 Get ready to par-tay with New Orleans’ Jazz from trumpeter,
singer, composer Kermit Ruffins’ – We Partyin’ Traditional
Style! with his band, The BBQ Swingers released on the Basin Street Records label. Traditional
New Orleans Jazz has never sounded better, so roll up your carpets, get
out your parasol, and get ready to dance!
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 Roll up your sleeves and get
ready for Southern Rock like you have not heard it in quite some time with the
debut release by Shanytown. Drawn
from the genes of great Southern Rock greats like Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special,
and The Johnny Van Zant bands, the bothers Ronnie Morris and Robbie Morris, nephews of the late Ronnie, Donnie, and Johnny Van Zant, make their
uncles proud.
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 Clarence Bucaro – Dreaming from the heart of New York marks the sixth release by this talented singer, songwriter, and musician. Velvety vocals, inspired lyrics, Clarence Bucaro takes the listener on a journey of the heart. Complemented by musicians Anders Osborne, Chris Finney, Carl Dufrene, and Rich Hinman, the release sings with promises delivered.
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 Jeff Lorber’s latest
contribution, Jeff Lorber Fusion –
Hacienda, shows that music fusion is still “in,” and in the hands
of one of the founders of music fusion, it is a stellar set of eleven tracks of
musical genius. Jeff knows how to blend, pace, transition, and funk like no one
else, and with a Who’s Who of musicians the release takes flight.
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 Blues Rock guitarist, songwriter, Mike
Zito, takes a short detour from
his band the Royal Southern Brotherhood for his debut solo release, Mike Zito & The Wheel -
Gone To Texas on the Ruf Records
label. Mike Zito wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the 13-track release
with the exception of the Delbert McClinton song Take It Easy, and the Blind Willie Johnson song Let Your Light Shine On Me. Get ready for a rousing dose of Southern Blues
Rock with Mike Zito's intimate tales of his life, sometimes hard, sometimes
gritty, and always interesting.
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 Singer, songwriter, musician Little G Weevil shines with his Blues release, Little G Weevil – Moving, which features 11
original songs and a cover of a traditional Blues song, released on the VizzTone
label. Born in Hungary, now living in Atlanta, Georgia, Little
G Weevil, 2013 Winner - International Blues Challenge – Solo/Duet Competition,
has a firm grasp of American Blues as he lays down some impressive all-acoustic tracks
along with his band, Maurice Nazzaro, Danny
V Vinson, Dustin Sergant, and Adam Goodhue.
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 Blues rocker Dana Fuchs is back with a 12-track release, Bliss Avenue that grabs
from the title track and works its magic all through the final track, Long Long Game. Released on the Ruf Records label,
Bliss Avenue
is her follow-up to Dana Fuchs - Love to Beg (reviewed in the Music Scene.)
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 With the latest release from Jude Johnstone, Jude Johnstone – Shatter, you will get those great lyrics we have come to expect from Jude, her great vocals, and of course arrangements that complement her lyrics, but with Shatter, Jude layers in a stellar horn section and a 1940’s Jazz sound that heightens her arrangements to a new level.
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 The blues release David Jacobs-Strain: Geneseo is a work of art that begins with the packaging, and continues when you unfold the paper case, and find the beautifully printed CD and a small poster inside reminiscent of 70s albums where one looked forward to discovering each nuance. The experience continues with blues slide guitarist David Jacobs-Strain's rich vocals, poetic lyrics, and an impressive group of talented musicians. This release deserves a coveted spot in your music cache and repeated listening.
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 Dave Koz and Friends – Summer Horns features multi-talented saxophonists Dave
Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, and Richard
Eliot. Joined by special guests Michael McDonald, Jeffrey
Osborne, Brian Culbertson, Rick Braun, and Jonathan Butler, and
released on the Concord
Records label, the 12-track Dave Koz and Friends – Summer Horns is
the perfect musical complement for your
summer parties.
