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We run our campaigns using a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team approach for each project within our agency; allowing us to garner maximum exposure, that is seamless and far reaching across the spectrum of media available today.City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-32829686717254410432010-10-25T18:04:00.000-07:002010-10-25T18:04:01.040-07:00DANILO PÉREZ CELEBRATES THE RELEASE OF<a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/DANILO-P-REZ-CELEBRATES-THE-RELEASE-OF--PROVIDENCIA--AT-JAZZ-STANDARD-ON-NOVEMBER-18---21.html?soid=1101403778563&aid=DQ9cD-GZdWA">DANILO PÉREZ CELEBRATES THE RELEASE OF</a>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-48304517005724537372010-09-16T19:23:00.000-07:002010-09-16T19:26:13.190-07:0042nd VOLL-DAMM BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:serif;font-size:13px;"><div align="center" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img height="242" vspace="5" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.826" hspace="5" width="269" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/826.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">42nd VOLL-DAMM BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL</span></span></b></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br />FEATURING SONNY ROLLINS'<br />80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is set to commence Wednesday, November 3rd through Thursday, December 2nd. This month long celebration will feature </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sonny Rollins' 80th Birthday Celebration</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> along with performances by </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chick Corea solo piano</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">David Sanborn Trio</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kenny Garrett Quartet</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Charles Lloyd Quartet</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Opening the festival on November 3rd, </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sonny Rollins</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> continues his 80th Birthday Celebration after a historic New York performance that included special guests, Jim Hall, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes, and Ornette Coleman. </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New York Times</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> critic Nate Chinen stated, "The concert found him in high spirits, in strong form and, for a generous stretch, in rare distinguished company. It was an evening worthy of an American master, and primarily because he made it so."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img height="217" vspace="5" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.862" hspace="5" width="360" alt="Buika" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/862.jpg" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Concha Buika (photo by Ricard Cugat)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Some of the best and brightest world music and jazz artists will be performing at this year's festival, including </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jamie Cullum, Omar Sosa, Jaques Morelenbaum, Concha Buika, Richard Galliano, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Paolo Angeli, Steve Wilson-Bruce Barth Duo, Lee Konitz-Dan Tepfer Duo,</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JD Allen Trio</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The festival's lecture series continues this year with guest speakers: </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wall Street Journal / Jazziz</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> columnist</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Larry Blumenfeld</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, who will talk about jazz in New Orleans five years after Hurricane Katrina, and author </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ted Gioia</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, who will discuss the future of jazz. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The festival will present three highly anticipated programs at the world renowned </span></span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dq8pmybab&et=1103692331845&s=8230&e=001YMHfg5YKiVQr-ZsaPWtsIIswTk93qLSlXa1kHP60OwwvfOy2k7gm5U7He2IOddfjOdBhlgFAAn7dhNo1-dCy8q31Vix741xLEfkjjH0TBChDgB4JuxCPj7D2K3MyKkrbLAkOqDgzK24WSg2GtBG728kGd3zJgJWZEZtP8WEB7IWeO69ECHJa9lCHsWuK3MVJ" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Monvínic</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, which the </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wall Street Journal </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">proclaimed as "the best wine bar in the world." </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DownBeat</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> magazine will present, for the first time, a</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blindfold/Winefold Test </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">featuring journalist </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dan Ouellette</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and pianist</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chucho Valdés</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The event showcases critical listening and wine tasting, an extension of </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DownBeat</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'s famous "Blindfold Test." In a separate event, the "Kurt Rosenwinkel Monvínic Experience," the American guitarist will improvise to the taste of classic Spanish wines presented by the vignerons themselves and the highly-regarded sommelier </span></span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dq8pmybab&et=1103692331845&s=8230&e=001YMHfg5YKiVQlikhjCCYhngSKqcHsdCb94PQ96rKxN3Yn_kSbgEXREqP_MVcb9_Ih3rzTpbqMO2roe7bCMRYMeCvhGOv39UZiq8VhGirw9eLgmSx4zavWL6PTH4jbmN1gcCtF5FgxITPce5M0Xxf2uw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Josep Roca</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, co-owner of the famous three-star restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. Blue Note Records President </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bruce Lundvall</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> will also present the "Story of Blue Note" along with pairing wines in a discussion with </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joan A. Cararach</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, artistic director of the festival since 2003.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Last year, the Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival, in partnership with New York's Jazz Standard, officially closed the annual festivities with an engagement by pianist </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chano Domínguez & The Flamenco Quintet</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The performances were recorded live and will be released in 2011. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In May 2010, the festival joined forces with the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival® to enhace world-wide recognition for these two time honored events. "It is exciting for Barcelona to be associated with the most famous jazz festival in the world and to collaborate with George Wein, who is a good friend and an inspiration to me," said artistic director Joan A. Cararach. "Additionally, I look forward to the opportunity of exploring wider exposure for the many artists based in Barcelona, such as pianists Chano Domínguez and Omar Sosa, among others." </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Spain saw its first professional jazz festival in 1966. It started with a concert at the amazing Palau de la Música in Barcelona, featuring pianist Dave Brubeck with his classical quartet. Despite surviving the hostile times of the Franco dictatorship, the festival ceased operations between the years of 1977 and 1979, which were surprisingly the first years of democracy. Since the late '80s, the festival has been organized by </span></span><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Project</span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, whose efforts reach upwards of 300,000 people annually. </span></span><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Project </span></span></strong></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">was founded in 1988 by producer Tito Ramoneda, still president of this organization leader in Barcelona and Spain. In 2010, the festival celebrates its 42nd anniversary with musicians and industry professionals from around the world making Barcelona Jazz Festival one of the largest and most ambitious jazz festivals in Europe.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For a complete schedule of events, please visit:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dq8pmybab&et=1103692331845&s=8230&e=001YMHfg5YKiVS0obBoY2BAodIpkdaffcclsUkR8T1Lkd8xt23bEjISFLrNAsk9SyBcBprUWXklraFMaOZDbk93bxvOE7_I6XQZf_QLnBcsXd2vlr03uUt87wWuyV256t8v" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.barcelonajazzfestival.com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dq8pmybab&et=1103692331845&s=8230&e=001YMHfg5YKiVSAuxzUzOr-xWfi4HQNPF9-lVbpXx3xHX_2YxaAYhFyahx-X74g6bQMgB1lL0lY5Mk3DJIWrOqqRXShtY4qQnWhUno4C0Y1FmDLYi8EYi8IvX7KlTzVZysLNynjvnFyFAc=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://barcelonajazzfestival.blogspot.com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Follow </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festiva</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">l on </span></span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dq8pmybab&et=1103692331845&s=8230&e=001YMHfg5YKiVSYfPk0_QMoYayTAiKtTL0-qn0vO9B3_nBB-XdHWI8qc0b_GoiaAy4tKH09ilhl68X9DsY5qTRh8QSg_6IpiOesD-3GhzlLBSQEFtKjhpPsOXZkp4NfvLN9" shape="rect" linktype="twitter" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" alt="Follow us on Twitter" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_twit_36.png" title="Follow us on Twitter" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">###</span></span></div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-2871310512427981652010-05-18T14:27:00.000-07:002010-05-18T14:28:37.989-07:00TWO GREAT CITIES, TWO GREAT FESTIVALS UNITE TO CELEBRATE RICH HISTORY OF JAZZ<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">TWO GREAT CITIES, TWO GREAT FESTIVALS UNITE</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">TO CELEBRATE RICH HISTORY OF JAZZ<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br />SISTER FESTIVALS:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival® (August 6 - 8), Newport, RI</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival (November 3 - December 4), Barcelona, Spain<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><img height="220" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.763" width="281" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/763.jpg" /><img height="181" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.756" width="165" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/756.jpg" /></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br />Jazz Impresario George Wein Performed at</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">May 17 Reception in Barcelona to Announce Collaboration</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span><br />Celebrate the rich history of jazz when two great cities and two great festivals -<span style="font-weight: bold; "> CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival® in Newport, RI and Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival in Barcelona, Spain</span> - join forces to increase world-wide recognition of the long-running events. The renowned jazz impresario George Wein teamed up with international music promoter Tito Ramoneda and artistic director Joan A. Cararach to announce the partnership of the sister festivals at a reception on May 17, 2010 at Barcelona's Gran Hotel Havana. The celebration was highlighted with a performance by the<span style="font-weight: bold; "> George Wein Barcelona Trio</span> featuring <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Horacio Fumero</span> on contrabass, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Jordi Rossy</span> on drums and Wein on piano.<br /><br />Founded by Wein in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival® (now the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival®) started the festival era and continues the tradition August 6 - 8, 2010 with three days of music at Newport's International Tennis Hall of Fame and historic Fort Adams State Park. Among the performers at this year's event are <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Jamie Cullum, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Chris Botti</span>and many more.<br /><br />The 42nd annual Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is set to open with a free outdoor concert on October 3, followed by the city-wide celebration that will run November 3 - December 4. Founded in 1966 and produced by The Project, this long-standing festival attracts music fans and tourists to Barcelona, presenting performances at various locations throughout the city. The full festival schedule will be announced this summer.<br /><br />"It is exciting for Barcelona to have a relationship with the most famous jazz festival in the world and to collaborate with George Wein, who is a good friend and an inspiration to me," said Mr. Cararach. "Additionally, I look forward to the opportunity of exploring wider exposure for the many artists based in Barcelona, such as pianists Chano Domínguez and Omar Sosa, among others."<br /><br />Our amazing experiences at New York's Jazz Standard in 2009, first in May with the Catalan Days organized by the Ramon Llull Institute, and later in December using the Standard as a regular venue of our festival with our commission to Chano Domínguez, <span style="font-style: italic; ">The Flamenco Side of 'Kind of Blue'</span>, had been also a great incentive to this idea."<br /><br />Mr. Wein (pictured at right with his trio and Cararach; L-R: Horacio Fumero (bass), George Wein (piano), Joan A. Cararach, and Jordi Rossy (drums)) added, "Jazz is a great art form wherever it is performed, but to enjoy the music surrounded by the beauty of Barcel<img height="260" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.762" width="392" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/762.jpg" align="right" style="float: right; " />ona and Newport makes the music even more memorable. I am thrilled to not only perform here, but also to share this special relationship with Tito, Joan and their festival."<br /><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div>The collaboration of the sister festivals will feature joint promotions including ticket giveaways and discounts, stage announcements, travel packages and more. In addition, there will be promotional activities as part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, also produced by Wein. This festival runs from June 17 - 26 at venues throughout New York City.<br /><br />Photo Credit: Raül Esteve<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">For more information, visit festival websites: </span> CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival <a href="http://www.nycjazzfestival.com/">www.nycjazzfestival.com</a>, Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103404638825&s=8230&e=00118CPgmKnCrM05d9dhtFsBfdygFyjAy2a7Qs7GExen8BzpCTkjedO7dpaQQhyCMyj0iEayBwnYWHk3JbfYvTy1wnkhQKFnd4UgFMXrbxkIudMcYaOXDw2Y5BeyEKpicBK" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.barcelonajazzfestival.com</a> and CareFusion Jazz Festival New York<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103404638825&s=8230&e=00118CPgmKnCrPdl4ADzetK7ovR0JDWRQgFzyCbS7Jv5C2tul-rO7NDBBJMcjI-tQg-xw2X2Xt7_I1rhLRQZbKWsqBRZcP_-MqSm8aGgH0NFFDH2Y7Kt-PsZA==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.nycjazzfest.com</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">Newport Jazz Festival® is a registered service mark of George Wein and Festival Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Media Contacts: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Don Lucoff / DL Media, The Project</span><br />(610) 667-0501 / <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Don@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Don@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Carolyn McClair / CMPR, CareFusion Jazz Festival Series</span><br />(212) 721-3341 / <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Info@CarolynMcClairPR.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Info@CarolynMcClairPR.com </a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; ">###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-44632437129897202932010-05-08T08:38:00.000-07:002010-05-08T08:41:28.292-07:00GUITARIST-COMPOSER FABRIZIO SOTTI TO PERFORM AT BLUE NOTE ON MONDAY, JUNE 7, IN SUPPORT OF HIS E1 RELEASE, "INNER DANCE"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">FABRIZIO SOTTI TRIO TO PERFORM AT<br />BLUE NOTE ON MONDAY, JUNE 7,<br />IN SUPPORT OF E1 RELEASE, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>INNER DANCE </em></span></span><br /><br /><img height="541" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.747" width="363" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/747.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; "><em>"With an abundance of infectious grooves and catchy hooks, 'Inner Dance' proves to be a listener-friendly affair with Sotti staking claim as a guitarist with whom to be reckoned."<br /></em><span style="font-weight: bold; ">- </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; ">John Barron, <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>AllAboutJazz.com</em></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span></span><br /></div>E1 Music presents a performance date for Italian guitarist-composer <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Fabrizio Sotti</span> at <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Blue Note New York on Monday, June 7</span>. Sotti will be joined by organist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sam Barsh</span> and drummer<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Mino Cinelu</span> as they showcase music from his latest recording, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Inner Dance</em></span> (release date: April 6), with sets at 8pm and 10:30pm.<br /><br />Driven by the dynamic interplay between Fabrizio Sotti's colorful electric and acoustic guitar and Sam Barsh's bluesy Hammond B-3 organ, the Italian born artist/composer's highly anticipated E1 Music debut <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Inner Dance</em></span> beautifully recalls the spirit of the mid-60s albums by his guitar hero Wes Montgomery and organ great Jimmy Smith. As inspired as the recording sounds, it may surprise longtime Sotti fans--and jazz guitar enthusiasts new to his multi-faceted vibe--that he originally conceived his first solo album since 2004's <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Through My Eyes</em></span>as a more traditional trio project.<br /><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Inner Dance</em></span> developed into a very exciting project featuring my guitar and the organ that sounded like those classic organ trio albums I grew up with. The organ has a fuller sound and can create bass and harmony at the same time, so I think the tracks are more accessible to listeners, whether they are big jazz fans or not."<br /><br />After his first major release in the US--the 1999 recording <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>This World Upside Down</em></span>, that featured John Patitucci, Randy and Michael Brecker, Al Foster and Victor Jones--Sotti's career forged into a fascinating dichotomy between working with some of today's top jazz musicians and writing and producing for superstar hip-hop and pop artists. On the jazz side, he continued his solo recording career with <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Standards and More </em></span>and performed on and produced two albums for Grammy winning vocalist Cassandra Wilson, <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Glamoured </em>(</span>2003) and <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Closer To You: The Pop Side</em></span> (2009). He has toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe and worked over the years with an impressive group of A-listers: Al Foster, Roy Hargrove, George Coleman, George Garzone, Steve La Spina, Sammy Figueroa, Mick Goodrick, Mark Egan, Mino Cinelu, Victor Jones, Rachel Z, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Cameron Brown, Andy LaVerne, Harvie Swartz, Brian Lynch, Mick Goodrick, Lincoln Goines, Rick Margitza, Clarence Penn and many more.<br /><br />Expanding his musical palette into the lucrative and creatively fulfilling realm of hip-hop and R&B, Sotti has played with written and produced tracks for everyone from Dead Prez, Q-Tip, Tupac (a posthumous piece called "If I Fail"), Ghostface Killah, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Killah Priest, Styles P, Hell Razah, Foxy Brown, Half Pint and The DEY. In 2006, he produced the album <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Confidential</em></span> for an artist named M1 and released it on his own label Sotti Records to great commercial success.<br /><br />The word "freedom" comes up often when Sotti is discussing his unique and eclectic career and the joyful feeling he has about returning to the jazz world-with a 2009 European tour and the recording of Inner Dance-after a several year layoff. "The thing I love about my life now is really being free to dive into so many different projects and feel like I'm part of them in an authentic way," he says. I bring great passion and knowledge to my hip-hop work, but it's cool the way my jazz roots always come out. For someone like me who is a composer, guitarist and producer, it's nice to have the freedom to explore and live different lifestyles. The legend who set the trend in mixing styles like this is Miles Davis, who loved playing with pop artists in addition to the greatest jazz musicians in the world. He was way ahead of his time. In my own small way, I am simply trying to continue what he started. My roots are jazz but it's always nice to be open minded and embrace new opportunities as they arise."<br /><div style="text-align: center; "><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Fabrizio Sotti Trio at Blue Note</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Monday, June 7</span><br />8 pm and 10:30 pm<br /><br /><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103359469684&s=8886&e=001n2berHe8cpFtctI0QdVokkMrGdAbxAv97BtvKyQqNtaqi5tKtbCPYcED6C6YzPLxmKtB7-Si0G-UmJK5mqodrXr12g2P0VZowwGzURbG8SfnPJU5ofeZWUmbXnks70uZ1qUxL5cb2KMaQa--D8JhXEQPRmPv2gffRp1KMjUtvhk=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Blue Note</span> </a><br />131 W. 3rd Street<br />New York, NY 10012<br />Phone: (212) 475-8592<br /><br /></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Fabrizio Sotti</span> · <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Inner Dance</em></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;">Release Date: April 6, 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103359469684&s=8886&e=001n2berHe8cpFx1aW3EG2kdTfL-bTfay0fCcA3VTyDo6yZmDB2Wrqy-iEwj2WU3cTB34eXY9jC2VAofXZ-MBewsFCjtC2UzXNCps3n-rSbs7l05va0l-jUVlp9L3SClCDa5aFi4RR2lCznx7bX-UMrMw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here and listen to an exclusive streaming track from the album</a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For interview requests, guest list accommodations</div><div style="text-align: center;"> or review copies of the albums, please contact:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jordy Freed at DL MEDIA </div><div style="text-align: center;">(p) 610.667.0501 (e) <a href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Giovanna Melchiorre at E1 MUSIC </div><div style="text-align: center;">(p) 516-484-1000x279 (e) <a href="mailto:gmelchiorre@e1ent.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gmelchiorre@e1ent.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Like" Fabrizio Sotti on <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103359469684&s=8886&e=001n2berHe8cpGkQHyHi3guY3tFE8XJF3BVidN4qLYeLZB59bph4FcxDOIVpuFldvH1D5vt5ShPVOywbvNu6CBV4cdyFMxtsekQ14UR16-xohqjTCjnMZFJTDyRJrDdaGkcRn6NgB3gMwHFFbmzLIW5VxDNFaUOR8ZMnWyDmHq7sfKf4N9A7Symub2Cdv17xksf1YYhr_Ea4H4=" linktype="facebook" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Find us on Facebook" title="Find us on Facebook" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_36.png" align="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-60584495323877282112010-05-07T08:53:00.000-07:002010-05-07T08:54:29.036-07:00Lauren Kinhan to Perform at Joe's Pub on Thursday, May 27<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">SINGER-SONGWRITER LAUREN KINHAN</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">TO PERFORM AT JOE'S PUB ON THURSDAY, MAY 27TH</span></span><br /><br /><img height="331" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.727" width="440" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/727.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>AVALON</em></span> CD RELEASE PARTY</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media </span>is proud to announce that singer-songwriter <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan</span> will perform at Joe's Pub on Thursday, May 27th to celebrate the release of her newest album, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span>. The 12 track release will be available through E1 Music on Tuesday, May 18th.<br /><br />Lauren Kinhan has been - and is - many things in her life: vocalist, songwriter, producer, musician, mother and wife. For most of her career, she's been best known as a member of the highly acclaimed jazz vocal group, The New York Voices. As if to solidify her reputation as a group singer, in the past few years she's also been performing regularly with two additional vocal ensembles, the more experimental Moss and the more traditional JaLaLa.<br /><br />But it's high time that Ms. Kinhan got around to making a "solo" album - one where the focus is on her own singing and writing and interpretation. Now in 2010, E1 Music is releasing<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span>, which spotlights Lauren Kinhan as both a singer and composer.<br /><br />Kinhan grew up in Portland, Oregon, but spent most of her adult career based in New York. "I moved to the city in 1989, mainly to pursue my music on a larger scale." She says, "A few years later, I was introduced to Peter Eldridge. We met at my East Village apartment and spent a glorious afternoon writing and talking about music. At the end of the day, he said 'I don't know if you're interested, but we're holding auditions for the 2nd soprano in the New York Voices.' The rest is history. I auditioned and 18 years later, we're still together."<br /><br />She notes that for the first decade or so, "The Voices took practically all of our time and energy." But she gladly adds that, "lately there's more time for all of us to do other projects." Ms. Kinhan hesitates to describe <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span> as a "solo" album since so many collaborators were involved, yet that might be the most accurate way to characterize the eleven original songs that comprise the album, which run the gamut of styles and genres from jazz to standards to country, folk, Latin, Brazilian, and contemporary pop, and cover a wide range of subjects from romantic love to parenthood to spirituality.<br /><br />She adds, in conclusion, that the album has been such a highly personal project to her for so long - the process of composing and recording the 12 tracks took years from beginning to end - "I am so curious about what the reactions will be. You know, it never gets old, that excitement of sharing your music with people. It's an opportunity that I really appreciate."