RANDOM ACT RECORDS CELEBRATES Third Year with Releases From Emerging Artists BRIA SKONBERG and CARMEN INTORRE

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Bria Skonberg, Carmen Intorre, Drums, Female Vocals, Jazz

LABEL DONATES 10% OF PROCEEDS TO SELECT CHARITIES

Most would agree that profitable, thriving record labels are few and far between in this day and age. For this reason, it’s refreshing to see the still relatively new jazz label, Random Act Records, not only consistently release new music, but additionally donate 10% from each album sale to charity. Past releases include albums by guitarist Randy Johnston, saxophonist Jeff Rupert, a duo album by pianist Kenny Drew, Jr. and guitarist Larry Coryell, and the label’s debut release, pianist Jeff Lashway’s Reunion. Husband and wife team (and label co-founders), Scott and Anna Elias, move ambitiously into the new year by releasing debuts from two artists on the rise: talented young trumpeter, vocalist and songwriter Bria Skonberg, as well as the exuberant, gifted and swinging drummer Carmen Intorre.

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet -[|]- True [Challenge Records, 2012]

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Jazz, Saxophone, Yuri Honing

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet, True

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet -[|]- True –MP3– [Challenge Records, 2012]

Saxophone player Yuri Honing behaved like a matchless chameleon for decades but now he seems to unite all his experiences in one statement that is clear and transparent but also passionate and trendy.

Honing created a whole new sound in a classical acoustic setting. With new and sometimes provocative compositions and a unique way of using loops.

Carmen Lundy -][- Changes [Afrasia Productions, 2012]

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African American, Carmen Lundy, Female Vocalist, Jazz

Carmen Lundy, Changes

Carmen Lundy -][- Changes [Afrasia Productions, 2012]

Carmen Lundy, long considered the foremost jazz vocalist alive today by critics and colleagues alike, has amassed a huge catalog of jazz recordings and compositions over her 35 year career. Carmen Lundy’s 12th CD release, and one of her finest ever, features 8 new originals composed and arranged by Carmen Lundy, and one lone standout classic, A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square.

Her core band of stellar musicians – Anthony Wonsey on piano, Kenny Davis on bass, and Jamison Ross on drums – and special guest artists Oscar Castro-Neves on guitar, Nolan Shaheed on trumpet and flugelhorn, and George Bohanon on trombone, round out this superb collection of new songs.

Recorded and mixed by the incomparable Don Murray and mastered by the legendary Doug Sax, this album is sure to win over old and new fans alike.

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