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.

Clayton Brothers Team Up With Wycliffe Gordon and Stefon Harris on New ArtistShare Release, The Gathering, Available November 6

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Acoustic Bass, African American, Alto Saxophone, ArtistShare, Clayton Brothers, Flute, Gerald Clayton, Jeff Clayton, John Clayton, Obed Calvaire, Stefon Harris, Terrell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon

“John Clayton is one of the most technically imposing bassists in jazz… Jeff maintains a sweet, preaching delivery; the Adderley influence runs deep in him.” – The New York Times

Clayton Brothers, THE GATHERING

“John and Jeff Clayton are two of the most soulful, swinging siblings on the planet.” – NPR “JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater”

Stream Tracks From The Gathering

A new Clayton Brothers release is always a family affair – not only due to the actual blood ties of siblings John and Jeff Clayton and son/nephew Gerald, but in the sense that quintet-mates Terell Stafford and Obed Calvaire have become part of the Claytons’ extended musical family through years of touring and recording.

Eric Person & Metamorphosis CD Release Event Monday, November 12th at the Blue Note sets: 8 and 10:30pm

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Adam Armstrong, Adam Klipple, African American, Craig Bailey, Curtis Hasslebring, Distinction Records, Eric Person, Flute, Harry Carney, Isrea Butler, James Zollar, Jazz Promo Services, Kickstarter, Patience Higgins, Saxophonist, Scott Robinson, Shinnosuke Takahashi

Eric Person, Thoughts on God

A landmark recording, Thoughts on God, is the most recent release from prolific saxophonist and composer Eric Person. His ninth disc as a leader, the fifth on his own Distinction Records label and first funded through the Kickstarter program, an on-line funding platform for creative projects. Having fronted several different units including Meta-Four and Metamorphosis, as well as the cooperative TrioKinesis the veteran horn man is heard here leading his own jazz orchestra for the very first time. Person is an alumnus of the forward looking big bands of McCoy Tyner, David Murray and John Hicks, and is best known for his wide-ranging sideman work with Dave Holland, Chico Hamilton, and World Saxophone Quartet. On Thoughts on God, Person exhibits the fruits of lessons learned during his quarter of a century of diversified experience. The pieces composed for this twelve part suite are inspired by his powerful abiding faith in the positive force of the Creator.

Sandro Marinoni -][- NUMBER FOUR – [Frames Music, 2012] –

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European Jazz, Flute, Frames Music, Italian, Sandro Marinoni, Saxophonist, Trombone

Sandro Marinoni, NUMBER FOUR

Sandro Marinoni -][- NUMBER FOUR –Mp3– [Frames Music, 2012] –

Stefano Roncarolo is a young and virtuoso Italian bass player and Sandro Marinoni is a saxophone, flute and trombone player.

At your leisure, visit his label Frames Music and Marinoni’s site for more details.

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Amit Friedman Sextet -][- SUNRISE – [Origin Records, 2012 | Review] –

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Amazon.com, Amir Bresler, Amit Friedman, Amos Hoffman, Arranger, Composer, Flute, Gilad Abro, Omir Mor, Origin Records, Rony Iwryn, Saxophonist, Two for The Show Media

Amit Friedman Sextet

Amit Friedman Sextet -][- SUNRISE –Mp3– [Origin Records, 2012 | Review] –

Amid the many embolden figures that emerge from within the expansive landscape of music, I’m more often excited to hear new, diverse and palatable voices make his or her debut recording. At this time, the post-millennial adventures of Middle Eastern sounds mingles with astute jazz voicing’s and drifts upon the Eastern shores of America by multifaceted saxophonist Amit Friedman is inventive, energetic and organically fresh debut titled “SUNRISE” on Origin Records.

Eric Erhardt -][- A BETTER FATE – [Tapestry Records, 2012 | Review] –

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BKMusic, Clarinet, Composer, Dan Willis, Eric Erhardt, Flute, James Shipp, Linda Oh, Mike Davis, Nick Paul, Russ Johnson, Saxophone, Sebastian Noelle, Tapestry Records

Eric Erhardt, A BETTER FATE

Eric Erhardt -][- A BETTER FATE –Mp3– [Tapestry Records, 2012 | Review] –

The multi-faceted Eric Erhardt arrives with a harmonious palette of eight flavorful and astute originals pushes the envelope of his voicing’s on what is described as “acoustic fusion” on his debut album “A Better Fate.”

Based in the Mile High City (Denver), Eric was mentored by the legendary sax giant Dave Liebman. Erhardt a veteran in his own right is a notable band leader who wrote and arranged all compositions on this recording. This elegant tapestry consists of a blanket stitched and colored with the fibers of Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, rock and 20th century classic.