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103364933708&s=8886&e=0012HXflE26jPngGEgWCnUsbOrMNK42Kv5geQfAiG5KBYtLPzZ8eLa0Yy7g8rs_O0I1VdYMegUIDhufmju7XqtEFuqGHqCQD9_6T6CwgWyUuTHj8vAAmNGyqmhnPs-a5tzFx-8kJWXVZDarnkvUlLynXw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive</a><br /><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103364933708&s=8886&e=0012HXflE26jPngGEgWCnUsbOrMNK42Kv5geQfAiG5KBYtLPzZ8eLa0Yy7g8rs_O0I1VdYMegUIDhufmju7XqtEFuqGHqCQD9_6T6CwgWyUuTHj8vAAmNGyqmhnPs-a5tzFx-8kJWXVZDarnkvUlLynXw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">streaming track from the album</a></span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Lauren Kinhan at Joe's Pub<br /><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span> CD Release Party<br />Thursday, May 27th, 9:30 PM</span><br /><br /></span>Joe's Pub<br />425 Lafayette Street<br />New York, NY 10003<br />Phone: (212) 539-8778<br />Website: <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103364933708&s=8886&e=0012HXflE26jPk7B7LXLVhWRh0_CI-tSYBRoNTEwQ-6MbkcMFdLeTZF2Ome6BXV1AOl3GAsyDmK0519xstUz3_kCIcwbCiEmckdlqRp5X8sPHA=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.JoesPub.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">For additional information on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan</span>,<br />please visit <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103364933708&s=8886&e=0012HXflE26jPnxM-KrGrt-xXXvNOYJRqIaRD9rrDy2Plmz71Zg70S33-8K8snsdVYyQIWF-0lj4BUXtU3766xVgyMdtAO8YEilBOYk_HwoFNggjj3FquGJZw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.LaurenKinhan.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">For interview requests and more information, please contact:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span> · (610) 667-0501</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Don Lucoff · <a href="mailto:don@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">don@jazzpublicity.com</a><br />Paul Sipio · <a href="mailto:paul@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">paul@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">E1 Music</span> · (516) 484-1000, ext. 279</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Giovanna Melchiorre · </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a shape="rect" href="mailto:gmelchiorre@e1ent.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gmelchiorre@e1ent.com</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Become a fan of E1 Music on</span> <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103364933708&s=8886&e=0012HXflE26jPl_PeUcgj2QNfG4CdvBMk0S8KeUriEqzZphHmRAhwL14tJqWWNRQ8kfdHxYy3dprhXCb_1sKNsudttAMnu1zJxeqEm_-yv8RDrRYRUmTCxJ844bjySvRwgg" shape="rect" linktype="facebook" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Find us on Facebook" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_22.png" title="Find us on Facebook" align="" /></a></span><br /><br />###</span></div></div></div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-30790534933037459042010-05-07T08:51:00.000-07:002010-05-07T08:52:56.848-07:00Lauren Kinhan to Perform at Scullers Jazz Club on Wednesday, May 26<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">SINGER-SONGWRITER LAUREN KINHAN</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">TO PERFORM AT SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB<br />ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH</span></span><br /><br /><img height="331" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.727" width="440" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/727.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>AVALON</em></span> CD RELEASE PARTY</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media </span>is proud to announce that singer-songwriter <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan</span> will perform at Scullers Jazz Club on Wednesday, May 26th to celebrate the release of her newest album, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span>. The 12 track release will be available through E1 Music on Tuesday, May 18th.<br /><br />Lauren Kinhan has been - and is - many things in her life: vocalist, songwriter, producer, musician, mother and wife. For most of her career, she's been best known as a member of the highly acclaimed jazz vocal group, The New York Voices. As if to solidify her reputation as a group singer, in the past few years she's also been performing regularly with two additional vocal ensembles, the more experimental Moss and the more traditional JaLaLa.<br /><br />But it's high time that Ms. Kinhan got around to making a "solo" album - one where the focus is on her own singing and writing and interpretation. Now in 2010, E1 Music is releasing<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Avalon</span>, which spotlights Lauren Kinhan as both a singer and composer.<br /><br />Kinhan grew up in Portland, Oregon, but spent most of her adult career based in New York. "I moved to the city in 1989, mainly to pursue my music on a larger scale." She says, "A few years later, I was introduced to Peter Eldridge. We met at my East Village apartment and spent a glorious afternoon writing and talking about music. At the end of the day, he said 'I don't know if you're interested, but we're holding auditions for the 2nd soprano in the New York Voices.' The rest is history. I auditioned and 18 years later, we're still together."<br /><br />She notes that for the first decade or so, "The Voices took practically all of our time and energy." But she gladly adds that, "lately there's more time for all of us to do other projects." Ms. Kinhan hesitates to describe <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span> as a "solo" album since so many collaborators were involved, yet that might be the most accurate way to characterize the eleven original songs that comprise the album, which run the gamut of styles and genres from jazz to standards to country, folk, Latin, Brazilian, and contemporary pop, and cover a wide range of subjects from romantic love to parenthood to spirituality.<br /><br />She adds, in conclusion, that the album has been such a highly personal project to her for so long - the process of composing and recording the 12 tracks took years from beginning to end - "I am so curious about what the reactions will be. You know, it never gets old, that excitement of sharing your music with people. It's an opportunity that I really appreciate."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103365120656&s=8886&e=0014j8WVesXZ6ZFDkkDVAiq3UgSy-Q0vv9O5RO51Q76fW9XLv5C-LbPAQbZSj4ZjNXMCpp7WFkSmUC7fFT-bamfpPROXdDUlf4Ydx42vu3CgGh-BybgeqocEfg3xfOduR-D5pDoxadKUJbR5Ey-gFi_Rg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive</a><br /><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103365120656&s=8886&e=0014j8WVesXZ6ZFDkkDVAiq3UgSy-Q0vv9O5RO51Q76fW9XLv5C-LbPAQbZSj4ZjNXMCpp7WFkSmUC7fFT-bamfpPROXdDUlf4Ydx42vu3CgGh-BybgeqocEfg3xfOduR-D5pDoxadKUJbR5Ey-gFi_Rg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">streaming track from the album</a></span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Lauren Kinhan at Scullers Jazz Club<br /><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span> CD Release Party<br />Wednesday, May 26th, 8 PM</span><br /><br /></span>Scullers Jazz Club<br />400 Soldiers Field Road<br />Boston, MA 02134<br />Phone: (617) 783-0090<br />Website: <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103365120656&s=8886&e=0014j8WVesXZ6ak4KmLh9nzZLvxYqynvwfFFt0gfBFn6M5gqgBRPmxP3oMdHNAkdPZi8uTxOU8osILYAiSkLJHWFSMvJqkJI0TTvjS0Bnu7cGAr-jcHlItMMw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.ScullersJazz.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">For additional information on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan</span>,<br />please visit <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103365120656&s=8886&e=0014j8WVesXZ6ZJQKZ2w1dw-OFIe3cUWcCBk_QpOSIu9dTae2uz9ehskNwGmaLlrcFbHHfdxHa8pEVmwbD0rqEUW9XBwZfIfrjgQR0n6pvNEZnXRVwMH0UcVg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.162" alt="Resonance Logo" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/162.jpg" border="0" height="83" width="230" /> </span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">MARIAN PETRESCU QUARTET WITH ANDREAS ÖBERG<br />SET TO PERFORM AT<br />DIZZY'S CLUB <span style="font-style: italic;"><em>COCA-COLA</em></span> ON MONDAY, JUNE 7<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.739" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/739.jpg" border="0" height="387" width="285" /><br /></div><br /><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resonance Records</span> announces a performance date for Romanian pianist <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marian Petrescu</span> and his quartet featuring fellow label mate, Swedish guitarist <span style="font-weight: bold;">Andreas Öberg</span>, at <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dizzy's Club <span style="font-style: italic;"><em>Coca-Cola</em></span></span> on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday, June 7</span>. The dynamic duo performs in support of their respective new Resonance Records releases, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><em>Six String Evolution</em></span> (both available on May 11).<br /><br />The show is part of the "Monday Nights with WBGO" series presented by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dizzy's Club <span style="font-style: italic;"><em>Coca-Cola</em></span></span>. WBGO's Music Director, Gary Walker, will host the evening.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span>, which was recorded in June of 2009, features a buoyant blend of standards culled from the Jazz and Great American songbooks and showcases <span style="font-weight: bold;">Petrescu</span> performing in the tradition and spirit of legendary pianist Oscar Peterson.<br /><br />"When I was eight years-old, I heard Oscar Peterson on TV," <span style="font-weight: bold;">Petrescu</span> says. "I was so impressed, and at once I knew: This is what I want. This is what I will try to do. And I had to try very hard, because Oscar had that unbelievable musical level. It was not only his incredible technique, but the way he thought and handled this beautiful instrument." <br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It's obvious from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Petrescu</span>'s impassioned playing on his 2009 Grammy-winning Resonance Records debut, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><em>Resonance Big Band Pays Tribute to Oscar Peterson</em></span> and his latest release, that the late jazz piano giant made an indelible impression on him. Peterson's </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">spirited swing is very much an integral part of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Petrescu</span>'s playing.<br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Öberg </span>(pictured at left) lends his breat</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><img style="float: left;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.740" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/740.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="312" width="225" /></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">htaking technical facilities and consistently inventive melodic/harmonic sensibilities on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span>. The musical partnership between <span style="font-weight: bold;">Öberg</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Petrescu</span> embrace and run parallel to the classic Joe Pass-Oscar Peterson collaborations. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Öberg</span>'s characteristics are also apparent on his new release <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><em>Six String Evolution</em></span>, which features John Pattitucci, Dave Kikoski, Lewis Nash.<br /><br />Throughout his career, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Petrescu</span> has played with artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Toots Thielemans, Al Jarreau, Didier Lockwood, Jon Larsen, Tony Williams, and Ray Charles.<br /><br /><span><span><span>Aside from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Öberg</span>'s projects as a leader, he has performed with diverse artists as: Les Paul, Toots Thielemans, Jimmy Rosenberg, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joey DeFrancesco, Terell Stafford, John Pizzarelli, DJ QBERT, Harvey Mason, Andre Ceccarelli, Billy Kilson and Hank Jones, among others.</span></span></span><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marian Petrescu Quartet with Andreas Öberg</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday, June 7, Sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm</span><br /></span><br />Marian Petrescu, piano<br />Andreas Öberg, guitar<br />Marco Panascia, bass<br />Joel Rosenblatt, drums<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dizzy's Club </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Coca-Cola</span><br />Jazz at Lincoln Center<br />Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor<br />New York, NY 10023<br />Phone: 212.258.9595<br /><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fpajksdab.0.0.dq8pmybab.0&ts=S0481&p=http%3A%2F%2Fjalc.org%2Fdccc%2Fdetails09.asp%3FEventID%3D2302&id=preview" linktype="link" target="_blank">www.jalc.org</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MARIAN PETRESCU - <span style="font-style: italic;"><em>THRIVIN': LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records RCD-1014 / May 11, 2010<br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ANDREAS ÖBERG - <span style="font-style: italic;"><em>SIX STRING EVOLUTION</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records RCD-1015 / May 11, 2010<br /><br /><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fpajksdab.0.0.dq8pmybab.0&ts=S0481&p=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.me.com%2Fjfreed%2FDL_Media%2FResonance.html&id=preview" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">Click here to listen to exclusive streaming tracks from both albums</a><br /></span><br />For further information on this and other Resonance Records releases, visit <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fpajksdab.0.0.dq8pmybab.0&ts=S0481&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ResonanceRecords.org&id=preview" linktype="link" target="_blank">www.ResonanceRecords.org</a><br /> <br />Resonance Records is a program of the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation,<br />a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.<br /> <br /> For interview requests, guest list accommodations<br /> or review copies of the albums, please contact</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DL Media</span> · 610-667-0501<br />Jordy Freed · <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank">jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a><br />Don Lucoff · <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="mailto:don@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank">don@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br />"Like" Resonance Records on <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=fpajksdab.0.0.dq8pmybab.0&ts=S0481&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fresonancejazz%3Fref%3Dts&id=preview" linktype="facebook" target="_blank"><img alt="Find us on Facebook" title="Find us on Facebook" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_36.png" align="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-15067665304028157252010-05-05T09:09:00.000-07:002010-05-05T09:12:24.395-07:00Romanian Pianist Marian Petrescu and Swedish Guitarist Andreas Öberg to Perform at the 2010 Wasington D.C. Jazz Festival on June 8<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><img height="83" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.162" width="230" alt="Resonance Logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/162.jpg" /> </span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">RESONANCE RECORDS PAYS TRIBUTE TO OSCAR PETERSON, FEATURING MARIAN PETRESCU AND ANDREAS ÖBERG AT THE<br />WASHINGTON D.C. JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TUESDAY, JUNE 8<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><img height="387" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.739" width="285" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/739.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Resonance Records</span> announces a performance date for Romanian pianist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Marian Petrescu</span>and Swedish guitarist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Andreas Öberg</span>, at the<span style="font-weight: bold; "> 2010 Washington D.C. Jazz Festival</span> on<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday, June 8</span>, in a special tribute to legendary pianist Oscar Peterson. The dynamic duo performs in support of their respective new Resonance Records releases, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Six String Evolution</em></span> (both available on May 11).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span>, which was recorded in June of 2009, features a buoyant blend of standards culled from the Jazz and Great American songbooks and showcases<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span> performing in the tradition and spirit of legendary pianist Oscar Peterson.<br /><br />"When I was eight years-old, I heard Oscar Peterson on TV," <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span> says. "I was so impressed, and at once I knew: This is what I want. This is what I will try to do. And I had to try very hard, because Oscar had that unbelievable musical level. It was not only his incredible technique, but the way he thought and handled this beautiful instrument." <br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">It's obvious from <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span>'s impassioned playing on his 2009 Grammy-winning Resonance Records debut, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance Big Band Pays Tribute to Oscar Peterson</em></span> and his latest release, that the late jazz piano giant made an indelible impression on him. Peterson's </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">spirited swing is very much an integral part of <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span>'s playing.<br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg </span>(pictured at left) lends his breat</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><img height="312" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.740" width="225" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/740.jpg" align="left" style="float: left; " /></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">htaking technical facilities and consistently inventive melodic/harmonic sensibilities on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span>. The musical partnership between <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span>embrace and run parallel to the classic Joe Pass-Oscar Peterson collaborations. <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg</span>'s characteristics are also apparent on his new release <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Six String Evolution</em></span>, which features John Pattitucci, Dave Kikoski, Lewis Nash.<br /><br />Throughout his career, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span> has played with artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Toots Thielemans, Al Jarreau, Didier Lockwood, Jon Larsen, Tony Williams, and Ray Charles.<br /><br /><span><span><span>Aside from <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg</span>'s projects as a leader, he has performed with diverse artists as: Les Paul, Toots Thielemans, Jimmy Rosenberg, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joey DeFrancesco, Terell Stafford, John Pizzarelli, DJ QBERT, Harvey Mason, Andre Ceccarelli, Billy Kilson and Hank Jones, among others.</span></span></span><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Resonance Records Pays Tribute to Oscar Peterson,<br />featuring Marian Petrescu and Andreas Öberg</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday, June 8, 8:00pm</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Washington D.C. Jazz Festival</span><br /><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348316336&s=8886&e=001_9RuEYFQiOqb_5IvsWxrqtN9ukQfarwKYQ_2HqcNQG9IE472WZSSKLvSMFC7k0JsW8DL8WOjupdywf_zjiKihV9FtKFbC0ahFXAz4jvk_RDnyM2LF2oJzw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.dcjazzfest.org</a><br />Performance at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue<br />Phone: 202.408.3100<br /> <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348316336&s=8886&e=001_9RuEYFQiOq0yPCz974aixKYeufhdUGYBz3TBlNJUd5twK8XW9JUadfQf9hDxka93dmCyzmN1dSCCwKTEvYLKY-ZibXtTdFrwPLh5pw4qRdpHTpbTB3OdecDXEB16R8Hzrvkd13tLM3hCZ13KTblHMA_aGnnlqw-8L2oeMCPnjDmuicK4fsPYKmmD9ZT9KZrPz0nqNgNIzk3z5Mf2H5BHckdLIV7sQHe" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.sixthandi.org</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">MARIAN PETRESCU - <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>THRIVIN': LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records RCD-1014 / May 11, 2010<br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">ANDREAS ÖBERG - <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>SIX STRING EVOLUTION</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records RCD-1015 / May 11, 2010<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span><span><span><span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348316336&s=8886&e=001_9RuEYFQiOrV-wpLvOiO79Pt5OtVpDPejTbs4ddnGOkzaqeLDWwZoy9bFD_nA8HmFS60aOuVIEiLNfziZPI_GYC5EtfuPmYU0CNfGOOgwkiwsvXXXjOOozyvKnUfnBvVZ-Jn-3SmuPbYoNBBeeJG_w==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to exclusive streaming tracks from both albums</a></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span><br />For further information on this and other Resonance Records releases, visit<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348316336&s=8886&e=001_9RuEYFQiOruVkFq82En2A2gGK5qVyXwJ5I2aN2rrO9XXZMiuFyC32d6PAYKl1iJyKnHuA7KhhxWjAh0sF7uVxvrkpKRTWln9Vfm28CNSYWtRdBilm5HQQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><img height="83" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.162" width="230" alt="Resonance Logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/162.jpg" /> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br />MARIAN PETRESCU AND ANDREAS ÖBERG SET TO PERFORM AT THE XEROX ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL<br />ON FRIDAY, JUNE 11<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><img height="387" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.739" width="285" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/739.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Resonance Records</span> announces a performance date for Romanian pianist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Marian Petrescu</span>and Swedish guitarist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Andreas Öberg</span>, at the<span style="font-weight: bold; "> 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival</span> on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Friday, June 11</span>. The dynamic duo performs in support of their respective new Resonance Records releases, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Six String Evolution </em></span>(both available on May 11).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span>, which was recorded in June of 2009, features a buoyant blend of standards culled from the Jazz and Great American songbooks and showcases <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span> performing in the tradition and spirit of legendary pianist Oscar Peterson.<br /><br />"When I was eight years-old, I heard Oscar Peterson on TV," <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span> says. "I was so impressed, and at once I knew: This is what I want. This is what I will try to do. And I had to try very hard, because Oscar had that unbelievable musical level. It was not only his incredible technique, but the way he thought and handled this beautiful instrument." <br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">It's obvious from <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span>'s impassioned playing on his 2009 Grammy-winning Resonance Records debut, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance Big Band Pays Tribute to Oscar Peterson</em></span> and his latest release, that the late jazz piano giant made an indelible impression on him. Peterson's </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">spirited swing is very much an integral part of <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span>'s playing.<br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg </span>(pictured at left) lends his breat</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><img height="312" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.740" width="225" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/740.jpg" align="left" style="float: left; " /></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">htaking technical facilities and consistently inventive melodic/harmonic sensibilities on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard</em></span>. The musical partnership between <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span>embrace and run parallel to the classic Joe Pass-Oscar Peterson collaborations. <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg</span>'s characteristics are also apparent on his new release <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Six String Evolution</em></span>, which features John Pattitucci, Dave Kikoski, Lewis Nash.<br /><br />Throughout his career, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Petrescu</span> has played with artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Toots Thielemans, Al Jarreau, Didier Lockwood, Jon Larsen, Tony Williams, and Ray Charles.<br /><br /><span><span><span>Aside from <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Öberg</span>'s projects as a leader, he has performed with diverse artists as: Les Paul, Toots Thielemans, Jimmy Rosenberg, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joey DeFrancesco, Terell Stafford, John Pizzarelli, DJ QBERT, Harvey Mason, Andre Ceccarelli, Billy Kilson and Hank Jones, among others.</span></span></span><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Marian Petrescu and Andreas Öberg</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><br />Friday, June 11, Sets at 7:30pm and 9:30pm<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival</span><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348386216&s=8886&e=001CqYVbq673ZATPHum-l5Nb9GzXkbursyFw7bKuHLmAekqklQkCO4R9c8VKHpBTrPIqjaDkJj5MBbRSWovosIEiNnoSOXvmBjbQtuCCFAnt-jSoXpyoAvqyN_Acalvk7Nomno3MWLJW9YBA7vDAMC4dWjSsVQHjJ3sPGEEh2JQMho=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.rochesterjazz.com</a></span><br /></span>Performance at Lutheran Church of the Reformation<br />Phone: 585.454.3367<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">MARIAN PETRESCU - <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>THRIVIN': LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records RCD-1014 / May 11, 2010<br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">ANDREAS ÖBERG - <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>SIX STRING EVOLUTION</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records RCD-1015 / May 11, 2010<br /></span><br /><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348386216&s=8886&e=001CqYVbq673ZAhlI3K9W-df3tg6rsl3JVKizHoo6_tH3rQ1MtHWp2UROqjVZzh6JbRbQ_YK0ZGXoNGkbsi7go0CxumYZOQZ4BgwNQWTzq-8NMpvoYy5zm9n-K_9kbBxx7caeIg2kclPhSjsFtVmSfvHA==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Click here to listen to exclusive streaming tracks from both albums</a><span><br /><br /></span>For further information on this and other Resonance Records releases, visit<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103348386216&s=8886&e=001CqYVbq673ZCsN5Go_RffRlXPnb5AluwYq_XFh4I1q3IeHBiqEfvZK-ThtEM6JU2yOcGT4baSC2VuDKVqGdYQOxduNOH4fWGOfvKdFjjjy5zD5pnr7TbPRA==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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"><img height="74" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.562" width="135" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/562.jpg" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Available Today -- Israeli Guitarist Yotam </span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Fronts All-Star Lineup on JLP Debut, <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance</em></span></span></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="343" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.738" width="384" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/738.jpg" /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Features Christian McBride</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> Aaron Goldberg, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Greg Hutchinson </span></span></span></div></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">and Special Guest Roy Hargrove</span></div></span> </span><br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">On <b><i><em>Resonance</em></i></b>, his debut for Jazz Legacy Productions, accomplished Israeli guitarist-composer <b>Yotam</b> has one foot firmly planted in his bebop roots while also showcasing his love of Brazilian music, American blues, Jamaican reggae and Israeli folk songs. Tying this highly eclectic program together is <b>Yotam</b>'s exceptional, rhythmically assured six-string work, which is marked by his inviting warm tones, clear articulation and penchant for free flowing improvisation. The New York-based guitarist is joined on this potent offering by the stellar rhythm section of Christian McBride on bass, Aaron Goldberg on piano and Greg Hutchinson on drums. Special guest trumpeter Roy Hargrove also appears on faithful recreations of Clifford Brown's "Daahoud" and Joe Henderson's "Mamacita."