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MUSIC -

Featured Musician & Playlist* - 
Larry Brown  -  Marlene Souza Lima  -  Eddie Baccus Jr. - 
Matt Cusson  -  CDs -  Johan Leijonhufvud  -  Keiko Matsui

MUSIC DC Scene -

Larry Brown is a straight-ahead jazz pianist
Larry Brown Quintet
(Jazz/Hard Bebop)   (video)
- Swinging At The Haven
Keiko Matsui   (video)
(Ambient/Jazz/Nu-Jazz)
- Falcon's Wing
Johan Leijonhufvud
(Jazz)
- SKJ
AYSHA
(R&B/Jazz)
- Don't Make Me Say Goodbye
Terrence Brewer
(Jazz)
- Lately
Carla Bley
(Jazz)   (video)
- Utviklingssang
Jimmy Salvemini
(R&B)
True Love
Cartaya's Enclave   (video)
(Alternative/Latin/Nu-Jazz)
- Live at Baked Potato pt. 4
Melody Diachun
(Nu-Jazz/Jazz/Other)   (video)
- When Beauty Reigns
Sexy Blues Band
(Blues/Experimental/Jazz)
- Blues Number Two
Play list Musician's CDs
performing in the Mid-Atlantic region. He received his Bachelors Degree in Music Theory from Towson University, where he studied with arranger, composer Hank Levy. He earned his Masters of Music degree from Catholic University in Washington, DC, where he studied
Larry Brown Quintet
Live At The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (2011)
 
Composition and Electronic Music with Professor Emeritus H. Emerson Meyers, who died in 1990. Larry released, “Hard Bop Café” which "reprises the hard-bop style of the legendary Blue Note era" in 2006, and later that year the group received the WAMA (Washington Area Music Association) award for "Best Jazz Recording for 2006" and a Wammie award for "Best Jazz Group".  He launched his next album, “Peace” (Lush Life Records in 2008),  with a CD release party at Blues Alley in Georgetown.  Larry is noted for his "rendering of ballads”, and his unique style again brought him to the attention of the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA), which awarded his band "the Best Jazz Group for 2008". Larry and his group can be heard performing at many venues in the Mid-Atlantic region.   Links: DVD, " Live At The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival" (2011), CD, " Peace" (2008), CD Review, Discography, Website and his DC Bebop page.

MUSIC International -

Marlene Souza Lima, Guitarist
Marlen Souza Lima
(Jazz)   (video)
- Mellow Mood
Patrick Yandall
(Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Blues)
- Who's The Bossa
Jose James
(Experimental/Jazz/Soul)
- Trouble
Frank Piombo
(Jazz)   (video)
- Starry Night ft. Rod Williams
Kristin Korb
(Jazz)   (video)
- Jeg Elsker Dig
Nicholas Cole
(Jazz)
Please Don't Say No
Boyce Avenue ft. Kina Grannis
(Pop)   (video)
With Or Without You
Patrick Lamb
(Jazz/R&B/Soul)
- It's All Right
LeJKeys Collective   (video)
(jazz/brazilian/fusion)
- Steps ft. Amber Ojeda
Groove Holmes
(Jazz/Funk)   (video)
Song For My Father
Play list Musician's CDs
Marlene was born in Rio de Janeiro, but grew up in Brasília when it became Brazil's new capital. Her father was a saxophonist and her mother a music lover so music has always been part of her life. Marlene started

Marlene Souza Lima
- "My Way" (2011)

 
playing the guitar when she was a teenager.  She studied music at the prestigious "School of Music of Brasilia" learning to play from several famous Brazilian guitarists.  In the years following her studies, she performed in theaters, bars of Brasilia and Goiânia with several instrumental groups, but notably with the "Loga'Ritmo" band, the "Maracatu Banda", and the big band "Popular Brasilia Orquestra".  A gifted guitarist herself, she has continued to  perform in many venues in Brasilia.   She also teaches "violão and guitar at an  institute "The Plant of Sounds Course of Music" in Brazil.  In 2011, Marlene has released her  first CD, "My Way", which will soon be available online.  Links: MySpace, Reverbnation, Facebook, YouTube and DC Bebop page.

MUSIC US East -

Eddie Baccus Jr., Saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and band leader 
Eddie Baccus Jr
(Acoustic/Jazz/R&B)
- I Adore You

Feist
(Alternative Rock)   (video)
- Gatekeeper (Paris)
Frank Unzueta
(Jazz)   (video)
- The Me You Created
Lianne La Havas
(Folk/Soul)    (video)
- He Loves Me (Jill Scott)
Ryan Saranich
(funk/fusion/jazz)
- Snow
Jane Lui
((Pop/Baroque Pop))
- Heaven on a Hill
Nils
(Funk/Jazz)
- Funk In Da House
Jade Element
(R&B/Soul/Trip Hop/Funk)
- Back and Forth
Four80East
(Jazz)
- Sandbar
nora ricci
(Acoustic/Alternative/Other)
- Love Alone
Play list Musician's CDs
Eddie "play's Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone and Bass sax, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet as well as the EWI (electric wind instrument) and sings." His repertoire of music includes jazz, R&B, reggae, country, neo soul, big band and is expanding. In the beginning, Eddie played music with a loaner
76 West Band (2009)
76 Degrees West
 
