Recording News

Father Figures Upcoming NYC Shows

Source: Michael Ricci
September 3, 2009

Father Figures: Tuesday, September 8th, 9 PM, at Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, with Dave Treut's Detroit and Jeremy Udden's Ones and Zeros

The music can be described as a psychedelic jazz / rock hybrid, energized and honest. Though live, the performance is a flow from composed to improvised (accompanied by carousel slides from the 1950s), this first album is all improvisations. Father Figures recorded 5 hours of improvisations, over the course of 4 months onto a 4-track ...

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Rodrigo Y Gabriela Add Dates New Album Due 9/8

Source: JamBase
September 3, 2009

Rodrigo y Gabriela Announce Additional North American Tour Dates New Album, 11:11, In Stores And Online September 8

Rodrigo y Gabriela Rodrigo y Gabriela have just added a number of October dates to their upcoming North American tour. With the duo's new album, 11:11, being released on September 8, the tour begins in mid-September and runs through most of October. The upcoming tour is destined to be an energetic display of the guitar virtuosos' famed live show and ...

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Melodic Thinking

Source: All About Jazz
September 2, 2009

Thinking Out Loud is the latest introspective from guitar-stunner Trey Wright. Mr. Wright assembles a trio for this rendering of eight originals and two bold covers of current rock artists.

Thinking Out Loud captures the magical interplay that drummer Marlon Patton (Universal Music Group's Heavy Mojo) and bass-ace Marc Miller have developed live. The strong melodic bass lines braid through modern jazz/rock drum rhythms and provide a unique, fresh foundation for Mr. Wright's contemplative voice. Recorded mostly live and with ...

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Austin Jazz Workshop Releases Mystery Note

Source: All About Jazz
September 2, 2009

The Austin Jazz Workshop a nonprofit group of professional musicians dedicated to jazz performance and education in Austin public schools, is proud to release its fifth compact disc recording, Mystery Note: Austin Jazz Workshop plays Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

The disc features Alex Coke and Michael Melinger on flutes and saxophones, Ron Westray on trombone, Floyd Domino on piano, Michael Stevens on bass, and Rob Kazenel on drums.

The sextet plays compositions written or popularized by the great wind player, Rahsaan ...

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Spencer Day Set for Concord Debut

Source: On Target Media Group
September 2, 2009

Next week, Concord Jazz will release Vagabond, the highly anticipated new album from singer songwriter & pianist Spencer Day.

Day's 14 track Concord Jazz debut draws from the 'Great American Songbook' and is infused with contemporary influences from artists like Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield and Burt Bacharach, further cementing his reputation as a balladeer for the new century. In the past year alone, Spencer Day has also opened for Rufus Wainwright at the Napa Valley Opera House, and appeared at ...

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The Song is You: Woodstock Jazz 1981

Source: Jazz Loft Publicity
September 1, 2009

All of those players could have just stood up there for the moment to be thrilling. But as an added attraction they actually played together They put on a show memorable for all time. ECM Records press release on the Woodstock Jazz Festival

The raw, live quality of these performances is balanced with a clarity of sound that makes the listener feel as though he were sitting at the edge of the stage. The compositions are mere launching ...

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Nat King Cole is Reinterpreted on 'Re: Generations'

Source: Michael Ricci
September 1, 2009

It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering street-side ovations.

“There was so much affection, it's hard to describe what it was like," said Carole Cole, one of the late singer's daughters. “It was almost like the entire population of Rio de Janeiro turned out en masse to welcome him and throw roses at his feet. He and my mother were invited to stay at the presidential palace. He was treated ...

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Jazz-Funk Adventure on Stephen Pfister's "Music from the Man Cave" CD

Source: Creativity in Music
September 1, 2009

Jazz-Funk Adventure on Stephen Pfister's “Music From The Man Cave" CD

Recorded during the peak of a brutal Maine winter and in the solace of his garage upstairs, multi-instrumentalist/producer Stephen Pfister created the outstanding funky modern soul/jazz CD “Music From The Man Cave". The CD is Pfister's fifth and strongest to date and radio programmers have responded to it with numerous airplay spins. Listeners and radio programmmers can go to www.cdbaby.com/pfister4 to listen to tracks and order the CD. The ...

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