Recording News

The Making of Terence Blanchard's New CD "Choices" - Webisode One

Source: Special Ops Media
August 3, 2009

Concord Jazz is proud to announce the signing of three-time Grammy award winning trumpet player and composer Terence Blanchard. With more than 29 albums to his credit, Blanchard has established himself as one of the most influential jazz musicians and film score composers of his generation. Blanchard’s new album Choices will be released on August 18, 2009. Blanchard’s legacy has helped shaped the contours of modern jazz. As a musician he is a multi-Grammy Award winner, most recently winning earlier ...

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Jeremy Davenport Releases New CD

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 3, 2009

Trumpeter, singer and St. Louis native turned New Orleans resident Jeremy Davenport has released a new CD, his first since signing with the New Orleans-based label Basin Street Records last fall.We'll Dance 'Til Dawn (pictured) is Davenport's debut release for the label, and he's getting some press for it right out of the gate, including a cover story penned by John Swenson for Offbeat, the Crescent City's local music magazine.While Davenport continues to hold down his ...

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New CD Release from Luis Bonilla "I Talking Now"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 2, 2009

The trombonist Luis Bonilla hears jazz as playful, rough, cathartic, chaotic, tender, swinging, funky and inherently, demonstrably Latin. At any point in I Talking Now! his quintet usually satisfies at least three of those descriptions at once.

Mr. Bonilla, who wrote all the music here and plays in strong percussive blasts and fully articulated bebop phrases, has for nearly 20 years been a soloing trombonist in several New York repertory big bands. For this record, his fourth, he's drawn his ...

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Chris Flegg 'Her Favourite Flower'

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2009

Chris Flegg is based in St Albans, Herts and not only plays jazz guitar but is a singer songwriter on the acoustic and folk scene with three albums of original songs to date, the latest being The Sound Of Life. Previous jazz recordings include Moving On, an album of original pieces for jazz quartet, in which John Rees-Jones also features on bass. Chris mainly performs locally in St Albans with sax and bass in a jazz context or solo as ...

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Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash on 'Sun Gospel' CD

Source: Michael Ricci
August 1, 2009

It has long been assumed that Sun Records founder Sam Phillips didn't like gospel music because he discouraged his greatest discoveries, including Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, from recording spiritual music for his Memphis label in the 1950s.

But it turns out Phillips loved gospel music -- he just didn't think he could successfully market it in the mid-1950s when his rock and country records were exploding onto the charts. “It certainly wasn't intentional neglect," Phillips says of Sun's lack ...

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Dori Caymmi New CD Release: "Inner World"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 1, 2009

Two Time Grammy Award Winner of “Best Latin Song and Best Latin Samba Recording”, will release a new CD via the MusicTaste label Brazilian Bossa Nova/Jazz musician Dori Caymmi will release his new album Inner World on July 14th 2009 through HoriPro Entertainment Group’s new digital record label MusicTaste. Dori Caymmi is the son of the legendary Brazilian musician Dorival Caymmi. Dori is a celebrated vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer. Dori Caymmi will be hosting a CD release party ...

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The Gears and the D.I.S, Classic L.A. Punkers, Reissued on Hep Cat Records

Source: conqueroo
August 1, 2009

The Gears’ Rockin’ at Ground Zero to be available as CD, Deluxe CD, digital download and vinyl LP. The D.I.s Rare Cuts! to be available as CD and digital download. The Gears’ Rockin’ at Ground Zero Deluxe CD version includes The D.I.s’ Rare Cuts!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Gears were formed in 1978, the heyday of Los Angeles punk, when two childhood buddies from the Glassell Park neighborhood of L.A. — singer Axxel G. Reese and drummer Dave Drive ...

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Roberta Gambarini New Album "So in Love" out August 25

Source: Special Ops Media
July 31, 2009

Celebrated Singer Roberta Gambarini Affirms Her Status as One of the Most Important Vocalists Today with the Release of So in Love out on Groovin’ High/Emarcy on August 25, 2009 New York, NY – Every once in a while, a truly great singer comes along who possesses the beauty, individuality and talent to remind us of the magic and majesty of the human voice: that singer is Roberta Gambarini, celebrated throughout the world by fans, critics and many of the ...

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