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Critical Acclaim for Bassist & Composer Linda Oh’s Sophomore Album Initial Here

11 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Improvised Music, Jazz, Modern Jazz, New Music, Press Release, What's New?

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Bassist, Ben Allison, Bill Frisell, eOne Music, Fabian Almazan, Greenleaf Music, JD Allen, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston

Linda Oh

“Further proof that Esperanza Spalding is not the only female bassist-bandleader worthy of acclaim.”
– LA Times

“On her terrific second album, bassist and composer Linda Oh digs deep within her personal history and surrounds herself with top-flight musicians to bring her ideas to life in full-blown color.”
– eMusic

“Oh’s compositions are affecting with convincing narratives … ”
– Down Beat

“President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quote, “Walk softly and carry a big stick,” epitomizes Linda Oh, the soft-spoken bassist/composer who draws total respect with her intrepid musicianship.”
– All About Jazz

” … an eclectic blend of music as diverse as the bassist’s background.”
– No Treble Continue reading →

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Jamie Reynolds TRIO -][- TIME WITH PEOPLE – [Fresh Sound New Talent, 2012 | Review] –

11 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Improvised Music, Jazz, Modern Jazz, Music Reviews, New Music, What's New?

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Composer, Eric Doob, Fresh Sound New Talent, Gary Wang, Jamie Reynolds, Piano

Jamie Reynolds TRIO, TIME WITH PEOPLE

Jamie Reynolds TRIO -][- TIME WITH PEOPLE – [Fresh Sound New Talent, 2012 | Review] –

According to the insightful and gifted pianist-composer Jamie Reynolds the concept of “Time with People” was centered on his thoughts about evolution. With this in mind, his debut on Fresh Sound New Talent gives him along with his infallible sidekicks’ bassist Gary Wang and drummer Eric Doob and opportunity to bring life to this exclusive document of twelve thought-provoking songs with eleven originals written between 2006 and 2011 and one classic composed by jazz legend Duke Ellington. Continue reading →

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Sandra Nkaké -][- NOTHING FOR GRANTED – [Jazz Village Music, 2012] –

11 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Biography, Creative Music, Eclectic, New Music, Vocals, What's New?, World Music

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Composer, Jazz Village Music, Sandra Nkaké, SInger, Songwriter

Sandra Nkaké, NOTHING FOR GRANTED

Sandra Nkaké -][- NOTHING FOR GRANTED –Mp3– [Jazz Village Music, 2012] –

Sandra Nkaké is a singer-songwriter-composer who has grown up between Yaoundé (Cameroun) and Paris. She was bounced back and forth on a regular basis between two different cultures and climates, and was confronted with mostly opposing social codes. Cinema, literature and music became her primary sources of refuge.

As an adolescent, her roommates were the albums “Sisters of Mercy” by Leonard Cohen and “Blue Valentine” by Tom Waits, the movie “Taxi Driver”, the universe of Sergio Leone, the movies by John Houston, the shadows and the lights of the works of Auguste Renoir, the colors of Matisse, the books “The Hotel New Hampshire” and “Boule de Suif”, but also the stories of Boris Vian and Chester Himes. Continue reading →

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Quamon Fowler -][- PREVAIL – [TeXas10er Music, 2012] – Video

11 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Biography, Gospel Jazz, Jazz, Modern Jazz, New Music, Straight Ahead Jazz, Videos, What's New?

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African American, Composer, Quamon Fowler, Saxophonist, TeXas10er Music

Back in 2004, I had the honor of being steered to this incredibly gifted young saxophonist from Texas named Quamon Fowler. At the time, Quamon’s debut album “The Vision” unveiled his tireless and soulful timbre unlike most artist. With his forth album “PREVAIL,” Quamon keeps the flame burning with continued creativity, depth and relentless soul. —Rob Young | Urban Flux Media

Quamon Fowler, PREVAIL

Quamon Fowler -][- PREVAIL –Mp3– [TeXas10er Music, 2012] –

Quamon Fowler was born, reared and educated in the great city of Fort Worth, Texas. His musical journey started with an elementary school music program, orchestra and band in junior high school, then high school band. He began listening to various types of musicand duplicating that music by practicing relentlessly from the age of twelve. He begin composing music at fifteen. His endless practicing and quest to achieve paid off. He earned first chair tenor saxophone in the All-State Jazz Ensemble in 1998. He won twice in the NAACP ACT-SO competition. He won first, in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1996, and again in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, competing in the jazz category. Continue reading →

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Urban Flux Presents: Artist of the week Najee Dorsey

11 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by Rob Young in African American Art, Art, Urban Art, What's New?

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African American, Artist, Avisca Fine Art, Najee_Dorsey

Najee Dorsey is a self-taught figurative artist with a broad following particularly in the South. A native of Arkansas with roots in Louisiana, Dorsey draws intimately on his recollections of life in the deltas for his brightly colored mixed media paintings and sculptures. His rich compositions are compelling vignettes of Southern life populated with blues musicians and jook joints, sharecroppers and striving middle-class families, matriarchs and patriarchs, athletes and children. -[Excerpt | Biography | Avisca Fine Art]-

Najee Dorsey -][- Raised by Her Father, 2011 – [Mixed media collage on paper] –

Najee Dorsey, Raised by Her Father, 2011

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