Recording News

Sun Spin: Mahavishnu Orchestra

Source: JamBase
November 10, 2008

OUR CLASSIC ALBUM SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN MUSC

This week in 1985, the theme song to Miami Vice was the No. 1 song in the U.S. and a whole generation got to see one of the last truly homely people to ever grace MTV as Jan Hammer briefly rose to the top of the pop culture cesspool. It was like seeing one's Dungeon Master or beloved video store clerk walking the red carpet. But, ...

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Recent Listening: Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 10, 2008

Kenny Wheeler, Other People (Cam Jazz). Perenially adventurous, always on the leading edge of music, Wheeler was seventy-five when this was recorded in 2005. His playing on trumpet and flugelhorn is brilliant, with little of the lassitude that has sometimes crept in as he aged. The even more striking aspect of this CD is Wheeler's writing. He applies his distinctive style to strings, a medium new to him as a composer.

Lacing his horn lines through and around the Hugo ...

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Gongzilla:Five Even

Source: JamBase
November 10, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

They come on like some thick aphrodisiac, Hansford Rowe's bass seeping into your crevices and warming your cockles, putting the “skinny in your dip," while the guitars of Bon Lozaga and Jameison Ledonio run their fingers through your hair and massage your back. Fragrant as fresh pines and slippery as an oiled eel, this is a new Gongzilla. While their DNA includes some of the finest progressive rock and jazz-fusion of the last quarter century, this luxuriously ...

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Berangere Maximin Debut Album on Tzadik Records

Source: All About Jazz
November 9, 2008

Berangere Maximin Tant que les Heures Passent Tzadik Records 2008

Berangere was born on the remote French colonial island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and moved to France at the age of sixteen. A resident of Paris since 2002, she has performed as a singer in rock and world music bands and also studied electroacoustic music with Denis Dufour at Perpignan conservatory. Working out of her own Home Sweet Home Studio in Paris, ...

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Stuart Rosh Mines the Sounds of the 40s and 50s with New Album

Source: Winged Flight Publicity
November 9, 2008

San Francisco, CA - The idea behind Fundamental, Stuart Rosh's fourth album, started with a well-known quote from John Lennon, “Before Elvis, there was nothing." Stuart loves Lennon, but emphatically disagrees. He borrows from the sounds of the 40s and 50s, adds contemporary lyrics, and shows that there was a rich palette of music before Elvis. On Fundamental, you'll find a blend of original jazz, blues, cabaret, and r&b, plain old American Mutt Music, performed with freshness, humor, and verve. ...

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Denise Donatelli Rides the Waves of Success with New CD "What Lies Within"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 8, 2008

New York, NY - October 28, 2008--Sure to please jazz lovers everywhere, smooth vocalist Denise Donatelli turns in a virtuoso effort with her new release What Lies Within. Described by the Los Angeles Times as a singer jazz musicians love to love, the accomplished alto Donatelli has impressed audiences everywhere with her range, dedication, and confidence and never is that more evident than on her sophomore album. Both an intimate affair and tour de force, What Lies Within is undoubtedly ...

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Malkmus, Blitzen Trap: Funk 49 "Furr" a Best Song of the Year?

Source: JamBase
November 8, 2008

Stephen Malkmus & Blitzen Trapper Cover “Funk 49"

Everyone needs a friend who scrapes the web looking for cool stuff; lucky for JamBase we've got a bunch of weirdos who love doing that kinda thing. Big thanks to J over at reapandsow for tippin' us off to this sicktastic cover of the James Gang's “Funk 49" by Stephen Malkmus and Blitzen Trapper. Also a tip of the hat to You Ain't No Picasso where our friend J originally found this ...

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Aaron Senseman Releases Solo CD 'More Than Anything'

Source: All About Jazz
November 7, 2008

Aaron Senseman's new album of original worship music, More Than Anything, is set for release next week. The record catalogues some of his best original worship songs and modern hymn arrangements, including a remake of the Senseman-penned Caedmon's Call favorite, “Let Me Be." Produced by Jonathan and Joel Camey (Cindy Cruse, Lauren James), More Than Anything is a versatile offering with cuts ranging from the energized pop-rock of the title track, to the subtle hints of folk and jazz found ...

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