Recording News

Ida New EP/Tour with Hurley

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2008

ADVENTUROUS UNDERGROUND GREATS PLAY WITH MICHAEL HURLEY/RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR

Ida by Anna Vaquera Vasquez Since 1992, Ida have patiently explored the reaches of dreamy soundscapes, experimental noise, traditional folk and more in one of the most consistently excellent catalogs in recent years. On the heels of Lovers Prayers, released this past January, Ida has prepared the My Fair, My Dark EP to be released by Polyvinyl on August 5th. The seven songs can stand on their own yet ...

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Alejandro Escovedo Tour/Album

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO VISITING TOWN AND TV NEAR YOU THIS SUMMER Will Join Dave Matthews Band Tour and Guest On Conan, Letterman, Today Show Real Animal Out 6/24 On Manhattan/Back Porch

Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo will be touring behind the release of his ninth studio album, Real Animal, throughout the summer. He will be joining the Dave Matthews Band for six dates in June, followed by headlining shows across the States and Canada through July. Appearances on ...

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Steve Kroon's Third Solo Album, El Mas Alla

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

After three decades of lending his remarkable percussive skills to dozens of the most popular pop music, R&B and jazz artists of our time as a key participant on hundreds of recordings and in concert settings around the world, Steve Kroon returns to the sultry Latin jazz style he grew up with. El Mas Alla, released on his own Kroon-A-Tune Records label, is a joyous homecoming for the master percussionist. It's also a refreshing and much-needed reminder of the enduring ...

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Duo Session from Saxophonist David Murray & Pianist Mal Waldron

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

On June 24, 2008 Justin Time will release “Silence," a long-awaited duo session from saxophonist David Murray & pianist Mal Waldron. Reedman/composer David Murray's astonishing career has been marked by his proclivity for embracing unusual thematic concepts, musical combinations and collaborative efforts in his prolific creative pursuits. Collaboration is the key to Silence, his latest release on Justin Time Records, and his eleventh recording as leader for the label. Here he's in the company of the legendary pianist/composer Mal Waldron, ...

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Paul Bley's "About Time" on Justin Time

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

Justin Time Records is proud to announce the release of Paul Bley's About Time, the master pianist's sixth solo recording for the label. With more than half a century of recognition as one of the most innovative and forward thinking individuals in the jazz pantheon, Bley has always maintained that the personality of the player should always be readily apparent to the listener. Whether playing standards within the mainstream built upon more traditional chord changes and time; or creating pieces ...

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Freddie Hubbard Returns to the Scene with "On the Real Side"

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

The Hub is back. To herald Freddie Hubbard's triumphant return to the scene, at age 70, Times Square Records will nationally release on June 24 On The Real Side, his first outing as a leader in seven years. Again backed by The New Jazz Composers Octet, which accompanied the iconic trumpeter on his 2001 release New Colors, Hubbard revisits some of his own classic tunes from yesteryear, ambitiously re-arranged by trumpeter David Weiss, trombonist Steve Davis and bassist Dwayne Burno ...

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"Bound to Go": Illuminating Legacy of African American Folk Tradition

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2008

Bound To Go: Illuminating Legacy of African American Folk Tradition: Andrew Calhoun & Campground Breathe New Life Into Spirituals, Shout Songs, Prison Ballads

Nashville, TN -- Bound To Go is a landmark collection of 35 songs from the African American folk tradition that includes spirituals, shout songs from the Sea Islands, prison ballads and secular songs. Lovingly compiled, created and produced by Andrew Calhoun, a working folk singer, the collection shines new light onto some of the most moving and ...

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Widow's Taste to Release New Art Pepper 2-CD Set May 30

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 23, 2008

Art Pepper: The Croydon Concert, Volume III of Unreleased Art Series, To Be Released by Widow's Taste Label on May 30

2-Disc Set Features Art's “Comeback Band": Milcho Leviev, Bob Magnusson, Carl Burnett

At Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England, in May of 1981, Art Pepper appeared with the quartet that had returned him to music. Together, they delivered to loyal and savvy British fans a dazzling performance of originals and bebop classics.

Volume III: The Croydon Concert is the first release ...

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