Recording News

"Silhouette" Now Available for Purchase!

Source: Michael Ricci
November 20, 2009

Silhouette (2009) is the result of a year of composing and arranging. Original compositions, ranging from “noir jazz" to flamenco, comprise almost half the album, while the other half features tunes not usually performed on the guitar, with two highlights being Waltz for Debby (a piano piece arranged for guitar from the original recording by the Bill Evans Trio) and Delicado (a popular choro band piece, imbued in this guitar arrangement with a decidedly Spanish flavor). Though the theme is ...

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John Lennon: "Nowhere Boy" Original Soundtrack

Source: Noble PR
November 19, 2009

Sony Music is pleased to announce the CD and digital download release of the soundtrack album of the year, Nowhere Boy - the critically acclaimed film biopic about John Lennon's teenage years that led to his music career from the Quarrymen, to his early relationship with Paul McCartney and the Beatles' first trip to Hamburg.

To celebrate the release of the soundtrack album, Sony is holding an exclusive screening of the Nowhere Boy film at Abbey Road Studios for journalists ...

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The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) - Mosaic Records Limited Edition Box Set

Source: Michael Ricci
November 19, 2009

"Like buried treasure reclaimed from the past, this remarkable set is like no other Bing Crosby collection ever released. Here is the great crooner and a quartet led by his longtime accompanist Buddy Cole, occasionally augmented by a few wind instruments, in a thesaurus of 160 songs recorded in the most informal of circumstances at 16 sessions, during a period (1954-56) when Bing was in exceptionally good voice." --Gary Giddins, Liner Notes

Limited Edition: 20,000 copies 7 CDs ...

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Zoot Sims: Bossa Nova Sessions

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 19, 2009

Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. The jazz-Brazilian folk experiments first undertaken by alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida in the early and late 1950s became a winning formula for jazz in the spring of 1962. With Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's Jazz Samba LP racing up the charts, many established jazz saxophonists took a shot at the new beat with great success. In May 1962, alto saxophonist Leo Wright recorded No ...

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Arthur Adams Releases "Stomp the Floor" on Delta Groove Music

Source: Michael Ricci
November 18, 2009

Hollywood, CA -- When B.B. King told Arthur Adams “I love the spirit in your guitar playing," you knew that the bluesman was on his way. With the release of Stomp The Floor today on the respected blues based label Delta Groove Music, Arthur Adams has positioned himself perfectly to satisfy his current fan base and gain legions of new listeners.Adams says “I've done Stomp on the Floor exactly the way I feel it. It's all ...

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CD Reviews: Organ, Guitar and Drums

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
November 18, 2009

Snap Shot: The Original Trio - Joey DeFrancesco (High Note) - On this new CD, Joey D and his long-time drummer Byron Landham are reunited with guitarist Paul Bollenbeck - the trio toured and recorded together for 13 years until the guitarist went off to his own successful solo career in 2002.  As in the past, the repertoire is a blend of recognizable standards and smart original pieces.  DeFrancesco, the rightful heir to the Jimmys - Smith and ...

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Bill Evans: Turn out the Stars

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2009

By: Ron Hart

Toward the end of his life, pianist Bill Evans' image was the exact opposite of the button-down, bespectacled young square who first burst onto the jazz scene in 1956 as the rising young lion on the jazz circuit who landed into history as the piano player for Miles Davis' 1958 masterwork Kind of Blue. Rocking a gentleman's mullet, full beard and wire-frame glasses with the tint, Evans looked more like he should have been sitting beside Scott ...

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Bebel Gilberto: All in One

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2009

By: Cal Roach

Brazilian pop singer Bebel Gilberto is probably known more in the U.S. for her collaborations (Thievery Corporation and David Byrne, etc.) than for her solo work, even though she is a native New Yorker. The new All In One, her first album for Verve, doesn't stray far from the strains of adult-oriented world music that you'll find in her other solo work. It might strike you as mildly exotic bubblegum on first listen, but the quality of ...

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