Recording News

Gordo, Bela, Keller, Sco On: Assembly of Dust's New Album

Source: JamBase
April 9, 2009

Assembly Of Dust's Deft Songcraft On Display On New Album Out July 21 Some Assembly Required Showcases Versatile Songwriter Reid Genauer, All Star Cast Lends A Hand

Assembly Of Dust Out July 21 on Missing Piece/Rock Ridge Music, Assembly of Dust's Some Assembly Required contains the strongest collection of songs the group has created to date, each expertly crafted tune illuminated by a stellar lineup of guests. Every musician recruited lends their considerable talents in service of band ...

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Beatles' the iconic Group's Repertoire Considered Most Significant Body of Music Still Not Available for Downloading

Source: Michael Ricci
April 9, 2009

Nearly a quarter-century after the Beatles and digital technology came together at the dawn of the CD era, the Fab Four's entire recorded legacy is getting a major sonic overhaul that is widely considered long overdue.

All of the group's studio recordings will be reissued Sept. 9 in remastered versions and are expected to generate renewed excitement about the Beatles' blue-chip catalog and pump millions of dollars into a beleaguered music industry.

The upgraded editions come long after many other ...

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Zap Mama: New Album

Source: JamBase
April 9, 2009

ReCreation to Be Released May 26

Zap Mama Zap Mama, the multicultural musical entity led by Afropean vocalist and songwriter Marie Daulne, will release their first new album in two years, ReCreation, on May 26, 2009.

In addition to a rhythm section rooted in a rich Brazilian vibe, ReCreation also boasts a guest list of high-profile vocalists including Bilal, G. Love, actor Vincent Cassel (La Haine, Ocean's Twelve) and several others.

“That moment when you are relaxing and enjoying yourself," ...

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Saxophonist Charles Langford Releases "That's Wassup" on Blue Canoe Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2009

That's Wassup is the debut release from Charles Langford. This imaginative creator displays his knowledge of musical history on his latest release, That's Wassup. Mr. Langford seems to move effortlessly from straight ahead swing to funk to crooning, romantic ballads...there is literally something for every taste on this album. “Chucky's Funk" lays down some classic Stanley Clarke jazz bass funk and the horn work is reminiscent of the great George Coleman. “Someone To Love" fills the senses with a romantic ...

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Incus Records Returns with Release of "Lot 74"

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2009

Incus Records was set up in 1970 by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker, and Michael Walters. It was the first independent, musician-run record company in Britain. Its independence extended to its releases which were always centred on improvisation. Incus has issued over 100 recordings on diverse formats including an EP, LPs, reel to reel tapes, cassettes, CDs, CD-Rs, videos and DVDs. After Evan Parker left the label in the late 80s, Incus was run by Bailey and his partner ...

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Rifftides Reviews

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
April 8, 2009

Branford Marsalis, Metamorphosen (Marsalis Music). In the decade the saxophonist's quartet has been making music together, this is its most satisfying album. There's the usual dynamism, even aggressiveness, but little of the anger that Marsalis, Joey Calderazzo, Eric Reavis and Jeff “Tain" Watts have sometimes worn on their sleeves. All of the impressive tunes are by band members, except Monk's “Rhythm-a-ning." Even at its most abstract, the playing has buoyancy and lyricism.

Steven Bernstein, We Are ...

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Ubiquity to Release: NOMO - "Invisible Cities" (CD x LP) Worldwide Release on May 5, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2009

Less than a year after the acclaimed Ghost Rock, NOMO have completed its spirited sister album—recorded during the Ghost Rock sessions and tours. Invisible Cities is informed by their ceaseless travelling, and visits to places both real and unreal. The sonic empire of NOMO is expanding; busting up genres and musical borders with astonishing results. Album Snippets: Invisible Cities Bumbo Waiting Crescent Patterns Ma Banners On High Elijah Nocturne With a theme stolen from Italian novelist Italo Calvino, ...

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Seattle Times - Saxophonist Mark Taylor: Passionate Lyricism

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
April 8, 2009

From The Seattle Times: By taking his time and letting his music develop at its own pace, Mark Taylor has become one of the essential players on the Seattle jazz scene. While steadily pursuing his own musical vision, the alto saxophonist has toiled fruitfully as a sideman, contributing to more than half a dozen excellent ensembles. From long-running institutions like the Jim Knapp Orchestra (which plays the first Monday of every month at the Seattle Drum School) to short-lived projects ...

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