Recording News

Newfoundland's Duane Andrews' Third CD, "Raindrops" - A Jazz Gem Straight from the Rock

Source: All About Jazz
October 29, 2008

By Brian Gall Three-time East Coast Music Award winner and Newfoundland's premier jazz guitarist, Duane Andrews brings the sounds of his homeland, Django Reinhardt inspired material and an exceptional Charles Mingus cover to his third and addictively-solid album Raindrops, being officially released November 4 during a Toronto showcase at Hugh's Room.

Calling St. John's home, the 35-year-old has an impressive list of accomplishments (including winning the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition in the Jazz category and the Jazz album award at ...

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NARAS Voting Members Can Stream the 2009 First Round Grammy Entry: Jimmy Greene – the Overcomer’S Suite Online!

Source: All About Jazz
October 29, 2008

New York, NY -- Nu Jazz Entertainment --a long time producer of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz—is announcing the launch of a Grammy Listening Area on their website for 2009 NARAS voting members to hear the first round nominee Jimmy Greene : The Overcomer’s Suite --a new album from award-winning saxophonist, Jimmy Greene , on their Nu Jazz Records label.

About “The Overcomer’s Suite”

Bold…. Daring…. Inventive… All of these ...

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Indaba Music Announces Opportunity to "Celebrate and Collaborate" with Yo-Yo Ma

Source: All About Jazz
October 29, 2008

Indaba Music, the leading online music collaboration web application, announced an opportunity for musicians to collaborate with world-class artists through a new program titled, “Celebrate and Collaborate with Yo-Yo Ma”. Starting October 7th 2008, Mr. Ma is making available a pre-recorded melody of the classic piece, “Dona Nobis Pacem” (Give Us Peace). Members of the Indaba Music community will be challenged to record a counterpart to Mr. Ma’s cello or create a set of variations based on the main musical ...

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Molly McFadden Announces Her New CD "Live from Molly's"

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

Molly McFadden (nee Scates) was once called “the future of New York Cabaret" by such icons of song as Sylvia Sims and Margaret Whiting. Today, the musician turned restaurateur has released a CD “Live From Molly's" recorded in the bistro bearing her name. Molly owns and operates Molly's Bistro, a restaurant and jazz club in Midland, Michigan where she performs and hosts other artists while building a musical bridge from Midland to Manhattan. At noon on Sunday, November 2, Molly ...

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Michael Wolff Preps "Joe's Strut" for February 2009 Release

Source: Seth Cohen PR
October 28, 2008

Joe's Strut Showcases Jazz Collaboration at its Best, as Michael Wolff Invites Steve Wilson Into the Studio “We Went Down Into the Cave of Jazz and Improvisation" Wolff's Irresistible Title Track Written in Memory of Composer and Keyboardist Joe Zawinul Pianist Michael Wolff delivers his most accomplished, nuanced and forthright jazz album to date, with the February 10, 2009 release of Joe's Strut on Wrong Records. The upcoming CD, Wolff's first new recording of straight-ahead, original, instrumental jazz since 2004's ...

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Ry Cooder Anthology: "The UFO Has Landed" Released to Critical Acclaim

Source: 1888 Media
October 28, 2008

Rhino takes a joy ride through Ry Cooder's prolific career with a two-CD collection of his work as a solo artist and soundtrack composer. Available now for a suggested list price of $29.98, THE UFO HAS LANDED: THE RY COODER ANTHOLOGY collection is also available at all digital outlets for a suggested list price of $16.99. Produced by Cooder's son, Joachim, the 34-song compilation offers a fresh look at Cooder's musical career, spanning 38 years--from his eponymous 1970 debut to ...

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CD: Roger Kellaway

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 28, 2008

 Roger Kellaway, Live at the Jazz Standard (IPO). For the pianist's stand at the New York club, he continues his drumerless ways of recent years but, as usual, has plenty of rhythm. He is abetted by guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Jay Leonhart. Vibraharpist Stefon Harris is also aboard, fitting into Kellway's conception of a group modeled on the Nat Cole Trio. Cellist Borislav Strulev makes a moving contribution to Kellaway's “All My Life." The exuberant blowing is on familiar ...

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CD: Grace Kelly, Lee Konitz

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 28, 2008

Grace Kelly, Lee Konitz, GracefulLee (Pazz). Alto saxophonists, one fifteen, the other eighty, on the same wavelength, enjoying one another's company. As I wrote near the time this was being recorded, Ms.Kelly is a phenomenon -- not a precociously talented child, but a complete improvising musician. With Konitz, one of the great individualists in jazz, she is a peer. On the tracks featuring her in duo with drummer Matt Wilson, guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Rufus Reid, she is resourceful ...

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