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Aaron, Christian, Greg and Roy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; ">, in my opinion, are a few of the giants of their generation," says <b>Yotam</b>. "I was very honored to have them on the record. We have forged a special chemistry together. And I think you can hear that on this album."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; ">His strongest, most expressive and fully realized outing to date, <b>Yotam</b>'s third recording as a leader stands as a notch above his previous two outings, 2004's <i><em>The Arrival </em></i>(recorded when he was still living in Jerusalem) and 2009's <i><em>Next Page</em></i>, a solid organ quartet date featuring Sam Yahel, Willie Jones III and Chris Cheek.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />From pure bop numbers like Dizzy Gillespie-John Lewis vehicle "Two Bass Hit" and the Clifford Brown staple "Daahoud" to Brazilian flavored originals like "McDavid" and "Bye Y'all" to the angular, Monkish "Blewz" and the lyrical gem "Fresh Love Song," <b>Yotam</b> and company cover a wide range of musical styles on <span>Resonance</span>. Hutchinson provides the authentic reggae one-drop feel on the Monty Alexanderoriginal <b>"</b><i>Renewal"</i> while McBride contributes some stirring counterpoint on <b>Yotam</b>'s darkly beautiful, chamber-like number <b><i>"</i></b>Merav," which he named for his girlfriend and dedicates to two significant compositional influences in Benny Golson and Clare Fischer.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />Yotam </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; ">and his all-star crew come out of the gate swinging hard with a supercharged rendition of Dizzy's bop anthem "Two Bass Hit." Right away, the guitarist showcases his superb facility, flowing over the changes while slyly dropping in quotes from Dizzy's "Manteca" and "Ooo-Bop-Sha-Bam" in the middle of his impressive solo. The whole band provides crisp execution and great drive throughout and everybody gets a solo taste here, including an outstanding bowed bass solo from McBride and a furious traversing of the kit by Hutchinson.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />While <b>Yotam</b> does have an affinity for swinging full-bore in the bop and post-bop idioms, he is quick to point out that there are other aspects to his musical makeup that he wanted to address on <b><i><em>Resonance</em></i></b>. "I love playing bebop but I wouldn't say that is where I come from," he says. "When I was in high school I used to study a lot of bebop tunes. For three or four years I would only listen to bebop, but I'm not this way anymore. Nevertheless, it let its mark on me. And in the same way that I studied to become a bebop player, I became a Brazilian music fanatic for the last three or four years. I'm playing gigs with Brazilian cats now. I guess that's the best way to learn."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />"McDavid" is a vibrant bossa nova number that has <b>Yotam</b> supplying some authentic Brazilian styled comping and also features another killer solo from McBride. "This is probably one of my only happy tunes," says <b>Yotam</b>. "Most of the tunes I write tend to be kind of sad. So I fooled everybody on this one."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />The mysterious sounding minor key ballad "Merav" is a delicately beautiful number that has Hutchinson playing coloristically on the kit and also features <b>Yotam</b> nonchalantly double-timing the tempo on his outstanding solo. A brisk run through the bop staple "Daahoud" showcases Hargrove's brilliant trumpet playing while <b>Yotam </b>supplies some Wes Montgomery styled octave work on "Renewal," written by another of <b>Yotam</b>'s mentors. "For the last year or so I'm very fortunate to have been working in Monty Alexander's band," he explains. "He's a great influence. I kind of fell in love with this piece of his and decided that I wanted to play it on this album."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a romantic ballad underscored by Hutchinson's gentle brushwork.<b>Yotam </b>and Goldberg turn in particularly lyrical solos here. The guitarist explains that the tune is one he remembers from his childhood. "That's an Israeli childrens song that I grew up on and that I really like to play on gigs. So it's a song from my past that I've embraced more recently. I think I was really amazing to bring that piece from my childhood in Israel to the session and let those guys play it and see what happened. And I like the results."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />From that sensitive number, <b>Yotam</b> and crew launch into the aggressively angular "Bye Y'all," whose title has a double meaning. As <b>Yotam </b>explains, "This song has a north Brazilian rhythm from Bahia called baiao, so it's a kind of play on words that way. Thelonious Monk, whose playing was a kind of influence on this tune, also has a piece entitled 'Bye Ya.' So it's also a play on words there." The urgent "Blewz" opens with a tricky, Monk-ish head featuring some tight unisons between <b>Yotam</b> and pianist Goldberg. The piece resolves to a 12-bar form that has <b>Yotam</b> blowing with the audacious facility of a Pat Martino, another huge influence during his development as a player.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />The minor key lament "Fresh Love Song," <b>Yotam</b>'s interpretation of an Israeli pop tune from the '70s by Shlomo Gronich, has him doubling throughout on an exotic-sounding stringed instrument. As he explains, "It's a fretless, 11-string instrument and it sounds like the Arabic oud, so I call it the 'goud.'" <b>Yotam </b>adds, "It's a tune I love and I think I kind of took it to another place. I just hope the guy who wrote it is going to be happy with the way it came out here."</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />Yotam</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; ">'s take on the Joe Henderson classic "Mamacita" (from the 1967 Milestone album, The Kicker) gives everyone in the band, including special guest Hargrove, a chance to stretch out on solos. And the album closes on an introspective note with the chamber-like meditation "Kineret," which has <b>Yotam </b>providing some Djangoesque filigrees along the way. "It's the Hebrew name for the Sea of Galilee," he explains. "It's a very peaceful sounding number that kind of reminds me of the Sea of Galilee. And it's really dedicated to the Brazilian composer Chico Buarque.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />Born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel, <b>Yotam </b>started playing guitar at the age of 10, focusing mostly on rock and blues. He was soon after accepted into the prestigious Alon High School for the Arts, where he studied jazz with such great teachers as Walter Blanding and Amit Golan. During his high school years, <b>Yotam</b> won many local competitions and was heralded as a very promising young guitarist. At age 18, he joined the IDF (Israel's Army) and served as a musical director, arranger and lead guitarist for three years. During his military service he gained recognition and began playing with many of Israel's top jazz musicians.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />At 21, <b>Yotam</b> won the prestigious "Israeli Jazz Player of the Year" competition with his trio and was asked to perform at Italy's renowned Umbria Jazz Festival. The same year, <b>Yotam</b>released <i><em>The Arrival</em></i> on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. The success of his highly acclaimed debut album enabled him to tour extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />In August of 2005, <b>Yotam </b>received a scholarship to further his jazz studies at the New School in New York City. Less than a month later, he was selected as one of 10 top guitar players to participate in the semi finals of the distinguished 2005 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition. In 2009, in addition to releasing his second release, he toured with the Sam Yahel Trio, opening for Steely Dan in major concert halls.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />Since then he has played in many of the city's great venues with great jazz artists like James Moody, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Junior Mance, James Spaulding, Pat Martino, Antonio Hart,</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">and Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars to name a few.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br />At age 28, <b>Yotam </b>has already made some significant inroads on the New York jazz scene. He shows great promise for the future, and <b><i><em>Resonance </em></i></b>is a huge step in the right direction.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103347890710&s=8886&e=0015tlUkSlvBh5NoIzo5JpSCONCMVUC5dSMkTkGVMsZ4oj1KaBMnHXMLat_0Q8rATh00tH6GuzuA8xyT0uRyCnhB37xwl3_yrkHQrEv1295DVMtutoO9ErwRqXgUySIp-9FJFC85oQk18jIGbSvLvAdBg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive streaming track from the release</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam ·<em> Resonance</em></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Release Date: May 4, 2010</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">For additional information on Jazz Legacy Productions, please visit:<a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103347890710&s=8886&e=0015tlUkSlvBh5VNgHVpojuhjzGBMitVeBO8XpUJPqqVYt_dK8Hl_BOKyTlXta7LYCcdPV7WwAT1ASyboXfvLx2ji3mLcSPl18Clj7YTkMRa20BScp4lzMqwtD4sAP9G70A" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://jazzlegacyproductions.com/</a><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance</em></span> for review purposes, please contact:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br />DL Media</span>· 610-667-0501<br />Jordy Freed ·<a href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br />"Like" Jazz Legacy Productions on <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103347890710&s=8886&e=0015tlUkSlvBh7U4kC3dYym4k-v1QRRanx8DrdLsR-a1oRF5ZOtfqxT_m0BvQZHzEKIZMpxannjS9MPmYYgKqbUvJBo2yfXsvtp82pN3lpuqXhlM3cLrC5zdDRpDOM9tus5Uqm6RTxGY22PUolJDEDpUqtg40JQILKyUi_cK1WsKV7xUSv3TOHTjnBxd_ZCMYSq" linktype="facebook" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Find us on Facebook" title="Find us on Facebook" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_36.png" align="" /></a><br /><br />###</span></div></div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-79153900286753084372010-05-03T10:22:00.000-07:002010-05-03T10:26:59.706-07:00CLAUDIO RODITI QUARTET: A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT KITANO NEW YORK ON MAY 28 AND 29 -- PERFORMANCES IN SUPPORT OF "SIMPATICO"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><img height="83" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.162" width="230" alt="Resonance Logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/162.jpg" /> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">CLAUDIO RODITI QUARTET: A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">AT KITANO NEW YORK ON MAY 28 AND 29</span></span><br /><br /><img height="303" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.745" width="450" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/745.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORT OF<br />RESONANCE RECORDS RELEASE <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>SIMPATICO</em></span></span></span><br /></div><br />Resonance Records announces performance dates for Brazilian trumpeter <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Claudio Roditi</span> at Kitano New York on May 28 and 29. <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span> will perform music from his new CD, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Simpatico</em></span>(release date: February 9), with sets at 8pm and 10pm. Additionally, the performance will serve as a birthday celebration for <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span>, who will be joined by an all-star lineup featuring pianist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Nick Rolfe</span>, bassist<span style="font-weight: bold; "> John Lee</span> and drummer <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Vincent Ector</span>.<br /><br />In the wake of his acclaimed and Grammy-nominated (in the "Best Latin Jazz Album" category) 2009 Resonance Records release, <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Brazilliance x 4</em></span>, trumpet/flugelhorn player <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span>has created <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Simpatico</em></span>, another tuneful showcase for his patented blend of Brazilian samba and bossa nova with straight-ahead jazz, spotlighting both <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span>'s playing and his composing talents.<br /><br />"To me," <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span> remarks, "the main difference of this album from everything else I have done is that for the very first time these are all my compositions, all twelve of them. There are some new pieces, some a little older, but these are mostly things I haven't recorded, and some of them I haven't played live."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span> was born on May 28, 1946, in Rio de Janeiro and began his musical studies at the age of five. As a teenager he discovered the music of trumpet giants like Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis, thanks to an American uncle's record collection. At twenty he was a finalist in the International Jazz Competition in Vienna, then in 1970 moved to Boston to study at the Berklee School of Music. By 1976 <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span> had arrived on the New York jazz scene, and over the years worked alongside such jazz luminaries as Mario Bauzá, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Henderson, Herbie Mann, Tito Puente, Charlie Rouse and McCoy Tyner.<br /><br />In 1989 <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span> became a member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra, and since then he has toured and recorded with The JazzMasters and The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Gillespie tribute groups led by musical director Slide Hampton. A gifted musical storyteller with a vast improviser's imagination, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Roditi</span>'s playing is characterized by its essential lyricism and warmth. "Claudio doesn't even try to be original and he is," Paquito D'Rivera has observed, expressing a widely held opinion within the jazz community "He is such a sincere player. He doesn't play to try to impress anybody, he plays just music. ... I learn a lot from his way of approaching music, the honest way to play the music. The way he plays is so noble."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Claudio Roditi Quartet at Kitano New York</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Friday - Saturday, May 28 & 29</span><br />8 PM & 10 PM<br /><br />Kitano New York<br />66 Park Avenue (@ East 38th Street)<br />New York, New York 10016<br />Phone: (212) 885-7119<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">CLAUDIO RODITI - <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>SIMPATICO</em></span></span><br />Resonance Records HCD-2008 / February 9, 2010<span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103356886519&s=8886&e=001RRGQuBWGqU6-QkF7XDvMFKHltm5zxIWiWNUvXOaZp5H9e7UVHp62mIg2_tnjdZrUsmyigydMCWxGw085HzH_htfO1zYj44kBjlBSUvif1x5wjm00TrNauVXJtfe4tubFIrJLbunPm1F1q6XTLqgPLA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here and listen to an exclusive streaming track from the album</a></span><br /><span><br /></span>For further information on this and other Resonance Records releases, visit<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103356886519&s=8886&e=001RRGQuBWGqU6Y2MZsuKn6pu6p2kQA6CI13gWhRh8n0fjDGirdBYsFv50BNlwmWjU7nBLmUesyqdaaf6jLwmrb5RnpeE8LgkbD0EF9xVRT3z3UmdCRIUsL3w==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.ResonanceRecords.org</a><br /> <br />Resonance Records is a program of the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation,<br />a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.<br /> <br /> For interview requests, guest list accommodations<br /> or review copies of the albums, please contact</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span> · 610-667-0501<br />Jordy Freed · <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br />"Like" Resonance Records on <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103356886519&s=8886&e=001RRGQuBWGqU6tGHkMiUdFfj1NRbkYoPEl-UGuHhaNEX0Qy6ErixbYAfFG5-BPJzaCrZfcTKbfu5mk22Jh2qlg9BwBsZAfID9Z6yYkoUtHi_TtkizxBeVBIxZIHWRuTkWCRw20n0rnBl-LQyMg69hLyg==" linktype="facebook" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Find us on Facebook" title="Find us on Facebook" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_36.png" align="" /></a><br /><br />###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-48033165435898423622010-05-03T09:49:00.000-07:002010-05-03T09:52:15.359-07:00Guitarist Tom Lagana to Perform in Philadelphia at Chris' Jazz Cafe on Friday, May 21<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><img height="89" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.719" width="432" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/719.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Guitarist Tom Lagana to Perform in Philadelphia at Chris' Jazz Cafe<br />on Friday, May 21</span></span><br /><br /><img height="320" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.712" width="320" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/712.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Performance in support of Harvest Time<br />Entertainment release <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Schematic</em></span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Harvest Time Entertainment</span> announces a performance date for guitarist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tom Lagana</span> at<a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305729517&s=8886&e=001-NgLZPNXqBGTwC9AiLul_5b1i79cSqx5_3LQ6dkw-ykA-WlbqOcaH0qISvhGQDxmEFZacmKk14LqsN-sESPKRie51ElQiqEh3x2ELrWLkAyyoBugAoqfMA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Chris' Jazz Cafe</a> on Friday, May 21. Lagana will perform music from his new CD, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Schematic</em></span>(release date: May 18). The all-star line up includes venerated saxophonist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">George Garzone</span>, bassist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tom Baldwin</span> and drummer <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Todd Harrison</span>. It's an evening not to be missed!<br /><br />For the past decade, guitarist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tom Lagana </span>has been quietly carving out a niche on the D.C.-Baltimore-Annapolis jazz scene, with occasional forays into Richmond, Virginia and Philadelphia. On <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Schematic</em></span>, the 40-year-old protégé of guitarist Charlie Byrd makes a strikingly original statement with a potent rhythm tandem and special guests <span style="font-weight: bold; ">George Garzone</span> on tenor sax and trumpeter <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Dave Ballou</span>. "This is the blueprint for what I want the band to sound like," says Lagana of his impressive sophomore outing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify; ">Lagana began his professional career in 1992 after graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. After a two-year stint with the Walt Disney Jazz Band, he returned to Annapolis, Maryland. <img height="213" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.713" width="320" alt="JD & JACKSON ON RED CARPET" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/713.jpg" align="right" style="float: right; " />There, jazz legend Charlie Byrd took an interest in him, inviting Lagana to sit in on his regular gig at the Maryland Inn. Soon after, the Tom Lagana Group became the house band, playing there three nights a week for over a year. In 2002, Lagana released his first recording as a leader. Reflecting on his love of the Chesapeake Bay region,<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Patuxent</em></span> peaked at No. 17 in the US jazz charts.<br /><div style="text-align: right; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic; ">(Pictured L to R: Tom Baldwin, Todd Harrison, Tom Lagana, George Garzone)</span><br /></div></div><br />Also an award winning classical guitarist with numerous symphony performances to his credit, Lagana holds a master of music degree in performance from Towson University. He became an instructor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2005 and joined the faculty at Towson University in 2007. However, the versatile guitarist continues to maintain an unusually busy performance schedule.<br /><br />Judging from the quality of his second CD, Tom Lagana will be on the radar for some time.<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Schematic </em></span>is the Tom Lagana album to make guitar aficionados and the jazz world in general sit up and take notice of talent deserving of wider recognition. Enjoy much of its content live at Chris' Jazz Café.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">"<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Schematic</em></span> is the <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tom Lagana</span> album to make guitar aficionados and the jazz world in general sit up and take notice of this talent deserving of wider recognition." - Bill Milkowski<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305729517&s=8886&e=001-NgLZPNXqBEopgM9Fe-DQPNNY1dCgGnmc94Ill3NalmIIi0utq234K_rlQrAU6xp8q3T0IdudMkftqxyyXF2g6o1STPiW6xkuDs5USDiaqPc9EI6sBVB3KpT9ZqtHS5JLcQFZCBZI6nc8XzLsGFzc35iTkkd3rwgZzExtJIO3-8=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive</a><br /><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305729517&s=8886&e=001-NgLZPNXqBEopgM9Fe-DQPNNY1dCgGnmc94Ill3NalmIIi0utq234K_rlQrAU6xp8q3T0IdudMkftqxyyXF2g6o1STPiW6xkuDs5USDiaqPc9EI6sBVB3KpT9ZqtHS5JLcQFZCBZI6nc8XzLsGFzc35iTkkd3rwgZzExtJIO3-8=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">streaming track from the album</a></span><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; ">For more dates, please visit <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305729517&s=8886&e=001-NgLZPNXqBGHYJqU7Bo7b5v3AodLI6FoytZydQ_uRwweOB55ZiWq0bbqFeAd0f9oHrXzWgj_E4xQjb9OZ1Z4wfsMPvf21bSiA0I_MT_KSiJW_PdZQaWNvw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.TomLagana.net</a> <br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; ">For interview requests and more information, please contact:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media </span>· (610) 667-0501<br />Paul Sipio · <a href="mailto:paul@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">paul@jazzpublicity.com</a><br />###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-11144441733529190962010-04-30T21:18:00.000-07:002010-04-30T21:22:18.218-07:00Jazz Legacy Productions Co-Presents "Jazz In Times Square" With World Renowned Music Shop Roberto's Winds<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.562" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/562.jpg" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;">Jazz Legacy Productions Co-Presents "Jazz In Times Square" </span></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">With World Renowned Music Shop Roberto's Winds on May 31</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Featured JLP Artists Include </span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Guitarist Yotam and Alto Saxophonist Sharel Cassity</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span><br /></div><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Jazz Legacy Productions</span> is proud to announce that on Monday, May 31st, the label will sponsor and co-present an evening of jazz with the world-renowned New York based music store Roberto's Winds, as a part of the store's ongoing "Jazz In Time Square" series, in the Limerick Bar at Rosie O'Grady's Times Square</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">The first sponsored evening will feature a variety of JLP artists. The first set at 8pm will showcase Israeli guitarist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> (full name Yotam Silberstein), who will release <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Resonance </em></span>on May 4. </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">A second set at 10pm will feature alto saxophonist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sharel Cassity</span>, performing in support of her recent September release, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Relentless</em></span>.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">Trombonist and JLP artist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Steve Davis</span> will join Yotam. Davis released <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Eloquence</em></span> on the label in September and is also a member of the all-star hard-bop collective <span style="font-weight: bold; ">One For All</span>, who released<span style="font-style: italic; "> <span style="font-weight: bold; "><em>Incorrigible</em></span></span> on JLP (April 6).</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">Trumpeter Greg Gisbert and trombonist/JLP artist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Michael Dease</span> will perform with Cassity. Dease is gearing up to release his label debut, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Grace</em></span>, in June.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">The house rhythm section for the evening will feature pianist Roy Assaf, founder and JLP president, veteran bassist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">John Lee</span> and drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">JLP's mission is to fill a jazz void by recording the under documented and undocumented while celebrating jazz heritage and the music's future.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">"So many artists who had deals before haven't been re-signed, which means there's important music that's going undocumented," says Lee. "This is a great moment in jazz history, and it would be tragic if that music gets lost."</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">Other releases for the label include <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Cyrus Chestnut's </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Spirit</em></span> (August 4), the <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Heath Brother's </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Endurance</em></span> (August 4), </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">JLP will continue their sponsorship of the series on the last Monday of each month, including: June 28, July 26 and August 30.