Itai Kriss -][- THE SHARK [Avenue K Records]

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Flute, Itai Kriss, Jazz

Itai Kriss - THE SHARK

Itai Kriss -][- THE SHARK -(MP3)- [Avenue K Records]

Itai Kriss is a dynamic flutist whose musical style encompasses Jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern sounds. Born into a musical household in Israel, to a British father and a South African mother, Itai started playing flute when he was 9. Alongside private lessons, he broadened his knowledge of music in the jazz streams of the Tel Aviv School for the Arts (’90-’94) and the prestigious Telma Yellin High School for the Arts (94-97). At Telma Yellin, an interest in swing, bebop and hard bop, along with his love for local Middle Eastern sounds, led to a period of experimentation in an ensemble of friends that resulted in Itai winning the Jerusalem Municipality competition for young composers. That grant financed the recording and release of his first album, Sababa, in 2000.

In January 2002 Itai toured the United States as part of a unique musical peace expedition headed by renowned saxophonist Arnie Lawrence–an ensemble of leading Jewish and Arab Israeli musicians, performing at various venues in Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Later that month he was again invited to play at New York’s Blue Note as a special guest. This successful appearance launched Itai’s New York career.

Itai currently resides in New York where he continues to play with some of the most exciting jazz musicians in town, including Dafnis Prieto, Harry Whitaker, Joe Locke, Gregory Hutchinson, Andy Gonzalez, Omer Avital, Yosvany Terry, Edmar Castaneda, Avishai Cohen, Eric McPherson, Jason Lindner, Alon Yavnai, and Aaron Goldberg, to name a few. –BIO (Itai Kriss)

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Dave Valentin -][- PURE IMAGINATION [HighNote]

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Dave Valentin, Flute, Jazz

Anyone who loves jazz has at some point encountered the music Latin Jazz fusionist & flutist Dave Valentin! Yep, “PURE IMAGINATION” is definitely on my short list to purchase when it’s released in a couple of Weeks!

Dave Valentin - PURE IMAGINATION

Dave Valentin -][- PURE IMAGINATION -(MP3)- [HighNote]

Jazz flutist Dave Valentin is a South Bronx native of Puerto Rican descent. He has played flute at Carnegie Hall and venues around the world.

At a young age, Valentin had aptitude as a percussionist andwas driven to do the best he could. At the age of 17, his focus switched from percussion to wind instruments. He picked up the flute in pursuit of a girl who played flute — and quickly played circles around her, discovering the talent that made him a star.

Dave Valentin has spent the past twenty-one years playing a versatile jazz style, marked by nimble insistent syncopation of a rocking salsa laced with tropical mystery and played on a variety of ethnic and classical flutes. He was trained at the High School of Music and Art. His unorthodox technique emphasizes the percussive side of flute playing. His playing comes from the heart and the spirit of an international culture, a combination of Brazilian, R&B, salsa, meringue, Latin, funk, and jazz. —The Bronx Mall

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Nicole Mitchell -[|]- AWAKENING [Delmark]

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African American, Flute, Jazz, Nicole Mitchell

Nicole Mitchell - AWAKENING

Nicole Mitchell -[|]- AWAKENING – [Delmark, 2011]

Unique flute work in an intimate quartet setting, supported and stimulated by some of Chicago’s finest improvisers: Jeff Parker, guitar; Harrison Bankhead, bass; Avreeayl Ra, drums. Named 2010 Flutist of the Year in the Down Beat Critic’s Poll, she rides the wave into new compositions that explore many colors, moods and rhythmic grooves.

Mitchell’s earlier projects involved larger groups; Black Earth Ensemble, Black Unstoppable (DMK CD and DVD) and Black Earth Strings, Renegades. This smaller group setting opens the door for Mitchell to stretch out as a soloist more so than on any of her previous recordings.

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Kalani Trinidad [-] CROSSING BRIDGES [Kalani Trinidad]

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Flute, Jazz, Kalani Trinidad

Kalani Trinidad - CROSSING BRIDGES

Kalani Trinidad [-] CROSSING BRIDGES -(MP3)- [Kalani Trinidad, 2011]

The 23-year-old Yamaha Young Performing Artist winner and National Flute Association Jazz Master Class winner Enrique Kalani Trinidad, has captivated jazz followers with his remarkable flute performance, Kalani a flutist composer, has shared his talent with well known Jazz musicians like Mario Rivera, Justo Almario, John Benitez, Nestor Torres, Dave Valentin, Humberto Ramirez, Cachao, Paquito D Rivera, Alex Acuna, Eddie Palmierie and Rosa Pasos just to name a few. With a warm smile and low voice, recipient of a Presidential scholarship to attend Berklee School of Music in Boston, has a lot to offer, Travel the whole world and share my talent with great jazz players is my dream, the young flutest was born in Dallas Texas in November 27,1987 and moved to Puerto Rico when he was only 4-years-old, by listening to his father pianist Richard Trinidad and the music of Chick Corea and compositions of Brazilian singer composer Carlos Jobin, Kalani was interested in learning music starting flute lessons, soon his talent was discover. Kalani is getting ready to start recording his first album this summer, Music is like painting, pick the right colors and with a nice combination you end up with a good portrait.