The 10th Anniversary of The Festival of New Trumpet Music – September 8 – October 7

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FONT Music Presents:

The 10th Anniversary of The Festival of New Trumpet Music

September 8 through October 7, 2012 – in NYC and Brooklyn

The Festival of New Trumpet Music, directed by Dave Douglas, presents its 10th Anniversary Festival, a multi-genre, multi-venue celebration of new trumpet music by the instrument’s most creative musicians. Hailed as “a grand highlight of the musical season” by The New Yorker and “a cross-stylistic extravaganza” by The New York Times, FONT Music reaffirms its status as one of the most adventurous and consistently innovative music festivals in the New York scene.

THE BALLARD JAZZ FESTIVAL

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The Ballard Jazz Festival - 2010

Claudio Roditi

The Ballard Jazz Festival, a cornerstone of the Northwest Jazz and live music scene since 2003, celebrates its seventh season with a 5-day schedule of events, April 21-25, 2009. The festival again teams with the Nordic Heritage Museum to present Saturday night’s mainstage concert featuring performances by the dynamic Brazilian trumpet legend Claudio Roditi, in a quartet setting with Seattle’s iconic pianist / composer Jovino Santos-Neto’s trio, and saxophonist Hadley Caliman with his quintet. The perennially-packed Friday night Ballard Jazz Walk features 15 bands in 11 venues along historic Ballard Avenue and will showcase some of the nation’s finest musicians who happen to make their homes in the Northwest.

The festival kicks off with 2 nights of themed events at Ballard’s Sunset Tavern – Wednesday evening’s Brotherhood of the Drum features bands led by some of the premier drummers of the region, and on Thursday, The Guitar Summit, with internationally-acclaimed guitarists from around the globe. Wrapping up the festival is a Sunday morning Swedish Pancake Jazz Brunch at the Nordic Heritage Museum along with an auto show presented by Washington’s vintage Volvo Sports Club.

Link: http://www.ballardjazzfestival.com for more information.

..:: Source: Origin Records ::..

Available Today–Simpatico Trumpet Master Claudio Roditi’s New Release on Resonance Records

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Roditi’s New CD Follows His 2009 Grammy-Nominated Brazilliance X 4

Claudio Roditi - Simpatico

In the wake of his acclaimed and Grammy-nominated (in the “Best Latin Jazz Album” category) 2009 Resonance Records release, Brazilliance x 4, trumpet/flugelhorn player Claudio Roditi has created Simpatico, another tuneful showcase for his patented blend of Brazilian samba and bossa nova with straight-ahead jazz. But where last year’s recording included works by such Brazilian legends as João Donato, Durval Ferreira, and Johnny Alf, Simpatico spotlights both Roditi’s playing and his composing talents.

“To me,” Roditi remarks, “the main difference of this album from everything else I have done is that for the very first time these are all my compositions, all twelve of them. There are some new pieces, some a little older, but these are mostly things I haven’t recorded, and some of them I haven’t played live.”

New Music [Jazz] Releases for 2/9/2010

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Hello everyone, welcome to week two of February 2010! As always, I’m elated to share with you “simply the best jazz you never heard.”

Featured Album of the Week

Lionel Louke - Mwaliko

Lionel Loueke -|- Mwaliko – [Blue Note Records, 2010]

Originally from the small West African nation of Benin, guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past several years. In 28 and 29, he was picked as top Rising Star guitarist in Down Beat magazine’s annual Critics Poll.

His sophomore release for Blue Note, follows up 27’s acclaimed Karibu with a series of searching, innovative, intimate duets with Angelique Kidjo, Esperanza Spalding, Richard Bona and Marcus Gilmore. Loueke also includes three new tracks featuring his longtime trio with Massimo Biolcati on bass and Ferenc Nemeth on drums.

Go to NPR, for and exclusive first listen to Loueke’s forth album as a soloist and second recording on Blue Note Records.

New Music Releases

New jazz releases for the week of 2/9/2010, via the folks at Amazon.com.

-))- I’m New Here by Gil Scott-Heron
-))- Mwaliko by Lionel Loueke
-))- Two-Shade by Gerald Clayton

RESONANCE RECORDS SET TO RELEASE SIMPATICO BY VERSATILE TRUMPET MASTER CLAUDIO RODITI ON FEBRUARY 9

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Roditi’s New CD Follows His 2009 Grammy-Nominated Brazilliance X 4

Claudio Roditi - Simpatico

In the wake of his acclaimed and Grammy-nominated (in the “Best Latin Jazz Album” category) 2009 Resonance Records release, Brazilliance x 4, trumpet/flugelhorn player Claudio Roditi has created Simpatico, another tuneful showcase for his patented blend of Brazilian samba and bossa nova with straight-ahead jazz. But where last year’s recording included works by such Brazilian legends as João Donato, Durval Ferreira, and Johnny Alf, Simpatico spotlights both Roditi’s playing and his composing talents.

“To me,” Roditi remarks, “the main difference of this album from everything else I have done is that for the very first time these are all my compositions, all twelve of them. There are some new pieces, some a little older, but these are mostly things I haven’t recorded, and some of them I haven’t played live.”

Claudio Roditi | Brazilliance x4

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Claudio Roditi | Brazilliance x4 – [Resonance Records, 2009]

Claudio Roditi - Braziliance x4

The repertoire is as classy as the players: a jazz standard (“Tune Up“), five pieces by Brazilian luminaries (Johnny Alf, the late Victor Assis Brasil, Joao Donato, the late Durval Ferreira, and Raul de Souza), and four Roditi compositions. All of these tunes are treated in the best bossa nova tradition, which as this is written is a half-century old and as fresh and vital as ever.

Credits: [Resonance Records]
Trumpet & Flugelhorn – Claudio Roditi
Bass – Leonardo Cioglia
Drums – Duduka da Fonseca
Piano – Helio Alves

Learn more about the Grammy Nominated jazz trumpeter/flugelhornist Claudio Roditi via his Biography curiosity of Jazz Trumpet Solos.com!

..:: Source: Resonance Records ::..