Recording News

They've Got Those Old, Hard-to-Find Blues

Source: Michael Ricci
July 12, 2009

Im not proud of the fact that I have to chase these records down like a maniac, John Heneghan said of his search for rare (and expensive) 78 r.p.m. blues records.

JOHN HENEGHAN tugged a large shellac disc from its brown paper sleeve, placed it on a turntable and gently nudged a needle into place. Behind him, in the corner of his East Village apartment, sat 16 wooden crates, each filled with meticulously cataloged 78-r.p.m. records. The coarse, crackling voice ...

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Inner City Presents Bobby Jaspar

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2009

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Bruce Hornsby Busy with Music, Film, Broadway Musical

Source: Billboard Magazine
July 11, 2009

A new album, a new label, a Broadway play and a cameo in a Robin Williams film are keeping multi-Grammy winning artist Bruce Hornsby busy for 2009. “Levitate," Hornsby's 12-song set, is slated for a September 15 release via Verve and finds the multi-instrumentalist collaborating with his band the Noisemakers on their first recordings together since 2004's “Halcyon Days.” Eric Clapton guests on the song “Space is the Place,” and Deadheads will relish in the song “Cyclone,” on which Hornsby ...

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Rates Go up for Downloads Sold from CD Baby Site

Source: HypeBot
July 11, 2009

CD Baby is upping the rate it charges artists for downloads sold direct from it's site from 9% to 25% with a 27 cent minimum. CD Baby blamed the increase in credit card fees which range from “27 (for a single) to over 50 (for an album or CD sale) per transaction". Commissions on downloads sold through Amazon, iTunes and other digital retailers will remain 9%. The move is part of a site revamp going live ...

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Roy Eldridge Remembers Harlem

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2009

Inner City Records is proud to announce the re-release of I Remember Harlem by Roy Eldridge (IC 7012).

This album marks another addition to the label's Jazz Legacy Series, featuring recordings from the greats of the mid-twentieth century.

Called by Scott Yanow “one of the most exciting trumpet players to emerge during the swing era, “ Roy's recordings continue to delight listeners around the world through his inventive, bold approach and consummate musicianship.

This album, made during Roy's stay in ...

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Revisiting an Old Boss Named John Coltrane

Source: Michael Ricci
July 10, 2009

The pianist Steve Kuhn can play John Coltrane’s music meaningfully without sounding as if he lives by it. That shows self-possession, for a couple of reasons. Coltrane was the most influential jazz musician in the late 1950s and 1960s, when Mr. Kuhn got started. And Mr. Kuhn, now 71, also has something many of his peers don’t: a small but significant association with Coltrane on the bandstand. He played with the first version of Coltrane’s quartet, in the spring of ...

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Genesis Rounds out Reissues with Live Box Set

Source: Billboard Magazine
July 10, 2009

When Genesis released “Genesis: 1970-1975," its third boxed set of studio albums, last fall, keyboardist Tony Banks told Billboard.com that “the next logical thing to do would be something with the live albums. We have a few of those, and we have quite a bit of stuff in the vaults that could be added to flesh things out a bit." That will happen on Sept. 29, when Rhino releases “Genesis Live 1973-2007," a 10-disc set featuring five of the group's ...

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The Motet Dig Deep

Source: JamBase
July 10, 2009

The Motet New Album Release

The Motet Packed with all new material and masterfully produced by drummer Dave Watts, The Motet's highly anticipated studio release, Dig Deep, will be celebrated in true Motet fashion with three CD release parties in Colorado starting July 9. Dig Deep is a tapestry of sound that pushes the expectations of any listener who is familiar with the band's signature mix of Afrobeat, electronica, funk, and jazz. Bay Area funksters Albino! will join The Motet ...

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