Recording News

Yo-Yo Ma's New Album Takes Spiritual Journey

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2008

After musical trips to Appalachia, Brazil, Argentina, the Silk Road and baroque and modern Italy, Yo-Yo Ma has embarked on a spiritual journey. His next CD, “Songs of Joy & Peace, “ is being released this month, just in time for those holiday trips over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house. The 53-year-old cellist sees it as a musical house party with a wide variety of top artists jamming with Ma for the other guests. Even the ...

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Minton Records Releases "I Decided!" - The Amit Golan Quintet Featuring Joe Magnarelli

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2008

I Decided! is a classic Hard-Bop album reminiscent of the old days of Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark and others. No Post-Bop, no Progressive Jazz, no apologies. Just good old Hard-Bop! The album features seven of Amit Golan's original compositions and one Gershwin standard. The opening theme “Sari" has a unique form constructed of five different segments, each eight bars in length. The 'A' segment is in B minor with the major seventh on top, which recalls the sound of Horace ...

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New Arrivals at the Jazz Loft: ECM's Touchstone Series

Source: All About Jazz
October 3, 2008

Wow, this was a huge week for new releases and great reissues. We still haven't caught up but there's lots of new stuff for everyone.

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There are 12 more titles added to the ECM Touchstone series this week including CDs by John Abercrombie, Jan Garbarek, Bill Frisell, Marc Johnson, Pat Metheny, Paul Motian, Charles Lloyd, Chick Corea, Enrico Rava and more.

Just Arrived! 7 New Jazz Icons DVDs Vintage Concerts from the Critically Acclaimed Jazz ...

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Butch Thomas: Sax Man For Sting Heads For The Gold!

Source: Creative Mind Entertainment
October 3, 2008

By Cornelius White Nu-Jazz Saxophonist Conrad “Butch" Thomas may be new to the charts in the United States, but he's no neophyte to the global music industry. His career spans 30 years of featured performance and recordings by the likes of Jaco Pastorius, Lenny Kravitz, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and Sting.

Born and raised in St Louis, Missouri, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music (1983) from Webster University. Very soon after graduating, he relocated to ...

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Blue Ash's Powerpop Gem Debut Album Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
October 3, 2008

Youngstown, Ohio band, signed to Mercury by Paul Nelson (New York Dolls), never hit the big time but is worshipped by the pop cognoscenti

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — When England’s Guardian newspaper assembled its list of “1,000 Albums to Hear Before You Die,” the 1973 debut album from Blue Ash made the grade alongside all the established classics — pretty remarkable considering the album in question, 1973’s No More, No Less, had been out of print for 30 years. Thirty-five ...

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Kathryn Taubert Releases "Somewhere in Time"

Source: All About Jazz
October 3, 2008

Newly-released on the D and M Records Label, Somewhere In Time by the incomparable Kathryn Taubert sets the standard of excellence for vocal artistry, original lyrics, and stunning arrangement and instrumentation. Ms. Tauberts many fans have eagerly awaited the release of Somewhere In Time and were confident they will feel it was well worth the wait. Kathryn Taubert is simply the finest female vocalist in the industry today. For those who were never fond of light jazz, your opinion will ...

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50th Anniversary of "The Day the Music Died"

Source: All About Jazz
October 3, 2008

February 3, 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of “The Day The Music Died," when a plane crash took the lives of rock 'n' roll legends Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. In anticipation of that momentous occasion, the vault of rare Buddy Holly tracks will be opened wide for two multi-disc sets released January 28, 2009. The three-CD, 60-selection MEMORIAL COLLECTION (Geffen/Decca/UMe), presents a thorough, digitally remastered overview of Holly's short, yet astonishing career featuring rare undubbed ...

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Sonya Kitchell:this Storm

Source: JamBase
October 3, 2008

By: Bear Connelly

In a world that is littered with young pop stars that are more or less drafted from the Disney ranks and plopped into any and all situations in which they must follow orders from management, labels, promoters etc., it's refreshing to know that young women with old souls like Sonya Kitchell are still around. The 18-year-old songstress has just released her second album, This Storm (released September 2 on Decca). Her first album has sold over 100,000 ...

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