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Award Winning Guitarist Brian Tarquin To Release "Orlando In Heaven" In Support Of Orlando's Pulse Nightclub Tragedy Feat. Larry Coryell, Mike Stern, Chris Poland And Others
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Multi-Emmy award winning guitarist/producer/composer Brian Tarquin presents Orlando In Heaven; a very special project featuring an incredible cast of musical virtuosos playing their hearts out for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida! Tarquin composed and produced each of these tracks and displays his own guitar prowess alongside such world-class players as guitar icon Larry Coryell (his final recordings before his passing earlier this year), vocalist Phil Naro (Talas, Julian Lennon), Grammy jazz guitarist Mike Stern, fretless ...
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Orlando le Fleming - From Brooklyn with Love (19/8)
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Master of a Small House
Bassist Orlando Le Fleming doesn't score many points for creativity when it comes to the title of this live disc. Fortunately, what's absent in left-field thinking is made up for through audible work ethic and dedication to craft. Culled from two dates at Freddy's Backroom in the titular borough, the disc's six cuts find the bassist's quartet ranging by turns leisurely and aggressively through a songbook of conventionally-structured originals outfitted with generous improvisational space. Le Fleming seems to ...
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Bassist/Composer Orlando le Fleming Releases New CD "From Brooklyn with Love" on 19/8 Records.
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Two for the Show Media
Orlando Le Fleming draws from his extensive experience as a sideman and steps forth with some music from his own pen. “From Brooklyn with Love" is Orlando's debut release. Recorded live by Jimmy Katz in the intimate setting of Freddy's Bar in Brooklyn, it features Le Fleming on bass, Antonio Sanchez on Drums, Will Vinson on alto saxophone, and Lage Lund on guitar. Each of Orlando's compositions utilizes the bass as a tool to push each musician into unfamiliar territory. ...
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Najee to Perform National Anthem at Orlando Magic Game
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On Target Media Group
On December 25th, renowned sax-flute superstar Najee will perform the National Anthem at a Orlando Magic/Boston Celtics game. Enter to win a pair of tickets to attend the game with none other than Najee himself, witness his special pre-game performance of the National Anthem, and take home a prize pack of Mind Over Matter--Najee's latest CD and a poster! Mind Over Matter includes guest appearances by keyboardist Jeff Lorber on “Stolen Glances" and “One More Thing," and vocalist Eric Bent ...
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Bassist Orlando le Fleming to Record Live Album with Antonio Sanchez, Will Vinson and Lage Lund
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Michael Ricci
Orlando le Fleming will be recording a live album on November 29th and 30th at Freddy's in Brooklyn. His band features Antonio Sanchez, Will Vinson and Lage Lund. They will play two sets starting at 8:30 p m.
About Orlando le Fleming Orlando le Fleming was born in Birmingham, England on July 7 1976. Both of his parents are professional musicians; his mother a cellist and his father a composer. His first ambition was to become a professional cricketer, an ...
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Faith Gibson's New Release Big Moon Featured on WUCF Orlando June 28
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Lisa Reedy Promotions
Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Who Provided the Bass Line for the Buena Vista Social Club, Died Monday at 76.
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All About Jazz
HAVANA Orlando “Cachaito" Lopez, considered the “heartbeat" of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his internationally acclaimed bass playing, died Monday of complications from prostate surgery, fellow musicians said. He was 76.
Lopez, a founding member of the band brought together in the 1990s by American guitarist and producer Ry Cooder, died in a Havana hospital several days after surgery, said Manuel Galban, a Cuban musician who played with Lopez for decades.
“We have lost a great companion," said ...
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Orlando Julius:Super Afro Soul
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JamBase
By: Trevor Pour
Quickly, off the top of your head, name a wildly influential Nigerian Afrobeat jazz and soul musician from the late '60s and '70s. Got one? If you said Fela Kuti, you're probably not alone. While Fela and son Femi Kuti are essentially household names with the jam-rock crowd these days, the catalogue of highlife pioneer Orlando Julius has somehow flown under our collective radar. Well, the kind folks at VampiSoul released a retrospective double album, which includes ...
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Michele Rosewoman Performs in a Tribute to Orlando "Puntilla" Rios on December 13th
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All About Jazz
At the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on Saturday, December 13, at 1:30 p.m., pianist and composer Michele Rosewoman performs with members of her ensemble New Yor-Uba as part of a concert tribute to legendary Cuban percussionist and vocalist Orlando “Puntilla" Rios.
Praised by Downbeat as a “star of American music," pianist, composer, and educator Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world as a highly original artist by fusing Afro-Cuban styles with intelligent and modern ...
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Michele Rosewoman's Tribute to Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios
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All About Jazz
Legendary Cuban percussionist and vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios passed away August 12, 2008. Along with several tribute concerts to him taking place in the coming months, Puntilla's former student and colleague, pianist Michele Rosewoman, paid tribute to him with the below article.
Born in Havana, Cuba, percussionist/vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios is revered in Cuba and the Americas as a master of the many Cuban musical folkloric forms. When 'Puntilla' arrived in New York in 1980, he ...
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