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Topic: Jazz On The Radio / horndrivenradio will be the first to break Tony Adamo's new song

Horndrivenradio will be the first to play Adamo’s “This Time It’s Real

Tony Adamo’s New Strokeland Release
Tony Adamo’s New Strokeland Records Release
Fred E. Harris, Los Angeles, CA

The soul funk artistry of Strokeland recording artist Tony Adamo is about to hit the radio airwaves in the form of a previous hit song written by Tower of Power (TOP) co-founders Stephen “Doc” Kupka and Emilio Castillo. TOP members, Doc Kupka, Tom Politzer and returning member Mic Gillette add their funky horns to this cover song, another funk pop hit to be.

In keepin’ his ear to the street, guitarist/producer Jerry Stucker added R&B/Soul -legend drummer, James Gadson (Bill Withers, Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones),The funked-out organist Neil Larson (Gregg Allman, B.B. King, Whitney Houston), and the soulful playing of Reggie McBride on bass (Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Keb’Mo’).

Jim Santella of L.A. JAZZ SCENE MAGAZINE digs Adamo’s strong original style and says, “He sings with the bold character of a man who knows how to entertain, recalling pop singers Tom Jones, David Clayton-Thomas and Brook Benton, as well as jazz singers Al Jarreau and Mark Murphy.” With Tony Adamo’s smooth funk vocals, the triple threat of TOP horns and the rhythm section applying pressure to the groove, this song will be the sound of the summer.

HornDrivenRadio.com will be the first U.S. radio station to break this new MP3, “This Time it’s Real.”

Yes that’s right, we will be running this first. We will make an announcement when this song will hit the rotation.

For more information on Tony Adamo, www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
www.strokeland.com

Topic: Reviews & Recommendations / Jazz & Blues Florida CD Review of Davis & Dow's LOVERLY

See our July online edition at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com for a review of this recent release.
Thanks!

Topic: Books & Magazines About Jazz / Jazz Blues Florida Featured Artists for July 2009

We now put out two editions each month.
The current edition features:
Davis & Dow (See CD Review in that forum)
Barbara Van
Mike Orta
Damon Fowler
Darrell Raines
Dmitriy Klevenskiy
The articles can be found online at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com
Best!

Topic: Reviews & Recommendations / SASHAY, SWAY AND SWING TO THE SOUNDS OF IRENE AND HER LATIN JAZZ BAND

SASHAY, SWAY AND SWING TO THE SOUNDS OF IRENE AND HER LATIN JAZZ BAND
A SONG OF YOU BY IRENE AND HER LATIN JAZZ BAND

Start with Southern California’s sun-drenched climate, pervasive Latino culture and active music scene; add several rhythmic South American musicians; and overlay with a smooth-and-silky lead singer. Now you have Irene and Her Latin Jazz Band. The group seems like they have fun creating fresh and personal Latin jazz arrangements of all types of songs (Latin standards, Great American Songbook classics, modern pop tunes, and their own original compositions). Irene in a Los Angeles native (so of course she was influenced by the pervasive Latin culture found there), but she jumped into Latin music in a big way when she hooked up with a bunch of Brazilian-born-and-trained-there musicians who had transplanted to Southern-Cal. On the first album it was acoustic guitarist and Marco Tulio and percussionist Cristano Novelli that brought the most South American influences. They are back on A Song of You, this second recording, but they are joined predominantly by a new pianist, Rique Pantoja, who is a big deal in Brazil, one of the new breed from there making international waves by having played with Chet Baker, Milton Nascimento, Steps Ahead, Ricardo Silveira, Carlos Santana, Ernie Watts, Ricky Martin, Gilberto Gil, Luis Conte, Lee Ritenour and Kirk Whalum. Wow! Those are some credits for a Brazilian guy. Because this is not salsa, the music is not hot, fiery and sexy-passionate. Instead this is jazz by way of Rio rhythms, so the music is more like cool-jazz or smooth-jazz with a gentle Latin beat. Irene and the band select an interesting mix of tunes and bring their own smooth Latin persona to each one making for a unified sound and a cohesive listening experience. The music is available from that great on-line indie store cdbaby.com or the ubiquitous iTunes.

Topic: Players & Bands / Mercedes Hall

I saw NYC based jazz vocalist Mercedes Hall at the opening of the Cape Cod Jazz Festival and it was a real cool show.

