New Orleans Swamp Donkeys - 2015 Summer Tour & New CD!

New Orleans Swamp Donkeys 2015 Summer Tour U.S. & Europe June 10-August 17   New CD Release: July 7th A Fine Romance  featuring Alia Shawkat Get It Now On indiegogo  On June 10th the New Orleans Swamp Donkeysleave the Big Easy for their tour of the U.S. and Europe. During the tour, the band will be releasing an album recorded earlier this year with actress Alia Shawkat. The new release - A Fine Romance EP -pays homage to the classic Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong duets. It will be released on July 7th in conjunction with their Indiegogo campaign.  Indiegogo Tour-Fundraising Campaign, click here. A Fine Romance music video, click here. 2015 U.S. & European Tour schedule, click here. New Orleans Swamp Donkeys: James Williams, Trumpet and Vocals  Sam Friend, Banjo and Vocals  Josh Marotta, Percussion  Connor Stewart, Clarinet and Saxophone  Haruka Kikuchi, Trombone  Wes Anderson IV, Sousaphone The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional "Jass" Band are comprised of six musical virtuosi-all in their 20s-who play traditional jazz, blues, "jass" originals, vaudeville, modern jazz adaptations, and other jazz and New Orleans- derived styles. Both of their first two albums, "Swamp Donkey" and "Donkey Business", are available here:http://www.swampdonkeyjass.com/store. Tour Dates: 6/10/2015 -- St Louis -- BB's Jazz Blues and Soups 6/11/2015 -- Iowa City, IA -- Gabe's @10pm 6/14/2015 -- Minneapolis, MN-New Century Theatre @7pm 6/16/2015 -- Chicago, IL -- High Hat @7pm 6/17/2015 -- Chicago, IL -- Fitzgerald's @830pm 6/19/2015 -- Detroit, MI -- Cliff Bell's @9pm 6/20/2015 -- Lansing, MI -- Summer Solstice Jazz Festival @230pm 6/21/2015 -- Detroit, MI -- Cliff Bell's @6pm 6/23/2015 -- Buffalo, NY -- Dick N Jenny's @6pm 6/24/2015 -- Buffalo, NY -- Live in Larkin Square @5pm 6/25/2015 -- New York, NY -- Ginny's @730 and 930 6/26/2015 -- New York, NY -- Soho House - Members Only 6/27/2015 -- Cape May, NJ -- Exit 0 Jazz Festival @10pm 6/28/2015 -- Cape May, NJ --Exit 0 Jazz Festival @tbd 6/29/2015 -- New York, NY -- Brooklyn Bowl @8pm 6/30/2015 -- Washington, DC -- The Hamilton @730pm 7/1/2015 -- New York, NY -- Urbo @7pm 7/2/2015 -- Fly to Europe 7/4/2015 -- London, UK -- Ronnie Scott's 7/7/2015 -- London, UK -- Soho House - Dean St Townhouse 7/10/2015 -- Rotterdam, Netherlands -- North Sea Jazz Festival 7/11/2015 -- Rotterdam, Netherlands -- North Sea Jazz Festival 7/12/2015 -- Rotterdam, Netherlands -- North Sea Jazz Festival 7/13/2015 -- Dordrecht, Netherlands -- De Melkbus Recording Concert 7/20/2015 -- Edinburgh, Scotland -- Edinburgh Jazz Festival 7/21/2015 -- Edinburgh, Scotland -- Edinburgh Jazz Festival 7/26/2015 -- Roquebrun, France -- Roquebrun Jazz Festival 8/1/2015 -- Villefranche, France -- Villefranche Jazz Festival 8/2/2015 until 8/16/15 -- Galicia, Spain -- Various club dates throughout Galicia Sam Friend interview on NPR's "Song Travels with Michael Feinstein".  Click here.    "Game of Thrones" theme song viral video last summer, garnering nearly a million views.  View here.  To order, click here.      * * *      "Recalls the New Orleans music of roughly a century ago, with youthful, high-spirited aplomb."   - Nate Chinen/New York Times    "Young devotees whose balance of spunk and funk keeps the heart of traditional jazz beating." - The New Yorker    "One of the zingiest of the new hot jazz bands from the Crescent City" - The Wall Street Journal   "A brand new combo, already drawing crowds in New Orleans [and] New York." - VanityFair.com    MANAGER Oren Krinsky: 504-421-6250oren@swampdonkeyjass.com    PR Scott Thompson: 203-400-1818 scott@scottthompsonpr.com     @swampdonkeyjass   on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.   www.swampdonkeyjass.com Scott Thompson PR | | scott@scottthompsonpr.com | 11 Melba Street Milford, CT 06460 jazzglobalbeat@gmail.com    460

Nicole “Raizes / Roots” CD Release Show Sat, June 27th @ DROM, NY!

