Vijay Iyer – One of “Today’s Most Important Pianists,” According to The New Yorker – Releases a Visceral New Trio Album, Accelerando

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Composer, Jazz, Piano, Vijay Iyer

Iyer is The Cover Story of the February 2012 Issue of JazzTimes

Vijay Iyer Trio, Accelerando

Accelerando is the follow-up to the Vijay Iyer Trio’s Grammy-nominated Historicity – voted the No. 1 Jazz album of 2009 around the world, including in the Downbeat International Critics Poll, The Village Voice Jazz Critic’s Poll, The Los Angeles Times and by The New York Times

“Truly astonishing, the Vijay Iyer Trio makes challenging music sound immediately enjoyable.” – National Public Radio
“[a] pillar of contemporary jazz…dynamic and revelatory” – Village Voice
“…a stunning album…” – Paste

Miguel Zenón -][- Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook [Marsalis Music, 2011]

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Jazz, Miguel Zenón, Saxophone

If you haven’t heard it by now, Alma Adentro by saxophonist Miguel Zenón reassures music aficionados his impeccable voice is one of the most important to emerge on the jazz scene in the last decade. With this album, he reinvents himself within the body of this gorgeous palette of Latin music by boldly defining it from a jazz perspective. –Rob Young

Miguel Zenón, Alma Adentro: | The Puerto Rican Songbook

Miguel Zenón -][- Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook -(MP3)- [Marsalis Music, 2011]

Interpreting popular songs is part of the stock in trade of a jazz musician. Now, on Alma Adentro:The Puerto Rican Songbook Miguel Zenon brings that jazz tradition home – his home. Comprised of ten songs by five of the most of the most important Puerto Rican songwriters in history, Bobby Capo, Tite Curet Alonso, Pedro Flores, Rafael Hernandez, and Sylvia Rexach, who Zenon refers to as ”the George Gershwins, Cole Porters and Jerome Kerns of Puerto Rican song,” Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook illustrates the musical and cultural impact these songs have had.

Augmenting his core quartet – Luis Perdomo, piano; Hans Glawischnig, bass; and Henry Cole, drums – with a 10-piece wind ensemble, Zenon recorded the group playing in the same room, live ”to capture that certain energy.”

For more details about this Grammy Nominated artist visit miguelzenon.com.

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Paul Brown -][- The Funky Joint [Woodward Avenue Records, 2012]

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Guitar, Paul Brown, Producer

Paul Brown, The Funky Joint

Paul Brown -][- The Funky Joint [Woodward Avenue Records, 2012]

Paul Brown’s new album entitled “The Funky Joint,” is scheduled to be released on Woodward Avenue Records on March 6, 2012. Paul Brown also serves as producer on his new album, which includes appearances by Boney James, Euge Groove, Bob James, Jonathan Fritzen, and “The Producers” tour-mate, Darren Rahn.

“This album allows Paul to unleash the foundation of his musical roots and just let it rip” says Mark Nordman, President and CEO of Woodward Avenue Records, “while at the same time being true to the sound that has earned him over 50 #1 Hits.”

Release Date: March 6, 2012

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