She’s a true song stylist and covers the waterfront when it comes to jazz vocalists. She kind of reminded me of Dinah Washington and Cleo Laine all rolled into one.

She is a very distinctive vocalist and her relationship with the audience was so nice you almost feel like your watching your cousin at a family event.

According to cards placed on the tables she has a VIP area on her web site (www.mercedeshall.com) dedicated to patrons of her live performances.

If you enter your name, e-mail address and the code ccjf you can listen to some unreleased tracks and download her take on Monk’s “Straight, No Chaser.

I visited it and was pleasantly surprised at how tasteful it is. I even received a follow-up e-mail thanking me for visiting.

She is playing the Blue Note Brunch in NYC on July 12th and if the food is as good as her singing it will be worth the train trip from Boston.

Topic: General Jazz Discussion / Cabaret!

I think it’s safe to say I’ve now reached the pinnacle of my career: I get to play with the Kit Kat Klub band! I like playing trombone by itself, but getting to do it in women’s clothes and doubling on tuba just adds a whole new dimension to being a musician. And the rest of the guys in the band, now I know what sisterhood feels like!

When I saw myself in the mirror I realized I look like a mix of my mom and Björn Borg (my mom’s never been much of a tennis player though). I did wish for a bigger cup-size, hoping to make my wife jealous. As it is she’ll just laugh at me, you just can’t have everything in life…

This production of the musical Cabaret is in Houston’s Hobby Center with TUTS, Theater Under The Stars. The orchestra in this production totals 11 musicians, with five of us onstage acting as the club band, that’s why we’re in drag. (The other guys are of course very envious, and I probably have to report a couple of them for sexual harassment after grabbing my tits). I’ve always liked this show, great (very tragic) story, great music and fun to play.

Check out pictures:
http://www.thomashulten.com/2009/06/cabaret/

Topic: General Jazz Discussion / FREE Assembly of Dust / John Scofield Download!

Hey everyone,

While I’m a first and foremost a fan of John Scofield, I am also admittedly also a member of Assembly of Dust’s street team. Forgive the intrusion. If you don’t already know AOD they are giving away the track “Borrowed Feet” featuring John Scofield on their site http://www.aodust.com. It’s worth giving a listen to! AOD is giving away a new track every Tuesday until July 14th featuring artists like Jerry Douglas, Richie Havens, Mike Gordon, Al Schnier and more! Again sorry if this feels spammy but I was eager to share the news!

-Maressa

Topic: What's Happening? / The Ed Palermo Big Band Pays Tribute To Music Legend Frank Zappa

6/29/2009 – New York, NY – Jazz is not dead – at least not when the Ed Palermo Big Band plays it. Part of the Cuneiform ‘Contemporary Masters’ series, ‘Eddy Loves Frank’ is the third album to feature the music of Frank Zappa as arranged by Ed Palermo and performed by the Ed Palermo Big Band. A brilliantly original and entertaining big band jazz CD, ‘Eddy Loves Frank’ shows that Zappa’s music has become assimilated into the American songbook. It also reveals that Zappa, as an American rock composer, deserves to be recognized with as much respect as America’s other revered popular music composers, including jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, and popular song composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Despite the music’s complexity, Palermo’s incredibly skilled 18-piece band and three guest musicians play it with inspiration and apparent ease.

“I’m prouder and happier than ever about this CD because I felt less constrained to follow Zappa’s structural formats,” says Ed. “It has never been my intention to replicate Zappa’s recordings (what would be the point?) and with this new CD (my 3rd of Zappa music) I felt freer to manipulate the structures more than I ever have. I suppose it’s a natural evolution.”

As a jazz arranger, composer, bandleader and saxophonist, Ed Palermo works magic with Frank Zappa’s music. Since 1994, he has devoted the bulk of the performance by his NY-based, 18-piece Ed Palermo Big Band to his arrangements of Zappa’s compositions. These big-band jazz arrangements are no mere transcriptions; they are “revelations”, as one critic best said. Palermo belongs to a tradition of visionary composers and arrangers who recognize hidden beauty and genius in an avant garde composer’s radical work, and create genius arrangements that serve to reveal that beauty to the public eye. Palermo has arranged almost 200 Zappa tunes. Performed by his inspired and tremendously skilled band, Palermo’s all instrumental,
jazz arrangements of Zappa’s rock compositions bring Zappa’s music wider recognition, beyond the rock world, and elevate rock music’s status as ‘serious’ composition, proving that serious and satirical can indeed coexist.

