John Patitucci Debuts Interactive Online Bass School June 29th

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John Patitucci

ArtistWorks, the first collaborative, global learning community comprised of master musicians and ambitious amateurs, announces the June 29th launch of the online, interactive Bass Super School featuring the Rock & Pop Bass School with GRAMMY award-winning Rock/Pop/R&B bassist Nathan East (Eric Clapton/Stevie Wonder/Fourplay), the Jazz Bass School from GRAMMY award-winning Jazz bassist John Patitucci (Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Sting) and the Bluegrass Bass School from 7-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award-winner, Missy Raines. The new ArtistWorks Bass Campus offers the everyday bass player unprecedented access to a “triple threat” of the world’s top bass players in three distinctly different musical genres and playing styles.

Lettuce -][- FLY – [Royal Family Records, 2012] –

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Lettuce, FLY

Lettuce -][- FLY –Mp3– [Royal Family Records, 2012] –

Celebrating their 20th anniversary as modern day rulers of old school funk, the seven-piece Brooklyn-based juggernaut Lettuce drops their third studio album FLY – a decidedly raging slab of relentless groove, hyper-charged syncopation and psychedelicized soul anthems. Having blown up stages from coast to coast last year, ranging from The Fillmore in SF to Terminal 5 in NYC, Bear Creek Music Festival to Camp Bisco and all points in-between, Lettuce entered Brooklyn recording studio The Bunker this winter with a fresh batch of road-tested material and a revitalized sound honed razor sharp by a year spent on the road.

Pianist/Composer Donald Vega Blends Jazz, Classical and Latin Influences on Resonance Records Debut, Spiritual Nature, Available August 14

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Ron Carter Sideman Recruits Bassist Christian McBride, Guitarist Anthony Wilson, Drummer Lewis Nash and Violinist Christian Howes for New Album

Donald Vega, SPIRITUAL NATURE

“… an exceptionally articulate pianist… Vega’s single most distinctive characteristic is his romantic lyricism.” – JazzTimes

Stream Exclusive Tracks from Spiritual Nature

While pianist Donald Vega is beginning to draw attention in jazz circles as Mulgrew Miller’s successor in the Ron Carter Trio, he makes a bold statement as a composer and bandleader on Spiritual Nature. Joined by the regal rhythm tandem of bassist Christian McBride and drummer Lewis Nash, Vega explores the marriage of jazz, Latin and classical music on his auspicious Resonance Records debut. “It’s a dream come true,” says the 37-year-old pianist of the opportunity to record with McBride and Nash. “Spiritually, this is my dream trio.” The core trio is augmented by guitarist Anthony Wilson, violinist and label mate Christian Howes, tenor saxophonist Bob Sheppard, trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos and trombonist Bob McChesney on Vega’s sophomore outing (following 2008’s self-produced Tomorrows, which also featured drummer Nash).

Frank Herzberg Trio -][- HANDMADE – [FHStudio, 2011] –

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Frank Herzberg Trio, HANDMADE

Frank Herzberg Trio -][- HANDMADE –Mp3– [FHStudio, 2011] –

Handmade Coming to Brazil 14 years ago was a kind of adventure that I expected to last only a couple of years. But private plans and destiny very often do not agree with each other. Now I’m married to my beautiful wife Marta, have three great kids: Stefan, Luisa and Clara, and I have met many marvelous people here. I am lucky to play with many of the very best Brazilian musicians and I’ve been learning a great variety of new musical styles and ways to play.

