Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group Receives 18 Grammy® Nominations

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Arturo Sandoval, Billy Vera, Chick Corea, Chuck Loeb, Concord Jazz, Concord Picante, Concord Records, Eddie Gomez, Esperanza Spalding, Gerald Albright, Gordon Goodwin, Heads Up International, Kurt Elling, Norman Brown, Paul Motian, Pilar Sanz, Shemekia Copeland, Telarc, Thara Memory, Vince Mendoza, Wally Minko

Cleveland, OH – The Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group received 18 GRAMMY® nominations, as announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) on December 5, 2012. All nominations were for albums released from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. Winners will be announced at the 55th Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 8:00 PM ET/PT from Staples Center in Los Angeles, airing live on the CBS Television Network.

The Concord-Telarc Division nominations are:

Best Pop Instrumental Album:

24/7

Gerald Albright & Norman Brown

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Arturo Sandoval -][- Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) – [Concord Jazz, 2012] –

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Arturo Sandoval, Bob Mintzer, Ed Calle, Eddie Daniels, Gary Burton, Gregg Field, Joey DeFrancesco, Trumpet

Arturo Sandoval, Dear Diz (Every I Think of You)

Arturo Sandoval -][- Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) –MP3– [Concord Jazz, 2012] –

Arturo Sandoval releases his second album on Concord Jazz, Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You). The album is Sandoval’s tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, the mentor and friend who literally rescued him and his family from an oppressive existence and gave them a chance at an entirely new and better life. The album is a collection of classics from Gillespie’s massive body of work, each framed in big-band arrangements that throw the spotlight squarely on the elements of bebop that underscore so much of the iconic trumpeter’s work and set the tone for the music of his era.

New Releases [Jazz] for the Week of 5/10/2010

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Arturo Sandoval, Gregory Porter, Jazz, Jose James

Greetings’ once again fellow jazz enthusiasts, May continues in week two with more distinctive and insinuating sounds, melodies, rhythms & dexterous flavors of jazz to quench your ongoing thirst for quality music. I’m humbled to have the opportunity to compile for your viewing pleasure an extraordinarily complex yet diverse mix of New Music [Jazz] Releases this and every week. In fact, the featured album of week was very difficult to choose because of the variety of new stuff coming out. Actually, there’s two choices beginning with vocal sensation José James and his debut on Verve Records titled “For All We Know” features pianist Jef Neve on this inescapable duo offering. Being that there are virtually tons of great music waiting to be heard it was fitting to include guitarist/vocalist Jonathan Butler’s, “So Strong” arrives just in time. Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval puts his touch to sweet melodies of “Time for Love,” guitarist Al Di Meola scores One Night in Montreal,” bassist Joseph Patrick Moore takes us on a music safari with “To Africa With Love.” To my surprise, I stumbled into also another nu-voice this week the Stephen Anderson Trio and his latest “Nation Degeneration” and then we have a remarkable new saxophonist on the horizon named Sarah Manning to shake things up with her fabulous new record “Dandelion Clock,” and to round things out is jazz guitarist Andreas Öberg’s “Six String Evolution” is on hand and lots more.

Featured Album of the Week

José James (and Jef Neve) - For All We Know

José James & Jef Neve ::|:: For All We Know – [Verve Records, 2010]

“A labor of love” is how José James describes his May 11, 2010, release For All We Know, his first American release and his first for the Impulse! label. A collaboration between James and noted Belgian pianist Jef Neve, the album finds the charismatic young singer applying his warm, rich baritone to a sterling assortment of jazz standards, including “Tenderly,” “Body and Soul” and George and Ira Gershwin’s “Embraceable You.” All but one of For All We Know’s songs was recorded in one informal six-hour session at Galaxy Studios in Mol, Belgium, with no producer, no overdubs and no retakes.

– Arturo Sandoval | A Time For Love –

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Arturo Sandoval, Jazz, Trumpet

- Arturo Sandoval - Time for Love -

– Arturo Sandoval ::|:: A Time For Love – [Concord Jazz, 2010]

In what promises to be a breakthrough achievement in a long and celebrated career, jazz impresario Arturo Sandoval‘s collection A Time For Love will be released by Concord Jazz. The album features classical compositions for orchestra and jazz trio by Grammy-winning arranger Jorge Calandrelli along with a sprinkling of American jazz standards by composers including Gershwin and Chaplin.

The Havana-born Sandoval, a multiple Grammy-winning horn player, has been yearning to do this album for decades. “It’s been twenty years since I came to live in the United States,” he explains, “and practically every year, with every record label who’s signed me, I’ve asked to make this style album. ‘Let me play softly,’ I said. ‘Let me play ballads with big orchestration behind me. Let me hear the violins and violas, the oboes and the flutes. Let me be inspired by a symphonic setting.”

The Latin Jazz Beat [Nu Jazz]

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Arturo Sandoval, Jazz, Latin Jazz, Piano, Trumpet

Moved by what he heard and experienced on a trip to Cuba, Dizzy Gillespie was one of the first American jazz artists to embrace the intoxicating sounds of the Latin Jazz landscape. Moreover, if you haven’t heard the following artists below, be sure and take them for a spin. We’re sure you will be more then delighted with what you hear. By chance, if you’re already and enthusiast of this wonderful music please share with us some of your favorite Latin Jazz artists .  – V Bop’

Robert Fonseca – Zamazu

Roberto Sonseca

Following in the long lineage of great Cuban pianists, from Jorge Bolet to Gonzalo Rubalcaba, the brilliant young pianist Roberto Fonseca has been called “the most promising and important talent in Cuban music.” On Zamazu, the former member of the Buena Vista Social Club — he replaced Rubén Gonzalez after his departure — distinguishes himself as a spectacular player, composer, arranger and bandleader. With bassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez, Brazilian percussionist Carlinhos Brown, vocalist Omara Portuondo and Spain’s flamenco guitar sensation Vincente Amigo. – Amazon.com

Arturo Sandoval – Rumba Palace

Arturo Sandoval, Rumba Palace

Sandoval, a Cuban ex-pat who was a founding member of Irakere, one of Havana’s most legendary jazz bands, has so far won four Grammys, six Billboard Awards, and even an Emmy (for the soundtrack to For Love Of Country — The Arturo Sandoval Story). His trumpet style, with its soaring improvisational pyrotechnics and sometimes blustery but always sonorous tone, has influenced an entire generation of young Latin players. Now a tenured professor at Florida International University and proud owner of Miami’s Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club but still a working musician, he has performed with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Michel Legrand to Tony Bennett to Patti Labelle. – Christina Roden, Amazon.com

Omar Sosa – Afreecanos

Omar Sosa, Afreecanos

Omar Sosa’s music is a unique style of Afro-Cuban jazz, and while it is rooted in the folkloric traditions of the African Diaspora, he always takes an exploratory approach – never one to let orthodoxy stand in the way of his pursuit of freedom. Sosa offers a joyful mix of jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, combining percussive forays inside the piano and a series of electronic effects with his inspired, passionate playing at the keyboard. His tempos are fluid, and his moods change freely. Sosa revels in the irresistible clave grooves of Latin jazz, while adding experimental touches to keep his listeners on their toes.- AAJ.com