David Amram’s Jazz BIO 2018 Ever since meeting, jamming with and being mentored by Dizzy Gillespie in 1951 and Charlie Parker in 1952,.David Amram has continued over the past 66 years as one of the first pioneers, along with Julius Watkins, to include the French horn as an improvising voice in jazz. He has also pioneered the use…
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moochin’ about are very proud to announce [PAIS] as our new distributors for the UK & across the world… Founded in 1981 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot, [PIAS] champions and supports the best independent music in the world across our unrivalled international network. The labels the represent include – Ace Records, BMG Rights, Domino, Fat Possum,…
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QUINCY JONES, the mastermind behind some of the 20th and 21st century’s greatest hits turned 85 this year And to celebrate his life and legacy, Moochin’ About has collected and remastered 12 of his classic early albums available to download… This collection features…. Jazz Abroad This Is How I Feel About Jazz Go West, Man!…
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Perry Blake returns to the live scene with his first live show in France for 5 years , where he will be playing The Solidarity Festival, Montpellier… ahead of his forthcoming live shows in the UK & Portugal, this will be a great chance to get to hear some material from the forthcoming new…
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the bad news…. Due to circumstances outside of our control, this years planned RSD18 titles from Moochin’ About – which included 4 limited edition releases from – David Amram, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Paul Quinn & Chet Baker – these will now no longer be available for the 21st April… the good news… Although these titles will not be…
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Stuart Maconie compiles a playlist of some of the most extreme, experimental, avant-garde and out-there music broadcast on the Freakzone in 2017. Including tracks by Richard Dawson, Children Of Alice, Enslaved and Alice Coltrane… Freak Zone Playlist
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In 1977, President Jimmy Carter granted permission for Exprinter Tours to send a ship of Jazz Masters — Dizzy Gillespie, Earl `Fatha’ Hines, Stan Getz, David Amram with their bands — to Havana, Cuba for a historic 36 hour cultural exchange/Jazz jam with Cuba’s best young jazz musicians.Gillespie, Hines, Getz, and Amram and their bands, were the first group of…
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Now you can download and order all your favourite Moochin’ About tunes,through the Moochin’ Bandcamp site… not only will you be able to pay less for your favourite ditty’s, you will be able to download them as WAV files, for a higher quality uncompressed sound…! with more digital releases coming, its definitely worth setting up…
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Perry Blake Press Release Internationally acclaimed Irish singer/songwriter Perry Blake will release a new album in September 2018 on Moochin’ About/PIAS Often described as a cross between Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, Blake’s new work is a classic return to form. Although not very well known in Britain and Ireland, Blake has…
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DAVID AMRAM – David Amram’s Classic American Film Scores 1956-2016 Moochin’ About MOOCHIN 09 This is a five CD collection box from the multi-instrumentalist, composer and author David Amram which brings together tracks from seven of his film scores and two Broadway plays covering sixty years. The accompanying hundred-page booklet has been written by Amram and…
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