Recording News

Holiday Music from PJ Parker

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2008

PJ Parker's digital-only collection, It's Christmas, is once again available. Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas songs such as Silent Night," Deck the Halls," A Child is Born," and nine others, the collection also introduces PJ's own, Not Beneath the Tree." Not Beneath the Tree" was born in December 2002 on a hectic, pre- Christmas Saturday after a phone conversation between PJ and her parents concerning holiday shopping. PJ's father, Tom, was gravely ill, and his worry was ...

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Lupone + les Mouches = USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, NY Times, More

Source: Seth Cohen PR
November 17, 2008

Broadway.com's Behind-The-Scenes Video Includes Exclusive Interview with Patti LuPone A wave of coverage and enthusiasm has coincided with the Ghostlight release of 'Patti LuPone at Les Mouches': USA TODAY ran a 'Listen Up – Playlist Music Pick'; Entertainment Weekly ran a review in their current double-issue; New York Magazine included the CD in their 'Approval Matrix'; The NY Times conducted a TIMESTALKS Event; The NY Post ran a 'My New York' feature; Tina Brown's The Daily Beast ran a 'Buzz ...

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The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet Release Jazz Classic Our Delight

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 17, 2008

New York, NY With two amazing careers traveling alongside one another but never intersecting, it only seemed natural that James Moody and Hank Jones would finally find each other on the same road. With their new release on the IPO imprint, Our Delight, the two veteran jazz stars make an obvious statement with the title of CD but that is just the beginning, as the recording is quickly becoming every jazz aficionados delight. With Moody’s trademark saxophone and beautiful flute ...

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Ralph Lalama Quartet Releases "Energy Fields"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 17, 2008

New York, NY When a group of similar minded musicians gets together and can relate to each other on a fundamental level about their influences, everything seems to fall into place. In the case of The Ralph Lalama Quartet, those quintessential synergies are apparent on their new release Energy Fields. All four men are well-known veterans in jazz circles and have played on numerous recordings over the years with well-known performers. The leader Ralph Lalama, a tenor sax legend in ...

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Sun Spin: The Story of the Ghost

Source: JamBase
November 17, 2008

OUR CLASSIC ALBUM SPOTLIGHT WONDERS CAN IT REALLY BE 10 YEARS?

1998 is a magical year for many Phish fans. Released October 27, 1998, The Story of the Ghost succeeded in freezing many of their live charms into the contained, permanent vessels. The product of extensive improvisations, Ghost finds the quartet exploring notions of groove, rhythm and time, as well as further finding their lyrical footing in a way that crossed over into the mainstream from their ...

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Holiday Music from Jazz Vocalist PJ Parker

Source: All About Jazz
November 16, 2008

PJ Parker's digital-only collection, It's Christmas, is once again available.

Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas songs such as “Silent Night," “Deck the Halls," “A Child is Born," and nine others, the collection also introduces PJ's own, “Not Beneath the Tree."

It's Christmas can be purchased at Amazon.com.

“Not Beneath the Tree" was born in December 2002 on a hectic, pre- Christmas Saturday after a phone conversation between PJ and her parents concerning holiday shopping. PJ's father, Tom, ...

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Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir:Tibetan Chants for World Peace

Source: JamBase
November 15, 2008

When Robert Hunter gave a cassette tape of Gyuto tantric chants to Mickey Hart in 1967 neither could have possibly imagined the eventual consequences of that moment. Hart listened to the recording for three straight years with no knowledge of their source, not realizing that the sounds he would eventually describe as “magnetic" and “all-consuming" were, in actuality, human voices. So, once he learned of Tibetan Buddhism's elite Gyuto Tantric Monastic University and their characteristic polyphonic style he was drawn ...

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Must Dig: Morley's "Seen"

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 15, 2008

The last time I raved about an unknown singer at a dinner party was back in 2005. I had just bought a CD from England and was telling anyone who'd listen how incredible the artist's lyrics and singing were. The import was Frank, and the singer was Amy Winehouse. No one knew who I was talking about in 2005. Of course, when her second album, Back to Black, hit in 2006, she became a household name and the rest is ...

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