Great Review of Frances Livings’ new CD

The World I am Livings In Frances Livings   Moontraxx Records - MXFL2013-014 Available from Frances Livings’s Bandcamp page.       A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange by Mark S. Tucker (progdawg@hotmail.com) Following the release of a half-dozen …

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Happy Birthday, Ella Fitzgerald!

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      The so-called “Queen of Jazz”, Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), would have turned 96 today! Also known as the “First Lady of Song” and “Lady Ella”, she was an American jazz vocalist with …

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NEW RELEASE: Frances Livings ‘The World I Am Livings In’, Moontraxx 2013

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      Moontraxx Records is proud to announce the release of a brand new album: “The World I Am Livings In” by Frances Livings. The British born songwriter Frances Livings has released her first solo album with original material: …

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Happy Birthday Tom Jobim!

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Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro – December 8, 1994 in New York, buried on December 13, 1994 in Rio de Janeiro). Today, the 25th of January 2013 would have been Tom Jobim’s …

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California Jazz Foundation Presents “Groovin With The Stars” ~ directed by Greg Porée

                          This Sunday October 7, from 2 pm – 5 pm, Guitarist Greg Porée will direct the rhythm section from the Dancing with the Stars Orchestra, featuring: Tom Ranier, piano …

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Ipanema Lounge Project live again in October!

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Just a quick post to let you know that our next Ipanema Lounge Project event will be taking place in October – just in case you hadn’t seen it in the calendar: It will be on Sunday, October 14 2012 …

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Rumblefish and ‘False’ Copyright Claims on YouTube ~ An Open Letter

Despite having disputed their actions, the music licensing company Rumblefish has stubbornly been claiming the copyright to some of our songs uploaded on YouTube. Hopefully this very annoying problem will soon be resolved. Here is our email to YouTube’s copyright …

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New Video ~ Corcovado by the Ipanema Lounge Project

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Another great CD review! During the Hours by Frances Livings

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      Our first Moontraxx jazzoetry production, Frances Livings’ ‘During the Hours’ was reviewed this week by the wonderful industry website, The Entertainment Bank - a service which evaluates films and music from both major and independent artists of all genres to present to …

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Nice Review of the Ipanema Lounge Project by The Entertainment Bank!

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We are happy that another one of our 2012 releases, Songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim by the Ipanema Lounge Project, has received another wonderful review! The author is Paul Anderson, a Phoenix based KJZZ radio personality, musician extraordinaire, and the owner …

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New CD Review of Greg Porée’s Phoenix by Paul Anderson

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Our latest Moontraxx production, Greg Porée’s CD Phoenix was reviewed this week by a wonderful industry website, The Entertainment Bank. It is an honour for us to have two of our productions reviewed so positively, it being a service which evaluates films and …

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Greg Porée On The Making of Phoenix

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We asked the jazz composer and guitarist Greg Porée to write about the process of recording his new album Phoenix, release date March 11, 2012. You can read his story in full-length here: The Making of Phoenix How does one …

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