Recording News

Pow Ensemble New CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2009

POW Ensemble Homage to Hazard live X-OR FR 14 Field Recording

Han Buhrs, vocals, backing vocals, voice, live electronics Luc Houtkamp, computer, live electronics, tenor saxophone Guy Harries, vocals, backing vocals, flute, fife, computer, keyboards Wolter Wierbos, trombone, vocals Nina Hitz, cello

Live in het Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 26 juni 2008 Special guest: Joseph Bowie, trombone, vocals

All About Jazz review: www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32364

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Victor Little, Lauded Session Bassist/Composer, Releases Inner Portrait CD

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

In a music career that has spanned over 20 years, Victor Little has established himself as the consummate session bassist.

Victor has laid down the low-end musical foundation on recordings and on stage with Patti Austin, Billy Preston, Angela Bofill, Charlie Musselwhite, Mickey Hart, and the legendary Booker T. Jones.

Now one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most lauded musical residents steps out into the limelight with the release of his first solo CD, titled Inner Portrait.

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28 Ray Charles Albums to be Released Digitally for First Time Ever on April 7

Source: conqueroo
April 3, 2009

Classics “Georgia On My Mind”, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” & “Crying Time” among many others finally available via digital outlets

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – One of the most anticipated song collections among digital music buyers, Ray Charles’ post-1960 catalog will finally go digital for the first time ever. Beginning April 7th, iTunes will hold a two-week exclusive on the cherished catalog, after which time it will be offered at all digital music outlets. Ray Charles’ post 1960 catalog had ...

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Snoop Dogg Masterminds Johnny Cash Remix Album

Source: Noble PR
April 3, 2009

Edel entertainment's recently launched international rock music label earMUSIC is pleased to announce the June 15th UK release of Johnny Cash Remixed, the must have album featuring remix interpretations of Johnny Cash classics from the crme de la crme of re-mixers - Alabama 3, The Heavy, Buck 65 and many more.

Executive produced by Snoop Dogg, Cash's son John Carter Cash, and Mathew Knowles, the album carries the blessing of the custodians of Johnny Cash's incredible legacy. The original recordings ...

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New Album 'Cheer Me, Perverts!, Release on Crammed Discs

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

Flat Earth Society Cheer Me, Perverts!

Welcome back, dear dwellers of earth, to planet FES. The finest, wildest, most colourful and least traditional jazz big band in this (or any) stratosphere return with their second album for Crammed Discs.

The title, Cheer Me, Perverts! an anagram of the name of the FES main man, Belgian composer and clarinetist Peter Vermeersch does the job as a soundbite for this fabulous new repetoire from the 15-piece group: sharp yet ambiguous, cheeky, alluding ...

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Oran Etkin Bridges Bamako and Brooklyn on Kelenia

Source: GoMedia PR
April 3, 2009

Clarinetist/Saxophonist's Motma Music Debut, Featuring Lionel Loueke, John Benitez, and Malian Musicians, To Be Released on June 9

Through a decade of work in the many musical worlds that harmoniously coexist in New York, 29 year old Oran Etkin has cultivated a singular voice that brings together elements of modern jazz with traditional African and Israeli music. Kelenia, his debut recording on Motma Music, features his working group of Malian, Israeli and American musicians, along with guest appearances by vocalist ...

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Gotham Wind Symphony Records New: Hollenbeck, Holober, Finegan and Chirillo!

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

The Gotham Wind Symphony's third ArtistShare project is launched!

The CD will drop in July, but by signing up now you can get access the inside scoop on the whole process of commissioning, recording and performing NEW music for an ass-kicking 45-piece NYC wind band.

The music: “eternal interlude" by John Hollenbeck (premier, GWS commission) “Seven Gables" by Mike Holober (premier, GWS commission) March-To the Memory of Bill Finegan" by Kames Chirillo (premier, GWS commission)

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Review of Joe Ercole's "Exposed"

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

Upon starting piano at the age of nine, it was clear that Joe Ercole was no ordinary talent.

He studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore on a scholarship and then went on to gain distinction as a summa cum laude graduate from Berklee in Boston. He spent some time writing scores for film, TV, and radio while additionally gaining recognition for his original compositions that were used in national ad campaigns.

After recording a pair of projects, which included ...

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