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Trumpet: Antoine Courtois Evolution III Mthpc: Yamaha Allen Vizzutti


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"Team & Variations," 2nd CD By Guitarist/Composer Isaac Darche, Due April 14 From Challenge Records

"Team & Variations," 2nd CD By Guitarist/Composer Isaac Darche, Due April 14 From Challenge Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

In the nearly ten years that guitarist Isaac Darche has called New York home, the San Francisco Bay Area native has found opportunities to work with many rising jazz stars and to pursue his own muse. He’s emerged as a rising star himself and is now following up on the 2012 release of his well-received debut Boom-Baptism with Team & Variations, to be released by the Dutch-based Challenge Records label on April 14. Darche’s fluid, warm-toned style reflects the classic ...

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BJURecords To Release Boom-Bap!tism From Guitarist Isaac Darche

BJURecords To Release Boom-Bap!tism From Guitarist Isaac Darche

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

BOOM-BAP!TISM features: Isaac Darch (guitar, compositions) Sean Wayland (Hammond B3, compositions) Mark Ferber (drums) A great sense of excitement and joy permeates the music on Boom-Bap!tism (BJURecords, May 15), the sophomore CD release from guitarist/composer Isaac Darche, featuring Darche on guitar, Sean Wayland on Hammond B3, and the ubiquitous Mark Ferber on drums. “I think the mojo, or the special sauce, of this session was excitement. Sean, Mark and I were just really going ...

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Isaac Allen Releases "Don't Smoke"

Isaac Allen Releases "Don't Smoke"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions

It is hard to keep in mind that Mr. Isaac Allen is only twenty-four years young when listening to the tracks of heartache, addiction, death row, and back alleys that compose his brilliantly honest debut—Don't Smoke. Don't Smoke shows Allen's lyrical talents, melding of jazz and blues in day when artists of this type are teetering on the brink of extinction; however, he isn't simply recreating what past greats have done; instead, like the singer-songwriter giants before him, Isaac Allen ...

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Isaac Byrd, Jr. & Tribe Judah deliver soulful depth and evocative tunefulness on new CD "Beginnings"

Source: Lauren Rogers

His new album with Tribe Judah may be called Beginnings, but trumpet player Isaac Byrd, Jr. certainly doesn't sound like a beginner. The soulful depth and evocative tunefulness of the record leaves the fingerprints of an established, boldly confident musician, one who knows quite well how to express his innermost emotions through his instrument. While many instrumental albums are merely exercises in technical expertise, Beginnings is a collection of moods. Byrd is a storyteller without words, conjuring vivid imagery through ...

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Obituary

RIP Gregory Isaacs

RIP Gregory Isaacs

Source: Giant Step


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R.I.P. Gregory Isaacs

R.I.P. Gregory Isaacs

Source: JamBase

JULY 15, 1951—OCTOBER 25, 2010 Reggae legend Gregory Isaacs passed away this morning at his home in London after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was 59 years old. A prolific artist for almost forty years, Isaacs helped pioneer the smooth style of reggae known as “Lovers Rock," all while scoring hit after hit and appearing in the 1978 film Rockers alongside Burning Spear, Robbie Shakespeare, Big Youth, and Jacob Miller. He is perhaps best known for his 1982 ...

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Isaac Hayes Highway Renaming Ceremony

Isaac Hayes Highway Renaming Ceremony

Source: Stax Museum of American Soul Music


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Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes 'For Lovers' CDs out on Dec. 22

Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes 'For Lovers' CDs out on Dec. 22

Source: conqueroo

Two discs feature the artists' greatest love songs, just in time for Christmas,New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Concord Music Group's For Lovers series will continue on December 22, 2009 with CDs from both Ray Charles and Isaac Hayes, featuring each artist's greatest love songs. Previously, Concord has issued For Lovers albums by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, Rosemary Clooney, Wes Montgomery and Mel Torm ...

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Isaac Hayes' "Shaft" Soundtrack Gets Deluxe Reissue from Stax

Isaac Hayes' "Shaft" Soundtrack Gets Deluxe Reissue from Stax

Source: conqueroo

Pivotal 1971 soundtrack was one of soul music’s best sellers of all time and earned Isaac Hayes a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In 1971, the song was everywhere. “Who is the man who would risk his neck for his brother man?” Shaft? Damn right. Isaac Hayes’ Shaft soundtrack album became a #1 album on both the pop and R&B charts — and remained on the charts for a jaw-dropping 60 weeks. The first soul soundtrack ...

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Isaac Hayes' 'Hot Buttered Soul' Album Reissued on Stax with Bonus Tracks, Digital Remastering

Isaac Hayes' 'Hot Buttered Soul' Album Reissued on Stax with Bonus Tracks, Digital Remastering

Source: conqueroo

Four-song long-player ushered in the era of album-oriented soul with hits “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Walk On By.” Reissue contains notes by Jim James of My Morning Jacket.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Until Isaac Hayes released Hot Buttered Soul in 1969, soul music had been a singles-oriented genre. Best known as the partner of David Porter in writing such Stax hits as “Hold On! I’m Coming,” “Soul Man” and “B-A-B-Y” among others, Hayes, along with Marvin ...

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