Recording News

1959--Jazz's Greatest Year - Columbia/Legacy Celebrates 50th Anniversary of "Time Out, "Sketches of Spain," and "Mingus Ah Um"

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2009

Genre-defining albums by Columbia artists Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain), Dave Brubeck (Time Out) and Charles Mingus (Mingus Ah Um) all celebrate their 50th anniversaries in 2009, alongside John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come

Following the release of Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition in January, Columbia/Legacy announces three more multi-disc 1959 commemorative sets:

Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (Double-CD + DVD) Sketches of Spain ...

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¡Qué Viva el Rey!--Dance Mania: Legacy Edition Pays Tribute to Landmark '50s Album by Tito Puente--Latin Music Legend, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Recipient

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2009

"One of the 25 Most Significant Albums of the Last Century" --The New York Times Disc One: 12-song Dance Mania hit album of 1958, plus 10 bonus tracks Disc Two: 12-song Dance Mania Vol. 2 of 1961, plus 11 bonus tracks Liner notes capture the 1950s mambo craze in full swing--as Tito Puente becomes New York's “King of Latin Music" Available at both physical and digital retail outlets starting May 26, 2009, through RCA/U.S. Latin/Legacy “It reflects ...

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MTV for Tim Brantley; Goldtop Heights Compared to Early Elton John

Source: Seth Cohen PR
May 1, 2009

MTV FOR BRANTLEY, MONDAY MAY 4TH Tune in to MTV’s THE HILLS on Monday evening, May 4th, as southern rocker Tim Brantley’s hit single ‘Damage’ is featured during the show. Check local listings for details. Recent reviews have compared Brantley’s debut CD ‘Goldtop Heights’ to early Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Hall and Oates, Billy Joel and Warren Zevon. Performing Songwriter Magazine described his live show as “awesome,” and will cover the new CD in their June issue. Other reviewers have ...

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UK Jazz Singer & Songwriter Juliet Kelly Presents "Glam Jazz"

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

With two critically acclaimed albums of original material under her belt - Aphrodite's Child (2003) and Delicious Chemistry (2005) - Juliet now presents her third and most ambitious album, Licorice Kiss (May 2009). Referencing influences as diverse as Soul II Soul, the Eurythmics and Soft Cell, she offers up her own take on some 80's classics alongside her own creations that range from toe-tapping grooves to latin-inflected ballads. Juliet says, “Jazz often gets labelled unfairly as an elitist type of ...

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Rebecca Martin:The Growing Season

Source: JamBase
April 30, 2009

By: Bill Clifford

Before Nora Jones, there was Rebecca Martin. In 1995, working together with songwriter Jesse Harris - the chief songwriter of Jones' Come Away With Me - Martin released Once Blue by the band Once Blue, a jazzy, sultry mix of noir. The duo split soon after its release, but Martin has released music under her own name in the years since, including The Growing Season (Sunny Side), her sixth CD. While Martin works with stellar supporting musicians, ...

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Greg Wall's Later Prophets Featuring Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein Release Passionate New CD

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
April 29, 2009

“HA’OROT: The Lights of Rav Kook” on TZADIK Wall Simultaneously Straddles the Gates of the Ancient and Avant-garde “The soulful performances of all the pieces succeed to parallel and complement the texts with organic affinity and unity and leave enough space for reflection. Their inventiveness and the richness of the musical vocabulary of the band members suggest that these texts could, perhaps, have been pat of a canon of modern Beat poets…Quite quickly, after the third piece, it’s actually ...

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Coldplay "Making Jazz, Rave Tracks"

Source: All About Jazz
April 29, 2009

Coldplay have been experimenting with jazz and rave tracks in their north London studio, say reports. According to The Sun, drummer Will Champion is encouraging the group to go on a “rave odyssey" and has created a 168-beats-per-minute backing track. “The lads are still on a creative roll in the studio and Will is bringing lots of ideas to the table," said a source. “He's got a new drum machine and has been having a lot of fun pushing it ...

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Renown Bassist Lindsey Horner Embarks on Artistshare Project "Undiscovered Country"

Source: All About Jazz
April 29, 2009

The renowned and versatile bassist Lindsey Horner has embarked on his first ArtistShare project. This project will truly be a multinational one, as almost every single musician is from a different country, and each has an incredibly diverse experience and musical backgrounds. Undiscovered Country, in Lindsey's own words: I am embarking on a new project that will bring together many of my past influences as well as some of my favorite musicians who have been most important to me up ...

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