JOURNEYED TENOR SAXOPHONIST AZAR LAWRENCE SET TO RELEASE MYSTIC JOURNEY, MAY 4 ON FURTHERMORE RECORDINGS

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African American, Azar Lawrence, Jazz, Saxophone

ALBUM FEATURES EDDIE HENDERSON, GERALD HAYES, BENITO GONZALEZ, ESSIET ESSIET AND THE LATE RASHIED ALI

Azar Lawrence - Mystic Journey

LAWRENCE’S SEXTET TO PERFORM IN TRIBUTE TO ALI ON MAY 7 AT THE TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

The re-emergence of saxophonist Azar Lawrence has been one of the most exciting things and perhaps one of the best-kept secrets of the past five years on the Los Angeles jazz scene. Those who have experienced Azar live in the past year can bear witness to a real life prodigal son story. No doubt remains that he is here to reclaim his title as heir to the throne of the John Coltrane legacy.

A child prodigy, Azar played in the shadows and under the watchful eyes of giants. At 21, he was hired by Miles Davis to perform and record at Carnegie Hall in what would become the 1974 underground classic, Dark Magus. In his twenties, he was taken in by Coltrane acolytes McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones and absorbed all they had to teach. He appeared on several of Tyner’s classic ’70s recordings and was signed by the Prestige label, where he recorded three albums as a leader.

The Enoch Smith Group | Church Boy

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African American, Enoch Smith Jr., Jazz, Piano

The Enoch Smith Group - Church Boy

The Enoch Smith Group | Church Boy – [Enoch Smith Jr., 2009]

A return to the Soul Jazz sound and feel incorporated with great arrangements of classic songs and refreshing original compositions. A true musical journey!

This album is my first musical statement to the world. To hear it is to know me intimately.
I took special care in selecting the musicians as well as the compositions for this project. Each composition is spiritual by nature. Some of them were taken directly from a church pew hymnal while others are interpretations of well known compositions from the Pop, Gospel, and Classic Rock genres.

Jack Kerouac | Beat Scene

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Jack Kerouac, Jazz

Jack Kerouac - Beat Scene

– Jack Kerouac – ::|:: Beat Scene – [101 DISTRIBUTION, 2010]

2010 collection. In the ’50s, with Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs, Jack Kerouac was instrumental in starting the Beat movement. The acknowledged leader and spokesman of the group, it was he who first used the term Beat Generation to express despair over the suppressed state of the individual in society and belief in the natural world and in the powers of the beat of Jazz music and poetry. The Beats rejected the prevailing academic attitude to poetry and declared, through their art and attitudes, their alienation and disgust with shallow American middle-class values. This collection includes cuts from this influential period including tracks from Kerouac, Mamie Van Doren, Ken Nordine, Sun Ra, Lenny Bruce, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus and many others. El.

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