Recording News

Cassandra Wilson:loverly

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Unquestionably, a voice for the ages - smoked honey that elevates the language that passes her succulent lips, a moistening and a kiss for words one feels the smack of - but Cassandra Wilson is also one of the most fearless, intuitive and artful interpreters jazz has ever known. However, her reach has often gone to areas well outside the jazz standards, Great American Songbook stuff that populates most of her chosen field. While other singers take ...

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Alejandro Escovedo:real Animal

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

By: David Higdon

When a band enters through the studio doors, they automatically bring an additional member to the line-up. A producer's role is as paramount to the album as the locking in of the rhythm section. Successful results stem from a combination of teamwork, communication and an understanding not only of the direction the artist is taking but of the path they took to get where they're standing at that very moment. The result of pairing Texas native Alejandro ...

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Elvin Bishop Plays the Blues

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

VETERAN STRING BENDER VISITS GUITAR HEAVEN WITH DEREK TRUCKS, WARREN HAYNES AND OTHER GREATS

Elvin Bishop - the founding member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band whose music has been called “sheer, unpretentious joy" by Entertainment Weekly - has completed work on The Blues Rolls On. Due September 23 on Delta Groove/ Eclecto Groove Music, the album harks back to Bishop's roots, paying tribute to the musicians who helped give him his start. A who's who of ...

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Keith Jarrett Summer Standards Tour and DVD

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2008

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette will shortly begin their by now traditional summer tour, with concerts in France and Italy. Dates are Paris, Salle Pleyel (July 5), Turin, Teatro Regio (July 8), Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica (July 12), Pescara, Amphitheatro d'annunzio (July 15), Juan-les-pins, Les Pinedes Gould (July 18), San Sebastian, Kursaal (July 22) and Lyon, Grand Theatre de Fourviere (July 25). Simultaneously ECM issues a double DVD of the Trio on its first tours of Japan ...

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Steven Bernstein:diaspora Suite

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

As bold in its way as primo Ellington, yet cookin' with very different flavored grease, Steven Bernstein's rejuvenating Diaspora Suite (Tzadik) percolates with modernity but is everywhere touched by older flavors, roots and tubers caught in the teeth of this steady trundling maw. To call this jazz is a compliment to the genre. While the field can hold this level of diversity - a fisherman's net that pulls in '60s Miles Davis, Klezmer, Duke's small group recordings, ...

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Bob Szajner Triad II Release Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Fest 1981

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2008

CADENCE JAZZ 1215: Bob Szajner Triad II Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Fest 1981 Bob Szajner (p) with Ed Pickens (b) - Frank Isola (d) Bob Szajner is a bopster and prolific composer. He's been in and out of the Detroit Jazz scene since the 1950's. This release documents one of his last concerts and gives ample evidence of his talents and abilities. Complementing this package are extensive notes by the ...

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Marilyn Scott Releases Set of Jazz Standards "Every Time We Say Goodbye"

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2008

Although the physical CD is currently only available as a Japanese import, jazz fans can download the album on iTunes or purchase the CD from Marilyn's website, though soon it will also be available on Amazon.com. The 10-song collection is comprised of standards such as the Cole Porter-penned title track, which sets the pace for the album as Marilyn's exceptionally soothing vocals take the listener to another time and place.

The artist spreads her wings on Irving Berlin's “I Got ...

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New CD from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra's new CD Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard On Planet Arts Recordings AVAILABLE NOW AT: PlanetArts.org and vanguardjazzorchestra.com

One of the most enduring jazz ensembles in the history of the art form continues to contribute to the jazz canon and advance the language of music.

Over four decades after the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra's first live recording at the Village Vanguard, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (VJO), the latest incarnation of the original ensemble, recorded ...

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