Recording News

New from ECM New Series

Source: ECM Records
September 10, 2009

NehartKim Kashkashian's new album is a carefully composed program addressing fascinating connections between three contemporary composers from Israel and Armenia.NPR's All Things Considered aired a wonderful piece by Robert Siegel. Click here to listen. J.S. Bach: Six PartitasAndrs Schiff returns with a superb interpretation of Bach's Six Partitas, recorded live in September 2007 at Neumarkt Reitstadl one of the best piano music venues in Europe. The ...

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Four Brothers: Together Again!

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 10, 2009

At 3 p.m. on February 11, 1957, four saxophonists who had played in Woody's Herman's late-1940s bands entered Webster Hall in New York City to record an album for RCA's Vik label. The musicians were Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward and Serge Chaloff. Except for a two-hour dinner break, the session lasted 10 hours, wrapping at 1 a.m. The result was The Four Brothers: Together Again!, a superb album that shows off the enormous reed work of four seasoned ...

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Recent Listening: Stefon Harris

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 10, 2009

Stefon Harris And Blackout, Urbanus (Concord). Harris is one of the brightest legatees of the vibraphone tradition glorified by Milt Jackson and such of his successors as Walt Dickerson, Cal Tjader and Bobby Hutcherson. The Jackson school played an important part in Harris's development as a soloist. But, born in 1973, he came to maturity in the 1990s and is under the spell of not only bebop but also the pop culture of his time. The music he grew up ...

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"Christmas with Sinatra & Friends" CD Due October 6 from Concord Records

Source: conqueroo
September 10, 2009

Set features holiday songs from Sinatra as well as tracks from Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles and Betty Carter.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Concord Records' upcoming release Christmas With Sinatra & Friends, features both classic and rare holiday songs by some of America's most treasured vocalists including Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles, Betty Carter and of course Sinatra himself singing eight of the collection's 12 songs, licensed from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE). The collection ...

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Taj Mahal, Dave Hidalgo Unite on "American Horizon" with Los Cenzontles

Source: conqueroo
September 10, 2009

Legendary Bluesman and Los Lobos co-frontman join Bay Area roots group to craft an album of labor, love and the American Dream

OAKLAND, Calif. -- 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 ...

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"Raindrops and Elephants" Coming on October 13

Source: Michael Ricci
September 10, 2009

Similar to Kruder & Dorfmeister and Jazzanova, Vienna-based Hamburg native Ulf Lindemann aka [dunkelbunt] is part of the creative DJ movement which transcends standard Central European techno and house music by drawing inspiration from other genres and cultures. His remixes for artists as various as Balkan Beat Box, 17 Hippies, and the Amsterdam Klezmer Band have gained him international renown.

While spinning records in San Francisco, Istanbul, Barcelona, Melbourne, London, Budapest and Capetown, [dunkelbunt] was exposed to Piranha's rich catalogue ...

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The Doors: Live in New York

Source: JamBase
September 9, 2009

Live In New York Documents The Doors' Final Four New York Concerts with Jim Morrison In Their Entirety with Six-Disc Collection Boxed Set Due November 10, 180-Gram Vinyl Pressings of All the Band's Studio Albums Available September 15

Rhino and Bright Midnight Archives unleash four inspired performances from The Doors' final tour with Live In New York. The latest addition to the band's acclaimed series of archival concert releases, this six-disc collection contains all four of ...

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Neil Young Live Album Dreamin' Man Due in Nov

Source: JamBase
September 9, 2009

Neil Young: Dreamin' Man

Neil Young has announced his next archival release, Dreamin' Man. Officially offered as Neil Young Archives Performance Series #12, the album will be released “on or about November 2" according to www.neilyoung.com. Comprised of live songs off Harvest Moon and recorded in concert halls during 1992, the disc offers a closer look at the seminal album 17 years after its release.

Neil Young tour dates available here.

For more on Neil Young see our exclusive feature/interview ...

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