SAXOPHONIST KIRK WHALUM PERFORMS ON SIRIUS XM PRAISE

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Jazz Impresario Performs Songs From His Highly Anticipated Gospel/Jazz Fusion Double CD “The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter 3.”

October 2009 – Eight time Grammy nominated saxophonist Kirk Whalum recently taped a riveting performance on Sirius XM’s Praise Channel in celebration of his highly anticipated jazz/gospel fusion project, “The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter 3.” Neo Soul vocalist Lalah Hathaway, who is featured on the single “He’s Been Just That Good,” also joined Whalum in studio for an exhilarating performance. Tune in to hear Kirk Whalum on Sirius XM Praise on Tuesday, October 27 at 1pm EST, with a rebroadcast on Sunday, November 1st at 3pm ET.

The long-awaited third installment in Whalum’s popular genre-bridging gospel jazz series will be released on Mack Avenue Records on February 16, 2010. The star-studded live celebration will include both a two-disc CD and a special DVD shot in hi-definition video.

Source: Kirk Whalum

Euge Groove | Sunday Morning

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Euge Groove | Sunday Morning – [Shanachie, 2009]

The long awaited new album “Sunday Morning,” by Euge Groove is finally finished. The prolific and down to earth saxophonist/songwriter, Euge Groove is back in the saddle with his sixth solo album in 10 years is now available in record stores and on the Internet on Tuesday, October 27th.

Sunday Morning, the album promises to be an extension of his last offering Born 2 Groove. As Euge Groove gets ready to kick of his 10th year as a solo artist, it is only fitting that he is releasing his best and most personal musical statement to date. This stunning collection contains 10 original songs on, “Sunday Morning” it is heralded as being one of a few in this genre to have real musicians in the studio to record this seductive yet vibrant new record by Groove.

Euge Groove says: “I have learned and grown a lot of over the past year and I hope this can be heard on Sunday Morning. All of the songs reveal a bit about where I was personally at that moment. I hope when people hear the music they can feel my emotional connection with these songs.”

Visit, Euge Groove.com for more details about this artist.

Livebrush Makes Design Creation Simple

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Adobe Air: If you’re looking to put a flourish or two on an invitation, business card, or web page, Livebrush makes it super simple to create your own designs without purchasing advanced vector-based software.

Using Livebrush is as simple as swirling your mouse about. If you want to get more nuanced you can—the examples on their site show some really detailed image results. For adding just a bit of visual interest to the sidebar of your blog or the edge of your stationary, however, Livebrush is easy to pick up and play with.

You can choose from different styles, fine-tuning your brush behavior and weight as you go. Livebrush supports layers and you can export the final product as a PNG file. Upgrading to the Pro version for $10 unlocks additional features like the ability to export vectors. Check out the video below to see Livebrush in action:

Go here, to view a demo of this nifty application.

If you have a favorite resource or tool for adding flourishes and decorations to your design work, let’s hear about it in the comments.

Visit, Livebrush to download and see a demo of this freebie.

Source: Lifehacker.com

Everette Harp | First Love

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Everette Harp | First Love – [Shanachie, 2009]

Do you remember when you first fell in love? The magic, rush of emotions, the euphoria and excitement of it all! People fall in and out of love everyday but there are some people and some things that remain true loves forever. For celebrated saxophonist Everette Harp, jazz is a first love and enduring love. “I remember when I first discovered John Coltrane’s Soul Trane and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out albums in my parents’ record collection.

This was the music that made me first fall in love with jazz,” recalls Harp, whose own music has made millions of fans around the world fall in love with jazz. Although Harp’s first love was ‘traditional’ jazz, he has made his mark as one of the best-selling and most sought after ambassador’s of contemporary jazz for close to two decades.

First Love, Harp’s new and third Shanachie Entertainment CD is truly a labor of love and was inspired by opportunities he has had over the past year and a half to play both contemporary jazz and mainstream jazz gigs in the US and abroad. “I have had the chance to play with some incredible musicians in a variety of venues. All of which led me, inexorably, to this recording,” shares Harp. “With First Love I was given the opportunity to explore some of the elements of jazz that made me crave to learn more about this wonderful music. And while I feel like I am starting over again as a novice, that is a welcome sacrifice in regaining some of the excitement I felt some years ago. The possibility of growth is again my goal!”

Released Date: 10/27/2009

Source: Shanachie

Esbjorn Svensson Trio | From Gagarin’s Point Of View

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Esbjorn Svensson Trio | From Gagarin’s Point Of View – [Diesel Music, 2007]

The Esbjorn Svensson Trio is (one of) the best piano-trio’s in the world. They prove the statement that it’s impossible for jazz to renew itself, without changing it into something completely different to be totally wrong. The trio has been together for a long time, and that you can hear: they really listen to each other. They have to, because they tend to put so much space or silence in their music, that it would be very hard to play when they didn’t.

A lot of jazz combs change their strength a lot, and not always in their advantage. At jazz festivals you here a lot of theme-solo-solo-solo-boring drum solo-theme-jazz, and that’s alright when the individuals are interesting enough, but a lot of times it’s simply not good enough. Sometimes the reason of that is that the bands are so good that they can change their personal a lot, but it doesn’t always do the music good. And this is one of the differences between E.S.T. and some other jazz bands you could hear live.