Recording News

Saxophonist Tim Warfield Dedicates Latest Criss Cross Release to Jazz Legend

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

Most notably and previously recognized as a veteran in the groups of New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton and bass phenom Christian McBride, saxophonist Tim Warfield shows his versatility as he explores a much different territory than on his previous Criss Cross releases. His latest release “One For Shirley", is a tribute to the legendary organist Shirley Scott. It features the vibrant trumpeter Terell Stafford, drummer Byron Landham, percussionist Daniel G. Sadownick, and a “newcomer" of whose performance deserves special mention, ...

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Mindi Abair Stars CD in Stores Now!

Source: Special Ops Media
May 19, 2008

MINDI ABAIR, saxophonist/vocalist/composer is set to release her first Peak Records (a division of Concord Music Group CD titled STARS on May 6, bursting on to the pop scene as one of an exciting new generation of crossover artists. For the CD, Abair wrote 11 new songs, with five songs showcasing her vocals. Her instrumental single, Smile, is currently on R&R at #13 and is rising; and her vocal song Stars, will be serviced to AC radio on April 28. ...

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Brian Wilson/ Here Comes the "Sun" Album

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2008

Brian Wilson's 'That Lucky Old Sun' album due in September The former Beach Boys mainstay's themed work, snapshots of Southern California life, will be released Sept. 2 and represents his return to Capitol.

Brian Wilson extends his personal and creative renaissance of the last decade with an ambitious new themed album, “That Lucky Old Sun," a work to be released in September exploring the Southern California culture that he helped define musically in the 1960s as the guiding creative force ...

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Jerry Stucker's New CD "It's All a Groove"

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

JERRY STUCKER: It's All A Groove 2007 Urbanzone Records Tracks 1 Watermelon Man 2 Winelight 3 Up in it 4 The World is A Ghetto 5 I Feel Like Makin Love 6 And I Love Her 7 Passport (feat. Tony Adamo vocals, spoken word) 8 Berber Street 9 No Strings 10 Asibah 11 Hey Lou ( feat Tony ...

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JD & the Straight Shot New Album is "Right on Time" for Summer

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

Known for their own fusion of down-and-dirty blues and classic rock swagger, JD & The Straight Shot are unveiling their latest collection of jams with Right on Time, their first newly recorded music in three years, set for release on June 24 by JD Records (through Fontana Distribution). With Right on Time, JD & The Straight Shot - which includes lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Dolan, as well as guitarist and chief songwriter Bruce Koplow - have perfected their formula ...

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Arthur Lee & Love's Blue Thumb Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
May 19, 2008

LOS ANGELES, CA -- They recorded one of the most influential albums of the late '60s in the folk-rocking Forever Changes, an album that took 20 years to be fully appreciated and has been recently reissued in a deluxe edition. But the band Love, fronted by tortured genius Arthur Lee, switched musical gears almost immediately after recording its masterpiece. Lee recruited a whole new Love to record the both band's final Elektra album, Four Sail, and its 1969 Blue Thumb ...

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Mike Zito Releases New Blues-Rock Album "Today" on May 20

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Los Angeles, CA--Eclecto Groove Records is proud to announce the release of singer/songwriter/guitar player Mike Zito's national debut release, Today on May 20, 2008.

On Today, Zito has teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer David Z. (Prince, Etta James) and a lineup of studio musicians that includes bassist James “Hutch" Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker); Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch keyboardist Benmont Tench; co-producer/drummer Tony Braunagel (Taj Mahal, B.B. King) and percussionist Michito Sanchez (Nelly Furtado, Steve Winwood). Also appearing ...

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Justin Adams: Soul Science CD

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Distorted Guitars, African Grooves, and Gritty Spike Fiddles: Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Unlock the Science of the Soul

Serif, a teenage boy from Gambia, was out collecting firewood in the bush one day and suddenly disappeared. When his distraught family finally found him six months later, he was up in a tree playing a golden ritti, a traditional one-string fiddle. The ritti magically disappeared and the family got their son back, but without his eyesight. The boy would periodically ...

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