Recording News

Art Pepper's Last Chorus

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 4, 2009

Listening to the Art Pepper CDs for the new batch of recommendations in Doug's Picks stimulated memories of time spent with Pepper not long before he died. The occasion was the basis of an article in Texas Monthly. Later, in slightly different form, it ended up as part of a chapter in Jazz Matters. Here it is as a bonus post--or as a marketing ploy for a twenty-year-old book that manages to stay in print--or as an excuse to show ...

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Ithamara Koorax to Release Bim Bom - The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook Celebrating 50 Years of Joao Gilberto

Source: GoMedia PR
September 3, 2009

Acclaimed Brazilian Vocalist Pays Tribute to Gilberto's Prodigious Talents as a Composer on Motema's Second “Jazz Therapy" Release While 2008 marked the “official" 50th anniversary of the bossa nova--a style first recorded in Brazil by guitarist Joao Gilberto on the 1958 song “Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues)--2009 marks yet another key anniversary: the 50th anniversary of the release of Gilberto's genre defining debut LP, also titled Chega de Saudade, with which he widely popularized and in many ways epitomized ...

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Big Bands Get Me Going

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
September 3, 2009

Just must be the year for me to truly appreciate big bands, especially those with a more “modernistic" bent (although I really do love Duke Ellington and Count Basie.)Here are some links and videos for you to enjoy (or, at least, peruse.)Hie thee to Darcy James Argue Secret Society blog (link below and look for “live" audio) and download (for free, no less) the audio from the Band's July 15th 2009 gig at Le Poison Rouge.  ...

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The Ones That (Nearly) Got Away (Part 1)

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
September 3, 2009

Over the next few postings, we'll take a look at number of the fine new releases of the summer of 2009.Bassist-guitarist-composer Joe Morris is one busy man and has 2 very fine recordings out on the AUM Fidelity label.  “Wildlife“ features the trio of Morris (bass), Luther Gray (drums) and Petr Cancura (alto & tenor saxophones) careering their way through 4 high-powered group improvisations.  Morris, who began playing bass only 8 years ago, is a solid player, not ...

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John Mayall to Release "Tough" September 15th

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
September 3, 2009

EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT IS PROUD TO PRESENT JOHN MAYALL’S “TOUGH"

New Studio Album By The Blues Master – His 57th To Date New York, NY--Over the years, Eagle Rock Entertainment has developed a strong relationship with legendary blues master John Mayall. On September 15, 2009, through their wholly-owned Eagle Records subsidiary, Mayall’s dynamic and masterful new piece of work: Tough (Pre-book order date August 21, MSRP $13.98) will be released. On this, his self-produced 57th studio ...

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The Discordian Trio Release Debut Album

Source: Michael Ricci
September 3, 2009

Young jazz explorers The Discordian Trio have just released their debut album entitled “The Discordian Trio Presents The Discordian Trio” (Fabrikant Records), which was recorded, mixed and mastered in August 2009. This is the second release from the recently formed Edinburgh-based band, arriving one year on from their first EP ,“The Discordian Trio”. The trio comprises of Jack Weir - guitar (23), Craig MacFadyen - bass (23) and Richard Kass – drums (21). On the new album the band display ...

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Concord Music Group Presents Its 13th Edition of Classic Prestige Records RVG Remasters on September 8th

Source: DL Media
September 3, 2009

CONCORD MUSIC GROUP PRESENTS ITS 13th EDITION OF CLASSIC PRESTIGE RECORDS RVG REMASTERS ON SEPTEMBER 8th TITLES INCLUDE REMASTERED CDS BY LEGENDARY ENGINEER RUDY VAN GELDER: THELONIOUS MONK QUINTET: MONK (1953) SONNY ROLLINS WITH THELONIOUS MONK AND KENNY DORHAM: MOVING OUT (1954) RED GARLAND QUINTET WITH JOHN COLTRANE: DIG IT! (1957) On September 8th, the Concord Music Group will release the next installment of the ...

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Prestige Records Releases "Side Steps," a 5-CD Boxed Set of John Coltrane's Prestige Recordings as a Sideman to a Host of Jazz Luminaries

Source: DL Media
September 3, 2009

PRESTIGE RECORDS RELEASES “SIDE STEPS," A 5-CD BOXED SET OF JOHN COLTRANE'S PRESTIGE RECORDINGS AS A SIDEMAN TO A HOST OF JAZZ LUMINARIES The artistic prowess of saxophonist John Coltrane was so expansive and influential - even in his own short lifetime, let alone in the decades since his death - that it's difficult to quantify or differentiate his significance as a leader, a collaborator, a sideman or any other role in ...

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