Recording News

Into the Presence Recreate the Fabled Rock of Ages with Their New Self-Titled Album

Source: Gorgeous PR, Inc
July 22, 2009

Featuring Tim Alexander (Primus), prodigy guitarist Luis Maldonado, the earthy and steady bass of Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle) and sister Ana Lenchantin (Gnarls Barkley, Trent Reznor, The Eels) on cello. “Into The Presence is superlative progressive rock and one of the best rock albums of the year." --Washington Post Into The Presence is the long-awaited spark ignited by the joint effort between drummer Tim Alexander and guitarist/vocalist Luis Maldonado. The pair have now released their first full-length, self-titled album ...

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More Accolades for PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two"

Source: Michael Ricci
July 22, 2009

SOMERSET, NJ -- “Lovely," “tasteful," “a pleasure" are some of the ways in which Larry Taylor describes jazz vocalist PJ Parker's most recent CD, Dreams Are Meant For Two in the latest review praising the singer's third release. Of the title song, which Parker wrote to her late father's music, Taylor writes, “Her feelings come across. It is a lovely song, full of genuine emotion; she does it justice in her soft, rich voice." Commenting on another of the three ...

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Bill Evans: Six Vocal Versions

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 22, 2009

I don't generally go for vocal versions of Bill Evans' compositions. Too many attempts feel trite or lack the sensitivity and depth of Evans' piano originals. In other cases, the vocalist doesn't have enough technique, a problem instantly exposed when attempting an Evans piece. But there are exceptions. Here are my favorite vocal interpretations of Evans' songs, in no particular order. My criteria? An evident understanding of Evans' melodic primacy, tender timbre and gentle swing:

Gene Lees, Waltz for Debby. ...

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Introducing the World's Greatest Jazz Collection at JazzGreatsOnline.com

Source: Michael Ricci
July 21, 2009

The innovative new website jazzgreatsonline.com has been launched for jazz lovers everywhere. This classic collection is available for the first time as a weekly downloadable collectable magazine in pdf format and MP3 music tracks. It provides some of the best digital remastering of classic jazz music around. For only $4.99/€3.99/£2.99 per issue, you will receive direct to your email inbox a download of more than an hour of listening with around 20 hand-picked, digitally remastered tracks featuring world-famous jazz artists. ...

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SF Jazz Records Releases SF Jazz Collective's Sixth Limited-Edition Set, Live 2009: 6th Annual Concert Tour

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 21, 2009

SFJAZZ Records today announced the release of the SFJAZZ Collective’s sixth limited-edition set, Live 2009: 6th Annual Concert Tour, of which 5,000 copies will be produced. Available exclusively from SFJAZZ—presenter of this year’s 27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival — the deluxe, numbered 2-CD set is the definitive recording of this all-star jazz ensemble’s sixth year of performances. Live 2009 features new arrangements of the classic works of McCoy Tyner, as well as all-new original compositions by Collective members. The ...

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Pianist/Composer Josh Nelson's New CD, "I Hear a Rhapsody" on Steelbird Music

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
July 21, 2009

For the follow-up to his critically acclaimed record Let It Go (2007), Los Angeles-based pianist-composer-arranger Josh Nelson has created a beautiful and memorable album of original music, standards, and pop and film songs. I Hear a Rhapsody (release date, July 21, Steelbird Music) is a tour-de-force, displaying Nelson’s many talents. This is Josh Nelson’s fourth record as a leader, and it showcases some of his strongest material yet. A stellar West Coast band joins him: all youthful young ‘lions’ that ...

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Clarinetist/Composer Frank Glover Releases "Politico" on Owl Studios; Street Date July 21

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
July 21, 2009

"If the sum of a jazz artist is his musical innovation and integrity, then Glover has reached his pinnacle in this astounding CD" – Chuck Workman, NUVO Newsweekly, from his review of Politico Frank Glover’s new Owl Studios CD, Politico (July 21 national release date) features the award-winning jazz clarinetist/composer in quartet, orchestra and string ensemble contexts. Glover’s basic unit on this disc is a quartet (Glover – Clarinet; Steve Allee – Piano; Jack Helsley – Bass; Bryson Kern – ...

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Saxophonist/Composer Donny McCaslin Release New CD "Declaration" on Sunnyside Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
July 21, 2009

Saxophonist/Composer Donny McCaslin releases new CD titled Declaration on Sunnyside Records Musicians thrive in familiar musical settings, but every once in a while they challenge themselves by adding or augmenting the familiar with the unfamiliar. On his third Sunnyside CD, Declaration, the all-world saxophonist Donny McCaslin – whose sonorous sax has laced the stage and studio with some of today’s brightest stars, from Dave Douglas and Maria Schneider to Danilo Perez and the Mingus Band, and who is an impressive ...

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