Recording News

Jazz Vocalist PJ Parker Releases Third CD, "Dreams Are Meant for Two"

Source: All About Jazz
October 1, 2008

PJ Parker’s third release, “Dreams Are Meant For Two,” is an emotional collection of original and classic standards, including her own title track, plus “Black Coffee,” “Moonglow,” “Angel Eyes,” her own “So What Do You Say?” and “Love’s A Logistical Thing,” plus nine others.

“Dreams Are Meant For Two,” as a melody, remained virtually undiscovered for over 50 years until two weeks prior to this recording. According to PJ, “I was somehow drawn to a lone manuscript, nestled amongst my ...

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Weezer:weezer (the Red Album)

Source: JamBase
October 1, 2008

By: Scott Caffrey

Weezer is at its best when it goes on hiatus and has time to rebirth itself. After the platinum-but-undeserved success of Make Believe, Rivers Cuomo got rid of Alone: The Home Recordings - a cathartic shedding of some solid extras kicking around in his Pro-Tools files. And the latest Weezer (The Red Album) (Geffen Records) is all the better for it. If nothing else, he remembered that his bandmates aren't just great players - they can write ...

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These United States:crimes

Source: JamBase
October 1, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Such winding ways, such crooked footed running, such a winning, wobbly gait. These United States are as catchy as the common cold and smart as a doctorate waving academic. Beginning with Abel wiping the crumbs from his family table, Cain hovering near, we're soon tossed into a head bobbin' cultural maelstrom, Don Quixote and Atlantis, Samuel Clemens and the Dead Sea Scrolls, each rise up amongst many more sweeping references, whipping us like bugs on a windshield ...

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Jeff Lorber Makes Peak Records Debut

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2008

Pioneering composer, producer and contemporary Jazz keyboard legend Jeff Lorber makes his Peak Records debut this week with his new album Heard That. Over three decades after breaking ground as leader of the pioneering Jeff Lorber Fusion, the Philly-born and bred musician keeps the soulful momentum going, collaborating brilliantly on pop, jazz, R&B and blues-influenced tracks and even harkening back a bit to his early Fusion heyday with one of urban jazz's top hit makers and sonic architects, Rex Rideout. ...

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Stax Records to Release Soundtrack to Soul Men on November 4th

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2008

Soul Men soundtrack features music from Isaac Hayes, Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, Sharon Jones and the DapKings, and more Upcoming Movie Stars Comedian Bernie Mac, Samuel L. Jackson and Includes a Cameo by Music Icon Isaac Hayes Authentic soul music is the consistent theme and backdrop for the side-splitting comedy, Soul Men, starring entertainment icons Bernie Mac, who passed away on August 9, and award-winning actor Samuel L. Jackson. The film also includes a cameo appearance by Isaac Hayes who ...

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Jazz Violinist Harry Scorzo's New Album Lazy Thursday

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2008

Harry Scorzo, one of the most skillful and original jazz violinists today, brings a group of masterful jazz veterans to play tunes he's written in tribute to his childhood jazz heros: Count Basie, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock. You'll hear a pure, well crafted and mature jazz voice on the violin, great tunes, and great playing. The album features Joe Rotondi on piano, Eddie Resto on bass, Chris Garcia on drums, and Didi Scorzo (Harrys wife) singing on ...

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New Rachael Price CD Garners Early Acclaim

Source: Tom Estey Publicity & Promotion
September 30, 2008

Fans and critics are welcoming the latest recording from 23-year-old vocalist Rachael Price. “An alarmingly mature delivery," writes George Harris in the LA Jazz Weekly, “mix Anita O'Day's timing with a young Sarah Vaughan's sense of dynamics, and you get a feel for why she sang with T.S. Monk's sextet.... [there is] lots to like and adore on this welcome release by a lady whose value is likely to rise."

Entitled The Good Hours, Price's new offering reveals the steady ...

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Grammy-Nominated Keyboard Legend Jeff Lorber Makes Peak Records Debut

Source: On Target Media Group
September 30, 2008

Pioneering composer, producer and contemporary Jazz keyboard legend Jeff Lorber makes his Peak Records debut this week with his new album Heard That. Over three decades after breaking ground as leader of the pioneering Jeff Lorber Fusion, the Philly-born and bred musician keeps the soulful momentum going, collaborating brilliantly on pop, jazz, R&B and blues-influenced tracks – and even harkening back a bit to his early Fusion heyday – with one of urban jazz’s top hit makers and sonic architects, ...

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