Buselli & Wallarab Jazz Orchestra -][- MEZZANINE [Owl Studios]

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Brent Wallarab, Buselli & Wallarab Jazz Orchestra

Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra - MEZZANINE

Eloquence resonates within the body of this intriguing, scintillating and innovative palette of music. These timeless yet inventive melodies appear nostalgic, but in reality they patiently excel in a imaginative way to reinforce the understated beauty of this evocative masterpiece is brilliantly performed by the Buselli & Wallarab Jazz Orchestra! —Rob Young

Buselli & Wallarab Jazz Orchestra -][- MEZZANINE – [Owl Studios, 2010]

This contemporary, introspective jazz orchestra explores the colorful, impressionistic, and transparent orchestrations of new and classic big band literature set to paper by Brent Wallarab.

Wallarab, jazz specialist for the Smithsonian Institution and assistant professor of music in jazz studies for the prestigious Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, presents a fine collection of original jazz orchestra compositions and arrangements with the long-standing Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra. –Amazon.com

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GRAMMY-nominated Gregory Porter’s Tour Dates: NYC, West Coast, Europe with Jamie Cullum

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African American, Gregory Porter, Jamie Cullum, Jazz, Male Vocals

Motema recording artist Gregory Porter’s album “Water” is GRAMMY-nominated in the Best Vocal Jazz Album category. To celebrate, he’s embarking on a tour, starting on Monday with a celebration performance at NYC’s Drom.

From there he will visit the West Coast before leaving for Europe. On March 2nd he will visit BBC Radio’s live studio with Jamie Cullum, who declared “Water” to be one of his albums of the year for 2010:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jamiecullum/2010/12/albums-of-the-year.shtml

02-07-2011 Drom New York, NY – We are currently running a Facebook ticket giveaway for this – details at:

Tony Williams Lifetime -][- BELIEVE IT [Columbia]

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African American, Drums, Jazz, Tony Williams

Fusion aficionados, “BELIEVE IT” (or not?) this masterpiece by the legendary Tony Williams drummer extraordinare was produced, recorded and arranged exclusively for hard core music enthusiasts. —Rob Young

Tony Williams - BELIEVE IT

Tony Williams Lifetime -][- BELIEVE IT – [Columbia, 1975]

They just don’t make ’em like this anymore! 28 years after its original release, this album STILL sounds as invigorating as the day it was released. Tony Williams, much like his mentor Miles Davis had a knack for picking great talent for his bands, especially young upstart British guitar virtuosos.

As if John McLaughlin wasn’t enough, he went and found the soft-spoken and ridiculously innovative Allan Holdsworth, who spun melodic and fluid solos with the ease of a saxophonist. Already having stints with Tempest and Soft Machine under his belt, Holdsworth’s style was jumping to the next level already, and Tony Williams did nothing to stand in the way, in fact, Allan was heavily encouraged and cheered on in his explorations by his bandmates here. Allan did things that just sounded absolutely impossible on a guitar at the time, and I remember so vividly hearing this album at age 16 and having my jaw scraping the ground in amazement!

Armed with nothing more than a Gibson SG and a Marshall amp, Allan H just roared in an destroyed the place with his emotionally charged soloing and exploratory compositions, and a finely tuned musical sense to make the compositions of his bandmates come alive! Marrying this to William’s inventive powerhouse drumming, Tony Newton’s funky slithering bass and Alan Pasqua’s glassy keyboards, this version of the Tony Williams Lifetime was a force to be reckoned with. —P. McKenna | Reviewer

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Prelude To Music’s Biggest Night with Esperanza Spalding and Bobby McFerrin to Co-host GRAMMY Pre-Telecast

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Bobby McFerrin, Esperanza Spalding, Grammy Awards 2011, Jazz, Kirk Whalum, Trombone Shorty, Wayne Wallace

Featuring performances by Buddy Guy, Cyndi Lauper and Mavis Staples, among others …

Esperanza Spalding

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 13 from 1–4 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will be streamed live internationally on http://www.grammy.com/live and http://www.youtube.com/thegrammys beginning at 1 p.m. PT. The live stream of the Pre-Telecast will remain on GRAMMY.com as video on demand for 30 days following the event.

Bobby McFerrin

Well-attended by nominees and industry VIPs, the star-studded ceremony with be co-hosted by current GRAMMY nominees Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding, and will feature performances by nominees including Afro-Colombian hip-hop trio ChocQuibTown, blues musician Buddy Guy, singer/songwriter Cyndi Lauper, American roots interpreter Maria Muldaur, contemporary blues artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, trombone and trumpet player Trombone Shorty, legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples, jazz musician Kirk Whalum, and R&B singer/songwriter Betty Wright. Presenting the first GRAMMY Awards of the night in 98 categories will be current nominees Laurie Anderson, Sara Bareilles, BT, Kathy Griffin, and Wayne Wallace.

Co-hosts McFerrin and Spalding each have one nomination: McFerrin for Best Classical Crossover Album for Vocabularies, and Spalding for Best New Artist.

Performers ChocQuibTown, Guy, Lauper, Muldaur, Shepherd, Staples, Trombone Shorty, and Wright each have one nod: ChocQuibTown for Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album for Oro; Guy for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Living Proof; Lauper for Best Traditional Blues Album for Memphis Blues; Muldaur for Best Traditional Folk Album for Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy; Shepherd for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Live! In Chicago (Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Featuring Hubert Sumlin, Wille “Big Eyes” Smith, Bryan Lee, and Buddy Flett); Staples for Best Americana Album for You Are Not Alone; Trombone Shorty for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Backatown; and Wright for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “Go (Live).”

Pianist Danilo Perez talks about his latest Providencia [Video]

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Danilo Pérez, Jazz, Piano

Composer/pianist/arranger Danilo Perez is arguably one of the greatest talents to emerge from South America. With “Providencia,” his current project on Mack Avenue Records Perez brilliantly sculpts a beautiful masterpiece by fusing his deeply rooted lineage of his beloved Panamanian culture and carefully blends it with the complexities of jazz and classical music to inevitably take listeners on a buoyant Pan-American global excursion like you’ve never heard before. —Rob Young

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