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.jpg "George Benson - Inspiration (A Tribute To Nat King Cole)") The latest release by multi-Grammy® award winner George Benson - Inspiration (A Tribute To Nat King Cole) on the Concord Records label, opens with a rare recording of Little Georgie Benson, age eight, singing Mona Lisa, and comes full circle with George Benson closing with the same song. Backed by the 42-piece Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, it is a stunning tribute to an American icon, the legendary Nat King Cole.
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 Sue Richardson, singer / trumpeter / composer, released Sue Richardson - Too Cool (The Life and Music of Chet Baker) to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Chet's death. Using Chet's style, flare, and improvisational transitions as her inspiration, Sue Richardson wrote five original tracks that are a brilliant complement to the four rare Chet Baker tracks; a must listen to release that delivers!
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 British Jazz Trumpeter - Fugelhornist - Vocalist - Composer Sue Richardson takes time to speak with Luxury Experience about her latest project, Too Cool - The Life and Music of Chet Baker, released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his death, on the Splash Point Records label. The album is a stunning tribute to Chet Baker, who was the epitome of West Coast Cool.
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 Grammy®-Nominated Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit shows her prowess as a singer as well as a songwriter with her latest release, The Heart Of The Matter on the Emarcy/Decca Records label. Celebrating her career and her 11 th release, The Heart Of The Matter brings passion front and center.
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 The origin of the band Tiny Tornado comes from the creative energies of two prolific performers and songwriters, Jade Ell and Mats Hedstrôm. Melding their creative energy, they released Tiny Tornado: Echoes and Rhymes, a release with 12 original tracks that weaves pop, rock, folk and more with captivating lyrics that tell a story carrying the listener on a musical journey.
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 Hot, sassy, and bad-to-the-bone, Skinny Molly’s latest release, Skinny Molly – Haywire Riot, brings Southern Rock back in style. Lead by Mike Estes, former member of the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band takes no prisoners on this arresting release.
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 The Scottish band
The Peatbog Faeries:
Peter Morrison, Peter Tickell, Tom Salter, Graeme Stafford, Innes Hutton, and
Stu Haikney, have another great release with their 11-track instrumental
CD, Dust,
which features original material written by Peter Morrison and Peter Tickell. The
award-winning band takes a bold stance on this release with Celtic
fusion music that crosses genres and inspires listeners.
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 Swedish singer, composer, pop musician, Jade Ell takes time out to talk with Luxury Experience about her new band Tiny Tornado, which she formed with the multi-talented Mats Hedstrôm, and their release Tiny Tornado - Echoes and Rhymes. The lyrics are inspired, it is storytelling at its best, and Jade Ell's voice has never sounded better.
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 Talented actor and novelist Molly Ringwald shows her prowess as a Jazz singer with her debut CD, Except … Sometimes, to be released on April 9, 2013 on the Concord Records label. Although this is her debut CD, she is no stranger to the world of Jazz, as she started singing at the age of three with her father, Jazz pianist, Bob Ringwald and his band.
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 Devon Allman’s first solo release Devon Allman – Turquoise, released on the Ruf Records label, features Blues, Latin Rhythms, Country Rock, and Devon’s bluesy vocals with heartfelt lyrics and tight arrangements. The release contains 10 original tracks that will keep you captivated throughout.
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 Molly Ringwald, thank you for taking time out of your schedule to chat with Luxury Experience about your debut CD, Except...Sometimes, which will be released on the Concord Records label on April 9, 2013.
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 The release Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - In a World of Mallets layers in the unique sounds of the vibraphone, tubular bells, xylophone, and glockenspiel as the "lead" for a progressive blues and jazz sound. Do not let the instruments fool you; the sound is true and solid.
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 Grammy® Winner Terri Lyne Carrington pays homage to Duke Ellington on the 50th anniversary release of the Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach release Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue on the Concord Jazz label. Gerald Clayton, Christian McBride, Clark Terry, Lizz Wright, and Herbie Hancock, join drummer, composer, and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington, on this memorable tribute release.
