Gil Evans Centennial Project Nominated for 3 Grammy Awards!

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Arranger, ArtistShare, Conductor, Gil Evans Project, Ryan Truesdell

Ryan Truesdell, Centennial – Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans

Ryan Truesdell’s fan-funded Gil Evans Project CD– Centennial has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards! The categories are: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Arrangement, and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

We are very excited about these nominations, and we are very proud of this wonderful, historic project. We wish Ryan the best of luck as the voting process unfolds. Mostly, we would like to extend thanks to all of our ArtistShare® Participants who took part in the historic Gil Evans Centennial Project.

Centennial is available at ArtistShare and Amazon.com. It is also available on iTunes with full digital booklet.

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Kenny Barron -][- SWAMP SALLY – [Verve, 2012] –

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African African, Arranger, Composer, Kenny Barron, Latin American, Mino Cinelu, Percusionist, Pianist, Verve

Kenny Barron, SWAMP SALLY

Kenny Barron -][- SWAMP SALLY –Mp3– [Verve, 2012]

This album is quite unique and it deserves your attention even if unfortunately it is out of print actually. Well, if you find it used, you can buy it with confidence. It has been recorded in 1995 and it’s not a common Jazz album with piano, double bass and drums. Here you have the fantastic Kenny Barron at the piano obviously, but he plays keyboards and double bass too and the incredible Mino Cinelu who plays a lot of different instruments (mandolin, banjo, guitar, keys, drums, percussions, additional sounds effects … and he sings too in a couple of tune). It is a collaboration of these two artists exclusively. The result is a very strange album, very entertaining and incredibly well played and written. The world of this album is surely Jazz, but there a lot of different flavours inside that take the music here and there. -[Excerpt: Jazzcat | Customer Review | Amazon]-

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Felipe Salles -][- DEPARTURE – [Tapestry Records, 2012 | Review]

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Arranger, Bertram Lehmann, Composer, Felipe Salles, Flute, Keala Kaumeheiwa, Laura Arpiainen, Nando Michelin, proucer, Randy Brecker, saxes, Tapestry Records

Felipe Salles, DEPARTURE

Felipe Salles -][- DEPARTURE –Mp3– [Tapestry Records, 2012 | Review]

At a glance, our passion for music is driven by individual taste, knowledge, maturity and genre as we wide through this life altering process to satisfy our ongoing hunger for the music we love.

With this release, I’m elated to meet for the first time multifaceted woodwind artist Felipe Salles from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He emerges with a fresh palette of jazz from an international perspective that’s relevant, creative and artistically fruitful yet innovative sound which deepens his imprint on his current offering on Tapestry Records appropriately titled “DEPARTURE” his fifth recording as a leader.

Pamela York -][- Lay Down This World: Hymns and Spirituals – [Jazzful Heart, 2012] –

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Andre Hayward - trombone, Arranger, Berklee College of Music, Composer, Great American Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Jazzful Heart, Lynn Seaton - bass, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition, Pamela York, Pianist, Sebastian Whittaker - drums

Pamela York, Lay Down This World – Hymns and Spirituals

Pamela York -][- Lay Down This World: Hymns and Spirituals –Mp3– [Jazzful Heart, 2012]

Now in 2012, Pamela offers the listener an exciting journey with Lay Down This World: Hymns and Spirituals, a beautiful collection of sacred music which precedes the 20th century. Each melody has been reharmonized and reinvented into a modern context. Whether playing the ancient Celtic melody of “Be Thou My Vision,” Martin Luther’s famous Reformation hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” or the moving spiritual, “Deep River,” Pamela creates an atmosphere that is sometimes reflective, sometimes rousing, but always breathtaking. Using her tradition as a jazz pianist she tackles these traditional songs with imagination and conviction, proving her salt as a skilled arranger who can inventively breathe new life into these timeless traditionals.

