Aussie Saxman Evan Harris Takes Flight with Debut Release "Skylines"

Debut Release Evan Harris Skylines All Originals with Wisdom of the Masters Australian Tenor Saxophonist Earns Respect in NYC! As Featured On International Program ABC Jazz

Debut album Skylines from New York-based Australian saxophonist Evan Harris, documents a deeply personal journey by a young saxophonist at the top of his game breaking into the toughest music scene in the world, New York City. The haunting yet uplifting melodies and incredible improvisations from this cast of truly international heavyweights, gives the listener an insight into the exciting future of Australian Jazz by a dynamic musician making waves abroad. Beautifully recorded at 'Systems Two Studios' in Brooklyn by multi-Grammy® winning engineer Mike Marciano at 96k hTz, Skylines is available on CD, Vinyl and hi-res download from 54records.com.au and specialty music stores from early 2018.

Personnel: Evan Harris: tenor saxophone/composer/executive producer Will Vinson: alto saxophone Sean Wayland: piano Des White: double bass Jochen Rueckert: drums Mike Marciano: recording/mixing/mastering engineer Frank Kimbrough: co-producer

"With Skylines, his debut album of original compositions, Evan Harris welcomes us into his imagination, and into his musical world. His many talents as a tenor saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and talent scout are on display here with a grace uncommon to such a young musician. You will find in his music clarity and mystery, from the fresh, breezy "Gunderman", to the open freedom of the "Skyline" pieces, to the hard swinging "Equilibrium". Though the moods are many, the architecture of the tunes is sturdy, and they are mature, integrated and welcoming to the listener. He has carefully chosen his sidemen, and is generous in his sharing of the spotlight with them. Alto saxophonist Will Vinson, pianist Sean Wayland, bassist Desmond White, and drummer Jochen Rueckert reciprocate with empathetic, hard-listening, imaginative playing, and they all shine here.  Attending the sessions that yielded this music was a joy - I came with the intention of providing assistance and guidance, but little was needed. There was a palpable sense of togetherness among the musicians, and the stress-free environment they created allowed yours truly to sit back in the control room with my arms folded across my chest, and a smile on my face. I was witnessing dreams become a reality.  This is the first of what surely will be many recordings by Evan Harris. He is an open-hearted and multi-talented young man, and gives me hope for the future of this music we love so much." - Frank Kimbrough (Maria Schneider Orchestra, Jazz Composers Collective)

ABC Jazz in Australia -  featuring Evan Harris Skylines, click here.

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"Evan is one of the most talented young musicians I've heard in a long time... I'm sure that we'll be hearing a lot more from him in the near future." -- Miguel Zenon

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This Sunday, February 4 is the release of the new CD of the singer Gabriele Tranchina "Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes"

                               Hudson Valley Jazz Vocalist
                                  Gabriele Tranchina

                  CD Celebrations For Her New Recording
             "Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes”

Warwick Center for Performing Arts
63 Wheeler Avenue, Warwick, NY 10990
Sunday Feb 4
2:30pm to 4:30pm


Gabriele Tranchina, voice
Joe Vincent Tranchina,  piano
Andy Eulau bass
Scott Neumann, drums

Claire Beebe and Shawn Rawls of
The Warwick Dance Collective  dance to "O morrow now tem vez”

