Recording News

Curtis Stigers to Release New Album

Source: On Target Media Group
September 22, 2009

Next week, Concord Jazz will release Lost in Dreams, the new album from vocalist-saxophonist Curtis Stigers. Lost in Dreams combines Stigers' signature brand of jazz, soul, pop, and blues along with his take on classic and contemporary standards. A couple members of the Lost in Dreams supporting cast include longtime keyboardist Matthew Fries and drummer Keith Hall along with newcomer bassist Cliff Schmitt. With help from this tight unit, Stigers mixes his own material with a ...

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Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection Super-Deluxe Box Set

Source: Michael Ricci
September 22, 2009

THE COMPLETE MILES DAVIS COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION is an historic release event. The super-deluxe box set contains 52 CD and double-CD albums--which includes the previously unreleased full-length audio version of Isle Of Wight performance from 1970--70 CDs in all. (Rarities and other previously unreleased material still exist in the vast Miles Davis archive, and they are delineated here.) The box set adds a bonus DVD, Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe ...

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Pianist Monika Herzig Discovers Peace on Earth is More Than Just a Dream

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
September 21, 2009

World traveler and pianist Monika Herzig releases worldwide distribution of Peace on Earth November 3, 2009 under the Owl Studios label.

The journey to musical success wasn’t easy for Monika Herzig. Armed with just a suitcase, guitar and a cup full of dreams, Monika and her guitarist Peter Kienle, immigrated to the US from Germany on a one-year student exchange program in August 1988. Virtually penniless, the full-time adventurers figured if they could just make it to America (the ...

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New Version of Iconic Rock Anthem "21st Century Schizoid Man"

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

In conjunction with the upcoming 40th Anniversary of its original release (Oct 12, 1969) as a track on King Crimson's first album, entitled In the Court of the Crimson King, the iconic rock anthem “21st Century Schizoid Man" has been re-recorded and re-released by “The Human Experimente," a multi-faceted project based in Santa Monica, CA. “The Human Experimente" has been founded by Emmy Award winning musician/composer/executive producer Jeffrey Fayman, and also includes as guest artists original “King Crimson" guitarist and ...

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From Jazz Royalty, Boston Drum Talent Zeke Martin Makes a Musical Mark for Himself

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
September 20, 2009

The Zeke Martin Project CD release celebration Friday September 25, 2009, 12PM-1AM PRECINCT 70 UNION SQUARE Somerville, MA 02143 617-623-9211 http://www.precinctbar.com/ Includes appearances by Persian Blue and Richard Saunders Show begins at 9pm

You don’t have to go back too far to find the musical inspiration in Zeke Martin’s past. His father, Stu Martin, accompanied some of jazz’s great talents, including Herbie Hancock, Charlies Mingus, Quincy Jones, and ...

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Rufus Wainwright Creates His Own Oz

Source: Michael Ricci
September 20, 2009

The devoted fan dressed up as Judy Garland during a 2007 concert that has been turned into a CD and DVD, 'Milwaukee at Last!'

Martin Scorsese once called Rufus Wainwright a “one-man Greek chorus." The hyperliterate singer-songwriter is the son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, a devoted fan of Judy Garland and recently an opera composer. (His first, the French-language “Prima Donna," premiered this summer.) His next release is a live album, “Milwaukee at Last!!!," which ...

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On October 13, 2009 - Motema Music Will Release Roni Ben-Hur's "Fortuna"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
September 18, 2009

On October 13, 2009 - Motma Music will release RONI BEN-HUR’S FORTUNA Featuring Ronnie Mathews, Rufus Reid, Lewis Nash and Steve Kroon “a guitarist with a veiled tone and hornlike attack like vintage Kenny Burrell.” --Francis Davis, The Village Voice On October 13, 2009, Motema Music proudly releases Fortuna, the much-anticipated new recording from guitarist, composer, arranger, educator and author, Roni Ben-Hur. Fortuna follows up Ben-Hur’s critically-acclaimed recordings, Smile (Motema, 2008), which was recorded with fellow guitar great Gene Bertoncini, ...

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Anzic Records to Release "Project A" from Saxophonist Joel Frahm + Hammond B3 Player/Pianist Bruce Katz

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
September 18, 2009

“Katz is a killer on the B3” --Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes “Joel Frahm, one of the young band leaders often heard in New York’s small jazz clubs, sounds supremely comfortable playing the tenor saxophone.” --Ben Ratliff, The New York Times Available August 25, 2009 on Anzic Records Joel Frahm + Bruce Katz – Project A – Live at The Jazz Standard in NYC – Sept 1, 2 + 3 In the lexicon of soul.. A is for Aretha. On August 25 ...

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