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Pran: Raga for the Rainy Season

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Unless you're really into esoteric music, you've never heard an Indian raga played by a trombonist and brass didjeriduist. Of this I am nearly certain. Well, Greg Powers (tb) and Stuart Dempster (bd) put their minds together to do just that. Powers handles the melody, and Dempster delivers the drone. The name Pran refers to the “vital enlivening breath" and bears relevance to both the instruments and the music. The particular raga on this recording originated in the 16th century ...

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Power, Passion and Majesty - Beauty and the Beast - The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith with special guest Bill Evans (soprano and tenor saxophone)

Power, Passion and Majesty - Beauty and the Beast - The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith with special guest Bill Evans (soprano and tenor saxophone)

Source: All About Jazz

CD release date October 28, 2016 on Spartacus Records Tommy Smith originally wrote his epic suite Beauty and the Beast specifically for American saxophonist Dave Liebman, a fearsome player with a generous heart. This fabulous live recording with the superbly expressive Bill Evans and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra fully captures the colossal scale of the work, and marks the towering improvisational accomplishments of modern jazz musicians hitting peak form. Bill Evans studied under Liebman, but they have more in ...

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Warne Marsh: Music for Prancing

Warne Marsh: Music for Prancing

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

In the 1950s, tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh sounded like Stan Getz with parts missing. A pioneer of the Lennie Tristano-influenced cool jazz movement of the late 1940s and early '50s, Marsh was born in Los Angeles and gigged and recorded there as a leader between 1952 and 1957 before shifting to New York for a few years and then moving back to L.A. in the mid-'60s. Getz's cool sound came from his passion for Lester Young. George Wein told me ...

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3 Cohens - The All-star Family Jazz Band Of Clarinetist/tenor Saxophonist Anat, Trumpeter Avishai & Soprano Saxist Yuval - Release Their Fourth Album Together, "Tightrope"

3 Cohens - The All-star Family Jazz Band Of Clarinetist/tenor Saxophonist Anat, Trumpeter Avishai & Soprano Saxist Yuval - Release Their Fourth Album Together, "Tightrope"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

To be released Oct. 22, 2013, via Anzic Records, “Tightrope" features the 3 Cohens improvising as an a cappella horn choir and teaming with special guests Fred Hersch, Christian McBride & Jonathan Blake “To the ranks of the Heaths of Philadelphia, the Joneses of Detroit and the Marsalises of New Orleans, fans can now add the 3 Cohens of Tel Aviv." - All About Jazz One of the reasons jazz improvisation excites performer and listener alike is that it's akin ...

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Maria Schneider's New Recording With Acclaimed Soprano Dawn Upshaw - Available Now

Maria Schneider's New Recording With Acclaimed Soprano Dawn Upshaw - Available Now

Source: Clay Wilson

We are pleased to present the release of Maria Schneider's new album 'Winter Morning Walks' - her first collaboration with soprano Dawn Upshaw. Maria's participants can witness and take part in her creative process as she walks them through each composition, discusses orchestration, answers questions about her scores, and offers insight on her unique compositional process. Scores and parts are available for immediate download along with exclusive behind-the-scenes access. Maria is one of the first artists in the world to ...

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Performance / Tour

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Announces 2013 Tour Dates In Support Of Acclaimed New Album "Whisper"

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Announces 2013 Tour Dates In Support Of Acclaimed New Album "Whisper"

Source: 1888 Media

Label Debut For Shanachie Features Special Guest Bob Baldwin And Includes Soulful Renditions Of Jazz Classics By Freddie Hubbard And Dave Grusin Spring/Summer Festival Slots Will Have Meadows Share Stages With Phil Perry, Richard Elliot, Keiko Matsui, Brian Simpson, Marc Antoine, Mary Mary, Jonathan Butler, Brian Culbertson And Sheila E Sax And The City Tour Dates Feature Vincent Ingala And Paul Taylor Re-Launch Of MarionMeadows.Com Provides Fans With An Immersive Multi-Media Experience Albert Einstein once said “We all dance to ...

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Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Returns On February 26 With Whisper, His First New Album In Four Years

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Returns On February 26 With Whisper, His First New Album In Four Years

Source: 1888 Media

Label Debut For Shanachie Features Special Guest Bob Baldwin And Includes Soulful Renditions Of Jazz Classics By Freddie Hubbard And Dave Grusin Lead Single Is “Black Pearl” Albert Einstein once said “We all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” For multi-talented saxophonist and consummate creative spirit Marion Meadows, the allure of music was never too far. The charismatic, strikingly handsome, eloquent and debonair musician, who happens to moonlight as a brilliant digital designer/photographer, ...

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Contest

Enter the "Sam Newsome - The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Sam Newsome - The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1"  Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Sam Newsome - The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 14th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Sam Newsome at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Sam Newsome on The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1 This CD features selections from three musical suites, two of which were adapted ...

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Sam Newsome Explores Ellington, Coltrane and African Suites on Third in a Trilogy of Solo Soprano Sax Releases.

Sam Newsome Explores Ellington, Coltrane and African Suites on Third in a Trilogy of Solo Soprano Sax Releases.

Source: Two for the Show Media

Following such acclaimed projects as 2010's Blue Soliloquy (which received a five-star rating from Downbeat and was named one the Best CDs of 2010  by All About Jazz) and 2007's Monk Abstractions, virtuoso saxophonist Sam Newsome unveils the third in a trilogy of potent solo soprano recordings, The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1. Utilizing an array of extended techniques on the straighthorn, from circular breathing to multiphonics to slap-tongue percussive effects, Newsome puts his own personal stamp on John ...

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Advocacy

Win A Custom Sopranoplanet Soprano Mouthpiece-support Breast Cancer Options

Win A Custom Sopranoplanet Soprano Mouthpiece-support Breast Cancer Options

Source: Joe Giardullo

From Joe Giardullo at Sopranoplanet.com I will give away a custom Sopranoplanet mouthpiece on October 1st. There is only one way to enter the drawing: make a donation (which is tax-deductible) to BREAST CANCER OPTIONS. The donation in its entirety goes directly to this wonderful and vital organization. They were a huge help when breast cancer struck our family and they provide lots of services and information, both traditional and alternative, to those who are in need. They even ...

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Even Sopranos Get the Blues

Even Sopranos Get the Blues

Source: Michael Ricci

FOR months now, the acclaimed soprano Rene Fleming, her recording company and her public relations agency have been working hard to make one thing clear: Dark Hope, her new Decca recording of indie rock songs, is not a crossover project.

Crossover! Heaven forbid! To many classical music critics and tradition-minded artists, the commercial crossover projects in the last two decades are sure signs, in the words of the esteemed British baritone Thomas Allen, that well- organized hijackers and ...

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Raga for the Rainy...

Sparkling Beatnik Records
1999

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