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ALBUM RELEASE: LIVE AT CLIFF BELL’S BY MICHAEL SARIAN

Michael Sarian is a musician who has continued to evolve artistically throughout not only his career, but also throughout his life. Ultimately, the explorative jazz musicians—such as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Herbie Hancock, for example—compiled/compile discographies that, from beginning to end, documented/document never-ending …

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ALBUM RELEASE: THIS ROCK WE’RE ON—IMAGINARY LETTERS BY MIKE HOLOBER & THE GOTHAM JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Despite numerous challenges, big-band jazz continues to offer original compositions, rewarding musical experiences, and exciting recordings. The transition from dance-hall big bands of the thirties and forties started with the introduction of advanced harmonies, flowing lines of rhythm, more muted hues, longer thematic compositions, and Impressionistic influences by forward-thinking leaders …

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CD RELEASE: CATCH THE GROOVE – LIVE AT THE PENTHOUSE 1963-1967 BY CAL TJADER

Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Milt Jackson, Terry Gibbs, Roy Ayers, Bobby Hutcherson, Peter Appleyard, Jay Hoggard, Gary Burton, Joe Locke, Steve Nelson, Stefon Harris, Warren Wolf, Joel Ross. The list of major jazz vibraphonists is brief, but their jazz contributions to the instrument’s status progressed through the generations as their …

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