Opolopo’s (Tokyo Dawn) Jazz House Remix of Gregory Porter’s 1960 What?

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African American, Gregory Porter, Jazz, Male Vocalist

Gregory Porter

Fresh off his GRAMMY nomination, Gregory Porter’s debut album “Water” continues to gain new fans. One such fan is Tokyo Dawn’s Opolopo who has just posted his house-flavored “kick & bass rerub” of Porter’s “1960 What?”

The 12-minute original, “1960 What?” is Water’s most political song which recalls the heyday of soul music. It’s lyrically very apt given the revolutions going on at the moment around the world. It was inspired in part by Kamau Kenyatta’s stories of life in Detroit and by the 1963 assassination of Martin Luther King, as well as Porters’s own experiences growing up in Los Angeles.

Check out the remix and the original below and let me know if you can post them to your blog.

Opolopo’s Remix of “1960 What?”:
http://soundcloud.com/opolopo/gregory-porter-1960-what
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Gregory Porter’s original:
http://gregoryporter.bandcamp.com/track/1960-what
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More info on Gregory here:
http://www.motema.com/artist/gregory-porter

..:: SOURCE: Lucy Beer | Elemental Consulting ::..

Gary Burton Signs with Mack Avenue Records

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Gary Burton, Jazz, Mack Avenue Records, Vibes

Gary Burton signs with Mack Avenue

Mack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy® award winning vibraphonist Gary Burton. The signing comes after Burton launched the New Gary Burton Quartet in a sold out, week-long North American premiere at New York’s Blue Note in October 2010. Featuring guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Antonio Sanchez, their debut album, Common Ground, will be released in the U.S. on June 7.

For over five decades, Gary Burton, a six-time Grammy® award winner, has crossed musical barriers and generations with his innovative ensembles. His quartets have featured a unique mix of established musicians while discovering and showcasing younger musicians, many of whom would soon become some of the world’s most recognizable artists. Musicians such as Larry Coryell, Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and most recently Julian Lage, began their careers in Burton’s esteemed quartet. With Lage, Colley and Sanchez, this is Burton’s new incarnation and revitalized group: a new quartet for a new era.

“Mack Avenue is a company on the way up, and there’s no better place for an artist to be,” reflects Burton. “Now I have a new band and a new record label, and lots of plans for the future.”

Lee Ritenour Announces 2nd Annual Guitar Competition

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Guitar, Jazz, Lee Ritenour, Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition

Lee Ritenour

Back by popular demand, Lee Ritenour has announced the launch of the second annual Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition, in partnership with the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation and the National Guitar Workshop. Entries will be accepted from February 15-April 30 for rock, blues, jazz/fusion, acoustic, classical/flamenco and country guitar players. Six winners from each musical genre will be invited to Montana for the finals and will receive scholarships to participate in The Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop. The final competition will take place in conjunction with the workshop’s activities and is scheduled for Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at the Bigfork Performing Arts Center. The event will be open to the public.

The contest is the inspiration of the legendary GRAMMY award winning guitarist/composer and producer, Lee Ritenour, who debuted the international competition in 2010 with the release of his all-star guitar CD, “6 String Theory.” The CD has been named Guitar International’s “Best Album of 2010, ” Jazziz’ “Publisher’s Album of the Year – and culminated in Ritenour recently receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Guitar Player Magazine. The CD features 20 world-class guitarists including George Benson, BB King, Slash, Vince Gill, Robert Cray, and the winner of the 2010 competition Shon Boublil.

Prizes for this year’s competition include a weeklong stay at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork for a family of four, a potential Concord Records recording contract, a National Guitar Workshop scholarship, as well as many other prizes from Yamaha Guitars, Monster Cable, D’Addario Strings, and others. Competitors are required to send an online video submission.

..:: SOURCE: Jazz News ::..