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Sit Back, Relax And Listen To AmagrasMusic New Album

Acclaimed international music producer and genre-blending visionary AmagrasMusic (Andrei Martinez Agras) today proudly releases Beyond Collabs a vibrant jazz fusion album uniting Cuban artists from across the globe in a powerful celebration of culture, spontaneity, and creative unity. More than just an album, Beyond Collabs is a musical passport rooted in jazz with branches extending into ...
Ten Terrific Sax Plus Organ Combinations

by Artur Moral
OK, maybe the electric guitar was its first and most celebrated love affair, but the organ's alliances with the saxophone's family members are undoubtedly among the richest musical combinations, both in terms of sound and the intense interrelationships that typically develop in such encounters. Whether it be a tenor with a Hammond, a soprano with an ...
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Gerry Wall

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Gerry Wall is a contemporary singer/songwriter in the style of Paul Simon, Ron Sexsmith and Marc Jordan. Wall has just released his eighth album (Back Seat Fame), to follow up on his previous releases: The Early Dreams (2019), Mind Alone (2014), World (2010), ex Patriot’s Day (2007), Winter Grass (2006), Returning Fire (2004) and Tobermory (2000). Reflective, accessible, with a touch of jazz/roots charm, some of the music that you might most treasure is by artists you don’t yet know; so please give a listen!
D.D. Jackson: I Call

by John Chacona
"I Call," is a poem about the immigrant's dilemma of identifying with two places but fully inhabiting neither, using the refrain, a place that doesn't exist" to name this condition. Yet Quebec-born Toronto poet Choucri Paul Zemokhol's family came to Canada from the Middle East, a place that, even in the interval since the poem's publication ...
Jim West: 40 Years and Going Strong at Justin Time Records

by Kerilie McDowall
Owner of Canada's Justin Time Records, the multi-award-winning Jim West, has brought stellar top performers from the Canadian music scene and the USA to the global stage since 1983 for almost half a century, and that's some heavyweight cred." To celebrate, the label has crafted a compilation, 40 Years of ...
Cleveland's Tri-C Jazz Fest Returns to Playhouse Square in 2022

At Cleveland's Tri-C Jazz Fest, everything new is old again. That might sound retrogressive in a culture that valorizes novelty, but the announcement that the 43rd edition of the festival will return to the historic theaters of Playhouse Square is instead a comforting, Biden-era byword after the disruptions of the past two years.
All About Jazz Senior Contributor John Kelman Announces New King Crimson Book

All About Jazz Senior Contributor John Kelman is pleased to announce, after nearly fifteen years associated with the website, his first book, currently in progress and expected to be released sometime next year by Panegyric Publishing. The book revolves around his vast amount of writing about King Crimson, one of the founding fathers of progressive rock ...
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Alex Moxon

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Alex Moxon is a guitarist and composer from Ottawa Ontario. To date he has performed and collaborated with many stylistically far-flung Canadian music mainstays while continuing to create, refine, and release his own music. His debut album as a leader, Alex Moxon Quartet, is due to be released in 2020
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PreDestined

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"Christian Scott meets Chick Corea, mixed with a bit of metal" is how one sound engineer described PreDestined. Drawing influence from music across the spectrum, PreDestined blends it all into a powerful, modern, and progressive sound. From lulling tracks such as Lust, to hard-hitting and fast-paced tunes such as Chronicle and Rising, PreDestined is on the forefront, pushing the envelope of jazz in the modern age. They deliver intense shows, memorable songs, and an experience that will not disappoint. Fresh off the release of their debut album "Rising", PreDestined is currently booking and performing in Ottawa and beyond
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Normand Laurin

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Normand is a renowned Freelance Jazz drummer living in Vankleek Hill, Ontario Canada which is half way between Ottawa and Montreal. Following 4 years of piano study from McGill University Schulich school of music, Normand is now perfecting his skills as a drummer with two-time Grammy award jazz legend Peter Erskine. If your from the area and would like to start a swinging jazz band give him a shout at [email protected] or follow his tweets @NLaurinJazz