Here’s what the press have been saying about ‘Eddy Loves Frank’:

“Wonderful, breathtaking, fantastic, exhilarating, great sound, great production, great musicianship…I run out of superlatives… It’s an album not just for Frank Zappa fans, it’s an album for everyone.” – Paradoxone.uk

“This is masterful arrangement: the ability to see beyond the idiom and find instead the fundamental building blocks that give a piece of music its essential character. …Clearly, this is a labour of love for Palermo, born of his genuine admiration and passion for Zappa’s music…Zappa once famously said ‘Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny.’ Ed Palermo is making one hell of a wonderful stink.” – Pop Matters

“Like Zappa, and Duke Ellington before, Palermo’s main instrument is his band. And with him at the helm it manages to capture perfectly the spirit of Zappa’s music whilst stamping its own authority on the adventurous arrangements with its exuberant, joyous ensemble playing and in the quality of the solos.” – All About Jazz

In May, 2006, Cuneiform Records released ‘Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance’, the Ed Palermo Big Band’s 2nd CD of “Frank Zappa’s astonishingly beautiful and original music” (Palermo), and Palermo’s first CD release on Cuneiform. The album received rave notice from the critics and the public, almost instantly becoming one of Cuneiform’s best-selling releases. Critics in both the jazz and rock worlds praised it for both making Zappa’s music more accessible and bringing it wider recognition outside the rock world, while simultaneously bringing big band jazz to new audiences.

Palermo’s interpretations of Zappa’s work soon received further recognition when Ned Wharton of NPR’s Weekend Edition invited the Ed Palermo Big Band into NPR’s studio to tape a session with host Andrea Seabrook. Aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on October 8, 2006 to an audience of hundreds of thousands of NPR listeners, the feature, titled “Ed Palermo, Making New Arrangements for Zappa,” included the Big Band performing 4 of Palermo’s Zappa arrangements and a conversation with Palermo. The Ed Palermo Big Band played a number of shows following its Cuneiform release, including dates at NYC’s Iridium and, in 2006, at Baltimore’s Sonar, and festival appearances at the Detroit Jazz Festival (2006), The Clifford Brown Festival in Wilmington, DE (2007), the Syracuse Jazz Festival (2007), NYC’s South Street Seaport (Summer 2008), and a yearly August spot as part of the Union County Arts Festival at Echo Lake Park, Mountainside, NJ. While most of these concerts featured Palermo’s arrangements of Zappa, some focused instead on Palermo’s big band jazz arrangements of blues and rock music (Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield).

Besides working with his own band, Palermo conducts and arranges for other bands. One of the most adventurous, inspired, and brilliantly humorous arrangers for jazz big band working in America today, Palermo arranged music by James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul”, for Christian McBride’s Big Band. The music was presented in a Sept. 6, 2006 concert at the Hollywood Bowl, which featured Brown on stage, singing with the band –– only a few months before his death. Palermo conducts the U.S. Army Blues (also known as the U.S. Army Blues Jazz Ensemble, and part of the U.S. Army Band) in special concerts of his Zappa arrangements held annually – most recently in April 2009 – at a military base outside Washington DC.

For more information on Ed Palermo’s ‘Eddy Loves Frank’ CD visit the official website at: www.PalermoBigBand.com

Press Inquiries:
Glass Onyon PR
Ph: 828-350-8158
glassonyonpr@cs.com

Topic: General Forum Topics / ANTI RIAA

Information about Boycott-Riaa:
“Boycott-RIAA was founded because we love music. We cannot stand by silently while the recording industry continues its decades-long effort to lock up our culture and heritage by misrepresenting the facts to the public, to artists, the fans and to our government. Our mission is to represent the position of the consumers and of the independent music artists against this nearly completely foreign-owned cartel which exhibits behaviors indicative of deliberate and outright contempt for the law, and of those whose job is to enforce it. (Simultaneously, they implore the government to persecute grandmothers and children on their behalf!!!)

We endeavor to counter misinformation with facts, and to make the public aware of the implications and dire long term consequences that our culture suffers when Congress bows to every demand that this illegal and immoral recording industry presents.”

Topic: Reviews & Recommendations / Definitive Performances

I love Bobby Darin. His live version of Dream Lover is on our website at www.lostgoldmusic.com

Also Patsy Kline’s FIRST EVER live performance of Walking After Midnight, which is also on the website, is my favorite ever version of the song!

