Seamus Blake Quartet Release Double CD Set Live In Italy
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New York, NY-March 16,2009- Hailing from the hotbed of New York City’s jazz scene can never hurt the chances of a musician getting some attention, especially if that musician plays like Seamus Blake. Blake is recognized as one of the finest and most creative young players in jazz and with the release of the double album set Live in Italy, Blake and his quartet are positioned to stake a claim to their own slice of jazz history.
Seattle, Washington-March 10, 2009-Jim Allchin left a prestigious career at Microsoft to pursue a life-long love of music. He traded in his co-President title for a guitar and went into the studio. That’s novel by itself, but the stunner is that the CD he recorded, Enigma, is a captivating mixture of rock, pop, and blues, earning 4 ½ stars in early reviews. Enigma releases on March 17th.
Growing up poor in the Deep South, Allchin learned to play the guitar by listening to old blues players and more mainstream artists of the day like the Allman Brothers and Santana. Though he played 16 hours a day and was widely acclaimed as a guitarist, he soon learned that timing and luck mattered as much as talent. Although he continued to play, he went back to school, earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and had a long and successful software career. But, music kept calling.
Los Angeles, CA-March 9, 2009- Latent Anxiety, is not your every day run of the mill indie recording artist.
With four CDs already released and
New York, NY-March 2, 2009- Bassist Steve Haines directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With that responsibility comes many things including the future of young people dedicating their lives to music. Haines has been involved with some other activities as well besides his educational obligations at the University. The 2007 recording of his second release, Stickdaboom, is set to make its debut on March 10, 2009 on the Zoho Records imprint. The album was recorded at Clinton Studios, New York City, November 6 & 7, 2007 and engineered, mixed, then mastered by Rob "Wacko" Hunter and produced by Haines.
Boston, MA-February 25, 2009- Amherst Massachusetts based Iron City is an instrumental jazz trio with their roots steeped in the past but a step ahead of everyone else with a leap into the future on their new release Put The Flavor On It.