Danny Green -][- A THOUSAND WAYS HOME – [Tapestry, 2012 | Review]

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Arranger, Composer, Danny Green, Educator, Pianist

Danny Green, A THOUSAND WAYS HOME

Danny Green -][- A THOUSAND WAYS HOME –Mp3– [Tapestry, 2012 | Review]

Occasionally when a new artist appears, they come armed with vivid yet unstrained recipe of melodies, creativity and impressive harmonics accompanied by a stellar cast of possibly unfamiliar musicians to expand their imaginative voice. Most recently San Diego native pianist, composer and educator Danny Green was brought to my attention. With his sophomore recordings titled “A THOUSAND WAYS HOME,” he effortlessly pens an appetizing hodgepodge of thirteen thought-provoking originals on Tapestry records.

The title piece “A THOUSAND WAYS HOME” opens the session with an engaging bounce, symmetry and flawless rhythms wrapped with an infectious samba evolving from within. Meanwhile the ensemble maintains their flawless dexterity by exchanging unswerving solos on a spunky tune appropriately titled “Unwind.”

Alisha’s Quartet -][- ALONG FOR THE RIDE – [Alisha’s Quartet, 2012] –

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Alisha's Quartet, Arranger, Australian, entertainment, Saxophonist

Alisha’s Quartet, ALONG FOR THE RIDE

Alisha’s Quartet -][- ALONG FOR THE RIDE –Mp3– [Alisha’s Quartet, 2012] –

Alisha Pattillo, is a half-Australian half-English raised in Singapore saxophonist now residing in Houston TX. In her short but successful music career she has had the opportunity to perform at Music Festivals and clubs in major cities such as Singapore, Orvieto (Italy), Brisbane (Australia), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Austin (TX), Houston (TX), Lafayette (LA), Memphis (TN).

Dave Grusin and Don Grusin -][- ONE NIGHT ONLY! – [Video Music, Inc., 2012] –

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Arranger, Composer, Dave Grusin and Don Grusin, GRP Records, Inc, Producer, Video Music

Dave Grusin and Don Grusin, ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Dave Grusin and Don Grusin -][- ONE NIGHT ONLY! – [Video Music, Inc., 2012] –

2012 release, an extraordinary musical get-together. For the first time ever, Dave Grusin and his brother Don playing live together on two grand pianos. They created a magical evening of music at the sold out Bayerischer Rundfunk Radio Hall in Munich. Alongside their own compositions they played standards such as “Straight, No Chaser”, “Some Day My Prince will Come” and “All Blues”. Dave Grusin was the founder of the legendary jazz label GRP and wrote music for films such as The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Firm, The Graduate and The Goonies.

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.

The Birth of a Record, and the Record of a Birth: Motherhood Informs “Rewind,” Elizabeth Shepherd’s First Album of Standards – Available September 25 on Linus Entertainment

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Arranger, Composer, DL Media, Elizabeth Shepherd, Fender Rhodes, JUNO nominee, Linus Entertainment, Piano, Producer, Vocalist

Elizabeth Shepherd, REWIND (LRG)

“A jazz virtuoso blessed with a pop sensibility” – Real Detroit Weekly

Release Date: September 25, 2012

Click here to read a Q&A with Elizabeth Shepherd on CBC Music

Stream Tracks from Rewind

Montreal-based soul-jazz innovator Elizabeth Shepherd has been praised around the world for her song-writing chops, but on her fourth studio album, Rewind, the pianist and vocalist showcases her skills as an arranger and interpreter, breathing new life – and soul – into songs both familiar and forgotten.

RJ and The Assignment -][- DECEIVING EYES – [RJ And The Assignment, 2012] –

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African American, Arranger, Chicago, Composer, Piano, RJ

RJ and The Assignment, DECEIVING EYES

RJ and The Assignment -][- DECEIVING EYES –Mp3– [RJ And The Assignment, 2012] –

RJ is a native of Chicago and has been privileged to work solely and professionally as a musician for over 15 years. RJ embarked on his journey as a musician learning to play by ear in his home church. Upon rapid growth in RJ sense of knowledge base, skill and overall musicianship, he soon earned opportunities to gain experience playing keys for live performances and studio work for some of Chicago’s and the music industry’s greatest artist to include; Lonnie V. Hunter III and the Voices of St. Mark, House of Twang, Jennifer Hudson, Otis Clay, Christopher Williams, Beverly Crawford, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone and Jon B, Buddy Guy, Dave Loeb, Mike Phillips, Lisa McClendon, etc.