Recording News

Morton Feldman "For Bunita Marcus" (Hat(Now)Art 174)

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Morton Feldman For Bunita Marcus performed by Hildegard Kleeb hat(now)Art 174

Feldman once wrote that... “Renoir said that the same color, applied by two different hands, would give us two different tones. In music, the same note, written by two different composers, gives us—the same note. When I write a B flat, and Berio a B flat, what you get is always B flat. The painter must create his medium as he works. That’s ...

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Percussionist Daniel Sadownick Releases "There Will Be a Day"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions
March 24, 2009

Daniel Sadownick is one of the world's premier percussionists. His resume includes work with names such as The Roots, Dennis Chambers, Billy Idol, Pat Martino, Nicholas Payton, Me'shell Ndege'ocello, Christian McBride, Raul Midon and The Screaming Headless Torsos, just to name a few. He has played on six Grammy-winning albums and had several nominations for his work with Steely Dan, Al Green, Michael Brecker, Nestor Torres and Maxwell. He is also endorsed by Latin Percussion, has been nominated three years ...

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Anthony Braxton "Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989" (Hatology 658)

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Anthony Braxton: Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 Anthony Braxton - alto, C-melody, soprano and sopranino saxophones, clarinet & flute Adelhard Roidinger - double bass Tony Oxley - drums hatOLOGY 658

The resulting music – a step into virtuoso improv within “vibrational space” – sings with a relaxed exhilaration that will make it a certain pleasure for all who listen. Here, I guess (to steal an image from William Blake), is the sound of ...

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Next to Normal OCR out 4/7 on Ghostlight

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 24, 2009

Ghostlights NEXT TO NORMAL Double-CD Cast Recording is Confirmed for April 7th Digital Release, May 12th Retail. Barnes and Noble In-Store Performance Set for May 12th

Ghostlight Records is proud to confirm its release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed new musical Next To Normal. Digital release has been set for April 7th, followed by a Double-CD brick-and-mortar retail release on May 12th.

The album, which features more than 30 original songs, was recorded in New ...

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Portuguese Fado Singer Ramana Vieira Releases "Lagrimas de Rainha (Tears of a Queen)"

Source: Sound Visions Media
March 24, 2009

Called a rising star in World Music by the San Francisco Examiner, vocalist Ramana Vieira released her new CD Lagrimas De Rainha (Tears Of A Queen) on the Pacific Coast Jazz label on March 24, 2009.

Ramana Vieira has solidified her place as one of the premier world music artists who understands the tradition of Portuguese Fado singing, a melancholy and often-mournful music similar to the American blues, yet continues to creatively construct a path into the future by combining ...

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Luciano Berio & Edison Denissow "Works for Voice and Chamber Ensemble" (Hat(Now)Art 168)

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Luciano Berio & Edison Denissow Works For Voice And Chamber Ensemble performed by Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich Hedwig Fassbender - mezzo-soprano hat(now)ART 168

Luciano Berio: ‘Time after time, I find myself returning to folk music. I want to take possession of this treasure-store, using my own resources. Even though I know it cannot come true, I have a utopian dream, namely to forge a single entity from our own ...

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Mary Halvorson, Reuben Radding & Nate Wooley "Crackleknob" (Hatology 662)

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Mary Halvorson - guitar Reuben Radding - double bass Nate Wooley - trumpet Crackleknob Hatology 662

One listen to this CD and that element of trust and synchronicity immediately comes through. This is the kind of music that can only come from musicians who know each other well. It is like dropping in on an intimate conversation. Ideas get launched and then get immediately picked up, morphed, and woven back in. There ...

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Cassandra Wilson to Release New Covers Collection

Source: On Target Media Group
March 23, 2009

Grammy-award winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson will release Closer To You: The Pop Side on April 7th via Blue Note / EMI.

With her unmistakable honeyed husky voice, she has made intimate and personal statements with jazz, blues, R&B, country and pop. Closer To You: The Pop Side is a new collection of Wilsons best covers of pop / rock hits, originally recorded by a whos-who of top musicians, including U2, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, The Band, Sting, Van Morrison, ...

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