Recording News

"The Last Goodbye": Composed by Vibist Ed Saindon in Honor of Herb Pomeroy

Source: World Improvised Music
January 21, 2008

Dedicated to Legendary Jazz Educator, Big Band Leader and Trumpeter Herb Pomeroy Ed Saindon's composition, “The Last Goodbye" is the lead track on the recently released recording Depth of Emotion which features Dave Liebman on soprano and Saindon on vibes. Saindon has had a long playing association with Herb Pomeroy who passed away in 2007. Saindon, a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1976, had played with Pomeroy for many years mostly in a duo context with ...

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Tom Tallitsch's 2nd Album "Medicine Man" to be Released 2/19/08 on Origin/OA2 Records

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2008

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Punk Jazz Trio Say It Loud and Proud

Source: All About Jazz
January 19, 2008

Punk jazz improvisational trio Megaphone Man, pride themselves on a loose avant-garde approach in creating their unique blend of jazz music. Hailing from Athens Georgia USA, Megaphone Man consists of Neal Fountain on bass, Jeff Reilly on drums and Bryan Lopes on tenor saxophone. With carefully crafted thematic notes and rhythms, this young group of virtuosos demand as much from themselves as they do the overall group interplay of their contributing melodic ideas. Megaphone Man's debut CD recording “Live At ...

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Frank Kimbrough - Air - New on Palmetto

Source: Palmetto Records
January 18, 2008

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Psychedelica Electronica: Debut Album Release by Mysteries of the Revolution Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2008

BB DAVIS - drums, flute, percussion, beatvox/voice DAN BIRO - keyboards, electronica, percussion MARK SMITH - bass Formed out of the rhythmic core of his famed Red Orchidstra (whose version of the theme from the seminal '71 Brit gangster movie Get Carter is acknowledged as a groove classic) BB DAVIS' MYSTERIES OF THE REVOLUTION is a collaboration between long-time musical associate French virtuoso keyboardist DAN BIRO and the much sought after UK bassist MARK SMITH. BB ...

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The Kingston Trio's 1969 "Once Upon a Time" Double Live Album Remastered and Reissued by Collectors' Choice Music

Source: conqueroo
January 17, 2008

Companion volume 'Twice Upon a Time' adds 18 additional songs plus a previously unseen video of the 'Trio's rendition of Bob Dylan's “Tomorrow Is a Long Time"

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In Collectors' Choice Music's quest to become the reissue home of folk legends the Kingston Trio, the label is readying two live CDs from the group's final live tour in 1966. The label will reissue Once Upon a Time, recorded live at the Sahara Tahoe in Lake Tahoe, Nevada ...

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Boston Horns Release New Album, "Shibuya Gumbo"

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2008

Boston, MA - Shibuya Gumbo, the new album by The Boston Horns, was released in December. The new album features tracks with Barrence Whitfield on vocals, Sam Kininger on alto sax, and Yahuba Garcia on percussion.

The Boston Horns is led by Garret Savluk and Henley Douglas Jr., former front men of the Heavy Metal Horns. Over the course of 20 years, they've collaborated and toured with a wide range of artists including Tower of Power, Extreme, Johnny A., Shawn ...

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Simone, Nina Simone's Daughter, Release First Solo Album on April 29th

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2008

New York, NY - On April 29, 2008, another generation of talent will be releasing her first solo album nationwide. Her name is Simone and she is the daughter of the legendary musical icon Nina Simone. She is her own woman, a singer, songwriter and performer whose ability to transcend genres echoes the tradition of her mother.

With the upcoming release of her first full-length album on High Priestess/Koch, Simone On Simone (a big band tribute to her mother produced ...

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