mahdi Ricks (trumpet), Richard Keene (oboe), Elliott Levin (flute, tenor saxophone), Ras Moshe Burnett (soprano and... |