‘Tis the Season: Historic Holiday House Tours at Louis Armstrong House Museum

‘Tis the Season: Historic Holiday House Tours  at Louis Armstrong House Museum

Hear the rare recording of Louis Armstrong’s magical reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas, A Visit from St. Nicholas'' The Louis Armstrong House Museum is offering special guided Historic Holiday House Tours beginning December 4th through December 30th with regular museum admission. These house tours will feature rare audio clips from Louis's personal recordings of himself and family celebrations at home including an at-home reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas, A Visit from St. Nicholas.''  The tours will also feature seasonal recordings including: “Zat You Santa Claus” and Louis listening to Nat King Cole sing “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” with an impromptu duet by Louis himself. In keeping with Louis and Lucille's tradition, the house will be brightly decorated for the holidays.  Free candy canes are included with museum admission. “We love recreating the holiday joy of Louis and Lucille's home at Christmas time.  It’s a great place to bring your friends and family and to take a break from the hustle and bustle that December often brings,” says Michael Cogswell, Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum.   The Historic Holiday House Tour is a 40-minute, guided interpretive tour of the only preserved home of a jazz legend in the world. Louis Armstrong House is a National Historic landmark and New York City landmark. Trained docents lead the Historic House Tours.  All of the furnishings are original giving the feeling that Louis and Lucille just stepped out for a minute since no one has lived in the house since Louis and Lucille Armstrong.   Unique Holiday Gifts The Louis Armstrong House Museum Store is the perfect destination for unique holiday gifts to jazz up the holiday season.  One treasure is the Louis Armstrong Ambassador Series CDs from Sweden, which contain rare and previously unreleased recordings. The Ambassador CDs feature Louis Armstrong on the radio, Louis live at Carnegie Hall, Louis with Benny Goodman's sextet, Louis jamming with Fats Waller and much more. The Museum is the world’s exclusive distributor of Ambassador CDs -- they are not sold in any other store or online. The Museum Store’s CD collection also includes: Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary: The Complete Performances, a legendary concert issued in complete form for the very first time thanks to the Museum’s Gösta Hägglöf Collection, and Louis Armstrong - The OKeh, Columbia and RCA Victor Recordings 1925-1933, a 10-CD set featuring Armstrong's most famous early recordings in one box. The Museum Store features many one-of-a-kind gifts including Armstrong T-shirts, caps, tote bags, and a “West End Blues” Frisbee that looks like a 78-record.  Books, children’s books, CDs, and DVDs provide one-stop shopping for “everything Armstrong.”  Foodies will be delighted to learn that the Museum is the northeast’s exclusive distributor of “Jazzmen Rice” (an aromatic jasmine rice grown in Louisiana), which displays a picture of Armstrong on the front of the bag.   Planning Your Visit The Louis Armstrong House Museum is located at 34-56 107th Street in Corona, New York. The Museum is open Tuesday – Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday/Sunday from 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm.  No reservations are necessary for individuals but groups of 8 or more should call 718.478.8274 or visitwww.louisarmstronghouse.org to make a reservation. Parking is available within the neighborhood and the Museum is accessible by subway via the 7 Train. Admission is $10.00, $7.00 for seniors, students and children and free LAHM members and children under 4. Groups with reservations enjoy a discount on admission. The Louis Armstrong House Museum is closed on all Mondays and the following Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.  It is always open on the 4th of July, in honor of Louis’s traditional birthday. Thanks to the vision and funding of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, the Louis Armstrong House Museum welcomes visitors from all over the world, six days per week, 52 weeks per year.   Contact Jennifer Walden Director of Marketing Louis Armstrong House Museum 718.909.5271 Jennifer.walden@qc.cuny.edu

Jim Eigo Jazz Promo Services T: 845-986-1677 E-Mail: jim@jazzpromoservices.com http://www.jazzpromoservices.com/

3 Brave Souls is coming to The Netherlands & Germany!

Miles Davis alumni, keyboardist John Beasley and master drummer Ndugu Chancler,
joined by Yellowjackets bassist Jimmy Haslip form 3 Brave Souls and 
baptize their jazz with contagious and penetrating funk grooves. Jumping out of the box with them is cosmic vocalist Dwight Trible. They guarrantee you listenable, danceable melodic music, bringing the funk and plenty of downhome soul, with an undercurrent of jazz sensibility to move you to the dance floor!

