New Moon Rising (NMR), a seven-piece rock/country/pop band that incorporates traditional instrumentation (guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums) with unexpected elements, including BeatBox, banjo, electronic percussion, loops and harmonica, has released its debut single “No Regrets” on all DSPs with the accompanying video.
A lot of people say that music is their life; for trombonist and vocalist Ron Wilkins, it’s the absolute truth. AVAILABLE ON ALL STREAMING APPS In 2020, Ron came down with COVID while traveling and went into a medically induced coma. Doctors predicted the worst, and much to everyone’s delight …
JESSIE GALANTE RELEASES RE-MASTER OF SPITFIRE CD:CROSS-CONTINENTAL ROCK FEATURES STAR LINEUPFrank Ferrer (Guns N’ Roses), Jack Daley (Lenny Kravitz), Rob Bailey (Anastacia)Join High Octane Vocalist on 2021 Re-mastered Release NEW YORK, July 24, 2021 – “I’m not a simple girl/Look inside my world.” Jessie Galante directs on the title cut …
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Pianist and composer Yoonmi Choi is no stranger to the stage, and certainly not to pioneering her unique creative voice. From performing at over 300 venues in Europe, to receiving international acclaim across three continents, playing almost every major jazz festival, and directing the “Girl …
As one listens to Bernstein Reimagined, the realization occurs that jazz has come around to Bernstein. Some of the present-day jazz orchestras play with a broad sonic spectrum projecting, instead of 4/4 dance music, majesty, solemnity, naturalism, playfulness and spirituality.
New Piano recording by Juan María Solare. “Petzold: Two Minuets from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach”. Petzold’s Minuets have been wrongly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (because of their inclusion in Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena). Ironically, that was one reason for their success.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Familiar places and scenes can rekindle memories, revive friendships, and renew passions. For saxophonist and composer David Detweiler, returning to New York did this and more, as his time away from a place that he previously called home brought about fresh perspective. David Detweiler is …
AND THEN IT RAINED, the fifth and newest release by reed master MICHAEL O’NEILL, is a beautiful compilation of original compositions brought to life by some of the best musical talent around. O’Neill, who is a mainstay on the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene, is a creative improviser with …
When Blue Note Records president Don Was heard the originality, cohesion and virtuosity of the band Artemis at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival, he lost no time in signing the group to the legendary label, as he has with jazz talent heard at other jazz festivals. This person responsible for …
Peter Leitch’s New Life Orchestra actually celebrates his New Life as the title of the fifteen-piece Orchestra’s first album. Leitch’s transition from an acclaimed jazz guitarist who performed with numerous jazz masters to a jazz orchestra leader and composer occurred not through a voluntary decision, but through involuntary change. Leitch, …