Topic: General Forum Topics / ANTI RIAA

We are thinking about getting together an Anti-Riaa concert event. What do you think about the Riaa? Check out our Anti-Riaa site, www.boycott-riaa.com and reply to us on twitter at www.twitter.com/lostgoldrecords!

Topic: General Forum Topics / Our Very First Podcast!

Hey we have just published our very first podcast just in time for the 4th of July! Please check it out, its free, on our website and on itunes! Links at www.lostgoldmusic.com

Topic: Reviews & Recommendations / Dave Holland free downloads

At www.daveholland.com Dave is giving out some free mp3’s
There is a great cut of Some Other Spring with Mulgrew Miller and some tune from his new sextet, and some the DH Big Band.
Check it out, it’s FREE !

Topic: General Forum Topics / Dave Holland free downloads

At www.daveholland.com Dave is giving out some free mp3’s
There is a great cut of Some Other Spring with Mulgrew Miller and some tune from his new sextet, and some the DH Big Band.
Check it out, it’s FREE !

Topic: Players & Bands / Tony Adamo and the Too Funky to Flush Gang

some funky tracks

Passport  Tony Adamo   Straight Up Deal-Urbanzone Records

Tony Adamo-lead vocal/spoken word, Mike Clark-drums, Freddie Washington-bass, Eddie Henderson-trumpet, Neil Larsen-piano, Sandy Griffith-background vocals, Jerry Stucker-guitar

Funky Fingers  Paul Jackson  Funk On A Stick-Backdoor Records

Paul Jackson-bass/vocals, Mike Clark-drums, Bill Summers-percussion, Herbie Hancock-keyboards, Jerry Stucker-guitar

Summertime  Professor R J Ross  Face To Face- Lantana Records

Professor R J Ross-piano/syn/ lead vocal, Steve Gadd-drums, Robert Quintana- percussion, Neil Larsen-organ, Sandy Griffith, Jeannie Tracy-background vocals, Jerry Stucker-guitar/bass

Go With It   EastBay Messengers  Detour To Oakland-DaFunk Records

Mike Clark-drums, Paul Jackson-bass, Mark Kaye-keyboards/vocals, Jerry Stucker-guitar
www.jerrystucker.com
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo

Topic: What's Happening? / Ron Petrides Quartet featuring David Schnitter (formerly of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers)

For those of you in the New York-Metropolitan area, this is just to let you know that the Ron Petrides Quartet featuring David Schnitter will be appearing at Olive’s, on 118 Main Street in Nyack, this coming Thursday, July 2, at 9:00 PM.

Petrides is a former student of Joe Pass and Pat Martino and is one of the most brilliant improvisers I’ve ever laid ears on. At least, I haven’t heard too many other cats who can blow for twenty or thirty choruses and still keep it fresh and interesting, with these amazing long, complicated lines and themes and variations on motifs, perhaps calling to mind Gunther Schuller’s notorious analysis of Sonny Rollins.

Ron’s also got a PhD in composition from NYU, so I think that’s where he gets many his ideas from: classical moderist harmony, though there is nothing remotely “Third Stream” about his playing. At the end of the day, it’s straight jazz guitar, no guitar effects, no forays into fusion.

If Prokofiev played in the jazz idiom - and, of course, played guitar - well then maybe he’d play like Ron (sorry, can’t think of a better analogy to give you an idea of his playing). Here, check out his site, as the video, however poor in quality, will give you some idea of his playing: www.ronpetrides.com.

Then there’s tenorman David Schnitter, formerly of the Jazz Messengers. Schnitter played with Blakey in the late seventies for five years, and that’s longer than any other tenor player in the history of the Messengers, including Wayne Shorter.

John Ballard

Topic: The Dozens / THE DOZENS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOPRANO SAX

The full text of the article can be found here.

Comments are invited.

Topic: General Forum Topics / Understanding Bill Evans Music

I can play at the level I am at now for a long time or else I can climb the Mt. Everest of jazz and really understand and play Bill Evans music on a deeper level like that amazing man did. It is up to me to be better and not just satisfied with my current ability level. You can hear me play at my website www.ceruleanbluemusic.com.

