Recording News

Celebrating the Tension Between Art and Science

Source: Michael Ricci
January 15, 2010

The guitarist David Gilmore has a pronounced fondness for metric convolution, jigsaw complexity and a near-mystical spirit of intrigue. So it makes sense that Numerology is the name he has chosen for his new suite, created with a grant from Chamber Music America and presented at the Jazz Standard this week. With its whiffs of occult practice and brow-furrowed calculation, that title could apply to Mr. Gilmores entire body of work. So far his output consists of a pair of ...

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Final Johnny Cash Volume

Source: JamBase
January 15, 2010

JOHNNY CASH'S AMERICAN RECORDINGS ALBUM SERIES CONCLUDES WITH IV RELEASE

Johnny Cash American VI: Ain't No Grave, the sixth and final installment of Johnny Cash's critically-acclaimed American Recordings album series, will be officially released on February 26 (American Recordings/Lost Highway), the day that would have been The Man in Black's 78th birthday. As with the previous five albums in the American Recordings series, American VI was produced by Rick Rubin.

American VI is deeply elegiac and spiritual, with each song ...

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Benny Carter: Aspects

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 15, 2010

In 1943, when alto saxophonist Benny Carter settled in California, he focused on composing, arranging and playing and gave up leading and touring with a big band. The move was a pragmatic one: with World War II on, the draft was snapping up many musicians, and gasoline and parts rationing made bus travel difficult and costly. Carter also had grown weary of the road, with its relentless gigs, hard weather and depressing racism. He did assemble a big band two ...

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Empirical Set to Unveil New Release out 'N' in February 2, 2010

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 15, 2010

New York, NY -- Empirical is a London based jazz quartet that offers a combination of post bop and a spacey vibe for a cool groove that transcends time.

Out 'n' In is a tribute to legendary jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy (1928-1964). Dolphy was one of the cornerstones of the avant-garde movement in jazz and a hero of the Empirical band members.

“Graceful, dynamic and subtle...a daring maturity" --Jazzwise

Every member ...

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Artists Recording Collective (ARC) January 2010

Source: Two for the Show Media
January 14, 2010

Initiation, the dynamic new Artists Recording Collective CD by pianist

Sumi Tonooka (pronounced To-NO-ka) and tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, showcases their shared skills as composers and bandleaders. Though they've been playing together since they first met in the spring of 1994, this is their first in-studio collaboration. “We wanted to document and reveal something of our musical dynamic together," says Tonooka.

Initiation features bassist Rufus Reid and the late drummer Bob Braye, both of whom were on Tonooka's previous trio ...

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CD Review: Ringo Starr, "Y Not"

Source: Pop Dose
January 14, 2010

I know that I have a tendency to dwell on the past, but it seems somehow sad to me that the release of a new album by a member of the Beatles no longer gets much attention, especially when its something new from Ringo. I suppose people still look forward to a new album from Paul McCartney. The hope dies hard that he will be able to recapture the magic, maybe because on occasion he has. But its been more ...

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New CD by Mitch Marcus Quintet Due from Porto Franco Records Feb. 16

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
January 14, 2010

During its ten-year San Francisco residency, the Mitch Marcus Quintet developed an edgy, innovative sound that attracted crowds as well as critical raves. The San Francisco Chronicle called the quintet “among the most provocative of Bay Area ensembles," and in 2007 the readers of SF Weekly voted them the city's Best Jazz Band. By the time tenor saxophonist/composer Marcus moved back to his native New York in the summer of 2009, the band had already recorded their third album, Countdown ...

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Sambada's New Album "Gente!" and Release Party Dates

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
January 14, 2010

Brazilian Transplants in Unexpected Places: SambaD Reveres and Reinvents Samba and Surf-Rock

There's a beach where one sunny afternoon you may witness an offering to an Afro-Brazilian Orixa spirit of the ocean, the next day watch master capoeristas practicing Brazil's martial art dance form, and still another day join a gathering of thousands of surfers-cum-dancers rocking out to hybrid musical sounds informed by bloco afro (Afro-Brazilian percussion music), samba-reggae, surf-rock, and California funk. No, these are not the shores of ...

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