Recording News

Anthony Braxton : Performance (Quartet) 1979 on Hatology 610

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2007

Anthony Braxton : Performance (Quartet) 1979 on HatOlogy 610

Reissue of the concert of September 1st, 1979 at Jazzfestival, Willisau

With Anthony Braxton,reeds; Ray Anderson, trombones; John Lindeberg, double bass; and Thurman Barker, percussion

Total Time 71:13

“The great advantage of having complete live concerts on record is that we can hear also those intriguing spaces between the compositions: the improvisations which take the group from point A to point B are also the areas in which some of Braxton's ...

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Lage Lund: Standards - Available on Itunes

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2007

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Live from Boulevard Music: Bernie Pearl - Somebody Got to Do It!

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
September 22, 2007

Bernie Pearl's second solo CD Somebody Got To Do It! finds the blues guitarist returning for another live acoustic set recorded at Boulevard Music in Culver City, California. Taught by the blues masters themselves - Mississippi Fred MacDowell, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins - when you listen to Bernie play you know you are hearing the musicians' personal music stamps intertwined with his unique picking style and warm singing voice. As Bernie says, “I learned it from sitting next to Lightnin' ...

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Ubiquity to Release Shawn Lee's "A Very Ping Pong Christmas"

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2007

Worldwide release on NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Late one cold winter night, our Little Drummer Boy found himself alone in his chilly recording studio - it's Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, done psychedelic Santa style.

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra is back once again, working their own renditions of holiday classics.

Lee's sound, which started as a take on old-school library albums and has grown into a sound of his own, it's made possible by his inability to stop making music ...

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Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band - "I Got Your Mantra" CD on Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2007

Now available for ordering via our web site's secure server. Art of Life Records is proud to present Maryland based guitarist Carl Filipiak's seventh studio recording as a leader and his first release as a leader for Art of Life. Joining Carl on “I Got Your Mantra" are drummer Dennis Chambers, keyboardist/saxophonist Paul Soroka, drummer John Thomakos and bassist Steve Zerlin. Inspired by the spirit of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the '60's, “I Got Your Mantra" features eight new ...

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I'll Take Romance: Jazz Crooner Ken Slavin's Sultry Salute to Love

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2007

World-Class CD Features a Host of Texas Jazz Luminaries, Symphonic Strings and Timeless Tunes SAN ANTONIO - With hopes of finally breaking out regionally and nationally, the Alamo City's most popular jazz crooner has released I'll Take Romance--a tour de force of romantic jazz and pop songs showcasing his rich, expressive voice and demonstrating why he is poised to emerge as a star in the growing “neo-classical" jazz movement in America and abroad. “It has been a long time coming, ...

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Two-Disc Aretha Franklin Collection Uncovers Unreleased Demos, Outtakes, and B-Sides Featuring Vintage Aretha at Work in the Studio

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2007

THE QUEEN'S SOUL SESSIONS: Available October 16 From Rhino Records LOS ANGELES - “Mr. Wexler, I'm Aretha Franklin." That simple introduction, made in 1966, forever changed the course of soul music. Legendary producer Jerry Wexler struck a handshake deal with the young singer, marking the start of a new artistic direction for Aretha and heralding her 13-year reign at Atlantic Records as the Queen of Soul. Rhino bears witness to Sister Re's renaissance with a two-disc collection of unreleased demos, ...

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Legacy Records Presents the Release of THE WAR Soundtrack in Conjunction with the Premiere of the PBS Documentary

Source: Special Ops Media
September 19, 2007

Legacy Records presents the release of THE WAR soundtrack in stores now in conjunction with the television premiere of the PBS documentary, THE WAR on September 23rd! The most eagerly awaited television event of the fall season premieres September 23rd on PBS, when THE WAR, a Ken Burns film, begins its seven-part airing. In conjunction with the series, THE WAR soundtrack album will arrive in stores September 11th on Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. THE WAR ...

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