Recording News

Sinatra Resurfaces in Pair of Releases

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Ol' Blue Eyes: Frank Sinatra died in 1998, but there's no final curtain for his music.

Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Concord Music Group are teaming on a pair of May 5 releases, My Way 40th Anniversary Edition and the never-before-available Sinatra at the Meadowlands.

The latter, a widely bootlegged 1986 concert, boasts 18 tracks spanning Sinatra's career. In addition to the title track and such covers as Yesterday and Mrs. Robinson, My Way includes For Once in My Life, recorded ...

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Dhani Harrison up Close with the Beatle Progeny's Band

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

“It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn’t want to mess up before,” thenewno2’s Dhani Harrison (son of Beatles great George), tells Rolling Stone of playing with his late father. “But now we can mess it up as much as we want.” Thenewno2, Harrison’s psychedelic project with pal Oli Hecks, recently performed an intimate acoustic set in our Rolling Stone studio, and Harrison talked ...

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Guitarist Mike Fageros Releases New CD "Melange de Jazz"

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Guitarist Mike Fageros has released his new CD entitled “Melange de Jazz" on the Top Secret label. This CD features the guitarist in the Organ Trio setting utilizing two different Hammond Organists and featuring them on different tracks.

Organist Robert Sanders is featured on 6 cuts including Minority and Recorda Me and Organist Travis Doyle is featured on another 3 cuts featuring Son of Ice Bag and Take Five.

In addition, Mike plays in the Guitar Trio with Guitar, Drums ...

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Jazz Artist Liza Lee's New CD, Anima

Source: Michael Ricci
March 13, 2009

Jazz artist Liza Lee’s new CD, Anima, has been released for only a few weeks and fantastic reviews are already coming in.

It is joining radio station playlists across the country and selling out at online retailers with more CDs on their way. Most important though, Liza’s ultimate personal mission is being accomplished. One hundred percent of the proceeds from Anima are being donated to The Society For Women's Health Research (SWHR), a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve ...

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Lunapark - Upright Acoustic new CD

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Lunapark combines acoustic jazz and electronic soundscapes with formal and harmonic structures of European music. The band manages to be unplugged and plugged-in at the same time thanks to resourceful flutist Sascha Otto and guest contributor Leon Gruenbaum, a New York based electronic musician and sound inventor. All compositions on the new album are by bassist/leader Gerhard Graml. Following Graml’s involvement in various recording projects, world music, jazz standards and contemporary orchestral music among them, “Upright Acoustic” is the third ...

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Ari Hest Number One on Itunes; USA Today Says "Listen Up"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 13, 2009

ARI HEST HITS #1 iTUNES SINGER-SONGWRITER CD WITH'TWELVE MONDAYS'; USA TODAY GIVES HIM A 'LISTEN UP MUSIC PICK' Ari Hest's new studio CD “Twelve Mondays” has reached THE #1 POSITION ON ITUNES SINGER-SONGWRITER CHART - Released 3/10, the album features re-worked versions of 12 fan- selected songs, culled from Ari’s recently-completed, unprecedented ‘52’ project, during which he wrote, recorded, produced and released one new song per week, for 52 weeks in a row. EARLIER THIS WEEK, USA TODAY PICKED THE ...

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50 Years of Del McCoury Box Set

Source: JamBase
March 12, 2009

Celebrating 50 Years Of Del McCoury Bluegrass Icon's Quintessential Restrospective 5-Disc Box Set To Be Released May 12, 2009

Del McCoury Band McCoury Music is proud to announce the upcoming May 12 release of CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DEL McCOURY. CELBRATING 50 YEARS OF DEL McCOURY is a stunning 5-disc special edition box set collection encapsulating a 50-year legacy of brilliant, heartfelt music from the Bluegrass icon, who recently celebrated another milestone by turning 70 years old. With ...

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Soulive: New Label/Album

Source: JamBase
March 12, 2009

SOULIVE LAUNCHES ROYAL FAMILY RECORDS; SOULIVE'S NEW ALBUM UP HERE AVAILABLE APRIL 14 SOULIVE U.S. TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 15

Soulive This April and May, funk powerhouse Soulive will hit the road in support of their new record Up Here, which will be released April 14 on their new label Royal Family Records.

March 2009 marks Soulive's 10th Anniversary - ten years since Eric Krasno, Alan Evans and his brother Neal Evans got together at a home studio ...

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