Zé Eduardo Nazario and Alexandre Zamith became my partners almost 10 years ago and we continue to find opportunities to maintain our musical and personal friendship. I’m very pleased we managed to document some of the artistic material we’ve created during these years. –[Album Notes | CDBaby]-

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Awards & Recognition Flow In for Composer/Pianist Vijay Iyer The Pianist & Composer Sweeps 60th Annual Down Beat International Critics Poll Winning

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An Unprecedented FIVE Categories in the Same Year Chosen As A Member of Inaugural Class of Doris Duke Artists Wins Pianist of the Year at 2012 Jazz Journalist Awards

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In an unprecedented series of wins, jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer has been honored in five categories of the 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll, including Jazz Artist of the Year, Jazz Album of the Year (for Accelerando), Jazz Group of the Year (for the Vijay Iyer Trio), Pianist of the Year and Rising Star Composer. No other artist in the 60-year history of the magazine’s poll has ever taken five titles simultaneously. Iyer appears on the cover of Down Beat’s August 2012 Critics Poll issue.

Saxophonist/Composer Matthew Silberman Paints Pictures of Evocative Characters on Debut Album, “Questionable Creatures” – Available September 11 on DeSoto Sound Factory

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Ensemble Features Two Guitarists –
Ryan Ferreira and Greg Ruggiero – as well as
Bassist Chris Tordini and Drummer Tommy Crane

Matthew Silberman, QUESTIONABLE CREATURES

“Groove, noise, melodies, compelling improvising, and atmosphere; Matt Silberman’s music has all the elements in place for a rich listening experience.” – Mark Dresser

Streaming Tracks From Questionable Creatures

An Indiana Jones-like explorer dashing through an Egyptian tomb. A Midwestern hip-hop phantom. An elderly Eastern European woman speaking in tongues in a synagogue. Troops marching on the battlefield of daily life. A poet and writer creating waking dreams.

Jacám Manricks -][- CLOUD NINE – [Posi-Tone Records, 2012] –

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Jacám Manricks, CLOUD NINE

Jacám Manricks -][- CLOUD NINE –Mp3– [Posi-Tone Records, 2012] –

Multi-award winning saxophonist/composer/educator Jacám Manricks is fast establishing himself as one of the most qualified musicians in the world today. He has a doctorate in Jazz composition, performance and pedagogy from the Manhattan School of Music, and tours internationally as a featured soloist, composer, arranger and clinician throughout Europe, North America and Australia.

Urban Flux Presents: Artist of the week Katherine Kisa

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Katherine Kisa was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Her family lived in various countries as her father’s United Nations diplomatic post moved him from country to country. The family eventually settled in the United States.

Kisa graduated from the University of Toronto in Canada with a degree in Biology and Physical Anthropology. She also attended Emory University in Atlanta for graduate studies in Biology. She is a self-taught artist who has devoted her art to exploring the patterns and rhythms of her cultural roots in deeply textured mixed media works. -[Avisca Fine Art]-

Katherine Kisa -][- BLUE RAIN – [Mixed Media on Panel] –

Katherine Kisa, Blue Rain

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The Dan DeChellis TRIO -][- MY AGE OF ANXIETY – [The Dan DeChellis Trio, 2012] –

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The Dan Dechellis Trio, MY AGE OF ANXIETY

The Dan DeChellis TRIO -][- MY AGE OF ANXIETY –Mp3– [The Dan DeChellis Trio, 2012] –

Dan DeChellis’s music consists of melody, emotion, energy and spontaneous adventure. Born on classic rock, schooled in classical music, matured on jazz, aged with ambient music, he is a fan of all music and styles. He has released over 8 CD’s of purely improvised music on his own label, Sachimay Records.

Dan is also a member of the Hassay / DeChellis / Nakatani Trio with whom he has released two CD’s on the German Label, Konnex Records. He is a member of two rock bands, Grey Sky Turn and Four the Day and a professor of music at Moravian College where he directs the Improvised Music Ensemble (MIME).

Pat Metheny Unity Band Launches Extensive International Tour in Europe

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Pat Metheny Unity Band

The Pat Metheny Unity Band—featuring a new ensemble from the guitarist with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass—launches its European summer tour this weekend with a Sunday night set at the Alter Schlachthof in Dresden, Germany, followed by stops throughout the continent, including Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, San Marino, Spain, and Portugal, and in the UK. The band returns to the United States to tour later this summer and into the fall. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates; for additional details and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.