Florencia Gonzalez Big Band -][- Woman Dreaming of Escape – [Florencia Gonzalez, 2012] –

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Arranger, Composer, Florencia Gonzalez, Saxophone, SInger, Uruguay

Florencia Gonzalez Big Band, Woman Dreaming of Escape

Florencia Gonzalez Big Band -][- Woman Dreaming of Escape –Mp3– [Florencia Gonzalez, 2012] –

Florencia, composer, performer (multi woodwind player, singer), and session musician, leads bands that range from a duo of guitar and saxophone to a 20-piece Big Band.

Her Big Band has been together since 2007; playing regularly in Boston until 2011, when it was selected one of the best 5 jazz bands in Boston right before moving to New York, where she established a new Big Band composed by the finest jazz musicians of the city.

Francisco Mora Catlett -][- AFRO HORN MX – [Aace Records, 2012] –

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Aace Records, Afro Horn, Alex Harding, Aruán Ortiz, Cornelia Street Café, Francisco Mora Catlett, JD Allen, Rashaan Carter, Roman Diaz, Vincent Bowens

Francisco Mora Catlett, AFRO HORN MX

Francisco Mora Catlett -][- AFRO HORN MX – [Aace Records, 2012] –

Description: Francisco was proud to present Afro Horn for the first time in New York City at The Stone and Cornelia Street Cafe last year.

Once again he built a strong and appropriate lineup and music for this exciting concept. He managed to align himself with a band of Detroiters: Alex Harding (baritone sax), Salim Washington (tenor sax) and Hakim Jami (bass), all transplanted New Yorkers who began in Detroit. Francisco is a drummer and composer who in the Jazz tradition brings alive the African Heritage in his music and art. The new Afro Horn project is the AFRO HORN MX 2012 CD release, with a new outstanding line up: JD Allen & Vincent Bowens (tenor saxes), Alex Harding (baritone sax), Aruan Ortiz (piano), Rashaan Carter (bass), Roman Diaz (percussion) and Francisco Mora Catlett (drums). -[Excerpt | Biography]-

Jazz Historian, Producer & Wine Expert Gary Carner Journeys Forth with PEPPER ADAMS’ JOY ROAD

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Alexis Cole, Baritone Sax, DL Media, Eric Alexander, FRANK BASILE, Motéma Music, Pepper Adams

2 CDs, Digital Box Set, and New Book Honoring

The Compositional Genius of Baritone Sax Legend Pepper Adams

National Book & Music Tour with Wine Tastings, August 20 to November 3

Joy Road Sampler

Available September 11 from Motéma Music:

JOY ROAD: SAMPLER (CD)
Features 11 Highlight Tracks from The Complete Works of Pepper Adams Five Volume Set

I CARRY YOUR HEART: ALEXIS COLE SINGS PEPPER ADAMS (CD)
The World Premiere Recordings of Pepper Adams Music Paired with Lyrics

JOY ROAD: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PEPPER ADAMS (DIGITAL BOX SET)
Five Volume, 51 Song Set with Detailed Historical Notes

Stream Tracks from the JOY ROAD SAMPLER

Kelan Philip Cohran And The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

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Clark Terry, HONEST JON'S RECORDS, Kelan Philip Cohran And The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Oliver Nelson

Kelan Philip Cohran And The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Phil Cohran was born eighty-five years ago in Mississippi. He grew up in St Louis, post-war home of jazz stalwarts like Clark Terry and Oliver Nelson (both of whom he played with), not to mention a genius called Miles Davis.

In 1950 Cohran moved to Kansas City, where he played trumpet in one of the hardest swing-groups, Jay McShann’s, touring proto-rock’n’roll with the likes of Big Mama Thornton. And Cohran led his own group, the Rajas Of Swing, spivved up in red jackets, grey slacks, blue suede shoes and turbans.