Recording News

Grammy-Nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott to Release First Live CD/DVD

Source: On Target Media Group
October 21, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Concord Jazz will release Christian Scott: Live at Newport, the first-ever live album and DVD from the critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated 24-year-old trumpeter Christian Scott. Recorded on August 9, 2008 at the JVC Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI, Live at Newport is the follow up to Christian’s sophomore release, Anthem, and his Grammy-nominated debut Rewind That. Both albums received rave reviews upon release in 2007 and 2006 respectively. The new 2-disc set features a stunning ...

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Debut CD by Vocalist Jo Lawry, "I Want to be Happy", Released Today

Source: Orange Grove Publicity
October 21, 2008

Rarely does a singer come along in whom virtuosity meets sensitivity. On her debut album, I Want to Be Happy, Jo Lawry at once tests the limits of technical facility and explores the furthest reaches of musical expression. Her music, steeped in the jazz tradition without being constrained by its traditional forms and functions, demonstrates a unique combination of maturity and inventiveness. Since moving to New York from her native Australia, Jo has become one of the most impressive voices ...

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Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast Debut at the Stone

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2008

Ken Thomson, co-leader of Gutbucket, performer in Signal, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Fire In July, and acclaimed emerging composer commissioned by Bang On A Can and the American Composers Orchestra, unveils a new project called Slow/Fast. The Music: Slow/Fast aims to connect the heavily-composed work Thomson has written for new music ensembles Bang on a Can All-Stars, American Composers Orchestra, Ethel, Anti-Social Music, and more, and connect it with small ensemble jazz. The music is long-form and through-composed, yet requires the ...

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Award-Winning Jazz Saxophonist Tim Ries Releases "Stones World: The Rolling Stones Project II"

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 21, 2008

Saxophonist/composer Tim Ries an extraordinary jazz musician and member of the Rolling Stones touring band since 1999 translates the Stones immortal songbook into uncharted jazz-influenced, world music territories in Stones World: The Rolling Stones Project II (release date 10/21/08). Born from Ries world tours with the band, the album is a two-CD, 13-track organic exploration of the worlds musical melting pot that unites an impressive roster of international musicians performing jazz rearrangements of the Stones classics. Led by Ries on ...

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PJ Parer's "Dreams Are Meant For Two" - A Chance Discovery Leads To Stunning Results

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2008

SOMERSET, NJ – It was a chance trip to her late father’s den that led Jazz vocalist PJ Parker to a wonderful discovery. Nestled among music books and other documents in his piano bench was a yellowed piece of manuscript paper containing the music of what would become the title track to PJ’s third CD, Dreams Are Meant For Two. As PJ recounts it, “I found myself opening his piano bench, an act my Dad preferred to grant permission for, ...

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Ruby Flower Records Releases 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

Ruby Flower Records released three new CDs : “Passing The Torch" RF03CD Ruby Flower Records©2008 Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, soprano hunting horn, prepared trumpet, reed flute, whistles, vocals Jean-Luc Cappozzo - trumpet, flugelhorn, prepared trumpet, vocals Liner Notes : Bernard Prouteau (2007) Producers : Ana Isabel Ordonez & Herb Robertson ----

“Second Time" RF05CD Ruby Flower Records©2008 A COPRODUCTION RUBY FLOWER RECORDS & ...

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Kiosk Slated to Release Highly-Anticipated Third Album

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

Bamahang Productions is set to release the highly-anticipated KIOSK's third studio album, “Bagh e Vahsh e Jahani" (Global Zoo) on November 14, 2008. The new album features ten tracks varying in music style from Gypsy Jazz to Waltz and from Argentinean Tango to Blues. Although the music of the album is a big departure from the Underground Blues/Rock sound of the previous two KIOSK albums, the lyrics of Arash Sobhani (lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist) continues the social commentary on ...

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Out November 11th - Warren Zevon Reissued with 15 Unreleased Tracks

Source: 1888 Media
October 20, 2008

Warren Zevon moved to Spain in the summer of 1975, dropping out of the music business after nearly a decade. During his self-imposed exile, he performed regularly at the Dubliner, a colorful bar owned by a former mercenary who helped Zevon pen the classic Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner. Zevons luck changed when his friend Jackson Browne contacted him about a recording deal. He signed with Asylum Records in 1975 and began recording his major-label debut, WARREN ZEVON. Today, many ...

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