Recording News

Willie Nelson: Standards Album

Source: JamBase
June 17, 2009

WILLIE'S FIRST ALBUM OF STANDARDS SINCE 1978

Willie Nelson On August 25, legendary singer Willie Nelson will be releasing American Classic, his first album of standards since 1978's Stardust, and his solo debut for Blue Note Records. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, American Classic features special guest appearances by Norah Jones and Diana Krall, string arrangements by Johnny Mandel, and a top shelf backing band that includes Nelson's longtime ...

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Maxjazz to Release New CD by John Proulx in July

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 17, 2009

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John Coltrane: Naima

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 17, 2009

In January 1960, Atlantic Records released John Coltrane's first monumental LP, Giant Steps. The album would drastically change the tenor saxophone's sound and purpose. But of all the hair-raising originals on Giant Steps, the one that became most important to Coltrane's repertoire was Naima. After the song's debut on Giant Steps, Coltrane recorded the composition about a dozen times, each in a different way. By contrast, Coltrane never recorded Giant Steps, the title track, again after the album was released. ...

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Keyboard Legend Roger Powell Signs with Unicorn Digital and Releases Solo Piano

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 17, 2009

Montreal, Qc, Canada - Unicorn Digital is proud to announce that legendary keyboardist Roger Powell (Utopia, David Bowie, Meat Loaf) has signed a deal with the label to release Blue Note Ridge, a collection of improvisations that embrace classical melody, contemporary harmony and impressionist forms on this debut solo piano album. A stream of consciousness merging styles and eras, Blue Note Ridge is pure, elegant and honest. In the 70s and 80s Roger Powells groundbreaking electronic synthesizer albums Cosmic Furnace ...

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Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan's "In Session" Album Reissued on Stax

Source: conqueroo
June 15, 2009

In Session Album, which reached #1 on the blues chart, has been digitally remastered for this reissue.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Albert King never got the mass recognition he deserved. He always seemed to be in the shadow of B.B. But among blues guitarists and fans of the craft, he was the master. Austin, Texas’ Stevie Ray Vaughan, 31 years King’s junior, exploded onto the scene in 1983, first as guitarist on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” followed by his own ...

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Violinist Tracy Silverman & Eclectica Release "Streaming Video Soul" CD on Artistshare

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
June 15, 2009

Super-funky, remarkably flexible and wide open to the moment, the aptly named Eclectica captures magic on the fly on Streaming Video Soul, its adventurous ArtistShare debut. Comprised of electric 6-string violinist-vocalist Tracy Silverman, promising young electric bassist Kyle Whalum (son of renowned jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum) and 5–time Grammy Award winning drummer, inventor and visionary Roy “Futureman” Wooten (a charter member of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones), the rock-fueled Eclectica is the thinking man’s jam band. Few other groups on ...

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Steve Smith Set to Launch Three CD Reissues and July U.S. Tour with His Band Vital Information

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
June 15, 2009

All-Star drummer Steve Smith, who always has many irons in the fire, is set to launch three different reissue CDs and a national tour this summer. THE CD RELEASES The first two CDs are “Best Of" compilations focusing on the body of work Smith recorded during a 10-year association with the Tone Center label: Best Of Steve Smith - The Tone Center Collection “When I was 12 years old and started listening to the amazing Buddy Rich I bought some ...

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Greg 'Cosmo D' Heffernan's Sauce Releases "Ricardo, Move" to the World

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

Ricardo, Move is the second album from Cosmo D's ever-evolving acoustic-electronic improvisational collective, Sauce, and third overall. At once a more aggressive, groove-heavy and leaner album than its predecessor, Ricardo, Move still provides Cosmo D's penchant for soaring melody, otherworldly texture and intricate drum programming that have all been in place since Plantastic Joyage, Cosmo D’s first solo album.

In the Spring of 2008, Cosmo D had to quickly vacate his apartment due to unexpected structural damage to the 100-year-old ...

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