CHRISTIAN A TUNDE ADJUAH The Compelling New Release by Trumpet Sensation CHRISTIAN SCOTT

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African American, Christian Scott, Composer, Concord Records, Corey King, Jamire Williams, Kenneth Whalum III, Kris Funn, Lawrence Fields, Louis Fouche IIII, Matthew Stevens, Trumpet

“Christian Scott isn’t your typical jazz musician…The trumpet phenom is creating jazz for a younger generation…”
– New York Magazine

Christian Scott, CHRISTIAN A TUNDE ADJUAH

On July 31, 2012, Edison Award winning trumpeter-composer-producer-bandleader Christian Scott releases his compelling new album, Christian aTunde Adjuah. The follow-up to his critically-acclaimed Yesterday You Said Tomorrow isan inspired and provocative two-disc, 23-track collection. With the artist’s trumpet at the heart of most of the tunes, the album features reflective ballads, light and dreamy soundscapes, guitar-edged and rock-inflected cookers, trumpet ecstasies as well as clarion calls and anguished wails.

An intrepid explorer, Scott ups the ante on his new double album Christian aTunde Adjuah, continuing to delve into uncharted jazz territory. Scott’s band consists of guitarist Matthew Stevens, drummer Jamire Williams, bassist Kris Funn and pianist Lawrence Fields (whose piano sound is often spiced for effect by using paper on the instrument’s strings). Scott also recruited guests tenor saxophonist Kenneth Whalum III, alto saxophonist Louis Fouche IIII, and trombonist Corey King.

David Basse -][- UPTOWN – (Feat-Phil Woods & Mike Melvoin) – [Cafe Pacific, 2012] –

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David Basse, Drums, Jazz Promo Services, Male Jazz Vocalist

The charismatic David Basse brings hip back the to jazz vocals, this Kansas City native pours out his undivided soul on “UPTOWN” his latest recording available today on Cafe Pacific. If you miss old school jazz vocals with plenty of swagger, then you might want to seriously check out the remarkable David Basse. —Rob Young | Urban Flux Media

David Basse, UPTOWN (feat. Phil Woods & Mike Melvoin)

For the past twenty years, David Basse has been at the forefront of the music scene in the legendary jazz capitol of Kansas City. Basse carries on a tradition started half a century ago by icons Charlie Parker, Count Basie and Jay McShann. He has played his special kind of Kansas City jazz at concerts, clubs and private parties throughout the world.

When the producers of A&E’s television series “City Confidential” needed to explore the Kansas City Jazz scene for a new production, they contacted and filmed David Basse. Basse has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, All Things Considered and Barbeque America on PBS. David Basse’s City Light Orchestra has been hailed as Kansas City’s premier swingin’ jazz ensemble. Since its inception in 1982, bandleader and songwriter David Basse’s voice has been a signature of the Orchestra’s sound.

”I love the soul that is your voice.” –Maya Angelou

Bassist/Composer Omer Avital Announces His New Band and An Upcoming Residency at Smalls

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Bassist, Composer, Daniel Freedman, Greg Tardy, Itamar Borochov, Jonathan Blake, Nadav Remez, Omer Avital, Red Cat Publicity, Smalls Jazz Club

OMER AVITAL & His Band of The East

Composer and Bassist Omer Avital

In continued celebration of his new recording on Anzic Records, Suite of the East, bassist & composer Omer Avital announces his new band and a residency at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC, June 12, 19 and July 3, 10:

June 12 – Featuring Greg Tardy – Tenor Saxophone, Itamar Borochov – Trumpet, Nadav Remez – Guitar, Omer Avital – Bass, Daniel Freedman – Drums

June 19 – Featuring Greg Tardy – Tenor Saxophone, Itamar Borochov – Trumpet, Nadav Remez – Guitar, Omer Avital – Bass, Jonathan Blake – Drums

July 3, 10: Band TBA

“knocking fresh slang out of the bass . . . some of the most original music being heard in New York” – The New York Times

Ravi Coltrane -][- SPIRIT FICTION – [Blue Note, 2012] –

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African American, Composer, Drew Gress, E.J. Strickland, Eric Harland, Geri Allen, James Genus, Luis Perdomo, Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Saxophonist

Ravi Coltrane, SPIRIT FICTION

Ravi Coltrane -][- SPIRIT FICTION – [Blue Note, 2012] –

Praised for his music s elusive beauty (DownBeat), and for his style informed by tradition but not encumberedby it (Philadelphia City Paper), saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane takes a bold step in his creative journey with Spirit Fiction, his Blue Note Records debut . The 11-track album features two different band lineups, each with a unique expressive urgency. Several tracks feature Coltrane s long-term quartet with pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Drew Gress and drummer E.J. Strickland. Coltrane also enlisted a quintet featuring trumpeter Ralph Alessi, pianist Geri Allen, bassist James Genus and drummer Eric Harland the personnel featured on his sophomore release From the Round Box.

Michiel Borstlap Trio -][- 88 – [Challenge Records, 88] –

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Composer, Michiel Borstlap, Pianist

Michiel Borstlap Trio, 88

Michiel Borstlap Trio -][- 88 –Mp3– [Challenge Records, 88] –

The take-no-prisoners approach of the opening track seems to convey only one message: make no mistake, the jazz Piano trio is still Alive and… kicking ass. The song, the exuberant Latin Cherish your Sunshine, is characterized by a mercurial melody that slithers, full of catch-me-if-you-can bravura, along the bar-lines. When, in the ‘tutti’, the theme is finally caught by the expertly chasing rhythm section, the listener cannot feel anything but joy. It’s the same joy that the Michiel Borstlap Trio – Boudewijn Lucas: electric bass, Erik Kooger: Drums – experienced whilst recording the album.