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:10pt;">Monday, May 31 2010<br />Sets at 8pm & 10pm</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">Limerick Bar at Rosie O'Grady's</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">149 West 46th Street</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">New York, NY 10036</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">Tickets: $20 includes 1 drink</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></div><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">Please visit <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103350435975&s=8886&e=0013nCdyy1AjFLpkemoAnJ27lbb3r09uCh2c2IuS6DPY8uB10olVZYVpvrac-o4OBGlKToPMJiW1EjFtI3vaZHRWYQTv67Up_8JaX5kYK6N4aHzn5I5XsucpA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.robertoswinds.com</a> for ticket information.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">For more information on the Jazz Legacy Productions releases, artists and Jazz Legacy Productions in general, visit <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103350435975&s=8886&e=0013nCdyy1AjFLneBsT-4g3FfbF45hhRiJdinA2U8SnnqayA4fq8JVblaTV06W19gYSiPq7cyetgMIZgVgeoElbF0hzRgGszWgq6wVtcDjNG8hkM6l2HskbSv3XF2tgM8Vk" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.jazzlegacyproductions.com</a>.</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">For media information please contact:</span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; 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"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">31st Detroit International Jazz Festival</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> 2010 Edition of the Labor Day Weekend Classic<br /> to Celebrate </span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Flame Keepers</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Allen Toussaint, Take 6, Branford Marsalis, Mulgrew Miller,<br />Roy Haynes, Manhattan Transfer,<br />Kirk Whalum, and Mambo Legends Orchestra on tap</span></span><br /><br /></div>Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the 31st Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF), Friday, September 3 through Monday, September 6, in downtown Detroit.<br /><br />Subtitled "Flame Keepers - Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the Detroit Jazz Fest will feature a veritable "dean's list" of alumni who passed through the "schools" of Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, Ray Brown, Miles Davis and Gil Evans. "2010 artists Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Randy Brecker, and Benny Green were all in Blakey's band at one time or another," says festival director Terri Pontremoli. "These musicians went on to develop their own bands, explore new territory and nurture a new generation of flame keepers," she added. "In jazz, a lot of press is given to the veterans or to the young lions. I am happy to focus this year on these "middle men" who are in the peak of their creative and technical powers, making significant music in our time."<br /><br />As the 2010 artist in residence, pianist Mulgrew Miller will be featured on several stages throughout the weekend. On opening night, his trio will be joined by Take 6, and his other appearances include a duo piano session with Kenny Barron, a performance with his own band Wingspan, and a project with Detroit-based artists Karriem Riggins and Bob Hurst.<br /><br />Bobby Watson will reunite HORIZON with Terell Stafford, Victor Lewis, Edward Simon and Essiet Essiet. Michael Weiss's quintet will feature Randy Brecker in a tribute to Horace Silver, and Benny Green, along with Christian McBride and Greg Hutchinson will pay homage to Ray Brown. Maria Schneider, a clear disciple of composer/arranger Gil Evans, will bring her entire orchestra to town. In recognition of the 100th birthday of Django Reinhardt, the Hot Club of Detroit will perform. "Brownie Speaks" will feature 20-somethings Dominick Farinacci and Jonathan Batiste remembering Clifford Brown. A special tribute to Detroit's Pepper Adams will feature the great baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan with another Detroit hero, pianist Barry Harris. "Defenders of the Groove" with vocalist Ernie Andrews, Detroit's Louis Hayes, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, and Melvin Sparks are sure to tear it up. Vocalists this season include Grammy-winner Kurt Elling with special guest Ernie Watts, and Tierney Sutton. The Manhattan Transfer will perform some of their recent Chick Corea material and then swing standards with the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Dennis Wilson. <br /><br />Other artists include pianist Danilo Perez, saxophonist Tia Fuller, Freddy Cole Trio, Scott Kinsey Quartet, Poogie Bell Band with Victor Bailey, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Newly signed Mack Avenue artist Kirk Whalum, joined by Lalah Hathaway and Robert Randolph, will perform the music of Donny Hathaway. Pumping the B3 in a Saturday night fish fry will be Pat Bianchi Trio and Mike LeDonne Quartet.<br /><br />The legendary Roy Haynes will appear with his Fountain of Youth band, and drummer extraordinaire Matt Wilson will present Trio M with pianist Myra Melford and bassist Mark Dresser in an adventurous set.<br /><br />The Detroit International Jazz Festival will continue to encourage young talent not only by inviting college and high school ensembles to showcase on the Meijer Education Stage, but by giving them opportunities to perform with jazz veterans. The Wayne State University Big Band will perform Terence Blanchard's Jazz & Film project with Terence Blanchard and the Michigan State University Big Band will perform a tribute to Horace Silver with Silver alum Randy Brecker. Other visiting schools include the Berklee (Boston) Jazz Ensemble, the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble, William Paterson Jazz Ensemble, and the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet. Jazz Fest continues to showcase outstanding Michigan high school jazz ensembles. And back by popular demand is the KidBop area for the wee-boppers and their parents, with stories, songs, tap dancing and other fun activities.<br /><br />The Pepsi Jazz Talk Tent will be full of laughs and stories, with national artists and writers. Topics will range from remembering Art Blakey to discussing the genius of Betty Carter, Gil Evans and the unique voice of Art Pepper.<br /><br />"As is always the case with this festival, the music will be burnin', and the ever-hip and amazing Detroit audience will respond in their uniquely enthusiastic and respectful way." <br /><br />For its 30th anniversary in 2009, the festival initiated a year-long series, "Another Great Day in Detroit." Through collaborations with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Wayne State University, Detroit Institute of Arts, the Guardian Building, The Arts League of Michigan the Rowland Café, and area jazz clubs, the series will continue to please Detroit music lovers, showcasing Detroit musicians, and building momentum toward Labor Day Weekend.<br /><br />The Detroit International Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival in North America. It has become a major tourist attraction, with 23% of its audience coming from out of state. It has a $90M economic impact on Detroit and showcases the city in its most positive light. In 2010, the festival has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Erb Foundation and the Kresge Foundation. Major corporate sponsors include Chase, Carhartt, Absopure, Mack Avenue Records, DTE Energy, Meijer, Budweiser, Pepsi, Comcast and Fox 2. In addition, there is a growing base of individual support. Fans are encouraged to become Rhythm Section members by making donations of any size on line over the next few months, as philanthropist Gretchen Valade will match any gift by 50% to help sustain the festival as a free event. "We are extremely grateful to have the support of these institutions and individuals," adds Pontremoli. "They are our life blood."<br /><br />Nightly after-hour jam sessions will be held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, the official festival hotel.<br /><br />The festival is entering Phase II of a Greening Program sponsored by DTE Energy and the Detroit Jazz Fest Cruise on the Ovations Yacht, is scheduled for August 19. <br /><br />For more information, including festival updates and details on how you can help "Carry the Torch," visit <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103342204950&s=8886&e=001YDtqjLoBu5O4vcfvGIgnlbRBWntYsIZxKahzYuhsFsIoLBB31y8GgUdtmC2-f1n1ycYqd46yhoPpLalV0u0xQcFPrN8zKzBLDVoh_HV9-6vT6RftVUeOzA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.detroitjazzfest.com</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Contact: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Don Lucoff, National Publicist</span><br />(610) 667-0501 x101<br /><a href="mailto:don@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">don@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Chris Harrington</span><br />(313) 289-9177<br /><a href="mailto:charrington@detroitjazzfest.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">charrington@detroitjazzfest.com</a><br /><div style="text-align: center; ">###</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-39401381364205048002010-04-28T13:42:00.000-07:002010-04-28T13:45:31.420-07:00Saxophone Prodigy Grace Kelly to Perform at the Kennedy Center on May 20th to Celebrate the 15th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">18-Year Saxophone Prodigy Grace Kelly<br />to Perform at the Kennedy Center on May 20th<br />to Celebrate the 15th Annual Mary Lou Williams<br />Women in Jazz Festival<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><img height="314.4" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.731" width="378" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/731.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Performance to Feature All-Star Quintet of the</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">World's Top Female Jazz Artists</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span> is proud to announce that saxophonist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Grace Kelly </span>will perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 20th to celebrate the 15th Annual <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival</em></span>. This event also marks the 100th anniversary of Williams' birth with three evenings of star-studded performances featuring the world's top female jazz artists.<br /><br />The opening night concert will feature an extended performance by an all-star quintet of <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Grace Kelly </span>(saxophone), <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Dee Dee Bridgewater </span>(vocal), <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Geri Allen</span> (piano), <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Esperanza Spalding</span>(bass), and <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Terri Lyne Carrington </span>(drums); plus a set by the winner of the 2009 Women in Jazz Competition, pianist <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Carmen Staaf</span>.<br /><br />In August 2009, Kelly was named the youngest "Alto Saxophonist Rising Star" ever in the 57th Annual Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll. Kelly, who performed at the 2008 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, was recently voted "Best Jazz Act in Boston" in The Boston Phoenix's 2009 Best Music Poll, a title that she now holds for the second consecutive year. Additionally, she was awarded her third ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award this year (her third in past four years).<br /><br />Kelly's career is growing at an ever excelling pace. Trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Wynton Marsalis</span> was so impressed with Kelly's three-night stand as guest of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in November 2008 that he invited her to join the ensemble at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater in Washington, D.C. for an Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Inauguration Eve concert on January 19th, 2009. <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Harry Connick, Jr.</span>heard Kelly in a master class on a December afternoon and brought her on stage to sit in with his band that night. This capped an already exceptional end of 2008 in which Kelly's appearance on NPR's Piano Jazz with <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Marian McPartland</span> was syndicated nationally.<br /><br />Kelly, who enjoyed critically acclaimed success on her previous <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>GRACEFULEE </em></span>album, has dominated the DownBeat Student Awards over the past four years. From 2006 to 2009, the saxophonist has garnered 12 student awards, including her latest three for "Jazz Soloist," "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist," and "Pop-Rock Blues Soloist."<br /><br />"I'm just trying to listen to as much music as possible, which makes it hard for me to put together a CD about just one thing," Kelly says in explaining her inspiration for her latest recording, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mood Changes</em></span>, which was released on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">PAZZ Productions</span> in November 2008. "A year before the session, I wrote 'Tender Madness,' which is slow and sad, and around the same time, when I was in a good mood, I wrote 'Happy Theme Song.' At that point, I realized that a concept for my next album was taking shape. Two more originals, '101' and 'But Life Goes On,' extended the idea, as did the six standards."<br /><br />Kelly is particularly excited about the strides that <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mood Changes </em></span>reveals in her bandleading skills. "There's nothing like playing my own music with my own band," she acknowledges. "Everyone is so comfortable, yet I feel as if I'm getting pushed in every performance. At the same time, I realize more of what I want over the years, and more direction goes into the music. Every time we play is a complete adventure."<br /><br />Without hesitation, Grace Kelly will tell you that her goal is "to stay in jazz but also do different things, bigger arrangements, like <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Stevie Wonder </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold; ">George Benson</span>." Her ambition has yet to outstrip her talent, and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mood Changes </em></span>suggests that such a turn of events is unlikely in the foreseeable future.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103334529327&s=8886&e=001b3H3SKOBbah0fdLNskumY-7ZNycLP_76jYZmfX8B-w5_z6D8v9a5ZeO10MB2_jabCEKz5tvXjNp1Z9191Fos8pxlHBZC04j6OOsRaxFW9WnmgXnD2PatDDLBaJNXmWl26LLVwuv6A1ZxI5rgVunCEQ==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Watch a highlight reel of Grace Kelly on YouTube</a></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>"Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling.<br />She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt<br />that is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician." - </em><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Wynton Marsalis</span></span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Grace Kelly at the Kennedy Center</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, May 20th, 7 PM</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Grace Kelly</span>, saxophone<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Dee Dee Bridgewater</span>, vocal<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Geri Allen</span>, piano<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Esperanza Spalding</span>, bass<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Terri Lyne Carrington</span>, drums<br /><br />The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<br />2700 F Street, NW<br />Washington, DC 20566<br />Phone: (800) 444-1324 or (202) 467-4600<br />Website: <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103334529327&s=8886&e=001b3H3SKOBbaj84-2I06HoEMADg7Afj8YG51VK7AaV6p_DEiD8dR-p9QboCSZLoXy7x_k5UxSRefhqBqfPlkirQvE50jTn-IUjTSgFpQWGzWCQiVRmec1ogw==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.Kennedy-Center.org</a><br /><br />Please visit newly design website, <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103334529327&s=8886&e=001b3H3SKOBbahbq813a2CyvYGRpP_GTYJVuB7RdEaIoeprq31ebzZgay4W9AK804vWQ_FrQ5x6AVk6JCtbCmrGyCxqsifeLX2kXBOWWe4JxBIv5S5rMe9imw==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.GraceKellyMusic.com</a><br /><br />For interview requests and more information, please contact:<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span> - (610) 667-0501<br />Steph Brown - <a shape="rect" href="mailto:steph@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">steph@jazzpublicity.com</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">"Like" <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Grace Kelly</span> on</span> <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103334529327&s=8886&e=001b3H3SKOBbajuKKFVZ2M8lZ_EQ_S8GieL3JI9Gr7zGqsOUAzHb03m9kACx8Fc8kInyPAMd3Lur-PhcZyxH2paeFdl_OqhTHykmOjBlOvr7PpsfExXoAvdN-HiAWGmx9vEGeZiC4qDx01hle8bFeeKCRb4eQLhGh1T7kr8-eFLBGs=" shape="rect" linktype="facebook" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Find us on Facebook" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ic_fbk_22.png" title="Find us on Facebook" align="" /></a><br /><br />###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-79882185756621013282010-04-28T09:06:00.000-07:002010-04-28T09:10:07.699-07:00Magos Herrera to perform at BAMcafé on May 21<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><img height="295.1" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.730" width="392.6" alt="JD & JACKSON ON RED CARPET" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/730.jpg" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;">Vocalist</span><span> Magos Herrera</span> </span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span>will perform at </span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span><span><span>BAMcafé</span> Live </span></span></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span>in Brooklyn, featuring music from</span> <span><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Distancia,</em></span></span> </span></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span><span>h</span><span>er debut CD on Sunnyside Records </span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;">"The Mexican-born Herrera sings in Spanish, English and Portuguese. But really, what she does on <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Distancia </em></span>transcends language. She's blending elements from various traditions, stretching the very notion of jazz singing, pushing past the diva pleasantries into a sound that's bold, thrilling and effortlessly global." - <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tom Moon, NPR radio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103332537172&s=8886&e=0018LN_2MfxE131cIkEMjmt9LmOxv5_f2smQlf31Wb_CJS8Zy7fIU4LoC_-YkhbVZWrbruqcWsmwun8dkqXGY_DB7YX8g4djt-IId1DyiaTMmWCJDZT1t_5Nnwz_oT4xa8e_zccNUTYQtPCdqxWHpRR6oPbtwXcqnheErMyc6KX1Ilsig3F1tVublYUEUkMqIlVDhzCCkoNLgA1bHU3Wnlrm5nYGFNzy7Suvl_v2xyPdX_bGxcUMP7nZGZlPKS5dukY" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">NPR Music Review: Tom Moon</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Herrera creates a thoroughly modern expression of jazz performance and Latin culture on<span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Distancia</em></span>, easily holding the weight of an intelligent and complex sound with her prodigious musicianship." - <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Chip Boaz, The Latin Jazz Corner</span></div><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><div style="text-align: center;">"Though jazz long ago embraced Afro-Cuban influences that ought to make Mexico a logical bastion of the music, there are few well-known players from Mexico. But here is a brilliant singer, Magos Herrera, with a US debut on Sunnyside Records, recording with a top-flight band (Aaron Goldberg's piano, Lionel Louke on guitar, among others) and making Mexican jazz sound as obvious as chocolate ice cream." - <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Will Layman, PopMatters</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;">"Magos' music is limitless and speaks straight to one's emotional self. Her music really brings a fresh and powerful coloration to the palette we call Jazz".</div><span><div style="text-align: center;">- <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Dan Purcea, audience from Montreal Jazz Festival</span></div></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /></span><hr /><div style="text-align: left; "><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span><br />Mexican vocalist and composer <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Magos Herrera </span>will perform at <span style="font-weight: bold; ">BAMcafé Live </span>on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Friday, May 21 at 9 p.m.</span>, with guitarist Ben Monder, pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Ricky Rodriguez, and drummer Alex Kautz. The Brooklyn show will feature music from her latest Grammy nominated album, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Distancia</em></span>, on Sunnyside Records. </span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span><br /><br /></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span>Born in Mexico City, the deep and captivating performer, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Magos Herrera</span> is considered one of the most beautiful voices and the most active vocalist of the contemporary Latin American jazz scene.<br /><br />In 2009 Sunnyside Records released Herrera's sixth album, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Distancia</em></span>, which climbed to the #1 spot on iTunes in the Jazz category. Herrera is joined on<span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Distancia </em></span>by an impressive cast of musicians featuring Lionel Louke on guitar, Aaron Goldberg on piano, Ricky Rodriguez on bass, and Alex Kautz on drums. Anchored<span><span> by that stellar lineup, Herrera delivers a ten-track potpourri of original songs, and standards by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, and Cesar Portillo de la Luz.</span></span><br /><br /></span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span>Herrera is an accomplished singer-songwriter known throughout Mexico and Latin America for her beguiling rhythmic scatting, inflected with soulful Latin-Andalusian phrasings.</span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span> Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, her repertoire is filled with the yearning for romance, intimacy and enchantment of Mexican and Cuban son and bolero, and sultry, languid Brazilian beats.<br /><br />Over the past 12 years, Herrera has taken the stage at numerous performing arts centers and festivals around the world, such as the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Jazz Standard in New York, Millennium Park in Chicago, Teatro de la Ciudad de Mexico, Lunario del Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, and Sala Galileo Galilei in Madrid, among many others. In her native country of Mexico, Herrera was nominated twice for "Lunas del Auditorio Nacional" (2006 and 2009) as the "Best Jazz Concert of the Year" among Bobby McFerrin and Bill Frisell.<br /><br />Since moving to New York, Herrera has became a strong presence in the music scene, propelled by her successful concert at New York Winter Jazz Festival in 2008. She appeared on saxophonist Tim Ries' 2008 recording <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>The Rolling Stones World Project II </em></span>as well as <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Via Project </em></span>(for contemporary composer Paola Prestini).<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:12pt;">MAGOS HERRERA</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">BAMcafé</span><span style="font-weight: bold; "> Live</span><br />Friday, May 21 at 9 p.m.<br /><span><span><span>Peter Jay Sharp Building</span></span><br /><span><span><span><span>30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY<br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>718.636.4100<br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103332537172&s=8886&e=0018LN_2MfxE11_ZttV72PQekXQUCgOddJ0LvtYUJM_N9BVDB3133h9FzvMXIUkLse0ZkHBmUGpkJPX1nfZj0Xvezp2TRhUHQfmcydBzkWvHvF5FpduPhZvy60JZLwNbADZsJAjNn5sdtY=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.bam.org</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />Please visit </span></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103332537172&s=8886&e=0018LN_2MfxE12vynZ0-BuK-R5ZB0Ze_QB7wa0dZxhUei-wD8XQGQhZ-uSt8dzzBZucsi5JsrKyBomEqmnvzcs9kWcTfS3jWwJFRlZ8b_eBaRP8faR15BlL4w==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.magosherrera.com</a></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"> or <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103332537172&s=8886&e=0018LN_2MfxE11IAGQ0SxrNELSeKzRxapts6XaXNcf7yXQvE99d_bHA7311GHcBur7H9XHjFjN1LRiKAz-l8Jjkcg--IegclaYRGBqm0QX1WIjcJguk3rChHR5YBR_uVxKa" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.myspace.com/magosherrera</a></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span></div><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;">For more information, please contact:<br /><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Don Lucoff</span> at DL MEDIA // 610.667.0501 // <a href="mailto:don@jazzpublicity.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">don@jazzpublicity.com</a></span><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span></div></div><span style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:12pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">###</div></span></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-79477677929860894742010-04-28T09:01:00.000-07:002010-04-28T09:06:04.334-07:00AVAILABLE TODAY -- IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME, THE NEW CD BY HOT CLUB OF DETROIT ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><img height="150" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.128" width="161" alt="Mack Avenue logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/128.jpg" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">AVAILABLE TODAY--<span style="font-style: italic; "><em>IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME</em></span>,</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;">HOT CLUB OF DETROIT'S NEW CD </div><div style="text-align: center;">ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="388" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.668" width="388" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/668.jpg" /> </div><br /><div style="text-align: left; ">The family tree that traces its roots to the Quintette du Hot Club de France has sprouted countless branches across the globe in the seventy years since Django Reinhardt first jammed with Stephane Grappelli. It seems like a new city lays claim to its own Hot Club on a virtually daily basis, but the <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Hot Club of Detroit</span> is undoubtedly the apple that has fallen farthest from that tree.<br /><br />The blistering fretwork on the opening track of the group's third CD, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>It's About That Time</em></span>, pays explicit homage to one of their six-string heroes - just not the one you might think. "On the Steps" is based on the chord changes of Pat Martino's "On the Stairs" (with a brief borrowing from John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" to complete the pun), and states at the outset what fans of these gypsy jazz revisionists have long known - that Django Reinhardt is far from the beginning and end of the Hot Club of Detroit's vocabulary of influences.<br /><br />"Django Reinhardt is the showerhead from which we all come down," says guitarist and bandleader Evan Perri. "But if he had lived, I don't think he would've been playing the same things he had in prior years. He was constantly evolving as a jazz musician."