Saturday, April 4, 2015

USA: Blue Truffle Jazz Club News


Music Store Featured Jazz Albums
Ed Byrne's Latin Jazz Evolution CONQUISTADOR
Original Latin jazz with a hint of French impressionism.  "Classic Nuyerican style with...blues form and feeling...", "interesting twists","...packing enough zing to prickle the tongue without watering one's eyes", The New York City Jazz Record, December 2012. Ed Byrne, Grammy Award winning trombonist, composer, arranger, educator, Doctor of Musical Arts, and author has performed and recorded with a great many of the world's jazz and Latin musicians (including a Grammy Award as trombonist with Eddie Palmieri's band). Cover artwork features original oil painting of Ed Byrne, the Conquistador, by NYC artist Pavol Olsavsky III.
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Kassetas-Spanos- JUNGLE OF ILLUSIONS
Features a fusion of Eastern textures and modal harmonies composed and performed by Yiannis Kassetas and George Spanos, accompanied by several of the finest jazz musicians in Greece.  Saxophoinist, composer and arranger Yiannis Kassetas is back in Athens, Greece after recent tours to the United States and Puerto Rico.  Drummer, composer and arranger George Spanos recently from Athens to New York City where he regularly performs with John Zorn, Juni Booth, and many other NYC jazz artists.
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Marc Thomas - PARDON MY FRENCH
Award-winning French vocalist Marc Thomas's 5th album PARDON MY FRENCH features Marc's deep and warm voice in a combination of standard romantic ballads and high-energy jazz standards, including four new original modern jazz compositions by French pianist/composer Vincent Bourgeyx.
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Carl Clements - FORTH AND BACK
FORTH and BACK features nine original compositions for jazz quartet by progressive jazz performer Carl Clements (saxophones, flute and Indian flute). 
As one of today's most active saxophonists, Carl regularly performs jazz and world music in jazz clubs and festivals throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.  
Cover features original painting by Amanda Barrow.
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Upcoming Global Releases
Ed Byrne - TWO SHADES OF BLUE
TWO SHADES OF BLUE features five original compositions by Grammy Award winning trombonist, composer, arranger, educator, Doctor of Musical Arts, and author Ed Byrne (leader, slide trombone, valve trombone) as well as stellar early-career performances by Victor Lewis, the late Milton Cardona, John Abercombie, Jim McNeely, Ron McClure and several of today's most esteemed jazz artists. 
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Jonathan Saraga - FIRST VISION
Award-winning New York City native trumpeter Jonathan Saraga's debut album "First Vision" features  six original ultra-modern jazz compositions.
Jeff Duperon, WRTI, recently commented that "the compositions are thought provoking and the players enthusiastically interpret Jonathan's 'First Vision'."
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Upcoming Release - From Pianist Peter B. Robinson
Peter B. Robinson - ORIGINALLY
As the house pianist at the prestigous Jefferson Hotel in Washington, DC for the past 6+ years, pianist, composer, and performer Peter B. Robinson is one of the busiest pianists on the planet.  He has also performed in a variety of venues around the world during his extensive musical career. Peter's CD "Originally", featuring 17 of his original compositions, will soon be featured in the Blue Truffle Music Store.
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LJI offers not only the methodology for focused practicing of meaningful improvisation in your own style, it supplies the very substance of what you play.