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Introducing De'Nate'
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Submitted on 06/30/08 - Coming Soon from nuGroove
DéNaté — Music that defies description! Their debut release, Reminisce is an incredible combination of Soul, R&B, Smooth Jazz and Pop music.
Perhaps chance... perhaps fate... the magic of Nate Harasim and Deborah Connors’ collaborative efforts was evident from the very start! Their music touches you emotionally and their songs weave an intoxicating sound, like no other...
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Press Release by Cheryl Hughey
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Chris Williams Performs First Annual Ambrosia Wine Festival
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Submitted on 06/28/08 - The First Annual Ambrosia Wine Fest promises to be Orange County’s premier Wine Event. Hosted by the Ambrosia Restaurant in Association with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and The Bacchus Society, the event will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, July 19th, 2008
The Wine Fest will be held within the opulent surroundings of The OC Pavilion situated just...
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Press Release by Kelly Haggard
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Marilyn Scott Releases Set of Jazz Standards Every Time We Say Goodbye
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Submitted on 06/28/08 - Los Angeles, CA-June 25, 2008-With Every Time We Say Goodbye, Marilyn Scott is taking her love for jazz to the ultimate place her heart has always desired, to make an acoustic jazz album in New York City the way the legends used to do it - with the singer and musicians all cutting and working out arrangements together in the studio.
Although...
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Press Release by Keith 'MuzikMan' Hannaleck
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Walter Santos Passes at Age 77
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Submitted on 06/27/08 - The Brazilian music world has been saddened by the passing of one of its most cherished members. Walter Santos, one of the key names in the bossa nova movement, succumbed to cancer June 29th at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo.
Santos was less well-known to American audiences than close friends such as Joao Gilberto, Antonio Jobim and...
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Obituary by Peter Westbrook
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Nick Langston - Captivated
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Submitted on 06/27/08 - Nick Langston’s new debut album ‘Captivated’, released May 2008, is a collection of carefully constructed songs written and arranged by Nick. His influences stretch from 1950s and 60s jazz through to contemporary rock and pop with a mix of latin and swing thrown in and his vocal style has been inspired by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker,...
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Press Release by A8music
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Chris Standring Takes to the Road With Third Soul Express Tour
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Submitted on 06/25/08 - Coinciding with the success of his newest release, Love and Paragraphs (Ultimate
Vibe,) which is currently holding tight to the number two position on the Smooth Jazz
Charts, guitarist Chris Standring has once again assembled a triad of top talent for
the third annual Soul Express tour. Joining Standring for these evenings of funk,
soul and R&B will be saxophonist Everette Harp...
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Press Release by Cary Goldberg
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Syncopation Releases New CD, Wonderful You!
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Submitted on 06/25/08 - SYNCOPATION RELEASES NEW CD
SPECIAL CD RELEASE CONCERT SCHEDULED
AT SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 AT 8 PM
The electrifying Boston-based vocal jazz quartet Syncopation featuring soprano Aubrey Logan (who also doubles on trombone), alto Christine Fawson (who doubles on trumpet), tenor David Thorne Scott and bass Tsunenori –Lee” Abe (who also is the groupês arranger/composer) has just...
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Press Release by Sue Auclair
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Pianist Stanley Sagov Releases New CD
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Submitted on 06/25/08 - STANLEY SAGOV & THE REMEMBERING THE FUTURE JAZZ BAND
RELEASE NEW CD: Looking Forward To Remembering The Future
SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB APPEARANCE OCTOBER 14
STANLEY SAGOV & The Remembering The Future Jazz Band is a bunch of grizzled jazz veterans who never really grew up, still love to play the music and want to share that experience in the...
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Press Release by Sue Auclair
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Traps Magazine Sells Out Lenny White; Issue 6 Feature On Return To Forever Drummer: Free Download Av
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Submitted on 06/24/08 - For Immediate, Rhythmic Release San Jose, Calif., -- With Return To Forever receiving rave reviews, it should be no surprise that Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide, has completely sold out Issue 6, featuring Lenny White on the Cover. As a result, Enter Music Publishing has made available the Lenny White feature as a free download...
