Recording News

Gary Burton Releases Quartet Live!

Source: All About Jazz
March 30, 2009

Gary Burton began revisiting his classic quartet in 2005 and the results of this meeting will appear on the 11-track disc, Quartet Live! (Concord) on May 26.

The group includes guitarist Pat Metheny and bassist Steve Swallow, both of whom were part of Burton’s breakout band in the early 1970s. Antonio Sanchez is on drums.

Metheny, who came up with the reunion idea, remembered that, “as a teeanger growing up in Missouri just starting to appreciate jazz, Gary’s group was ...

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Otis Taylor's 'Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs' Due out June 23

Source: conqueroo
March 30, 2009

No one ever accused blues singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Otis Taylor of overindulging in the happier aspects of the human condition.

His songs are often peopled with characters whose emotional landscapeno matter how raw or dark is laid bare for all to experience, and the story is often less than pretty.

But if love in any or all of its joyous and painful variations is somewhere amid that confusing emotional swirl, he’ll go there too. The result will by no means be syrupy ...

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PJ Parker's "Dreams Are Meant for Two" Named a "Favorite of 2008" by JazzPolice.com

Source: All About Jazz
March 30, 2009

Somerset, New Jersey – Critical acclaim for PJ Parker’s third CD continues to come in, with the inclusion of Dreams Are Meant For Two in JazzPolice.com’s “Favorite Recordings of 2008: Vocaluminaries.” In including “Dreams” on the list, JazzPolice.com’s (www.jazzpolice.com) Andrea Canter called PJ’s performance “magic.” “With Dreams Are Meant for Two, PJ Parker has issued a definitive statement of intent—to challenge the heart, to unlock memories, to reinvent the familiar, to entertain. And to do so on her own terms, ...

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Lucky Thompson Long-Silent Jazzman

Source: Michael Ricci
March 29, 2009

Mid-1960s music by Lucky Thompson has surfaced.

The great saxophonist Lucky Thompson died in 2005, at 81. In musical terms his silence began much earlier: he gave his last known performances in the 1970s, after which he more or less disappeared, leading an itinerant life. (His outspoken disdain for the music business is often cited as motivation.) New York City, 1964-65 (Uptown) captures him a decade before his self-exile, around the time of his landmark album Lucky Strikes. The newly ...

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Win 2 Free Tickets to Dori Caymmi's Concert & His New Album

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2009

Win Free Dori Caymmi Birdland Tickets & His New upcoming CD Album

To celebrate BossaBrazil festival, MusicTaste will be giving away 2 FREE tickets to see popular Brazilian musician Dori Caymmi at Birdland in NYC.

The winner will also be receiving a free copy of his upcoming new album which Caymmi is recording right now. To enter the contest simply tell us whats your favorite Caymmi song is in 200 words or less as comment in this blog by April ...

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JazzLoft.com - Weekly New Arrivals

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2009

JAZZLOFT.COM - Weekly New Arrivals Nels Cline / Jim McAuley / Rod Poole Acoustic Guitar Trio: Vignes (Long Song) Price: $15.95 Sophia Domancich Pentacle (Sketch) Price: $16.95 La Part des Anges (Gemini) Price: $16.95 Lee Konitz From Newport to Nice (Philology) Price: $15.95 Ernie Krivda Satanic (Inner City) Price: $15.95 ...

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Kermit Ruffins: Jazz Fest/Album

Source: JamBase
March 28, 2009

Kermit Ruffins - Livin' a Treme' Life Basin Street Records, April 28

Kermit Ruffins Make no mistake, everything about Kermit Ruffins exemplifies New Orleans. Residing in the town of Treme, former home of his predecessors Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong, he continues the big brass tradition the town is known for - Kermit plays a “sweet, sweet horn", as Michael J. Agovino of Newsweek notes. His musical stylings resemble the culture of New Orleans, a melting pot, with ...

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Bob Dylan's 'Together Through Life'

Source: Michael Ricci
March 28, 2009

Bob Dylan can do whatever the bejeezus he wants. He's made more albums than America has had presidents, he's transformed rock in the process, and in his later years he's almost singlehandedly sustained the fashion relevance of the bolo tie.

No one should object if the old man just wants to go out to the woodshed and play some blues.

Longtime fans and neophytes will all probably be grateful for the economical punch provided by Together Through Life, the bard's ...

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