Gabriele Tranchina is musically at home in many styles. With a strong background in jazz, she
moves between Jazz, World Fusion, Latin and Pop, making her a perfect crossover artist.
Gabriele has her roots in Germany, where she was born, but her love for other cultures inspired
her extended travels throughout Europe and Asia. These experiences bring a unique sensibility to
her work matching her one-of-a-kind voice. Settling in New York, Ms Tranchina took advantage
of its multi-cultural environment giving her further inspiration for her work as an artist. Dr.
Roberta E. Zoklower, (RobertaOnTheArts.com) describes Ms Tranchina’s melting pot experience
as follows: “Gabriele Tranchina is a German-born, Parisian chanteuse, with Brazilian stylings, a
cross between Ute Lemper, Mireille Mathieu, and Tania Maria.”
At the age 16, Gabriele was introduced to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea’s
“Return to Forever” with singer Flora Purim, as well as Ella Fitzgerald. As a performer she still
draws from those influences. In artists like Flora Purim, Ella Fitzgerald and Jobim, Gabriele
found qualities that inhabit her very own: fearlessness, a connectedness to nature and beauty, joy,
sophistication and exploration backed by a solid technique.
In her latest recording "A Song Of Love's Color", Ms. Tranchina explores her penchant for
languages, singing in Brazilian Portuguese, German, English, Spanish, French and Hindi,
allowing each to shine with it's own special flavor in a wide range of songs and lyrics. The
recording consists of 8 Originals/Collaborations, mainly contributed by her husband
pianist/composer Joe Vincent Tranchina, and 3 unique arrangements of other songs, giving the
listener all fresh and exciting material. “A Song of Love’s Color” was chosen to be among the 12
outstanding new jazz-releases of the year 2010 by “In a Blue Mood.blogspot.com”.
Bringing rhythms and expressions of world cultures together with those of American jazz, she
joyfully explores her creamy three-octave range. Jazz icon Mark Murphy has described her as
someone who "sings like a bird and swings and swings until the cows come home." Ms.
Tranchina’s previous CD, "The Old Country", garnered rave reviews in places as far flung as
Japan and Germany. Her voice has been called "impressive", "technically perfect", "just
breathtaking", and has been heard in powerhouse New York clubs like Birdland and the Blue
Note, as well as in festivals and major clubs in Europe.
With her charismatic charms, Gabriele reaches out to a wide variety of audiences. One can’t help
but be drawn in to her world. Her music is for all lovers of song, new music, old favorites, music
from places far away and exotic, and of gorgeous voices and great musicians. It transcends
categories and opens up new territory for everyone’s ears. Ms. Tranchina takes us on a colorful
journey. She entices us into moods and atmospheres that only music can capture. She woos us to
join her on a journey to places we dream about and lands we long to know. 

¡¡Amor & Jazz!!

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Gail Boyd presents...two days of incredible jazz

