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Friday, August 30, 2024

Chick Corea Trilogy / Milton+ esperanza Most Added /+ More from Concord #jazz #music

Milton + esperanza
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“It’s like a magic, that you know when it’s happening, and you can help make it happen. It’s like you can invite it to come visit you. You can invite it to come through you. And it’s magic, that I guess, I’m always hoping will descend, you know, into the music. The whole time I was always praying for the album to feel like a big ship, that’s traveling through the cosmic waters of the world. And the ship is going so smooth, and you’re [Milton] standing at the back going like this, “Wa, wa.” Like throwing magic out from your hands to everybody who’s seen the boat go by. And I wanted the album to feel like that, to feel like this magical wow-thing going by; and after it passes, you just feel like wow. That was the inspiration for the album.” – esperanza spalding
 
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Chick Corea Trio
Trilogy (Deluxe Edition)
(Concord Jazz / Concord)
 
For the first time ever on vinyl, a limited edition 8-LP deluxe box set featuring Chick Corea’s 2013 album Trilogy & 2019 album Trilogy 2, remastered and released collectively as Trilogy by Concord Jazz, available now.
 
The GRAMMY® Award-Winning Trio featured on the collection (with a combined 40 wins between them) includes iconic jazz pianist Chick Corea along with Brian Blade on drums and Christian McBride on bass. Originally recorded by Bernie Kirsh, the set has been re-mastered by Bernie GrundmanOfficial Store: 
https://found.ee/ChickCoreaTrilogyStore

Clark Terry Quartet
In Orbit (Remastered 2024)
(Craft Recordings / Concord)
 
Focus Track: “Argentia”
 
Recorded in New York in 1958, and released the same year, In Orbit is trumpeter Clark Terry’s sixth album as leader. The album features Thelonious Monk on piano, in his only Riverside outing as sideman, as well as Sam Jones (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Releasing as part of recently relaunched Original Jazz Classic series  

Patrice Rushen
Prelusion (Remastered 2024)
(Craft Recordings/Concord)
 
Focus Track: “Puttered Bopcorn”
 
Prelusion is the debut album from iconic recording artist Patrice Rushen, originally released on Prestige Records in 1974. The album effortlessly zigzags between Post-Bop and Jazz Fusion, and features contributions from legendary saxophonist Joe Henderson.

Charlie Parker
Ornithology: The Best Of Bird
(Craft Recordings / Concord)
 
Focus Track: "Ko-Ko"
 
Ornithology: The Best of Bird is a new compilation bringing together 11 cuts from legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Designed as an introduction to this influential artist, it covers Bird’s prime years between 1945 and 1953, with cuts including “Ko-Ko,” “Billie’s Bounce,” and “Groovin’ High”.

Keyon Harrold
Foreverland
(Concord Jazz / Concord)

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Focus Track: “Beautiful Day” (ft. PJ Morton)
 
 “It's such a beautiful thing to create music that comes from the heart and soul. "A Beautiful Day" is a song that PJ Morton and I wrote together in New Orleans, after a heart-to-heart conversation about life. We've been making music together for years, and every collaboration is just as special as the last. PJ is truly one of my favorite songwriters and artists, and it was an absolute honor to create "Beautiful Day" for my “Foreverland” Album.” – Keyon Harrold

 
Andrew Bird Trio
Sunday Morning Put-On
(Loma Vista / Concord)

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Focus Track: “I Cover the Waterfront”
 
Inspired by a lifetime of listening to jazz + woodshedding, Andrew Bird on his new album Sunday Morning Put-On presents his take on the Great American Songbook.  Andrew Bird Trio features Ted Poor (drums) & Alan Hampton (bass), and transcends nostalgia, pushing his limits as an improviser. 
Chamaco Ramírez
 Alive And Kicking (Remastered 2024)
(Craft Recordings/Concord)
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Focus Track: “Así Son Bongó”
 
Chamaco Ramirez was a Puerto Rican salsa singer (sonero) and composer who also recorded with Tommy Olivencia y Su Orquesta as well as the Alegre All Stars and Kako and his Orchestra. xHis salsa album Alive and Kicking was his first and only solo album, released in 1979 on Inca Records (a subsidiary of Fania). He was known as one of the top soneros (improviser) in salsa, and was admired and influenced by many of the top salsa artists who came after him. His untimely murder in New York at the age of 41 was tragic and a great talent was lost too early. Standout tracks from Alive and Kicking include “Así Son Bongó,” “San Agustín” and “Adivínalo.”

 
Héctor Lavoe
Reventó (Remastered 2024)
(Craft Recordings / Concord)
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Focus Track: “De Que Tamaño Es Tu Amor”
 
Reventó is iconic salsa singer Hector Lavoe’s eighth solo album released on Fania Records. The classic New York salsa album was critically acclaimed and very popular among fans, with hits like “De Que Tamaño Es Tu Amor,” “La Fama” and “Déjala Que Siga.” Reventó remained on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for five months in 1985

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 100 - August 26, 2024 #jazz #music

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Monday, August 05, 2024

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 100 - August 5, 2024 #jazz #music

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Friday, August 02, 2024

Herb Alpert To Release Landmark 50th Studio Album On Sept. 20 // Hear The New Single "Dancing Down 50th Street" #jazz #music


Credit: Dewey Nicks / Download Photo HERE
Legendary musician, artist, record label executive, and philanthropist Herb Alpert will mark an extraordinary milestone in his storied six-decade music career with the release of his 50th studio album this fall aptly titled 50. Out on September 20th, the album also commemorates another significant landmark as it celebrates 50 years of marriage to his wife, collaborator, and touring partner, Lani Hall, their golden anniversary.

