Recording News

Free Holiday Tune Download from Jazz Bassist Sean O'Bryan Smith

Source: All About Jazz
November 30, 2008

As a thank you to all the fans, friends, radio, and musicians who have helped to make Tapestry a great success Sean OBryan Smith will be releasing a holiday single totally FREE for download. DOWNLOAD NOW The response to Tapestry all over the world has been great. Reviews and sales continue to roll in all praising the freshman solo CD for the highly acclaimed bassist. As a gift to all Sean has arranged the timeless classic Let it Snow specifically ...

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Harry Connick Jr. New Holiday CD Less Pop More Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
November 29, 2008

Christmas music is in season Separating the prizes from the duds in a diverse lot of new albums.

The bounty of new holiday albums is impressive -- little else is selling, the thinking seems to be, so let's see if Santa and Rudolph can salvage the end of the year. This year's batch is suitably diverse, many hurriedly assembled as a seasonal bonus primarily for an artist's most ardent fans, a few exhibiting real thought and care about what the ...

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Saltman Knowles Joins Pacific Coast Jazz with New CD Release "Return of the Composer"

Source: Sound Visions Media
November 29, 2008

San Diego, CA - November 30, 2008 - San Diego-based independent record label, Pacific Coast Jazz (PCJ), announces the signing of Washington, DC-based jazz ensemble, Saltman Knowles. The agreement anticipates the release of their new CD, Return of the Composer, slated for a street date of February 10, 2009. “We're excited to have the opportunity to represent Saltman Knowles' fifth and most impressive CD to date," says Donna Nichols, founder and president of Pacific Coast Jazz. “This album truly confirms ...

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Weezer Raids Vaults, Records Xmas Carols

Source: Billboard Magazine
November 29, 2008

On the heels of the release of the second volume of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings, the group is now taking a look back into its own vaults. Cuomo tells Billboard he has “no idea" when the tentatively titled “Odds and Ends" will be released, but describes it as “just another fun project to do. They're great songs, but for some reason they didn't make the final cut for [a] record. They span a vast period of time from ...

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Revisiting Latin Jazz Classics: Sabu's Jazz Espagnole, Sabu Martinez

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
November 28, 2008

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The Pop and Jazz Critics Review Boxed Sets and Other Notable Collections 2008.

Source: Michael Ricci
November 28, 2008

Here the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times review boxed sets and other notable collections released in 2008.

Start with the hits, move on to the B-sides and non-album tracks, and once those run out, find live recordings, video clips and demo versions. Thats the rule for the musical archivists who keep searching more deeply, and further afield, to fill the capacity of CDs and DVDs in this years crop of boxed sets and collections.

LESTER YOUNG ...

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Cars and Guitars Autopia's 10 Best Songs About Cars

Source: All About Jazz
November 28, 2008

As we prepare for the annual Thanksgiving slog over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house, we're compiling a playlist to keep us from falling into a tryptophan-induced stupor on the long drive home. After all, British researchers have found belting out your favorite song behind the wheel makes it less likely you'll plow into the back of a semi.

Being car guys, it occurred to us that there are approximately 1.2 gazillion songs about cars. Has any ...

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Tistrya Grace:seremplicity

Source: JamBase
November 28, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

On my best days I'm not nearly this overflowing with positivity, kindness and hope. It's a rare, unblemished innocence that can hold onto such virtues in this rough world, something to be admired even if most of us can't summon up the juju to breath rainbows. Warmly reflective and breezily constructed, Tistrya Grace's debut, Seremplicity (self-released), overflows with bright spirit and the pickin'-for-the-joy-of-it spirit of the early '70s Topanga Canyon and SF scenes. Aided by members of ...

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