Soundbrush Records Presents Brazilian Singer Nicole Raízes / Roots EKATERINOSLAV /NEW YORK / SÃO PAULO Jewish Music reinvented as Brazilian Song CD Release Show Sat, June 27th 9:30 pm @ DROM  85 Ave A  (btw 5th & 6th St)  in East Village, New York, NY 10009     212-777-1157  www.dromNYC.com 9:30pm  $10 Advance/ $15 Door Singer and songwriter Nicole reinterprets vintage and contemporary songs from the Jewish songbook re-imagined in a variety of Brazilian styles and rhythms and with lyrics in Yiddish and Portuguese

Artist: NICOLE Title:  “RAIZES / ROOTS” EKATERINOSLAV /NEW YORK / SÃO PAULO A recording of Jewish Music reinvented as Brazilian Song Label: SOUNDBRUSH SR1033 Artist Website: www.nicoleborger.com.br Release Date: APRIL 27, 2015 UPC Code: 888295239851  Track listing, track times  1. Com Saúde (Abi Gezunt) 3:28 Ellstein/Picon  2. Passarinho (Shlof Mayn Feigele) 3:27 Nicole/Goldfaden  3. Quem Que Sobra (Ver Vet Blaybn) 3:55 Lopatnik/Sutskever  4. Batatas (Bulbes) 2:15 Traditional  5. No Escuro (In Der Fintster) 3:19 Landau  6. Ave Dourada (Goldene Pave) 4:22 Alberstein/Margolin  Incidental/Additional by Shem Tov Levi  7. Chuva (Ven Der Regn Zipt in Droysn) 4:47 Chorny/Lifshits  8. Dois Músicos (Yidl Mitn Fidl) 2:44 Ellstein/Manger  9. Talvez (Zol Zayn) 3:13 Papernikov 10. Ontem (S´Iz Nito Kein Nekhtn) 3:50 Traditional 11. Cantando Por Um Mundo Melhor 4:40  (Singing For a Better World/Sholem Lid)  Traditional; adapted by Cooper/Gordon/Nicole  12. Nova Dança (Der Nayer Sher) 3:26 Ellstein 13. Bonus: Batatas (Bulbes) Remix 3:39 Musicians: Nicole vocals, Pablo Aslan acoustic bass, Cyro Baptista percussion, Rob Curto accordion, Paul Meyers nylon string guitar, Brandon Seabrook mandolin and electric guitars Special Guests: Lorin Sklamberg vocals (Tracks 2, 12), Isra-Alien (Oren Neiman and Gilad Ben Zvi), guitars (Tracks 6, 11), vocals (Track 11), arrangement (Track 6), Renato Thoms percussion (Tracks 2, 6, 11), Michael Winograd clarinet (Tracks 7, 12), Jake Shulman-Ment violin (Track 3), Frank London trumpet (Track 11), Wurlitzer piano (Track 10), Danny Blume, electric bass (Track 3), Cyro Baptista, berimbau (Tracks 4, 10) vocal and co-arrangement (Track 4).   PRODUCED BY FRANK LONDON Raízes (Roots), the new recording by Brazilian singer and songwriter Nicole Borger, is more than a collection of great songs. It´s a celebration of a life story. It´s there, written in her choices of repertoire and in the arrangements, which turn traditional and contemporary Jewish songs such as “Yidl Mitn Fidl,” “Abi Gezunt,” “Bulbes” or “S’Iz Nito Kein Nekhtn” into Brazilian bossa novas, baiaos and frevos. It’s also a story told in her own words, in her translations to Portuguese of the original Yiddish lyrics and her original song, “Passarinho” (Little Bird). “I am this mix,” says Nicole. “I’m part Brazilian and part American. I am Jewish and I’m cosmopolitan. I like mixes. I believe in fusion and I believe that I express myself in this mixture.” Raízes is a celebration of roots and reinvention. Produced and arranged by GRAMMY winning trumpeter and composer Frank London, founder of the influential Klezmatics, Raízes cuts a broad swath in Jewish song. It includes popular tunes such as “Abi Gezunt,” written for the Yiddish film “Mamele” (Little Mama, 1938), recreated here as the soothing lounge bossa nova  “Com Saúde” (With Heatlth);  