Recording News

Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Release Five Peace Band Live

Source: On Target Media Group
April 29, 2009

The new Chick Corea & John McLaughlin live release Five Peace Band Live is available on 2-CD today 4.28.09 via Concord Records. Five Peace Band Live, was recorded during Corea & McLaughlin’s European tour last fall. The double-disc CD was originally made available early at performance venues on tour during March as well as via the band’s website, and is now fully available. The entire album is available to stream at Chick Corea's official Myspace page. The album features Corea ...

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Melody Gardot's "My One and Only Thrill" in Sores Now!

Source: Verve Label Group
April 29, 2009

With her debut album Worrisome Heart, Melody Gardot displayed her instinctive gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with “her personal kiss of life.” But even her most ardent admirers will be amazed at the giant creative leap forward she has taken with the follow-up, My One and Only Thrill. Mixing Latin rhythms, finger-snapping blues and deep, smoldering torch songs, it’s an album that seems to have been shaped from several lifetimes of love, loss and longing. Though ...

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Guitarist/Composer Joel Harrison Releases "Urban Myths" on Highnote Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 28, 2009

Joel Harrison, guitar David Binney - alto saxophone Christian Howes - violin Daniel Kelly - keyboards Stephan Crump - acoustic bass Jordan Perlson – drums With Fima Ephron - electric bass Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet Corey King - trombone Jerome Sabbagh - tenor saxophone “One of the finer composer/guitarists in modern jazz” --Minneapolis Star Tribune “A master composer/guitarist” --San Francisco ...

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The Who:Sell Out: Deluxe Edition

Source: JamBase
April 28, 2009

By: Ron Hart

For those of us who grew up on classic rock radio, you would think that The Who had been raiding the airwaves since their inception with the amount of AOR play they get. Yet when the legendary instrument trashers initially burst onto the UK rock scene in 1964 it was the rogue patchwork of pirate radio stations who gave the band the most spins due to the BBC's reluctance to embrace rock 'n' roll.

1967's The Who ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records to Release New Recordings from Arthur Kell, Daniel Kelly + Guilherme Monteiro

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 27, 2009

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND RECORDS To Release New Recordings From Arthur Kell, Daniel Kelly + Guilherme Monteiro - Digital Release Date – May 12, In Stores – June 9 BJURecords Festival at The Jazz Gallery Thurs June 18: Bernard, Emer, Beckham, Ferber, Will Bernard (gtr), Andrew Emer (b), Tom Beckham (v), Mark Ferber (d) Fri June 19: Alexis Cuadrado Cuarteto Ibrico, Alexis Cuadrado (b), Vctor Prieto (acc), Brad Shepik (gtr), Jordan Perlson (d, perc) Sat June 20: Guilherme Monteiro, Jorge Continentino ...

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Our Time's "Listen" CD Features Carly Simon, Daryl Hall - Available June 23rd

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 27, 2009

Giving Voice to a Group of Children Often Ridiculed or Silenced By Stuttering Carly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duncan Sheik, John Forte and Others From the Worlds of Pop, Rock, Broadway, Hip-Hop and R&B to Appear on a Remarkable CD, Listen. Songs Written By Children Who Stutter Bring Artists Together in a Calling for Compassion June 23rd Album to Benefit Our Time Organization On June 23rd, a remarkable album, eight years in the making, will be released. Listen ...

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Progressive Rock Legends Nektar Celebrate 40th Anniversary with Release of New Live CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 27, 2009

The progressive music community is buzzing with the release of a new live double CD by prog-rock legends Nektar called Fortyfied.

Celebrating their 40th Anniversary, Nektar's contribution over the past 40 years has quite rightly earned them their place in any 'Progressive Rock Hall of Fame'. But the band is much more than a 'Prog Legend', the Nektar brand of innovative composition, performance and visuals is simply unique. Recorded on their 2008 tour of Europe, Fortyfied is released on the ...

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Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 8)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
April 27, 2009

From time to time I post on great downloads that likely have escaped your radar. I do this because iTunes and Amazon can't seem to find a proper way to let consumers know about their latest digital releases. Or in other cases, great downloads are sitting around hidden under artists' names. Still others are clumsily misfiled by iTunes, dooming them to limbo.

(If you want to see the other seven volumes in this ongoing series, simply type “Hidden Jazz Downloads" ...

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