Following the release of his critically acclaimed CD Wines & Spirits, gifted vocalist and songwriter Rahsaan Patterson lights up the Season
with his first Christmas project,
The Ultimate Gift. Includes eight
original new songs, including
the instant classic
"Christmas At My House."
Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Featuring Carmen Bradford
"The spirited interplay between
the sections and immediately
distinctive soloists compel me
to, as as I used to years ago,
shout aloud in pleasure." -Nat Hentoff
Five Play
What the World Needs Now
"Bravo to Five Play for an excellent release ... incredible talents." Larry Detwiler, Jazz Improv
10,000 Songs on 500 CDs: The World's Largest Jazz Collection
(Artsong Music)
This encyclopedia of jazz is the first standard collection which will be hard to copy or to top. The decisive periods in the development of jazz are captured in five chunks, each containing 100 compact discs, from classic jazz to swing and the era of big bands, to bebop, cool jazz and hard bop. The jazz encyclopedia is the work of experts who share the love of jazz and posses a thorough knowledge. It's a gargantuan project which has never been tackled before.
Chicago Sessions is a new record label featuring the best Chicago jazz artists, from the established to the undiscovered, including Larry Gray with John Moulder and Charles Heath, Marshall Vente Trio and Steven Hashimoto's Mothra.
We produce 12 exclusive, high quality compact discs per year, which collectively form a series, available only by subscription. Each CD in the series features a different artist, and focuses on their original
compositions. Subscribers will receive all 12 CDs in the series to which they subscribe, with one CD being released each month.
"This is a delightful love story between a boy from Pennsylvania and America's original art form,
jazz--each paragraph is etched
using a pen with a backbeat.
Very enjoyable." -Phil Woods
Exploits of a young clarinetist
mentored by Buddy De Franco.
With musician bios and rare photos.
Buy at amazon.com or ask at your local bookstore.
Publicist: David Litvak
djlitvak@cascadiapublicity.com
Granville Island Publishing: 877-688-0320
Jazz guitar masters Ben-Hur and Bertoncini, paired up for the first time on record, deliver some of the most intricate and senisitve guitar duo arrangements ever. "An eminently special guitar duo," writes award-winning critic Ira Gitler.
Proceeds from this all pro-bono project benefit the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund at Englewood Hospital.
"A phenomenal drummer and composer ... he is clearly pushing the Afro-Cuban jazz language into new territory." -Variety
"Dafnis Prieto's new album, Taking The Soul For A Walk, explodes with energy carried along by lovely
harmonized passages, horn fanfares and powerfully conjured moods,
propelling his original compositions with a singular passion and intensity." -The Wall Street Journal
You can buy it online at: cdbaby.com/cd/dafnisprietosextet
The saxophonist started playing more than 60 years ago with only a desire to become part of the jazz life. He did not really want to become famous--he simply wanted to play. Today, as he turns 80 and prepares to release a new album from his recently re-formed Jazztet, the composer of so many jazz standards reflects on a career that has offered him an abundance of opportunities and achievements.
Chicago Sessions is a new record label featuring the best Chicago jazz artists, from the established to the undiscovered, including Larry Gray with John Moulder and Charles Heath, Marshall Vente Trio and Steven Hashimoto's Mothra.
"This is a delightful love story between a boy from Pennsylvania and America's original art form,
jazz--each paragraph is etched
using a pen with a backbeat.
Very enjoyable." -Phil Woods
Jazz guitar masters Ben-Hur and Bertoncini, paired up for the first time on record, deliver some of the most intricate and senisitve guitar duo arrangements ever. "An eminently special guitar duo," writes award-winning critic Ira Gitler.
We Are Listening Singer/Songwriter Awards recipient for songs
"What Jazz Is" and "Loose Duck."
Jazz meets acoustic pop
on this collection featuring
Cassandra Wilson, Melody Gardot and many other extraordinary
female jazz vocalists.
Swing into the holiday season
with this festive collection of
jazz and blues Christmas
songs featuring Ray Charles,
B.B. King and more!
"A phenomenal drummer and composer ... he is clearly pushing the Afro-Cuban jazz language into new territory." -Variety
Spyro Gyra celebrates the holidays with A Night Before Christmas,
11 tracks that capture the
yuletide spirit with a decidedly
traditional jazz vibe.
