Recording News

"KPLU School of Jazz - Volume 5" to be Released on May 19

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2009

Several of the finest Western Washington high school bands and jazz professionals are showcased on KPLU School of Jazz-Volume 5, the result of this years mentoring project. The CD features some of the same high school jazz bands as the previous years projects, and includes a number of new guest artists. The complete list of 2009 participants: Stadium High School (Tacoma), North Thurston High School (Olympia), Inglemoor High School (Bothell), Roosevelt High School (Seattle), Squalicum High ...

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Little Richard's Warner Bros. Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice on June 23

Source: conqueroo
May 4, 2009

The Rill Thing, King of Rock and Roll and the Bumps Blackwell-produced The Second Coming were evidence of a still-vital artist who combined tradition with newer sounds.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Little Richard is well known as one of rock ’n’ roll’s great originators. His run of hits on Specialty Records between 1955-58 brought legendary hits like “Tutti Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Rip It Up,” “Lucille,” “Jenny Jenny,” “Keep A-Knockin’,” and “Good Golly Miss Molly.” At the ...

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Jazz'n Italy - Red Records Downloads Now Available!

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2009

Downloads now available on Red Records Music from top Italian jazz musicians: Fabrizio Bosso Flavio Boltro Piero Bassini with Furio Di Castri & Giampiero Prina Pietro Condorelli Salvatore Bonafede with Fabrizio Bosso, Roberto Gatto Vittorio Gennari Massimo Urbani Salvatore Tranchini featuring Jerry Bergonzi, Franco Ambrosetti, Mike Richmond and Antonio faraò Miche Bozza featuring Franco Ambrosetti Carlo Atti featuring Hal Galper Trio Maurizio Giammarco featuring ...

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Joe Lovano Debuting New 'Folk Art' Quintet

Source: Billboard Magazine
May 3, 2009

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano will mark his 21st recording for Blue Note with the release of Folk Art, fronting a new quintet he formed in 2008. Due May 19, the nine songs are all original Lovano compositions, the first time he’s released only new material on one record. Dubbed the US Five, Lovano finds himself utilizing two drummers, Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela throughout. The recording was made in December of 2008, after a week-long stint at New ...

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NOMO: New Album/Tour

Source: JamBase
May 3, 2009

NOMO set to release new album in May / Tour Starts Now

The sonic empire of the Michigan-based collective is expanding; busting up genres and musical borders with astonishing results. Less than a year after the acclaimed Ghost Rock, NOMO have completed its spirited sister album-recorded during the Ghost Rock sessions and tours. NOMO's fourth full-length Invisible Cities (due May 05, 2009 on Ubiquity Records) is informed by their ceaseless traveling, and visits to places both real and unreal. With ...

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Rudder:Matorning

Source: JamBase
May 3, 2009

By: Trevor Pour

In the time since I reviewed Rudder's debut self-titled record last year (see review here), it has transformed into an absolute staple of my sonic diet. Its ambiguous genre label prevented me from accurately describing the music to my houseguests, but it never failed to impress even the most cynical listeneres. Rudder's latest creation, Matorning (Nineteen Eight Records), finds the talented NYC quartet with a significantly more focused sound and a substantially harder edge than their last ...

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Coldplay Give Away Live Album

Source: JamBase
May 3, 2009

Coldplay To Give Away Live Album Nine track album to be available at shows and online

Coldplay Coldplay will be giving away a live CD, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, at every remaining live show in 2009 (apart from festival shows). Starting with the band's first North American tour date, at West Palm Beach in Florida on May 15, every fan attending a show will be given a free copy of the nine-track CD, which won't be available elsewhere. Also on May ...

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MoonJune Records CD Release: Copernicus "Disappearence"

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2009

Copernicus “disappearance" (MoonJune Records) Coming: July 21st 2009 The 'disappearance' of which the New York performer-poet Copernicus speaks is that of The Universe itself. His conceptual concerns are not with the everyday. He is not penning couplets about the changing fortunes of human existence, other than on the grandest (or lowliest) scale. He speaks of subatomic matter, and refuses to bear any glad tidings. It all happened in Hoboken, New Jersey, on November 2, ...

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