Search results for: “keiko matsui”
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Euphoria by Keiko Matsui Out March 31
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Keiko Matsui, a contemporary jazz icon for decades, is releasing her 30th recording, Euphoria, on March 31, 2023, which she describes as an album about the hope we carry inside us. “I have this dream where we can each cherish our own happiness and learn to accept and care for one another. When I tour…
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Will Downing and Gerald Albright topped the charts 20 years ago today
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The top ten contemporary jazz recordings from Oct. 31, 1998!
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Top Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1997 and 2012
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Billboard reported these as the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1997: The Moment – Kenny G Sweet Thing – Boney James Dream Walk – Keiko Matsui Que Pasa – Gato Barbieri A Twist of Jobim – Various Artists Soulful Strut – Grover Washington, Jr. Breathless – Kenny G Caravan of Dreams – Peter White Beneath…
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Top Names Assemble for Jazz for Japan Benefit Recording
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Jazz For Japan is a benefit album recorded in two days by 25 of the top jazz musicians in the world benefiting the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. The recordings took place last week in Los Angeles at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Legendary and Grammy nominated performers include: Kenny G, Christian McBride, Marcus Miller,…
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Review: Jason Miles – Miles To Miles
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Jason Miles has put together an awesome contemporary jazz recording to help start 2005 in a kick-ass fashion. His Miles To Miles recording is “in the spirit of Miles Davis.” It’s not an album of covers of Miles’ tunes (except for “Flamenco Sketches”). The songs are influenced by Miles’ life or sound. For example, he…