SALAMI ROSE JOE LOUIS Chapters of Zdenka Salami Rose Joe Louis announces Chapters of Zdenka – an offshoot collection of music from her 2019 Brainfeeder debut Zdenka 2080. "Peculiar Machine (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)" comes as the lead single of the new project, which will be available both digitally and as a limited edition cassette on December 11th. It's a highly personal, intimate suite of [...]
SETH MACFARLANE Great Songs From Stage & Screen Seth MacFarlane Covers Classic Tunes With New Album NEW ALBUM ON REPUBLIC RECORDS/VERVE RECORDS A Collection Of Personally Selected Gems From The Great American Songbook arranged and conducted by Bruce Broughton. Grammy-nominated vocalist, Seth MacFarlane, releases his 6th studio album, Great Songs From Stage & Screen (Republic/Verve). The collection of tender ballads and [...]
CONCORD JAZZ SCORES THREE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS Chick Corea's Trilogy 2 nominated for Best Improvised Jazz Solo (for "All Blues") and Best Jazz Instrumental Album Poncho Sanchez's Trane's Delight nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album The Recording Academy has revealed nominees for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, the preeminent honor for excellence in music and the only peer-selected music accolade. Concord [...]
MicroCorgi MicroCosmos Second Heading The New York based trio MicroCorgi released their debut album MicroCosmos on November 20th. These three musicians who combine their powers to create MicroCorgi are pianist Andrew McGowan, guitarist Yuto Kanazawa, and drummer Ilya Dynov. They hail from far corners of the globe and have diverse influences such as European Jazz, Japanese [...]
SIGUR RÓS STENDUR AEVA Sigur Rós share new single and video "Stendur æva," the second single from their the long-awaited album Odin's Raven Magic, a collaboration between the band, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Icelandic music legend Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and Steindór Andersen, one of Iceland's most respected chanters of traditional epic narrative. The work, which draws from the band's roots in orchestral and choral traditions, will be released on Krunk, [...]
Didier Verna @-quartet ¡En Seguida! French Jazz guitarist, singer, and composer Didier Verna releases ¡En Seguida!, the 3rd album from his "@-quartet" band, with Didier Verna (composition, guitars, sitar, synth-guitar, vocals), Laurent Epstein (piano), Yoni Zelnik (double bass), David Georgelet (drums), and two special guests on several tunes: Solange Vergara (vocals) et Guillaume Kervel (steel drum). While still [...]
Strat Andriotis Remember Me At Twilight Greece-born Canadian-based guitarist Strat Andriotis continues to make waves in the music world with his new release, “Remember Me At Twilight” available via global distribution. This latest collection of compositions by Andriotis takes the listener on a well rounded jazz journey and was recorded in Canada featuring Paul Intson on bass, Dave King [...]
ED BENNETT QUINTET Portland Calling PORTLAND BASSIST ED BENNETT RELEASES NEW CD “Portland Calling” “Ed Bennett is one of those powerhouse players whose virtuosity inspires the other participants on the bandstand to give it all they've got”. GEORGE FENDEL / JAZZSCENE. Ed Bennett, longtime bassist for Carmen McRae and Saphu Records CEO has released his sixth [...]
Roman Miroshnichenko And Al Di Meola Are Finalists In The 25th Annual USA Songwriting Competition Guitarist, composer and bandleader Roman Miroshnichenko is a Finalist in the 25th Annual USA Songwriting Competition in the “Instrumental" category for his composition “Aliens’ Electrik Dream", which appears on his latest multi Award-winning album “Ascension”. "Alien's Electrik Dream" is dedicated [...]