Singapore Native KERONG CHOK Makes Debut AS A Leader on GOOD COMPANY Available April 3

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Jake Goldbas, Kerong Chok, Keyboardist, Lucas Pino, Matt Hollman, Michael Valeanu

“Even though he rates as one of Singapore’s most exciting young jazz keyboardists, it’s taken Kerong Chok nine years to come up with his debut album. But what an album it is… Get this and you’ll realize that you’re really in good musical company indeed.” – Christopher Toh, TodayOnline

Kerong Chok, Good Company

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When people think of Singapore – the small island, city-state in Southeast Asia – images of a well-ordered, literate, socially disciplined, technologically advanced, multicultural entrepot easily come to mind. Musically, the country is known for its brilliant classically trained prodigies. Now there’s another great musical talent coming from that part of the world – jazz organist, composer, and bandleader Kerong Chok. He’s a graduate of the distinguished Manhattan School of Music and has played with a number of jazz stars including Frank Wess, Steve Wilson, and John Riley.

Vocalist CAROL WELSMAN Finds Inspiration From World Travels For New Album JOURNEY

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Carol Welsman, Female Vocalist, Jazz

AVAILABLE APRIL 10 ON JUSTIN TIME RECORDS

Carol Welsman, Journey

On her highly anticipated tenth recording, vocalist Carol Welsman invites us to tag along on a spirited yet intimate adventure. The vocalist explores 14 classic songs on Journey (Justin Time Records), all inspired by her lifelong love of traveling.

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While jaunting from city to city can be somewhat draining for most people, Welsman enjoys the same sense of happy wanderlust that she had the first time she flew to Boston from her hometown of Toronto to attend the Berklee College of Music as a piano performance major. Since then, she has jazzed thousands of fans everywhere from Tokyo and New York to Italy and Brazil; lived for years in France, Italy and Los Angeles; and continues to be an iconic figure in her home country of Canada, where she has received five Juno nominations over the course of her 15 year recording career.

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records Announces The Release of Poetry Of Earth from Anne Mette Iversen

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Acoustic Bass, Anne Mette Iversen, Christine Skou, Dan Tepfer, Female Vocals, John Ellis, Maria Neckam, Piano, Wind Instruments

Poetry by Grøn, Keats, Housman, Hardy & others

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Anne Mette Iversen, Poetry of Earth

Poetry of Earth features:

Anne Mette Iversen (acoustic bass, compositions), Maria Neckam, Christine Skou (vocals), Dan Tepfer (piano), John Ellis (ten. saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet & flute)

CD Release Concerts for Poetry of Earth:
March 15, 8:30 PM: The Cornelia Street Café, NYC, www.corneliastreetcafe.com

March 17, 4:00 PM: Special concert & discussion with Ms. Iversen @ The Danish Seamen’s Church, Brooklyn, NY, http://www.dskny.com

March 18, 5:00 & 7:00 PM: An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD, www.andiemusiklive.com

Esperanza Spalding, Diana Krall & Trombone Shorty to Perform at The 35th Annual Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, June 30 & July 1

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Diana Krall, Esperanza Spalding, Trombone Shorty

Spalding Krall and Shorty

WHO:
ESPERANZA SPALDING – Just one year after taking home a GRAMMY® Award in the Best New Artist category, the bassist/vocalist performed a beautiful rendition of “What a Wonderful World” alongside the Southern California Children’s Choir at the 2012 84th Oscar Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 26.

DIANA KRALL – The world renowned artist and and one of the best selling jazz vocalists of all time recently appeared with Paul McCartney on the 2012 GRAMMY® Awards telecast in Los Angeles on February 12.

TROMBONE SHORTY – The New Orleans native trombone/trumpet phenomenon recently participated in a PBS televised performance at The White House as a part of the Black History Month celebration in Washington D.C. on February 21.