Recording News

Scott Miller's Next Album Features Help from Patty Griffin, Tim O'Brien

Source: conqueroo
February 4, 2009

Patty Griffin, Tim O’Brien help Miller start 2009 independently

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Scott Miller is best known for non-stop touring with his band the Commonwealth, and for his eight prior critically acclaimed albums including the recent Appalachian Refugee Demos. In fact it was with proceeds from Internet sales of that album (demos from a Marantz hard-disc recorder with handmade cover art for each copy) that he financed his forthcoming release titled For Crying Out Loud. The album, due out ...

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Guitarist Dave Fiuczynski Releases "KiF Express"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions
February 4, 2009

"Cutting edge sounds that define today's musical landscape" --Billboard “Intense simmering turmoil revealing (the) uncanny ability. of this contemporary guitar giant" --Jazz Times Audio Clip The mantra for guitarist Dave “Fuze" Fiuczynski's KiF project is “Eastern Exotica, Western Exstatica". This east-meets-west vibe is the driving force that permeates the music of their latest release KiF Express. Throughout the 11-song affair Fuze shreds on his arsenal custom-built double-necked guitars in a variety of eastern modes and microtonal scales. Songs like “Phoenix ...

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Crosby, Stills and Nash Ready to Hit the Studio

Source: Billboard Magazine
February 4, 2009

With his “Reflections" box set coming tomorrow (Feb. 3), Graham Nash is looking ahead to mining the past on a number of other projects -- including a new Crosby, Stills & Nash covers album the trio is making with producer Rick Rubin. “I just had David and Stephen at my house in Hawaii for 10 days, and I've heard glimpses of some really great stuff," Nash reports to Billboard.com. But he doesn't want to reveal the songs they're working on ...

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Recent Listening: Hendelman, Shaw, Dial-Roche

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 4, 2009

In a posting a few months ago, I outlined the problem that all who write about music must face: keeping up. Nothing has changed, except that more CDs than ever are stacked throughout the office and music room. A colleague says he told a caller demanding to know when his album would be reviewed that his desktop looked like the Manhattan skyline, “and your CD is on the 44th floor." Following are recommendations for three CDs retrieved from the jewel ...

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John Scofield Album/Tour

Source: JamBase
February 4, 2009

JOHN SCOFIELD'S PIETY STREET AVAILABLE MARCH 31 / SPRING TOUR SET

John Scofield A principal innovator of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield has expressed himself in the vernacular of bebop, blues, jazz-funk, organ jazz, acoustic chamber jazz, electronically tinged groove music and orchestral ensembles with ease and enthusiasm. From early on, his versatility and technical mastery won him sideman gigs with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker and Cobham/Duke among many. Regardless of the stylistic setting, his distinct ...

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Melody Gardot Live in NYC | Melody Gardot | News

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

If you are in the NYC area this Thursday February 5 at 7:00 PM, come see Melody Gardot live at the Apple store in Soho! Be the first to hear Melody perform songs from her forthcoming release, My One And Only Thrill. Watch Melody perform Worrisome Heart & Quiet Fire from her debut Worrisome Heart live in Paris. For more information about Melody Gardot please visit melodygardot.com

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Lynne Arriale Forms New Alliances to Release "Nuance - The Bennett Studio Sessions"

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Motema Music proudly announces the release of Lynne Arriale's Nuance - The Bennett Studio Sessions - featuring Randy Brecker, George Mraz and Anthony Pinciotti, on-sale May 12, 2009. In a departure from her ten previous trio recordings, leader / composer / arranger Arriale is collaborating with an extraordinary new lineup of iconic musicians: Grammy winning Randy Brecker on trumpet/flugelhorn; jazz legend George Mraz on bass; and critically acclaimed Anthony Pinciotti on drums.

The project was recorded at the multi-Grammy and ...

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Dan Hicks New Album/Tour

Source: JamBase
February 4, 2009

DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS ANNOUNCE FIRST LEG OF U.S ALBUM RELEASE TOUR NEW ALBUM, TANGLED TALES, DUE MARCH 24

Dan Hicks Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks announce the first leg of his U.S. tour to support his new studio album. Dan's latest CD, Tangled Tales (March 24, 2009 / Surfdog Records), is a brand-new collection of compelling and witty tunes that show why Tom Waits called him “fly, sly, wily, and dry!"

In vintage Dan ...

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