Recording News

Maximum Mojo Celebrates Ten Years of the Best in Blues Music on Electro-Fi Records

Source: Just Roots PR
February 9, 2008

Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective Celebrates With Some of the Most Celebrated Names in Contemporary Blues Recording

Electro-Fi Records celebrates it's tenth anniversary (1997-2007) with Maximum Mojo, a specially priced, 32 track-2 CD Blues extravaganza featuring the music of Blues legends: Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown (the artist Rolling Stone calls “Funky, Primeval and Perfect"), West Coast harp ace Mark Hummel, Billy Boy Arnold, Pinetop Perkins, Finis Tasby, acoustic Blues troubadour Fruteland Jackson, Harmonica Shah, Paul Osher (he played in the Muddy ...

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"If a Song Could Be President," a Song by over the Rhine, Was Inspired by Unexpected White House Invitation

Source: conqueroo
February 8, 2008

Song, which appears on duo's 'The Trumpet Child' album, has unexpected timeliness during 2008's extended-play election season

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A loyal and growing legion of fans of Ohio's most independent- minded band, Over The Rhine, has cited “If A Song Could Be President" as a standout track from its new album The Trumpet Child. The story of this song hearkens back to the duo's unlikely invitation to the White House in 2005. Now, as the nation sets out ...

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Chris Vadala's "Out of the Shadows" CD Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz
February 7, 2008

Art of Life Records is proud to welcome saxophonist & woodwind artist Chris Vadala to its roster of recording artists which includes saxophonists Bob Mintzer, Denis DiBlasio, Tubby Hayes and Ryan Oliver. Joining Chris on “Out of the Shadows" are Mark Cook on keyboards, Steve Fidyk on drums and Pepe Gonzalez on acoustic bass. Best known for his long tenure with the Chuck Mangione Quartet, Mr. Vadala's debut recording features music written by Cannonball Adderley ("Sticks"), Freddie Hubbard ("Little Sunflower"), ...

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Louis Landon Releases New Solo Piano CD

Source: Landon Music Company
February 7, 2008

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Saindon and Liebman's Depth of Emotion Reviewed in All Music Guide

Source: World Improvised Music
February 7, 2008

Comfortable with both inside and outside playing, soprano saxman Dave Liebman has shown himself to be admirably flexible over the years. Liebman has appeared in avant-garde settings at times, but he has been equally successful on very straight-ahead albums, and his performances are definitely straight-ahead on Depth of Emotion, a 2006 date he co-leads with vibist/pianist/marimba player Ed Saindon. This 72-minute CD (which includes a few standards but is dominated by Saindon's compositions) obviously called for Liebman to emphasize his ...

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Chick Corea & Gary Burton "The New Crystal Silence" - Out Now

Source: On Target Media Group
February 5, 2008

The new 2-CD release from Grammy Award winning jazz duo Chick Corea & Gary Burton titled 'The New Crystal Silence' hits stores today (Feb 5th) on Concord Records. 'The New Crystal Silence' is the celebration of Chick Corea & Gary Burton's 35th anniversary as a duo. A double CD featuring the pair performing with the Sydney Symphony and also as a duet captured in a sublime performance at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway. The duo are on tour ...

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Be Kind Rewind, Featuring Music of Fats Waller

Source: CineMedia Promotions
February 5, 2008

JACK BLACK AND MOS DEF STAR IN ROBOCOP, AND RUSH HOUR, AND GHOSTBUSTERS AND BE KIND REWIND

LAKESHORE RECORDS' BE KIND REWIND SOUNDTRACK BRINGS TO LIFE THE SONGS OF FATS WALLER

Los Angeles, CA - Lakeshore Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack for BE KIND REWIND. The album features classic Fats Waller cuts performed by the film's star Mos Def, writer/director Michel Gondry and composer Jean-Michel Bernard, plus classic tracks by Booker T and the MGs, Fats Waller, ...

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Soul Queen Margie Joseph's Atlantic Years Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
February 4, 2008

Albums produced by Arif Mardin, Lamont Dozier and Johnny Bristol receive belated appreciation as soul classics

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Margie Joseph may not have soared to the commercial heights of her Atlantic label-mate Aretha Franklin. But in the '70s, she released six albums that bore numerous R&B hits. She also attracted some hit producers -- Arif Mardin, Lamont Dozier and Johnny Bristol among them -- as well as some of the hottest writers and session musicians around. Mississippi-born Joseph ...

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