Gail Boyd Presents... Two Days of Incredible Jazz  MINI JAZZ FESTIVAL OF AMAZING ARTISTS Two locations  please rsvp to gailboyd@gailboyd.com Visit Me at My Booth: Hilton Hotel NYC Americas Hall 1, Booth 1028 SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2018 YAMAHA ARTIST SERVICES 689 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, NYC (Entrance on 54th Street) Pre-Grammy Celebration Brunch 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM          Gail Boyd Artist Management is proud to present our Pre Grammy (c) Celebration Brunch to honor my clients Jazzmeia Horn for her nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album and The Baylor Project who were nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance.  Come mix and mingle while enjoying a light brunch.  Each will do a short performance of their award-nominated work. I encourage you to stay for the fabulous showcase that follows immediately.  RSVP to gailboyd@gailboyd.com. Space is limited.    Andy Milne Trio Set Time: 1:00 PM For over 20 years, pianist Andy Milne has demonstrated boundless versatility collaborating with artists spanning jazz, classical, pop, folk, and world music.  In his new trio with bassist John Heber and drummer Clarence Penn, Milne rediscoversthe intimacy of the piano trio.  Enriched with creative insights from all of his projects, the music celebrates the intersection of texture and groove. Victor Gould Trio Set Time: 1:45 PM Pianist Victor Gould is quickly establishing himself as a musical force to be reckoned with making waves in New York and across the globe.  Together with Dezron Douglas on bass and E. J. Strickland on drums, he will perform compositions from his upcoming CD which will be released in Spring 2018. Brasilian Vibes Trio Set Time: 2:30 PM Brasilian Vibes Trio members are Nanny Assis (vocals/guitar/perc), Leonardo Lucini (7 string elec bass) and Arthur Lipner (vibes, marimba).  Assis was honored as 2017's "Brazilian Music Ambassador of the World" by the Brazilian Press Awards.  This ground-breaking trio integrates varied Brazilian styles and repertoire with mallet instruments to create exciting new sounds which will delight your ears and tap your feet. Chip Shelton Set Time: 3:00 PM Chip Shelton, serves up his own chocolate-tasty flavor of soulfully diverse jazz; and, audiences can't get enough of the Coltrane-inspired energy boost they experience once consumed.  Now with expanded musical landscapes and horizons, Chip Shelton performances incorporate multi-instrumental diversity, and elements of vocal expression to resurrect the type of pulsating drive and audience-participation that have characterized many of his most memorable concert experiences. Patrick Zimmerli's CLOCKWORKS Set Time: 3:30 PM   Patrick Zimmerli Quartet "Clockworks" with Patrick Zimmerli, saxophone, Ethan Iverson, piano; Chris Tordini, bass; and John Hollenbeck, drum.  "Clockworks" is a meditation on time in all its forms - musical time, tempo and speed, and metric time.  A tightly woven compositional narrative, it includes plenty of musical variety, room for solos all around, and a dramatic ending. John Colianni Sextet Set Time: 4:00 PM JazzTimes Magazine John Colianni as a consummate piano virtuoso.  His sextet presents hard-swinging modern jazz, featuring John Colianni; piano Matt Chertkoff; guitar, John Simon; saxophone, Chris Byars; saxophone, Boots Maleson; Bass, Steve Johns; Drums Noah Becker TRUMP: An Unspoken Truth Set Time: 4:30 PM   Noah Becker is a promising young alto saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and copyist based in New York. TRUMP: An Unspoken Truth, which focuses on the evils of Donald Trump, exploring and reimagining his words to present a greater understanding and message about his presidency and rise to power. RSVP SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018 STARTING AT 3:00 PM HILTON HOTEL, NYC 53rd & SIXTH AVENUE REGENT PARLOR, SECOND FLOOR Sally Night Set time: 3:00 PM Described by veteran Jazz legends as very inspiring, magical, sultry, musical & one of the most beautiful voices on the scene today, Internationally applauded British Singer & Songwriter Sally Night has a rich velvety