Rhythmagic Orchestra | Rhythmagic Orchestra [Tru Thoughts]

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Jazz, Rhythmagic Orchestra

Rhythmagic Orchestra | Rhythmagic Orchestra – [Tru Thoughts, 2011]

Rhythmagic Orchestra

The Rhythmagic Orchestra is a collaboration between acclaimed jazz producer Benedic Lamdin aka Nostalgia 77 and Hugo Mendez of World-renowned tropical music collective Sofrito, based on their shared love of jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and tropical sounds. The band comprised a young crop of London’s finest jazz musicians and a team of Cuban percussionists. Comprising members of the Nostalgia 77 Octet, the Alex Wilson Band, Jazz Jamaica, the Heliocentrics and Ska Cubano, together the players combine years of experience with innumerable jazz and Latin greats, and had the chops to lay down a session that would have made the dancers at the Palladium ballroom proud.

The finished album features a selection of classics of the jazz and Latin canon from the ë50s, with new compositions that stand up proudly alongside. Paying tribute to the giants of Afro-Cuban jazz like Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Machito; combining traditional arrangements with Cuban bata drums and a fresh outlook on the Latin jazz sound, all cooked up in 21st century London, the album continues a great musical tradition and adds its own flavour to the melting pot of jazz and non-western music.

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AVAILABLE TODAY: VIBRAPHONIST GARY BURTON DEBUTS NEW QUARTET ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS WITH COMMON GROUND

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Antonio Sanchez, Gary Burton, Jazz, Julian Lage, SCOTT COLLEY

FEATURING JULIAN LAGE, SCOTT COLLEY & ANTONIO SANCHEZ

LISTEN TO EXCLUSIVE STREAMING TRACKS FROM COMMON GROUND

The New Gary Burton Quartet - COMMON GROUND

On Gary Burton’s debut release on Mack Avenue Records, Common Ground, the Grammy-winning pioneer of the four-mallet technique of playing the vibes is not only delivering his first studio album since 2005, but is also introducing his latest band. Known as the New Gary Burton Quartet, the group is comprised of guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Antonio Sanchez. Common Ground features 10 tunes, including six remarkable originals by quartet members as well as two impressive numbers by pianist Vadim Neselovskyi (a former Burton band member), a gem from the Keith Jarrett songbook and an intriguing arrangement of the standard “My Funny Valentine,” spotlighting Lage.

Well-known throughout his five-decade career for his quartets (beginning with his 1967 group featuring Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes and Steve Swallow), Burton is returning to the configuration for the first time since the mid-’90s. He expresses great enthusiasm for the new band’s alchemy.

This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe- June 6-13, + Upcoming June | July Highlights!

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Cornelia Street Café, Jazz, Podcast

LISTINGS INFORMATION:
Venue: The Cornelia Street Café
“A Culinary As Well A Cultural Landmark”
Proclamation, City of New York, 1987
For reservations and more info call 212 989 9319, located at 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, NYC 10014, email us – info@corneliastreetcafe.com

Event: June 6-13 at The Cornelia Street Café
Showtimes: Weeknights: 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, Weekends: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM (doors open @ 5:45 PM-early shows, & @ 8:30 PM-late shows)
NEW Cover Charges + Minimums: Sun-Thurs-$10 cover + $10 minimum, Fri-Sat-$15 cover + $10 minimum

NEW NEW NEW

LIVE FROM CORNELIA STREET PODCAST    

NOW AVAILABLE – Click Here 

to check out live performances from The Cafe!

Annie Clark of St. Vincent to Guest DJ Primary Records Showcase June 9th at Littlefield in Brooklyn

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Annie Clark, In One Wind

Annie Clark of St. Vincent
To DJ Primary Records ‘ Label Showcase
Thursday June 9 at Littlefield

Showcase Marks Launch of IN ONE WIND’s
June East Coast/Midwest Tour
Playing Music From Their Debut,
How Bright A Shadow! Out August 16

The Brooklyn, NY-based indie folk outfit In One Wind are set to release their first full-length album, How Bright a Shadow! on the Primary Records label (the album is also Primary’s first release). The label will hold a showcase for all of its affiliated artists June 9th at the Gowanus/Park Slope performance space, Littlefield.

JAZZ AWARDS 2011, JUNE 11 SHAPING UP AS U.S. JAZZ PARTY OF THE YEAR

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2011 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards

TICKETS ON SALE NOW TO NEW YORK GALA – FREE SATELLITE PARTIES ACROSS THE U.S., LIVE STREAMING VIDEO

June 3, NEW YORK CITY – The 2011 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, the 15th annual announcement of honors for great music presented by an international organization of professional music writers, photographers, broadcasters and new media producers, is shaping up as the nationwide jazz party of the year.

The Awards Gala on June 11 from 1 to 5 pm EDT at City Winery in New York City – tickets are available to the general public at http://www.JJAJazzAwards.com — is attracting jazz-glamour attendees such as veteran vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, acclaimed newcomer Gregory Porter (who will perform), saxophonist-composer-bandleader Joe Lovano, alt. jazz guitarist Marc Ribot and National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master/Guggenheim Fellow pianist Randy Weston (who will perform). The entire four hour jazz-insider event – also featuring performances by the Wallace Roney Sextet, flutist-soprano saxist Jane Bunnett with Cuban pianist Hilario Duran, and the Hammer Klavier Trio from Germany — will be accessible via Ustream.com as live streaming video to anyone who has an internet connection.