Saxophonist/Composer/Educator TIA FULLER Marks Her Deep-Rooted Evolution on Widely Anticipated Third Album, “Angelic Warrior”

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Available September 25 on Mack Avenue Records

Album Features John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dianne Reeves, Shamie Royston, Mimi Jones, and Rudy Royston

Fuller Currently Serving as Assistant Musical Director for Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society Tour

TIA, ANGELIC WARRIOR

“Fuller is a modernist who incorporates touches of funk, gospel and R&B into her sound. Nevertheless, it’s all articulated through a language that is rooted in postbop.” – JazzTimes

Stream Tracks From Angelic Warrior

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.

Pat Metheny Unity Band Launches Extensive International Tour in Europe

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Pat Metheny Unity Band

The Pat Metheny Unity Band—featuring a new ensemble from the guitarist with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass—launches its European summer tour this weekend with a Sunday night set at the Alter Schlachthof in Dresden, Germany, followed by stops throughout the continent, including Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, San Marino, Spain, and Portugal, and in the UK. The band returns to the United States to tour later this summer and into the fall. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates; for additional details and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.