Recording News

Al/Capone Band Debuts "MR. Smooth", a New Contemporary Jazz CD

Source: TMA E-Marketing
September 1, 2009

Mr. Smooth, the new smooth jazz CD from the Al/Capone Band is now available at the band's new website, www.CaponeLive.com. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) September 1, 2009 -- The Al/Capone Band today announced the availability of their new jazz CD entitled, Mr. Smooth. The CD is a mix of smooth jazz, fusion, R&B, funk and Latin music and can be sampled and purchased on the band's new website, CaponeLive.com. The CC Entertainment label presents eleven new songs performed by a renowned ...

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Scott Tixier New Album Coming Soon

Source: Jessica Fagan
September 1, 2009

In 2007, he won the first prize of the “Trophes du Sunside”, one of the most important Award for a young jazz musician in France. Some months later, he moves to New York City. Scott has studied in several workshop with some of the finest jazz musicians like: Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Steve Coleman... he was endorsed by Corelli strings (Savarez) Scott Tixier has met and received recommendation letters from: Jean-Luc Ponty, Pat Metheny, Marcus Miller, Mark Feldman, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, ...

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Maria Muldaur Leads the Jug Band Revival

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2009

Maria Muldaur is coming full circle and returning to her roots with a new jug band album, Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy. The CD will be released by Stony Plain in Canada on September 29, and on October 6 in the U.S. and foreign territories. The release will be followed by a six-week tour throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The new album is a reunion between the Grammy-nominated singer and alumni of the legendary Even Dozen Jug Band, ...

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Gerald Clayton - Two Shade Voted Must Have CD of 2009

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Gerald Clayton's debut album was released on ArtistShare on July 1st. It has already been getting rave reviews by everyone from the New York Times to jazz.com. Recently, it was voted in the Top 10 Must Have CD's by the Audiophiliac, a part of C-Net. Two Shade made the list along with other acts like Elvis Costello and John Mellencamp.

Steve Guttenburg of the Audiophiliac had this to say about Two Shade:

'Clayton's nimble piano trio delivers hard-driving pieces and ...

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Mingus's "Pithecanthropus Erectus" Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus's breakthrough as a leader and composer.

The year was 1956. The defining moment was framed in no less than the historic Atlantic Studios in New York City, with the legendary producer Nesuhi Ertegn at the ready. From the start of the title cut, Mingus electrified with a 4-bar motif that would later be compared to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme.

As an unrivalled master of the bass, Mingus also established himself with this masterwork as ...

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Nagual CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

With its second independent release, Sacramento, CA based Nagual continues to expand its musical reach. With an emphasis on improvisation, the music on this new release spans a wide range of musical influences yet still maintains a distinct ensemble sound.

Led by guitarist/composer Victor Contreras, Nagual members Scott Anderson, Saxophones; Paul Relvas, Bass; Harold Mu, Congas; and Ron Ochoa, Drums; and their musical guests, have combined their vast professional musical experience and individual creativity to provide an experience that encourages ...

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Sony Music Entertainment and Experience Hendrix Announce Exclusive Licensing Partnership for Jimi Hendrix Catalog

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2009

Sony Music Entertainment and Experience Hendrix L.L.C. have agreed to a monumental catalog licensing deal to set the stage for a worldwide campaign to make all of Jimi’s extraordinary music, including classics, never before heard archive recordings, and filmed concerts available through every type of media.

Legacy Recordings, Sony’s catalog music division, will issue definitive deluxe editions of the classics released during Jimi’s all too brief career including GRAMMY(R) Hall Of Fame Inductees “Are You Experienced”, “Axis: Bold As Love”, ...

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New Slavic Soul Party! Album "Taketron" on September 22 Plus Us Tour Dates

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 31, 2009

Slavic Soul Party! is more than a band, it's a promise. Anyone who has seen them live can attest to that. The massive brass band is a supercollider of Eastern European sounds from the Balkans and all the funk of American musical traditions like second-line, gospel, and jazz. Hybridity isn't just a buzzword with this New York City-based group - domestic and foreign, new and old - it's a fact of life. The fusion even carries over into the title ...

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