Recording News

Album of the Week: Nuevo Mundo, Gabriel Alegria

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

Nuevo Mundo Gabriel Alegria Saponegro Records Emerging trends in Latin Jazz rarely appear out of thin air, they simply spend years existing outside of mainstream awareness. These trends generally start as an idea among a group of musicians, and they pursue it diligently. Early experimentations might include rough edges, but a powerful concept always spreads. Listeners become interested, and other artists integrate the same ideas. As the trend gains momentum among its small group of followers, ...

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Chef Dave Album/Free Single

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

Chef Dave To Release No Strings Attached

Chef Dave Chef Dave will release the new studio album No Strings Attached later this month. In addition to principal member/slide guitarist Seth Davis and former Allman Brothers Band keyboardist Johnny Neel, who are featured on each of the album's tracks, No Strings Attached boasts a number of additional guest musicians, including Davis' brother Luke, who has been on the road with the group for three years.

The two-disc CD was created in ...

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Godfather of Jazz Releases First CD of Series and Bids Farewell to Toronto

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

Bob Erlendson's farewell show at Toronto's famed Hugh's Room, July 12, 2008 showcases material from his CD “All About Jazz - Volume I". Bob is a Canadian Jazz icon, well known as a pianist/composer and mentor in jazz circles. Bob was featured by Lenny Breau in Guitar Player magazine in the 80's, in the film The Genius of Lenny Breau and in the book One Long Tune... Bob has performed with Lenny Breau, Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, Moe Koffman, & ...

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David Benoit - Heroes Released This Week on Peak Records

Source: On Target Media Group
May 30, 2008

The new release from contemporary jazz pianist and five-time Grammy nominee David Benoit, Heroes hit stores this week on Peak Records (Concord Music Group).

Heroes, is an 11-track tribute to David Benoit's life-long musical influences from a wide and unexpected variety of artists, including tracks such as Jazz piano legend Dave Grusin's “Mountain Dance" (streaming link below) and even The Doors' classic “Light My Fire".

“The process of choosing the songs, arranging them and recording the music on Heroes, gave ...

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Artist Alyssa Graham Releases "Echo"

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2008

An echo can soothe, and an echo can haunt. In Roman myth, Echo is the beautiful nymph with the musical voice forever calling after a boy in love with his own reflection. Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Alyssa Graham's sophomore CD, the aptly-titled Echo, is a musical travelogue that traces the arc of a modern-day love affair and infuses it with a mlange of Jazz, Pop and Brazilian rhythms, bound together by the unforgettable timber of Graham's stunning voice. Echo was produced by ...

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Sean O'Bryan Smith Offers Free Download of "Sweet" from the "Tapestry" CD Collection

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2008

Sean O'Bryan Smith offers FREE download of hit single “SWEET" Bassist and Groove Therapy Records recording artist Sean O'Bryan Smith's new solo CD Tapestry is gaining critical praise worldwide. More and more radio stations pick up selections from the CD daily including top rated internet station www.smoothjazz.com .The general observation from program directors and fans alike is that “'Sweet' is SWEET!" “Sweet" is the first track from Tapestry and is rapidly becoming a fan favorite all over the globe from ...

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New Joe Parillo Trio CD: Segments

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
May 30, 2008

The Joe Parillo Trio with Jay Hoggard issues the lush Segments

There's magic in the air when Joe Parillo sits down at the piano. The award-winning musician, a former winner of the Best Jazz Artist title in The Phoenix arts weekly, is an evocative instrumentalist and visionary straddling genres and creating an intoxicating hybrid of melodic styles.

On Segments, his dazzling new trio album with guest vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, Parillo proves that while he's a jazz player, he also enjoys ...

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Sigur Ros New Album

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2008

Sigur Ros Releasing New Album June 24

Sigur Ros has announced plans to release the follow up to 2007's live album Heima. Set to hit streets June 24 through XL, the band's fifth LP, me su eyrum vi spilum endalaust (with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly) features eleven new tracks from the adventurous Icelandic rockers.

me su eyrum vi spilum endalaust 1. gobbledigook 2. inn mer syngur vitleysingur 3. gan daginn ...

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