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Press Release: A bona fide guitar hero in his native England, Ray Russell bridges musical worlds on Now, More Than Ever , his potent debut on the Abstract Logix label. Russell’s latest release comes seven years after his last studio recording, Goodbye, Svengali , the innovative ...

(Los Angeles, CA) - World-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin, announces his first U.S. tour in three years, set for this June. The tour will begin June 11th in Durham, NC and will hit Asheville, DC, Bethlehem, Boston and a 3-night stand in New York City at the Blue Note before endi ...

Abstract Logix author Walter Kolosky will be on Randy Allar's "The Fusion Show" at www.wcsb.org Friday to discuss his updated Mahavishnu Orchestra eBook and other things. Randy's show is celebrating its 29th year on the air! Listen at the website, or if you are in ...

LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST & COMPOSER WAYNE SHORTER RETURNS TO BLUE NOTE RECORDS AFTER 43 YEARS WITH FEB. 5 RELEASE OF HIS NEW QUARTET ALBUM WITHOUT A NET The legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has re-signed to Blue Note Records, and will release his fir ...

Claude Nobbs, the founder of Montreux Jazz Festival passed away on 10th January, a statement on the festival's website said. The festival, which takes place on the shores of Lake Geneva, has featured the likes of Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea and just about every grea ...

“‘Transition’ is a turning point for the album and a turning point for me,” Steve Lukather explains. “As we were writing the songs, I was thinking about everything I’ve seen — all the people I’ve lost in my life, the great and the ...

Bassist-composer Gary Willis Goes Retro on New Trio Album Abstract Logix Release Due Out in February Los Angeles: One of the most formidable fretless electric bassists in the post-Jaco Pastorius era, Texas native and current Barcelona resident Gary Willis joins ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival have stated on their website that during the Christmas holidays Claude Nobs fell while practicing cross-country skiing. As a direct consequence of this accident, Mr. Claude Nobs underwent surgery at the CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in La ...

(Los Angeles) Talk about one of the most amazing group of musicians playing together, debuting in early 2013 – they are THE RINGERS featuring Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, Michael Landau, Keith Carlock and Etienne Mbappe.  This super-group of talent, with such varying bac ...

Pandit Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at age 92 in his San Diego residence. A statement on his website said he died in San Diego, near his Southern California home with his wife and a daughter by his side. The musician's foundation issued a statement saying that he had suffered upper ...

Drummer Billy Cobham has announced a multi-city American tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of his Spectrum album. The upcoming Spectrum 40 Tour will feature the former Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer along with Jerry Goodman (violin), Dean Brown (guitar), Gary Husband (piano) a ...

What do you get when you blend Indian and jazz music performed by world-class musicians from both genres? That’s what world fusion music makers, The Ninth Wave, set to find out with their recently released CD titled “Time in Transition.”  The Ninth Wave is Da ...

Much to the excitement of musicians and jazz aficiandos worldwide, the highly anticipated CD release by jazz-fusion legends Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers, will be released on Tone Center Records (a division of Shrapnel Records) on October 16, 2012. Considered one of ...

On Unfinished Business, veteran guitarist Dean Brown, whose scintillating six-string work can be heard on over 200 recordings, steps out with his fourth dynamic outing as a leader. Joining him on this eclectic offering, which ranges from hard-hitting funk to lovely ballads, soo ...

JIMMY HERRING - DEBUTS NEW ALBUM & OFFERS FREE DOWNLOAD TO FANS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE SET FOR AUGUST 21ST RELEASE ON ABSTRACT LOGIX FALL TOUR SET - INCLUDING DATES WITH VICTOR WOOTEN       (Los Angeles) : Beginning today, wo ...

ACCLAIMED GUITARIST JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF NOW HERE THIS   SET FOR OCTOBER 18TH RELEASE ON ABSTRACT LOGIX (Los Angeles, CA) – It has been nearly two years since world-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin released To the One, his highly acclaimed, ...

For the very first time Jimmy Herring will be conducting a 2 Day Educational and Concert Series  at The Miraverse at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The exclusive 2 Day Sessions will be only limited to 12 participants each day. The Sessions will include Studio ...

<a href="http://www.abstractlogix.com/images/pmj_poster_2.jpg" target="_blank"> Fuze fans! David Fiuczynski’s new album Planet Micro Jam is being released June 8th at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn. Shapeshifter Lab is the remarkable bassist ...

Guitarist Oz Noy continues to celebrate his latest outing Twisted Blues, Vol 1 (Abstract Logix) with a string of dates in US and Europe. Currently on tour in Europe with Dave Weckl and Darryl Jones, he will be performing at the Iridium in New York and Martys in Chicago with ...

On May 22, Tedeschi Trucks Band will release Everybody's Talkin', their sophomore album in their second full year as a band. Click here to pre-order your copy of Everybody's Talkin'. As last year's lengthy Revelator World Tour wound down, the band decided to rec ...