Recording News

Ubiquity/Cubop to Release "The Best of Bobby Matos"

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2007

Favorite selections from his Cubop releases, plus previously unreleased material (including a re-invented “My Latin Soul"), and some of his collaborations are featured on this overdue Best Of. Guest musicians include Jerry Gonzalez, John Santos, Dave Pike, and Jack Costanzo.

Bronx born Bobby Matos made his percussive musical debut beating on pots and pans in his Grandma's apartment before going to backstage informal lessons with conga drum masters Patato Valdez and Mongo Santamaria. His first gigs were in the early ...

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Ubiquity/Luv N' Haight to Release "Eugene Blacknell (the Unreleased Album)"

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2007

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 the Bay Area to play the Apollo in New York, to the end of the 1980s when he died too young.

During that time he established himself as an East Bay original, an entrepreneur, and an activist. His ...

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KCR Releases Second CD by 9-Year-Old Israeli Jazz Pianist Ariel

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2007

Kadima Collective Records releases Origami, the second CD of 9-year-old Israeli pianist, Ariel. The first CD, 31 Bars, also from KCR, featured Ariel's music at the age of 8. Origami shows Ariel a year later, this time alone at the piano. The music displays the influence of Ariel's favorite pianists -- Matthew Shipp, John Hicks, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Bojan Z., Kirk Lightsey, Aaron Goldberg, and others. All but three of the tunes are Ariel's original music.

Ariel is a student at ...

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Sax Man Azar Lawrence's Reemergence

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2007

A Reemergence “Straight Ahead Jazz" With The Azar Lawrence Quartet! Sax man “Azar Lawrence said to have been quiet since his stellar beginning on the music scene in the 70's is reemerging as a serious front man. Child prodigy Azar Lawrence has made numerous contributions to the American music scene positioning him in the company of a veritable whose who among the country's traditional art form, and placing his name in the pantheon of our indigenous artist that have taken ...

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Al Campos & Positivesoul Productions USA Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2007

On July 9th, 2007 in Copenhagen Denmark, Al Campos received his first delivery of his brand new debut CD, Old School Lovin'. On July 14th Al was on a plane heading for his hometown, Los Angeles CA where he would release the album in America. Old School Lovin' was recorded in Copehnagen, then mixed in Memphis Tennessee by Wliile Mitchell and his son Boo Mitchell at the Royal Recording Studios. In Los Angeles Al was fortunate enough to meet with ...

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Matt Brubeck and David Braid Unveil Their First Jazz Piano and Cello Duo Recording

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2007

This summer, American cellist/composer Matt Brubeck and Canadian pianist/composer David Braid launched their first jazz piano and cello duo recording. Brubeck and Braid's music blurs the distinctions between jazz, classical and new music. Twotet/Deuxtet explores how all these music genres interconnect with each other.The duo format provides a unique opportunity to showcase the intimate interplay of these two like- minded musicians who can easily segue between genres with fluid versatility.

About the compositions on Twotet/Deuxtet:

Huevos Verdes y Jamon (Brubeck): ...

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Stax Records to Release Soulive's "No Place Like Soul" on July 31st

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2007

Further establishing their status as one of the preeminent soul/funk groups in music today, Soulive joins the famed Memphis soul label, Stax Records. The band's Stax debut, No Place Like Soul, is set for release July 31. The album marks the inaugural release by one of the label's trio of newly signed artists, which also includes Angie Stone and Isaac Hayes. With the new addition of Toussaint, a vocalist who has spent the past several years touring with his reggae ...

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Marc Antoine Hi-Lo Split out Now!

Source: On Target Media Group
July 25, 2007

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