Recording News

Jay T. Vonada Releases Debut CD "Jammin'"

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Trombonist Jay T. Vonada, of Aaronsburg Pennsylvania, recently released his debut CD, Jammin'. Jay, who is a musician in the central region of Pennsylvania, plays in several bands. They are all diverse in their musical styles. Although music is not his full time profession, he spends hours practicing and performing in a variety of settings, from pit orchestras, to jazz combos, to big bands. The CD will feature eight original compositions, from Swing to Latin to Funk. Free MP3 Download ...

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Loretta Lynn Writes Songs to Express Herself

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

'I'll just write whatever I'm feeling,'

NASHVILLE - Seventy-four-year-old legend Loretta Lynn, whose first single, “I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," hit the country singles chart in 1960, is as busy as ever. She still tours, writes songs and is working on not one but two albums. The first is a collection of her hits that she's rerecording with John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, while the other is a set with her sisters, Crystal Gayle ...

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Airborne Releases "Winds of Change" on Tilt Records

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
August 4, 2008

New CD Winds of Change by Airborne Airborne with a beautiful trademark jazz sound of island passion and urban emotion Airborne the “Musical Peacemakers" of Contemporary Jazz send a message of peace and global unity Winds of Change the 6th CD from Airborne, the multi-cultural contemporary jazz group from New Haven CT USA. Airborne the “Musical Peacemakers" of contemporary jazz are focusing their talents in a harmonious atmosphere for change. Their music transfigures a spirit of love and compassion for ...

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Guitarist Roman Matin's Music for Electric Guitar

Source: Michael Ricci
August 3, 2008

Music for Electric Guitar is the third album for Russian guitarist, Roman Matin, but this electric solo guitar session is the first available to American and European audiences. Classic jazz guitarist Paul Metzke characterizes Matin's music with these words: “Excellent classical/compositional approach to playing jazz guitar." All of the pieces are composed by Matin and performed as if Erik Satie wrote for electric solo guitar. It is not surprising that Anthony Coleman said about this music, “It's lovely...veiled and kind ...

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Randy Newman First CD in Nine Years

Source: Michael Ricci
August 3, 2008

Harps and Angels Randy Newman doesn't come 'round often. But when he does, it's worth listening. RANDY NEWMAN strolled along the wooden planks of the Santa Monica Pier on a recent summer afternoon, a balmy ocean breeze rustling his short, curly hair that, at age 64, is mostly salt but retains a dash of pepper. A crowd of onlookers craned their necks in his direction, some with video cameras, others with cellphone cameras, but a female ...

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Rare Images Mean Big Money for Labels

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2008

As CD sales sink, Sony BMG and Warner open their art archives

Amid drastic drop-offs in CD sales, the major labels have discovered new sources of revenue -- by looking in their basements. Sony BMG recently launched Icon Collectibles, a line of rare photos from the label's archives, with candid, unpublished shots of artists from Miles Davis to Bob Dylan, and Warner label Rhino Entertainment just started selling reproductions of concert posters for bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson ...

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Saxophonist Daniel Bennett Releases Second "Bear Installment"

Source: Bennett Alliance
August 2, 2008

"For some reason, Bennett has a thing for bears: he's following up last year's A Nation of Bears on his own Bennett Alliance label with the July release of The Legend of Bear Thompson- both of them part of a projected 'Bear Trilogy.'" Jon Garelick (Boston Phoenix) Boston Saxophonist Daniel Bennett has been busy these days. His quartet has been traveling all year, performing with Charlie Hunter, Bill Martin (MMW), Jerry Bergonzi, and David Fiuczynski (to name a few). Somewhere ...

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Ogogo/Linden CD is in Stores

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2008

Album of the music by Igor based on the paintings of Ron Linden.

Igor is one of the most diverse musician/composer in modern music.

Looking at the interrelationship of Classical Avant-Garde and Jazz, or Experimental Rock music, or improvising live with Japanese Sitar(!) player Riko Tanaka, Igor methodically explored borders of musical styles and interconnections of various art forms.

In OGOGO-Linden album, Igor creates musical impressions of Ron Linden's paintings preserving the original titles of the works(Mussorgsky's Pictures At The ...

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