Recording News

Jazz Giants '58 | Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson Trio | Album

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2008

Continue Reading...

Bassoonist Paul Hanson Releases New Album Featuring Dennis Chambers

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2008

2008 Release from amazing bassoonist Paul Hanson. What the unbelievable Hanson does on bassoon -- an exceedingly difficult instrument to play and one almost exclusively associated with classical music -- is akin to what other innovators like guitarists Charlie Hunter and Stanley Jordan, banjoist Bela Fleck and bassist Jaco Pastorius have done with their respective instruments. Like those musical revolutionaries, Hanson has created a vibrant new, expansive vocabulary through a combination of virtuosity, vision and soul, as he demonstrates so ...

Continue Reading...

Fewell/Hofbauer's "The Lady of Khartoum" Released Today on Creative Nation Music

Source: Improvised Communications
March 18, 2008

Creative Nation Music kicks off its 2008 release schedule on March 18th with The Lady of Khartoum (CNM 010), an eclectic series of duets by Boston-based guitarist/composers Garrison Fewell and Eric Hofbauer. Inspired by the deeper roots of jazz in the music of West Africa, Persia and the Arabic-Islamic world, this intergenerational duo's music juxtaposes ancient traditions with the language and techniques of contemporary improvisation.

Over the course of 15 tracks, Fewell and Hofbauer augment their guitars with preparations, unusual ...

Continue Reading...

Jovino Santos Neto's New CD out in March on Adventure Music

Source: GoMedia PR
March 18, 2008

Adventure Music announces the new US release by Brazilian pianist and composer Jovino Santos Neto, Alma do Nordeste (Soul of the Northeast). After receiving two Latin Grammy nominations in 2004 and 2006, Jovino has returned to Brazil to record a new CD with all original material, inspired by the musical universe of Northeastern Brazil. Composed after a research trip through the region in 2007, the music was recorded in Rio de Janeiro by Jovino, accompanied by great Brazilian musicians such ...

Continue Reading...

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Release New CD Song for Chico on Zoho Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 16, 2008

Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra announce new release “Song for Chico"on Zoho Records “This is the finest band I have ever performed with in my life. They make me feel as if I have returned to Cuba." -Bebo Valdez “The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra sounds great with precision brass and saxophone work...... a warm, cohesive sound..." The New York Times Dizzy Gillespie spoke of a “coming age" when the term “jazz" would be antiquated and the music of all ...

Continue Reading...

Dafnis Prieto Launches Dafnison Music with New CD "Taking the Soul for a Walk"

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 16, 2008

Drummer/Composer Dafnis Prieto launches own label, Dafnison Music, with new sextet release, “Taking the Soul for a Walk" With the release of Taking the Soul For A Walk, Cuban-born Dafnis Prieto, recognized by his elders and peers as a singular force on the drums since he arrived in New York in 1999, brings his already luminous career to another level. For one thing, his third album is exceptionally cohesive and varied, featuring a suite of original compositions performed by a ...

Continue Reading...

Ellis Marsalis Quartet to Release New CD "An Open Letter to Thelonious" On Elm Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 16, 2008

"The most remarkable part of this record is the extremely rare ability to handle a large segment of Monk's compositions in a way that impressively combines respect and originality. Most players seeking to play Monk effectively get hung up on being too respectful, but there is a great deal of creative freedom here that makes for a much more meaningful tribute to Thelonious than the all-to-usual close to the line hero worship."- Orrin Keepnews The brand new release from The ...

Continue Reading...

Ted Kooshian Releases Standard Orbit Quartet on Summit Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 16, 2008

Pianist/Composer Ted Kooshian releases new CD, “Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet" On Summit Records ...plenty of surprises in store, while keeping the listener hooked with imaginative arrangements...Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet is out of this world! -All Music Guide “Serious musicianship with a tongue in cheek approach - Great Music!" - Christopher Lams - Jazz Improv Magazine Ted Kooshian's new release Standard Orbit Quartet is a brilliant and witty approach to the jazz genre while giving high praise to older ...

Continue Reading...