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Sphere: Sphere
by C. Michael Bailey
Reviewer's Note : This disc was also review by All About Jazz reviewer Ian Nicolson in the January Issue of the magazine.
Angels We Have Heard on High Thelonious Sphere Monk was a study in opposites. He was called the high priest of Bebop" while not really being a part of it. His music is immediately iconoclastic and readily accessible. He was mysterious and quite, while being open and friendly. Monk, along with Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker, exists on ...
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by Ian Nicolson
Back in February 1982, when ex-Monk sidemen Charlie Rouse and drummer Ben Riley began the sessions for the first album by Sphere - intended as an homage to the then reclusive Thelonius' genius - they were yet to learn that he had died that same morning. Joined by pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Buster Williams from that first album, saxophonist Rouse and Riley continued to record and tour their takes on Monk's exceptional compositions, but the band broke up five ...
read moreFrom The L.A. Express To The Podcast Express, Legendary Saxophonist Tom Scott Enters The Podcast Sphere With Tom Scott’s Podcast Express
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Joseph Vella
Finding himself with lots of down time during Covid, legendary saxophonist Tom Scott started a podcast series as a means to reconnect with his friends. The result is Tom Scott’s Podcast Express which features conversations with famous artists, personalities, and old friends he’s formed close bonds with over the course of his incredible 50-year career in the entertainment business. These relationships naturally include fellow musicians but also include actors, writers, filmmakers, members of the media, and politicos. The audience is ...
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Montreal-Based Pianist Andrés Vial Launches Series Of Recordings Exploring Thelonious Monk's Music With "Sphereology Volume One," Sept. 28
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Pianist Andrés Vial (pronounced Vee-al) launches a series of recordings offering new perspectives on the oeuvre of Thelonious Sphere Monk with the September 28 release of Sphereology Volume One on Chromatic Audio Records. It’s a project the Montreal native has been working on since 2005, when he organized an annual Thelonious Monk Festival in Montreal. “My band played four nights of Monk’s music there,” says Vial. “I transcribed about 50 of his tunes for those gigs, and the festival ran ...
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“the Thelonious Sphere Monk Jazz Series At Yale” Robert Glasper Trio: Saturday, April 4, 2015
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
“The Thelonious Sphere Monk Jazz Series at Yale” Robert Glasper Trio: Saturday, April 4, 2015 T.S. Monk : Thursday, April 9, Friday April 10, 2015 The Robert Glasper Trio in Concert: Yale University Woolsey Hall: Saturday, April 4, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $25.00 Robert Glasper is a two-time Grammy Award winning pianist, singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and arranger. Mr. Glasper was awarded a 2013 Grammy for Best R&B Album for Black Radio, with guest artists including Common, Brandy, Jill ...
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UK Prog Legends Curved Air Release "Live Atmosphere" CD/DVD
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
London, UK: Reformed in 2008 after a sabbatical of 18 years, Curved Air's concert and festival appearances in the UK, Japan, Italy, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Holland and Belgium continue to thrill a steadily increasing mass of new and old fans. Their experimental blends of classical themes, electronic sounds and pop/rock energy and beautiful, timeless songs are performed with fire and passion and tremendous musicianship. Now, much to the excitement of their fans worldwide, Curved Air have released a new CD/DVD ...
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Diana Jones' Third Album, 'High Atmosphere' on Proper American Records, Combines Tradition with Topical.
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conqueroo
Nashville singer-songwriter brings the mountain ballad tradition into the present day Jim Lauderdale makes guest appearance; Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) co- produced. NASHVILLE, Tenn.High Atmosphere, the latest album in the remarkable career arc of singer-songwriter/visual artist Diana Jones, hits with the force of a revelation, further deepening an unprecedented body of work that began in 2006 with My Remembrance of You and continued with 2009's Better Times Will Come. On her new release, due out on April 5, ...
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Helmut Lipsky's Melosphere CD "Tempi con Variazioni" Garners Prix Opus Best Album World Music
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Jona Rapoport Artist Management/PR
"Tempi con Variazioni is a toast to the art of musicin all its diversity of styles, time periods and genres..." Violin virtuoso/composer Helmut Lipsky's Melosphere CD Tempi con Variazioni (Chestnut Hall Music) garnered the prestigious Conseil Québécois de la Musique (CQM- Quebec Music Council) Prix Opus (Opus Prize) for Album of the Year in the World Music category. The fourteenth annual gala of the Music Council, held in Montreal on January 31, 2011, celebrated the best musical achievements in the ...
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The Orb Featuring David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres (2010)
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso The Orb's signature soundgorgeous but not quite ambient, hypnotic but typically not much more rhythmic than a chill-out roomalways seemed to cry out for the guitar stylings of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. The band copped to the underlying influence on its debut album, 1991's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, the artwork of which prominently featured the Battersea Power stationechoing the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 recording Animals. The Orb's Alex Patterson then remixed two different versions of Floyd ...
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On the Road with DJ Shadow - The Shadowsphere Meets the Death Star and Reaching Fans Online
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HypeBot
This series of posts is by Michael Fiebach, the Marketing Manager for DJ Shadow. Read Part 1. (Updated) Wow. In what seems like the snap of a finger I am on my 11th day on the road. A day off. Finally. We are already 1/3 of the way through the DJ Shadow Live From The Shadowsphere" North American Tour, and things have been going great so far. I must admit though, I forgot how grueling touring can be. The last tour I went ...
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New Matt Venuti CD, "Hangisphere"
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Michael Ricci
SAN FRANCISCO - Venus Central Productions announces the availability of Matt Venuti's newest CD, Hangisphere, a collection of soul-stirring compositions featuring the PanArt Hang. The Hang is the most widely accepted new acoustic instrument of the 21st Century and one of the most captivating and versatile of all time. Venuti is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who for years has enraptured audiences with his custom-built Electronic Valve Instrument (EVI). Now the Hang is the basis of his newest work. It is ...
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