Amikaeyla -][- BEING IN LOVE – [RootsJazz Records, 2012] –

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Amikaeyla, Esperanza Spalding, Eugene Friesen, Howard Levy, Jason MacGuire, John Santos, Linda Tillery, Michael Spiro, NPR, Peter Michael Escovedo, Ray Obiedo, RootsJazz Records, Sheila E., Trio Globo, Vocalist

Amikaeyla, BEING IN LOVE

Amikaeyla -][- BEING IN LOVE – [RootsJazz Records, 2012] –

Proclaimed as one of the “purest contemporary voices …” by National Public Radio, powerhouse Amikaeyla embraces the best of many types of music. The ten selections on Being in Love, singer-songwriter Amikaeyla s latest CD, are both spiritually uplifting and soothing to the soul. Recorded in both Washington, DC and Oakland, Being in Love finds Amikaeyla surrounded by an all-star cast of world-class musicians. Members of Trio Globo pianist, harmonica virtuoso, and pennywhistle blower Howard Levy, cellist Eugene Friesen, and percussionist Glen Velez are present, individually and together, on all but one of the songs.

Fourplay -][- Espirit De Four – [Heads Up, 2012] –

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Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Harvey Mason, Heads Up International, Nathan East

Fourplay, Espirit De Four

Fourplay -][- Espirit De Four – [Heads Up, 2012] –

Supergroup Fourplay delivers another solid, straight-ahead meets contemporary jazz release. The follow up to 2010’s Let’s Touch the Sky, this is the second album to feature the group s newest member, guitarist Chuck Loeb. Here he joins the all-star lineup of keyboardist Bob James, bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason, each of whom contribute at least two compositions to the release.

One of the more notable tracks is the Bob James composition Put Our Hearts Together which he wrote for a concert in a region severely impacted by the devastating Japanese tsunami of 2011. It appears as both an instrumental and vocal version on the CD. Japanese pop star Seiko Matsuda lends her voice on this moving tribute. -[Editorial Review | Amazon]-

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Hiromi Trio Project -][- MOVE -[Universal Music Japan, 2012]-

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Anthony Jackson, Hiromi Uehara, Simon Phillips, Universal Music

Hiromi Trio Project, MOVE

Hiromi Trio Project -][- MOVE -[Universal Music Japan, 2012]-

In 2011, winning the first Grammy Award in the “Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi Uehara” album participation. In addition, the Japanese artist performances alone achieved a week for seven consecutive years and unprecedented in the “New York Blue Note”. On April 30, including participating as the only Japanese artist will be held at the General Assembly of the United Nations Conference in New York in commemoration concert “International Jazz Day”, the activity on a global scale this year both in name and reality enters the Hiromi Uehara continue. Listen to samples ….