Recording News

Concord Jazz Will Release Benny Reid's "Escaping Shadows" on September 15

Source: Fully Altered Media
August 28, 2009

Concord Jazz announced the release of Escaping Shadows, the sophomore album from alto saxophonist and bandleader Benny Reid. On his new release, 28-year-old Reid reveals the next vital step in his maturation as an adventurous artist and an ambitious composer. The album features nine originals and one cover song, and will be available everywhere September 15, 2009. Produced by Reid and Chris Dunn, Escaping Shadows spotlights Reid and his band as embarking on a passionate, largely upbeat and lyrical journey. ...

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Six Degrees Announces Brownout Album & Us Tour

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 27, 2009

If ever a band could boast having a complex genealogical tree, that band is Brownout. The eight-piece, Latin funk ensemble based in Austin, Texas, is both offspring and germinating seed to Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma. The latter in turn traces its roots to when Austin based Blue Noise Band and The Blimp, from booming border town of Laredo, Texas, converged in its conception.

Brownout may well be Grupo Fantasma's psychedelic Latin funk little brother, an offshoot of the collective that regularly ...

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Gretchen Parlato's "In a Dream" Released on Obliqsound on August 25

Source: Michael Ricci
August 27, 2009

Gretchen Parlato's voice is a thing of wonder. Striking the ideal balance between precision and flexibility, she is never predictable, blurring the lines between singer and instrumentalist as she takes a lyric -- and at other times improvised flights of wordless fancy -- to places it's never before been. On In a Dream, her debut album for ObliqSound released August 25, Parlato and her intuitive support team reinvent constantly, Parlato impeccably articulating in a voice so ethereal that the listener ...

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Bill Champlin:No Place Left to Fall

Source: JamBase
August 26, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

It always sounds like a reach when one calls a release “career defining" or anything of the sort but No Place Left To Fall (released August 4 on DreamMakers Music) goes some way towards offering an honest snapshot of Bill Champlin, longtime member of Chicago (until recently) and founder of '60s ground zero groove pioneers the Sons of Champlin. This is a pro's pro at work, pouring heart and soul into carefully assembled tunes that shimmer with ...

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James Moody "4A" New CD from IPO Recordings

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 26, 2009

IPO Recordings Is Please To Announce The New CD From JAMES Moody 4A Featuring James Moody - Tenor Saxophone Kenny Barron – Piano Todd Coolman – Bass Lewis Nash – Drums JAMES Moody 4A (IPO 1016) Street Date: August 25, 2009 Distributed By Allegro LIVE APPEARANCE SEPTEMBER 3-6 AT IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB, NEW YORK CITY The most recent ...

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The Monterey Jazz Quartet Releases Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

Source: On Target Media Group
August 26, 2009

The new Monterey Jazz Quartet release, Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival - is out today (CD & digital) on Concord Records / Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Recorded live at the 50th anniversary event at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the CD documents the first-ever collaboration and premier performance of the all-star group comprised of bassist Dave Holland, saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and drummer Eric Harland. Holland, Potter, and Harland (with Jason Moran filling ...

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Chesky Records Releases Jen Chapin's "Revisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 25, 2009

New York, NY -- Chesky Records, the premiere audiophile label founded by multi-Grammy-nominated composer David Chesky and his brother Norman, announces the release of Jen Chapin's reVisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder. The 12-track Hybrid SACD (Super-Audio Compact Disc), also featuring Stephan Crump on bass and Chris Cheek on soprano, tenor, and baritone sax, includes 10 Stevie Wonder songs and two of Jen's own works. Songs by Stevie include “You Haven't Done Nothin',” “Master Blaster,” “Visions,” “Higher Ground,” “Jesus Children of ...

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In Walked Monk: Bobby Broom on His New Album and Personal Jazz Heroes

Source: Michael Ricci
August 25, 2009

Bobby Broom was just a teenager when he became enamored with jazz, but even then he figured hed started too late.

As the Chicago-based guitarist explains in the interview below, he realized even in 1976 that human mortality being what it is it would be years before he acquired the chops needed to play with his be bop heroes. How many would still be around when Broom was ready? An impressive percentage, as it turned out. And Broom has made ...

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