and “Yidl Mitn Fidl,” another Abraham Ellstein hit, this one from the 1936 romantic musical comedy of the same name, transformed here by Nicole into “Dois Músicos” (Two Musicians). There are also traditional songs such as “Batatas,” (‘Potatoes’ originally “Bulbes”) and “Ontem,” (Yesterday) Nicole’s version of the old Hassidic song “S´Iz Nito Kein Nekhtn.”And in her lullaby, “Passarinho,” (Little Bird), Nicole creates a gentle musical setting to the poem “Shlof Mayn Feigele” by Abraham Goldfaden. The arrangement and performance evokes the sound and sentiment of Portuguese fado, a nod to Nicole’s mother’s Portuguese roots. She sings the songs in Raizes mostly in Portuguese, but in every performance, she includes verses in Yiddish.  “I wanted to at least have one verse in Yiddish so people could know how the original sounds like,” she says. “In a song like “Chuva,” (‘Rain,’originally “ Ven Der Regn Zipt in Droysn”) the words in Yiddish were so sad, about graves in a region of Siberia,” she explains. “It was all about ice and cold, and I thought ‘This won’t work in Brazil. Not a song about graves in Russia.’ So I took the first line. It was magic to me. Ven Der Regn Zipt in Droysn, ‘When the rain is hitting your window, I remember this far away love.’ That came from the original song — and then I took it to other place.” In “Com Saúde”  (‘With Health’, originally “Abi Gezunt”) she sings that with health you can be happy, that you don’t need fancy clothes, riches or power,  “just one piece of clothing with no patches, shoes with no holes on their soles, and place to lay your head.” It is, says Nicole, one of the most typical Jewish songs — and it has been sung by “just about every singer in the world.” “So when I told Frank [London] that I wanted to record it he said ‘No way. Over my dead body.’  But because Raízes is neither a recording of Brazilian music nor a standard set of Yiddish music,  I thought we had to have some songs that people would easily recognize. The thing is: we did it — and he ended up thanking me for doing it,” she says with laugh. Meanwhile, a song like “Batatas,” in its cheerful simplicity, holds a rather touching memory of the immigrant experience in the New World.  “It is such a silly song,” says Nicole with a chuckle. “But on the other hand I wanted to show the experience of the immigrant arriving to Brazil and seeing all these different fruits and colors and smells when he’s coming from Europe, where there’s hunger and he’s been eating only potatoes.” In Raízes, Nicole, a Brazilian Jewish woman, worldly but deeply connected to her roots, celebrates the history that makes her who she is. But while doing so, she also gives voice to the deep desire of the immigrant to find his place in the new home without forgetting where he came from and the road traveled. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, of an American father and a Portuguese/German mother, Nicole started taking piano lessons at six. Along with her musical career, Nicole obtained a Law Degree from the Catholic University of São Paulo. She is a practicing attorney. Still, her studies of music continue to this day at São Paulo´s Santa Marcelina University, where she is working on a degree in Composition.   soundbrush.com

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Jazz Promo Services June 2015 New Releases!

