Recording News

Arturo O'Farrill and Claudia Acuna - A Musical Match Made in Heaven!

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Brooklyn, NY - Latin Jazz virtuoso Arturo O’Farrill and South American Jazz vocalist Claudia Acuna are pleased to announce the release of their first album together. Arturo O’Farrill who is most known as the leader of the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and former Director of Latin Jazz at Lincoln Center has paired with South American vocalist and instrumentalist Claudia Acuna on an album that is sure to strike a chord at the very musical foundations of ...

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Sonny Rollins Live: New CD & DVD Due from Doxy/Emarcy in October

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 22, 2008

Expectations run very high at Sonny Rollins concerts, for both audiences and the saxophonist himself. Considered jazz's greatest living improviser, Rollins seizes the opportunity offered by each live performance to search for his lost chord; his audiences await nothing short of transcendence. An extraordinary double dose of Rollins in concert is due on October 28, when the tenor saxophonists Doxy Records label (distributed by Emarcy/Universal) will release a new live CD compilation entitled Road Shows, Vol. 1 as well as ...

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From Galway's Flute Flows Magic, Uptown or Down

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

There he was at the New York Philharmonic's season-opening concert, performing Jacques Ibert's challenging Flute Concerto at Lincoln Center in a nationally televised concert on PBS. Dressed in a gold lame formal jacket and gold tie before a gala audience and national TV audience, Galway made a difficult work seem effortless. Two nights earlier, the man with the golden flute had another gig — on the Lower East Side with the Latin jazz ensemble Tiempo Libre. At the nightclub Drom, ...

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Aerosmith Earned More from Games Than Records?

Source: PC Magazine
September 20, 2008

Activision says Guitar Hero: Aerosmith has earned the band more royalties than any of their albums. Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick was quoted by MTV Multiplayer at the company's analyst day as saying that the band is enjoying more than just exposure to new fans and renewed interest of loyal rockers thanks to the videogame tie-in. “[Their] version of Guitar Hero generated far more in revenues than any Aerosmith album ever has," Kotick said. “Merchandising, concert sales, their ability to ...

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MMW New Album/Tour

Source: JamBase
September 20, 2008

Medeski Martin & Wood Gear Up for Radiolarians I

Medeski Martin & Wood Medeski Martin & Wood have never been your typical band. Creativity has led their career and their music always stays unique. Now, the restlessly inventive improvising trio Medeski Martin & Wood are set to embark on an ingenious new experiment dubbed The Radiolarian Series.

The Radiolarian Series - named after a type of single-celled organism with dazzlingly intricate exoskeletons - is designed to subvert the age-old music ...

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Motema Music Will Release "Jazz Therapy, Volume 1: Smile" in November

Source: GoMedia PR
September 20, 2008

Debut Duo Recording Featuring Roni Ben-Hur and Gene Bertoncini Will Benefit the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey Release Event: Nov. 3rd at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center This November 11th, Motema Music, the Harlem based record label that is home to Rufus Reid, Marc Cary, Lynne Arriale and Roni Ben-Hur among other top jazz talent, will release the first in their new “Jazz Therapy" series of charitable fund ...

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Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze Blend Ancient African Traditions with Contemporary

Source: GoMedia PR
September 20, 2008

It would seem that a Senegalese griot singer who plays the traditional West African 21-stringed kora would have little to discuss musically with a German-born, New York-based jazz trumpeter. But today’s cross-cultural fusions often transcend both geography and genre, and whether it was fate or design that brought together Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze, it is we who are the beneficiaries. On October 14 in the USA and Canada, ObliqSound will release the duo’s album Sira, a stunning collection of ...

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Retailers Greet “Friends and Family”

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

SRI Jazz announces Ray Brown Jr's new CD, an all-star duets album entitled “Family and Friends" is finally in stores. The album premiered on iTunes and it has received great reviews there and it arrives at all major music retailers the week of September 15th. “ Just listened to Ray Jrs' CD and it’s marvelous. He’s got the rhythm and feel of his mother and father and the voice to go with it. What a great idea for him to ...

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