Recording News

Chart-Topping Producer Darren Rahn Remixes "Sweet Dreams" for De'Nate' - Free Download of "Reminisce"

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
September 15, 2008

Single Released to Radio End of September 2008 Chart-topping Producer Darren Rahn Remixes “Sweet Dreams" for De'Nate' Single Released to Radio End of September 2008

A remix of “Sweet Dreams" by De'Nate' from the Reminisce album is scheduled to go to radio the end of September 2008. The new single remix is the work of contemporary jazz mastermind Darren Rahn. Rahn has played a key role in the recent charting success of Wayman Tisdale, Dave Koz and Eric ...

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Randy Brecker Releases "Randy in Brasil" on Mama Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2008

Spectacular! A Melodic Latin Jazz recording from modern-day legend, the great Randy Brecker. Randy Brecker Randy in Brasil (MAMA 1035) 2008 Randy in Brasil was produced and arranged by Ruria Duprat at the popular Banda Sonora Studios in Brasil and features an amazing band formed around some of the best and most famous Brasilian musicians (including Ricardo Silveira) whose resumes read like a 'who's who' of Brasilian stars. Choosing the material from the files ...

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Alex Wilson to Launch New Album Live in Leeds

Source: Helen Maleed
September 15, 2008

British salsa bandleader and pianist Alex Wilson will launch his new album Salsa Con Soul with a one-off show at Leeds University Union on 12 October. The album, recorded with a 12-piece band and guest vocalists Aquilla Fearon and Naomi Phillips, tips the hat to Stevie Wonder, the music of Cuba and Wilson's jazz background. The live show will feature highlights from the new recording, along with the best of Wilson's back catalogue. The Leeds showcase is followed by performances ...

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Menagery, the Debut Album by Mike Thompson with Ernie Watts

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2008

Menagery, the debut album by Mike Thompson with Ernie Watts, is now available for purchase online at menagerymusic.com and at cdbaby.com. The 12-track CD, a unique melding of electronics and jazz, is the product of a longtime admiration of the musical duo. Thompson first grew fond of the musical relationship after hearing John Coltrane and Elvin Jones perform in tandem. “There is a certain intimacy and spontaneity to it that you just don't get when other instruments are involved," Thompson ...

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William Fitzsimmons' "The Sparrow and the Crow" Out This Month

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 15, 2008

Hushed and Heartbreaking, The Sparrow And The Crow Chronicles a Broken Marriage CD Available Digitally 9/30; U.S. Tour Planned Raised by two blind parents, William Fitzsimmons learned early on that the standard means of communication were options, not requirements. Visual cues were ineffective… and so young William's most intimate and resonant relationships were forged instead by sound. His first studio CD The Sparrow And The Crow, available 9/30, represents a similarly unconventional means of communicating with a loved one. This ...

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Swedish Trombonist Oscar Utterstrom Releases New Quintet Album "Home"

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2008

Home is the name of Oscar Utterstrom's debut CD, which contains ten original songs written by Oscar. The bonus track is “Wicked Game," written by Chris Isaak, and it features vocalist Christina Watson. Guitarist Adam Agati also makes a guest appearance on “4th Avenue." Home is available through iTunes and CDBaby.com. On several tracks from Home, Oscar plays electric trombone, and, in addition to the appearance of DJ Black Cat Sylvesta, this unique approach to trombone gives the listener a ...

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CD Celebrates 50 Years of Dave Brubeck at the Monterey Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2008

Pianist/composer Dave Brubeck is one of the reasons jazz music enjoys the popularity it does today. You might say, “What do you mean? Jazz? Popular?" Granted, jazz recordings cannot boast the level of sales that a Mariah Carey or a Justin Timberlake recording might receive today, but jazz does have a healthy live concert audience, evidenced locally by last year's complete sellout 50th anniversary Monterey Jazz Festival weekend. Yet, it's clear that without the work of Brubeck and his elite ...

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Jack Broad Releases New CD "Current"

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2008

Debut 2008 release by NYC guitar player Jack Broad. Current is an eclectic blend of influences where harmony, melody, rhythm, and textures fuse to create an original and distinctive vision of contemporary, guitar-based, jazz/fusion music. Jack wrote, programmed, performed, recorded, mixed and produced all of the material on Current. Jack was raised in a musical family in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Miami University on a music scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor Of Music degree. Jack has been fortunate to ...

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