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Legendary Randy Weston joins Motema Motéma is thrilled to announce that we have signed legendary pianist Randy Weston, whose new CD titled *Storyteller* will be released in the fall. Read more about Randy Weston's The Storyteller on the Motema blog. [ Read More ]	Rufus Reid on the cover of Jazz Inside Magazine! "A Special Kind of Rich" is the title of the cover feature interview with Bassist Rufus Reid in the August issue of Jazz Inside NY Magazine, August 2010 edition. This is the annual Basses Loaded edition where you'll discover the insights of an array of string players, in addition to many other articles and reviews. The August issue of Jazz Inside NY Magazine (64 pages), avail [ Read More ]
Geri Allen on Tour Geri Allen has been receiving outstanding press coverage these days. The Wall Street Journal boldly proclaims, "Not even Steve Jobs could devise a doo-dad that could predict what Geri Allen is going to do next." The New York Times calls Allen "a wise and dynamic pianist" and praises "her sharp young working band." [ Read More ]	Motéma Shines in DownBeat's Critics Poll The annual Downbeat Critics' Poll, which is published in the August issue, has honored several Motéma artists this year: Geri Allen is among the winners in the Piano category, Roni Ben-Hur is a Rising Star in the Guitar category and Charnett Moffett is a winner in the Acoustic Bass category. We're also very excited that the legendary Randy Weston, whose Motéma debut The Storyteller will be released in November, is a winner in the Composer category and has been named to the Hall of [ Read More ]
Geri Allen 'The Best New Jazz of 2010 (So Far).' NPR Music featured the title track from Geri Allen's Flying Toward The Sound in a June roundup of 'The Best New Jazz of 2010 (So Far).' In conjunction, Geri is currently the featured artist on the Take Five online music series page. [ Read More ]	Rufus Reid Announces Tour Rufus Reid: Has just booked a fall tour kicking off October 30th. After a stop in Edmonton, Canada, he will be headed out west to make appearances in Seattle, WA and in Los Angeles, Berkeley, San Diego, and Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more, please visit Rufus' tour page. [ Read More ]
Charnett Moffett Behind the Scenes Take a peek behind the scenes of the latest album, Treasure, from Charnett Moffett - one of the most highly regarded bassists in jazz. Treasure features Rodney Holmes, Denardo Coleman, Oran Etkin and long time collaborator and guitar icon Stanley Jordan who joins in for two swinging tracks. [ Read More ]	Socialize With Motema! Motema Music would like to invite you to socialize with us on the web! We've been planting flags in various corners of the internet, so come join us and keep up with our latest news, free downloads, videos and more. Read the Motema Blog Follow us on Twitter Watch videos from Motema artists < [ Read More ]
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