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| A Voice And A Piano – The Brilliant Jose James and Jef Neve |
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| “For All We Know” (“Verve”) is an astonishing collection of nine jazz compositions, unexpectedly and impressively interpreted only by the voice of Jose James and the piano of Jef Neve. This quite unusual collaboration has its solid basis. The two ... |
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| Together For The Good |
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| “Together for the good” is the essence of the song “You Got To Believe In Something” from Jonathan Butler’s new CD. These words, however, are absolutely true about the “So Strong” (“Rendezvous”) album as a whole. Smooth jazz of the highest class, ... |
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| Only Special People Can Tell A Fairy Tale |
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| Only special people can tell a fairy tale, and more special they need to be to do it in a song. This is why “Bajka In Wonderland” (“ChinChin Records”) is so outstanding. The magical characters of Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting Of The Snark” have ... |
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| A New Music World |
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| “VOCAbuLarieS” (“Universal Music”) – the new album by the greatest contemporary vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin opens up a brand new music world and sounds as a revelation. Innovatively, the “VOCAbuLarieS” compositions house influences of classical, ... |
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| Move Your Feet - “Tape Five”’s New Album Is Out! |
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| Irresistible is the drive to dance listening to the music from “Tonight Josephine!” (“ChinChin”) – Tape Five’s new album. The German club act has for years consistently and very successfully introduced jazz in youth culture. Their new album focuses ... |
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| Modern Classic From Mindi Abair |
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| After more than ten years of hard work, Mindi Abair has won recognition on the global music stage. Now she offers us something new. Moving a step forward in her career, she looks back at the 1960s and 1970s – a period often referred to as the golden ... |
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| A Time For Love |
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| The virtuoso Cuban trumpet-player Arturo Sandoval is usually associated with explosive Latino rhythms. His new album “A Time For Love” (“Concord Jazz”), however, is very different. The music on it is peaceful, dreamy; it oozes love. The magnificent ... |
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| Impressive – Nnenna Freelon’s “Homefree” |
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| Although six times nominated for the Grammy Award, Nnenna Freelon has never had the recognition of holding the coveted prize in her hands. Nevertheless, she can be sure of the appreciation of critics and audience alike, who revere her as one of the ... |
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| Gems From The Annual Paper Art Exhibition |
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| This photogallery presents some of the works from the annual paper art exhibition at the Art Alley Gallery in Sofia. |
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| Photos: Miroslav Zlatev, BulFoto Agency. The pictures cannot be reproduced without the consent of the author. |
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| Retro Soul Fashion |
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| Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings’ new album does not leave a doubt about who are the best authors and interpreters of contemporary retro soul music. Their fourth CD “I Learned The Hard Way” showcases their specific style, energy and enthusiasm, that ... |
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| In Love With The Music of Ellington – John Pizzarelli’s New Album |
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| “Rockin’ In Rhythm” by John Pizzarelli (“Telarc”) is an almost academic study of Duke Ellington’s music. All twelve compositions on this CD are among the most popular by the genius. They are presented here in a quiet and respectable manner, rich in ... |
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| Fresh And Sunny As The Summer – The Brazilian Music Of Alberto Rosenblit |
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| Eleven delicate and very beautiful songs, acoustically interpreted by marvelous musicians and singers, such as Ivan Lins, Joyce, Celso Fonseca, Leila Pinheiro, are included in Alberto Rosenblit’s new album “De Bem Com a Vida”.All throughout the ... |
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| To Dee Dee, With Love |
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| The fourth tribute album Dee Dee Birdgewater records is again adorned with a lot of love – to Billie Holiday this time, and with a strong feeling of togetherness. On the face of it, the title of the CD sounds unnecessarily descriptive, even fussy: ... |
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| Nu Jazz with a 1950s Flavour |
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| A Dutch singer opens a new vista in contemporary jazz, making a bow to the music of the silver screen and the Post-World War 2 music aesthetics. Caro Emerald had only been known locally from the club scene and as a vocal coach, when she was invited ... |
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| Brazil was in Bulgaria for a few hours on the concert party for "Desafinado"'s 8th birhday. This popular Jazz FM programme is presented by Miroslava Katsarova. The celebration brought the Brazilian music and spirit at the Sofia Live Club on the 1st ... |
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| Orlin Pavlov - With A New Song |
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| Orlin Pavlov's new song Chicago touches us with a lot of funk, energy and charm. Most important about it is the funky beat, but you will also feel you can't refrain from dancing while enjoying it. You can listen to Svetoslav Nikolov's interview ... |
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| Mezzoforte Funk Explosion at the Sofia Live Club |
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| The fantastic band from Iceland Mezzoforte funk-charged the reveling audience at the Sofia Live Club on the 25th and the 26th of November 2009.
