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John-Paul Gard �" Hammond Organ
John-Paul is well known on the British jazz circuit, and has recently played live with such stellar guitarists as Andreas Oberg and Alex Hutchings. He is influenced by players such as Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff, as well as modern burners like Joey DeFrancesco.
Dominic Norcross �" Tenor and Baritone Saxophone
Dominic is a regular on the jazz scene and has shared the stage with Dave Weckl, Mornington Locket, and Don Weller, to name a few.
Nigel Williams �" Drums
Nigel played for Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames for a number of years and has toured North America drumming for Van Morrison. He has played with the likes of Guy Barker, George Melly, Herb Ellis, Red Rodney and many others.
Johnny Davies �" Guitar
Johnny has played in various bands at Brecon Jazz Festival, Birmingham Jazz festival and North Devon Jazz Festival. He has played at major clubs such as the 100 Club in London and is a regular at Cardiff’s Café Jazz, both with Organic and with his jump-jive band, The Numbers Racket.
All members of Organic are experienced players with a great feel for the music.
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Dominic Norcross - Mauriat Saxophones John-Paul Gard - KeyB Organs
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WMI And SummerStage Present Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra And Guests on Saturday, September 10
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Kate Winn
With a 37-year curatorial presence in NYC, World Music Institute is mainly known for presenting traditional and contemporary music from around the world. However, in the early years, WMI's programming included the 'Improvisations'series, rooted at the intersection of NYC's jazz and improvised music scene and the music of our immigrant communities. The series brought together musicians from various backgrounds and cultures, including such visionary artists as Don Cherry, Yusef Lateef, Randy Weston, Hassan Hakmoun, Glen Velez, Foday Musa Suso, and ...
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How To Gain New Organic Engagement On Instagram
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HypeBot
When it comes to contemporary social media marketing, Instagram has in many ways become an artist resume of sorts, allowing musicians to be discovered from the comfort of their bedrooms. That said, for Instagram to do you any good, you need to be engaging with users and growing your fanbase. Here, we explore how to organically build your following on the platform. Guest post by Christine Elise Occhino of Soundfly's Flypaper We’re living in an awfully interesting time now, aren’t ...
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Organic Reach From Social Media Is Declining, Here’s What You Can Do About It
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HypeBot
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Sweden's Caprice Records Reissues Don Cherry's "Organic Music Society" - CD And Vinyl Versions
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
One of the towering figures of American music, Don Cherry was part of the revolutionary free-bop quartet led by Ornette Coleman in the late 1950s and early 1960s, an ensemble that helped shift the conversation about jazz from chord changes and swing to freedom and energy. Always an independent spirit, Cherry brought his openness and burgeoning knowledge of traditional musics from around the world to bear on Coleman’s project, lending an infectious, absolutely original air to the bold new music. ...
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David S. Ware - Organica (Solo Saxophones, Volume 2) (Aum Fidelity, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
For saxophonist and composer David S. Ware's second volume of solo unaccompanied performances for the AUM Fidelity label, He has chosen sets from two performances; first a private performance from Park Slope in Brooklyn, then his set from the Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago. Both of these are strong and vibrant performances, with Ware dividing time between the tenor and sopranino saxophones. “Minus Gravity 1" and “Minus Gravity 2" are taken from different concerts, but both feature the sopranino saxophone, ...
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One Track Mind: Wadada Leo Smith's Organic - "Don Cherry's Electric Sonic Garden" (2011)
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Something Else!
The music of Wadada Leo Smith, no matter the setting, is spiritual, mesmerizing, purposeful and often dense. We found out back toward the end of '09 just how dense his music can be when this innovative trumpet player debuted his Organic ensemble on disc 2 of the Spiritual Dimensions. That group sported four ... four! ... electric guitarists, as well as two bassists, a cello and drums. That group performed just four tracks, live at New Haven, CT's Firehouse 12 ...
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Daniel Levin, New Jazz Cellist, and His Adventurous Chamber Outing "Organic Modernism"
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Organic Modernism (Clean Feed 212). I think I get it. It's a modernism that flows naturally out of the non-pretentious music-making of this chamber quartet, namely Daniel Levin, leader and cello, Nate Wooley, trumpet, Matt Moran on vibes, and Peter Bitenc on doublebass. This is music that may have a walking bass underneath it now and again, but the give and take is of an unforced avant sort. There are compositional elements but the main thrust is the improvisational space, ...
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Wadada Leo Smith's Organic - Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith has been on a wonderful creative roll of late, playing everything from post-Miles fusion to fragile acoustic projects. On this two compact disc set, he draws from all of that experience and imbues it with his deep spirituality and unique approach to music to develop a very successful project. The band is large, and shifts constantly, allowing for a large palette of musical possibilities to draw from. Opening the album is the extraordinary “Don ...
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New Album of Grooves and Jazz from Organic - "The Right Thing"
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Michael Ricci
"An energetic outing, which whilst looking to the past is firmly based in the here and now, with some excellent ensemble playing and some beefy solos. Highly recommended" —Edge of Jazz, Phonic.fm, Exeter “I have heard 4 tracks from the album and frankly I'm impressed .... If you are in the UK get out and see them. Here's a chance to be in at the start of something big" —Andy Hardy, UK Jazz Radio “Excellent stuff, right up my street!" ...
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Cameron Carpenter's Organic Cool
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Michael Ricci
Cameron Carpenter brings his organist showmanship to L.A.'s First Congregational Church on Sunday
The player with a flair for dramatic performances and glitzy outfits gives a prelude to his Disney Hall debut next season. The pipe organ's massive physical dimensions and its potential for earthshaking sonorities make it an instrument like no other. But those who play its multiple keyboards, pump its many pedals and pull its multifarious stops are another matter. Popularly regarded as repressed or freakish (think Simon ...
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"I have heard 4 tracks from the album and frankly I'm impressed .... If you are in the UK get out and see them. Here's a chance to be in at the start of something big" Andy Hardy, UK Jazz Radio
"Excellent stuff, right up my street!" Tony Brown, UK Jazz Radio
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