soulful voice. Her unique and captivating performances blend well-known songs with her own original compositions in a fun eclectic multi-genre repertoire of Swing Jazz, Blues, Soul  Julie Michels Set Time: 3:30 PM & 5:30 PM The consummate storyteller... jazz vocalist Julie Michels previews her upcoming release of the "Lyle Lovett Project". Produced by Mark Ruffin and supported by world-renowned jazz musicians, Lovett's music takes a decidedly "jazzy" turn. Fresh off her triple-encore performance with the Cairo Symphony (Egypt), join Julie Michels at her APAP showcase for a preview. This music really "swings"! Richard Howell "Burkina" Set Time: 4:00 PM   Described by KQED as a jazz "Jedi master,"  Richard Howell is a Bay Area treasure. His latest album, Burkina, was named one of the best recordings of 2016 by The Mercury News,  with the same stellar cast, Howell's 19-year-old sonEle Howell, a rapidly rising drummer based in New York, virtuosic pianist Frederick Harris, veteran bassist Ravi Abcarian and scorching alto saxophonist Charles McNeal.  Perez Set Time: 4:30 PM Singer, composer, recording artist. Concert producer and promoter. Photographer and foodie. The Harlem-born vocalist Perez can swing a standard, share a story through song, or nail a protest anthem. Her delivery is intimate enough to touch individual hearts and minds, and powerful enough to fill a concert hall. Is there anything this self-described “hip chick” can’t do? Apparently not. John Gray The Jazz Thieves Set Time: 5:00 PM The Jazz Thieves, through evocative lyrics and soulful improvisation, revitalize jazz by reconnecting it to its roots. Led by bassist/composer John Gray and vocalist/pianist Matt Robbins, they fuse straight-ahead jazz with blues, gospel, r&b and hip-hop, adding a modern edge to a classic style. Their music is a modern exploration of the many stories and voices that comprise and influence jazz. Frank di Bussolo The Philly Reunion Group Set time: 6:00 PM  This a highly swinging, virtuoso group of seasoned musicians who grew up musically in Philadelphia. Led by Frank DiBussolo on guitar and vocals, James Del'Orefice on piano, Dave De Palma on saxophones, Bruce Kaminsky on bass and Bruce Klauber on drums, this group has performed to sold outaudiences for the past year. Their repertoire consists of the Great American Songbook, Jazz Standards and original material. They have been described as "masters of their craft", "extremely entertaining" and as providing a great musical experience. Richie Goods The Good Project Set Time: 6:30 PM Richie Goods' new acoustic jazz project, the "Good Project" is in the studio working on a new record scheduled to be released summer of 2018.  Coming off a 5 year run with trumpeter Chris Botti and several years with the Manhattan Transfer and Mulgrew Miller he is back doing his eclectic mix of high energy jazz. Richie's name is synonymous with Groove and this new acoustic project grooves harder than ever!   Jesse Luttrell Set Time: 7:00 PM New York’s hottest young entertainer brings you an unforgettable solo homage to the golden age of American entertainment from the spirit of Broadway to the glitz of Las Vegas.“Jesse Luttrell is a dazzling amalgam of Liza, Judy, and Peter Allen.  He’s such a star!”– Legendary VILLAGE VOICE columnist MICHAEL MUSTO Suzzanne Douglas "From Broadway to Bop" Set Time: 7:30 PM Widely known as an award-winning actress in, (Whitney, School of Rock, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Tap, The Parent ‘Hood starring Robert Townsend, “Bull, Bones and The Good Wife), Suzzanne’s vocal talents have taken her from Broadway opposite Sting in The Threepenny Opera, to the concert halls of Russia in Duke Ellington’s, Sophisticated Ladies with Jon Faddis. Suzzanne and her trio fuse iconic Broadway show tunes into Bebop stylings in, In From Broadway to Bop. Leon Parker Set Time: 8:00 PM  Acclaimed drummer Leon Parker will play selections from his new album Embodijazz. The recording represents Leon’s vision to create a new musical language. An organic synthesis of two distinct personalities jazz drummer and voice/body percussionist. www.jazzglobalbeat.blogspot.com                   jazzglobalbeat@gmail.com