Alpert shared today the album’s lead single “Dancing Down 50th Street,” an infectious dance track mixing the flavor of his Tijuana Brass days with a modern groove. “Dancing Down 50th Street” is also one of Alpert’s several brand new original compositions featured on the album.
 

 
"I am fortunate to still be exploring and having fun making music," stated Alpert. "When I first started recording, I had a one-track wire recorder. Today I make music using digital recording with unlimited recording tracks. The one thing, for me, that has always remained the same, no matter one-track, two-track, or 100 tracks, is that it is ALWAYS about finding a great song or melody. A great song or melody recorded on one-track will always be a great song."
 
50 distills everything that makes a great Herb Alpert release, combining evocative originals and ingenious covers from throughout pop music history, with Alpert’s unmistakable trumpet melodies leading the action. Many of the songs on 50 date back to the 1950s, including pop-vocal, rock’n’roll, and jazz favorites. It was the decade when Alpert got his start in the record industry, still a few years out from his career-making success with the Tijuana Brass, the young songwriter was learning lessons that helped him shape his signature musical voice. Integrating modern techniques into retakes of older songs is one of Alpert’s signatures. His tasteful adaptability is part of what has helped keep him at the front of the cultural consciousness for nearly seven decades.

Alpert has continued to follow the innovations of newer artists while refining his unmistakable “less is more” style of trumpet playing and arranging. His recent work combines acoustic and electronic sounds while revisiting music across disparate eras of pop, including ‘20s and ‘30s jazz standards, Beatles favorites, and more, with periodic turns from his wife Lani on vocals. This combination of the vintage and the au courant continues to resonate with audiences; Alpert’s last two LPs, 2022’s On the Sunny Side of Street and 2023's Wish Upon A Star, peaked at #5 and #1, respectively, on the jazz charts.

Alternately playful and contemplative, 50 continues in the spirit of these releases, with Alpert offering his take on everything from bossa nova (“Corcovado”), Broadway-born standards (“Baubles, Bangles, & Beads”), surf-rock mood pieces (“Sleep Walk”), hard-bop tunes (“Jeannine”) and Elvis hits (“Are You Lonesome Tonight?”). The originals scattered throughout 50 sit comfortably up against these indelible melodies from bygone eras, reminding us how many generations of pop Alpert’s own compositional sound has endured through. In addition to “Dancing Down 50th Street,” there’s the bluesy and stylish “Where Do We Go From Here,” as well as “Morning Mist,” a dreamy ballad fit for a beach sunrise.

For almost three-quarters-of-a-century, Alpert has always had the rare gift of being able to reach the greatest possible group of people through inhabiting an inimitable artistic voice. He has maintained and reshaped his sound through constant practice, recording, and performing (he continues to tour internationally, playing dozens of shows every year). With his eye invariably set on the future, Alpert is already turning over ideas for multiple upcoming albums. The sentiment crystalizes how one of popular music’s truest originals continues to find ways to connect and reconnect with himself and his audience. It is through his love of artistic kernels of inspiration—a couple of bars, a chord, a suggestive brushstroke—that seem to cut across time.
 
Download Album Artwork HERE
 
Track Listing:
01) Dancing Down 50th Street
02) Sh-Boom
03) Are You Lonesome Tonight?
04) Baubles, Bangles And Beads
05) Morning Mist
06) Never Too Late
07) Where Do We Go From Here
08) Sleep Walk
09) Corcovado
10) Jeannine
 
Tour Dates:
08/22-08/25 - Seattle, WA @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
10/08 - Folsom, CA @ Harris Center
10/10 - Walnut Creek, CA @ Lesher Center for the Arts
10/12 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theatre
10/13 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
12/10 - Nashville, TN @ TBA
12/11 - Chattanooga, TN @ TBA
12/13 - Atlanta, GA @ TBA
12/14 - Metairie, LA @ TBA
12/15 - Houston, TX @ TBA
02/11 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ TBA
02/12 - Sarasota, FL @ TBA
02/13 - Orlando, FL @ TBA
02/15 - Augusta, GA @ TBA
02/16 - Charlotte, NC @ TBA
 
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For more information, please contact:
Erik Andersen (erik@missingpiecegroup.com)
Sonny Bailey-Lemansky (sonny@missingpiecegroup.com)
 
ABOUT HERB ALPERT & THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION:
Alpert’s extraordinary musicianship has earned him 9 GRAMMY® Awards (the latest from his 2014 album Steppin’ Out), 15 Gold albums, 14 Platinum albums and has sold over 72 million records. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass propelled his sound into the pop music limelight, at one point outselling the Beatles two to one. Alpert has a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2013. Alpert also has a second career as an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor with group and solo exhibitions around the United States and Europe.
 
As an industry leader, Alpert’s commitment to artists with personal vision guided A&M Records (with partner Jerry Moss) from a Hollywood garage operation into one of the most successful independent record labels in music history, with stars including Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, The Police and scores of others.
 
Through the Herb Alpert Foundation, Herb and Lani have dedicated their lives to philanthropy, funding programs that help bring creativity to young students and keep creativity alive for all the arts, for artists young and old, including jazz education and programs that teach compassion and well-being. May 2022 marked the 28th anniversary of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts celebrating 140 awardees over the past 28 years. 2021 also brought the opening of the newly remodeled Harlem School of the Arts at the Herb Alpert Center, funded entirely by Herb and Lani Alpert. During the pandemic, the foundation dramatically increased its emergency funding to artists in need through organizations such as Chrysalis, the Jazz Foundation, the Good People’s Fund and Artists Relief.

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