Aurora

Aurora: Aurora

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 1999

Naming themselves after a favorite Jean-Luc Ponty album, Aurora comes across quickly and clearly as a very capable jazz fusion group. Shroom Productions presents us with yet more of little-known, late ‘70s fusion gems right out of Texas, USA. Aurora’s Martin McCall (drums) and Mark Menikos (violin) both gigged briefly with the fusion group Hands. Add talented guitarist, Skip Sorelle, highly adept bassist Roy Vogt, and John Sharp on keys and you have Aurora.22 years ago this group ...

Aurora Blue 16th Release From Fusion Composer Gary Paul Bryant

Source: Kl Ma
August 12, 2011

The fact that two minute, thirty-eight second “Smokin Mirrors" from Fusion composer Gary Paul Bryant's latest EP release is debuting at number one on Soundclick's Jazz Fusion charts is no surprise. Gary's 16th instrumental release jumps into uncharted fusion territory. Defying genre and tradition, Aurora Blue melds the sophistication of jazz with power rock, classical and world elements to create a unique progressive fusion that sometimes hints of Yes, King Crimson and Pink Floyd. Before the advent of today's digital ...
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Mozilla Looks Beyond Firefox with Aurora Browser

Source: PC Magazine
August 7, 2008

Firefox 3 still has that new browser smell, but that's not stopping the Mozilla Foundation from planning ahead for its next major move. The organization on Wednesday unveiled Aurora, a concept video touting the future of Web browsing. “Aurora is intended to serve as a springboard for an open discussion about how to evolve the user experience of the Web browser," according to Adaptive Path, a San Francisco-based design firm that is developing Aurora for Mozilla Labs. Adaptive Path will ...
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Jazzed Media Wins 2008 Aurora Award

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

Gold for Bud Shank “Against the Tide" The international Aurora Awards, which recognizes excellence in the film and video industries, has honored Jazzed Media with a 2008 gold award for the documentary film Bud Shank Against the Tide.

The documentary film was produced and directed by multi-Grammy nominated and award winning filmmaker Graham Carter, founder of Jazzed Media. Jazzed Media produces jazz CDs and documentary jazz films.

Bud Shank Against the Tide salutes legendary jazz alto saxophonist Bud Shank who's ...
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