oboe in high school. By chance, fate or fortune, the loaner was broken by another student, so he began playing the Saxophone. After graduating from high school, Eddie enrolled in Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program, better known as "Five-Week." His skill gained him a full scholarship for "Five-Week. Eddie has performed at the "world famous" Apollo Theatre in Harlem and "won, five times off air and two times on air." During his time in New York, he studied with acclaimed saxophonist, Joe Lovano. He has toured with "world-renowned'" trumpeter “Lester Bowie.” He is a member of the "internationally known" smooth jazz group “Pieces of a Dream,” He has performed with a long list of musicians over the years. To name a few, "Luther Vandross, Jeffrey Osborne, War, Candy Dulfer, Rick Braun, Grover Washington, Jr., George Duke, Bobby Watson, Greg Abate, Lester Bowie, EWF(Earth Wind and Fire), Regina Carter, Dianne Reeves, Vesta Williams, Norman Conners, India Irie, George Benson, Miki Howard, Jean Carne, David Sanborn" and many more. He recorded on eight CD’s with "Pieces of a Dream," which feature several songs written and co-written by him. Not just a "sideman," Eddie has headlined several of his own productions. He has also toured with his band "Straight To The Point."   Links: Website, Facebook, DiscographyMySpace , Légère Reeds, Theo Wanne, YouTube and DC Bebop page.

MUSIC US West  -

Matt Cusson, Singer, Songwriter
Matt Cusson
(Pop/Soul)
- Once Upon A Time
PONTY, MEOLA, CLARKE
(Jazz/Fusion)   (video)
- Memory Canyon
Adele
(Two-Step)
- Adele
Hiromi
(Jazz)   (video)
Claire de Lune
Lee Ritenour ft. Zamajobe
(Jazz)   (video)
- Maybe Tomorrow
Arshak Sirunyan
(Jazz)   (video)
- Seven
Alejandro Lucini
(Jazz/Samba/Latin)
 - IJEXA
Michael Karr
(Jazz/Pop/R&B)
- Song For My Father Live
Solange
(Hip Hop)
Ode to Marvin
Orrin Evans Quartet
(Jazz)   (video)
- Dita ft. Tim Warfield
Play list Musician's CDs
Matt is a singer, songwriter whose entire life has been influenced by music. His bio says he started singing at the age of 2 and was performing publicly at age 11. In 1999, he took part in the "Amateur Night at the Apollo" competition in New York City and won. He won that award three times. Matt attended the

Matt Cusson (2011)
One Of Those Nights
 
Berklee College of Music, where in 2000, he met Brian McKnight, after Brian heard him perform. Brian was so impressed with Matt, he flew him to Los Angeles to begin a music collaboration. Since meeting Brian, Matt has performed with a host of well known music headliners such as James Taylor, Norah Jones, Jessica Simpson, Babyface, Christina Aguilera and many more. In 2008, Matt released his debut CD, self-titled, "Matt Cusson". In November 2010, the Spectra Jazz label released the maxi single "One of Those Nights" by Matt. The song is an "autobiographical jazz ballad (unanimously voted as the winner of the 2008 "John Lennon Songwriting Contest") and 2009 "Maxell Song of the Year", has been re-mixed and re-mastered to include orchestral embellishments, provided by composer/arranger Bill Meyers."   Link: Facebook, Reverbnation, Twitter, MySpace and DC Bebop page.

MUSIC Featured CD -

MUSIC CD ARCHIVE: ONECD

Johan Leijonhufvud - Eurolines (2000) "So I can’t pronounce the cat’s name. It matters not. That’s what makes Jazz — almost any music, for that matter — so singularly inspiring. It transcends such narrow boundaries as name, rank, serial number, age, ethnicity or other specious considerations. The only question that must be answered is, “Can he (or she) play?” Guitarist Johan Leijonhufvud and his hard–working associates (bassist Christian Spering, drummer Peter Nilsson) respond musically with an emphatic “yes” on Eurolines, recorded in concert last October at the Cosmopolitan Café in Malmö, Sweden."  ~ Jack Bowers - AllAboutJazz.com, Discography, Facebook, YouTube and MySpace page.

MUSIC CD ARCHIVE:  DOUBLECD

Keiko Matsui

Keiko Matsui - The Road (2011) "Keiko Matsui is a master on the piano or the keytar, and she’s demonstrated her technical skills both on record and onstage—especially during her remarkable four-hand piano gigs with Bob James. But throughout her distinguished career, Matsui hasn’t been overly concerned with garnering recognition for her virtuosity. The Tokyo-born artist, although often placed in the contemporary-jazz category, has always been more about inspiration and hope. Her lovely runs on the ivories have shuttled her to the top of the new-age charts." Brian Soergel - Jazz TimesCD DiscographyWebsite and MySpace.

Keiko Matsui - Moyo (Heart and Soul) (2007) "Moyo (Swahili for "heart and soul") was recorded with local musicians in South Africa, marking the return of "live" bass and drums for the first time since Sapphire (Shout! Factory, 1995). For her first self-produced effort, Matsui sought out familiar musicians from previous albums, including drummer Akira Jimbo, saxophonist Paul Taylor, bassist/vocalist Richard Bona and the still-kicking-butt-after-all-these-years trumpet of South African native son, 68-year-old Hugh Masakela. Matsui has enjoyed much commercial success and is a staple of smooth jazz programming though she's always followed her own direction rather than comforming to the rules of the genre. Moyo is a fascinating next step in Matsui's growth and advancement as a musician of depth, range, grace and talent."  Jeff Wimbush - All About Jazz
MUSIC CD ARCHIVES:
DOUBLECD  - SINGLES  - ONECD
*The most recent featured musicians and play lists from the four Music listings on DC Bebop.   A musician listed on a DC Bebop page with an intro, is featured for 10 days with one of their songs.  Included in the play list are songs by nine other musicians in a table on DC Bebop. The songs are linked to a page (MySpace, Reverbnation, YouTube or where ever the song can be heard). The play list is not a top 10 list. It features songs I liked and think perhaps others might appreciate the music as well.
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