Recording News

Boz Scaggs Tackling Standards on New Album

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2008

Boz Scaggs is staying on the standards path for his next album.

Scaggs -- who's currently finalizing a label deal for the planned September release of Speak Low the follow-up to 2003's But Beautiful is “a sort of progressive, experimental effort ... along the lines of some of the ideas that Gil Evans explored." Scaggs says the set features “unusual instrumentation" that includes a string trio, bass woodwinds and harp. “It was very challenging to me as a vocalist," he ...

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Umphrey's McGee Best of 07

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2008

UMPHREY'S McGEE RELEASES JIMMY STEWART 2007 AND A NEW LIVE SERIES - CompendiUM

Umphrey's McGee In June, prog-rock powerhouse Umphrey's McGee will release Jimmy Stewart 2007 - an ambitious double-live album comprised of some of the band's most inspired improvisations, sequenced into two seamless 70-minute “mixtapes." Several times each performance Umphrey's McGee delves into the “Jimmy Stewart" creation process. They aim to generate melody-rich, spontaneous compositions, utilizing a Zappa-inspired language of body gestures and hand-signals which allow the ...

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Jan & Dean Definitive Liberty Singles Collection Coming On Collectors' Choice on August 26

Source: conqueroo
June 20, 2008

42-song set on Collectors' Choice includes such hits as “Surf City," “Little Old Lady From Pasadena," “Dead Man's Curve," “Drag City," “Ride the Wild Surf," “Batman" and “Popsicle," plus Jan Berry solo singles and extensive liner notes and photos

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jan & Dean rode the surf wave to the top of the charts in the early to mid-'60s, and even introduced the sub-genre of hot-rod rock. Yet their Liberty singles have never been comprehensively compiled into one ...

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Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko's African American Folk

Source: Michael Ricci
June 20, 2008

American Music is African Music

From blues to R&B to disco to electronica to bluegrass, every strain of American music can trace its DNA back to ideas rooted in the African American and African traditions, from the rhythms and melodies to the instruments themselves. Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko's new collaborative album, Africa to Appalachia, brings that shared history to light in deft arrangements of Stone's banjo and Sissoko's kora playing. After Stone's trip to Mali a year ago, they ...

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Adventure Music Signs Acclaimed Vocalist Lucia Pulido

Source: GoMedia PR
June 20, 2008

Label Will Release Waning Moon, Pulido's First CD in Nearly Three Years, On September 16 Lucia Pulido, the critically acclaimed Colombian singer whose work is noted for its fusion of the traditional with the experimental, has signed with Adventure Music, announced label co-owner Richard Zirinsky, Jr. The label will release Pulido's Waning Moon on September 16. Pulido was a featured vocalist on Adventure Music's 2007 release, Contemporary America. In its review of the CD, The Instrumental Observer said, “Lucia Pulido ...

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Peggy Lee:the Lost '40s and '50s Capitol Masters

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

One pleasure after another, The Lost '40s & '50s Capitol Masters (Collector's Choice) goes some ways towards expanding folk's perception of the Queen of the Bittersweet, Peggy Lee. Surrounded by the meanest men in town and always two stars away from happiness, Lee's enveloping, butterscotch tones always slotted best with troubled, often sad tunes - last call jukebox numbers about the cooling ("Is That All There Is?") or heating ("Fever") of the blood, strong emotions that arrive ...

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Harry Skoler and Ed Saindon: Esteemed Jazz Musicians Release New Album

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
June 20, 2008

Jazz Clarinetist Harry Skoler and Vibist Ed Saindon team up for TWO ONES, a new recording to be released Fall of 2008 Two Ones will be jazz clarinetist Harry Skoler's fourth recording as a leader. He collaborates with vibist Ed Saindon to compose original jazz compositions featuring intimate musical portraits expressed in duo and quintet settings. The quintet's unique sound highlights the blend of clarinet, flute and vibes/piano. In addition to the quintet tracks, the recording showcases emotionally compelling clarinet ...

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Shilts Returns Home to Nugroove and Releases "Jigsaw Life"

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
June 19, 2008

What do you get when you combine unforgettable hooks and atomic energy? You get a sound that is fresh, unique and totally Shilts. The former frontman for the funk-fortified Down to the Bone and groove jazz specialist, Shilts has signed with nuGroove for the release of his new CD, Jigsaw Life.

“nuGroove was the original home for Down to the Bone. I'm excited to have Shilts back with us. When I heard cuts from this release, I was ecstatic. The ...

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