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Sy Oliver: Easy Walker and Sentimental Sy

Sy Oliver: Easy Walker and Sentimental Sy

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Sy Oliver was one of the most important arrangers of the swing era. A trumpeter, singer and arranger in Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra in the 1930s, Oliver was hired by Tommy Dorsey in 1939 to give the band a more authentic Savoy Ballroom sound. Oliver's good fortune came the following January when Frank Sinatra joined Dorsey and Oliver was tasked with orchestrating the singer's up-tempo numbers. Axel Stordahl handled the ballads. Some of Sinatra's most memorable songs with Dorsey were arranged ...

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Instrumental Bass Guitar & Vibraphone Duo Cliffwalker 'Casually Skirts Past Math Rock, Jazz, And Minimalist Classical Like Ships In The Night' With 'Calm Sea' Video, Streaming Now

Instrumental Bass Guitar & Vibraphone Duo Cliffwalker 'Casually Skirts Past Math Rock, Jazz, And Minimalist Classical Like Ships In The Night' With 'Calm Sea' Video, Streaming Now

Source: Fanatic Promotion

“A breath of fresh air and a deeply nostalgic look into the 1960’s aesthetic,” says music discovery website Fecking Bahamas about the “Calm Sea” music video by Portland, Oregon-based “crime jazz” duo, CLIFFWALKER. “Comparisons to espionage composers like John Barry or Lalo Schifrin... The duo casually skirts past math rock, jazz, and minimalist classical like ships in the night.” About the cinematic clip, CLIFFWALKER’s Cliff Hayes explains, “Kyros Papavassiliou, the co-writer and director of the film ‘Impressions of a Drowned ...

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Instrumental Bass & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Can Be Compared To Steve Reich, Philip Glass As Well As Contemporaries Such As Tortoise, Death From Above 1979

Instrumental Bass & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Can Be Compared To Steve Reich, Philip Glass As Well As Contemporaries Such As Tortoise, Death From Above 1979

Source: Fanatic Promotion

“Delightfully teeters on the edge of chaos...” says music discovery blog Independent Clauses in its coverage of “Punching Clocks,” the debut single by Portland-based duo CLIFFWALKER. Punching Clocks is the sort of thing that the word post-rock was made for. It’s rock put in the service of other moods. The interplay of the leads produces the experience of a spy-movie chase scene.” The Portland, Oregon-based instrumental duo of Cliff Hayes (Bass, Keys) and A. Walker Spring (Vibes, Drums, Keys, Guitar), ...

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Accomplished Musicianship Of Instrumental Drum & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Delightfully Teeters On The Edge Of Chaos With 'Punching Clocks' Single

Accomplished Musicianship Of Instrumental Drum & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Delightfully Teeters On The Edge Of Chaos With 'Punching Clocks' Single

Source: Fanatic Promotion

Cliff Hayes (Buellton), A. Walker Spring (Old Time Relijun) evoke a '70s-era sensory experience ala Philip Glass, “The Holy Mountain,” and Tangerine Dream as CLIFFWALKER. CLIFFWALKER is not just a cool name for a band. The Portland, Oregon-based instrumental duo of Cliff Hayes (Bass, Keys) and A. Walker Spring (Vibes, Drums, Keys, Guitar) are just lucky to be named that way. To take the serendipity a step (sorry, had to) further, the sound of the pair’s upcoming “Painted Gray Sky” ...

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11th Annual Arlington Jazz Festival with Headliners Randy Brecker And Mark Walker's World Jazz Ensemble from April 7-10, 2022

11th Annual Arlington Jazz Festival with Headliners Randy Brecker And Mark Walker's World Jazz Ensemble from April 7-10, 2022

Source: Mary Curtin Productions

The Arlington Jazz Festival (Boston) has scheduled a wide variety of musical events over a 4-day stretch in several venues around the town. The Festival, now in its 11th year, is presented by Arlington Jazz. This year’s headlining concert, held at the Regent Theatre on the final day of the festival, showcases legendary multi-Grammy award winning jazz trumpeter/composer Randy Brecker performing with Grammy winning drummer/composer Mark Walker and his World Jazz Ensemble, which features French pianist Alain Mallet, Peruvian bassist ...

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T-Bone Walker: T-Bone Blues

T-Bone Walker: T-Bone Blues

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

In the early 1940s, when African-Americans in the South and Southwest moved north to the Midwest and west to Los Angeles in search of job opportunities at war-time factories, they packed their souls. As the Great Migration filled cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland and South Central in L.A., transplants from places such as Mississippi and Alabama longed for the Delta blues they heard back home. Once settled in cities, many of these migrants wanted the blues served up ...

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Performance / Tour

The Palladium Theatre Presents Live From New York: Jazz Vocalists Michelle Walker, Whitney James And Emily Braden

The Palladium Theatre Presents Live From New York: Jazz Vocalists Michelle Walker, Whitney James And Emily Braden

Source: Paula Lavitz - PR, Management & Booking

The Palladium Theatre Saturday, March 14th at 8pm The Palladium at St. Petersburg College 253 5th Ave N Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 Three adventurous new voices in jazz come together for one night in the spirit of collaboration of standards, re-imagined pop tunes and original music. Vocalists Whitney James, Emily Braden and Michelle Walker met in jny: New York City where they became fast friends. They were drawn together by a mutual respect for ...

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Celebrating Jazz Month: Jazz Bridge First Thursdays Neighborhood Concert Series In Collingswood, NJ Presents Barbara Walker

Celebrating Jazz Month: Jazz Bridge First Thursdays Neighborhood Concert Series In Collingswood, NJ Presents Barbara Walker

Source: Bruce Klauber

The Jazz Bridge First Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center, East Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents jazz vocalist Barbara Walker on Thursday, April 2. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337. This performance, and all Jazz Bridge concerts being held in the month of April, are a part of the City of Philadelphia’s “Jazz Appreciation Month” celebration, sponsored by “Creative Philadelphia,” within the City ...

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Ready, Set, Record: Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Goes Into The Studio To Record

Ready, Set, Record: Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Goes Into The Studio To Record

Source: Paula Lavitz - PR, Management & Booking

Ready, Set, Record: Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker goes into the Studio to Record her new CD Love Misery NEW YORK, NY - On a cold, brisk March morning some 18 months ago, jazz vocalist Michelle Walker was packing her small suit case for a 3 day stay out of town. She and the band members that she had been playing with for a little over 4 years were heading up to the small town of Milford, PA to record her ...

Performance / Tour

Vocalist Michelle Walker Returns To Russia For An Extended Tour As A Cultural Ambassador Of Jazz

Vocalist Michelle Walker Returns To Russia For An Extended Tour As A Cultural Ambassador Of Jazz

Source: Michelle Walker

Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Tours Far East of Russia in September 2014 New York, NY - JGP Records announces the September 2014 tour schedule for jazz vocalist Michelle Walker. Michelle will present several special concerts throughout Russia on a tour from August 31 – September 15th. The concerts will feature her arrangements, music and original songs from her upcoming CD release project, “Love Misery”. The performances will be held at various outdoor Jazz Festivals, Philharmonic Halls and Jazz Clubs in ...

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