Photos: Evgeni Dimitrov, Bulphoto Agency. The photos cannot be reproduced without the prior consent of ... |
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| Plovdiv Jazz Nights '2009 |
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| The Plovdiv Jazz Nights '2009 will be remembered for the fantastic music selection. The highlights include the concerts of Randy Brecker-Ventsy Blagoev Project, Billy Cobham, Hristo Iotsov (with an international project), Vesselin Koychev, the ... |
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| Milena Karajova & Veselin Koichev Quartet At The Sofia Live Club |
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| Fans of world music were thrilled to listen to Milena Karajova's concert with the Veselin Koichev Quartet at the Sofia Live Club on the 26th of July 2009. You can feel the atmosphere on stage from this photo gallery. |
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| Shakatak With Three Glorius Concerts In Sofia |
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| The cult British band Shakatak made Sofia dance at the three concerts at the new Sofia Live Club. Great music, perfect musicianship, joyous mood and energetic dancing marked the three nights on the 24th, 25th and 26th of June. This is how it ... |
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| An Eventful Meeting With Milcho Leviev At The Sofia Live Club |
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| The Bulgarian piano genius Milcho Leviev turned into an unforgettable experience the meeting with his music at his solo concert at the Sofia Live Club.
Photo: Evgeni Dimitrov, "BulPhoto" agency. The photos cannot be reproduced without the consent ... |
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| Randy Crawford & Joe Sample Trio Live in Sofia |
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| Four great musicians opened the spring season of the Sofia Jazz Peak Festival of "Cantus Firmus" and Jazz FM Radio. Randy Crawford, Joe Sample, Nick Sample and Steve Gadd touched the music senses of the audience with fantastic blues and ... |
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| De Phazz & Angel Zabersky Jr. Brass Association |
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| De Phazz made us sing, dance and love again! See how it all happened at their second concert in Sofia.
Photo: Mihail Klisarski |
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| The Modern Spirit Of New Orleans |
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| Catherine Russell's new album "Sentimental Streak" is all about the spirit of New Orleans. The songs arrangements, however, incorporate many modern elements, and this is what makes the album sound complete and with high music charge.
All songs on ... |
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| The Brand New Heavies In Sofia |
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| Here are the fantastic "Brand New Heavies" on their first concert in Sofia. This is how we celebrated Jazz FM's 7th birthday.
Photos: Petya Kutyanova, Sofia Jazz Peak. |
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| The Sensation Of Sophie Milman |
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Sophie Milman is one of the brightest young contemporary jazz singer. She was born in Russia, bit for years has lived and worked in Canada.Milman is only 25 years old, and she already is a jazz sensation. She won the Juno Award for vocal jazz ... |
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| The Best Bass Player Among Basketball Players Is Now Back |
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The former NBA star Wayman Tisdale is back on the music scene with his new album "Rebound". The CD has already climbed to #7 on the Billboard contemporary jazz album chart. Among the guest stars on this project are Dave Koz, Brian Simpson and the ... |
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| Miroslava Katsarova "Ironically~ About Love |
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| A story most beautiful about love. About how it embraces us, and yet we are not blinded; we keep the ability to feel love, to enjoy love.
This is what "Ironically" is about. And perhaps this is what Miroslava is herself. Because the song feel ... |
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| David Sanobrn And Blues Stars |
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David Sanborn's 23rd album is now on Jazz FM radio. "Here And Gone" is his first release in three years. It has been produced by the legendary Phil Ramone. Meet the special guests vocalists on this CD - Joss Stone, Eric Clapton and Sam Moore - ... |
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| Kool & The Gang in Sofia |
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| This is what happened at the Kool & The Gang concert in Sofia on the 4th of June, when the audience never stopped dancing and enjoying the great music of the legendary band!
Photo: Petya Kutianova, Sofia Jazz Peak
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| Jazz From The Heart Of New York |
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| New York loves Amy London for the sincerity of her singing, for the lightness of her phrasing. Singing, she literally takes the listeners away. She takes them across the world of jazz standards, of songs from favourite musicals and soundtracks, of ... |
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| Rhythm Meets Blues |
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| … And they get together in glorious harmony in the new Al Green album. Music hypnotizes, the voice of passion takes you dreaming. "Lay It Down" is simply one of the most beautiful and touching albums released so far this year.