City Boys Allstars (City Boys Mike Productions) Guitars: Mike Merola Bass: Al MacDowell Keys: Rob Clores Drums: Nick Saya Percussion: Daniel Sadownick Trumpets: Tony Kadleck And Lew Soloff Sax’s: Blue Lou Marini And Andy Snitzer Baritone Sax: Tom Bones Malone Trombone: Tom Bones Malone Vocals: Bil Kurz, Angel Rissoff, Horace Scott →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Brad Myers (Colloquy Records 1357) Brad Myers-guitar, Chris Barrick-vibraphone, Ben Walkenhauer-tenor sax, Peter Gemus-bass, Tom Buckley-drums & cymbals, Michael Mavridoglou-trumpet #5 & flugelhorn #8, Dominic Marino-trombone #5 →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Perry Beekman – “‘S Wonderful Sings And Plays Gershwin” (Self Produced)  PERRY BEEKMAN (VOCALS AND GUITAR), PETER TOMLINSON (PIANO), LOU PAPPAS (BASS) →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Michelle Lordi – “Drive” (Creeper Music) Orrin Evans-piano (TRACKS 4, 6, & 10), Tom Lawton-piano, Larry McKenna-tenor sax, Dan Monaghan-drums, Madison Rast-bass →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Steve Slagle & Bill O’Connell – “The Power Of Two”” (PANORAMA RECORDS 005) Steve Slagle-alto, Bill O’Connell-piano →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Pat Bianchi (21-H Records 001) Pat Bianchi-organ, Craig Ebner-guitar, Byron Landham-drums →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Solitaire Miles – “Susie Blue And The Lonesome Fellas” (Seraphic Records) Solitaire Miles – vocal,  Neal Alger – guitar and vocal,  Eric Schneider – sax,  Stuart Rosenberg – fiddle,  TC Furlong – slide,  Larry Kohut – bass,  Phil Gratteau – drums →Street Date: 06/05/2015 SUMARI (Unseen Rain UR9962) Matt Lavelle (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, alto clarinet, Jack DeSalvo (mandola, cello, guitars), Tom Cabrera (bodhrán, tar, riq, doumbek, bass drum →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Payne / Lindal / Liebowitz (Line Art Records LA1001CD) B I L L PAYNE-clarinet, EVA LINDAL-violin, CAROL LIEBOWITZ- piano →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Nils Fischer & Timbazo – “” (Timbazo Productions TBP15002) Special guests: Lucrecia, José Luís Quintana ‘Changuito’, Alexander Abreu, Carlos del Puerto, Calixto Oviedo, Amik Guerra, Julito Padrón, Shirma Rouse, Carlos Matos, José ‘Pepe’ Espinosa, Bart Platteau, Ed Verhoeff, Jan Hartong, Tony Moreaux, Christof Knoche, Mara Tieles, Pablo Rodriguez, Ernesto Paz, Ben v/d Dungen, Albert Kerekeš, Pedro Luís Pardo & Amaury Perez. Musicians: Nils Fischer: Congas, bongó, percussion Alberto Caicedo, Nando Vanin, Fabian Nodarse ‘Huracán’ : Vocals Armando Vidal: Timbales Marc Bischoff: Grand piano Adinda Meertins: Baby bass David Rothschild, Frans Cornelissen: Trombones Joe Rivera, Alex Rodriguez: Trumpets →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Daniel Smith – ““Jazz Suite For Bassoon”” (Summit Records DDC656) BAROQUE ADAPTATIONS FOR BASSOON AND JAZZ TRIO Daniel Smith-Bassoon, Bruce Boardman-Piano, Terry Davis-Bass, Martin Drew-Drums SCOTT JOPLIN RAGS Daniel Smith-Bassoon, Jonathan Stil-Piano (The Caravaggio Ensemble)  Paul Manley-Violin , Boguslaw Kosieki-Violin, Kate Musker-Viola, Justin Pearson-Cello, Michael Brittain-Double Bass JAZZ SUITE FOR BASSOON Daniel Smith-Bassoon, Steve Gray-Piano, Mitch Dalton-Guitar,  Jim Lawless-Vibraphone, Roy Babbington-Bass, Mike Smith-Drums →Street Date: 06/05/2015 The Justin Rothberg Group (Self Produced) Justin Rothberg -guitar, Todd Groves-saxophone, flute and melodica, Matsu-drums, Gil Smuskowitz-bass, Andy O’Niel-percussion and drums →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Ken Greves – “Night