Topic: Players & Bands / Get Your Chops Back - Snare Drum Choir

Get Your Chops Back – Snare Drum Choir

Active Arts’ Snare Drum Choir
Haven’t played in a while and need some stick control? Ready to tune up your drum and get your chops back? Participate in an ensemble of snare drums of different sizes and tuning played with a variety of implements. Participants will explore drumming with a melodic sensibility, experience original compositions, regain solid hand technique, learn concepts for tempo/rhythmic awareness, drum maintenance, and tuning advice.

Save the Dates!
Once confirmed, Snare Drum Choir rehearsals are 3 hours long, 9:30am to 12:30pm, on July 11, July 25, August 8, August 22, Sept 5, and Sept 19, and held in ATWATER VILLAGE with a final open rehearsal on September 26 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

GYCB Snare Drum Choir is for adult learners (18 years or older), non-professional/ recreational musicians with basic playing and reading skills (standard music notation). Please provide your own stand and snare drum (No marching drums).

Register online anytime by July 5th. Sign up in 3 easy steps:
1. Go to musiccenter.org (Key Word Search: Active Arts)
2. Complete either the registration form.
3. Submit no later than July 5th.

Admission Fee: Sliding scale from $10 to $25.
Registration required by July 5th, 2009.
You will receive final confirmation by July 8

Topic: Players & Bands / Get Your Chops Back - Jazz Combo

Get Your Chops Back – Jazz Combo

Active Arts’ Jazz Combo
Explore, expand, and create.
Remember blues scales? Want to experience rhythm changes and chord progressions again? Reconnect with the joy of playing in a group, learn customized arrangements of jazz standards, review and relearn techniques and concepts for creative soloing, create an original composition in collaboration with fellow players, and more.

Save the Dates!
Once confirmed, Jazz Combo rehearsals are 3 hours long, 9:30am to 12:30pm, on July 18, August 1, August 15, August 29, Sept 5, and Sept 19, and held in DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES with a final open rehearsal on September 26 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

GYCB Jazz Combo is for adult learners (18 years or older), non-professional/ recreational musicians with basic playing and reading skills (standard music notation). Please provide your own instrument: saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, keyboard or drum set.

Register online anytime by July 5. Sign up in 3 easy steps:
1. Go to musiccenter.org (Key Word Search: Active Arts)
2. Complete either the registration form.
3. Submit no later than July 5th.

Admission Fee: Sliding scale from $10 to $25.
Registration required by July 5, 2009.
You will receive final confirmation by July 8

Topic: Jazz Questions (and answers) / Beatles done Jazzy

Are their any transcriptions (piano) of MCCoy Tyner doing “She’s Leaving Home” Heard it on a Beatles compilation album. It was awesome and I would love to see it written out. Thanks, rochelleing

Topic: General Forum Topics / Chops - a new jazz documentary

A new jazz documentary called Chops is about to be released – it’s about one high school’s experience at the Essentially Ellington high school jazz competition at Lincoln Center. It’s inspirational and is great for both kids and adults alike. Chops is backed by Jazz at Lincoln Center and has screened there, various film festivals nationwide and at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

You can view the trailer at the official website: http://chopsthemovie.com/

You can go to the Facebook page for updates about the film – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chops/85540964870

As you know, jazz festivals and publications are hurting right now due to the poor economy. The documentary is a great fund raising tool for any jazz-related organizations, as it will be distributed through a unique screening process that allows anyone who hosts a screening to keep 100% of the proceeds. And at a time when jazz is hurting, it’s a crowd-pleasing and exciting film that will inspire audiences, especially young people. Check out the screening program here – http://chopsthemovie.com/host/

Topic: What's Happening? / 5º Seminary of Modern Music and Improvisation of Monforte de Lemos. Spain

From 17 to August 22 to 09 will be held the 5th edition of the Seminary on Modern Music and Improvisation.
Carlos Calviño (guitar), Dee Jay Foster (electric bass and double bass), Iturat Valentín (drums), Iñaki Askunze (saxophone), Albert Sanz ( piano) and Celia Mur (voice).
Aimed at people with musical knowledge they wish to approach modern music. Interested in expanding knowledge about the language used in the various styles of modern music. Professional musicians, students or semi with the need to expand their resources for interpretation, improvisation, listening, creation, etc. They may attend any specialty instrumental musicians.
ORGANIZATION: A.C. A Tempo – Music School, 659 47 43 52
http://www.novasmusicas.com
atempo.org @ gmail.com

Topic: General Forum Topics / Classic, Rare Jazz Music

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Topic: Audio & Video / Ivor Deach Quartet - Meditation