Recording News

CD: Jovino Santos Neto

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

Jovino Santos Neto, Alma do Nordeste (Adventure Music). Based for some years in Seattle, the pianist, flutist and composer returns to his native Brazil and collaborates with eleven of his countrymen. The music is based in the baios, forrs, xotes and other rich forms of Northeastern Brazil. It is intensely rhythmic, melodic and full of adventure. Indigenous percussion and stringed instruments meld beautifully with Santos Neto's jazz concepts. Once you've heard Toninho Ferragutti's playing in the tradition of the great ...

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Cassandra Wilson - Loverly - Now Available in Stores and Online

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

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Mexican Singer Ximena Sarinana to Release Debut Stateside Album

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

Mexican actress turned alt-pop-jazz singer Ximena Sarinana will release her debut album, Mediocre, in the U.S. on July 15. Released in Mexico in February, Mediocre debuted near the top of the Mexican charts, peaking at No. 2. The album (Warner Music Latina) is the States introduction to the 22-year-old actress/singer. Sarinana has been acting professionally since she was 4. Her father is Mexican film director Fernando Sarinana; her mother, Carolina Rivera, is a screenwriter/producer. Sarinana got her start in music ...

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Concord Music Group Releases the 5th Historic Installment of the "Keepnews Collection"

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

Available Now, Classic Albums Reissue Series Produced By Jazz Legend Orrin Keepnews Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Flies High (1957) Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite (1958) Nat Adderley: Work Song (1960) Wes Montgomery: Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) McCoy Tyner: Fly With The Wind (1976) Concord Music Group presents part five of its historic reissues series the “Keepnews Collection," which spotlights classic albums by jazz titans put on the map by the legendary ...

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David Sanborn's New CD Features Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, More

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

Saxophonist David Sanborns upcoming summer release Here and Gone is packed with musical star power. Guest artists include Eric Clapton, Joss Stone, Sam Moore, Derek Trucks and Anthony Wilson. Drummer Steve Gadd and bassist Christian McBride join Sanborn on the album, set to be released on August 12 by the Decca Label Group. The record, according to a press release, is a tribute to 60s R&B-oriented jazz musicians in the style of Hank Crawford and David Fathead Newman. The album ...

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Birth of the Cool Doesn't Come Cheap

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

Belden's Miles From India was a labour of love Mixing jazz and Indian music is a bit like putting ketchup on your curry, according to the man behind the new album Miles From India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis. The two do blend well, but few would think to combine them. Davis memorably did on 1972's On the Corner, an album that producer Bob Belden recently repackaged and recomposed, and that got Belden thinking. The self-described “producer, ...

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Mick Hucknall's "Farther up the Road" #1 New & Active @ R&R

Source: 1888 Media
June 9, 2008

One of the most distinctive vocalists in Britain tips his hat to one of the greatest from the American South with the June 17 release of Mick Hucknall's TRIBUTE TO BOBBY. The solo debut from the leader of Simply Red features sizzling versions of songs popularized by the great Bobby “Blue" Bland. The first single to radio is the lead track “Farther Up The Road' which debuts at 21* on the R&R Smooth Jazz chart, and is #1 Most Increased ...

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Jazz Vocalist Leonard Patton Infuses Love, Life and Song into the Jazz World with Debut Release

Source: Just Roots PR
June 9, 2008

San Diego based jazz vocalist, Leonard Patton is making quite a name for himself on the Southern California scene as a musician with talent rarely seen in vocalists of this genre. Leonard will be singing and improvising his way into the hearts of jazz aficionados everywhere with the release of his debut CD entitled Love, Life, & Song on June 17.

This montage of melodies includes such tunes as Bob Marley's “Redemption Song", Charles Mingus' “Weird Nightmare", and a host ...

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