Recording News

Saxophonist Alex Terrier Announces the Release of His Sophomore Album "Roundtrip"

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

Available October 6, 2009 on Terrier’s newly launched label, Barking Cat Records @ Alexterriermusic.com, CDBaby.com and iTunes Alex Terrier CD Release Celebrations: September 29, 9:00 PM @ Puppets, Puppetsjazz.com (481 5th Ave, Bklyn, NY), NO COVER October 8, 8:00 PM @ Cafe Iguana iguananyc.com (240 W 54th St, NYC) – An evening sponsored by Vandoren, presenting the new recordings from saxophonists Alex Terrier, Benny Reid, and Jacques Schwarz-Bartz NO COVER October 10, 7:00-10:00 PM @ Drom, dromnyc.com (85 Avenue A, ...

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Grammy Winner Cassandra Wilson to Open Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
September 18, 2009

World-renowned jazz musician and vocalist Cassandra Wilson will kick off the Hyde Park Jazz Festival with a performance at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 at the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The concert will include selections from Wilson's most recent album, “Loverly, “ which earned a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, plus a collaboration with students from the Kenwood Academy Concert Choir. The students will perform several songs with Wilson, including an original piece that will ...

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Stefon Harris and Blackout Release New Jazz Album "Urbanus" on Concord Jazz

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
September 18, 2009

Mighty hot stuff...check out the Stefon Harris and Blackout video for “Gone" off the new album Urbanus, released on Concord Jazz on August 25th, 2009... Urbanus, the new release by vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris signifies his 7th album as a band leader and his Concord Records debut. The new album picks up where 2004's Evolution left off in that it features Blackout, his scintillating ensemble that's as versed in modern jazz as it is with rhythms, melodies and soundscapes associated with ...

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Cyro Baptista:Infinito

Source: JamBase
September 18, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

There are musicians whose presence bestows a stamp of quality and originality regardless of the specific project, and Cyro Baptista is surely of this breed. He infects music with his joyful gusto for his craft, leaving one slightly heated and nicely agitated. One quickly picks up on this energy with opener “Infinito Coming," a mighty updraft that lifts feet from the cold, cold ground. Baptista's current ensemble, Banquet of the Spirits, is a warming delight. Playful, wildly ...

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New Fela Kuti Reissue Series Begins!

Source: Big Hassle
September 18, 2009

KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS TO BEGIN COMPLETE FELA REISSUE SERIES FIRST RELEASE TO BE THE BEST OF THE BLACK PRESIDENT WITH EXCLUSIVE DVD ON OCTOBER 27, 2009 FIRST TIME ALL 45 TITLES WILL BE RELEASED ON VINYL IN NORTH AMERICA FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF ENTIRE CATALOGUE OF FELA'S 1960s BAND: KOOLA LOBITOS BROADWAY MUSICAL FELA! TO OPEN NOVEMBER 23 AT EUGENE O'NEIL THEATRE Knitting Factory Records is very excited to announce that over the next 18 months, all 45 Fela titles ...

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Jazz Vocalist Sylvia Brooks to Bring the Glamour Back with Debut CD Release "Dangerous Liaisons"

Source: Michael Ricci
September 17, 2009

"If you’ve never heard her perform, you’re missing one of the Southland’s great talents" --Gorgeous Magazine LOS ANGELES, CA. Singer and actor Sylvia Brooks is set to thrill listeners with the release of Dangerous Liaisons, her debut full-length CD featuring a collection of songs that stretches from the palm-lined causeway connecting Miami to Palm Island and its famed Latin Quarter, to New York City’s Harlem and the legendary Cotton Club. The roadmap of Sylvia’s musical tastes began to come almost ...

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Chloe Temtchine Nabs NY-1 TV Segment on Truck Tour, CD Earns Raves

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 17, 2009

Pop/soul/R&B singer Chloe Temtchine has taken guerilla marketing to the next level, adding wheels and an engine with her trailblazing “Where In The Truck Is Chloe?” tour.

NY-1 TV spent some time with the up-and-coming artist last week, and noted: “Aspiring musicians who want to promote their music in New York City sometimes have to just keep on trucking. That's literally what local singer/songwriter Chloe Temtchine is doing – singing out of the back of a pick-up truck at sites ...

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Trumpeter Chris Tedesco Releases New Jazz CD - "Living the Dream"

Source: All About Jazz
September 17, 2009

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