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Jazz Vocalist Gretchen Parlato to Release New CD/DVD, “Live In NYC” on Oct. 8th, 2013


 
Vocalist Gretchen Parlato Celebrates 10 Years in
New York City with a Mesmerizing Live Album & Companion DVD,
Live in NYC, Available October 8 on ObliqSound
 
Album Exemplifies Live Evolution of Parlato’s
Staple Songs Since Their Original Recordings
 
In the ten years since her arrival in New York City, Gretchen Parlato has emerged as one of the most inventive and mesmerizing vocalists of her generation. In an artful communion of space, texture and a genre-bending repertoire, she has introduced a musical sea-change, making the power of subtlety front and center in jazz.

The Marc Cary Focus Trio to Release “New Directions” on Oct. 8th, 2013

MARC CARY’S INNOVATIVE FOCUS TRIO SET TO RELEASE FOUR DIRECTIONS, LONG ANTICIPATED SECOND STUDIO ALBUM
SLATED FOR OCTOBER 8 RELEASE VIA
MOTÉMA MUSIC




Focus Trio Features Sameer Gupta on Drums and Tabla,
Rashaan Carter on Bass and Guest Bassist Burniss Travis

Four Directions Follows up Cary’s Powerfully Acclaimed
Solo Piano Tribute, For the Love of Abbey (Motéma, June 2013)


 
Marc Cary has spent close to a decade honing a distinctive sound and improvisational approach with his enduring and much acclaimed Focus Trio. Four Directions, the band’s first studio recording in eight years, follows on the heels of two powerful interim releases (Focus Trio Live 2008 and Focus Trio Live 2009). Despite a few shifts in the bass chair, and an ever-transforming array of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, the band’s original mission, as Cary stated in his liner notes for Focus, the band’s 2006 debut, remains the same: “to bring indigenous rhythms together with American jazz to create new palettes of sound.”

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Jeff Majors Releases New Single, “His Eyes” | TAKE A LISTEN!

World Renowned Harpist and Jazz Artist Jeff Majors Releases His New Single

“Jeff Majors releases his new single ‘His Eyes’ with an international flavor that soothes your soul! The full CD ‘Sacred X’ is scheduled for release in late fall.”


Washington, DC (PRWEB) October 03, 2013

International inspirational jazz artist and renowned harp master Jeff Major’s releases his new single “His Eyes” featuring Miko with a new flavor of French flair. The full CD “Sacred X” will be released late fall along with the launch of the “Sacred Tour” starting in Annapolis, MD, Bowie Sate University and Washington, DC. “Sacred X” is the tenth CD of the Sacred Series among a number of other CDs released by Majors.

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Look Out for Jon Batiste & Stay Human’s New CD, “Social Music” on Oct. 15th, 2013 | WATCH VIDEO!


 
Jon Batiste & Stay Human to Release New CD
“Social Music”
on Oct. 15th, 2013
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26 year old, Music prodigy, Louisiana native Jonathan Batiste drops back into the urban music scene with the forthcoming release, “Social Music” featuring his band Stay Human (Eddie Harbash – Sax; Ibanda Ruhumbika – Tuba; Joe Saylor – Percussion).

Legendary Contemporary Jazz Group Hiroshima Releases New Album, “J-Town Beat” | Avail NOW

Contemporary Jazz Group Hiroshima Releases New Album, “J-Town Beat” Available NOW One of the finest, long standing Contemporary Jazz groups still beating the pavement for good music, HIROSHIMA, has released another fine project from their rather large discography, “J-Town Beat”. The 11 track effort is the 19th album to date …

Pianist Marcus Roberts Reunites with Wynton Marsalis | Set to Release 3 New Albums

This Fall, Marcus Roberts Releases Ambitious 12-Movement Original
Suite With His Trio And Reunites With Wynton Marsalis On 2
‘Together
Again’ Albums


Photo Credit: John Douglas


“Genius” pianist Marcus Roberts, who got his
first major break 28 years ago as the pianist in Wynton Marsalis’ band
and has been an innovator and major figure in the jazz world ever since,
is in the midst of a tremendously productive period in his career that
will see the release of three new albums this fall.

Trombone Shorty Releases New Disc, “Say That To Say This” | WATCH NEW VIDEO

Critcally Acclaimed Multi-Instrumentalist Trombone Shorty Releases New CD,
“Say That To Say This”
WATCH NEW MUSIC VIDEO


Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews has God-given talent, natural charisma and a relentless drive to bridge music’s past and future. His third outing for Verve Records, Say That To Say This, was co-produced by Andrews and kindred spirit Raphael Saadiq, and sounds like nothing else out there, as Andrews and his longtime band, Orleans Avenue – guitarist Pete Murano, bassist Mike Ballard and drummer Joey Peebles – continue their natural musical evolution.

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Mosaic Records to Release “The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-1941)” on Oct. 8th, 2013

Mosaic Records Celebrates
30th Anniversary Year
with The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald
Decca Sessions (1934-1941)



Spectacular Collaboration of Two Legends
Set for October 8 Release


Throughout the glorious history of jazz, special collaborative relationships have been a rich source of profound musical creativity. Ellington/Strayhorn, Bird & Diz; Miles and Trane; and the list goes on. But no relationship has had a greater impact upon both the lives and legacies of the partners more than that of Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb.

Guitarist Jonathan Butler to Release Holiday Album, “Merry Christmas To You” on Oct. 1st, 2013


 
This Christmas will be a very special Christmas for Jonathan Butler
 
Singer-songwriter-guitarist will release “Merry Christmas To You” on October 1st and embark upon the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour this holiday season.
 
Sherman Oaks, Calif.: Santa Claus has a special treat to stuff in the stockings of all the good Jonathan Butler fans this Christmas: the first Christmas album by the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist.

Announcing The Winners of Our 1st Annual Jazz & Wine in The Gardens @ Grand Tradition Ticket Giveaway Contest!

Announcing The Winners of Our 1st Annual Jazz & Wine in The Gardens @ Grand Tradition Ticket Giveaway Contest! Announcing the winners of our 1st Annual Jazz & Wine in The Gardens @ Grand Tradition in Fallbrook, Ca. Giveaway! The special event is taking place this weekend. All you have …

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