Recording News

"All the Best" of Zucchero

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2008

"All The Best", a collection of hits from the multi-million-selling Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero. “All The Best" is an affectionate compilation of 15 tracks whose original releases span from 1986 to the present, including four new tracks recorded specifically for this release. Several tracks contain stellar guest performances from artists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker and Vanessa Carlton. Perhaps no other recording artist in the world has recorded as many successful - and diverse - collaborations as ...

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Dave Askren - New Latin Jazz CD - "Trio Nuevo +"

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2008

DAVE ASKREN Trio Nuevo + DaWayMusic DW-0020

Dave Askren is featured on nylon string guitar with an all-star rhythm section in this exciting new latin-jazz release. Askren's Los Angeles-based working trio, which includes Brooklyn native Eddie Resto (whose mile-long latin jazz resume includes everyone from Mongo and Tito to both Palmieri brothers) on bass and busy L.A. drummer/percussionist (and Alex Acuna protege) Walter Rodriguez, is complemented by versatile Los Angeles mainstay (20 years with Ponco Sanchez) ...

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Jane Ira Bloom "Mental Weather" with Dawn Clement, Mark Helias, and Matt Wilson Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2008

Award winning soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has a new album on an old label. After thirty years Jane has returned to her original LP label that she began when she first started her career in New Haven, CT - Outline Records. Her electro-acoustic band brings together fellow 70's New Havenite Mark Helias on bass, drummer Matt Wilson, and Seattle new comer Dawn Clement on keyboards for Bloom's 13th and most recent recording. The band recorded Mental Weather after premiering ...

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"Optimism" by Alto Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw Set for March 18, 2008 Release

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
February 15, 2008

Award-Winning Composer/Instrumentalist Joined By Robert Glasper, Lage Lund, Jeremy Pelt, Joe Martin & Johnathan Blake On His Second CD As A Leader With the March 18, 2008 release of Optimism (Changu Records CR001), Jaleel Shaw's second CD as a leader, the award-winning alto saxophonist and composer further solidifies his position as one of the most distinctive writer/arrangers and imposing instrumentalists on today's international jazz scene. Shaw's nine originals and arrangements of two standards on Optimism, which he produced himself and ...

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UK Composer Marvin Ayres Releases New CD "Eccentric Deliquescence"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 15, 2008

London, UK - Marvin Ayres is a composer, cellist, pianist and violinist. He has recorded a diverse selection of ambient and 'string design' albums, as well as produced and composed a number of sensual jazz and film soundtracks that combine classical technique with free-form extemporization. Straddling the worlds of commercial and classical music, as composer/producer Marvin Ayres has developed a distinctive and innovative style by subjecting his instruments to electronic treatments, thereby pioneering an approach described as “Ambient Orchestral Minimalism". ...

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Bruford-Borstlap New CD "IN TWO MINDS" released February 12th

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
February 15, 2008

British drummer Bill Bruford and Dutch keyboard master Michiel Borstlap are two of the leading lights in progressive improvised music. Since their first meeting at the Nijmegen Festival in Holland in 2002, the duo have recorded on both CD and DVD, and gone on to play major Festivals and concerts in Japan and Europe. By the tender age of 27, Bill Bruford's musical character had already been forged in the fiery furnace of four of the biggest progressive rock groups ...

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Razdaz Recordz Releases I Forgot What You Taught Me from Pianist Sam Barsh

Source: GoMedia PR
February 14, 2008

CD Is First Of Three Significant Releases Coming From Bassist Avishai Cohen's Label In First Half of 2008 Pianist Sam Barsh, who until recently has been best known for his work as a sideman for such eclectic jazz artists as Avishai Cohen and Zach Brock and the Coffee Achievers, will release I Forgot What You Taught Me, on February 12 on Razdaz Recordz, the five year-old label founded by the internationally acclaimed bassist/composer and band leader Avishai Cohen and his ...

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It's Your Last Chance to Join Monday Michiru's Latest Project!

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2008

Monday Michiru is a hip talented artist from ArtistShare. Her music is a fusion of music from different genres. She also makes her music danceable. She has worked with the king of Japanese underground club music, Mondo Grosso and a leading Japanese DJ, DJ Krush. ArtistShare is excited to deliver her latest project, “Flow" to all the participants on March 31! Yes, her project is getting closer to completion. But you can still participate and have a special access to ...

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