David Sanchez Quartet w/Lage Lund – Ay Bendito [Video]

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David Sanchez, Jazz, Lage Lund, Saxophone

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Flux Music Essentials … [Jones, Marsalis, Moran, Postma & Lung]

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Brandford Marsalis, Jason Moran, Jazz, Lage Lund, Mimi Jones, Tineke Postma

Flux Music Essentials

Greeting’s jazz lovers, I’m back in with another tantalizing yet satisfying blend of original jazz that’s shaken and well stirred to perfection from the shelves of the “Flux Music Essentials.”

Mimi Jones - A New Day

Mimi Jones -||- A New Day – [Hot Tone Music, 2009]

Mimi Jones, multi talented bassist, vocalist and composer, brings her beacon of musical light to the world while embracing a positive future with her inspiring messages. Mimi’s elegant sound is an eclectic mix of genres based in a strong jazz foundation that leave room for funky bass grooves, world beat rhythms, gentle textures and the soulful cries of the Wurlizer. “My music taps in directly to the senses using elements of jazz, folk, rock, blues and different sounds from around the world which have all had such a profound effect on me.”

Her inspiring debut recording, ”A New Day” is bursting with original compositions seamlessly melting from one song to another and caressed by the warmth of Mimi’s sultry voice. The music is a rich assortment of rhythmic statements, musical textures, and compositional variations all flawlessly executed by Mimi Jones (acoustic bass, electric bass, vocals, composer, arranger, and assistant producer), Marvin Sewell (acoustic and electric guitars), Miki Hayama (piano, key board and Wurlitzer), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Lucianna Padmore (drums on tracks 1 and 11) and Ambrose Akinmisure (trumpet). The title of the CD speaks of embracing a changing world with a positive point of view while maintaining the courage to move forward just as the new persona and alter ego, Mimi Jones, was transformed from “side man” Miriam Sullivan in order to fully express her individual messages of change and personal evolution. —CDBaby.com

New Music [Jazz] Releases 2/16/2010

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African American, Guitar, Jazz, Lage Lund, New Releases

As always thanks for stopping by, this week I’ve got another list of new jazz releases for you to check out.

Featured Album of the Week

Lage Lund -|- Unlikely Stories – [Criss Cross, 2010]

Lage Lund - Unlikely Stories

Guitarist Lage Lund made his first Criss Cross leader debut in 2008 with the brilliant Early Songs. Paring down from a quintet to quartet, he returns with Unlikely Stories, a vibrant set of mainly original tunes with a superb supporting cast: pianist Edward Simon, bassist Ben Street and drummer Bill Stewart.

The first-ever electric guitarist to attend Juilliard, Lund possesses a staggering harmonic sophistication and a singularly fluid voice as a soloist, qualities that leap out on Unlikely Stories and, no doubt, on many more releases to come. —Amazon.com

New Music Releases

Here’s a link to the latest jazz releases for the week of 2/16/2010 available at Amazon.com.