Recording News

French Music Legends Magma to Release Final Installment of Epic Trilogy - Emehntehtt-Re

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
November 9, 2009

Paris, France - One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles, Magma, will be releasing the final installment to their most recent epic trilogy. Titled Emehntehtt-Re, Magma's new opus will be released internationally on November 5, 2009 on Seventh Records. This marks the second trilogy by the legendary French band, the first being Theusz Hamtaahk. Magma was founded in Paris in 1969 by drummer Christian Vander, who derived his inspiration from a “vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that ...

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Bassist Dave Young Releases New CD "Mean What You Say"

Source: Michael Ricci
November 9, 2009

Multiple Award-winning Bassist, Composer and Arranger, Dave Young Releases New Quartet CD, Mean What You Say

Featuring Kevin Turcotte, Robi Botos and Frank Botos

and...celebrates his new recording with a Special CD Launch at

Toronto's vibrant new Jazz Venue,

“The TRANE STUDIO Jazz Lounge" Thursday - November 12th - from 8:00 pm

“To my way of thinking, Dave Young is one of the most talented bassists on the jazz scene. His harmonic simpatico and unerring sense of time have kept ...

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Canadian Jazz Icon Terry Clarke Releases CD "It's About Time"

Source: Michael Ricci
November 9, 2009

Award-winning Drummer and Canadian Jazz Icon Terry Clarke releases his FIRST recording as a leader,

It's About Time (BlueMusicGroup.com - CD #7023)

Featuring Phil Dwyer, Don Thompson, Jim Hall, Joe Lovano and Greg Osby

...and celebrates his first fifty years in Jazz!!!

“It's About Time is a series of intimate and emotionally compelling jazz conversations between friends and colleagues...my sole purpose at this juncture in my life is to present music that embodies the joy that I feel playing with ...

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Pianist David Leonhardt Releases "Bach to the Blues"

Source: Kari-On Productions
November 8, 2009

You may know that David Leonhardt has 38 years of professional experience with many of the top names in jazz from Benny Carter to Stan Getz. You may not know: he played for twenty five years with David “Fathead" Newman recording and arranging 5 CDs ; spent four years as musical director for jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks touring the world; spent twelve years freelancing in New York City, Broadway to the Today Show, jazz clubs to dance halls, Bar Mitzvahs ...

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Taj Mahal/David Hidalgo: Album

Source: JamBase
November 8, 2009

TAJ MAHAL AND DAVID HIDALGO COME TOGETHER WITH ROOTS GROUP LOS CENZONTLES FOR AMERICAN HORIZON

Taj Mahal Blues legend Taj Mahal and master guitarist/multi-instrumentalist David Hidalgo(Los Lobos) have collaborated with Mexican-American roots group Los Cenzontles (pronounced los senn-sont-less) to tell a timely story of hope, struggle and gratitude of the American worker. Traversing traditional Mexican, blues, cumbia and psychedelic rock styles, they create a distinctive, fresh and exciting sound. The November 3 release or American Horizon is available ...

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CCR: The Singles Collection

Source: JamBase
November 8, 2009

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL'S THE SINGLES COLLECTION PRESENTING 30 SONGS FROM 1968 THROUGH 1972, OUT NOW ON FANTASY RECORDS

Creedence Clearwater Revival's golden era of hit singles (fall of 1968 through spring of 1972) rivals that of any band in rock 'n' roll history. The Southern-flavored quartet from El Cerrito, California, turned out 17 hits in a 44-month stretch, nine of them in the Top 10, five of them in the Top 5.

Fantasy Records have released The Singles ...

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Jazz Pianist/Trombonist/Vocalist/Composer Henry Darragh Releases Debut CD Tell Her for Me

Source: Michael Ricci
November 8, 2009

Henry Darragh's debut recording Tell Her For Me shows the maturity of a seasoned multi-instrumentalist who has traveled down many roads on his musical journey, from trombone sit-ins with popular Houston electronic artists (DJ Sun's collective Solar Grooves, Joe B's Rebel Crew, et al.), to his work with a Tejano Funk band (TJ Funk), the Broadway Show Jersey Boys, the Steve Lippia Big Band, Adela Dalto, and grinding out jazz gigs with many of the best musicians in Houston. But ...

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Sat Eye Candy: Fleetwood Mac

Source: JamBase
November 8, 2009

A SMATTERING FROM ONE OF ROCK'S GREATEST SOAP OPERAS

We don't really have a particular reason for choosing Fleetwood Mac this week. Maybe it's just the gypsy in our soul, but here's a handful of good ones from a band that's made an awful lot of swell rock 'n' roll since 1967, no matter what the lineup might be.

Let's jump off with a nasty classic from the early Peter Green led years, later covered by Jimmy Page and The ...

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