Recording News

Phosphorescent:To Willie

Source: JamBase
February 7, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Amidst the pot smoke, cornball acting and lightweight high profile collaborations, what often gets lost about Willie Nelson is what a devastating songwriter he is. This fact didn't elude Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck), who's tunneled into the richest recesses of Willie's vast catalog to create a genuine tribute to the hard living American master.

The barroom doors swing wide on “Pick Up The Tempo" and then he splits your heart open on “Can I Sleep In Your ...

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Franklin Redoes Inauguration Day Anthem

Source: Michael Ricci
February 6, 2009

President Obama took a do-over on his oath of office. Now the Queen of Soul is following his lead.

Aretha Franklin has recorded a “preferred version" of “My Country, 'Tis of Thee," the song she performed at Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Franklin said in a statement Thursday that she wasn't able to give her “very best" in the ceremony's cold weather. Franklin says she wants fans to have the best possible version of her ...

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Telepath:Contact

Source: JamBase
February 6, 2009

By: Alex Borsody

Telepath is a fairly new band out of Philadelphia by way of North Carolina, who has been getting attention with their unique combination of traditional and futuristic music. Telepath synthesizes Eastern and Western culture to create holistic, enchanting songs.

This album contains a laundry list of different instruments from Asia to America, including keyboards, accordion, flute, sax, trumpet, dotar, sarangi, violin, trombone, shaker and computer generated elementals. I'm not going to Google all those instruments for you, ...

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Marco Benevento's Brooklyn Memoirs

Source: JamBase
February 6, 2009

By: Martin Halo

Marco Benevento The call box at Marco Benevento's NYC apartment squawks to life. Behind an apartment door stands the new fangled jazz pianist and all-around musical mischief-maker. He's catching a last bit of downtime before heading to the West Coast for an Oakland residency that began this week. His second solo effort, Me Not Me (Royal Potato Family Records) was released on February 3 (see JamBase's ...

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New Release on Impressus Records! Ulysses, Frantz Loriot (Viola), Tonino Miano (Piano)

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2009

Frantz Loriot and Tonino Miano met on MySpace not long ago and decided to have a session of improvised music. They immediately found an open channel of communication and understood that it needed to be investigated further. They did so by meeting almost regularly with the intent of developing a discourse that went beyond the immediacy of the moment, but firmly grasped an idea using the tools of improvisation. A framework was found, and they soon proceeded with the recording ...

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OGOGO's "Redux" Available February 13

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2009

OGOGO is proud to release their new duo album, Redux, which will be available February 13 on III Records. It's an electro-acoustic avant-garde inflected recording by way of a modified baroque aesthetic. The major trendsetter of contemporary Avant-Garde music, OGOGO has spoken itself in the lingua franca of Avant-Garde, Experimental, Classical, Collage, Ambiant, Atonal, Surreal, Electronic, Hypnotic Spacey Sound and Sociopath Recordings with easiness and eagerness. Apart from the stylistic background, their divergent trombone/guitar sound and compositions are distinctly OGOGO-like, ...

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Felice Bros. New Album/Tour

Source: JamBase
February 5, 2009

THE FELICE BROTHERS ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF YONDER IS THE CLOCK NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED APRIL 7 ON TEAM LOVE RECORDS

The Felice Brothers Team Love Records is proud to announce the release of The Felice Brothers' latest full-length, Yonder Is The Clock. Due out April 7, the album is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed self-titled record released in 2008, which was their first for Team Love. Yonder Is The Clock is the band's fourth record, including ...

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David Binney Releases "Third Occasion" with Scott Colley, Brian Blade and Craig Taborn

Source: Two for the Show Media
February 5, 2009

David Binney Third Occasion Mythology Records CD Release: January 28th, 2009 David Binney: Alto Saxophone Scott Colley: Acoustic Bass Brian Blade: Drums Craig Taborn: Acoustic Piano Brass Section: Ambrose Akinmusire: Trumpet Brad Mason: Trumpet, Flugelhorn Corey King: Trombone Andy Hunter: Trombone About Dave Binney Acclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent, saxophonist Dave Binney is one ...

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