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Album Review

Mantra: IntotheOut

Read "IntotheOut" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins


As might be gathered from the setlist, Mantra draws rich inspiration from the early fusion movement of the 1970s. Not your average hippy-trippy apes, the trio remain perhaps closer to the true spirit of the Miles Revolution than projects like Leo Smith’s Yo Miles! For all the sampling and wanna-be funk that has clogged the market lately, Mantra helps remind us of what the electric insurrection was all about.

Jimmy Smith proved decades ago that a band doesn’t need a ...

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Festival

The Love It Live Mantra Has Made Jazz Cruises into One of the Worlds Top Jazz Concert Promoters on Land and Sea

The Love It Live Mantra Has Made Jazz Cruises into One of the Worlds Top Jazz Concert Promoters on Land and Sea

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions

St. Louis, Missouri: Three weeks of sold-out Caribbean cruises showcasing dozens of the biggest stars in contemporary and straight-ahead jazz established Jazz Cruises as the preeminent jazz promoter on water, but a full slate of concert sponsorships on land in 2011 has made the St. Louis-based company one of the worlds top jazz promoters on land and sea. This year, Jazz Cruises, the largest private music ship charter company in the world, quietly adopted the Love It Live manta, a ...

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Technology

Google's Don't Be Evil Mantra is Bullshit, Adobe is Lazy: Apple's Steve Jobs

Google's Don't Be Evil Mantra is Bullshit, Adobe is Lazy: Apple's Steve Jobs

Source: All About Jazz

After a big public announcement of the sort Apple had this week for the iPad CEO Steve Jobs often takes time in the day or two afterwards to have a Town Hall at One Infinite Loop, making himself available for questions from employees bold enough to stand up and take one right between the eyes. This time, the big topics included Google and Adobe no surprises there. Google recently unveiled its own Android-powered handset, the Nexus One, whose release Jan. ...

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Tanzanian Musician Ras Nas AKA Nasibu at Mantra in Oslo

Tanzanian Musician Ras Nas AKA Nasibu at Mantra in Oslo

Source: All About Jazz

Tanzanian musician Ras Nas aka Nasibu is ready to make this year's summer in Oslo one of the hottest.

Ras Nas with band plays at MS Innvik 18th July 2008. This will be a night of live roots reggae, African music and poetry. In short a night to remember. Put a cross on this date in your calendar and do not miss the show! Also appearing at this summer event dubbed “MANTRA" by the organizers, are Papa Lion aka Mankind ...

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Recording

Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band - "I Got Your Mantra" CD on Art of Life Records

Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band - "I Got Your Mantra" CD on Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz

Now available for ordering via our web site's secure server. Art of Life Records is proud to present Maryland based guitarist Carl Filipiak's seventh studio recording as a leader and his first release as a leader for Art of Life. Joining Carl on “I Got Your Mantra" are drummer Dennis Chambers, keyboardist/saxophonist Paul Soroka, drummer John Thomakos and bassist Steve Zerlin. Inspired by the spirit of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the '60's, “I Got Your Mantra" features eight new ...

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