Recording News

George Carlin's Last Dying Laugh

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

George Carlin laughs in the face of death His final album comes out Tuesday, may be comic's best ever

Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death -- and making it the butt of his jokes.

You know what I've been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out the dead people. It gives you a feeling of power, of superiority, to have outlasted another old friend. It's Bad For Ya! ...

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Pete Seeger Readies First New Album Since '03

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Folk legend Pete Seeger will release his first new album of studio recordings in five years this fall. The 32-track “At 89," a nod to Seeger's age, is due Sept. 30 via Appleseed Recordings.

According to a spokesperson, the material ranges from new takes on old favorites, vintage songs that have never appeared on an album and short banjo, guitar and recorder pieces. Seeger will play a handful of shows through the end of the year, including his annual Seeger ...

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Julio Santillan Septet's El Bosque De La Memoria

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Julio Santillan Septet New CD El Bosque De La Memoria ("the forest of memory").

The CD contains 15 orignal compostions, combining Argentine rhythms, Tango and Chacarera with Jazz and Classical concepts.

Santillan and company have found a way to weave together startling tapestries of color that splash both surprise and warm feelings everywhere as they move a cultural fusion into the future. -Boston Herald

Santillan meld styles from down south into a fresh distinctly jazz sound ...

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Bob Dylan's Eighth Bootleg Series Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2008

Bob Dylan's Eighth “Bootleg Series" Release, Tell Tale Signs, Due in October

Bob Dylan will release the eighth installment of his Bootleg Series on October 7th. Tell Tale Signs features unreleased recordings and alternate versions of studio sessions from the last two decades, sessions that ultimately resulted in albums like Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. The two-disc set will also feature rare live performances. For a limited time, Bob Dylan's refurbished Website is offering a ...

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"This Way" Triumph and Tragedy Behind Darryl Alexander's New CD

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2008

This Way is the new smooth/urban jazz CD by Darryl Alexander, and was created amidst a period of great triumph and tragedy.

Right before I started the songwriting phase of This Way I was tremendously blessed to be able to move into a new home. I had lived in my previous one for almost 20 years and witnessed a once thriving, vibrant neighborhood, where neighbors knew each other, talked with one another, and helped and cared for each other turn ...

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Faun Fables:a Table Forgotten

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2008

Be, ye, warned: this is not the feel-good hit of the summer. For this, ye shall be glad. Dawn McCarthy has, with longtime collaborator Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), been terrifying audiences for the last decade, and the band's latest EP is no exception. Now a quartet with Meredith Yayanos (violin, voice, theramin) and Kirana Peyton (harmonium, voice, bass), what was once a haunting, quasi-pagan maypole jig is now a fractured, gothic, house of ill repute. Based on a concept ...

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More Frank Zappa Releases

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2008

VAULT FLIES OPEN IN 2008

Cardboard Eyes! The Zappa Family Trust headed by Frank Zappa's widow Gail Zappa, operates under the principal of AAAFNRAA: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime For No Reason At All. It's a phrase that Frank Zappa used often in his lifetime and it serves as a guiding principle for much of the work carried out by the Trust today.

“It is a key factor in the decision-making process that governs our output," Gail says. “Strange things happen for ...

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Album of the Week: El Mas Alla (Beyond), Steven Kroon

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2008

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