Recording News

Saxophonist Tia Fuller Takes "Decisive Steps," on Mack Avenue, March 16

Source: DL Media
January 14, 2010

SAXOPHONIST TIA FULLER TAKES DECISIVE STEPS ON HER MARCH 16 RELEASE FOR MACK AVENUE RECORDS

The astonishingly gifted, Colorado-born, alto / soprano saxophonist / flautist Tia Fuller is at home at all points of the musicverse - from her show-stopping solos as a member of superstar Beyonc's all-female band, to her scintillatingly swinging jazz dates and recordings. Her newest Mack Avenue release Decisive Steps, is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2007 label debut Healing Space. It features her Beyonc bandmate, ...

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Catching up (3): Blake, Dorham, Sadigursky, Longo, Stowell, Wright

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 14, 2010

Seamus Blake, Bellwether (Criss Cross). Since 1993, when Seamus Blake was 22, Gerry Teekens of Criss Cross Records has been traveling from Holland to New York to record the gifted Canadian tenor saxophonist. Teekens was one of the first recording executives to document Blake's work, and he has been doing it ever since. Bellwether is Blake's sixth Criss Cross album as a leader. He has been a sideman on 16 others. That is hardly overexposure for a musician of his ...

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Django Reinhardt's 100th Anniversary Celebrated by Gipsy Virtuosos Rosenberg and Lagrene !

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

Coming this 23rd of January, the Django Reinhardt Centennial anniversary will be celebrated all along 2010, and all across the globe, with all major gypsy artists paying a tribute. The Rosenberg Trio, the world's most reputed gipsy jazz band, have teamed up with their friend guitarist extraordinaire Birli Lagrene, and deliver a smashing new project: Djangologists--celebrating 100 years of Django Reinhardt. Exclusively available online, first on the band's site at the groundbreaking price of 8 euros, and shortly after on ...

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Greg Reitan 'Antibes' Released Today on Sunnyside Records

Source: Sunnyside Records
January 14, 2010

Greg Reitan: Antibes Sunnyside Records Release Date: 12-Jan-2010 “I have been paying attention to Greg Reitan for several years now, finding him to be a pianist and composer who is already quite impressive and who seems to have a great deal of rapidly developing potential." - Orrin Keepnews, from the CD liner notes

This quote is not a standard line from a music flack: Its from a man ...

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Urban Funk Releases Their First Single "What You Wont Do for Love"

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

From their debut CD, Heroes and Legends. The classic Smooth Jazz vocal by Bobby Caldwell is re cut with Tommy Lepson leading on vocals. Produced by woodwind artist Wayne Sulc and percussionist Tim Cutrona, the CD contains a smooth and upbeat mix of funk and jazz music. Bobby Caldwell's timeless piece What You Wont Do For Love was first released on the titled LP in 1978. Tommy Lepson brings a passionate and soulful style to this ballad that is balanced ...

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Lynn Riley (AKA Superwoman of the Sax) Debuts Too Cool Nationally

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
January 14, 2010

"She's a show stopper. She wails, she grooves, she swings. She plays with authority, with power, with soul." These are the words used to describe Lynn Riley by Ron Avery of the Philadelphia Daily News. A powerful dynamo in a tiny package, Riley has been described more than once as “Superwoman" of the sax for her amazing prowess and conviction that stretches across genres. Now, Riley and her band, the World Mix, will be re-releasing their debut CD, Too Cool, ...

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Essra Mohawk's Bizarre, Reprise and Asylum Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice Music

Source: conqueroo
January 12, 2010

Her first three albums were pivotal in the American singer-songwriter movement. The classic Primordial Lovers has fondly been christened the Mother Album of “grrrl power."

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --Sandy Hurvitz's transformation into Essra Mohawk happened as a result of undeniable singing and songwriting talent plus a series of happy accidents. The young Philadelphian issued a Liberty single (at age 16) that was deemed a “Newcomer Pick" in Cashbox; she then contributed songs to artists as disparate as the Shangri-Las and ...

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Lawson Rollins to Release His "Espirito" on January 19

Source: Press Junkie PR
January 12, 2010

LAWSON ROLLINS PRESENTS HIS WORLD/JAZZ RELEASE ESPIRITO ON INFINITA RECORDS (JANUARY 19, 2010)

Espirito Features the Talents of World Music Stars Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Kayhan Kalhor, Charlie Bisharat, Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez, and Shahin Shahida

When guitarist Lawson Rollins appeared on the world music scene, he astonished listeners with his electrifying speed and expansive musical vision. His impossible-to-categorize sound combined the passionate rhythms of salsa and samba, the free flowing improvisations of Latin jazz, the deep bass tones of ...

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