Recording News

Michael Pedicin's "Everything Starts Now" on Jazz Hut Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

Jazz artists who maintain the highest standards of the classic tradition should remind the listener of the best of the past, while presenting their own musical visions in an original and compelling fashion. For those who agree with this, Everything Starts Now by the outstanding tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin's Quintet will truly be a revelation. As a tenor saxophonist, this 60-year old master has a sound that is entirely his own, evolved through the grand tradition, and as organic and ...

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The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-1940 4CD Set on Mosaic Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

"Irrespective of tempo, his melodic invention was always strange and haunting. On a jump number, he would impose a weird mood; a ballad was transformed into a nostalgic song, searching and mysterious." --Stanley Dance Together “Pres" & Basie Began To Completely Reinvent Jazz Available at last: the most important collection imaginable from the legendary pairing of Lester Young with Count Basie... a set whose contents rank among the most influential recordings in history. It was an era when the music ...

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Dee Brown Releases "No Time" to Waste on the nuGroove Label

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
April 7, 2008

"Here's a step-by-step guide on how to create a hot new name in Smooth Jazz guitar. Take a guy with Detroit roots, raised by a mother who was into Motown and disco and a father who was into jazz. Introduce him at a young age to the music of Wes Montgomery. Give him a guitar for Christmas. Encourage him. Give him the time to mature into a solid professional. There you have it in a nutshell: the recipe for musical ...

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Fresh Sound/New Talent Releases Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy from Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 7, 2008

Fresh Sound/New Talent Releases Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy from Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins Available in stores and online on April 29, 2008 “[Robbins leads an] ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock....[he has] a cool tone and a thoughtfully off-kilter sensibility." (NATE CHINEN, The New York Times) “ . . . as a horn player Robbins has liquid timbre that can remind just how pretty modern jazz can be." (JIM MACNIE - The Village ...

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CD Release: Sean O'Bryan Smith - "Tapestry" Due Out April 2008

Source: Groove Therapy Records
April 7, 2008

"Highly acclaimed bassist and sideman releases solo CD" Professional bassist and session musician Sean O'Bryan Smith has already had a career that many musicians long for. Throughout his twenty-plus years of playing, Sean has had the opportunity to perform for thousands of people and share the stage or studio with a number of artists including Billy Ray Cyrus, Anna Wilson, Sara Evans, Rodney Atkins, Steve Azar, and Rebecca St. James just to name a few. Now for the next phase ...

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Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik Quartet - Moods

Source: All About Jazz
April 7, 2008

With “moods" Michaela Rabitsch - singer and Austria's only female top jazztrumpetplayer and her congenious partner - guitarist Robert Pawlik are presenting 10 songs out of their lifes. Once melancholic - subtle, then full of energetic power, once misterious, once offensive - as moody as life can be. With lyrics, directly accessed from life , they are touching with tunes which play through all the facetes of being. Once it concerns the quiet lonely moments, then again about ...

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Lin Rountree Serves up "Sumthin' Good" with Ryko/Warner Bros. Distribution

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
April 6, 2008

In this crazy age, everyone needs a little Sumthin' Good and Lin Rountree is just what the doctor ordered! Brimming over with hot grooves and fluid lines, trumpeter/flugelhornist Linn Rountree offers up a soulful collection of songs designed to warm even the coldest night. As DJ Fazio of JazzMonthly.com said about his 2005 release, Groovetree, “When you think 'groove', think Lin Rountree..."

In talking about his new release, Lin Rountree said, “Sumthin' Good was a great project to record because ...

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"Momentos Cubanos" by Guitarist & Vocalist Luis Mario Ochoa Set for Release 4/8

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
April 6, 2008

Acclaimed Havana-Born & Toronto-Based Guitarist-Vocalist Joined By Pianist Hilario Duran On Program Of Latin American Classics & Originals (Toronto, Ontario) On Momentos Cubanos - Luis Mario Ochoa's 4th album and first with his new quintet- the Havana-born,Toronto- based guitarist, vocalist, composer, arranger,bandleader and producer showcases his virtuosity and versatility with authority. A nominee in 2007 for Canadian Latin Jazz Artist of the Year,Ochoa is joined on the recording by acclaimed Cuban pianist Hilario Durnand adynamic rhythm section of bass, drums ...

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