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| Maceo Parker’s Roots |
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| The new Maceo Parker album "Roots & Grooves" is on Club Jazz FM on Wednesday. The title itself tells us what it is all about. The two discs from the set are thematically separated, but they merge into one excellent whole!
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| Tender Militsa |
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She adores jazz music, and she studies opera. She has a university degree as an actress in puppet theatre. You can listen to her live at jazz clubs in Sofia where she performs with some of the best Bulgarian musicians. She is the young ... |
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| Saskia is back! |
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In March, international trumpet player from the Netherlands Saskia Laroo released her fifth CD "Really Jazzy". The album is a melange of funk, dance, and jazz using instrumental themes, vocals, rap, beatbox, and improvisation over hip ... |
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| Brian Culbertson In Love With Funk |
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Acclaimed producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist, Brian Culbertson celebrates the biggest first-week album sales of his career with his new album, Bringing Back the Funk (GRP Records), which hit stores everywhere on April 29th. The CD, which pays ... |
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| Turn The Volume Up |
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Jazz FM brings to you Brooklyn Funk Essential's new album "Watcha Playin'". Yet once again they give us all we expect from them - a great mix of funk, jazz, hip hop, reggae, and add an Oriental touch. This music blend is what has distinguished ... |
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| Dianne Reeves Family Album |
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Dianne Reeves takes her mother's wisdom and her cousin's talent for her new album "When You Know". As she shares on her website, the songs on this CD reflect her mother's love of life. Her cousin George Duke is the producer of the recording and ... |
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| "Incognito" On The Beach |
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"N.O.T" is the first single on Jazz FM from Incognito's latest release "Tales From The Beach". The compositions are inspired by Bluey's love for nature, and, especially, for beaches. We can definitely say that this album showcases the band at its ... |
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| The Temptations Tempt Us With Their New Single |
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| Listen to The Temptations' new single on Jazz FM. "Resepect Yourself" is from the legendary band's 48th album. Formed in 1960, today the only remaining original member of The Temptations is Otis Williams. Through the years they so strongly influence ... |
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| Silje Nergaard's Jazz Succeess |
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| On the 17th year since the beginning of her career, Silje Nergaard prtesented the exceptionally strong new album "Darkness Out Of Blue". It seems to show her moving away from pop music in favour of jazz. Silje is one of the few Norwegian singers who ... |
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| The Music of new Europe |
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The new "Putumayo" compilation CD presents the music of Europe. As the liner notes explain nowhere has the fascinating fusions of traditional and contemporary music been more evident than in Europe, where increasing immigration has led to expanded ... |
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| Chaka Khan's New Hit Single On Jazz FM |
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| Jazz FM greets the new week with yet another hit from Chaka Khan's "Funk This" album. The new single is "One For All Time". Earlier this year Chaka collected two Grammy awards - for R&B album of the year ("Funk This") and for the duet with Mary ... |
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| Jazzy Claudia |
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"Color De Un Sueno" is the fourth album by Claudia Acuna. The Chilean star who now lives in New York but hasn't lost her touch with Latin music. She presents it in a jazzy style on her new album. "Color De Un Sueno" marks Claudia's return to the ... |
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| Queen Latifah Once Again In Love With Jazz |
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| The former rapper Queen Latifah recorded a second consecutive album with jazz music. After the 2004 The Dana Owens Album, 2007 saw the release of Trav'lin' Light. It contains covers of songs made famous by performers like Billie Holiday, Nina ... |
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| The Welsh Soul of Duffy |
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A few unsuccessful projects brought Duffy to international stardom. At 23 the critics praise her as a soul gem. She was 15 when she started singing in local clubs in Wales, she was involved in an unsuccessful music project in Switzerland, in 2003 ... |
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| As One With Camellia Todorova |
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| The new single from the first lady of Bulgarian jazz is released in two versions – Bulgarian and English. “As One” premiered on Camellia’s concert in March 2007. It is due to be released on DVD. Written and composed by her daughter Rachel Row, the ... |
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| Will Downing Records New Album From a Wheelchair |
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| One of the biggest stars of soul music Will Downing recorded his new album 'After Tonight' while fighting polymyositis. He recorded the majority of his vocals from a wheelchair. The critics greeted his new album, the 13th in his career, as one of ... |
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| Peter Cincotti With An Album Of Originals |
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| Peter Cincotti released his first album with all original compositions. "East Of Angel Town" takes the listener on a journey from the West to the East Coast of the USA. Listen to Jazz FM Radio for the singles "Angel Town" and "Goodbye ... |
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