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 Tom Wopat: I've Got Your Number released on the LML Music label is the perfect CD for Valentine's Day romancing. Backed by a thirty-piece orchestra, Tom Wopat, with his sexy crooner's voice, deftly creates a little magic covering such classics as The Good Life, Devil May Care, Call Me, and I Won't Dance, and well as with his original songs, Summer Dress, and I Still Feel That Way on the 14-track release.
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 Blues Queen Maria Muldaur chats with Luxury Experience about singing the Blues, influences in her life, her career focusing on American Roots music, and her latest release, First Came Memphis Minnie, released on the Stony Plain Recording Co. Ltd. label.
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 Jazz Guitarist Grant Geissman sets the stage for an incredible evening of listening with his latest release, Grant Geissman - Bop! Bang! Boom! featuring a who's who of talent including Larry Carlton, Albert Lee, Tom Scott, Mike Finnigan, Russell Ferrante, Brian Scanlon, Emilio Palame, Jim Cox, Corey Allen, Greg Matheson, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt, Leland Sklar, Ray Brinker, Alex Acuna, Brian Kilgore, Dennis C. Brown, Doug Lacey, Van Dyke Parks, Chuck Lorre, and Tom Ranier. Whether you want to kick back or set the mood for a party this is definitely a release that you will want to add to your collection.
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 Fourplay is back with their release Esprit
De Four, from a band that has continued to cast their magic on the
Jazz world for more than two decades and twelve releases, it is crisp,
progressive, funky at times, and always engaging.
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 Guitarist Lee Ritenour takes time out to chat with Luxury Experience about his career and his latest release, Lee Ritenour - Rhythm Session, released on the Concord Music Group label.
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 I have always believed that music needs no translation, that music speaks for itself and transcends language barriers. Such is the case with the 13-track release, Mitch Woods - Blues Beyond Borders, Live in Istanbul, recorded during the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in Turkey. From the audience's enthusiastic reaction to the music, the Blues clearly stands on its own.
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 As they celebrate the 30th Anniversary of GRP "The Digital Master Company," and the release of the album, GRP 30: The Digital Master Company 30th Anniversary, Luxury Experience caught up with the dynamic and innovative co-founder of GRP, Larry Rosen. Larry Rosen, along with Dave Grusin, founded GRP in 1982 and over the next 30 years a Who's Who of musicians have been a part of their record label. Luxury Experience spoke to Larry Rosen about the past 30 years and the changes in the music industry.
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 Lee Ritenour - Rhythm Session varies the rhythm section with a blend of Funk, R&B, Latin, and Pop that is rooted in a Jazz beat. Supported by top musicians such as Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Dave Grusin, George Duke, Christian McBride, and Marcus Miller, this is blend of the best-of-the-best of music, vocals, and artistry.
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 GRP, The Digital Master Company, is celebrating 30 fantastic years with the release GRP 30: The Digital Master Company 30th Anniversary. The 30-track release features music from three-decades with performances from Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen, Lee Ritenour, Patti Austin, George Benson, Arturo Sandoval, Ramsey Lewis, Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, B.B. King, Diane Schuur, Kevein Eubanks, Dizzy Gillespie, Larry Carlton, The Yellowjackets, Spyro Gyra, the GRP All-Star Band, and more.
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 British Jazz singer/pianist Ian Shaw's latest release, A Ghost in Every Bar, the Lyrics of Fran Landesman released on the Splash Point Records label celebrates the music of the iconic American lyricist and poet, Fran Landesman. Pianist composer Simon Wallace, Fran Landesman's longtime collaborator, joins Ian Shaw on this 15-track memorable tribute release.
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 ...First Came Memphis Minnie is a celebration of the music of the legendary Blues woman "Memphis Minnie" Lawlers by Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, Rory Black, Phoebe Snow, Ruthie Foster, and Koko Taylor who put their unique mark on Minnie's blues on the 13-track CD on the Stony Plain Recording Co. Ltd. label with assistance from musicians Del Rey, David Bromberg, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Roy Rogers, Steve James, and Steve Freund.