Recently they released their self-named album on the Challenge Record label. At this point  they are considered for different nominations for the Grammy Awards 2012.
Now you have the possibility to watch them live!

Thursday December 6, 8:30pm

Paradox, Tilburg

Telegraafstraat 62
5038 MB Tilburg, The Netherlands

www.paradoxtilburg.nl, buy tickets here!

Friday December 7 & Saturday December 8, 10:00pm
Quasimodo
Kantstr. 12 D
D - 10623 Berlin, Germany

www.quasimodo.de

Jacques Pellarin - En vous attendant (2012)

Les Editions Parsiparla et Jacques Pellarin productions présentent :

l'album digital " En vous attendant" - dernière réalisation du compositeur Jacques Pellarin

dès à présent disponible sur CD Baby et bientôt sur I tunes , Amazon , etc ... téléchargeable sur http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jacquespellarin2   

  Une production musicale qui est tournée vers un Accordéon de l'Image . " Cinematic Accordion Sound "

 (Accordéon solo, Harmonica et Accordéon, Bandonéon et Accordéon , Accordéon et orchestre à cordes ...)

http://soundcloud.com/jacques-pellarin/sets/futur-new-album-2013-jacques

"When you need to create an atmosphere of love and romance, when you need to invoke the mood of a smoky Parisian café, when you need to capture the sounds of mystery, journeys, and found and lost loves, turn to the music of accordion virtuoso Jacques Pellarin" - Mike Dias ( Music supervisor for Ultimate Ears )

 www.jacquespellarin.fr

Chris Mcnulty -Song That Sings You Here (Challenge 2012)

1. How Little We Know
2. How Are Things In Glocca Morra
3. Jitterbug Waltz
4. Lonely Woman
5. On The Street Where You Live
6. Last Night When We Were Young
7. The Lamp Is Low
8. One Less Bell To Answer
9. Letter to Marta
10. Long Road Home The Song That Sings You Here
11. One Less Bell to Answer Live from Jack Pine

Chris McNulty has been moving audiences since her emergence on the international jazz scene in 1985. With a touch of Ella Fitzgerald and a whole lot of vibe, she is blessed with an exquisite instrument. This album is a deeply touching homage to her son, who died in 2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McNulty

Soname - NATURAL MIND (Enja 2012)

Through her music Soname returns home to Tibet. Steeped in tradition, her songs hold the stillness of memory, harmonizing the old with the new, the past with the present, and and her life in exile. As singer, composer and writer she uses spirited, free-flowing lyrics and sounds to reflect on her lost homeland. 
Enja 

