Recording News

New CD by the Hot Club of San Francisco Due from Azica Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
October 15, 2008

The Hot Club of San Francisco, in its 20-year history, has released ten adventurous, critically acclaimed CDs in the passionate gypsy-jazz style that traces its origins to guitarist Django Reinhardt and his Quintette du Hot Club de France. On their new CD, Bohemian Maestro: Django Reinhardt and the Impressionists, the Bay Area quintet explores classical treatments of several compositions by Django as well as early 20th century French classical music that may have inspired the gypsy guitarist during his time ...

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Sweden's Smooth Reunion is "Cleaning up the Business!"

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2008

Zink Music is more than proud to present a new album from a young Swedish act called Smooth Reunion, their new album Cleaning Up The Business ranges from Westcoast to Jazz and is a true delight to anyone with the slightest interest in Steely Dan! Guitarist Josef Melin and drummer Samuel Andr met in 2006 at a school called ITM in Sweden. They soon discovered that they both liked really good music and that very Christmas, that depressingly grey Swedish ...

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New Release by Lukas Hein - "At First Glance"

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2008

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Nick D'Virgilio Releases Genesis "Lamb" Tribute on Progrock Records

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 14, 2008

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 14 September 2008 Nashville-based recording engineer/producer and a Los Angeles-based performer have teamed up to create a unique twist on a classic Genesis album. This fall, Nick D'Virgilio of Spock's Beard fame and engineer/producer Mark Hornsby are re-recording the Genesis classic: “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway," in it's entirety. Produced at Java Jive Studio in Nashville, the album features some of Music Citys best musicians, taking the songs in a whole new direction. “We wanted ...

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Johnny Neel and the Criminal Element:volume 2

Source: JamBase
October 14, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Twistin' one and smokin' it down, skinny dippin' in a lake and generally driving their fingers into fine, earthy stuff, Johnny Neel and the Criminal Element tap into The Mothers of Invention, Dumpstaphunk and some of Neel's earlier involvements like Blue Floyd and the Allman Brothers. Clever but streetwise, the Criminal Element - Neel (keyboards, vocals), Randy Boen (guitar, vocals), Curt Redding (drums, vocals) and Russell Wright (bass) - flow with bar band immediacy fueled by crazy ...

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New William Parker Quartet CD Released on AUM Fidelity

Source: Improvised Communications
October 14, 2008

“Bassist-composer William Parker’s quartet may be the best working band in jazz today –- it’s certainly one of the most exciting. Every track on their third CD contains examples of their unexcelled collective and individual brilliance. Their liberated and disciplined use of the music’s possibilities makes this a deeply hopeful and uplifting album." --Ed Hazell, PointofDeparture.org

“A welcome return to the studio from one of today's most esteemed working groups, Petit Oiseau is one of Parker's most accessible ...

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Neil Young: Live at Sugar MTN '68

Source: JamBase
October 14, 2008

REPRISE SETS NEIL YOUNG'S SUGAR MOUNTAIN LIVE RELEASE FOR NOVEMBER 25

Neil Young by Jay Blakesberg Just five days shy of his 23rd birthday, Neil Young's solo career launched in earnest with an engagement at The Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Having left the Buffalo Springfield only six months earlier, Neil brought just his guitar along to the facility operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan as a ministry to University of Michigan students, faculty and staff. The truth ...

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Pacific Coast Jazz adds Danny Green's Debut CD "With You in Mind"

Source: Sound Visions Media
October 13, 2008

San Diego, CA – October 9, 2008 - San Diego-based independent record label, Pacific Coast Jazz (PCJ), announces the addition of San Diego-based Brazilian jazz pianist, Danny Green, to their roster of distinctive artists. Green’s own independent label, Alante Recordings, will now be an associate label under the Pacific Coast Jazz umbrella.

This affiliation anticipates the release of Green’s first solo release With You In Mind, slated for a street date of January 20, 2009. “The quality of Danny’s work ...

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