Recording News

Run on Sentence:Oh when the Wind Comes Down

Source: JamBase
January 15, 2009

By: Jake Krolick

Americana and roots music are all the rage, and one of those lesser-known forces helping light the way hails from the Northwestern city of Portland, Oregon. Dustin Hamman and his rotating cast of a dozen band members form Run On Sentence. They recently released their first album, Oh When the Wind Comes Down (Hush Records). It's an album that strikes its listeners immediately upon hearing the light whimsical beginnings. The songs are centered on Hamman's wonderful ability ...

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Nathan Moore:You Yeah Smokin' Hot

Source: JamBase
January 15, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Usually I'm head over heels for anything that pours from Nathan Moore's quill, so it was surprising how long it took You Yeah Smokin' Hot (Reapandsow Music) to open up to me. This is even more odd when one considers that Smokin' Hot is far and away Moore's most readily accessible, modern radio friendly set to date. However, if like me, your taste in Moore runs closer to “Fat King of Gods," “Unprotected" and “So Close To ...

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CD: Brooklyn Undergrounders

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 15, 2009

Various, Brooklyn Jazz Underground, Volume 3 (BJU). If you have heard that Brooklyn is a hotbed of young jazz artists but haven't the foggiest idea what they are about, this compilation will give you a summary. Twenty-eight musicians in combinations from a duo to a sextet stretch your ears and the definition--if there is one--of jazz. The diversity of approaches includes a viola-bass clarinet duet that sounds like French impressionism and a fine “Body and Soul" by tenor saxophonist Jerome ...

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CD: Gene Perla, Elvin Jones

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 15, 2009

Gene Perla, Bill”s Waltz (PM). Drummer Elvin Jones should get equal billing with Perla. The two laid down basic bass-and-drums tracks in 1986. Following Jones' death in 2004, Perla wrote orchetrations for the pieces. With Jones digitally present, he recorded them in 2007 with the NDR Big Band in Germany. Jones drives the band, and it reacts as if he were in the studio with them. The NDR has a great day. The NDR seem to always have a great ...

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CD: Mike Holober

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 15, 2009

Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra, Quake (Sunnyside). Pianist-composer-arranger Holober chooses not to call his large congregation a big band. His scoring justifies the term orchestra. Balancing lushness with motion in and through the horn and rhythm sections, he evokes nature; the rustling of aspens in “Quake," bird song in “Thrushes." He is equally creative in his own pieces and in reinventions of songs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Holober's soloists, including himself, are among the best ...

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Radiohead Expanded Reissues

Source: JamBase
January 15, 2009

Capitol/ EMI to Release expanded “Collectors Edition" Radiohead's first three albums on March 24. Live Recordings, TV Performances and Other Rarities Added to Original Albums.

On March 24, Radiohead's first three studio albums, Pablo Honey (1993), The Bends (1995) and OK Computer (1997) will be released by Capitol/EMI in expanded “Collectors Edition" and limited edition “Special Collectors Edition" packages.

Each “Collectors Edition" includes the original album plus a second CD of rarities, including demos, sessions and live recordings. Each “Special ...

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David Boswell Releases New CD - I Like That

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
January 15, 2009

Los Angeles session guitarist David Boswell is scheduled to release his third album, I Like That, January 12, 2009.

With guest stars that include jazz innovator Jimmy Haslip (Credits: Yellowjackets and an extensive list of major industry leaders), smooth jazz saxophonist Nelson Rangell (Credits: Eric Marienthal, David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius and more), rock drummer M.B. Gordy III (Frank Zappa, REO Speedwagon, The Doobie Brothers, Yoko Ono and more), and new age pianist John Boswell, I Like That is a fresh ...

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Pianist Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1

Source: Shore Fire Media
January 15, 2009

Renowned pianist Marcus Roberts first album in eight years to be released March 31st.

New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, to be released via Tunecore and online. Album marks Duke Ellington's 110th birthday.

Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, his first new album since 2001's acclaimed Cole after Midnight, is set for release on March 31. Roberts, fluent in the diverse vocabulary of jazz piano spanning the entire twentieth century, is known for the ways in which he ...

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