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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
USA: Ayman Fanous presents six ensembles @ the Firehouse Space
USA: TONY ADAMO DIGS MARK MURPHY AND BEYOND
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TONY ADAMO DIGS MARK MURPHY AND BEYOND
Tony
Adamo will be in New York in early April rehearsing with Mike Clark and
Michael Wolff, of Wolff & Clark Expedition. New York photographer
Fran Kaufman is scheduled do the photo shoot. Clark has been Adamo’s
music producer on two previous releases, MILES OF BLU and TONY ADAMO AND
THE NEW YORK CREW, and the newest unreleased CD, TONY ADAMO AND THE NYC
COMMISSION. Wolff has previously written songs and arrangements for
Adamo's music releases. This rehearsal is in preparation for Adamo’s
live show. If you are interested in booking TONY ADAMO DIGS MARK MURPHY
AND BEYOND, along with Mike Clark and Michael Wolff, contact Tony
Adamo at funktone7@yahoo.com
"WOLFF
& CLARK EXPEDITION 2, is listed in the Downbeat Readers' Poll, 2015
as one of the "Best Albums" of the year!" Downbeat
Interview: Michael Wolff & Mike Clark talk about their latest 'Expedition' http://www.axs.
“Now let's get this out at Bar One: Tony Adamo, like Beluga caviar, is indeed and indeed an acquired taste. The prophet and proponent of "hipspokenword," his is a unique oral gumbo of supremely involving lyric, funky jazz talk, historical tilt, cultural commentary, and no-jive lingo. And on this effort (Tony Adamo & The New York Crew), it is all infectiously served up over a bed of meticulously played white-hot jazz. As hip and talented as Adamo is, the supporting ensemble is as muscular and swinging as its leader. Drummer Mike Clark, he of Headhunters fame, pushes this group rhythmically to extremes. Pianist Michael Wolff stretches out neatly at every corner and bassist Richie Goods drives things like a mad trainman. The front line horns of saxophonist Donald Harrison and trumpeter Tim Ouimette (who wrote the music and horn charts) are as swinging, funky and free as the Big Apple itself ("Buddhist Blues" "To Bop or Not to Be"). They cook hotter and with more intensity than a roomful of Cul-school white hats". Five Stars NICHOLAS F. MONDELLO Allaboutjazz/Review on Tony Adamo & the New York Crew http://www.allaboutjazz.com/
"Adamo
is like a beatnik who’s arrived 60 years late, but his music really
swings and his words celebrate jazz as a kind of urban-life philosophy."
https://www.jazziz.com/tony- "The killin’ist thing about Tony Adamo & the New York Crew is that everybody in the band, especially the dope rhyme sayer, has got big ears all the way back to New Orleans and ancient-forward into the ever-evolving Multi-New Thing"
Tony Adamo Gale Blowin High
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Tony Adamo Sonic Henderson https://www.youtube.com/watch? Tony Adamo You Gotta B Fly https://www.youtube.com/watch? |
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Media Contact
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USA: Verve Records Celebrates 60 Years Label will Celebrate Landmark Anniversary with Releases Throughout the Year
Verve Records Celebrates 60 Years
Label will Celebrate Landmark Anniversary
with Releases Throughout the Year
One of the most prestigious labels in the history of jazz, Verve Records
will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a trove of
historic reissues and stunning new collections from its legendary
archives. The release schedule constitutes a who's-who of jazz legends,
including such pioneers as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Smith, Stan Getz, and the label's heart and soul, Ella Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald will be honored with the release of Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set,
a new compilation bringing together all of her Jazz at the Philharmonic
performances previously issued by Verve on various albums, on a single
collection for the first time ever. The collection-which includes
concerts from 1949, 1953 and 1954 and features appearances by Parker,
Lester Young, and Hank Jones among others-will feature newly re-mastered
music and an essay by author Will Friedwald.
The first set of releases, due out in March 2016, is also highlighted by the new digital collection Verve 60, featuring 60 stellar tracks by 60 different artists from throughout the label's history, spanning from Ella and Oscar through Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock to Diana Krall and Christian McBride. In addition, five favorites from the Verve catalogue will be reissued on vinyl, including Ella & Louis, the first pairing for the label of Fitzgerald and Armstrong; Billie Holiday's Lady Sings the Blues; Charlie "Bird" Parker's innovative Charlie Parker with Strings; Oscar Peterson's Night Train; and Count Basie's April in Paris.
Several classics will also make their debuts in HD digital audio and iTunes, including titles by Fitzgerald, Evans, Parker, Wynton Kelly, and Stan Getz. Organ master Jimmy Smith's classic singles for the label will be compiled into a digital box set.
