Recording News

Fantastic New Firefall Acoustic CD: A Beatles Tribute

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 1, 2007

Seventies Hit-Makers Firefall Pay Homage To The Fab Four With Acoustic Tribute CD Colorado - Jock Bartley and Steven Weinmeister, the lead vocalists of rock legends Firefall, perform all over the U.S. as Firefall Acoustic. They have recorded and released an exciting new CD, Colorado To Liverpool - A Tribute To The Beatles that features acoustic versions of eleven classic Beatles songs. This respectful, reverent and fun CD was a direct result of three informal performances by Firefall Acoustic on ...

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Crossfire Records Releases Archive Recordings from Former Zappa's Mothers of Invention

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 1, 2007

Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Jimmy Carl Black - all former members of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention - have new releases in Crossfire's ongoing Zappa-related series of archival recordings. West Caldwell, NJ - Don Preston and Bunk Gardner joined Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention in 1966, just in time for the album Absolutely Free. Both were seasoned musicians with considerable recording and/or performing experience. Bunk Gardner first recorded with Bud Wattles' Orchestra in 1959 for the album Themes From The ...

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Airborne Creates a Little Jazz Turbulence with New CD

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
September 1, 2007

"Listening to them is a whirling musical journey packed with emotion and flawless execution." - Mixx Magazine

Turbulence the 5th CD from Airborne, the multi-cultural contemporary jazz group from New Haven, Connecticut, roars in like the wind and sea on a force of high-energy contemporary jazz with a musical atmosphere that is intense and complex. Awakening a spirit of peaceful serenity, the beautiful jazz sound is an island of passion and urban emotion.

Released on Tilt Records, the hot rhythms ...

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Dub Re-Imagined: Musical Alchemy from Brooklyn's Ticklah

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2007

"Victor 'Ticklah' Axelrod is an analog reggae revivalist in a world falling to digital sin."-- Carter Van Pelt, The Beat, August 2007 A battle wages in an underground Brooklyn studio. It's a war against mediocrity, an epic sound clash. The entire struggle is taking place inside the head of one man: Victor Axelrod a.k.a. Ticklah. The fruits of the brawl can be heard on Ticklah Vs. Axelrod, released September 18, 2007 on Easy Star Records, the same outfit that brought ...

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Dwayne Kerr Receives Higher Calling with New CD

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
August 29, 2007

His masterful mix of sounds and grooves is the memorable variable that makes flutist Dwayne Kerr, of the Erykah Badu Band (Neda Stela), a rising figure in contemporary music today. Playing an instrument that traditionally has been heard more often than seen, Kerr has put the flute up front on display with his unique playing style in his debut CD, Flutation, which was released on DManns Records in January 2003. His new CD, Higher Calling, is a maturation of an ...

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Take a Sweet Drive to "Club Street" with Guitarist Les Sabler September 25

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 28, 2007

Diverse collection of soulful contemporary jazz sparkles with sterling production and stellar performances For his fourth album, guitarist Les Sabler shifts into high gear on Sweet Drive, a scenic and expansive contemporary jazz, R&B and adult pop excursion scheduled for national release September 25th from The Music Force record label. Riding shot gun is bassist Brian Bromberg, who produced the disc. The album's first radio sojourn will be “Club Street," a kinetic electric guitar and sax thrill ride that alters ...

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Time for R N R: Soul-Jazz Stars Rick Braun & Richard Elliot Unite for Funky, Horn-Powered Duet Album

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 28, 2007

Album hits stores as the title track is poised to go #1 on the radio chart The mercury continues to rise from coast to coast as the nation has been hit this summer by a sizzling wave of funk and contemporary jazz courtesy of two of the hottest horn men in the game: trumpeter Rick Braun and saxophonist Richard Elliot. R n R, the album of duets by the luminaries who combined have released 24 albums and are capable of ...

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Curtis Stigers - 'Real Emotional' (Concord Records) out Now

Source: On Target Media Group
August 28, 2007

The new album from leading contemporary jazz singer Curtis Stigers titled Real Emotional (Concord Jazz) is available in stores and online now! Real Emotional showcases Stigers' natural vocal ability and his talents as an interpreter of modern standards. The album features 12 tracks including three brand new originals in addition to some classic material including; Tom Waits' 'San Diego Serenade', Bob Dylan's 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight' and Emmylou Harris' 'I don't Wanna Talk About It Now'. In addition to ...

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