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Bailey's Bundles

Gregorian Chant – Melodies I & II

Read "Gregorian Chant – Melodies I & II" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes, France was re-founded in 1833, following a period of latency. In the late 19th century, the monastery was challenged by the Holy Father, Pope Pius X to fully research the role of plainchant in the liturgy and to edit books on chant that reflected this research. If there is one thing a bunch of Benedictines can do, it is research. The result has been nearly 200 years of intense scholarship that led ...

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Album Review

Chant: Ma Io Ch'in Questa Lingua

Read "Ma Io Ch'in Questa Lingua" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Libero Mureddu, Cristiano Calcignile and Antonio Borghini, who have been together since 2000, find a unique realm for their music. They go through several levels and strata, never content to dwell on one plateau for any given length of time. They formulate, shape and delve into sounds with an instant tick of the imagination. And despite the fact that all of the music on Ma Io Ch'in Questa Lingua has a composed head, each piece reacts to the impulses of ...

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Festival

Flamenco Phenom Juanito Pascual To Enchant Audiences At Guitar Masters Festival In New York City

Flamenco Phenom Juanito Pascual To Enchant Audiences At Guitar Masters Festival In New York City

Source: Charles Carlini Presents

Juanito Pascual, the acclaimed flamenco guitarist, and composer is poised to captivate audiences at the esteemed Guitar Masters Festival on Thursday, April 25th, 2024, at 7:00 PM. Taking center stage at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium within the New York City Bahá’í Center, Pascual will be accompanied by his accomplished trio, featuring percussionist and vocalist José Moreno, and flamenco dancer Paloma Rios. This performance is a highlight of the 2024 Guitar Masters Festival, promising an unforgettable evening of musical enchantment. ...

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Recording

Cajun French Chanteuse Juliet Varnedoe Release Single 'Mon Chéri' on January 14, 2022

Cajun French Chanteuse Juliet Varnedoe Release Single 'Mon Chéri' on January 14, 2022

Source: Juliet Varnedoe

New York-based singer songwriter Juliet Varnedoe developed her musical foundation in the bayou lands of southeast Louisiana surrounded by Cajun French, jny: New Orleans jazz, and Acadian traditional songs. Her years of performance in New York cabaret clubs and swing dance halls solidifies her stage persona as a Cajun French chanteuse, a unique America voice sharing the joie de vivre of the Cajun people. “Mon Cheri" is the first single release from her debut album Cajun Bleu featuring Juliet Varnedoe ...

Video / DVD

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Groove Merchant

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Groove Merchant

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra was one of the last great big bands. Formed in 1965, the orchestra played Monday nights at New York's Village Vanguard and recorded and toured extensively, including a swing through the Soviet Union in 1972. When Jones decided to move to Copenhagen in 1978, the band became known as the Mel Lewis Orchestra. When Lewis died in 1990, it became the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. The band won two Grammys, one in 1979 and the other ...

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Performance / Tour

Jamaican-British Soul-Jazz Chanteuse Zara McFarlane Makes Debut U.S. Tour In Support Of "If You Knew Her"

Jamaican-British Soul-Jazz Chanteuse Zara McFarlane Makes Debut U.S. Tour In Support Of "If You Knew Her"

Source: Matt Merewitz

If You Knew Her, Released in Early 2014 on Peterson’s Soul-Inflected Brownswood Recordings Is Already One of 2014′s Most Acclaimed Recordings It’s a tough task for music critics to write about a singer that genuinely knocks their socks off. Zara McFarlane is the London based singer, who, in 2011 released Until Tomorrow, a debut album that had many critics in a spin. Sure, praise came thick and fast. They spoke of a caressing voice of sparkling clarity, a voice that ...

Radio

Rockwired.com's Podcast Jazzed And Blue Presents Music And Exclusive Interviews With Alexander Gershman Of Sasha's Bloc And Chanteuse Lyn Stanley

Source: Rockwired Media LLC

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features music and exclusive interviews with Alexander Gershman of Sasha's Bloc and songstress Lyn Stanley." It's exciting to have this podcast in it's 90 minute glory!" exclaims Jazzed and Blue host Brian Lush “This latest edition of the show embodies the sound and artistic excellence that we here at Rockwired want people to associate with our jazz program and upcoming ...

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Recording

From The Magical Days With Ray Charles, To The Unfolding Of Gentle Music For Healing – Enchanting Collaborations By David Hoffman And Paul Adams

From The Magical Days With Ray Charles, To The Unfolding Of Gentle Music For Healing –  Enchanting Collaborations By David Hoffman And Paul Adams

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Asheville, NC: David Hoffman spent 13 years touring the world as Ray Charles trumpet soloist and arranger. From his dizzying experiences performing for the most prestigious a audiences in the world, he has toned the music down a bit for those looking for a place of peace. Paul Adams has made a career building instruments for some very well known musicians, he's composed 7 critically acclaimed albums, he's a writer and poet, and plays a vast array of exotic instruments. ...

Performance / Tour

The Rrazz Room Presents The Return Of Acclaimed San Francisco Chanteuse Veronica Klaus "The Peggy Lee Songbook”

Source: Miller Wright & Associates

FEATURING THE TAMMY HALL TRIO CELEBRATING HER NEW CD “SOMETHING COOL” TWO SHOWS ONLY, AUGUST 24 – 25 The RRazz Room, San Francisco’s premier nightclub, presents the return of San Francisco chanteuse VERONICA KLAUS with an encore of her critically acclaimed show featuring the music of Peggy Lee. The two shows, on August 24 and 25 at 10:00 PM, will help celebrate her new CD Something Cool. Veronica's keen sensibility and eclectic taste guarantee an evening of intriguing musical selections, ...

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Recording

Montreal Jazz Chanteuse Susie Arioli Goes "All the Way" on New Jazzheads Release.

Montreal Jazz Chanteuse Susie Arioli Goes "All the Way" on New Jazzheads Release.

Source: Two for the Show Media

Set to perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York City on June 19, 2012 Since first joining forces in 1998 with guitarist and kindred spirit Jordan Officer in her Swing Band, Montreal-based singer Susie Arioli has been casting her seductive spell on jazz fans throughout Canada, and in Europe. Her sultry voice, clear articulation and fondness for the Great American Songbook places her squarely in the camp of such classy jazz divas from the 1950s as Peggy Lee, Chris Connor, ...

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Music Industry

Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann Signs with SRI Jazz

Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann Signs with SRI Jazz

Source: Shelly Liebowitz

SRI Jazz has just added an exciting and vibrant voice to the label with the addition of Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann. A truly gifted performer in the vein of such greats as Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, Mann's ability to use her vocal instrument with great ease, along with her natural sense of how to interpret a lyric, makes her one of the stand-out jazz singers of our time. Described as “Always a solid swinger and one who makes every ...

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Performance / Tour

Natalie Merchant Performs with North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh, May 29

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey

RALEIGH, N.C.—Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant will join the North Carolina Symphony for a single performance on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m., the orchestra announced today. The concert takes place at Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets for this one-night-only performance will go on sale on Monday, Jan. 23 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets will be available for purchase online at www.ncsymphony.org or by calling North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 ...

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