Monthly Archives: December 2011
Agusti Fernandez – El Laberint de la Memoria (2011)
Jazz pianist Agustí Fernández was commissioned by Mbari Música’s label chief João Santos to create a solo recording with a starting point of Spanish regional themes, mostly fragments of nostalgia in minor keys and slow rhythms.
Big Funk on First Night
Led by internationally renowned musicians, saxophonist/composer Don Braden and drummer Karl Latham, of Sparta, Big Funk will perform a CD release concert Saturday as part of First Night Morris.
Terence Blanchard Completes Score for Lucasfilm’s “Red Tails” Set For Release January 20th
GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER TERENCE BLANCHARD COMPLETES SCORE FOR LUCASFILM’S RED TAILS, SET FOR RELEASE JANUARY 20 BY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX.
Smooth Jazz – Top Twenty Tracks Of 2011
‘That Look On Your Face’ by Boney James from the CD ‘Contact’, ‘The Groove’s Alright’ by Kim Waters from his album ‘This Heart Of Mine’,‘Ready Or Not’ by Paul Hardcastle from his ‘valentines’ album ‘Desire’,
Aretha Franklin New Retrospective due 1/31/12
Aretha Franklin will be releasing a new collection of her work entitled Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998 on January 31, 2012.
David Yamasaki – ‘Hawaii 5/4′
Jazz guitarist David Yamasaki does a beautiful job revisiting the hits of other artists with this collection of personal favorites.
