Recording News

Arthur Lyman's Exotic Sounds Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
February 19, 2008

From Hawaiian sounds to Polynesian melodies, with side trips into jazz and Broadway, Lyman was one of three reigning kings of exotica

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Having learned his lessons in exotica while playing the vibraphone for Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman went on to become one of the Big Three (along with Denny and Les Baxter) in exotic lounge music during the '50s and '60s. He deftly grafted unusual tropically-inspired instrumentation and jazzy arrangements onto tunes ranging from Polynesian melodies ...

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Stan Harrison Hailed as "Devilishly Inventive Tenor"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 19, 2008

JazzTimes Raves: “A Devilishly Inventive Tenor;" “Not What You Might Expect;" “Heavenlike" “Somewhere in Between Jazz and Hard-Edged Pop" Harrison Soon to be Featured on Cover of Saxophone Journal Magazine Rock/jazz saxophonist Stan Harrison steps out of the shadows and into the national spotlight with his acclaimed CD, 'The Optimist'. In their March issue, JAZZTIMES Magazine praised Harrison as “a devilishly inventive tenor..." “Not what you might expect..." Critics have embraced the CD in recent months, and additional national coverage ...

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New Philology Release: "My Reflection" by Andrea Celeste

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

December 2007 sees the release of “My Reflection", the debut album from the young and enormously talented singer and songwriter Andrea Celeste. The 21 year-old singer, whose voice is deep and mature, signs most of the tracks on the album before entrusting it then to such exceptional musicians as Gianluca Tagliazucchi (piano), Dino Cerruti (double bass) and Rodolfo Cervetto (drums). Produced by Roberto “Robbo" Vigo and edited by the prestigious Philology jazz label, the album will be distributed in Europe, ...

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Royal's 1979 Debut Album Dream Come True with Legendary Pianist Geri Allen to be Re-Issued on Japanese Import Label Celeste

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

Washington, DC- February 18, 2008- America's Hot Musician judge Gregory Charles Royal has inked a deal with Japanese import label Celeste to re-issue his 1979 debut album Dream Come True. The album which contains the cult classic “Dancer" featured then unknown pianist Geri Allen and bassist Clarence Seay. Seay, who also owns the burgeoning jazz club B-Sharp's in Florida (http://b-sharps.com/), went on to do major recordings with Grammy winners Wynton Marsalis and Wallace Roney, and Billy Harper and the Smithsonian ...

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Russ Lossing - John Hebert : Line up on Hatology 651

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

Russ Lossing - John Hebert : Line Up on Hatology 651 Russ Lossing -piano & John Hebert -double bass Total Time DDD 55:43

It's a rich and varied tradition in which Lossing and Hebert locate themselves, and their duets are both an incidental celebration of the tradition and a commemoration of their working partnership. John Hebert remarks of these duos, “This was a project that we put together as a document of years of playing together ...

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Paul Bley (12 + 6) in a Row : Hatology 649

Source: Writers House
February 18, 2008

Paul Bley (12 + 6) In A Row : Hatology 649 Paul Bley -piano Hans Koch -reeds (clarinets & saxophones) Franz Koglmann -flugelhorn Total Time DDD 59:08

As in any improvised music, there are challenges accepted, risks taken. Bley himself has suggested, as a measure of the success of free spontaneous music, asking “Is it eventful?" The next step, I propose, would be to ask oneself if each event is meaningful? (with ...

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John Ellis & Double-Wide to "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow"

Source: All About Jazz
February 17, 2008

Saxophonist Debuts New Band Featuring Matt Perrine, Gary Versace and Jason Marsalis To Release New Album On HYENA Records

Appearing Thursday, May 1st At The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Saxophonist John Ellis' new album, Dance Like There's No Tomorrow, opens with the low rumble of a sousaphone followed by the swell of a church organ and the rattle of tambourine. In just those few seconds there's a clear indication that something wholly sanctified is going down. Enter John's ...

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Album of the Week - Italuba II, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2008

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