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Saxophonist Aaron Liddard (Prince, Amy Winehouse & Maceo Parker) releases 'Nylon Man' on October 7, 2022
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
October 7, 2022 Release Date: Nylon Man Nylon Man is the new album by saxophonist-keyboardist-arranger-composer Aaron Liddard, released on 7th October on the British independent label Havis House. Featuring a plethora of guest contributions from the likes of Carleen Anderson, Omar Puente and Miss Baby Sol, Nylon Man is 12 tracks of jazz by a UK-based artist, influenced by music of Europe, North and South America, the Caribbean and Africa. In his prolific and wide-ranging career, saxophonist-keyboardist-arranger-composer Aaron Liddard has ...
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London Researcher Receives Joint Funding From The US National Endowment For The Humanities (NEH) And The UK Arts And Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
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John Stevenson
Funded by a joint grant from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the US National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), City, University of London computer scientist Dr. Tillman Weyde, is the UK lead on a project to develop AI for music information retrieval tools and archival workflows to enhance access to archival jazz collections. On the US side, the project will be led by Professor Gabriel Solis at the University of Illinois, and co-coordinator Adriana Cuervo at Rutgers ...
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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra & Makoto Ozone Vividly Re-imagine Mozart’s "Jeunehomme"
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Michael S. Clark
An air of great anticipation surrounded the premiere in Edinburgh of Makoto Ozone’s very special arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 9th Piano Concerto K.271 for The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra directed by Tommy Smith. This universally popular work, known familiarly as Jeunehomme is here re-imagined by a daring soloist in Makoto Ozone, an exceptional big band in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO), and a courageous leader in director Tommy Smith. Mozart’s devotion to melody and solo virtuosity speak to ...
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Neneh Cherry, Larry Graham, Rebecca Ferguson And Lisa Stansfield Added To Line-up For Love Supreme Festival
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Dom Christophers
The Love Supreme Festival, which returns to Glynde Place in East Sussex this July, has announced a second raft of names, which includes a broad selection of superstar international acts and outstanding emerging talent from the worlds of jazz, soul, R&B, pop and beyond. Joining an adventurous line-up, that already features the likes of Chaka Khan, Van Morrison, Candi Staton, Submotion Orchestra, The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman, GoGo Penguin and Ginger Baker, are chart-topping UK soul singer Lisa Stansfield, ...
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Neneh Cherry & The Thing Collaborate And Release The Cherry Thing, Out June 19 On Smalltown Supersound
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Pitch Perfect PR
Neneh Cherry and jazz trio The Thing met for the first time at a recording session in London in the fall of 2010. It clicked right away as they all shared an open, free approach to the music. The high energy of The Thing's playing found a fitting counterpart in Neneh's intense style. After a performance at Strand, Stockholm in March 2011, they decided to continue the collaboration resulting in their forthcoming, self-titled album, The Cherry Thing, out June 19 ...
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Amy Winehouse: Lioness
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
At the time of Amy Winehouse's death on July 23, the celebrated soul-ska singer hadn't really released much in the way of music. Though Frank was recorded in 2003, the album wasn't released in the U.S. until late 2007—after her second album, Back to Black, became an American sensation in 2006, winning her five Grammys. As Burt Bacharach noted a bunch of weeks ago during my at-home conversation with him, “Most people don't realize that it's still hard for many ...
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Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett: "Body and Soul" Video
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JamBase
SINGER'S FINAL RECORDING TO BE RELEASED AS PART OF TONY BENNETT DUETS II ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 20 The track and video of “Body and Soul," recorded by Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett on March 23, 2011 at Abbey Road Studios in London, has been released in its entirety on today to commemorate Amy Winehouse's birthday. “Body and Soul" became the final recording Amy ever made before her passing on July 23 of this year. September 14 marks what would have ...
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Breaking: Amy Winehouse Found Dead...
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Digital Music News
Amy Winehouse was found dead this morning in London, according to information now confirmed by local, MetropolitanPolice. Medics apparently responded to an emergency call during the early-morning hours, only to find the singer unresponsive at her residence. Winehouse may have been pronounced dead just ahead of 4 am, local time. The exact reasons for the death are unclear, though drug-related complications are likely. Results of an autopsy are expected over the next day or so. The dire warning signs were ...
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R.I.P. Amy Winehouse
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JamBase
27-YEARS OLD SINGING SENSATION PASSES Gifted but deeply troubled pop-soul singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home today. At this stage, the police are calling her death “unexplained" and an investigation is underway. After making a critical splash with her 2003 debut, Frank, in the U.K., Winehouse became a worldwide sensation with 2006's Back To Black, catapulted to omnipresence by her hit “Rehab." Her record label, Universal, released a statement today that read in part, “We are ...
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Keller Williams Covers Dead: Winehouse, YMSB on New Album
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JamBase
KELLER WILLIAMS' BRAND NEW ALBUM, THIEF, TO BE RELEASED MAY 25 THE ALL-COVERS ALBUM, RECORDED WITH LARRY AND JENNY KEEL, OFFERS KELLER VERSIONS OF SONGS BY AMY WINEHOUSE, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, RYAN ADAMS YMSB, PATTERSON HOOD, THE RACONTEURS, DANNY BARNES AND MANY OTHERS LOOK FOR KELLER ON TOUR THIS SUMMER, INCLUDING SELECT DATES AS PART OF RHYTHM DEVILS
Keller Williams Keller Williams releases his first-ever all-covers collection, amusingly titled Thief, ...
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