Recording News

Julio Santillan - Sofia Tosello: New CD

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2009

JULIO SANTILLAN - SOFIA TOSELLO Present the music of their upcoming CD “Un Instante"

The album features songs by Julio Santillan including a suite originally commissioned by the Secretary of Culture of Tucuman, Argentina, based on the brilliant poetry of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most important writers of the Spanish language. Julio Santillan's compositions are based on argentine rhythms like tango, milonga, chacarera and zamba.

Julio Santillan (guitar and voice) is a New York-based composer and ...

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Frank A. Stokes Previews Walk with Me

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2009

Track list and performance credits for the album Walk With Me. Selections from this album are online at The Awakening's official MySpace page.

1. Sacred Journey 2. Walk With Me 3. Breeze 4. Something About 5. You Are Not Alone 6. Just Blue 7. The Awakening 8. Broadway Groove 9. Road Song 10. Marie

All songs composed by bandleader & ...

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Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets' Echoes of Ethnicity

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
April 15, 2009

Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets +2 ECHOES OF ETHNICITY Owl Studios / April 14 Release

Change is in the air these days, and change has come to Derrick Gardner’s long-standing group The Jazz Prophets. After over 20 years as a sextet with a firm front line of Gardner, trumpet, his brother Vincent on trombone and Rob Dixon on tenor sax, the lineup has been augmented by Brad Leali’s alto sax and Jason Marshall’s baritone sax, making this new Owl ...

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Ziggy Marley Remixing Dad's Classics for Kids

Source: Billboard Magazine
April 14, 2009

Children's music is dominating Ziggy Marley's melody making these days -- both for himself and on behalf of his father, Bob Marley. Marley is prepping for the May 5 release of “Family Time," an album of what he refers to as “family music" that includes originals as well as covers of Woody Guthrie's “This Train" and the Jamaican children's standard “Hold Em Joe," along with two spoken-word pieces by actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Other guests include Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, ...

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The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings Available Now

Source: On Target Media Group
April 14, 2009

The Concord Music Group released The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings this week via Fantasy Records.

The sublime 2-CD collection spotlights the iconic song stylist Tony Bennett dueting with legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans from their two albums. Disc 1 combines the originally issued recordings, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album and Together Again, with two bonus tracks, including a superb version of Cole Porter’s “Dream Dancing" disc 2 features alternate takes from both sessions. >P> With ...

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Sean Obryan Smith to Release New Christian Jazz CD

Source: Groove Therapy Records
April 14, 2009

Groove Therapy Records is happy to announce that world renowned bassist and composer Sean OBryan Smith is in pre-production for a Christian Jazz CD entitled Reflection.

Smith is an internationally known solo jazz artist as well as an accomplished bassist with artist credits ranging from Billy Ray Cyrus to the Mississippi Mass Choir. This will be Seans sophomore release for Groove Therapy Records following up the critically acclaimed 2008 release Tapestry which continues to be successful worldwide.

Reflection will bring ...

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Disconforme Announces Classic Jazz Releases from Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole Trio, Red Garland, Sonny Rollins, and More

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2009

Several DVD and Audio Releases Coming to North America In June... Disconforme, a label based in Barcelona, will be releasing several Jazz titles this June with the help of MVD Entertainment Group, a distributor/label based in the Philadelphia suburbs. According to Disconforme, their goal is to release definitive editions from musical legends produced by venerated artists that are most appreciated by fans and collectors. “As an alternative to the overproduction that characterizes mind-numbing proliferation of compilations and special collector's remastered ...

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NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton Releases "Twelve Tones of Love" Featuring Jose James

Source: AMT Public Relations
April 14, 2009

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Celebrates Copious Musical Influences in His Latest Album, Twelve Tones of Love “One of the most polished, adventurous and inquisitive drummers in jazz." --Jazz Times Chico Hamilton MySpace page featuring streaming audio-http://www.myspace.com/chicohamilton New York, NY -- NEA Jazz Master Foreststorn Chico Hamilton takes listeners on a musical journey of his venerable career and the numerous people who have influenced it in his latest CD Twelve Tones of Love (Release: 4/14/09 Joyous Shout!). Adding to his 50-plus ...

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