.: In Touch Entertainment is organizing a benefit concert to raise funds for the victims of the recent earthquake in Japan called JAZZ FOR JAPAN on Monday, April 18 at
Highline Ballroom. Some of the special guests include Madeleine Peyroux, Joe Lovano, Sonny Fortune, Karrin Allyson and Allan Harris among numerous others. All proceeds from the event will go to
Direct Relief International's Japan Relief and Recovery Fund to benefit victims of the earthquake in Japan. For tickets, please click
here. .: In Touch is booking talent into four of New York City's finest restaurants - South Gate at the Essex House, Rue 57, Covet and the Palio Bar at Piano Due Restaurant. Each restaurant will offer jazz on select days of the week. The weekly series will feature some of New York's finest musicians many of international renown. .: In Touch Entertainment is currently booking legendary Rock keyboardist Keith Emerson's 2009 Summer tour. For details, visit www.keithemerson.com. .: A special tv presentation of Les Paul's 90th birthday celebration will premiere on HDNet this coming Winter featuring a wide array of artists including Slash, Alison Krauss, Joe Perry, Buddy Guy, Steven Seagal, Neal Schon, Joe Satriani, Shayna Steele and Switchfoot among others. .: Charles Carlini just completed production on a new album for Chesky Records on the music of Herbie Hancock. The CD features pianist George Colligan, drummer Lenny White, bassist Buster Williams, and saxophonist Steve Wilson. The album is slated for release this coming Spring. Look for updates soon at www.chesky.com. .: Carlini Group has launched a new online educational division called SIMPLY CHARLY that will focus on the art, science, music, literature, philosophy, architectural, political and economic world's leading historical figures. Currently covering such legends as Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, W.B. Yeats, Pablo Picasso, Le Corbusier, Igor Stravinsky and Salvador Dali - and with dozens more planned for the near future, including Elvis, Napoleon, Kafka and Darwin - SIMPLY CHARLY's mission is to become a one-stop source for everything one desires to know about the groundbreaking individuals it covers. Inquiring minds who would like to learn more about the historical world's most notable movers and shakers can do so online at www.SimplyCharly.com. .: Moogfest, the annual festival celebrating the groundbreaking achievements of maverick inventor Rober Moog and his namesake synthesizer, will release a DVD from last year's event featuring performances by DJ Logic, Bernie Worrell, Roger O'Donnell (The Cure), Jan Hammer and Keith Emerson. The DVD, produced by Charles Carlini of In Touch Entertainement, will be distributed by MVD Visual and is slated for release this coming Summer. .: Charles Carlini produced six tracks on Academy Award winning film composer Ennio Morricone's latest CD for SONY Masterworks - We All Love Ennio Morricone. Featured artists include Celine Dion, Quincy Jones, Renee Fleming, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Deodato, Roger Waters, Eddie Van Halen, Yo-Yo Ma among others. .: Charles Carlini recently produced three albums for the audiophile label Chesky Records for a new series called the New York Sessions. The sessions featured such jazz luminaries as Eddie Gomez, John Abercrombie, George Mraz, Louis Hayes, Buster Williams and the late pianist John Hicks. The albums will be released later this Summer. For details visit www.chesky.com. .: Carlini Group is proud to announce the release of their first instructional video featuring guitar master Gene Bertoncini. The DVD, distributed by Mel Bay, is called Gene Bertoncini the Art of Solo Jazz Guitar. .: Moogfest, the annual festival celebrating the work of Robert Moog (inventor of the modern synthesizer that bears his name), returns to B.B. King's on June 22, 2006 featuring Keith Emerson, Jan Hammer, The Mahavishnu Project, Jordan Rudess (Dream Theatre), Roger O'Donnell (The Cure),The School of Rock and DJ Logic. Visit Moogfest.com for more details. .: Electric guitar innovator Les Paul won two Grammy Awards for an all-star album marking his 90th birthday. Paul, whose name has adorned a brand of guitars used by rock stars since the 1950s, won his trophies in the pop instrumental performance category for the track Caravan, and in the rock instrumental performance category for the track 69 Freedom Special, credited to Les Paul and Friends. The tracks come from the album Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played, his first release since 1978's Chester & Lester with late Nashille icon Chet Atkins. For more details on Les Paul visit www.lespaulonline.com. .: "Inolvidable" was nominated for a GRAMMY for best traditional Latin album. Carlini served as associate producer on the session for Chesky Records with Cuban legends Candido Camero and Graciela Perez. This album, Inolvidable, released in 2004, also features Latin recording veterans Manny Oquendo, Nelson Gonzalez, Andy Gonzalez, Sonny Bravo, Xiomara, and Federico Britos. .: Charles Carlini recently signed singer-songwriter Marta Gomez to Chesky Records. The native Colombian and Berklee College of Music graduate has shared the same stage with such diverse artists as Livingston Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer and Mercedes Sosa. She has just completed her newest CD for Chesky to be released in October 2004. .: Pianist James Williams and Charles Carlini co-produced a live CD for Half Note Records in celebration of legendary pianist Hank Jones' 85th Birthday at New York City's Blue Note featuring a virtual who's who in jazz. Special guests included Monty Alexander, Geri Allen, Ray Barretto, Candido Camero, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Marian McPartland, Jon Faddis, Bill Charlap, Rufus Reid, Joe Wilder, Peter Washington, Louis Hayes, Roy Haynes, George Mraz, George Coleman, Harold Mabern, Eric Reed, and Russell Malone among others. .: Charles Carlini co-produced a live recording for Chesky Records entitled "4 Generations of Miles" -- a tribute CD to Miles Davis, featuring four former band members: George Coleman, Ron Carter, Mike Stern and Jimmy Cobb. |
