Recording News

The Shape of Things to Come: Ubiquity Fall 2007 Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
August 23, 2007

We've got music coming out left, right n'center this fall on Ubiquity Records. Hold tight for new releases by Eugene Blacknell, RAMP, Ohmega Watts, and Orgone plus a new Choices EP and another dope compilation by Gilles Peterson.

Oakland guitar ace Eugene Blacknell released multiple singles that ranged in style from raw R&B to power house funk. His musical career stretched from the early 1960s when as a talented and sharp dressed kid, he would become the youngest musician from ...

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Allan Harris Pays Tribute to Nat "King" Cole with Long Live the King

Source: Impress Media - Jennifer Niederhoffer
August 22, 2007

September 4 release features New York-based vocalist recorded live at The Kennedy Center

On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, Allan Harris will release Long Live The King, a tribute to the late, great Nat “King" Cole. The album was recorded live at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

“As the years rolled by, I have been compared favorably to the great Nat 'King' Cole," admits Harris. The New York Times' Stephen Holden called him “an extremely relaxed and tasteful crooner in ...

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Ubiquity to Release 'Shawn Lee Hits the Hits' October 9

Source: All About Jazz
August 20, 2007

Shawn Lee is back with his Ping Pong Orchestra in tow, and goes completely pop!

On Hits The Hits, Lee does tunes by Gwen Stefani, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Blur, Badly Drawn Boy, Justin Timberlake, Outkast and many more in his own unique style. The album opens with a collaborative joint featuring piano-master Mick Talbot (Style Council, Dexy's Midnight Runners, etc.) on a version of Outkast's “Hey Ya!" that sounds like vintage Ramsey Lewis.

Putting his over-stuffed studio to the ...

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Eddie Daniels New 2 CD Set Homecoming Live at the Iridium

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 17, 2007

IPO RECORDINGS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THE NEW EDDIE DANIELS 2 CD SET HOMECOMING LIVE AT THE IRIDIUM

“Eddie Daniels came back to play in the city where he used to grace the bandstands at the Vanguard, Half Note and Village Gate and helped bring forth two special CDs at the Iridium. Quite a homecoming!" Ira Gitler

Eddie Daniels Homecoming Live at the Iridium (2CD Set) (recorded Live@Iridium NYC during his 65th Birthday week Oct. 19-22, 2006)IPO ...

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Jason Lindner Big Band's Live at the Jazz Gallery Out Now on Anzic Records

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 16, 2007

To hear The Jason Lindner Big Band live is to experience a marvel of sound and to take a trip through your emotions, one by one--or surprisingly, sometimes several at once. To be in their presence is to be amazed, delighted and musically fulfilled by the depth and substance of these musicians' collective deluge of brilliance. On August 28, 2007 Anzic Records will release the double-live CD Live At The Jazz Gallery , which documents The Jason Lindner Big Band ...

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Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Pays Tribute to Miles Davis

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2007

Jazz bassist Ron Carter has appeared on more than 3,500 albums, including collections with trumpeter Mile Davis in the 1960s. He is considered one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history. As we hear from VOA's Doug Levine, Carter pays tribute to his former bandleader on his latest solo effort, Dear Miles.

Ron Carter was a member of the so-called “second great" Miles Davis Quintet for only five years, but they were some of the most memorable of his 47-year ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Records Release Party at Sand City Borders, August 25, 2007

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
August 14, 2007

Record Release Launch Party for Monterey Jazz Festival's Historic Series of Archival Recordings, August 25, 2007 at Sand City Borders on Monterey Peninsula Six CDs from Monterey Jazz Festival Records Include Unreleased Sets from Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn and More August 14, 2007; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, Concord Records and Monterey Jazz Festival Records are pleased to announce a party at the Sand City Borders on the Monterey Peninsula on August 25, ...

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Carla Thomas Unreleased Live Album to be Issued on Stax

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2007

DC four-nighter captured the singer's roots as well as an unseen jazz side. Donny Hathaway led the band and Rufus Thomas provided three songs.

In 1967, Carla Thomas was the undisputed queen of soul. Her hit “B-A-B-Y" had hit No. 3 on Billboard's R&B charts, with her duet with Otis Redding, “Tramp," climbing to No. 2. As part of the Stax/Volt Revue tour of Europe, she had reached a whole new international audience. So when she played what she considered ...

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