Recording News

Award Winning Blind Guitarist Joey Stuckey to Release New Jazz Ep

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 29, 2009

Macon, GA - You can't travel down south without hearing someone rave about guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, radio and TV personality Joey Stuckey, who holds the distinction of being the Official Ambassador of Music for Macon, Georgia (home of the 'southern sound'). Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio & TV personality, music columnist, inspirational speaker, educator and sound engineer. Joey's guitar style is reminiscent of rocker Jeff Beck and a jazzier Wes Montgomery, while his ...

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Jerry Garcia Band: Let It Rock

Source: JamBase
October 29, 2009

JERRY GARCIA BAND WILL LET IT ROCK Double-Disc Collection Includes Rare Early Performances Of The Group's Original Lineup Featuring Legendary Pianist Nicky Hopkins, Recorded Live In Berkeley, November 1975

For Jerry Garcia, 1975 was a seminal year that found him splitting time between recording Blues for Allah with the Dead, directing The Grateful Dead Movie, and forming the Jerry Garcia Band - his long-running side project. JGB's earliest days are the subject of a two-disc live ...

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Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum and Previte: New Releases on Auand Records

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2009

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"Fire in My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African American Gospel, 1944-2007" (Tompkins Square) out Today!

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2009

Fire in My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African American Gospel, 1944-2007 (Tompkins Square) Almost 4 hours of super-compelling, undiluted, stripped-down gospel on 3 discs! The majority of this music has never been reissued on CD, or in any other form (most tracks were originally released on regional independent labels). Most post-WWII compilations of African-American gospel music naturally concentrate on the astounding quartet and solo vocalist sounds made during the music's Golden Age. Fire In My Bones attempts to address ...

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Billy Cobham New Release "Palindrome" in 2010

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2009

The Legendary Drummer Billy Cobham's new CD Palindrome is set to be released at the beginning of 2010.

About Billy Cobham

The legendary Billy Cobham, with his matchless, dazzling, ambidextrous skills as a drummer, has applied the same insistent fervor to his long list of monumental achievements. Hes an accomplished composer and record producer. It is a rarely known fact that he was at the forefront of the electronic music industry and its development through Jazz. He was one of ...

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Dreyfus Jazz to Release 7 Guitar Albums in Celebration of Django Reinhardt's 100th Birthday

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2009

Dreyfus Jazz celebrates the 100th Birthday of one of the most influential guitarists--Django Reinhardt--with an expansive series of new albums by today's jazz guitar masters. The French jazz label unveils new recordings by Bireli Lagrene, Dorado Schmitt & Family, Luis Salinas, Sylvain Luc, Philip Catherine, and new signing Rocky Gresset. Also to be released - Generation Django--a two CD collection of music inspired by great gypsy guitarist, featuring dozens of great players including Reinhardt's son and grandson; with an exclusively ...

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Drummer/Composer Dana Hall Debuts with "Into the Light" on Origin Records, Nov. 17

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
October 28, 2009

Chicago-based drummer and composer Dana Hall has been in demand as a sideman for nearly two decades, working with major names in jazz such as Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Benny Golson, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and Kenny Barron. He's also an educator, the musical director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and--since 2006--leader of an all-star quintet featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonist Tim Warfield Jr., pianist Bruce Barth, and bassist Rodney Whitaker. On his outstanding CD debut as ...

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Bassist Evan Marien's Debut "Between Worlds" on Art of Life Records

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2009

Art of Life Records is pleased to present bassist and composer Evan Marien's recording debut for Art of Life Records. Joining Evan on Between Worlds are Jovol Bell on drums, Andy Berman on guitar, David Fiuczynski on fretted and fretless guitars, Thomas Hartman on drums, Evgeny Lebedev on keyboards, Randy Runyon on guitar, Jeffrey Villanueva on drums and Jeremy Vovcsko on alto saxophone. All songs were composed by Evan. “Between Worlds" was recorded by Eric Kilburn and Matt Hayes at ...

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