<br /><br />The Hot Club of Detroit has undergone a similar evolution since Perri formed the group in 2003 with fellow students at Wayne State University in Detroit. The ensemble rapidly accumulated accolades and audiences over the next several years, including a first-place win in the 2004 Detroit International Jazz Festival competition and multiple Detroit Music Awards. Their 2006 self-titled debut, while slightly more traditional than later releases, established their broad-minded approach to the Django resurgence.<br /><br />Since that time, it's become increasingly evident that their inspiration comes as much from the spirit of Reinhardt's playing as by its much-copied sound. While they've maintained some recognizable elements - the absence of drums, the percussive "la pompe" rhythm guitar technique - the Motor City quintet apply those elements to a decidedly modern sound, refusing to be constrained by allegiance to some time-honored, purist ideal.<br /><br />"To me," says rhythm guitarist Paul Brady, "Django Reinhardt was a jazz improviser like Coleman Hawkins or Lester Young or any of the other great improvisers of his time. We don't approach our music as a gypsy jazz band, but 100% as a jazz group."<br /><br />That approach is nowhere more evident than on the disc's title track, the Joe Zawinul-penned "It's About That Time," famously fused with "In A Silent Way" on Miles Davis' 1969 album. Brady hit upon the idea of fusing the tune instead with Reinhardt's oft-revisited "Heavy<br />Artillerie," creating an atmospheric hybrid with a loping groove and an airy spaciousness.<br /><br />The ensemble also takes on Charles Mingus' "Nostalgia in Times Square," in 5/4, with bassist Andrew Kratzat providing an appropriately brawny, wood-smacking intro and Carl Cafagna getting the Eric Dolphy tent-revival treatment with a clapalong accompaniment for his tenor solo.<br /><br />Of course, Reinhardt's catalog is also plumbed for material, but other than the aforementioned "Heavy Artillerie," repertoire was found in it more shadowy, neglected corners. "We try to find Django tunes that haven't been performed to death," Brady says. "He wrote a ton of stuff so we can always find something that we can have fun and stretch out on."<br /><br />"Duke and Dukie," the first Django credit to appear on this record, perfectly fits that bill, a cheery three-chord romp that serves as a vehicle for lengthy improvisations during the band's live sets. "Sweet Chorus" provides a relaxed finish to the album, easy and intimate as a front porch jam session. The fiery "Noto Swing" is provided by another Reinhardt - Lulu, a mainstay of the German gypsy jazz scene.<br /><br />On each of its releases the Detroit combo has also flexed its classical muscles, beginning with Nino Rota's theme from "The Godfather" on their debut, followed by Maurice Ravel's "Tzigane" on 2008's <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Night Town</em></span>. This time it's Frédéric Chopin's "Tristesse" E Major Etude, arranged by accordionist Julien Labro, which shines a spotlight onto Cafagna's melancholy clarinet and Labro's lush bandoneón.<br /><br />"All of us come from different backgrounds and have very different musical training and influences," says Labro who plays both accordion, accordina, as well as bandoneón on this release. "Individually, we collaborate with musicians from many genres and styles, from classical, jazz, to world music."<br /><br />When asked about the accordion's current place in jazz, Labro is succinct: "It is not important what instruments we play. I am a musician, and the accordion just happens to be the vehicle I utilize to express my musical thoughts and ideas."<br /><br />The remainder of the album consists of originals by the band members themselves: Labro's serpentine, Chick Corea-influenced "Equilibrium"; Cafagna's engaging "Restless Twilights"; "Papillon", a wistful ballad by Labro and Kratzat; Perri's aptly-named "Patio Swing"; Labro's<br />knife-edged waltz "Sacre Bleu"; and Perri's "For Stéphane" - an homage to guitarist Stéphane Wrembel, not the original Hot Club of France violinist.<br /><br />As wide-ranging as the album is, the one constant is the group's sense of individuality, which Perri says he encourages from each of his bandmates.<br /><br />"There's no point in going out and playing music if you can't be yourself," Perri says. "Sometimes you'll hear a Wes Montgomery riff in my playing, or you might hear an Eddie Van Halen riff or a Led Zeppelin influence, because that's who I am and for me to deny that wouldn't be true to my musicianship."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ">Hot Club of Detroit Tour Dates</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Wednesday, April 28: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZTStrdejor29WTo6y2wnBv0UtMre1JCehory3dQkXYWN38QKEy05d145GAzsXVdRruna71y68D_TwEZqWoV3WkgkVCUz6hqO3swLfZ6bsSz613vVYSY4G6LikKdlRiEn2EXjZ-it968mU-UARWsaNZhV8c-DegzsmE=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Scullers</a>- Boston, MA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Friday, May 14:</span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZRjcx3KgZk1USHbE6hbL7cwx3jgbrb6JVZw1CiljMtwV6cJfdHky2trWAjzLwmcvcNHpPCyG-ZqtOmkhpZ1wy1gW_KWiucgRHuSSgNsnN1S4A==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> Cliff Bells</a>- CD Release Celebration- Detroit, MI<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Friday, June 11: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZREIU5bYxi_uG1-WGYKCmhIHuXX8gcSkCriD1E0a629Khn_JCybdPy4St5w2Jx64Vpzp_SVU04pGjfCEJWWccfvvVTbz22TmC0d7jZ_HD9yaps_uMOdo5s9" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Night Town</a>- CD Release Show- Cleveland, OH<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Saturday, June 12: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZSh_tMMSWeemSns1U_RKsfPVPji_kyMbhk3_hFfEcL2Nr25Kaza-Z4v0iV85tilBJvJ2iRxa-lxOh4AYDwx5I4okZXiSF2Mv4V7VRLJoin9t2cOiocPDAMl" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz</a>- Harrisburg, PA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Sunday, June 13: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZTW3xMeIWgidfc_74tRAKaix6b1GKagAAYRi1xgfzffFDQ5ygEeTjCQibfy2jJtkFDHOCF00dHwHF50zQYWW4mOoyEEparPdku1Ip3DJxofuw==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">All Balboa Weekend</a>- Cleveland, OH<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Saturday, June 26: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZSpt_miWVcx-V1VESbTuvXCZoqvf0tQ7U7cjF9lcnGV-FLcBF_BhvuLGHWbCpajiVhtaGhZqL--c5nmhACNiP7KM0NTSq9QgD0lJlee2FFeXb9NIqVh9BicZXnYU6m-F5Q=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Indiana Fiddlers Festival</a>- Lafayette, IN<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Sunday, July 18: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZQnA3JPeG_vDL_l29KUFiwiOJjB-82AIGshWnRb4_BpjuUMN6neJqviHNhh08bqm_cp4WaIbt1yo7quP80L48jcPCcu-3MJMpJnsiVPXvv_vaNKfM2PBNVhiIpQRTm4o5k=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Schoolcraft College - Michigan Jazz Festival</a>- Livonia, MI<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Friday, July 23: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZRetLEv3nvw9A2ZLQCrZX1TibV2-AKMQ_RUhzaej81sRX7C6WA-pMOo4z_bhgcbXzaSm2b7mvfhcdtMVtpeZUSaI0g_bp6BS8VaVWwVq2sYFavo_cnY_bHI" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Fontana Chamber of Arts</a>- Kalamazoo, MI<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Thursday, August 19:</span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZSDaan-4YU-WczAjvoGPQeQqFoq8Pt2GT_WS5Z2x3KHOSYf-3yX4yNrBmLGwOo7OlTgW9VqgX5f0_MEW2-e0Nva6YKCBHYxZHCHYT3cBRn7F-W6QWK_nFx2hvl_tIN1TLmJSk7i1wfV4A==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> Jazz at the Zoo</a>- Indianapolis, IN<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Saturday, August 21: </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZSq99JtaXO6xcovnJcnNA9d4HV4XlknE_X30AF761EurkN-Bh4i7OjmtEHLepWJk-2GlU1enXXnheTBnX96q3P_uURpKjG_olrsnA51qeFCRmm2BpCtwFKIP9dYvjKRcvI=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Fur Peace Ranch</a>- Pomeroy, OH<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Saturday, September 25:</span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZQRP-wPkKF5GOW2zGpT52RBOeu-3rZvBxylNgLnHpYCbYfoWeq38QRPBzedfJ0QfMyf-BL05REJAZSJu9mxHFHGw86KfDtOGVtKX0jyJJyXSWWDJMny9nKcU9zmRCrvTFj3B9PaxOrG8eus-LZTvBfZB_e173LlX2s=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> Whidbey Island Center for the Arts</a>- Langley, WA<br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">· Friday, October 29: </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZQyunCJYS_7NNDBTdcVlgXHILro_R1aVYK_xjaGvjbh1KpdkKELacaY4JqF-vCM558jkyLCbj34ajmqBlTf2FNsQVPvZ7BnCFw=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">University Musical Society</a>- with Hot Club of SF- Ann Arbor, MI<br /></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; "><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZTp_pGTxESJ0aKG7TEpKKxBTKycxu2DL198JdxXXco_-oOgfz7xUEMfSPxdhtHBIdp5VpTen1Mbt9ciXd_mJWRQiKzNt4LcY3mQtxtnj3NtAhE38-8BAV2CoDtmh62r1wcu3jOJQ_d_wg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive </a><br /><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305592916&s=8886&e=0010jocO_6OzZTp_pGTxESJ0aKG7TEpKKxBTKycxu2DL198JdxXXco_-oOgfz7xUEMfSPxdhtHBIdp5VpTen1Mbt9ciXd_mJWRQiKzNt4LcY3mQtxtnj3NtAhE38-8BAV2CoDtmh62r1wcu3jOJQ_d_wg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">streaming track from the album</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;">Hot Club of Detroit · <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>It's About That Time</em></span> (MAC 1051)</div></span><div style="text-align: center;">Release Date: <span style="font-weight: bold; ">April 27, 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>It's About That Time </em></span>for review purposes, please contact: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; 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font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">SINGER-SONGWRITER LAUREN KINHAN</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">RELEASES <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>AVALON</em></span>, MAY 18 ON E1 MUSIC </span><br /><br /><img height="331" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.727" width="440" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/727.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">PERFORMANCE DATES IN BOSTON AND NEW YORK </span><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br />Lauren Kinhan</span> has been - and is - many things in her life: vocalist, songwriter, producer, musician, mother and wife. For most of her career, she's been best known as a member of the highly acclaimed jazz vocal group, The New York Voices. As if to solidify her reputation as a group singer, in the past few years she's also been performing regularly with two additional vocal ensembles, the more experimental Moss and the more traditional JaLaLa. But it's high time that <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ms. Kinhan</span> got around to making a "solo" album - one where the focus is on her own singing and writing and interpretation. <br /><br />Now in 2010, E1 Music is releasing <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span>, which spotlights <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan</span> as both singer and composer - from beginning to end. Her previous solo project is <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Hardly Blinking</em></span>, produced by the legendary prince of pop Phil Ramone in 2000, but which was never fully released, for reasons that would take too much time to delineate here.<br /><br />"I've been okay with putting my solo career aside and waiting for the right time." But now, she feels, that time has come. This one, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span>, she acknowledges, is for her.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Kinhan</span> grew up in Portland, Oregon, but spent most of her adult career based in New York. "I moved to the city in 1989, mainly to pursue my music on a larger scale." She says, "A few years later, I was introduced to Peter Eldridge. We met at my East Village apartment and spent a glorious afternoon writing and talking about music. At the end of the day, he said 'I don't know if you're interested, but we're holding auditions for the second soprano in the New York Voices.' The rest is history. I auditioned and 18 years later, we're still together."<br /><br />She notes that for the first decade or so, "The Voices took practically all of our time and energy." But she gladly adds that, "lately there's more time for all of us to do other projects." <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ms. Kinhan</span> hesitates to describe <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span> as a "solo" album since so many collaborators were involved, yet that might be the most accurate way to characterize the eleven original songs that comprise the album, which run the gamut of styles and genres from jazz to standards to country, folk, Latin, Brazilian, and contemporary pop, and cover a wide range of subjects from romantic love to parenthood to spirituality.<br /><br />Asked what songs have a special meaning to her on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ms. Kinhan</span> responds that the song that got the ball rolling was "Dory And A Single Oar." "For years, I hadn't been thinking about writing or recording, but when I began to feel the need to do that again, this was the first song to spring forth. In a sense, this 'oar' got me in the boat again! I loved it because it felt kind of ribald and raw - it's a bluesy tune, but the form is unusual. It really came together when I asked [tenor saxophonist] Donny McCaslin to play on it, with his extraordinary capabilities.<br /><br />I thought, 'Okay I like this direction.' I like the image of being up a creek with just one oar - it is better than not having any at all. Now at least there is a song, and I really enjoyed the combination of this language and this narrative and this musical freedom." She notes, "That seemed like a good track to follow, even if in the end the genres aren't always the same in terms of musical approach," meaning that the album actually took a wide variety of roads to diverse destinations, with no two tracks sounding the same, ranging from the gentle samba of "Here Is My Avalon" to the brassy funk of "Move Over Sunshine."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Kinhan</span> explains that "<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Avalon</span>" is probably the only name in the English language that's equally evocative of King Arthur and Al Jolson. What do the mythical English monarch and the legendary American entertainer have in common? "Avalon" refers to the fabled island where Arthur was laid to rest and, in more modern times, an island community off the coast of California that gave its name to a classic pop song co-written by Jolson in 1920. "I love all that imagery - the Lady of the Lake. I'm a hopeless romantic about that kind of literature. Truth be told, it's the way this word feels when you sing it, '<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Avalon</span>' just sings beautifully."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ms. Kinhan</span> describes "Here Is My Avalon" (which references the classic 1920 song) as "a love song from a mother to a daughter." She wrote most of it in a single night during an interval when she happened to be several thousand miles away from her family. "The New York Voices were playing in Uruguay with Paquito D'Rivera. I was a fairly new mom at the time, and after the concert, I was having the best night on the town that I had in a long time! But still I was thinking, 'I really miss the kid! I really miss my husband! Wouldn't it be great if they were here?' So, in thinking about them, 'Here is my Avalon' just kind of wrote itself then and there. I came up with the melody and lyrics in my hotel room, sang it into my little recorder, and it was just done. The point of inspiration is specific to me, but I think the lyric is loose enough to allow the listener to infer their own meaning."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span> concludes with "There Alone Go I," which was previously recorded in a very different interpretation by <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ms. Kinhan</span> with the Moss vocal collective. "It's a poem about letting go, the reverence of nature, and the belief in oneself. It means a lot to me personally; While Peter Eldridge and I wrote the music together, I wrote the lyrics in Gloucester, Massachusetts after reading an old poem on the wall of the maritime museum. It set off all these big images and themes in my head which fit perfectly with the ache and sweep of the music."<br /><br />Last summer I debuted the song with various student choirs with an average age of 16. Many of them came to me, and said, 'I love this song - I don't know why, I'm not sure what it means, but for some reason it makes me cry.' Somehow it touched a chord with them. This is an affirmation to how smart young people are. When you present them with something thought provoking, they get it. It seems this song has a journey all its own."<br /><br />She adds, in conclusion, that the album has been such a highly personal project to her for so long - the process of composing and recording the 11 tracks took years from beginning to end - "I am so curious about what the reactions will be. You know, it never gets old, that excitement of sharing your music with people. It's an opportunity that I really appreciate."<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Check out Lauren Kinhan's forthcoming performances:</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Wednesday, May 26:</span> <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103309849699&s=8886&e=0019-CnncgzOYtGR1xxtPBKHANhFsyPWVsQH8-LkAJ_d02ffsZpyp2DKo3EOZQnleEytYS6KW9j10Dfi_qKxsqTVvZBQWWxPhpw1TKkzvCztOETz6izzWskjg==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Scullers</a> - Boston, MA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, May 27:</span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103309849699&s=8886&e=0019-CnncgzOYscBgcc7b_Uh5u1g12sys2gM9N4hMyaXjk6h9Ru5COqlqwq_aRgYU0xR-xGpLolT4zZMkEzakaxrR7_LlYMMm_UE_h-54lE5qXzNzGHaXW8mQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> Joe's Pub</a>- New York, NY<br /><br /><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103309849699&s=8886&e=0019-CnncgzOYsuaAg6_CmqOM1wIsKKj-hV7CPo-9dNQdHJCDXeCJ1-QHMAKeM4LXAXD6EoOQAWH7FhluNti7m4QXQ5CdRyhtOl3HicCH1ij_xHLpYll9X-mS4YCsiUH2Xz7gHCtnO0F9W44a1i7qYJdA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive streaming track from the album</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan </span>·<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon</em></span><br />Release Date: May 18, 2010<br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">For additional information on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Lauren Kinhan</span>, please visit: <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103309849699&s=8886&e=0019-CnncgzOYuPaui3-mwzw9GaPWNx_06aMCDfvKo4O0HiKwJK1Yv4qqbB47zZ8xeSxFDgxrD2WaUBLRr1LXopFecmlCM0J-17k61JzNE_-0z-kQQN2tjKWQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://laurenkinhan.com/</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Avalon </em></span>for review purposes, please contact:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span> · 610-667-0501</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Jordy Freed · </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><a shape="rect" href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">E1 Music</span> · (516) 484-1000 x 279</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Pianist Bruce Barth and Saxophonist Steve Wilson in collaboration with "We Always Swing" Jazz Series</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">set to release <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Home </em></span>on April 27</span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">"House Concert," recorded live in Columbia, Missouri,</span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="text-align: center;">a first from well-respected duo </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="426" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.715" width="416" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/715.jpg" /></div><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>The <span style="font-weight: bold; ">"We Always Swing" Jazz Series</span>, the Columbia, Missouri-based, concert presenting and educational organization, and two well-respected present-day artists - <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Bruce </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Barth</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Steve Wilson</span> - are set to release<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Home</em></span>, recorded live in Columbia, Missouri. The self-produced project captures the pianist and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist on June 27, 2009, in a living-room performance.<br /><br />The release is the second and the first in four years for the non-profit organization, which is celebrating its 15th Anniversary season. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Home </em></span>is a collaboration between the Jazz Series, which serves as executive producer, and the two acclaimed artists who serve as associate producers. "Throughout this c</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>elebratory season we have tried to offer some different and special programming," notes Jon Poses, who founded the Jazz Series in 1995 and has served as its executive director since 1999 when it became a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. "We wanted to start the 2009/2010 season with so</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>mething exceptional. And we did - Bruce and Steve as a duo. It had been five years since our last House Concert - and it was time to visit the concept again. We're very fortunate that one of our board members has not only a good-sized, warm and comfortable house with a perfect living room, but also owns a fabulous Steinway piano."<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>Seven selections from the concert, including four Barth originals written specifically for the occasion, were sequenced for the release. In addition to the Barth originals, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Home</em></span> includes Cole Porter's "All Through The N</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>ight," taken from the hit show Anything Goes; an up-to-the-minute reading of "Sweet & Lovely," a standard; and a spectacular interpretation of Bud Powell's "Wail." Wilson plays mostly alto saxophone but also contributes stellar soprano saxophone on the date.<br /><br />Poses, who himself has written more than 100 sets of liner notes, called upon Bob Blumenthal to annotate <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Home</em></span>. "Bob's about as good as it gets," said Poses. "We're honored to have him participate</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>. I felt the quality of the music and the project - and the nature of the occasion - called for someone of his stature." Poses complemented Blumenthal's notes with a personalized descriptive piece. "I wanted Bob to talk with Bruce and Steve about the music they presented; what I tried to do is place the 'We Always Swing' Jazz Series as a whole, and this concert as a specific event, into some sort of context of what we attempt do organizationally."</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><br />As for Barth and Wilson, both landed in New York within a year of each other in the late 1980s. They met shortly thereafter and have worked together - as members of </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><img height="342" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.718" width="260" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/718.jpg" align="right" style="float: right; " /></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>others' and each other's bands - often since then. However, as frequ</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>ently as they have shared the stage - and the studio - during the course of the past two decades-plus they realized they had never recorded as a d</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>uo.<br /><br />"I like Steve's eart</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>hy, funky, soulful approach, which at the sam</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>e time is very sophisticated m</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>elodically and harmonically," Barth (pictured at right; photo credit: Janis Wilkins) said to Blumenthal during their interview, offering an explanation of the m</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>usicians'</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><br />mutual attraction. "He will always surprise yo</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>u, and his improvisations are fantastic, but even in playing a melody he finds a way to put his stamp on it while still being true to the spirit of the original. I can identify him in three seconds when I hear him on the radio, whethe</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>r on soprano or alto."<br /><br />Wilson (pictu</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><img height="360" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.716" width="240" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/716.jpg" title="Edit Image" align="left" style="float: left; " /></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>red left; photo credit: John Abbott) offered a complementary take in Blumenthal's notes. "It's like tightrope wa</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>lking without a net. There's that empty space, and the temptation to fill it all up keeps you honest. It forces me to be patient and listen even more closely I talk to my students about our `internal rhythm sections' and having a drummer's mentality I'm a frustrated drummer. Particularly with Bruce, his innate sense of time is there but is also unique; we can</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>breathe together. It's a beautiful balance, keeping that internal drummer yet not worrying about when it slows down or speeds up."<br /><br />Both Barth and Wilson have made previous Jazz Series appearances; Barth has appeared twice as a member of trumpeter Terell Stafford's group as well as a member of Wilson's quartet; Wilson has appeared in Columbia previously as a member of Chick Corea's Origin, the late pianist James Williams' Intensive Care Unit and, most recently aside from this performance, as a member of the all-star aggregation that went out as the Blue Note 7.<br /><br />Barth and Wilson are set to return to Columbia on April 25 for a special performance and CD Release Party at Murry's Restaurant & Bar, a venue that has presented national jazz artists since opening in 1985. "Bruce's and Steve's 'reprise' in Columbia kind of serves as the other 'bookend' to our 15th Anniversary Season," noted Poses. "They got things started last summer. Since then we have hosted some 20 events - great concerts, educational activities, a film series...now we have the opportunity to have Bruce and Steve neatly wrap and gently close the door on the 2009/2010 season. It's particularly gratifying to have them appear at Murry's, which has been one of our really important venues since our inception. It's also a place where both Bruce and Steve have performed previously on numerous occasions. It should be fun," concluded Poses.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Home </em></span>will be distributed nationally through the Jazz Series and its web site -<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305540923&s=8886&e=001rpn7xAB5NRDiEkemTHFcT7-PemMibL50gA8wjkmwhSiRsQmDfKlN4FITHAby7pokMTK7VZp8uaeakANKeNfOV3pHTJravxh5N70avHmbG8ZYgSRL2aV3Eg==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">wealwaysswing.org</a>- as well as through both Barth's and Wilson's respective web sites (<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305540923&s=8886&e=001rpn7xAB5NRDWcwKp-UD0CZq30hiobkfjiY82PI0hG0ZFJvwyR60X-9rZvBVH43XMtUAQKuM2fQ48buMK99dwqfXOnA7aKapbjx07I0_Efhk=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">brucebarth.com</a>; <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305540923&s=8886&e=001rpn7xAB5NRBUPsxXQVz5lxYCdsVokMvTQWkAg6fro92_iNAvtbEc5RbjwW240QabC7TebYnnmZtDaXCL3c98thJCcxZ-O3XvMl5gMaCoGkCRUeD5nqyhbA==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">stevewilsonmusic.com</a>). Additionally the project will be available through CD Baby. Plans are in the works to make available digital downloads of a select number of tunes as well as the CD in its entirety.