Recording News

"Here in the Moment": 2nd CD from Seattle Singer Gail Pettis Due Jan. 12 by Origin/OA2 Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
November 12, 2009

Here in the Moment, the assured new Origin/OA2 CD by Seattle jazz vocalist Gail Pettis, is only the second recording in a professional career that began in 2002. But Pettis has quickly worked to establish herself in a crowded field as a consummate stylist who sounds like no one but herself. After spending nearly two decades as a successful orthodontist, Pettis turned to music in midlife and was soon attracting the cream of Seattle's jazz instrumentalists, who've backed her on ...

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Hetty Kate & Sam Lemann "A Late Brunch on Irwell Street"

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

Four stringed instruments, four jazz musicians, two rainy nights, ten songs from The Great American Songbook and an underground studio in North Melbourne, Australia.. and you have this sweetly swinging album, all sunshine and smiles.

The lineup: Hetty Kate (vocals), Sam Lemann (lead guitar), Andy Baylor (rhythm guitar), Leigh Barker (double bass) have chosen a varied selection of songs, all worthy - yet unpredictable - for their debut album.

“Hetty's got a lovely relaxed way of singing that puts listeners ...

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Guitarist Lawson Rollins to Release "Espirito"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
November 10, 2009

Guitarist Lawson Rollins to release the exquisite and expansive Espirito on January 19th.

Many believe that the arts mirror what is happening in the world and if that is the case, perhaps Lawson Rollins Espirito serves as a monumental soundtrack to the unification of our disparate cultures. The guitarists epic thirteen-song collection, to be released January 19th by Infinita Records, which is distributed by Baja/TSR Records, serves as the very definition of World Music with its seamless multicultural mlange of ...

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Ben Goldberg Announces Release of Go Home CD on New Label

Source: Michael Ricci
November 10, 2009

Debut CD by Go Home Ben Goldberg - Charlie Hunter - Scott Amendola - Ron Miles BAG Production BAG 001 “The band creates music that is cozy and spacious, pungent and perfumed, virtuosic, sophisticated and pleasingly raw." -- The Boston Globe “A searching ensemble that welcomes lyrical improvisation while embracing the groove." --The New Yorker “Go Home speaks to a fascinating creative journey that has taken Goldberg from the esoteric realms of the avant-garde to the simple pleasures of syncopation ...

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Emil Viklicky Releases New CD in Japan

Source: Michael Ricci
November 10, 2009

Emil Viklicky and Venus Records are pleased to announce the release of Emil's latest CD, Sinfonietta~The Janacek of Jazz (VHCD 1034). Eleven of its dozen tracks were recorded at Avatar Studios in New York last year with George Mraz on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. The twelfth track, “Sinfonietta," recorded in Prague in 2007 with Mraz and Laco Tropp on drums, originally appeared on the CD Moravian Gems (CubeMetier 2007). As a composer, Emil Viklickýhas attracted international attention for ...

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Ear Farm Charity Holiday Album Announcement

Source: Michael Ricci
November 10, 2009

EAR FARM and Let 'Em In Studios are thrilled to present Do you EAR what I EAR?, a holiday album for the Association to Benefit Children. Featuring original and classic holiday songs from Tom Tom Club, Sean Bones, tUnE-yArDs, Julie Doiron, Sharon Van Etten, and more, this exclusive compilation will be available for digital download on EAR FARM starting on December 1st with a suggested minimum donation of $5.00.

All of the proceeds from this project will go directly to ...

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Trojan Legacy

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

Trojan Marching Band director Arthur C. Bartner is in his 40th year at the helm of the renowned band, and a special two-disk CD album -- containing 40 hit songs and entitled Trojan Legacy -- is being released this week at the bookstore and on Saturday at kiosks around campus.

Experience four decades of Trojan Marching Band hits with Trojan Legacy: 40 Years of Dr. Arthur C. Bartner and The Spirit of Troy, the new double CD album debuting this ...

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Leslie Mendelson - The Joel Dorn Sessions

Source: All About Jazz
November 9, 2009

Ryko will release The Joel Dorn Sessions, six songs culled from an early studio session with Leslie Mendelson and Grammy Award winning producer Joel Dorn.

Comprised of everlasting covers and original songwriting, this six-song EP harkens back to a classic era which Joel Dorn helped define and which Leslie Mendelson masters so effortlessly.

The legendary jazz and r&b producer Joel Dorn initially heard Mendelson's first self-released solo CD in 2005 and was sufficiently impressed to offer his expertise. Before he ...

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