Home » Jazz News

Recording News

Timely announcements covering new album releases, tours, concert series, special events, job postings, crowdfunding campaigns and more. You can find more news by searching our website, viewing our news stream, seeing what's trending or reading our blog posts. Subscribe to our news RSS feed and/or embed AAJ news content on your website or blog. Learn about our news service here. Submit news here.

Recording

JazzLoft.com Weekly Arrivals

Source: Jazz Loft Publicity
February 28, 2009

John Lennon Rock 'N' Roll (180g LP) (Capitol) Catalog: Other Genres Price: $18.95 Vinyl - Audiophile Roscoe Mitchell / Thomas Buckner Kirili et les Nympheas - Hommage a Monet (Mutable Music) Catalog: New Music Price: $30.95 Earl Howard 5 Saxophone Solos (Mutable Music) Catalog: New Music Price: $14.95 Noah Creshevsky Hyperrealism (Mutable Music) Catalog: New Music Price: $14.95 ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Ada Rovatti CD Release: "Green Factor"

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

Green Factor is a unique recording with a melting pot of Irish, Celtic, jazz and fusion influences with strong harmonies and sophisticated arrangements. Green Factor Tracks: The Kerry Dance The Green Factor Oh Corko Mio I Lost My Wisdom Oh Danny Boy The Untold Story Somewhere Over The Rainbow Wild Colonial Boy Peter Pan Your Highness Personnel: Ada Rovatti: tenor and soprano saxophones, Christian Howes: violin, George Colligan: piano & Fender Rhodes, Janek Gwizdala: electric bass, Obed Calvaire: Drums. Special ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Five Hidden Jazz Downloads

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 27, 2009

Every so often I spend a little time squirreling around at Amazon and in the iTunes Store looking to see what has been added to their catalogs. Since these digital music services aren't set up like old-fashioned record stores, it's impossible to know what has recently arrived unless you stumble upon a new release in an artist's e-bin. But over the last few weeks, I had a chance to cruise the stores, and I came across five “hidden" downloads that ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Wynton Marsalis to Release New Album March 24th

Source: On Target Media Group
February 26, 2009

On March 24, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis will release his fifth Blue Note recording, He and She – an ambitious new album of 22 tracks that combines spoken word and Wynton’s signature Jazz style. The album is tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing centered around the compelling and most elemental of subjects, the relationship between a man and a woman. Before heading into the studio, ...

Continue Reading...

Recording