Recording News

Latin Giants Orchestra (Formerly Tito Puente Orchestra) Launch Fan-Funded Album

Source: Services for Artists
August 18, 2009

The Latin Giants Orchestra call on their fans from all corners of the globe to support the continuance of the latin big band sound.

This fan drive includes options that allow the supporter to purchase a package that will include a limited edition album including bonus tracks, signed by the band's founders, and puts them in drawings for free tickets to concerts, merchandise, autographed posters, to name a few. Fans are also asked to name the album, choose the album ...

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Agustin Barreto Presents His Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 18, 2009

Jazz Fusion Bassist, Agustin Barreto is excited to announce the launch of his first album, Between My Walls.

Includes nine original compositions by Barreto and his amazing solo performance of Rimsky-Korsakovs “Flight of the Bumble Bee," featuring world renown percussionist, Giovanni Hidalgo. Tracks “Jaco-Me," “Latina and Furia" are Barreto's most popular downloads on iTunes.

Barreto has played with such artists as Jose Feliciano, Jerry Gonzalez, Dom Famularo, Willie Coln, Ralph Irizarry, Bobby Valentn and others. During a stint as musical ...

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Legendary Bassist "Ready" Freddie Washington Finds His "Moment" on Debut Release

Source: Shore Fire Media
August 18, 2009

The legendary bassist Freddie Washington has played on sessions or on tour with a “dazzling" (AllMusic) list of notables, including Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Leonard Cohen, and is now touring worldwide with Steely Dan. But he's never released a solo record - until now. On his long-awaited debut In The Moment (RFW Productions), “Ready" Freddie writes and produces a “well-dressed... pocket-perfect outing" that “reinvents the concept of 'quiet storm'" (Bass Player). At the forefront is ...

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Dena Taylor: Determined Vocalist Produces Music in the Face of Adversity

Source: MyMusicSuccess.com
August 18, 2009

Texan jazz diva Dena Taylor has today received glowing acclaim from online music website MyMusicSuccess.Com for her recent album release Round Midnight. This collection of classic jazz tracks features a number of all time favourites from “Let's Face The Music And Dance" to the the more bluesy “Route 66" and more. MyMusicSuccess' jazz reviewer Tara Isabella Burton describes Dena's sound: “Smoky, sexy, soft--the velvety voice of Dena Taylor dominates not just a corner of the room but indeed the entire ...

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Radiohead Release New Song: Free Download Now Available

Source: JamBase
August 18, 2009

Radiohead Release New Song: “These Are My Twisted Words" For Free Download

Radiohead Rumors of an entire Radiohead EP being delivered today turned out to be just that, rumors, but the good Brits did give up a new song. Speaking from the band's blog Dead Air Space, Jonny Greenwood had this to say:

So here's a new song, called 'These Are My Twisted Words'.

We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We're ...

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Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble Release "Turned On Turned Up"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions
August 17, 2009

Touted “Generation Next” by Billboard Magazine during their first ever New York City performance, Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble seem to defy description as they take the stage. This ber-hip electro-acoustic group blends sounds from jazz, rock and world percussion into their own unique form of alt-jazz. As the former house band for the legendary BLUE NOTE club, the band has spent years refining their chops to a level near perfection and has shared the stage with artists like ...

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The Drummer Leads the Way

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
August 17, 2009

Eternal Interlude - John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble (Sunnyside) - John Hollenbeck is a very busy musician.  He leads the Claudia Quintet, works and records with Meredith Monk and Bob Brookmeyer (among others) and has had works commissioned by the Bang on a Can Allstars, Ethos Percussion Group and the Painted Bride Art Center of Philadelphia.“Eternal Interlude“ is the second recording of his Large Ensemble, the first “A Blessing“ released by OmniTone in 2005.  Many of the same musicians ...

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Bassist Kam Falk Releases "Retro-Respect"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2009

Kam Falk has just completed a new 10-song CD with 11 very special guest artists all contributing stellar performances. A complete departure from his debut entitled, Native Tongue, this CD was completed in partial fulfillment of a master's degree in commercial music and contains 10 arrangements of songs by pop icons such as Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, Sting and many more. The CD is a tribute to these living legends of popular music and culture, who have all been active ...

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