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Press Release by Josh Moscov
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Peak Records Release New Gerald Albright Album 'Sax for Stax'
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Submitted on 06/24/08 - The new album from Gerald Albright 'Sax for Stax', is out now on Peak Records (Concord Music Group).
Released this week, Sax for Stax is the latest album from one of the most respected and sought after Jazz / R&B crossover saxophonists. Consisting of eight passionately rendered covers of Stax classics, plus three originals written with Memphis in mind,...
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Press Release by Ontargetrita
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Red Sings Blue on Tribute To Bobby
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Submitted on 06/22/08 - Solo Debut From Simply Red's Mick Hucknall Pays Tribute To
Bobby "Blue" Bland On Rhino CD Due June 17
LOS ANGELES -- One of the most distinctive vocalists in Britain tips his
hat to one of the greatest from the American South with the June 17
release of Mick Hucknall's TRIBUTE TO BOBBY. The solo debut from the
leader of Simply Red features...
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Press Release by 1888 Media
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Adventure Music Signs Acclaimed Vocalist Lucia Pulido
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Submitted on 06/20/08 - Lucia Pulido, the critically acclaimed Colombian singer whose work is noted for its
fusion of the traditional with the experimental, has signed with Adventure Music,
announced label co-owner Richard Zirinsky, Jr. The label will release Pulido's Waning
Moon on September 16.
Pulido was a featured vocalist on Adventure Music's 2007 release, Contemporary
America. In its review of the CD, The Instrumental Observer said,...
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Press Release by Cary Goldberg
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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival
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Submitted on 06/18/08 - For immediate release:
John Pizzarelli Quartet with special guest Peter Appleyard
- Saturday, June 28
GRANDMASTERS Series, Four Seasons Centre
Tickets are $50 (plus facility and service charge fees) at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Due to health reasons, Michel Legrand will not be appearing at the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival. Tickets previously purchased for Legrand are available for...
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Press Release by Paul J. Youngman
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Richard Hart
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Submitted on 06/18/08 - Fusion guitarist Richard Hart has recently signed a mechanical license agreement with GAG Order Films, which is owned by Ron Day at Arthur Marie Company, to use 7 of the 9 songs from his album Fearless Shores for the company’s motion picture The Lawn Boy. The film was written and co-produced by Arthur Marie, directed by Ron Gonzalez and produced by Tim...
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Jazz News by Susan Frances
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Gunther Schuller's Album Journey Into Jazz
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Submitted on 06/16/08 - BMOP/sound, the nation’s foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music recordings, announces the release of its fourth CD Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz. Representative of the “Third Stream” genre, a revolutionary style of music brought forth into the mainstream by Schuller in the 1950’s, the three pieces on this album unite the structural complexities...
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Jazz News by April Thibeault
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nuGroove recording artist Jay Soto to Headline HIV/AIDS Children’s Benefit
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Submitted on 06/16/08 - Press Release
To schedule interviews, please contact:
Cheryl Hughey at 314-660-1755 or cherylhughey@charter.net
nuGroove recording artist Jay Soto to Headline HIV/AIDS Children’s Benefit
Morristown, NJ/June 16, 2008
nuGroove recording artist Jay Soto will headline “Night of Jazz and Fashion by the Sea Benefit Concert” on August 30, 2008 at the Hermosa Beach Theater in Hermosa Beach, California. Hosted by the Hush Foundation,...
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Press Release by Cheryl Hughey
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Multi-Platinum Artist Alan Hewitt & the SoulJam Archestra w/Special Guest Maysa Leak
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Submitted on 06/16/08 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
To schedule interviews, please contact:
Cheryl Hughey at 314-660-1755 or cherylhughey@charter.net
Multi-Platinum Artist Alan Hewitt and the SoulJam Archestra with Special Guest Maysa Leak
to Headline Southside Holiday Blues and Coltrane Jazz Festival
Palm Springs, California/June 16, 2008
Multi-platinum artist Alan Hewitt and the SoulJam Archestra with special guest Maysa Leak will headline the Southside Holiday Blues and Coltrane Jazz...