World Renowned Musician and Educator Oran Etkin Announces Concert Dates & Opens Flagship Soho Venue For His Timbalooloo Program

"A Composer of Eminent Individuality" - Yusef Lateef “From the age of two, our son was talking about Herbie Hancock, Mozart, Samba, and African music - and he knew the difference.” – Harvey Keitel and Daphna Kastner Keitel "Really, really remarkable. He has touched both our boys' lives." – Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber "Ebullient Swing Rhythm" - New York Times New York City, NY -- Internationally recognized clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator Oran Etkin has a busy Fall ahead of him. The world-renowned jazz and world artist, whose music has appeared on a Grammy winning compilation and been praised in the New York Times, Downbeat Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, Public Radio International, US Weekly and more, is taking on the Fall season with a series of prominent performances and with the opening of the first brick and mortar home for his popular Timbalooloo music education program. Since Kelenia, his first release on Motema Records in 2009, Etkin has established himself as one of the top clarinetists and composers of his generation. His numerous critically acclaimed releases for Motema include 2014’s world-music infused Gathering Light, and 2015’s celebrated What’s New: Reimaging Benny Goodman, both of which will be featured at Jazz at Lincoln Center this month. Simultaneously, Etkin has been developing Timbalooloo, a groundbreaking new method to teach children music during the earliest years, when they’re able to become fluent in language so intuitively. In an exciting major move, Timbalooloo will now be expanding its presence with a new permanent space in the vibrant Soho neighborhood in New York City! The venue will have a soft opening with a limited schedule of classes starting in October which will be followed by an official launch in January 2018.   In October, Etkin will be drawing on all the aforementioned projects for a jam-packed schedule of events; the apex being two back-to-back nights at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. On October 24th Etkin will present his critically acclaimed What’s New? Reimagining Benny Goodmanwith vibraphonist Steve Nelson, pianist Helen Sung and drummer Matt Wilson. The concert will feature Etkin’s music inspired by Goodman’s famous 1930s quartet, but with a new surprise in store: a tip of the hat to the classical side of Goodman, with a special performance of one of Bela Bartók’s Contrasts, which was originally commissioned and performed  by Goodman together with Bartok and Joseph Szigeti in 1938. On October 25th, Etkin will return with his Gathering Light project inspired by Etkin’s tours in Indonesia, China and Japan. The evening will feature guitarist Gilad Hekselman, bassist Ben Allison and drummer Nasheet Waits. A series of Timbalooloo programming kicks off October 1 in France at the Nimes Metropole Jazz Fest.  Etkin will bring the children back home a taste of France on October 7th at National Sawdust in Brooklyn with the inaugural concert of National Sawdust’s 2017-2018 season of Monthly Timbalooloo Duo Concerts - this first concert featuring French washboard wizard StéphaneSeva. Timbalooloo will then move to Manhattan to take part in the Madison Square Park Annual Fall Kids Fest on October 14th. Etkin will end the month back in Europe on October 29th for the Enjoy Jazz Fest in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Etkin will continue his National Sawdust Duo Series on November 4th and December 9 and on December 25th he will host the annual Christmas-day concert at the Jewish Museum with his long-time West African musical collaborators, foreshadowing an African tour in 2018. Founded in 2005 by Etkin, Timbalooloo has reached over 10,000 children worldwide. In the Timbalooloo Method, instruments come to life and speak through their music so that children learn to express themselves not by having to execute the correct notes, but rather by making their instruments “come alive” and actually “speak the language of music”. Through fun games, stories, songs and movements, children engage with a diverse cultural heritage ranging from Tito Puente to Mozart, Willie Nelson to Herbie Hancock. The benefits reach far beyond music, developing skills in math, history, cultural appreciation, empathy, speech, and fine and gross motor skills. In addition, children learn what is arguably the most important skill in life -- to really listen to what is happening in the moment, and then find a way to add their own beauty. Etkin hand selected and trained a small handful of teaching artists who now teach his method in schools and home-classes throughout New York.  Meanwhile Etkin has released his original Timbalooloo music on albums including his 2010 Motema release Wake Up, Clarinet and Grammy winning compilation All About Bullies Big And Small.  He also tours worldwide, presenting his Timbalooloo program alongside his shows for adults at major festivals in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Timbalooloo is one of the rare instances where distinguished jazz luminaries and A-list celebrities find common ground. Not only has it garnered the attention of Herbie Hancock (who was so impressed with the program that he invited Etkin to present it at International Jazz Day in Paris and recorded a special video for the Timbalooloo kids), but also that of Naomi Watts, Edie Falco, Ken Burns and other A-listers who have made Timbalooloo their music program of choice for their children. “His ability to teach children about interesting music (rather than the litany of obvious choices) and keep them fully engaged and willing to learn was really really remarkable. He has touched both of our boys lives,” says Watts and Liev Schreiber. Even Martha Stewart loves Timbalooloo, which is evidenced in this article in US Weekly.   More information is available at www.oranetkin.com and www.timbalooloo.com . Learn about Timbalooloo!

Learn about the National Sawdust Duo Series Herbie Hancock's Message to Timbalooloo Kids! Learn More About "Reimagining Benny Goodman" Learn More About "Gathering Light" ¡¡Amor y Jazz!! More information at www.oranetkin.com and www.timbalooloo.com . www.lydialiebman.com        lydia@lydialiebmanpromotions.com www.jazzglobalbeat.blogspot.com       jazzglobalbeat@gmail.com