Jazz Musician Benny Chong Set For Guest Appearance On 'Nightside' On October 4, 2007
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ CRN Digital Talk Radio) - Legendary Ukulele jazz musician, Benny Chong will make a live guest appearance on Gregg Hunter's "Nightside," on October 4, 2007. Featuring an impressive roster of stars from stage and screen, Gregg Hunter's "Nightside" airs Thursdays and Fridays, ...
| Jeff Findl & The Acoustic Accomplices Release 21-track Album
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Hippie Van Music) - 'Jeff Findl and the Acoustic Accomplices' is a group of eight (8) Los Angeles area musicians that recorded 21 original songs featuring the nylon-string guitar, piano, and other orchestral accompaniment. Their upbeat instrumental compositions showcase ...
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Virtuoso Guitarist Eva Fampas Releases New Album
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ BERBEN & IGS) - Leading virtuoso guitarist Eva Fampas has just released a new album called 'CAPRICCIO DIABOLICO' (BERCD 0066) on the BERBEN & IGS guitar cds series. The disc features some new musical treasures, a stunning collection of world premiere performances of an exciting ...
| Tango No. 9 Releases 3rd CD, Here Live No Fish: Cutting-Edge Tango From Across The Spectrum
San Francisco, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Spillhouse) - Tango No. 9 adds the skin-to-skin, sex-breathed passion of classic tango to the genre-bending virtuosity of San Francisco's renowned cutting-edge chamber music scene (e.g. Tin Hat, Kronos Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Turtle Island). Here Live No Fish, ...
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Les Sabler Pilots A Diverse And Soulful 'Sweet Drive'
Marina Del Rey, CA (Top40 Charts/ Great Scott P.R.oductions) - Guitarist Les Sabler elevates his art to the next level on the Brian Bromberg-produced Sweet Drive, a collection of contemporary jazz, R&B and adult pop released today by The Music Force record label. The album possesses the pivotal ingredients ...
| Juan Oskar Is A Superhero On New Indie Release
Phoenix, Arizona (Top40 Charts/ Jay Maynes) - Juan Oskar is back after two years of preparation for the release of his new concept album Superhero. This time around each track and its music is designed to represent a different comic book character. This recording is a departure from Christmas Is For ...
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Segal Releases New Jazz CD
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Karen Segal Official Website) - Karen Segal has announced the release of her first CD "In The Moment". Segal, who is known for her unique style, provides fans of jazz with a fresh, new sound that is reminiscent of the true roots of this American form of music. For those who ...
| XM Announces Expanded Jazz Programming Lineup
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ XM) - XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 8.2 million subscribers, announced today that it will expand jazz music programming with two new shows set to premiere this October. "Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" and "Live from Jazz at Lincoln ...
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Jim Brickman's Holiday CD 'HOMECOMING,' In Stores This Week 9/25/07
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SLG) - The joy of the holidays goes hand in hand with the evocative musical output that has long defined pianist, composer and producer Jim Brickman; and the much-lauded musician has done it again with his new recording for this holiday season. "HOMECOMING" will be available ...
| Chris Botti Will Release New Album 'ITALIA' Due In Stores On Sept. 25
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ SONY Music) - Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer, and a charismatic performer who-since the release of his first solo album in 1995-has created a series of recordings which have made him a virtual genre-of-one in the realm of contemporary ...
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Dave Tofani Quartet Performs Selections From Their New CD 'Nights At The Inn', A Tribute To The Deer Head Inn
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Dave Tofani Quartet PR) - There is nothing like a new outfit to help you look and feel great. Dave Tofani's new outfit, in the form of a talented new quartet, also helps him sound great. On his new album, Tofani is unquestionably at his best and most confident. The former Grammy ...
| Carnegie Hall Opens 5th Season Of 'The Shape of Jazz' Series With Saxophonist David Sanchez 10/17
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Carnegie Hall) - On Wednesday, October 17 at 8:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, saxophonist/composer David Sanchez and his sextet give the New York premiere of La Leyenda del Canaveral. This new multi-movement work-written by Mr. Sanchez and made possible by a grant ...
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Acclaimed Riverwalk Jazz Series Joins Lineup At Gavin Report's 'Jazz Station of the Year,' WBGO-88.3 FM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Pacific Vista Productions) - Riverwalk Jazz, public radio's long-running, weekly jazz series, will now be heard Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. on Newark's Jazz 88, WBGO 88.3FM, beginning October 9. Riverwalk Jazz, a favorite with jazz lovers for almost two decades, ...
| 'What A Life,' The Debut Album From The All-Star L.A. Blues Alliance Hits The Top 40!
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ BabyRee Recordings) - The stellar nine-piece blues outfit L.A. Blues Alliance - assembled in 2006 by lauded television composer Mike Post - reaches No 26 on iTunes' top Blues Albums chart with What A Life, their 2007 debut album. The scorching fifteen-track disc was released ...
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South African Jazz Legend Sathima Bea Benjamin's Celebrates Her 71st Birthday
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sweet Rhythm Jazz Club) - South African jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin (www.sathimabeabenjamin.com) celebrates the reissue of A Morning in Paris-her 1963 masterpiece recorded with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Abdullah Ibrahim as pianists-as well as her 71st birthday, ...
| Critics Claim 'The Very Best Of Diana Krall' Is Right Now
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Verve Records) - As the release date for Diana Krall's first ever career retrospective, 'The Very Best of Diana Krall' (9/18, Verve), approaches, the pianist and vocalist enjoyed praise from journalists all along her national tour route. Pulling out many tunes from the ...
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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Tickets On Sale At Online Box Office And Local Venues
PITTSFIELD, MAS. (Top40 Charts/ Pittsfield CityJazz Festival) - Tickets are now on sale for the third annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which takes place throughout the city on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 4-7. Tickets may be purchased online at www.PittsfieldCityJazz.org, as well as several local ...
| Blue Note Mourns The Loss Of Joe Zawinul
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - Jazz legend Joe Zawinul, who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz fusion and performed and recorded with Miles Davis, has died, a hospital official said. He was 75. Zawinul died early Tuesday, a spokeswoman for Vienna's Wilhelimina Clinic said, ...
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Jeff Oster's 'True' Named CD of the Month by Echoes, Public Radio International
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Retso Records) - Echoes, the daily two-hour music program hosted by John Diliberto which airs nationally on 150 radio stations by Public Radio International, has named Jeff Oster's "True" its CD of the Month for September, 2007. Oster's debut album, 2005's "Released," ...
| Tony Bennett's 'Exploring the Arts' Raises Over $1.5 Million For Arts Education
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ RPM/ Columbia Records) - Tony Bennett's EXPLORING THE ARTS raised more than $1.5 Million dollars for arts education in public schools during the organization's inaugural event, a concert and gala dinner benefit held in New York City on Sunday night, September 9. Tony Bennett ...
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