Recording News

Tribecastan Releases "Strange Cousin" on 7/14

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
June 15, 2009

Amidst Holland Tunnel traffic is John Kruth, decked out like a Technicolor Bedouin conducting the blaring horns of frustrated drivers with a pencil and channeling a hybrid symphony of New York noise. Next appears the slyly unassuming Jeff Greene, whose conventional attire belies a profound first-hand knowledge of esoteric overtone flutes, Arabic scales, and all things ending in “-stan." We're not in Soho anymore.

Welcome to Tribecastan, a country without borders tucked away in a corner of downtown Manhattan. This ...

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Russian guitarist Roman Miroshnichenko releases "Temptation"

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

Temptation the latest album by Russian guitarist Roman Miroshnichenko is now available. This CD is a collection of original compositions containing a number of extraordinary melodic and rhythmic ideas based upon modern tunes as well as the tunes rooted in the flamenco-gypsy, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean folk and Latin rhythms with textures of jazz conception. Special guests of album features: Roman Miroshnichenko - guitars, guitar synthesizers, percussion, bass Frank Colon - percussion Hernan Romero - ...

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Willie Nelson to Release "American Classic"

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

On August 25, 2009, legendary singer Willie Nelson will be releasing American Classic, his first album of standards since his landmark 1978 masterpiece '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 sidekick Mickey Raphael on harmonica, and such notable jazzmen as pianist Joe Sample, bassist Christian McBride, and ...

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Composer/Guitarist Torben Waldorff Goes into Studio to Record "Excavate" on Artistshare

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
June 14, 2009

Scandinavian guitarist/composer Torben Waldorff goes into the studio for his third recording at ArtistShare, July 28 - 29 in New York City. The CD project, with the working title of Excavate, comes on the heels of Waldorff's critically acclaimed CD Afterburn and also features the original music of Torben Waldorff on guitar, Donny McCaslin on saxophones, bassist Matt Clohesy, drummer Jon Wikan and new in the set-up, pianist Jon Cowherd, known from his work in Brian Blade's Fellowship Band. The ...

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Sirena Riley's "The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet"

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2009

"...performances that enchant, surprise and ineffably capture the imagination. Riley's lyrics and Donald's music seem to flow together in a single flood of invention..." --Jazzwise Magazine

Sirena Riley started her first night in London by opening a 'Time Out' magazine and going to the first jazz open mic session she could find. Australian pianist and composer, Tom Donald was the house pianist. They were introduced over a spine-tingling, room-silencing performance of Duke Ellington's Solitude that startled even the performers. After ...

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Emma Alabaster Releases Her Debut Release "In the Third Generation the Daughters Are Free"

Source: Just Roots PR
June 13, 2009

Emma Alabaster Releases Her Debut Release In the Third Generation the Daughters Are Free Modern Jazz Concept Album Signals Debut for New Artist and Label from New York City’s Underground.

Proliferate Music announced their debut release, Emma Alabaster’s In the Third Generation the Daughter’s Are Free. The release is being distributed digitally through popular online retailers such as iTunes, eMusic, Amie Street, Amazon, and others.

Alabaster’s album represents a unique voice in New York City’s underground jazz community. Coming across ...

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Gomez:A New Tide

Source: JamBase
June 13, 2009

By: Bill Clifford

Ten years after winning the distinguished Mercury Music Prize for their debut, Bring It On, Gomez has yet to live up to that standard, at least not in this critic's opinion. However, the British band has achieved much lauded success in the U.S., steadily selling CDs stateside and scoring major television airplay with two cuts from its 2006 CD How We Operate. Much of its U.S. commercial appeal can be attributed to a polished, radio ready sound ...

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Johnny Mathis: Don Costa Sessions

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 13, 2009

I've never been a Johnny Mathis fan. Other than admiring Steven Spielberg's use of Chances Are in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and a December weakness for Sleigh Ride, Mathis has always been akin to drinking honey out of the jar. Pop heir to Nat King Cole in the late 1950s, Mathis wasn't much of a jazz artist and was way too expressive and swing-less for savvy pop. So when the newly remastered Rapture and Romantically arrived on a ...

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