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HERD won the Best Group Award at the European Jazz Competition 2011. Finals were held at the North Sea Jazz festival. Group participated in the Young Nordic Jazz Comets competition in 2009 and was chosen to the final in Finland. HERD has performed at Finnish Jazz Federeration's tour in 2011 and for example as a house band at Pori Jazz 2010 festival. Abroad the group has performed in Norway, Estonia and Netherlands. HERD has also recorded a radio tape for YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company).
Awards
European Jazz Competition SENA Best Group Award 2011.
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Herd Trio: Helsinki, Finland, March 29, 2012
by Anthony Shaw
Herd TrioKoko Jazz Club Helsinki, FinlandMarch 29, 2012 With their emergence onto the Finnish scene in 2009 in the national competition for the Nordic Jazz Comets award (won that year by the Icelandic Ingemar Andersen Quartet) the Herd trio have been making waves in northern waters ever since. This gig, however, in the newly opened premises of the Koko Jazz Club--now across Helsinki's very short 'Long Bridge' and behind Hakaniemi Square--was their first in ...
read moreBackgrounder: Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of the finest jazz flute albums is Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds (and the followup, At the Cinema). Recorded in Los Angeles in March 1958, the album for EmArcy was arranged mostly by Pete Rugolo and featured Buddy Collette and Paul Horn (fl); Harry Klee (pic,fl); Shank (pic,fl); Bill Miller (p); Joe Comfort (b) and Bill Richmond (d,cga). All compositions are by Buddy Collette (above) except as indicated: Pony Tale (Paul Horn) Machito (Pete Rugolo) Short Story Flute Diet Improvisation ...
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David Pate & Rex Shepherd, One Half Of The Oddyssey Quartet, To Release New Album Seeing Sound
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
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 and developing them into intuitive conversations, “seeing” the sound of two like minds speaking with one another. “Playing duets with David Pate is like having a meaningful conversation with a good friend while ...
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Jazz Guitarist Tom Guarna Leads a Dream-Team Quartet–Featuring Keyboardist Jon Cowherd, Bassist John Patitucci and Drummer Brian Blade–on "The Wishing Stones"
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Two for the Show Media
Tom Guarna—a guitarist whom DownBeat magazine has praised for the “emotion, tension, surprise and passion” in his music—assembled what he calls “a dream team” for The Wishing Stones, his seventh album as a leader, and his first for Destiny Records. The album, to be released on November 10, 2017, features Guarna leading a quartet with keyboardist Jon Cowherd, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, each player a renowned virtuoso and band leader in his own right. Guarna’s previous album, ...
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Experimental Guitarist Rex Shepherd Releases Three Albums Digitally
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Guitarist Rex Shepherd has released three albums digitally: Ohio, Sonority and Duets. Combining elements of jazz improvisation and harmony with an approach to guitar playing heavily influenced by diverse players such as Jim Hall, Robin Trower, Fred Frith, and sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, Rex Shepherd has forged a niche for himself with original music that typically lies somewhere just outside the usual genre labels but is still music that is approachable. Says Rex, “This new music was recorded in my ...
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Ralph Burns: Swingin' Herd
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I'm on a bit of a Ralph Burns tear—listening to both the recordings I've owned for some time and grabbing those that I'm unearthing through a deep dive into his discography. What makes Burns special is that he could write beautifully for strings on one album and then tear your heart out with his charts for a big band date on the next. Case in point: Woody Herman's New Swingin' Herman Herd recorded in March 1960 for the Crown label. ...
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The Swinging Shepherds
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the final installment of my three-part series on off-the-radar jazz supergroups of the 1950s, I'm turning today to Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds—a West Coast quartet of superb flutists that regrettably recorded only two albums for Mercury. Both albums were arranged by Pete Rugolo, who pulled out all the stops in terms of writing complexity, since the four flutists in question were studio pros who could handle anything: Buddy Collette and Paul Horn (fl), Harry Klee (pic,fl) and ...
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd - How I Go (2011)
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Something Else!
By Fred Phillips For a guy that once told me in an interview that he couldn't seem to make everyone happy with his mix of blues and rock, Kenny Wayne Shepherd has done pretty well for himself. Coming out of the gate as a 16-year-old kid schooled in the Stevie Ray Vaughan style of blues on his 1995 debut Ledbetter Heights, Shepherd met with mixed feelings in the blues community. There was no doubt that he had the chops, but ...
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8th Annual Congressional Blues Festival to feature Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Michael Burks, Sol & Funk Root, Mudcat, Christylez
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9th Floor Music
The 8th Annual Congressional Blues Festival will take place on July 27th, 2011 at the National Building Museum. The festival is an effort to honor and showcase American Roots music and help those who helped create this great art form. The 'Blues' is America's own creation and tradition, and is at the heart of our cultural identity and the root of American music. Born from the streets and hearts of Americans, The Blues is recognized and respected globallyreaching every corner ...
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Nominated For Best Contemporary Blues Album
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Roadrunner Records
Congratulations to the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, who last night received a GRAMMY nomination in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category for recent release, LIVE! In Chicago. The announcement also marks Roadrunner Records imprint, Loud & Proud Records, first GRAMMY nomination. This is Kenny's 5th GRAMMY nomination. The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band is honored to be nominated alongside acclaimed artists like the late Solomon Burke, Dr. John and The Lower 911, Bettye LaVette and the inimitable Buddy Guy. The 53rd ...
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd To Guest With The Roots On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
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Roadrunner Records
On Wednesday, November 10th, Kenny Wayne Shepherd will be joining The Roots for a special Hendrix-themed sit-in on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Kenny will be playing the same white Fender Stratocaster guitar that Jimi Hendrix played on the morning of August 18, 1969 at the Woodstock Festival. It's the same instrument on which Hendrix played The Star Spangled Banner," the recording of which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009. Kenny's performance with The Roots ...
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