<br /><br />Barth and Wilson are in the process of setting up additional concerts. Each artist has separate representation but those interested in presenting the duo in concert should contact National Pastimes Productions, which can be reached at <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jazznbsbl@socket.net" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jazznbsbl@socket.net</a>, <a shape="rect" href="mailto:booking@nationalpastimes.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">booking@nationalpastimes.com</a>, or (573) 449-3009.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305540923&s=8886&e=001rpn7xAB5NRDSc95iRXrb8bEV6ehKwq3ATTkhJEniPsOwLyGkxPFrbK0L6E7yKXkoyLUlxPY3I5L1sZ9sptrSzUuenUGjeeAd5Q0wwDw_rnRzHXrHxwiY9yszvOnpH7cAI2smnAonf1r2dXdCUurku9InRyeMN9oR" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive </a><br /><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305540923&s=8886&e=001rpn7xAB5NRDSc95iRXrb8bEV6ehKwq3ATTkhJEniPsOwLyGkxPFrbK0L6E7yKXkoyLUlxPY3I5L1sZ9sptrSzUuenUGjeeAd5Q0wwDw_rnRzHXrHxwiY9yszvOnpH7cAI2smnAonf1r2dXdCUurku9InRyeMN9oR" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">streaming track from the album </a><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>The </em></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>"We Always Swing" Jazz Series</em></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>, founded in 1995, is an all-jazz, community-based concert producing and educational organization located in Columbia, MO. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to "present, promote, preserve AND celebrate the great American art form known as "Jazz." The Jazz Series, administered by "We Always Swing," Inc., is an affiliated program of the University of Missouri's College of Arts & Science. The organization receives funding via ticket revenue; national, state and local grants and contracts for services; sponsorships from area businesses; advertisement-based revenue; in-house merchandise; and from individuals' generous tax-deductible contributions. </em></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Home</em></span> for review purposes, please contact:</span></span></div></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span> · 610-667-0501</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jordy Freed · <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a></div></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><div style="text-align: center;">###</div></span></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-46980226660077658352010-04-24T08:41:00.000-07:002010-04-24T08:46:42.265-07:00CANADIAN JAZZ DIVA RANEE LEE RELEASES "LIVES UPSTAIRS" ON JUSTIN TIME RECORDS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img height="156" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.9" width="122" alt="Justin Time Logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/9.jpg" /><br /><br /></span>CANADIAN JAZZ DIVA RANEE LEE<br />RELEASES <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>LIVES UPSTAIRS </em></span>ON<br />JUSTIN TIME RECORDS</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><img height="480.9" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.728" width="483.7" alt="JD & JACKSON ON RED CARPET" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/728.jpg" /><br /></div><span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">2010 JUNO AWARD-WINNER<br />VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR<br /><br />RECORDED LIVE AT<br />ACCLAIMED CANADIAN JAZZ CLUB, UPSTAIRS</span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">It's been a rather amazing journey for <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ranee Lee</span>, who for several decades has reigned virtually unchallenged as the Queen of Canada's jazz divas. Ms. Lee recently won the coveted <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Juno Award</span> for <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Vocal Jazz Album of the Year</em></span>(beating out Diana Krall, Emilie-Claire Barlow and Carol Welsman) for <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Lives Upstairs</em></span>, her new release for <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Justin Time</span>, Canada's leading jazz label. "That recognition really does give you the seal of approval," says Ranee, who has recorded many albums for the Montreal label. She has won and been nominated for many awards for both her singing and teaching; she's played at every major jazz festival in North America and the world; she's shared the stage and the microphone with hundreds of the great players of our time. <br /><br />(What isn't quite as well known is that Ms. Lee is a native New Yorker - born and raised in Brooklyn, as a matter of fact. "I think that everybody grew up in Brooklyn," she says. "Every time I meet someone from the states they've either lived there or are still there - it's like the center of the universe or something!")<br /><br />Ms. Lee's first album, <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Live At "Le Bijou" </em></span>was taped at that club in Old Montreal in 1983, but, unbelievably, she has not recorded a live album since.<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em> Lives Upstairs </em></span>brings her back full circle and celebrates ten albums and nearly 30 years. (Ms. Lee informs us that the album is pronounced "Lives" in the sense of "Bird Lives" and not in the sense of "Private Lives.") Both the title and the album cover are a play on Upstairs, the name of Canada's most venerated jazz club, which is ironic since the performance space is famously located in a basement in Montreal.<br /><br />The considerations of performing before a live audience and that of making an album are not always consistent with each other; however, Ms. Lee is more than sagacious enough to reconcile the two and find their common ground. "Every recording I've made comes out of the repertory that I enjoy singing most," she says. "Most of it is traditional, songs that I've learned, in some cases almost by osmosis. Through the years I've developed a wider repertoire." She notes that she learned both Jimmy McHugh's "I Just Found Out About Love" and Johnny Mandel's "A Time for Love" from Shirley Horn. The first is a fast-moving show tune (from the unsuccessful <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Strip For Action</em></span>) that Horn actually learned from Nat King Cole and which opens the proceedings here with a definite bang, and "A Time for Love" is one of the most intensely romantic performances on the set.<br /><br />In between, Ms. Lee throws herself wholeheartedly into the first of two songs by the great Jerome Kern, "In Love In Vain" (from Centennial Summer). Ms. Lee's arrangement starts as a jazz waltz that she swings with remarkable energy and charisma. "Dearly Beloved," also from the latter part of Kern's career (from <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>You Were Never Lovelier</em></span>) is a fast-moving swing time treatment of a song originally done as a ballad. Launched by the propulsive playing of guitarist Richard Ring, Ranee just jumps right into it. Richard, who is also Lee's husband, rides like the wind in his own solo here.<br /><br />Changing the mood entirely, "A Crooked Road" is a melody by contemporary jazz guitar master Pat Metheny, with an unusual and compelling beat all its own. Apparently, Metheny has never recorded this song himself, which is a mystery, since it boasts a lovely and intriguing tune. "When I decided I wanted to do it, I had a hard time finding the music," reports Lee, "It's not one of his best-known compositions."<br /><br />"Four," based on the 1950s bop anthem by Miles Davis, is the work of the brilliant Jon Hendricks and the legendary trio of Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. As Ranee Lee shows better than anyone, the tune is a catchy sample of very hip philosophy, in which she sings an extended meditation on the nature of happiness set to the outline of the famous trumpet improvisation by Miles Davis himself. It's as "groovy as a ten-cent movie."<br /><br />Apart from Jerome Kern, the other iconic composer represented is George Gershwin, who is also heard in two classic songs, "I Love You Porgy" and "Summertime." They're both from his 1935 opera <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Porgy and Bess </em></span>and are appropriately presented together in a long and lush medley. It's a worthy juxtaposition of the romantic and the maternal - the first sung sensually, as if to a lover, the second rendered tenderly, as if to a child. "Who doesn't know 'Summertime?'" Ranee asks, "I sing it because I know the public identifies with these tunes."<br /><br />From 1934 Victor Young's "Beautiful Love" was sung by several iconic jazz divas (like Anita O' Day and Shirley Horn), but is rarely heard in the 21st century. Originally written as a waltz, Ranee makes it come to life anew as an explosive, Brazilian-style samba. If Gershwin and Young are old masters, James Taylor is a contemporary one. "I've always loved 'Fire and Rain,'" she says, "especially the way that [pianist] John Sadowy has re-harmonized it, and almost given it a gospel feel."<br /><br />The one composer remaining is Lee herself, whose original songs are always a highlight of her albums. "The Storm" is a down and dirty blues that gives both Lee and the band (particularly Sadowy and Ring) a chance to simmer and sizzle. The wonderful thing about Ranee Lee's ongoing projects for Justin Time is that you never know what she's going to try next, but you can be sure that she'll consistently deliver the goods. Hearing her sing serves to confirm what Jon Hendricks wrote in his lyrics to "Four," "So take a tip from me / the world is everything it ought to be."<br /> </span><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103324798055&s=8886&e=001uqF6ebFtaWc7lGP9VrvTVW5pFn8WLd-I7XzUOVkVYz3GvyJC24EYjsXRWdCeQTSpKqPi2jJ_ZoG2jPfHna_I9a6ecBqxAyT6AJAozOiEXw09eVEBIBYvwbquAB7koL0rKcU9DUv0eVJoEKfrnjNbdg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click to hear an exclusive streaming track - "Four"</a></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">RANEE LEE</span> · <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>LIVES UPSTAIRS </em></span>· JUSTIN TIME RECORDS<br />RELEASE DATE: MAY 11, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br />For press information, please contact:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Steph Brown, DL MEDIA </span>610-667-0501 / <a shape="rect" href="mailto:steph@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">steph@jazzpublicity.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /><br />###</span></div></div></div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-870897344758618222010-04-21T09:59:00.000-07:002010-04-21T10:14:56.055-07:00Journeyed Tenor Saxophonist Azar Lawrence Set To Release "Mystic Journey," May 4 on Furthermore Recordings<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">JOURNEYED TENOR SAXOPHONIST AZAR LAWRENCE<br /></span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">SET TO RELEASE <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>MYSTIC JOURNEY,</em></span></span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;">MAY 4 ON FURTHERMORE RECORDINGS</span></span><br /></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><br /></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><img height="341" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.729" width="389" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/729.jpg" /></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><br /></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">ALBUM FEATURES EDDIE HENDERSON, GERALD HAYES, BENITO GONZALEZ, ESSIET ESSIET AND THE LATE RASHIED ALI</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><br /></p><p face="'Times New Roman'" size="12pt" color="black" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">LAWRENCE'S SEXTET TO PERFORM IN TRIBUTE TO ALI ON MAY 7<br /></span></span></p><p face="'Times New Roman'" size="12pt" color="black" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">AT THE TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER<br /></span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">The re-emergence of saxophonist <b>Azar Lawrence</b> has been one of the most exciting things and perhaps one of the best-kept secrets of the past five years on the Los Angeles jazz scene. Those who have experienced Azar live in the past year can bear witness to a real life prodigal son story. No doubt remains that he is here to reclaim his title as heir to the throne of the John Coltrane legacy.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />A child prodigy, Azar played in the shadows and under the watchful eyes of giants. At 21, he was hired by Miles Davis to perform and record at Carnegie Hall in what would become the 1974 underground classic, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Dark Magus</em></span>. In his twenties, he was taken in by Coltrane acolytes McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones and absorbed all they had to teach. He appeared on several of Tyner's classic '70s recordings and was signed by the Prestige label, where he recorded three albums as a leader.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />In the late '70s, Azar left the jazz scene behind for the more lucrative world of R&B music. He can be heard on Marvin Gaye's <b><i>Here, My Dear</i></b> and Phyllis Hyman's <b><i><em>Somewhere In My Lifetime</em></i></b>. In the '80s, he joined the legendary soul group, Earth, Wind and Fire and found work in Hollywood scoring films. Then came a time of personal hardship. Azar dropped out of the music scene almost entirely. But he never stopped playing.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />Azar's powerful new album, <b><i><em>Mystic Journey</em></i></b>, is his clearest and boldest statement yet. Whereas his previous album for Furthermore Recordings, <b><i><em>Prayer For My Ancestors</em></i></b>, found his spirit roaming the vast savannas of Africa, <b><i><em>Mystic Journey</em></i></b> reveals a restless artist, grappling with his past and looking to the future while remaining grounded in the ever-changing present.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />"This album came to me in a dream and from a producers point of view, the mystic journey is truly being expressed," states Lawrence.<br /></span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />If <b><i><em>Mystic Journey</em></i></b> can be said to be 'about' anything, it is about connections. The first connection is evident on the opening title track. It features his East Coast sidemen: fiery pianist <b>Benito Gonzalez</b> and the rock-solid <b>Essiet Essiet</b> on bass. Along with legendary drummer <b>Rashied Ali</b>, Azar acts as guide on the journey to meet the other two members of the sextet, trumpeter <b>Eddie Henderson</b> and alto saxophonist <b>Gerald Hayes</b>, who are introduced in an Ascension-inspired free jazz fanfare at the end of the tune.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />In Benito Gonzalez, Azar found a kindred spirit. One of Azar's major mentors was McCoy Tyner, who is also a big influence on Benito's sound. Gonzalez contributed three tunes to<b><i><em>Mystic Journey</em></i></b>. "Quest" is a breezy day on the beach with a drink in one hand and warm sand between your toes. "Journey's End" and "Starting Point" show a confident composer, capable of keeping a listener engaged with challenging and complex but memorable tunes.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />With the horn players on <b><i><em>Mystic Journey</em></i></b>, Azar made a new connection and reignited an old one. Eddie Henderson is a name familiar to anyone with more than a glancing appreciation of jazz. When Azar began playing in New York again, he and Eddie hooked up and played a few gigs. Their individual styles strike a yin and yang balance that any two horn players would kill to have.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />Gerald Hayes may not be the household name Eddie Henderson is, but his connection to Azar Lawrence goes back to 1975.<span> </span>Hayes played on <b><i><em>Summer Solstice</em></i></b>, Azar's 1975 album for Prestige. That title track has been re-worked on this recording, almost unrecognizable from the original. Hayes' contribution throughout the album is inspiring.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />The presence of McCoy Tyner is felt directly by way of his signature piece "Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit."<span> </span>It appeared on his 1973 album, <b><i><em>Enlightenment</em></i></b>.<span> </span>That recording featured an eager up and coming Azar Lawrence. Nearly 40 years have passed since that live date at Montreux Jazz, but the thundering swagger of the piece hasn't diminished with age.<span> </span>If anything, Azar sounds more confident now as he makes the connection to his past and dedicates the piece to his mentor and friend.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br />Azar's connection to John Coltrane is not only made through McCoy Tyner and the cover of the classic ballad, "Say It Over Again," but through the drummer on this date, the incomparable Rashied Ali.<span> </span>The two played together not long before <b><i><em>Mystic Journey</em></i></b> was recorded, and the two had an undeniable chemistry.<span> </span>It would prove to be a bittersweet session as Rashied passed away four months later.<span> </span>Listening to him play on what would be his last session, there is no indication of anything other than a drummer at the top of his game, playing with his signature combination of ferocity and joy.<span> </span>His original composition, "Adrees," is named for his son.</span></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br />In reflecting on Coltrane's influential spirit Lawrence recalls, "I think that from the very first time I heard Coltrane, when I closed my eyes I could hear a message as plain as day. And it must have awakened something in me that allowed me to use those tones and patterns to tell the story. I think it was best put by McCoy Tyner, when I asked him how he could he play with me after having played with the great Coltrane, and he said 'you and John feel the same way about music.'"</span><br /></span></p><p face="'Times New Roman'" size="12pt" color="black" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><br /></p><p face="'Times New Roman'" size="12pt" color="black" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Azar Lawrence Sextet - Tribute to Ali's Alley</span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Azar Lawrence, Tenor and Soprano Sax; Eddie Henderson, Trumpet; Gerald Hayes, Alto Sax; Benito Gonzalez, piano; Ronnie Burrage, Drums</span><br /><br /></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday, May 07, 2010, 8:30 p.m. </span><br /><br /><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tribeca Performing Arts Center</span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Borough of Manhattan Community College</span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">199 Chambers Street</span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City, New York, 10007</span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">212.220.1459</span><br /><a href="mailto:info@tribecapac.org" shape="rect" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">info@tribecapac.org</a><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$25/ $15 seniors & students</span><br /><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Show will be preceded by interview session<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with Azar Lawrence, Patricia Ali, and moderated by Willard Jenkins </span><br /><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m </span></span><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;color:black;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103328071084&s=8886&e=001UKSL4g0DrydIDMCa6VWHCMTbJFY5xLzFkMYfXeTJgYzug5Kp_YjGYoWkm1UXYrTSmInzSjCyQ7UtU1e-6XnpenHfykFlQ6LSqafDBwyrjXX4QRr7THQ8GrWhdYk0OS_TzDGfMEatJqE43U0glXzYBg==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Click here to watch a behind the scenes video of the recording session</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Azar Lawrence · </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mystic Journey</em></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Release Date: May 4, 2010</span><br /><br />For additional information on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Furthermore Recordings</span>, please visit:<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103328071084&s=8886&e=001UKSL4g0Dryd19ofokodw3REiXN6kzEXDJ4Hl21_tIdfEvdCKa9OyB9X8oSCFsdc8sWrB1Q9no8n78zfOscfB8qyvX4cOpQt2Q2T7spkzw_Au3q5XJA-VfdzO_C75LlFX" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.furthermorerecordings.com/</a><br /><br />To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Mystic Journey</span> for review purposes, please contact:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span>· 610-667-0501<br />Don Lucoff · <a shape="rect" href="mailto:don@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">don@jazzpublicity.com</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style=" ;font-size:10pt;">###</span></span></p></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-89275530345561024152010-04-19T13:39:00.000-07:002010-04-19T13:46:33.712-07:00Israeli Guitarist Yotam Fronts All-Star Lineup on JLP Debut, "Resonance" --May 4 Release Features Christian McBride, Aaron Goldberg, Greg Hutchinson a<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><img height="74" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.562" width="135" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/562.jpg" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Israeli Guitarist Yotam Fronts </span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">All-Star Lineup on JLP Debut, <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance</em></span></span></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="376" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.725" width="440" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/725.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; ">May 4 Release Features Christian McBride</span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> Aaron Goldberg, </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Greg Hutchinson </span></span></span></div></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">and Special Guest Roy Hargrove</span></div></span> </span><br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">On <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Resonance</em></span>, his debut for Jazz Legacy Productions, accomplished Israeli guitarist-composer <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> (full name Yotam Silberstein) has one foot firmly planted in his bebop roots while also showcasing his love of Brazilian music, American blues, Jamaican reggae and Israeli folk songs. Tying this highly eclectic program together is <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>'s exceptional, rhythmically assured six-string work, which is marked by his inviting warm tones, clear articulation and penchant for free flowing improvisation. The New York-based guitarist is joined on this potent offering by the stellar rhythm section of Christian McBride on bass, Aaron Goldberg on piano and Greg Hutchinson on drums. Special guest trumpeter Roy Hargrove also appears on faithful recreations of Clifford Brown's "Daahoud" and Joe Henderson's "Mamacita."<br /><br />"Aaron, Christian, Greg and Roy, in my opinion, are a few of the giants of their generation," says <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>. "I was very honored to have them on the record. We have have forged a special chemistry together. And I think you can hear that on the album."<br /><br />His strongest, most expressive and fully realized outing to date, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>'s third recording as a leader stands as a notch above his previous two outings, 2004's <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>The Arrival</em></span> (recorded when he was still living in Jerusalem) and 2009's<span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Next Page</em></span>, a solid organ quartet date featuring Sam Yahel, Willie Jones III and Chris Cheek.<br /><br />From pure bop numbers like Dizzy Gillespie-John Lewis vehicle "Two Bass Hit" and the Clifford Brown staple "Daahoud" to Brazilian flavored originals like "McDavid" and "Bye Y'all" to the angular, Monkish "Blewz" and the lyrical gem "Fresh Love Song," <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> and company cover a wide range of musical styles on <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Resonance</em></span>. Hutchinson provides the authentic reggae one-drop feel on the Monty Alexander original "Renewal" while McBride contributes some stirring counterpoint on <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>'s darkly beautiful, chamber-like number "Merav," which he named for his girlfriend and dedicates to two significant compositional influences in Benny Golson and Clare Fischer.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>and his all-star crew come out of the gate swinging hard with a supercharged rendition of Dizzy's bop anthem "Two Bass Hit." Right away, the guitarist showcases his superb facility, flowing over the changes while slyly dropping in quotes from Dizzy's "Manteca" and "Ooo-Bop-Sha-Bam" in the middle of his impressive solo. The whole band provides crisp execution and great drive throughout and everybody gets a solo taste here, including an outstanding bowed bass solo from McBride and a furious traversing of the kit by Hutchinson.<br /><br />While <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> does have an affinity for swinging full-bore in the bop and post-bop idioms, he is quick to point out that there are other aspects to his musical makeup that he wanted to address on <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance</em></span>. "I love playing bebop but I wouldn't say that is where I come from," he says. "When I was in high school I used to study a lot of bebop tunes. For three or four years I would only listen to bebop, but I'm not this way anymore. Nevertheless, it let its mark on me. And in the same way that I studied to become a bebop player, I became a Brazilian music fanatic for the last three or four years. I'm playing gigs with Brazilian cats now. I guess that's the best way to learn."<br /><br />"McDavid" is a vibrant bossa nova number that has <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> supplying some authentic Brazilian styled comping and also features another killer solo from McBride. "This is probably one of my only happy tunes," says <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>. "Most of the tunes I write tend to be kind of sad. So I fooled everybody on this one."<br /><br />The mysterious sounding minor key ballad "Merav" is a delicately beautiful number that has Hutchinson playing coloristically on the kit and also features<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> nonchalantly double-timing the tempo on his outstanding solo. A brisk run through the bop staple "Daahoud" showcases Hargrove's brilliant trumpet playing while <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>supplies some Wes Montgomery styled octave work on "Renewal," written by another of <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>'s mentors. "For the last year or so I'm very fortunate to have been working in Monty Alexander's band," he explains. "He's a great influence. I kind of fell in love with this piece of his and decided that I wanted to play it on this album."