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New Jazz Release: Bob Minzter Big Band | “For The Moment” (Coming June 19th, 2012)

Bob Mintzer Big Band’s “For the Moment”: New MCG Jazz CD Due June 19

Big bands and the music of Brazil:
For Bob Mintzer, these two limitless creative reservoirs have fed his
musical imagination since he was emerging as a prodigiously gifted
teenage saxophonist. His latest MCG Jazz album, “For the Moment,”
combines these formative forces with an ingenious program of Brazilian
jazz for the Grammy Award-winning Bob Mintzer Big Band.

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) May 29, 2012

The Grammy Award–winning Bob Mintzer
Big Band has explored diverse styles of music in its illustrious
25-year recording history—from New York and Afro-Cuban to Count Basie
and John Coltrane. To continue, please click “MORE”!

J.J.A. Announces Nominees for 16th JJA Jazz Awards

Jazz Journalists Association Announces Nominees
for 16th Annual JJA Jazz Awards

 
Finalist nominees for the 16th annual Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association have been announced at www.JJAJazzAwards.org. The nominations demonstrate the rich diversity of music that may have been overlooked by mainstream media and other music industry-generated Awards programs. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Hendrik Meurkens/Gabriel Espinosa with Anat Cohen & Antonio Sanchez | “Celebrando” (Coming April 10th, 2012)

ZOHO’s 100th CD Release! Hendrik Meurkens / Gabriel EspinosaWith Anat Cohen & Antonio Sanchez“Celebrando”  ZM 201204Street Date April 10, 2012 Celebrando (which means “celebrating” in Portuguese and Spanish) is a joyous event on several fronts. First, the CD celebrates Brazilian jazz and the resounding impact it’s had and has on …

New Latin Music Release: “Chico & Rita (Soundtrack)” – Available Now!

Chico & Rita (Soundtrack)

2012 Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Feature Film

Featuring Songs Written and Performed by Bebo Valdés 

 

  View/Post Chico & Rita Trailer


Chico & Rita is an animated film directed by Spanish Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba, along with Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando. An exquisitely drawn story of love inspired by the life of Cuban maestro Bebo Valdés, Chico & Rita takes audiences from the famous Tropicana club in Havana to the Pleyel club in Paris, to Radio City Music Hall in New York to Village Vanguard and Palladium. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Esperanza Spalding Debuts New Single, “Black Gold” Feat. Algebra Blessett | TAKE A LISTEN!


ESPERANZA SPALDING DEBUTS “BLACK GOLD” FEATURING ALGEBRA BLESSETT // RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY DROP ON MARCH 20TH // SPRING TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED



CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “BLACK GOLD”!!


Eclectic jazz songstress and upright bass virtusuo Esperanza Spalding is back with “Black Gold”, the vivacious first single from her upcoming album, Radio Music Society. Unveiled just in time for the beginning of Black History Month, the song is triumphant testimony of empowerment, and is bound to become a celebatory anthem for people from all walks of life. “Black Gold” features guest vocals from neo-soul songbird Algebra Blessett. The track will impact urban radio shortly. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Alfredo Rodriguez | Sounds of Space (Coming March 27th, 2012)

CUBAN PIANIST ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ
 TO RELEASE LONG-AWAITED DEBUT,
SOUNDS OF SPACE,
ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS, MARCH 27


 
ALBUM CO-PRODUCED BY QUINCY JONES
 
Listen To Exclusive Streaming Tracks From Sounds of Space
By Clicking Here!

 
Sounds Of Space, the title of Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez’ debut recording, evokes images of science fiction. In truth, it’s about a far more personal adventure. “It’s about the space that surrounds us,” he explains. “In this record I wanted to introduce myself: here are the people, the places and the sounds that have surrounded me, and made me who I am.” To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Mauricio Zottarelli & Gilson Schachnik | “Mozik” (Avail Now)

Jazz Music Drummer Mauricio Zottarelli, CD Release, Drom NYC, Jan. 21


Jazz
music and Brazilian jazz drummer Mauricio Zottarelli (
http://www.mzdrums.com ) and fellow Sao Paolo native pianist Gilson
Schachnik (http://gilsonmusic.com ) celebrate the release of their CD
Mozik, with a performance on Saturday evening, January 21, at Drom NYC,
85 Avenue (between 5th and 6th) 212-777-1157, www.DromNYC.com. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Pianist/Vocalist Tania Maria & Bassist Eddie Gomez to Release “Tempo” on Jan. 31st, 2012


 
TANIA MARIA’S NEW CD, “TEMPO”
 
(WITH BASSIST EDDIE GOMEZ)
TO BE RELEASED BY
NAXOS OF AMERICA & FRANCE’S NAIVE RECORDS
JANUARY 31 U.S. RELEASE DATE
 
Tempo, the new duo album by pianist/vocalist Tania Maria and bassist Eddie Gomez, feels like a terrific late set at a small jazz club in Rio, Paris, or New York. Tania and Eddie have recorded together before, and their intuitive interplay makes Tempo a special session.

Esperanza Spalding Releases “Radio Music Society” on March 20th, 2012 | WATCH VIDEO for “Black Gold!”


 
ESPERANZA SPALDING RELEASES RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY, A KALEIDOSCOPIC COLLECTION CELEBRATING THE POWER OF SONG
 
Companion Release to the Bassist/Composer/Vocalist’s Chart-Topping Chamber Music Society is Accompanied by 12 Music Videos
 
It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the brightest lights in the musical world.