"Liberty Ship", "Brain Inventory Trio" & two new Duo´s of Esa Pietila - 2013 /14

Esa Pietilä - Saxophone oct. 2012

New Groups  2013/2014 Presenting the new additions for Esa Pietlä´s freejazz bag in 2012 - Liberty Ship Quartet, Brain Inventory Trio and two new duo´s with drummers Jeff Siegel & Harvey Sorgen (USA)  "Pietilä´s' multi-faceted style of saxophone sound merges with the multiphonics  - resulting a massive, almost impossible sound world of the instrument’s capabilities". "Liberty Ship" A new Quartet formed in sept. 2012 with pianist Aki Rissanen, drummer Olavi Louhivuori and bassisst Antti Lötjönen navigates the deep waters of free expression. Their expression includes brisky storms of avant garde jazz combined with today´s contemporary new music sounds. In the soundscape of the Liberty Ship there´s also good amount of beautiful ambient scenary painting, natural green freshness and emotional storytelling.   Listen pre-cd:  Pnostringstutti   4tet improzee   Warp Drive                                                                                                           www.akirissanen.com           www.olavilohivuori.com Duo Jeff "Siege" Siegel & Esa Pietilä Both Jeff Siegel and Esa Pietilä are widely known for their multiple projects and visionary approach to music. The new album, Out Doors (ARC, USA), brings together the two musicians and their distinctive styles of jazz and free form improvisation. Pietilä´s' multi-faceted style of saxophone sound merges with the multiphonics  - a massive, almost impossible sound world of the instrument’s capabilities. Drummer Siegel adds striking colours and fascinating drum textures to the common pot. The album's material contains loosely sketched pieces by Siegel and Pietilä plus pure collective improvisation.       Listen                                                     www.jeffsiegeljazz.com   Brain Inventory Trio The new cd "Wall" (Konnex Records, GER) brings us a fusion of styles from jazz and folk music to rock, throwing all preconceptions out the window. With American pianistMichael Jefry Stevens and two Finns, saxophonist Esa Pietilä and cellist Juho Laitinen. In the line-up, the trio's talents span across a multitude of musical genres.The unusual instrumentation of piano, cello (both acoustic and electric) and saxophones opens possibilities for new musical expression. The absence of a rhythm section leaves more room for free expression, with Stevens' original style and piano sound merging with the effects of the electric cello to create a massive, almost orchestral sound world. The result is something very unusual that's neither traditional jazz nor freeform, but something in-between.    Listen & see concert videos                    www.michaeljefrystevens.com       Duo Harvey Sorgen & Esa Pietilä In July of 2012, drummer Harvey Sorgen and Esa Pietilä started their historic collaboration. Their first tour of the USA included concerts in  NYC, Vermont & New Hampshire. This musical encounter was something very new and unique - a surprisingly new organism of sounds and structure. Harvey Sorgen´s intensity coupled with his sense of how to shape sound combine seamlessly with Esa´s vision and gut punching ideas on the saxophone. The duo´s explorations become a singular combination of fire, soft elegance, pure primitive power and flourishing ripeness. Esa is truly one of the finast musicians that I have had the pleasure to work with. His honest, open approach is from the heart and makes our dialogue such a beautiful exchange! - Harvey Sorgen Listen concert: "Live at Brandon", VT, USA 2012 (full concert, streaming, duration 1:07)                                                 www.harveysorgen.com QUOTES: “Esa is one of Finland's leading jazz musicians. I recommend his albums, which show his scope and imagination as a player.” Professor Stuart Nicholson, Author, Journalist, Lecturer About solo saxophone CD "Karhea"....Congrats on the new CD - it's FANTASTIC! Laurence Donohue-Greene - Managing Editor, The New York City Jazz Record   Esa is a wonderfully gifted saxophonist and composer. I can highly recommend Esa as a composer and performer .” - Michael J. Stevens, member, International Society of Improvised Music Esa Pietilä, known as a prowess visionary and improviser - He places great attention to creating musical sceneries that are essentially Scandinavian and Finnish by nature. - Finnish Music Quarterly, FIMIC             listen the albums of Esa                               videos at YouTube                            Esa at facebook                  twitter                     LinkedIn Booking: production@esapietila.com tel. +358 400 815007 Esa Pietilä Productions Muurikuja 1 B 41

Joe Gilman - Relativity (Capri 2012)

Pianist and composer Joe Gilman follows his critically acclaimed release Americanvas, where all compositions were interpretations of painting by 20th Century American artists, with a tribute to the works of M.C. Escher entitled Relativity. All the original compositions were conceptualized and titled from Escher's imaginative creations. Relativity's cover is graced with the Escher artwork for which this release is titled. He once again utilizes the talents of students at the Brubeck Institute where he is a professor including Nick Frenzy, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Zach Brown and Corey Fonville.
http://caprirecords.com/artists/joe-gilman