Recording News

Bill Dixon:17 Musicians in Search of Sound: Darfur

Source: JamBase
March 3, 2009

By: Trevor Pour

At the onset of last calendar year, my sheltered ears had not yet channeled a singular note of Bill Dixon's extensive catalogue. It took not long, however, until I was introduced to Bill Dixon with the Exploding Star Orchestra, an album that would prove to challenge my views of free jazz and change my perspective on the capacity of sound to tap directly into emotion (see review here). Today, I have the good fortune to ponder Dixon's ...

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Fifty Years Ago Today: "Freddie Freeloader" and the Start of "Kind of Blue"

Source: Straight No Chaser
March 3, 2009

Musicians arrived at Columbia 30th Street Studios in New York fifty years ago today to begin working on the new Miles Davis album. Present that day were saxophonists John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Kelly would record just one tune that day, before leaving and being replaced by Bill Evans. What was missing that day were lead sheets or anything substantive as to what they would play. As Bill Evans wrote ...

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Prince's New 3 CD Set Gets Target Exclusive

Source: Billboard Magazine
March 3, 2009

Prince is coming to a Target near you. The superstar is releasing a three-disc CD set through the retailer at the end of this month. The set will include two new albums — “LOtUSFLOW3R" and “MPLSoUND" — as well as a third by his new artist, Bria Valente, for the price of $11.98. Prince is just the latest music legend to release new music exclusively through a major retailer. AC/DC and the Eagles were among the acts who sold millions ...

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Bela Fleck Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3, Africa Sessions

Source: Michael Ricci
March 2, 2009

BELA FLECK Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3, Africa Sessions(Rounder)

Four years ago the banjoist Bela Fleck went to Africa with an agenda. He had long been intrigued by his instrument’s ancestral history there; he had also been gripped by the transcendent voice of Oumou Sangare, the queen of Malian Wassoulou music. His journey resembled fieldwork in the sense that he was traveling with a recording engineer and film crew. But he also ...

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Return to Forever: Live Album

Source: JamBase
March 2, 2009

SNEAK PEAK AT UPCOMING CONCERT SET

live album While the release date and full track listing of Return To Forever's live document of their monumental 2008 reunion tour have yet to surface (they say they're on the way soon), you can check out “Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" and “Vulcan Worlds" HERE.

Chick Corea hasn't let any moss grow since teaming up with his RTF pals. He'll be hitting the road with the Five Peace Band, which he co-founded with ...

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Hammond B3 Legend John Novello Redefines the Groove in B3 Soul with Multi-Platinum Songwriter/Producer Andy Goldmark

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
March 2, 2009

Moorestown, NJ - Legendary Niacin band member and Hammond B3 player John Novello joined forces with nuGroove Records for the release of B3 Soul in conjunction with the NoGo label. B3 Soul is co-produced by the multiplatinum songwriter/producer Andy Goldmark. The first single to be released to radio in March 2009 is Feelin' the Beat. About John Novello: If fences were responsible for the demise of the old West, some might say that genre categories did the same thing to ...

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Van Morrison:Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Source: JamBase
March 2, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

The current trend in recreating classic albums in concert is a mixed blessing. At a base level, these are pure nostalgia exercises. Without overt sentiment there wouldn't be so many assess in seats or merch sold. Being blunt, rare is the artist/band that can remotely reproduce the magic of their original recordings. Try as they might Roger Waters and David Gilmour are never going to nail the enduring grandeur of Dark Side of the Moon in a ...

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Songs from Iceland Featuring Tony Malaby

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2009

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