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 Some great releases just take time, The Andy Drudy Disorder – The Blues Civilisation released on the Splash Point Records label is one such project. After years of cajoling as to when British guitarist, singer, songwriter Andy Drudy, would produce a debut release, he finally relinquished. The resultant 5-track blues release, The Andy Drudy Disorder – The Blues Civilisation is absolutely brilliant and definitely worth the wait.
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 Luciana Souza - The Book of Chet is a tribute to the legendary trumpet player and singer, Chet Baker. Luciana's ability to accent each word that she sings to emphasis its meaning, and her ability to draw-in her audience are the perfect complements to Chet Baker's style.
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 Luciana Souza took a few years off to focus her attention on a family, but she has returned in a masterful way with the release Luciana Souza - Duos III, a compilation of Brazilian tunes accompanied by three masters of Brazilian guitar Toninho Horta, Marco Pereira, and Casa Gonzalez.
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 Tommaso Starace’s latest release Tommaso Starace – Simply Marvellous is a celebration of the music of the legendary French jazz maestro Michel Petrucciani. Tommaso uses his unique style of communicating feelings and emotions through his saxophone to cover a selection of 9 tracks from the vast Michel Petrucciani portfolio. Vibrant, sassy, emotional, and rewarding, this is Tommaso Starace at his best.
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 Jay Collins' latest release, Jay Collins and The King County Band - Rivers, Blues and Other People is Jay's most powerful release to date. He is accompanied by a Who's Who of rock, blues, and country rock musicians including the legendary Levon Helm and Donald Fagen. The release is a blend of great vocals, outstanding lyrics, and driving melodies.
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 Rosin Revolver Vol 1 - A Teresa Joy Paul Project is the debut release of violinist Teresa Joy Paul, daughter of the classical guitarist Esteban. Teresa began playing violin at age 4, by age 15, she was playing professionally at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona with her father; over the past 10 years, her talent has matured and developed and it is a joy to listen to her play.
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 Theresa Andersson's latest release, Theresa Andersson - Street Parade, goes beyond the individual song by breaking down the components of the melody and the arrangement to complement the engaging lyrics, and vice versa. Theresa continues to expand her repertoire with each release, and with Street Parade, you feel a new beginning.
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 GRAMMY® nominated pianist composer David Benoit has a musical "dialogue" with Jeff Golub, Pat Kelley, David Pack, Tim Weisberg, Robert Theis, David Sills, Yun Tang and more with his latest release, Conversation on the Heads Up International label, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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 Singer, songwriter, pianist, Alice Evans' inaugural self-titled release, Alice Evans, is a pop music Indie release with arrangements that accentuate Alice's powerful lyrics, which are a blend of poetry and stories. The release is twelve original tracks that take the listener on a journey into the emotions of hope, passion, and trust as felt from love lost and love found.
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.jpg "Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)") Each of us has someone who has made a difference in our life, for jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval that someone was famed jazz musician, Dizzy Gillespie. His latest release, Arturo Sandoval: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) on the Concord Music Group label, is his tribute to a master musician, and a dear friend who made a vast difference in his life.
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 Jeff Lorber Fusion - Galaxy is a compilation of eleven tracks that takes the listener through jazz fusion circa 1978 through 2012. With an exemplary list of musicians such as Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip, Eric Marienthal, Vinnie Colaiuta, Lenny Castro, Paul Jackson, Jr., and more, the release takes on an expression of the members creating a fusion that may start a new movement.
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 Jazz guitar master Gerry Beaudoin is back to his roots with his latest release Gerry Beaudoin - The Return. Gerry is joined by Jesse Williams on bass, and Les Harris Jr. on drums, with special guest Harry Allen on saxophone, and the result is a release that is vibrant, poignant, sassy, and pure gold.
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 Blues singer, songwriter, guitarist Kirsten Thien captivates on her release, Kirstein Thien - Delicious, on the Screen Door Records label. Pick up a copy of the CD, sit back, and take a big bite, Kirsten Thien - Delicious, is simply delicious, and definitely satisfying.
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