We Wish You A “Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays”

Hello everyone, it has truly been a blessing to afford the opportunity to hang out with folks that have mutual interests. We hope the tapestry of new music and various related content that we’ve attempted to publish here continues to flow generously in the New Year. Finally, “Merry Christmas to All,” and may you have a joyous, prosperous and safe gathering with family and friends this holiday season.

“Unto us a child is born, to us a child is given” [Isaiah 9:6]

SARA SERPA | Sara Serpa

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Brazilian, Culture, Female Vocalist, Jazz

Sara Serpa

SARA SERPA | Praia [Nu-Voices/Brazilian/2008]

“Sara Serpa is a vocalist wielding an instrument as favorably unadorned and pure as any in jazz. She’s the freshest vocalist on the scene at the moment, not just because she’s new to it at age 28. It’s certainly not because of the way she delivers a lyric, since there usually aren’t any. Being from Portugal is also irrelevant, for like much of the great jazz coming our way in the past few years from Lisbon, there is nothing overtly ethnic about the music; it’s sensuous, transporting, sultry and warm. ~ CDBaby.com

Joe Zawinul | 75

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Contemporary Jazz, Culture, Jazz Fusion, Keyboards

Joe Zawinul

Joe Zawinul | 75 [Heads Up/Feb09]

Keyboardist and composer Joe Zawinul, who succumbed to cancer September 11, 2007 at age 75, left behind a half-century legacy of brilliant music that will last for generations. Born in Austria and originally trained in classical music, Zawinul embraced the jazz tradition at a young age and eventually pushed the art form to unprecedented limits via his two most innovative projects, Weather Report and later the Zawinul Syndicate.

Despite the medical and physical challenges of his final months, Zawinul’s regimen of composing and performing never let up. Indeed, one of his final performances proved to be one of his best.