balam | 4 Floors Up

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Contemporary Jazz, Keyboards

balam

balam | 4 Floors Up [Contemporary Jazz/balam/2009] Nu-Voices

A journey through the land of instrumental groove. mixing acoustic & electronic jazz funk flavors with vocal treasures along the way to chill out your warm bits.

balam (aka) Fred is currently writing and touring with the UK based band, Acoustic Alchemy. His first involvement was on ‘The Beautiful Game‘ album back in 2000, Co-writing tracks such as ‘Hats of Magic’ and ‘The Last Flamenco‘.

Floors up is a journey through style.. groove.. vocals.. Horns.. All tied together by stunning musical performances from the likes of Miles Gilderdale (Guitar), Greg Grainger (Drums), Julian Crampton (Bass), Suzanna Dee (vocals), Fred White (Keys/Horns), plus some more bad company behind the scenes. Produced by Fred White aka balam. ~ Source: CDBaby.com

Common Knowledge | Well Kept Secret

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Bass Guitar, Female Vocalist, Smoothjazz

Common Knowledge

Common Knowledge | Well Kept Secret [Urban Jazz/Smooth Soul/2008] Nu-Voices

One of the most innovative and stylistic bassists in traditional jazz and contemporary music, releases his debut CD that contains music for the mind, body and spirit.

A native of Washington, DC, Yusef Chisholm is one of the most innovative and stylistic bassists in traditional and contemporary music.  In 1995, Yusef formed Common Knowledge, a contemporary jazz ensemble. His studio (of same name) has provided a venue for local musicians to record their projects.  He has been a member of Collaboration, a Washington-based jazz group of music educators since 1986.  He has performed in many venues in the United States and abroad, sharing the stage with many prominent musicians. ~ Source: CDBaby.com

Chick Corea & Hiromi | Duet

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Chick Corea, Culture, Hiromi, Jazz, Piano

Chick & Hiromi

Chick Corea & Hiromi | Duet [Jazz/Concord Records/2009]

Grammy-award winning pianist Chick Corea will release Duet, a 2-CD live performance with up-and-coming virtuosic Japanese pianist Hiromi, on February 3rd via Concord Records.

Originally released in Japan in 2007 on Universal, Duet became the top-selling jazz album of the year. The 12-track, 2-CD release marks Chick Corea’s first recorded piano duet album since 1978’s An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert.

The first CD features an original by each pianist as well as four covers, including Thelonious Monk’s “Bolivar Blues” and Lennon-McCartney’s “Fools On The Hill.” The second disc features two originals from Corea and Hiromi, and the two adventurously meld Joaquin Vidre Rodrigo’s classic “Concierto de Aranjuez” with one of Corea’s best-known tunes, “Spain.”