Recording News

Album of the Week: Alma Do Nordeste (Soul of the Northeast), Jovino Santos Neto

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2008

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Claudio Roditi's "Impressions" Due out April 22 on Sunnyside Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2008

When a musician comes home, he is often rejuvenated by the sights and, more importantly, by the sounds which gave birth to his musicianship. But he also returns with new musical conceptions and insights. Such is the case with the exceptional Brazilian-born trumpeter Claudio Roditi on his Sunnyside debut, Impressions, an ingenious hemispheric blending of John Coltrane's music with the samba and bossa nova, recorded in Roditi's hometown, Rio de Janeiro in 2006. Roditi, an exuberant and inventive trumpeter, blessed ...

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JD Allen's Sunnyside Records Debut "I Am I Am" Due Out April 22

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2008

"A tenor saxophonist with an enigmatic, elegant and hard-driving style" —The New York Times In the mid eighties, the mighty Joe Henderson released two live albums entitled The State of the Tenor (Vols. 1 and 2) . Two decades later, the profound and powerful Detroit-born, New York-based tenor saxophonist/bandleader JD Allen, undoubtedly the most accomplished and ubiquitous saxophonist on the scene—as evidenced by his own projects and his work with everyone from Betty Carter and Meshell Ndegeocello, to classical violinist ...

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Guitarist Lawson Rollins Set to Release an Expansive Multicultural Solo Debut Album May 20th

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
April 3, 2008

Infinita is a richly decorated tapestry of jazz and World Music featuring renowned musicians; title track will be serviced to multiple radio formats Exquisite Spanish guitar melodies and ethnically diverse grooves dance and romance on Lawson Rollins' alluring solo debut album, Infinita, which will be released May 20th on the artist's Infinita Records label that is distributed by Baja/TSR Records. Rollins composed the eleven songs that comprise the inspired jazz-World Music disc that he produced with Shahin Shahida (of the ...

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Teletubbies Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with New Jazz Album

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2008

In a surprise move that shocked even the most ardent jazz fan, the Teletubbies have just released a full-length CD of tunes in the classical jazz idiom. The disc, titled, “Playing It Straight" is on the well known kids' music label, “Tunes For Tots." For those of you adults firmly hidden away in the closet, the Teletubbies are a PBS sensation in children's programming. A review by Lirpa Sloof on the website AllAboutJazz.com calls the release nothing less than stunning. ...

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Mel Tillis' Elektra Years Reissued on Collectors' Choice on April 29

Source: conqueroo
April 1, 2008

Three Elektra albums--Me and Pepper, Your Body Is an Outlaw and Southern Rain--formed some of the most critically and commercial successful work of his career.

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Mel Tillis has charted more than 100 hits as a performer and songwriter, starred in half a dozen movies, and became one of the few country artists to figure out the business side of the music business. Some of the biggest hits of his career were created during his tenure at ...

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Soulio's Debut CD Commands Universal Appeal with Greasy, Gritty Grooves

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2008

CHICAGO--With the release of its self-titled debut CD, Soulio reminds listeners that when it comes to jazz, a little soul goes a long way. A Chicago-based soul-jazz quintet, Soulio has been hooking audiences since 2004 with a unique repertoire that revolves around the kind of catchy, gritty tunes made famous by old-school improvisers like Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine and the Jazz Crusaders. Soulio presents an olio of jazzy, bluesy and funky soul grooves that are equally suitable for ...

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Tim Stevens Trio: New Release on Rufus Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2008

Tim Stevens Trio Mickets The new album from Melbourne's Tim Stevens Trio, Mickets, a set mostly of original pieces, builds on a composed and improvised repertoire developed over a 5-year collaboration. A return to written forms is no move backwards, for the benefits of collective spontaneous improvisation explored on Three friends in winter (2005) are evident in the group's thoughtful and attentive interplay. Stevens explores idiosyncratic harmonic structures and extends ...

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