People” (Jazz Cat Productions, Inc. JCPI003) Ken Greves-vocals, Frank Ponzio, piano; Peter Donovan, bass;Vito Lesczak, drums →Street Date: 06/05/2015 LAUREN WHITE & THE QUINN JOHNSON TRIO – “  "EXPERIMENT: Inspired By The Recordings Of IRENE KRAL” (Self Produced) LAUREN WHITE, vocals, QUINN JOHNSON, piano, TREY HENRY, bass, RAY BRINKER, drums With Special Guests MITCH ELLIS and JODI BURNETT Directed by CLIFFORD BELL →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Circulation: Music Of Gary McFarland The Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble – “Directed By Michael Benedict” (Planet Arts) Joe Locke, vibes, Sharel Cassity, saxophones, Bruce Barth, piano/arrangements, Mike Lawrence, bass, Michael Benedict, drums →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Antoinette Montague – “World Peace In The Key Of Jazz” (Self Produced) ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE – vocals; DANNY MIXON – piano; PAUL BEAUDRY – bass; WINARD HARPER – drums; JAY HOGGARD – vibes; SOLOMON HICKS – guitar; BILL EASLEY – flute →Street Date: 06/05/2015 Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo – “Swing Zing”” (FV-15) With Special Guests Julian Lage, Bucky Pizzarelli, Olli Soikkeli & Audra Mariel →Street Date: 06/05/2015 MARK WEINSTEIN – “In Jerusalem”” (Zoho ZM 201506) Mark Weinstein-concert, alto and bass flutes,  Steve Peskoff-guitar, Gilad Abro-bass, Haim Peskoff-drums  Gilad Dobrecky-percussion →Street Date: 06/09/2015 CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA – “The Chantecler Sessions Vol. 1 1958-'6” (Zoho) 2 CD Set →Street Date: 06/09/2015 Nicole – ““Raizes / Roots” Ekaterinoslav / New York / Sao Paulo” (Soundbrush SR1033) Jewish Songs Re-imagined Brazilian Nicole vocals, Pablo Aslan acoustic bass, Cyro Baptista percussion, Rob Curto accordion, Paul Meyers nylon string guitar, Brandon Seabrook mandolin and electric guitars Special Guests: Lorin Sklamberg vocals (Tracks 2, 12), Isra-Alien (Oren Neiman and Gilad Ben Zvi), guitars (Tracks 6, 11), vocals (Track 11), arrangement (Track 6), Renato Thoms percussion (Tracks 2, 6, 11), Michael Winograd clarinet (Tracks 7, 12), Jake Shulman-Ment violin (Track 3), Frank London trumpet (Track 11), Wurlitzer piano (Track 10), Danny Blume, electric bass (Track 3), Cyro Baptista, berimbau (Tracks 4, 10) vocal and co-arrangement (Track 4). →Street Date: 06/09/2015 Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh – “Riding The Moment” (Sunnyside SSC 1408) Duo Electro-Acoustic Improvisations Denny Zeitlin-electronic instruments and acoustic piano, George Marsh-drums →Street Date: 06/09/2015 Antonio Adolfo – “Tema” (AAM0708) Piano: Antonio Adolfo, Flute and Soprano Sax: Marcelo Martins, Electric guitar: Leo Amuedo, Acoustic guitar: Claudio Spiewak  (obs.: except  on track #2) Double Bass: Jorge Helder, Drums and percussion: Rafael Barata, Percussion: Armando Marçal →Street Date: 06/15/2015 July 2015 Charlie Dennard – “5 O'Clock Charlie”” (Self Produced) Charlie Dennard-Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes; Todd Duke-guitar; Doug Belote & Geoff Clap-drums →Street Date: 07/03/2015 Samuel Torres Group – “Forced Displacement”” (Zoho ZM 201507) Samuel Torres: Congas,   Michael Rodriguez: Trumpet and Flugelhorn,  Yosvany Terry: Alto and Soprano Saxophones,  Marshall Gilkes: Trombone,   Luis Perdomo: Piano,  Ricky Rodriguez: Acoustic Bass,  Obed Calvaire: Drums,   Jonathan Gómez: Colombian Percussion : Tambor Alegre, Tambora Costeña, Maracón, Tambor Llamador, Calabaza  Samuel Torres, Marshall Gilkes, Obed Calvaire, Edmar Castañeda: Claps →Street Date: 07/10/2015

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