On 2nd May 2011, trumpeter-composer Ambrose Akinmusire released his tour de force Blue Note debut, ‘When The Heart Emerges Glistening’. With one of the most captivating jazz albums of recent times, from the most exciting and visionary trumpeter of today, Ambrose Akinmusire has delivered an exceptional debut that establishes him undoubtedly as one of the most [...]
Ambrose Akinmusire | When the Heart Emerges Glistening
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Traincha | This Girl’s In Love
‘This Girl’s In Love’, sees Dutch artist Traincha revisiting classic tracks from the Burt Bacharach songbook. The collection features the very best of two song book albums Traincha recorded with Burt Bacharach and the Metroplole Orchestra. This compilation was compiled exclusively for the UK. Traincha, who was part of the 90′s girl group ‘Total Touch’, [...]
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Priscilla Ahn | A Good Day
Priscilla Ahn is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She released her debut album ‘A Good Day’ on Blue Note Records in 2009. The album features Ahn artfully balancing youthful whimsy and grown-up sophistication, playing guitar and singing in a warm, welcoming, and stunningly self-assured voice. In the current trend of ‘girl singers’, Ahn certainly creates her own [...]
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Stacey Kent | Raconte-Moi…
The ability to tell a story, capture an emotion, a mood, hone it and share it like a secret with her audience; these are the qualities that make Stacey Kent so special. Her latest release, ‘Raconte Moi…’ was released on May 31st 2010. The all-French album entitled revisits great classics of the French musical heritage [...]
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Hindi Zahra | Handmade
Hindi Zahra is a charismatic and talented young singer/songwriter whose signature style is a unique blend of blues, world music, folk and jazz. Half French, half Moroccan, she splits her time between Paris and London. Handmade, the debut album includes 11 tracks all composed by Hindi Zahra.
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Clifford Brown | Jazz Immortal
A compilation album by Clifford Brown featuring the tracks ‘Finders Keepers’, ‘Joy Spring’ and ‘Bones for Jones’.
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Amos lee – Mission Bell
Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Amos Lee has announced the January 24, 2011 release of Mission Bell, his fourth album for EMI’s Blue Note Records, and his richest and most fully formed album to date. Mission Bell, which was produced by Joey Burns of the acclaimed band Calexico, displays both range and cohesion, an array of emotions unified [...]
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Ambrose Akinmusire – When The Heart Emerges
On April 5, trumpeter-composer Ambrose Akinmusire will release his tour de force Blue Note debut, When The Heart Emerges Glistening. Co-produced by Akinmusire and his label mate and mentor Jason Moran, the 12 song set (10 of which were composed by Akinmusire) features his quintet—tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Harish Raghavan, [...]
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Jazz FM Presents: | The Legends of Blue Note
Blue Note Records has teamed up with the world’s largest Jazz radio station, Jazz FM for a series of compilations sourcing material from the timeless and eclectic Blue Note archive. The 2CD/27 tracks of ‘Blue Note Legends’ span the label’s history from the the early days of New York be-bop to the present day. Starting [...]
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Joe Lovano | Bird Songs
Joe Lovano’s 22nd album for Blue Note Records breaks the mould of Charlie Parker tribute records. Bird Songs is a thrillingly adventurous, thoroughly modern, and uniquely personal look at one of the most influential figures in jazz history by one of the most important voices in the music today. “I didn’t approach this as a [...]
Posted in Genres, Post-BopAlso tagged 80s, 90s, Bird Songs, Charlie Parker, Joe Lovano, Post-Bop
