Recording News

Mosaic Singles: Helen Merrill - Casa Forte

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

"What truly sets Helen apart, and serves as the basis for her place in the pantheon of the greatest jazz singers, is that she goes straight to the heart of the lyric and delivers it with such poignancy and feeling that you cannot escape being deeply affected. “ - Joe Sullivan, liner notes Helen Merrill is a jazz singer who does not forsake lyrics for licks; her delivery is a poetry reading minus the theatrics. In 1980, she collaborated with ...

Continue Reading...

Mosaic Select: Pendulum Featuring Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, Richie Beirach, Frank Tusa and al Foster

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Explosive Post-Bop Jazz By Five Master Musicians In February 1978, saxophonist Dave Liebman assembled Pendulum, a formidable quintet with trumpeter Randy Brecker, pianist Richie Beirach, bassist Frank Tusa and drummer Al Foster. The group was assembled for a one-week engagement at the Village Vanguard in New York City. Sadly, its lifespan was that one gig, but fortunately John Snyder of Artists House Records and engineer David Baker were on hand to record the last two nights of the run. The ...

Continue Reading...

Jay D'Amico Explores Varied Musical Terrain on Tuscan Prelude

Source: GoMedia PR
July 24, 2008

Pianist's First CD in Five Years Fuses Jazz and Classical Elements Pianist Jay D'Amico, who made a strong impact on the jazz scene with the release of Ponte Novello in 2001, has returned to the inspirations of Italy on his new release, Tuscan Prelude, which has just been released. The CD, which has already begun to find friends at jazz radio, is a further exploration of D'Amico's unique fusion of jazz and classical influences, and features eleven original compositions that ...

Continue Reading...

AUM Fidelity Announces New William Parker Quartet Recording

Source: Improvised Communications
July 24, 2008

On October 14th, AUM Fidelity will release the William Parker Quartet's new album, Petit Oiseau (AUM050), the group's second studio effort and third release overall. Named after Little Bird (or Petit Oiseau in French), a character from one of bassist/composer William Parker's tone poems, this recording features eight original compositions, including works dedicated to musicians Malachi Favors, Alan Shorter and Arthur Williams. Other pieces take their inspiration from such diverse sources as the inherent rhythm of life and the nomadic ...

Continue Reading...

Rhino Recommends - Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (Just Sunshine/Light in the Attic)

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

Buy Now: $16.98Track list & details

Among '70s Funk aficionados, Betty Davis is something of a Fakahatchee Orchid: truly rare, exquisite, and without peer. That so little has been known about her for so long only adds to the mystique of this former wife of Miles Davis, who produced a series of albums so radical and, indescribable that they still have the power to tingle today, some thirty years hence. Sly Stone? Tina Turner? Funkadelic? Chaka Khan? Rick James? ...

Continue Reading...

Pink Floyd's Gilmour Live Album

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

David Gilmour: Live In Gdańsk

David Gilmour David Gilmour will release Live In Gdańsk, a double live album plus concert DVD, September 16 via Columbia Records.

The last concert on Gilmour's 2006 Summer Tour was held in front of 50,000 people at the shipyards in Gdańsk, Poland, at the request of the Gdańsk Foundation. The August 26 event took place on the 26th anniversary of the founding of Trade Union Solidarity in Poland. The concert was the only occasion on ...

Continue Reading...

The Gabe Dixon Band's New Self-Titled Album out August 26

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

Who turns down a personal offer to play keyboard on Paul McCartney's world tour? Gabe Dixon did, and it was probably the best decision of his life. Dixon respectfully turned McCartney down to focus his energies on his band's then-yet-to-be-released album. The first incarnation of The Gabe Dixon Band was born nine years ago as a jam band with heavy jazz influences, but after a bout of cutbacks and regime changes at their original label, the ...

Continue Reading...

Updates on the Clayton Brothers "Brother to Brother" Project

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

ArtistShare is very pleased to announce that Executive Producer participant offer is sold out! But there are other participant offers you can enjoy. The detail information on Brother to Brother project is written below. “Brother to Brother is actually a brilliant brainstorm of Jeff, my brother. Believe me, it's really hard to admit that your brother can come up with an idea you like. His idea was to find songs composed by and/or performed by some of the many brother ...

Continue Reading...