<br /><br />"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a romantic ballad underscored by Hutchinson's gentle brushwork. <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>and Goldberg turn in particularly lyrical solos here. The guitarist explains that the tune is one he remembers from his childhood. "That's an Israeli childrens song that I grew up on and that I really like to play on gigs. So it's a song from my past that I've embraced more recently. I think it was really amazing to bring that piece from my childhood in Israel to the session and let those guys play it and see what happened. And I like the results."<br /><br />From that sensitive number, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> and crew launch into the aggressively angular "Bye Y'all," whose title has a double meaning. As <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>explains, "This song has a north Brazilian rhythm from Bahia called baiao, so it's a kind of play on words that way. Thelonious Monk, whose playing was a kind of influence on this tune, also has a piece entitled 'Bye Ya.' So it's also a play on words there." The urgent "Blewz" opens with a tricky, Monk-ish head featuring some tight unisons between <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> and pianist Goldberg. The piece resolves to a 12-bar form that has <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> blowing with the audacious facility of a Pat Martino, another huge influence during his development as a player.<br /><br />The minor key lament "Fresh Love Song," <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>'s interpretation of an Israeli pop tune from the '70s by Shlomo Gronich, has him doubling throughout on an exotic-sounding stringed instrument. As he explains, "It's a fretless, 11-string instrument and it sounds like the Arabic oud, so I call it the 'goud.'"<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>adds, "It's a tune I love and I think I kind of took it to another place. I just hope the guy who wrote it is going to be happy with the way it came out here."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span>'s take on the Joe Henderson classic "Mamacita" (from the 1967 Milestone album, The Kicker) gives everyone in the band, including special guest Hargrove, a chance to stretch out on solos. And the album closes on an introspective note with the chamber-like meditation "Kineret," which has<span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>providing some Djangoesque filigrees along the way. "It's the Hebrew name for the Sea of Galilee," he explains. "It's a very peaceful sounding number that kind of reminds me of the Sea of Galilee. And it's really dedicated to the Brazilian composer Chico Buarque.<br /><br />Born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>started playing guitar at the age of 10, focusing mostly on rock and blues. He was soon after accepted into the prestigious Alon High School for the Arts, where he studied jazz with such great teachers as Walter Blanding and Amit Golan. During his high school years, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> won many local competitions and was heralded as a very promising young guitarist. At age 18, he joined the IDF (Israel's Army) and served as a musical director, arranger and lead guitarist for three years. During his military service he gained recognition and began playing with many of Israel's top jazz musicians.<br /><br />At 21, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam</span> won the prestigious "Israeli Jazz Player of the Year" competition with his trio and was asked to perform at Italy's renowned Umbria Jazz Festival. The same year, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>released <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>The Arrival</em></span> on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. The success of his highly acclaimed debut album enabled him to tour extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East.<br /><br />In August of 2005, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>received a scholarship to further his jazz studies at the New School in New York City. Less than a month later, he was selected as one of 10 top guitar players to participate in the semi finals of the distinguished 2005 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition. In 2009, in addition to releasing his second release, he toured with the Sam Yahel Trio, opening for Steely Dan in major concert halls.<br /><br />Since then he has played in many of the city's great venues with great jazz artists like James Moody, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Junior Mance, James Spaulding, Pat Martino, Antonio Hart, Slide Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars to name a few.<br /><br />At age 28, <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam </span>has already made some significant inroads on the New York jazz scene. He shows great promise for the future, and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance </em></span>is a huge step in the right direction.<br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103302187473&s=8886&e=0015EKy3iqQwvKYUxThXuKRyVCu99Duem8yCxJ7m334te8Uwztvzl3IFSQntXLGLonq7_m9j8CgROvOeXW32khcZivAyNZX3VWgHw8kWlUOpAViwR-7u_LOyRFkfET3-odsxRZZWmLXJuw9pgtFZZvxTw==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive streaming track from the release</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Yotam ·<em> Resonance</em></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Release Date: May 4, 2010</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">For additional information on Jazz Legacy Productions, please visit:<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103302187473&s=8886&e=0015EKy3iqQwvIYjsLWFyKjtm4m36jzeLOuE2kqEzLmyA_vHXnGZ1z50IXWOUGClPrmV8BXfLDs20Apnd4Op153QXmrpITg8K_QzzoVkc4KCkdv2cJCpWW1WHAeymdbaL9W" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://jazzlegacyproductions.com/</a><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Resonance</em></span> for review purposes, please contact:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br />DL Media</span>· 610-667-0501<br />Jordy Freed ·<a shape="rect" href="mailto:jordy@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "> jordy@jazzpublicity.com</a><br /><br />Become a fan of Jazz Legacy Productions on <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103302187473&s=8886&e=0015EKy3iqQwvJlwEPIJKbg2cYq6Tam1KVPTF2Dg90sjcJwQctQJZPRjjJKkHpcSE9Hhshndw0KNpHZ5Pkg9xJlmMjaKCcvnxvB3yPcR1Vm7yeJTsfvH8icuSNjFAmnT7OtZuffrOhS9h4aHBwwxAxS9Vztw20_o7rj_bR3UsyaZpIBDvZpP6dVtZehVXrKFcziUhTZlavCRsiLa5yATH7RaQ==" target="_blank"><img height="61" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.642" width="61" alt="FB logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/642.jpg" /></a><br /><br />###</span></div></div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561147576820391325.post-35061005446370363672010-04-19T08:48:00.000-07:002010-04-19T09:08:30.826-07:00Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2010 Jazz Awards Finalists<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span><span><img height="75" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.724" width="525" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/724.png" />
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<br />Announces 2010 Jazz Awards Finalists</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Emerging new jazz talents and acclaimed stars, recording debuts and albums of historical importance, events producers, liner note writers, photographers, broadcasters and lifetime achievers in jazz journalism -- all are nominees up for consideration in the 2010 Jazz Awards, an initiative of the Jazz Journalists Association. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The JJA, a non-profit international professional organization of more than 300 writers, photographers, broadcasters and new media producers, today posted finalists in 41 categories of excellence in music-making, presentation and documentation for 14th annual Jazz Awards at its website </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuqGxptSCxc53SpESrOwr5_2UF1GkVsNAqa2J2_gmwS_yZG6oxiwNGtJfgjT1wHK2sYpg3KR70bUGOgJiU38CdOd7mZfZoxWyzuGWpJk5LsC0A==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">JJAJazzAwards.com</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">. Winners of the Awards, determined by a poll of JJA professional members in good standing, will be announced and celebrated at a gala afternoon event on June 14, 2010 at City Winery, New York. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Darcy James Argue, a 35-year-old Canadian-born composer and bandleader living in Brooklyn, is a first-time competitor named in five categories (Up & Coming Artist of the Year, Composer, Arranger, Big Band for his Secret Society and Record of the Year released between March 1 2009 and February 28 2010, for Infernal Machines). Other nominees for multiple awards include pianist Vijay Iyer (Musician of the Year, Composer, Record for his trio's Historicity, Small Ensemble and Pianist), reeds specialist Henry Threadgill (Musician, Composer, Record for This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 and Small Ensemble for his band Zooid), alto saxophonist Steve Lehman (Composer, Record for Travail, Transformation and Flow, Alto Saxophonist) and Maria Schneider (Composer, Arranger, and Large Ensemble for her Maria Schneider Orchestra). </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Five out of six finalists for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz (Muhal Richard Abrams, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Wayne Shorter and Randy Weston) are already National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters, and one (drummer Paul Motian) has been a fixture on the New York scene since recording in pianist Bill Evans's trio at the Village Vanguard in 1961. Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's posthumously released Without A Song: Live in Europe 1969 is competing against The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935 - 1946) and Ella Fitzgerald's Twelve Nights in Hollywood and three other contenders.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">"The finalists for 2010 Jazz Awards reflect the depth of talent and breadth of styles that jazz encompasses today," said Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association, about the ballot. "Highly creative octagenarians such as Roy Haynes, Tony Bennett, Ornette Coleman, Lee Konitz, Bill Holman, Frank Wess, Bucky Pizzarelli and producer George Wein -- are celebrated alongside new generation musicians like Argue, Iyer, Lehman, composer John Hollenbeck, saxophonist Miguel Zenón, bassists Esperanza Spalding and Linda Oh, singer Gretchen Parlato, banjoist Bela Fleck, flutists Jamie Baum and Nicole Mitchell, clarinetist Evan Christopher, violinist Jenny Scheinman and producer Brice Rosenbloom. This suggests undiminished strength in an art form that's still less than 100 years old."</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The JJA Jazz Awards are the only honors bestowed by any organization in the United States of excellence in jazz journalism. This year for the first time JJA voters will select a Blog of the Year along with Website, Periodical, Book, Best Liner Notes, Feature and Review Writer, Photographer, Broadcaster and a recipient of Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism (won in 2009 by Mike Zwerin of Bloomberg News and formerly the International Herald Tribune, who died on April 2, 2010). Nominees this year for this prestigious Award are writers Stanley Crouch (New York), Paul deBarros (Seattle), Don Heckman (Los Angeles), Bill Milkowski (New York), and W. Royal Stokes (Elkins, W. Virginia, formerly of Silver Spring, MD).</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Nominations for the JJA's Jazz Awards were filed by 60 JJA members over a month-long voting period; these nominees will be presented to the Association's entire membership, along with Photo of the Year entries (to be announced and posted at</span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRurr90DvKwc69PORXHaP0tbgiT8sRQTKZ7YIXcVeGzMfCR8o00ilGYMscGFl00CkkkPXgtH5lPxotNjDP9DNhbqg89OIpRnuyovqh30W9AbUUQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">JJAJazzAwards.com</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">on May 3) for a second voting round. The Jazz Awards themselves, engraved statuettes, have become objects of admiration since the Awards were launched in 1997. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The JJA's Jazz Awards gala, a fundraiser, will include introduction of a new coterie of "activists, advocates, aiders and abettors of jazz" who comprise the JJA's "A Team." The Awards event, to be MC'd by Terrance McKnight of WQXR-FM, will comprise both the Awards announcements and a reception featuring refreshments including Brother Thelonious Belgian Ale and wine produced on site at City Winery. Tickets will go on sale on May 3. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">For further information go to </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRupf85Sa1hiY2G7UuEEBZ8T6vmclh0JuIJxq8m8oOY9pPME9vMADBJ-Jp8ydED1EwGYFC6uRft4TNuJm6uhpzPYRY2ym56ObNn_ENCzsCfQcSg==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">www.JJAJazzAwards.com</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> or contact Howard Mandel,</span><a shape="rect" href="mailto:President@JazzJournalists.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">President@JazzJournalists.org</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">. A complete list of JJA Jazz Awards nominees follows.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">2010 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards Nominations</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Muhal Richard Abrams</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jimmy Heath</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">James Moody</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Paul Motian</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Wayne Shorter</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Randy Weston</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">2. Musician of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Dave Douglas</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Vijay Iyer</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Joe Lovano</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Sonny Rollins</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Henry Threadgill</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">3. Composer of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Darcy James Argue</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">John Hollenbeck</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Vijay Iyer</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Steve Lehman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Maria Schneider</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Henry Threadgill</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">4. Up & Coming Artist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Darcy James Argue</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gerald Clayton</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Darius Jones</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Linda Oh</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Esperanza Spalding</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">5. Events Producer of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Todd Barkan, Dizzy's Club </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Coca-Cola</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">at Jazz at Lincoln Center</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jack Kleinsinger, Highlights in Jazz</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Andre Menard, Montreal Jazz Festival</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Brice Rosenbloom, boomBOOM Presents: Winter Jazz Fest, Brooklyn Masonic Temple, (le) Poisson Rouge</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">George Wein, New Festival Productions LLC: CareFusion Jazz Festival New York, CareFusion Jazz Festival Newport, Newport Folk Festival</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">6. Record of the Year (CDs issued between March 1, 2009 and February 28, 2010)</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Infernal Machines</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, New Amsterdam Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Historicity</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Vijay Iyer Trio, ACT Music</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Travail</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Transformation and Flow, Steve Lehman Octet, Pi Recordings</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Folk Art</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Joe Lovano, Blue Note Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>This Brings Us To, Vol. 1</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Henry Threadgill Zooid, Pi Recordings</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Esta Plena</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Miguel Zenón, Marsalis Music</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">7. Historical Recording, Boxed Set, or Single CD Reissue of the Year (Note: Condensed editions of previously issued boxed sets are ineligible)</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Mosaic Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Twelve Nights in Hollywood</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Ella Fitzgerald, Verve Music Group</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Freddie Hubbard, Blue Note Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Pieces of Jade</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Scott LaFaro, Resonance Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Saga of the Outlaws</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Charles Tyler, Nessa Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The Columbia Studio Trio Sessions</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Denny Zeitlin, Mosaic Records</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">8. DVD of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">21st Century Chase, Fred Anderson, Delmark Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Extraordinary Life and Music of a Jazz Legend, Svend Asmussen Shanachie</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Impro Jazz</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Thelonious Monk: American Composer, Medici Arts</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Anita O' Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, AOD Productions/Elan Entertainment</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker, Medici Arts</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">9. Record Label of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Blue Note Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Clean Feed Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">ECM</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Pi Recordings</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Sunnyside Records</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">10. Female Singer of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Dee Dee Bridgewater</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Roberta Gambarini</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Sheila Jordan</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gretchen Parlato</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Cassandra Wilson</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">11. Male Singer of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Tony Bennett </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Andy Bey </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Freddy Cole</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Kurt Elling</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Giacomo Gates</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bill Henderson</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">12. Player of Instruments Rare in Jazz</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Edmar Castaneda, harp</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bela Fleck, banjo</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Grégoire Maret, harmonica</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Scott Robinson, unusual reeds and brass</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Daniel Smith, bassoon</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">13. Large Ensemble of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Darcy James Argue's Secret Society</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Maria Schneider Orchestra</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Mingus Big Band</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Vanguard Jazz Orchestra</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">14. Arranger of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Darcy James Argue</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Carla Bley</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">John Hollenbeck</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bill Holman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Maria Schneider</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">15. Small Ensemble of the Year (<10>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Henry Threadgill Zooid</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Joe Lovano Us Five</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Mostly Other People Do The Killing</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Vijay Iyer Trio</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Wayne Shorter Quartet</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">16. Trumpeter of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Terence Blanchard</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Dave Douglas</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Tom Harrell</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Wynton Marsalis</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Wadada Leo Smith</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">17. Trombonist of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Steve Davis</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Robin Eubanks</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Wycliffe Gordon</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Roswell Rudd</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Steve Turre</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">18. Tenor Saxophonist of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Fred Anderson</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Joe Lovano</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Tony Malaby</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Branford Marsalis</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Chris Potter</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Sonny Rollins</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">19. Alto Saxophonist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Ornette Coleman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Lee Konitz</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Steve Lehman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Rudresh Mahanthappa</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Miguel Zenón</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">20. Flutist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jamie Baum</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Holly Hoffman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Nicole Mitchell</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Lew Tabackin</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Frank Wess</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">21. Baritone Saxophonist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Hamiet Bluiett</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">James Carter</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Ronnie Cuber</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Claire Daly</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gary Smulyan</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">22. Soprano Saxophonist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jane Bunnett</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Dave Liebman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Branford Marsalis</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Evan Parker</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Wayne Shorter</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Steve Wilson</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">23. Clarinetist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Don Byron</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Evan Christopher</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Anat Cohen</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Eddie Daniels</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Ken Peplowski</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">24. Guitarist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bill Frisell</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jim Hall</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Lionel Loueke</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Pat Metheny</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bucky Pizzarelli</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">25. Pianist of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Kenny Barron</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Vijay Iyer</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Keith Jarrett</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jason Moran</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Matthew Shipp</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">26. Organist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Joey DeFrancesco</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Larry Goldings</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Dr. Lonnie Smith</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gary Versace</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Sam Yahel</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">27. Violinist of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Regina Carter</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Mark Feldman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jenny Scheinman</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Billy Bang </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Mark O'Connor </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">28. Bassist of the Year (includes Acoustic & Electric)</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Ron Carter </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Charlie Haden</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Dave Holland </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Christian McBride </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">John Patitucci </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">29. Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jason Adasiewicz </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gary Burton </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Stefon Harris </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Joe Locke </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Steve Nelson </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">30. Percussionist of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Cyro Baptista </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Hamid Drake </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Zakir Hussain </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Kahil El'Zabar </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bobby Sanabria </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Daniel Sadownick </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">31. Drummer of the Year</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Brian Blade</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jack DeJohnette</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Roy Haynes</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Paul Motian</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jeff "Tain" Watts</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Matt Wilson </span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">32. Periodical of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>AllAboutJazz-New York</em></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Cadence</em></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Down Beat</em></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>JazzTimes</em></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Signal To Noise</em></span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">33. Website of the Year</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">34. Blog of the Year </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The Gig, Nate Chinen -- </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuqqpQyKvOdKDEtnrMdp7p6i1YgT886nVF_TTqJV_mphwf0uZcJnRTbt0IXyccxCf-UuL5pW6M2pWFBlnxlM3rpjSyBcYXv-auUNgwQv4tj3Eg==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://thegig.typepad.com</a>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">A Blog Supreme, Patrick Jarenwattananon -- </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuo2-LNXY65MXYHhCZbHsfDWKobhFMtLV5ybmI0I5HGnpIWQ7Rybtqai-ctuQRVeelgA3bePMOmay1GnP-IO371RmD8OWSzMvIpQbuR3KAvhiLaax3OoWk7q7xW6ke9y6Fk=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme</a>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Do The Math blog and webzine, Ethan Iverson,</span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuov1o9AEUAmngLPyTe7BEbX8lNF8lcSYWBVjqkPvf8Oqk_MnOe7JSUJUMAhyaW0d5Hb_fT3GW6vwIFPQ2jNWGN27kaNhW4Ns6wbxCkb5xOi7FJ8oaUp-SlKDdSa4UmLN2c=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath</a>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">JazzWax, Marc Myers, </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRurojcRMJ4tuG6QP6srfn6Puj03ie68Hl2jSR5xBH8mVnEGgT8FSZGfKg8LBpd8YXnRAoEEntdS291_7G2iEC1fTNnDH60_0OME=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://www.jazzwax.com</a>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Rifftides, Doug Ramsey, </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRurJV5Xs-3FSEqGBTz9MLjNssQfy6uRxEUhCPcoGnB7IrN5Hu-zXAzm6jX4LOzKQ-N3s4Xhnl4xQDgm6K1e_Q7QWpxeKNAhIjnLgx_n3b_ZjwCdugbVqSMBn" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides</a>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">35. Best Book about Jazz</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Jazz</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Gary Giddins and Scott DeVeaux, W.W. Norton</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren, Temple University Press</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original</em>, Robin D.G. Kelley, Free Press </span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957 - 1965</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Sam Stephenson </span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Terry Teachout, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">36. Best Liner Notes </span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, by Dan Morgenstern</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird and Victor Sessions</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, by John McDonough</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">37. Photo of the Year</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">--Nominees for Photo of the Year will be announced and displayed after May 1 at </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuokB6uTHu4fqt9n9-dXRDV2_MjrkgF9srOwJtMkhmNe1cA0fIuRg0HL954SKf-Bbt4TwHQceCC7C_Z7HYVDrzBHfMZRrZqzI6MiCRBTP0KoCg==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">www.JJAJazzAwards.com</a>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">38. The Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing (Print and/or Online)</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">David Adler: Leterland </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRupCMZDuE1kKmYzwM4Lc-VPKPc6dYIX0b078nspIcjnW5bnaSxIk0UDltPXwtjhvtLgTDYybOYN-_mH9ep3Vql5ftXrKiJ2OR8C_dNH5YPsEJA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">(http://blog.adlermusic.com</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">); </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>JazzTimes</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Philadelphia Weekly</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">;</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The Philadelphia Inquirer</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Time Out New York</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">AllAboutJazz-New York</em></span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Nate Chinen: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The New York Times</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">JazzTimes</em></span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gary Giddins:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em> JazzTimes</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Vintage magazine</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The Independent</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">(UK)</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Marc Myers, </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuoIgZANLuG6MIcrBFsbhIi6AuNADxoZugHpc5beDQ2GoT5WXIkzTAPr723ql-dSap1tfJdhN8WP60cwQ-hh9Ubv1XC3GywdPr8=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">JazzWax.com</a>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Doug Ramsey, </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRurVVJD4gjTVcMOlhK_MOo_uvvScuxhqIiXs0QIzOEq0goMJs7IbJwRu_oadeDrQROJDKyWsU8OuVhCec7b3T2AOwz2LmpjpfRjQY9lWisXltOVkIBzxszgG" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">www.ArtsJournal.com/Rifftides</a>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Ben Ratliff, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The New York Times</em></span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">39. The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Josh Jackson, Host of "The Checkout," "Live at the Village Vanguard," </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuqzbYMhdjO_GGjouYhzrooJvEig78KtFaigX175neE8sEL9V54clQTWsu6PSK4Ldx4A1WSZn9aHfs4uI5yAO-E6" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">WBGO.org</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Newark</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bobby Jackson, Music Director, WCPN, Ideastream, Solace.fm Cleveland</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Gary Walker, Music Director, Host of "Morning Jazz," </span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuqzbYMhdjO_GGjouYhzrooJvEig78KtFaigX175neE8sEL9V54clQTWsu6PSK4Ldx4A1WSZn9aHfs4uI5yAO-E6" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">WBGO.org</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, Newark</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jim Wilke, Host, "Jazz After Hours" (Hatchcover Productions, Seattle, distributed by Public Radio International)</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Linda Yohn, Music Director, weekday morning host, WEMU, Ypsilanti</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">40. The Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Photography </span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Alan Nahigian</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Mitchell Seidel</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Herb Snitzer</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">41. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism</span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Stanley Crouch: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">The Artificial White Man: Essays on Authenticity</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Kansas City Lighting: The Life and Times of Young Charlie Parker</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979 - 1989</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; fiction; columnist, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>New York Daily News</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">;</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">JazzTimes</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Village Voice<</em>/span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Paul deBarros: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Seattle Times</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Down Beat</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, co-founder Earshot Jazz, Jackson Street After Hours.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Don Heckman: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The International Review of Music</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">(</span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRuqnx9grs8RrjEfIhGAvx5nPF0DSIxc0Bk55paNQHDotDGF9CTn9AFYpsi5VeDsuFQiW6A91ypjH4dcFtszrZkf-wAgr_qV5bgra5fLzRVn6yA==" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://iromwordpress.com</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">), </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Notes from the Left Coast</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">(</span><a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103298852114&s=8886&e=001s1yWMZEgRupVpqJgUzp3dp34mpvE7QDjOrJFTWRTT8vL96IBF9Krw8WiICTP46gPrXKETgPFsrU05ac7a-f4l4QTsKDXJRnA6Gd9axOluoETkrP152AVkR3qQlV7qaPyKDIcuoEvKUs=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">http://notesfromtheleftcoast.blogspot.com</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">); </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>the Los Angeles Times</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">,</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>JazzTimes</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">; 1960s-'70s: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>The New York Times</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Village Voice</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Down Beat</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Metronome</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">,</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> the Jazz Review</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Bill Milkowski: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>JazzTimes</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Modern Drummer</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Guitar Player</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, <span style="font-style: italic; ">Bass Player</span>, <span style="font-style: italic; ">Pulse Guitar Club</em></span>(Italy), </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Jazzthing (Germany)</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jazziz</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Tower Pulse!</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Down Beat</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Fi magazine</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Good Times</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">(Long Island), </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Cityside</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> (Milwaukee); </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><em>Rockers</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Jazzbos</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Visionaries, Jaco: The Extraordinary Life</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Times of Jaco Pastoruis</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Swing It! An Annotated History of Jive</em></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">, radio: overnight dj, WWOZ ("Milkman's Matinee").</span>
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It's a project that spans a number of genres: soul, blues and jazz - all musical styles I love and which define my personality. It's an organic, flesh-and-blood record, recorded with musicians close to me. It has quite a 60s flavor, inspired by the albums Ray Charles and Nina Simone were making at the time."</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Robin McKelle's </span>husky warm contralto more than measures up to these rhythm 'n' blues songs on her newest release, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mess Around </em></span>(out on E1 Music on Tuesday, May 4th), which perfectly suits her natural expressiveness. As one jazz diva after another took to the airways, Robin (originally from Rochester, New York) needed to stand out from the competition in record shops. "On stage, people have an idea of who I am. I've always made room for this kind of repertoire in my concerts, but on record, it took me a while to express this character trait, this enthusiasm. I'm obviously not in the same category as Diana Krall or Norah Jones, so I might as well deal with it since that's the way it is <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>(laughter)</em></span>."<br /><br />After two albums devoted to big-band jazz and swing - <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Introducing Robin McKelle </em></span>(2006) and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>Modern Antique </em></span>(2008) - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Mess Around</span> is a departure from a certain notion of classicism. Its themes are drawn from very different sources (The Bee Gees, Leonard Cohen, Doc Pomus, Willie Dixon and The Beatles), but the aesthetic choices lend a wealth of meaning and consistency to the session, ably led by the songstress.<br /><br />"I was involved in this CD from start to finish. I wrote some of the songs, worked on the arrangements of certain covers and chose the right artists to add that soulful touch."<br /><br />The legendary Fred Wesley (James Brown's former trombonist and musical director, who also played with the Count Basie Orchestra) arranged two of the tracks; tenor saxophonist Houston Person (a hard-bop icon with a dense, sensual sound) crafts two enchanting solos; and Marvin Sewell (Cassandra Wilson) is one of today's most subtle jazz-guitar soloists. Generally working with a quartet including organ and/or electric piano, bass and drums, and a matchless brass section, Robin McKelle has assembled all the right ingredients to fully express the unique texture of her timbre and the stripped-down, affectation-free verve of her performance as she returns to her first loves.<br /><br />Influenced by her mother who sang in a church choir, at the age of fifteen, the talented young Robin McKelle paid her dues in small R&B groups. Learning piano and French horn, she went on to study jazz at Miami University (1994-1996) before entering the Berklee College Of Music in Boston and graduating (1999). Back on the West Coast, she regularly worked as a backing vocalist. "If I'd had to settle for singing jazz, I could never have made a living, so I did quite a lot of touring with artists who included Michael McDonald and Bebe Winans. Pop and rock gigs. I have absolutely no regrets. I learned my trade on the job."<br /><br />Returning to the Berklee College Of Music as a teacher, Robin McKelle entered the Thelonious Monk competition in Washington and won a prize in 2004. Her career was now launched. In Europe particularly, the public embraced the generous artist. "Actually, I always liked great soul music. First Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone and Gladys Knight, then Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. For me, those women are part of the same history. They personify the same total sincerity, even if the styles are different."<br /><br />Consequently, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mess Around </em></span>focuses on the singing, rejecting today's over-aseptic production trends. The result should delight the eclectic audiences who have followed her on tour (especially in Europe) and win over new fans, who will be enchanted by the immediate impact of the record, which they will want to play again and again.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpLyWB01boYQw3GJmbUWSbmp-19Ms27URvoJmK8Y2l0-nYaHfQjdXk90BJFAs8wDaa91i1EiWhAjSNlcot0WZaBDj9lWH5a_I3t01qXIAO4UQ4qBVYEgHklIFQCSgfAVOhPd7xhXosguGNS5481cIYW9PQ1F-niAfPHuTC6Mpy4VFw==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here to listen to an exclusive</a><br /><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpLyWB01boYQw3GJmbUWSbmp-19Ms27URvoJmK8Y2l0-nYaHfQjdXk90BJFAs8wDaa91i1EiWhAjSNlcot0WZaBDj9lWH5a_I3t01qXIAO4UQ4qBVYEgHklIFQCSgfAVOhPd7xhXosguGNS5481cIYW9PQ1F-niAfPHuTC6Mpy4VFw==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">streaming track from the album</a><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Check out Robin McKelle's forthcoming performances:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Monday, May 10 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpJWK7h63FHPS6JgU93VA1KM6USM4fzVbnNMIhqNFRZk5l81e39oxY1qwNXZMpJxGLIlTgHc4TA8t4QKv7Ju0ap-9favKJK-wNkw_vhbzImYhyWR84ecZsa4UI2uhYbdxyA=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Blues Alley</a>, Washington, DC<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, May 13 </span>- <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpL0bwJ7CnUzDlqQPhXPTKOq6ox8CCp0mvApehr5ubEvpFDld9LIpv4fTZmCwtngpsAhV5lXNsPo1xveF7ijfXWQ009Ab55BdbythietvL0AcQYwL0YaKitUNb1SWM79jmTtNx-ZlKlL28lqVz9jPuf-iCelyBL_yXo=" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Nighttown</a>, Cleveland Heights, OH<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Friday, May 14 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpI1WnOvwGxwmFEh4VVCEqPkgDaRWTiwK01QzJzMJb6D3ddI9cmeas1GRAPFHvWKG1LLh4TcXvE9EnxE6d3neGvXVsJukjMByAa9Apz4wFaBy69I_Adhwp9EUF_i2qo_1iMxJCphJ78JnfNVdLbIeZinpvjgh8ni-7c=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe</a>, Grosse Pointe, MI<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Saturday, May 15 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpI1WnOvwGxwmFEh4VVCEqPkgDaRWTiwK01QzJzMJb6D3ddI9cmeas1GRAPFHvWKG1LLh4TcXvE9EnxE6d3neGvXVsJukjMByAa9Apz4wFaBy69I_Adhwp9EUF_i2qo_1iMxJCphJ78JnfNVdLbIeZinpvjgh8ni-7c=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe</a>, Grosse Pointe, MI<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday, May 18 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpIzBVvGAL2xTufALEo1QEqWe1poqWUQ7D7jAmGljD-BMSNVPMJ1LCCPLSaiLwoYR745N_I9IrdGkb8TAwHambtN8BAxUb0D1TJq0zCBoeuCwwXEKN3E1t5F" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola</a>, New York, NY<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, May 20 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpLlqaWkYJtGySO5KAJI6hSb4hd30aB_b-o7Qx4MLxVUr6Rb7pS8TVq-UukdFxEl0cP1_srQTs_oUqlixmddd8ctM46baV8HZ5aU1VyZdLB3hhCYlVy9n2pn63xoO_3bYjA=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Scullers Jazz Club</a>, Boston, MA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Saturday, May 22 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpJsFB0o43GMZocpc32jLwHhztkuzwQABSARyegoqipn5JB5zG-KARrMO9OT1pkyXixgwde-kJWGfOQy2m3eS-QidTMOxUh-_3ntxdr1WIYYZCAw7P4B5jm2Hb_S1O_XyyNwh2W8INWF4xTHNml-rB3Y6LJBheWe5RE=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Chris' Jazz Cafe</a>, Philadelphia, PA<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Monday, June 14 </span>- <a track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpKlEMKze6FMa6l-P6FumE78oSa_nsFF4jufN3oxzX80yw5PPmFwp8ezvKkb_6vcWeiON4mDy3S6Xvxr_fHCeju-LNhpnSk9Q0tf2jjBSfp0ilYpIPjkxOy3T0cBINZHpWc=" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Xerox Auditorium</a>, Rochester, NY<br /><br />For more dates, please visit <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103305288136&s=8886&e=001WCdJxdKlOpL00Cfg5-Fa-7Kp_gQX_O5_xOno9VunEl_ImmRHeuWgUupq2MuWSmrdJUWp5WwuF0r2QvRy88oMZMVFOZi6grU6w1hX66MkFa8CjHjJGL59nA==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.RobinMcKelle.com</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Mess Around </em></span>for review purposes, please contact:</span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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"><span><span style=" ;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Brazilian Vocalist Kenia </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Pays Homage To The Dorival Caymmi Songbook </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Her New Mooka Records Release</span><br /><br /></span><span style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-size:14pt;"><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi </em></span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><img height="389" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.721" width="390" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101403778563/img/721.jpg" /><br /><br /></div>Ever hungry for new challenges, the sultry-voiced Brazilian enchantress <span style="font-weight: bold; ">Kenia</span>, who reemerged on the jazz scene two years ago with the critically-acclaimed album <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Simply Kenia</em></span>, serves up one of the most demanding and satisfying projects of her three decade long career with <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi</em></span> on Mooka Records.<br /><br />Renowned for her ability to translate the complex rhythms of her homeland into jazzy creations that made her a star of the smooth jazz movement two decades ago, the singer digs even deeper into Brazil's cultural legacy on this compelling and artistically rich 15-track session. She tackles the supremely melodic and culturally telling legacy of the Brazilian composer and singer who spent over seven decades creating an aural portrait of Bahia, the stronghold of Brazil's vibrant African culture. The author of such fabled standards as "Samba da Minha Terra," "Doralice" and "Voce Ja Foi a Bahia," Caymmi has long been recognized as a singular figure in Brazilian popular culture, truly an artist without peers in a country noted for a profusion of legendary musicians.<br /><br />"Dorival's music lies just between the two major movements in MPB (<span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Música Popular Brasileira</em></span>, or Brazilian Popular Music)," Kenia explains, "the Samba of the 1920's and 30's and the Bossa Nova of the late 1950s and '60s. Caymmi's music served as a kind of a smooth transition between these two styles. And, although he had two very distinct lines of composition, the link between these two movements is characterized by his firm foundation of Samba, sprinkled with some Bahian spices."<br /><br />To ensure an impeccably authentic interpretation of this collection of Caymmi classics, Kenia employed a rhythm section of first-call Brazilian musicians. Fernando Merlino, who crafted some arrangements and plays piano, is joined by bassist Leo Traversa and percussionist Airto Moreira, perhaps the most recorded Brazilian instrumentalist of his generation. The band also features guitarists Eric Susoeff and Marty Ashby, the singer's son Lucas, who contributes his growing skills as a percussionist, and trombonist Jay Ashby, whose invaluable participation as arranger, musician, and co-producer shows on the song "Requebre Que Eu Dou Um Doce." The involvement of sound engineer Jay Dudt, a three time Grammy-winner, assured the sonic brilliance of <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi</em></span>.<br /><br />Although several of Caymmi's songs, including "Doralice" and "Samba da Minha Terra," were immortalized by singer João Gilberto, many of them are not overly familiar to contemporary audiences. "Digging into Caymmi's work has been an absolute joy," Kenia confides. "His songbook takes me back in time. For instance, I discovered that 'Roda Piao,' a tune that Carmen Miranda recorded, was written by Caymmi. I was delighted to learn that the song had a beautiful introduction and interlude. Growing up, we only knew and sang the bridge. And for years I sang 'Acalanto' to my children, again not having any idea of the composer's name. As challenging as it is to revisit some of these childhood memories, it was also very liberating."<br /><br />The singer was born Kenia Acioly into a family of Italian origins in the city of Nova Iguaçu, a working class suburb of Rio de Janeiro. When she was six, Kenia's family moved to Copacabana, Rio's chic beach-fronting neighborhood. As with most <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Cariocas</em></span>, as natives of Rio are known, growing up in the 1960s during the bossa nova era meant that she played guitar by ear for many years before realizing that singing was her true calling. It helped that at that time Brazilian television was loaded with programs that featured such trend-setting vocalists as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Nara Leão and Caymmi's daughter Nana. "By the late '70s and early '80s," she recalls, "I was madly in love with the music of Djavan and Ivan Lins. At the same time, through my friend, the late Durval Ferreira, a great composer, I was introduced to the beautiful voices of Sarah Vaughn and Carmen McRae."<br /><br />Arriving in the U.S. in 1980, Kenia quickly established herself as the new Brazilian singer on the scene and recorded her debut in the States with trumpeter Claudio Roditi on his album <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Red on Red</em></span>. Several years later, she launched her solo recording career, producing four popular and critically-acclaimed albums for the MCA and Denon labels between 1987 and 1991. She also established herself as one of the most popular and successful U.S. based Brazilian musicians since the heyday of Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66. In 1997, Kenia launched her own label, Mooka Records, with a particularly ambitious effort;<span style="font-style: italic; "><em> Project Ivan Lins</em></span>, a tribute to the one of Brazil's most prolific and popular contemporary songwriters, featuring Lins himself as a special guest.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi</em></span> represents a continuation of the effort she began on <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Simply Kenia </em></span>to rediscover and explore in her own distinctive way hidden gems of 20th Century popular Brazilian music. "Dorival's compositions address two distinct themes," she comments. "There are the songs about the sea, where he so eloquently and romantically sang of the hardships, passion and faith of the fishermen of his beloved Bahia. These are known to Brazilians as canções praianas (Beach Songs). These songs have somewhat of an ECM-style jazz sound and yet a very folkloric feel."<br /><br />The second thematic track is equally satisfying. "Dorival had a special charm when composing sambas, samba-cancoes and soft ballads. His lyrics are subtly sensual when expressing love, passion and admiration for women. This theme is the focus of the project," the singer continues.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi</em></span> provides a unique and exhilarating way for international audiences to fall under the trance of the late composer's incomparable artistry while enjoying the heartfelt vocals of the supremely talented Kenia and the joyous instrumental interpretations of her all-star band.<br /><br />"Interpreting Dorival's songs is a wonderful consequence of my quest to reconnect with the music of my country," Kenia acknowledges. "His music is so rich, his repertoire so vast and intriguing that I'm already thinking about what's to follow: A sequel to <span style="font-style: italic; "><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi</em></span>."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span style=" ;font-size:12pt;"><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103277838726&s=8886&e=001QW8F1BCBsjiJT2kmOqP5iZNHmgn0dWf_Tm_f775iLiZNLG7GYVkUuTj3qUTb1Ik0vU00W15Rke0yaBnoCCV9NSCYCBg9ESeUIqw4RJvj_2qDYlioBLDaB7h3e68V3pNxMlprgsHo8S6bme6qiJZciQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; ">Listen to an exclusive streaming track "VOCÊ JÁ FOI À BAHIA?" </a><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><em>KENIA CELEBRATES DORIVAL CAYMMI</em></span><br />Mooka Records / Release Date: April 27, 2010<br /><br /><br />To request a copy of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><em>Kenia Celebrates Dorival Caymmi</em></span><br />for review purposes, please contact:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">DL Media</span>· Don Lucoff · <a shape="rect" href="mailto:don@jazzpublicity.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">don@jazzpublicity.com</a>· (610) 667-0501<br /><br />###</div></span>City of Neighborhoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722995902338922544noreply@blogger.com0