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Arc: The Pursuit Of Happiness
by Glenn Astarita
This album's title justifiably parallels the trio's radiant synergy. With their third release as a unit, this 2009 outing signifies the artists' initial employment of live electronics--a component that has been gaining steam with improvisation-centric bands over the years. But like anything else, good taste and using effects as an instrument stand as the antithesis of some heavily employed electronics configurations that can at times, saturate core musical aspects. Here, the unit seamlessly combines the best of both worlds into ...
read moreArchival Releases From The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie And Cal Tjader Out May 17 From Liberation Hall
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Prime Mover Media
Liberation Hall has announced archival jazz releases from Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, and Cal Tjader. All titles will arrive in stores May 17 and be distributed by MVD Entertainment Group (USA) and Wienerworld (UK). The Cannonball Adderley QuintetLive in Montreal May 1975(Liberation Hall, 2024) The great Julian Cannonball" Adderley rose to prominence in the hard-bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. After a successful stint with Miles Davis’s sextet —including being featured on the seminal Davis records Milestones ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 25, 2024
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y A New Beat (Cellar Music Group) 253 248 +5 0 43 1 9 2 2 2 Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer Groove Street (Strikezone) 206 239 -33 0 40 1 10 ...read more
John S. Hall Of King Missile Strikes Sky Vault + Mike Visceglia, Gene Pritsker, Wayne Dumaine, Charles Coleman, Robert C. Ford & Carlinius M On March 29, 2024
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Robert C. Ford
On Friday March 29, 2024, at 7:30pm EST an intimate salon concert will be held at Sky Vault in the Financial District of New York City. Featured performers include poets Robert C. Ford, John S. Hall (King Missile) and Carli Munoz aka Carlinius M (Beach Boys, Eddie Gomez), accompanied by baritone Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra) and musicians Mike Visceglia (bass—Suzanne Vega, John Cale), Gene Pritsker (guitar—Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) and Wayne Dumaine (trumpet—New York Philharmonic, Prince). John ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 18, 2024
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y A New Beat (Cellar Music Group) 248 271 -23 1 44 1 8 2 2 2 Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer Groove Street (Strikezone) 239 244 -5 0 47 1 ...read more
JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 11, 2024
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y A New Beat (Cellar Music Group) 271 287 -16 2 45 1 7 2 2 2 Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer Groove Street (Strikezone) 244 252 -8 1 44 ...read more
Elysium Furnace Works' 2024 Season Begins With Joe McPhee With Strings On March 16, 8 PM In Poughkeepsie, NY
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James Keepnews
Elysium Furnace Works is BACK in 2024 with our most exciting season yet! Uncompromising, boundary-pushing artistry is what EFW is all about and that's exactly what we have in store for you, all year long. All concerts will take place at the lovely 19th c. VBI Theatre, part of the Hudson Valley's outstanding Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center — the theatre is located at 12 Vassar St. in Poughkeepsie, NY. Elysium Furnace Works is thrilled and honored to kick off its 2024 ...
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Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Feat. Lara St. John At Joe's Pub Saturday, March 9, 2024
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Robert C. Ford
On March 9th at 7pm (doors open 6pm), Joe's Pub and Composers Concordance present Vivaldi's Hot House." This composition by Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) is a starting point for this eclectic event with violin doyenne Lara St. John and Pritsker's ensemble Sound Liberation. The concert will feature a genre defying repertoire of music inspired by various composers from the past including Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mozart, reinterpreted with jazz, metal, hip-hop, etc. Featured singers include soprano Adriana Valdes, baritone ...
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Mark Watkins Enhances His Celebrated Saxophone Quartet With 'Four + Six,' To Be Released March 29 On Jazz Hang Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Mark Watkins envelops his long-running saxophone quartet in lush, billowing textures on FOUR + Six, the band’s deliriously tuneful sixth album, set for a March 29 release on Jazz Hang Records. Watkins augments the core quartet of himself (soprano and tenor saxophones), Sandon Mayhew (tenor sax), Ray Smith (alto sax), and Jon Gudmundson (baritone sax) with Corey Christiansen (guitar); a three-piece rhythm section of Justin Nielsen (piano), Braun Khan (bass), and Kobie Watkins (no relation, drums); and the esteemed Gardner ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 4, 2024
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y A New Beat (Cellar Music Group) 287 282 +5 0 43 1 6 2 2 2 Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer Groove Street (Strikezone) 252 256 -4 0 45 1 7 ...read more
Irish Jazz Funk Band Chief Keegan 'The Piles High Club' Drops March 29th!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Ireland’s Ground Breaking Jazz/Funk/Groove Ensemble Releases Debut Album! The innovative Irish band featuring organist/pianist Luke Dunford, with guitarist Mark Dudley, bassist Alan Elliott and drummers Cian Hanley and Tommy Gray unleash a straight fire album of soul dripping jams. “Think The Meters and Orgone had a baby and moved to Dublin." Chief Keegan are a musically skilled, multitalented instrumental funk band from Dublin, Ireland. Some of their musical influences include bands such as Vulfpeck, The Meters, Lettuce and Galactic amongst ...
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