Recording News

Stevie Holland Releases "Before Love Has Gone" on June 24, 2008

Source: DL Media
July 1, 2008

"Virtually every important jazz singer to emerge in the past two decades has had to find a way to expand the familiar repertoire of golden-age standards. Stevie covers the waterfront...Effortless swing and a radiant wit...a self-possessed tour de force.“ - Gary Giddins

Stevie Holland's new CD Before Love Has Gone is a collection of rarely recorded classics and standards as well as original songs penned by Holland and her collaborator, award winning composer Gary William Friedman, who also did the ...

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Singer Jessica Lombard Transcends Teens

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

Teen Tunes Up Singer Jessica Lombard of Torrance has a maturity that transcends her 13 years

Jessica Lombard of Torrance has put out her first CD as a singer/songwriter and has retained a New York manager. At gigs in Los Angeles, her parents come, too -- after all, the singer is only 13. Torrance resident Jessica Lombard regularly gigs in Los Angeles, singing her own compositions while playing keyboard. She has a big-time New York manager, who also ...

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Talibam, I Heart Lung, Jeremiah Cymerman on Ecstatic Jazz Duos 12" Series

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

The Ecstatic Jazz Duos 12" Series collects six of the most innovative duos in the avant-jazz/free-noise realm. Each duo contributes a side of vinyl over three LPs (each in an edition of 500) to be released over 2008. The subscription (limited to just 100) includes all three 12"s plus stickers, buttons, and a CDr of exclusive content only available to subscribers. Pre-orders available now.

LP1: Talibam! (NYC synth/drums a la Sun Ra) Wasteland Jazz Unit (Borbetomagus-size reed-distortion)

LP2: ...

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Jazz Duo Reinvents the Music of Joe Raposo on Its New CD, "Imagination"

Source: Improvised Communications
July 1, 2008

Brooklyn's Yeah Yeah Records is proud to announce the July 1st release of Imagination (YY0005), an innovative tribute to the music of composer Joe Raposo conceived and performed by the longstanding duo of vocalist Yoon Sun Choi and pianist Jacob Sacks.

This recording reinvents compositions written by the beloved, if somewhat unknown by name, composer of such oft-heard classics as “Bein' Green" and “Sing", as well as thousands of other lesser-known pieces.

Critics have called Imagination “one of the best ...

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Joe Davidian Trio "Silent Fire" CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

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Download Two Free MP3's from the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's "Forked Tongue" and "Year of the Snake"

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

Download two free MP3s from Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's Forked Tongue and Year of the Snake. Under the Skin Revolutionary Snake Ensemble From Forked Tongue 3:00 Central Square Revolutionary Snake Ensemble From Year of the Snake 05:51 About Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Dressed a la Mardi Gras in feathered masks and multi-colored, sequined costumes, playing music that riotously combines the rhythms of New Orleans brass bands with improvisation and heaping ...

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NY Times Praises 'In the Heights' and 'Passing Strange' OCRs: "Wildly Exhilarating"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
June 30, 2008

"A Surge of Oxygen" - NY TIMES Praises OCRs for 'In The Heights' and 'Passing Strange' - “Wildly Exhilarating" “A surge of oxygen pours through the original cast albums of “In the Heights" and “Passing Strange," two musicals that have shown Broadway how to revitalize a somnolent form this season" Ghostlight Records continues to garner significant coverage for its trailblazing Original Cast Recordings for 'In The Heights' and 'Passing Strange'. In a cover story in Friday's Weekend Arts section of ...

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Tiedye Black's "Thursdays at TDK's" World-Class SF Bay Area Musicians

Source: Creativity in Music
June 30, 2008

Release Dynamic Acoustic Jazz and Jam Band CD From a circle of his San Francisco Bay Area friends, TIEDYE KEITH RECORDS is excited to announce their latest CD; TIEDYE BLACK's Thursdays at TDK's - a co-production between TIEDYE Keith and Vernon Ice BLACK - a collection of toe tappers and finger snappers in a traditional jazz quartet style that will also appeal to jam band and jazz fusion enthusiasts. The CD is slated for a July 1st, 2008 release with ...

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