Recording News

Veteran Stan Harrison: Suddenly "Emerging Artist"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 6, 2007

He can “Make the Saxophone Come Alive with Total Energy, Roar with Passion..." “Harrison cites John Coltrane as an inspiration, but his own sax work can be heard on many influential rock recordings of recent decades..." Rock/jazz saxophonist Stan Harrison, a seasoned veteran who has performed with and/or appeared on albums by some of music's most respected bands/singers (including David Bowie, Talking Heads, Radiohead, Duran Duran, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, They Might Be Giants, and more...) finds himself ...

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"In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2" Due April 1

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2007

Available Tuesday, April 1, 2008 From Shout! Factory

Featuring original interpretations of classic U2 songs by Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Vieux Farka Tour, Vusi Mahlasela, Soweto Gospel Choir, Ba Cissoko, Cheikh L, Keziah Jones, Tony Allen, Waldemar Bastos, African Underground All-Stars w/ Chosan, Optimist & Iyoka

“I believe that art is a prime facilitator of truth, and those who have come to embrace this have always enhanced our humanity. Angelique Kidjo is such ...

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New Omar Sosa CD "Afreecanos"

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2007

Worldwide Release in February 2008

Omar Sosa's musical trajectory has taken him from Camagey and Havana to touring in Angola, the Congo, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua in the 1980s; to a sojourn in the African-descent communities of Ecuador in the early 1990s; to an extended presence on the San Francisco Bay Area Latin jazz scene; to his current engagement with artists from France, Cuba, Brazil, and several North, West, and East African nations. His career embodies the expansive outlook of a ...

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Michael Wolff's 'Jazz, Jazz, Jazz' is Perfect Holiday Gift

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 4, 2007

The Perfect Holiday Gift for the Jazz Aficionado in Your Life: “A Strong Reminder of Just How Playful a Jazz Trio Can Be..."

“'jazz, JAZZ, jazz' Captures that Dynamic, Spur-of-the-Moment Adrenaline Rush that Gets Wolff Fired Up..."

Wolff on Tour in 2008

With the Holiday season upon us, Michael Wolff has taken the guesswork out of what to buy for that hard-to-please jazz fan in your life. Wolff's instrumental standards CD 'jazz, JAZZ, jazz' has been praised by THE VILLAGE ...

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Marco Benevento to Release "Invisible Baby" on Hyena Records February 12

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2007

January 2008 Residency At Sullivan Hall In New York City to Include Special Guests Billy Martin, Stanton Moore, G. Calvin Weston, Skerik, Bobby Previte, Joe Russo & Many More

Record Release Performance On January 31 Featuring The Trio From Invisible Baby

Brooklyn, NY - Marco Benevento is riding a creative surge. Case in point is the 30-year old keyboardist's debut studio album Invisible Baby, scheduled for release February 12 on HYENA Records. The collection proves Benevento a sonic innovator in ...

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Dave Liebman's Soprano and Ed Saindon's Vibes Create a Unique Blend on Depth of Emotion Released by World Improvsied Music

Source: World Improvised Music
December 3, 2007

Rounding out the quartet is drummer Mark Walker (Oregon, Paquito D'Rivera) and bassist David Clark. The music can best be described as contemporary jazz that ranges from delicate lyricism to intense, virtuosic displays played with abandon. The quartet's focus is on group dialogue, improvisation, and spontaneity played with an extreme dynamic range. Depth of Emotion's repertoire consists of Saindon's compositions along with his reharmonized versions of “Moon River" and “Green Dolphin Street". The CD's lead track, “The Last Goodbye", was ...

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Daniel Levin Quartet: Blurry on Hatology 653

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2007

Daniel Levin -cello Nate Wooley -trumpet Matt Moran -vibraphone Joe Morris -double bass

For anyone hearing the Daniel Levin Quartet for the first time, there's apt to be a dual response, a sense of something at once familiar and very different, a sounding which chamber music sonorities promise an unexpected emotional possibility, an invocation of something lost that is also an intimation of what is to come.

The cumulative effect of the quartet's music ...

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Lorraine Feather to Release Newest Vocal CD on Jazzed Media

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2007

Lyricist/singer Lorraine Feather's new release, Language, which includes music by co-writers Shelly Berg, Russell Ferrante, Tony Morales and Eddie Arkin, will be out in April of 2008 on Jazzed Media.

It has been three years since Feather's last album, Dooji Wooji, which featured numerous Ellington reinventions with her lyrics as well as all-new material with her longtime co-writers. In the interim, she has been hard at work as a lyricist for various theatrical projects, including Canum Entertainment's musicals The Thief ...

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