Guitarist Anthony Wilson Announces Tour Dates & Residency at the Blue Whale, LA Guitarist Anthony Wilson Announces Tour Dates & Residency at the Blue Whale, LA

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Anthony Wilson, Composer, Guitar

Praise for Seasons: Live At the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anthony Wilson, Seasons (Live At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art)

“The four guitarists approach the complex counterpoint in Seasons with the precision of a string quartet…throughout the record, the playing and interpretive choices are impeccable.” – Stereophile

(Editor’s Pick: Recording of the Month, March 2012)

“Nothing short of gorgeous…as close to understanging the marriage between artist and instrument as we’ll get in this lifetime.” – DownBeat.com Editors’ Picks December 2011

“Commissioned by archtop guru John Monteleone, this album features the Four Seasons quartet of guitars in an amazing song cycle written by Wilson. No amps, no effects, just pure acoustic music written specifically for one-of-a-kind instruments.” – Premier Guitar

Lionel Loueke ‘Virgin Forest: The Complete Sessions’ Digital Reissue

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Cyro Baptistaa, Gretchen Parlato, Guitar, Herbie Hancock, LIONEL LOUEKE

OBLIQSOUND To Release VIRGIN FOREST: THE COMPLETE SESSIONS By LIONEL LOUEKE

Lionel Loueke, Virgin Forest

A Deluxe Digital Edition Reissue Of The Debut Album From The Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist And Guitarist Featuring Guest Performances by HERBIE HANCOCK, GRETCHEN PARLATO and CYRO BAPTISTA Plus Six Previously Unreleased Solo Acoustic Tracks

LIONEL LOUEKE & GRETCHEN PARLATO To Perform Together On March 9 At ZANKEL HALL In NEW YORK CITY

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2012, independent record label Obliqsound announces a reissue of West African guitarist/vocalist Lionel Loueke’s debut album Virgin Forest. The critically acclaimed album that first introduced Loueke to the world features guest performances by Herbie Hancock, Gretchen Parlato and Cyro Baptista. Available on March 13 as a digital exclusive reissue, Virgin Forest: The Complete Sessions returns exactly five years after its original U.S. release with eight previously unreleased studio recordings among its 26 tracks, including six never before heard solo acoustic performances by Loueke. The iTunes LP edition will also include rare and unseen photos from the sessions, lyrics and a bonus video with behind the scenes studio footage.

Shirley Crabbe -][- HOME -[MaiSong Music & Entertainment, 2011]

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African American, Female Jazz vocalist, Jazz, Shirley Crabbe

Shirley Crabbe, Home

Shirley Crabbe -][- HOME –MP3– [MaiSong Music & Entertainment, 2011]

Jazz vocalist Shirley Crabbe sings songs that speak to the heart. As a teenager, Shirley was inspired by a performance of Ella Fitzgerald singing the song “A Tisket, A Tasket” in an old Abbot and Costello movie. “I’ve always had a passion for singing, but when I heard Ella sing, I knew that “jazz singing” was what I really wanted to do.”

Following her passion, Shirley pursued her dreams first to Illinois to earn a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, and then back home to New York, to study Voice at the distinguished Manhattan School of Music (MSM). During the day she studied classical music uptown at MSM, but in the evening, she traveled downtown to sing jazz in the clubs. Shirley has performed at festivals, jazz clubs and concert series in New York City and it’s surrounding area. Her most recent appearance was at the Metropolitan Room. She has also performed at the world-famous jazz club Birdland, appeared as a soloist at Madison Square Garden in its renowned Paramount Theater and opened for the jazz icon Abby Lincoln. She has also performed with the celebrated jazz pianist Harold Mabern and bassist Jamil Nasser. -[Biography]-

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