The release schedule continues
in May and June with more vinyl and digital reissues, including
Getz/Gilberto and albums by Wes Montgomery, Blossom Dearie, Coleman Hawkins, and Anita O'Day. A new CD collection will compile unreleased music by Charlie Parker, while Louis Armstrong's complete studio recordings for the label will be collected onto one multi-disc set.
Verve was founded in 1956 by Norman Granz,
the forward-thinking impresario responsible for the hugely popular Jazz
at the Philharmonic concerts, which brought the music to new audiences
and garnered jazz an unprecedented level of respect in the popular
culture. Granz also managed Ella Fitzgerald and launched the label in
large part to create new opportunities worthy of the singer's immense
talent, including her landmark series of Songbook recordings.
Under the visionary leadership of Granz and later Creed Taylor
(after MGM purchased the imprint in 1961), Verve continued to set new
trends. The label sparked the Bossa Nova craze with the 1964 release of
the GRAMMY® Award-winning Getz/Gilberto and brought a lush,
elegant new sound to jazz with the arrangements of Claus Ogerman and
Oliver Nelson. Its focus also encompassed groundbreaking comedy, and
later widened to embrace folk and rock recordings, including now-iconic
releases by The Velvet Underground, Richie Havens, Frank Zappa & The
Mothers of Invention and Janis Ian.
It was its jazz legacy that
cemented Verve's place in the popular imagination however, and after a
fallow period in the '70s and '80s Verve was revived in the mid-1990s,
again signing many of the biggest names in the music: Herbie Hancock,
Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln, Jeff Lorber,
Chris Botti and Incognito all recorded for Verve during this period. Its
diverse and distinguished lineage continues today through the work of
artists like Diana Krall, Sarah McLachlan and Third Story.
Over the course of its
six-decade history, Verve has become synonymous with the very best in
jazz, venerating the music while charting its course and helping to
break down racial and stylistic barriers. There's no better way to
celebrate that legacy than with the music itself, and 2016 will allow
listeners to revisit the breathtaking sounds of Verve in new and
exhilarating ways.
For more information, please visit: VerveMusicGroup.com
For media information, please contact:
DL Media · 610-667-0501
Serving the Finest in Jazz Since 1988
Information and press materials (including album covers, promotional photos
and bios) on all DL Media artists can be found at our website: dlmediamusic.com
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
ITALY: Enrico Pieranunzi With Simona Severini – My Songbook (Via Veneto Jazz 2016)
2 Night Bird
3 Fairy Flowers
4 Coralie
5 Soft Journey
6 Premier Moment
7 Where I Never Was
8 Reasons Why
9 Just A Song
10 Io Non Saprò Mai Perché
11 Non Posso Sognarti Come Sei
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax] – Rosario Giuliani (tracks: 2, 8, 10)
Bass – Luca Bulgarelli
Drums – Nicola Angelucci
Piano, Electric Piano, Arranged By [Arrangements] – Enrico Pieranunzi
Trumpet – Francesco Lento (tracks: 2, 3)
NETHERLANDS/GERMANY: JORIS ROELOFS · AMATEUR DENTIST(Pirouet 2016)
Amateur Dentist: on their second PIROUET CD Dutch bass clarinetist Joris Roelofs and his trio partners bassist Matt Penman and drummer Ted Poor once again manage to surprise, delivering music that reverberates with shimmering colors as they fathom the possibilities of this unusual lineup. It all leads to an engaging world of sound - music that is both fun and captivating.
Joris Roelofs · Amateur Dentist
Joris Roelofs bass clarinet · Matt Penman bass · Ted Poor drums
FRANCE/GERMANY: Shauli Einav Quartet – Beam Me Up(Berthold Records 2016)
1 1415 7:17
2 Tao Main 6:35
3 Assai 6:12
4 Dolce Gustav 6:00
5 Ten Weeks 5:15
6 Beam Me Up 4:55
Monday, February 29, 2016
USA: Marcos Varela-San Ygnacio (Origin Records 2016)
Though a well-established member of New York's jazz scene for the past
12 years, bassist and composer Marcos Varela looks back to his
birthplace of San Ygnacio, Texas and his trek still in progress as
inspiration for his debut recording. Pulling together mentors and
brothers in music - including master drummer Billy Hart, pianist George
Cables, saxophonist Dayna Stephens and trombonist Clifton Anderson -
they supply a warm depth of spirit to this collection of compositions,
some from the playlists from his tours with the bands of Billy Hart,
Winard Harper, and Clifton Anderson, along with Varela's own originals.
From his family's move to present day Southern Texas from old-world
Spain, his youth in Houston with its deep blues and church music
influences, and his years in NY performing constantly with legendary
masters and highly-regarded peers, 'San Ygnacio' reveals elements of all
that while offering an exciting introduction to a dynamic musical
voice. '. . . his tone, choice of notes and compositions will place his
playing and name on the list of bassists to be heard' - Ron Carter
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