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Press Release by Cheryl Hughey
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Anima 91
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Submitted on 06/15/08 - Anima 91: A songwriter's creativity from the last twenty years is given new life via stylistic adventures, and the embrace of new technology. Composer Geoffrey Armes has successfully released innovative genre crossing music throughout his career, and he now examines both his songwriting and peregrination of the last three decades via a new download release. "This is collection of...
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Press Release by Geoffrey Armes
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Artists United For Cures @ The Cubby Bear
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Submitted on 06/15/08 - Artists United For Cures (AUFC) is having their first fundraiser at The Cubby Bear located at 1059 W. Addison (across from Wrigley Field) in Chicago, IL. July 31, 2008 from 8:00PM-12:00AM. The proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3Day Walk which takes place in Chicago August 8-10, 2008. Tammy Harris, the founder of AUFC, is a...
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Press Release by Tammy Harris
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New Saxophone Book
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Submitted on 06/13/08 - Level Three; Jazz Etudes for Saxophone includes advanced jazz etudes & text covering a broad range of information. For students of improvisation & style, this method serves as a tool for practicing, developing, & understanding multiple aspects of playing jazz. Twenty four etudes, incorporating six sets of chord changes, are included. The progressions are from standard tunes & a...
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Press Release by Randy Hunter
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Jazz Collectibles Show
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Submitted on 06/13/08 - Jazz Memorabilia Show
When: Saturdays – July 12th August 9th Sept. 13th
Where: 155 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Hours: 10am to 2pm
Admission: FREE
Information: 212-579-0689
Tons of rare jazz items will be available including records (LPs, 45 rpm, 78 rpm), sheet music, photographs, posters, books, magazines, jazz art, miscellaneous items.
Records include traditional jazz of Bix Beiderbecke, Sidney Bechet and other early...
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Press Release by Rob
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Pinetop Perkins, Legendary Blues Piano Man
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Submitted on 06/13/08 - Grammy Award-winning blues piano man Pinetop Perkins of the legendary Muddy Waters Band, is nearing his 95th birthday soon. He’ll be celebrating in high musical style as a true bluesman should, by playing his 95th Birthday Bash Concert in Toronto on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at Sound Academy 2, at 11 Polson St.: http://www.sound-academy.com/events/show/125
This is an all-ages event, with an early start and end --...
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Jazz News by Joe Curtis
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Concord Music Group Unveils 'Collector's Corner' Site
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Submitted on 06/11/08 - With labels such as Fantasy, Specialty, Prestige and Stax, the scope of the Concord Music Group catalog is as deep and eclectic as your beloved public radio station left of the dial and as vast as the greatest neighborhood indie store. The quandary now is where to go to find a collection of Jerry Garcia's oeuvre with Merle Saunders...
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Press Release by Glenn Holmes
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Shilts Returns Home to nuGroove and Releases Jigsaw Life
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Submitted on 06/11/08 - Press Release
Contact:
Cheryl Hughey Promotions
314-660-1755 or cherylhughey@charter.net
Shilts Returns Home to nuGroove and Releases Jigsaw Life
Moorestown, NJ/June 10, 2008
What do you get when you combine unforgettable hooks and atomic energy? You get a sound that is fresh, unique and totally Shilts. The former frontman for the funk-fortified Down to the Bone and groove jazz specialist, Shilts has signed with...
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Press Release by Cheryl Hughey
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5th Keepnews Collection Released On Concord Records
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Submitted on 06/10/08 - The historic 5th installment of the ‘Keepnews Collection’ features the following classic album re-issues produced by Jazz icon Orrin Keepnews: COLEMAN HAWKINS: “The Hawk Flies High” (1957) SONNY ROLLINS: “Freedom Suite” (1958) NAT ADDERLEY: “Work Song” (1960) WES MONTGOMERY: “Incredible Jazz Guitar” (1960) McCOY TYNER: “Fly With the Wind” (1976) Released June 3rd, Concord Music Group presents part five...
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Jazz News by Glenn Holmes
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