Recording News

Tim Laughlin Plays New Orleans Classics

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2009

Tim Laughlin, a native son of New Orleans who has been called “among the best of this decade's younger clarinetists" by Jazz Times Magazine, is presented here by Inner City/Classic Jazz with Connie Jones on cornet, Rick Trolsen on trombone, and Tom Fischer on tenor sax.

Together with a solid rhythm section they take on some classics of New Orleans style jazz such as “Royal Garden Blues," “Wolverine," “Fidgety Feet," as well as three Laughlin originals. This is an album ...

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Putumayo World Music Releases Another Gem

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2009

The magical African music collaboration 'Acoustic Africa', launched on CD by Putumayo World Music in 2006 before embarking on a mammoth 40-city US and European tour, reaches African shores for their dbut Southern African tour. Acoustic Africa features Malian superstar Habib Koite whose transcendent voice and guitar has captivated audiences globally with South Africa's powerhouse singer-songwriter guitarist Vusi 'The Voice' Mahlasela and Dobet Gnahore from Ivory Coast whose thrilling vocals and stage charisma has catapulted her to stardom. The 6-piece ...

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Joel Holmes: Cuban Rhythms Meet the African Skies

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2009

"African Skies" is the electric sophomore release from jazz piano prodigy Joel Holmes. Mr. Holmes has been lighting up the Eastern United States for years and has recently been touring the world with Grammy-nominee Nnenna Freelon. Somewhere in between touring and earning his jazz performance degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music at John Hopkins, Mr. Holmes managed to create ten of the most inspirational songs you are likely to hear this year. The album opens with the dynamic title ...

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In the Pocket with Kyle Eastwood

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2009

The car whirls around the curves of the hilly Los Angeles neighborhood as we make our way to meet musician Kyle Eastwood.

Eastwood has arrived from Scotland just days before our scheduled interview and photo shoot. We have been advised that he requires no groomer, so it is simply the writer and the photographer who pass through the open gates to the two-story home he inhabits when he visits L.A.

He greets us warmly, dressed casually in a dark blue ...

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Christian McBride + Inside Straight "Kind of Brown"

Source: DL Media
July 19, 2009

KIND OF BROWN THE NEW CD BY BASSIST-BANDLEADER CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE WITH HIS NEW QUINTET, INSIDE STRAIGHT OUT TODAY ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS “[Inside Straight] favors an in-the-tradition acoustic vibe and an attractive melange of blues forms, hummable originals stocked with meaty harmonies and sturdy improvisations that stick to the point." --Detroit Free Press“McBride's quintet dubbed Inside Straight...one of the more melodically tuneful and harmonically focused contemporary ensembles combining past tradition with a freshnew approach ...

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Concord Music Group to Release "Lester Young: Centennial Celebration"

Source: DL Media
July 19, 2009

CONCORD MUSIC GROUP SPOTLIGHTS SAXOPHONIST LESTER YOUNG IN THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SERIESLESTER YOUNG: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUNG'S BIRTHCOLLECTION TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 4, 2009By the time he reached the height of his powers in the 1950s, Lester Young had single-handedly redefined the role of the tenor saxophone within the jazz idiom. Standing apart from the blustery style of his contemporaries, he seduced generations of fans and ...

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ECM Records Releases Pianist Steve Kuhn's "Mostly Coltrane"

Source: DL Media
July 19, 2009

Pianist Steve Kuhn Pays Tribute to John Coltrane with Mostly Coltrane ECM Records is proud to announce pianist Steve Kuhn's most recent release, Mostly Coltrane. The album, which was released on July 7, pays tribute to legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and features David Finck on double-bass, Joey Baron on drums, with special guest Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone and tarogato. Kuhn and his collaborators re-channel the energies of the era in an album of astonishing invention and wild beauty, in ...

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Justin Time Records Releases Drummer-Bandleader Alvin Queen's "Mighty Long Way"

Source: DL Media
July 19, 2009

Drummer and Bandleader Alvin Queen Keeps The Jazz Tradition on the Beat with Mighty Long Way New Justin Time Records Release Modern jazz at the change of the century is an art form of many inventions and dimensions, driven by a potpourri of trends, styles, fads, marketing, and media. So much so, that the heart of the music - the rhythmic gravity we call swing - has almost been rendered extinct in some circles. But the sensational New ...

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