The Cookers ‘Believe’ Release Party at 92Y Tribeca December 12, Broadcast live by WBGO’s The Checkout

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Billy Harper, Billy Hart, Cecil McBee, Craig Handy, David Weiss, Eddie Henderson, George Cables

The Cookers is tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, alto saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Billy Hart.

The Cookers have been touring in support of their “cooking” release Believe since the summer, igniting crowds at major venues and festivals including the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival, Caramoor Jazz Festival and more with DownBeat hailing the super-group “a must-see band on the festival circuit.”

Guitarist KEVIN EUBANKS Showcases Breadth of Artistic Influences on New Mack Avenue Records Release, “The Messenger,” Available February 19

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Alvin Chea, Bill Pierce, Composer, Duane Eubanks, Guitarist, Joey De Leon, Kevin Eubanks, Mack Avenue Records, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Producer, Rene Camacho, Robin Eubanks

Kevin Eubanks, THE MESSENGER

Album Features Eubanks’ Working Quartet:
Billy Pierce, Rene Camacho, and Marvin “Smitty” Smith

Special Guest Appearances by Joey De Leon, Jr.,
Alvin Chea, and Brothers Robin & Duane Eubanks

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With his second Mack Avenue Records release, The Messenger, acclaimed guitarist Kevin Eubanks continues to explore his own unique musical vision. This vision offers the listener an opportunity to share a musical journey that truly exemplifies where Eubanks is at this stage of his illustrious career; one that, for over three decades, has seen him incorporate into his creative process a willingness to embrace the broad spectrum of his musical experience, while continuing to seek out new vistas.

Nadje Noordhuis -][- Nadje Noordhuis – [Little Mystery Records, 2012] –

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Composer, Little Mystery Records, Nadje Noordhuis, trumpeter

Nadje Noordhuis, Nadje Noordhuis

Nadje Noordhuis -][- Nadje Noordhuis –Mp3– [Little Mystery Records, 2012]

Originally trained as an audio engineer, with a knack for populist melodies and crystal clear sound, Australian-born trumpeter/composer Nadje Noordhuis, best known for her work with Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and DIVA Jazz Orchestra, released her debut self-titled album, mixed and mastered by the legendary ECM recording engineer Jan-Erik Kongshaug in Oslo, Norway.

See Nadje reviewed in the December issue of JazzTimes, interviewed on The Checkout on WBGO and in January’s Hot House Magazine as well as a future issue of Jazziz.

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