Recording News

Passionate & Prodigious Guitarist Lawson Rollins Unveils the Multicultural "Espirito"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 21, 2010

Moonlight Samba debuts as the #1 most added radio track Passion, prodigious technique, art and elements of culture from around the world unite on Espirito, the second album from world music-jazz guitarist Lawson Rollins that was released yesterday (January 19) on Infinita Records, which is distributed by Baja/TSR Records. Moonlight Samba, a seductive Latin groove with a breezy melody, muted trumpet accents, and celestial vocals from Brazilian icon Flora Purim and percussion master Airto Moreira, debuted at radio last week ...

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NL's Christine Ohlman Taps Marshall Crenshaw, Ian Hunter, Dion and More on New CD

Source: conqueroo
January 20, 2010

Queen of blue-eyed rock 'n' soul's new album also features special guests G.E. Smith, Eric “Roscoe" Ambel, Catherine Russell, Asbury Jukes Horns and Big Al Anderson, among others

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Christine Ohlman, a.k.a. “The Beehive Queen," whose “day job" is that of the flashy, gritty long-time featured vocalist with the Saturday Night Live Band, has completed her first new album in five years, The Deep End, to be released by the Horizon Music Group through Selct-O-Hits on April ...

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Ian Carey Quintet to Release Second CD, "Contextualizin'," on Kabocha Records Feb. 16

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
January 21, 2010

Ian Carey's 2006 debut, SINK/SWIM, drew some critical attention to the Oakland-based trumpeter's original music and forward-thinking quintet, but his new recording, Contextualizin', is sure to turn heads in the direction of this gifted jazz trumpeter/composer. The new CD will be released by Carey's Kabocha Records imprint on February 16. “Sometime when I was in my twenties," says Carey, now 35, “I realized that there are so many great, amazing players out there that the context in which I do ...

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Percussionist/Composer Samuel Torres to Release Yaounde Available March 23 @ samueltorres.com, cdbaby.com and iTunes

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 20, 2010

Percussionist/composer SAMUEL TORRES to Release YaoundeAvailable March 23 @ samueltorres.com, cdbaby.com and iTunes“ . . . at once intelligent, sophisticated and explosive." - JazzTimes“ . . . has written and recorded music for his project that is inventive, lyrical, and important work.  He is a special artist"- Jeff “Tain" Watts“[Samuel Torres'] playing is full of joy and that's what music is all about" - Richard Bona“ . . . a ...

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Dean Martin's "Essential Love Songs" Available January 26th

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2010

Dean Martins most romantic ballads have been gathered for a new mood-setting collection, Essential Love Songs, to be released January 26 by Capitol/EMI, just in time for Valentines Day. 16 classics are featured, including “You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You," “Just In Time," “That's Amor," “I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face," and “Dream A Little Dream Of Me." For Dean Martin, singing came as naturally as breathing. Effortlessly cool and dynamic in his life and career, ...

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"Looking Forward" - The New Album by Ken Berman Featuring Kai Eckhardt and Akira Tana!

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2010

Looking Forward features eight inspirational original tracks showcasing Ken Berman's distinctive sound as a composer and pianist, leading a dynamic trio including bass virtuouso Kai Eckhardt and the phenomenal Akira Tana on drums. “When listening to Ken Berman's trio," noted jazz critic Scott Yanow writes, “it is easy to think of Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, for Berman's chord voicings and his close interplay with his sidemen recall the work of his two predecessors. The difference is that Berman wrote ...

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Jeff Beck: New Studio Album

Source: JamBase
January 20, 2010

JEFF BECK SET TO RELEASE FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN SEVEN YEARS

Jeff Beck For his first studio album in seven years, Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck returns with Emotion & Commotion, an eclectic mix of tracks that find the guitar virtuoso accompanied by a handpicked cast of talented musicians, as well as several songs accompanied by a 64-piece orchestra.

Rhino unleashes the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's restless genius on Atco Records April 13.

Beck recorded Emotion & Commotion late ...

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Guitarist Chris Vasi Releases New CD: "Vesuvius"

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2010

Guitarist Chris Vasi's new quartet recording Vesuvius features saxophonist Roberto Curtis, drummer/percussionist Drex Weaver, and bassist Carter Blough, and includes tunes by Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Bobby Timmons, as well as Cuban and Cape Verdean songs, and a few original compositions.

Vasi plays the electric throughout most of the record, but also utilizes the archtop, nylon-string, charanga (a 10-string Bolivian instrument) and bottleneck slide, and for one of the bonus tracks, does a 2-mandolin self-duet on the Beatles' “Because". ...

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