Recording News

New Candid Records Release by Sensational Jazz Vocalist, Robin McKelle

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2007

"A unique new voice on the jazz scene who someday soon will require no introduction" - Jazz Week

“First-rate jazz album" - All About Jazz

Top 10 Billboard chart entry A Barnes & Noble bestseller Extensive plays on BBC Radio 2 Approaching 50000 sold in France

2nd July 2007 will mark the release of “Introducing", Robin McKelle's debut album that is already a best seller in the USA and Europe. Critics compare he voice to Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald! ...

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New Ogogo Release on III Records

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2007

III Records releases OGOGO Solo View album. In the idiosyncratic Igor's Solo View album, the Los Angeles-based “classical avant-garde" composer and guitarist presents eight compositions with experimental pedigree. Listeners hear a distressing sketch of the aged, organ-playing Bach; the amusing alto sax player Charlie Parker; a philosophizing Key Me portrait; and five instrumental compositions focusing on Los Angeles and San Pedro, California. All compositions written by Igor (ASCAP) ...

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Diana Krall's First Career-Spanning Compilation "The Very Best of Diana Krall" out September 18th on Verve Records

Source: Shore Fire Media
June 18, 2007

The Very Best of Diana Krall, the first career retrospective of the GRAMMY award-winning star's music is set for release September 18th on Verve Records. Over the past fourteen years, the platinum-seller has released eleven records, including “The Look of Love", “When I Look In Your Eyes' and most recent “From This Moment On", which debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 Chart. The San Francisco Chronicle just wrote that Krall is “taking jazz places it has never been before" ...

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Nostalgia 77 Releases "Everything Under the Sun"

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2007

"Everything Under the Sun" is the brand new LP from Benedic Lamdin. On this new LP the prolific producer explores new territory. Unlike Ben's previous instrumental works, “Everything Under the Sun" is a song-based collection. Free MP3 Download Dreamers Dance Nostalgia 77 From Everything Under The Sun 5:54 Lamdin explains, “I wanted to continue developing the ideas I've explored in the other records, to take the emotional moods that are there and ...

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Tony Moreno, Bill Gerhardt, Mike Holstein-"Trio Music" Art of Life Records Al1028-2 CD

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2007

Tony Moreno, Bill Gerhardt, Mike Holstein: Trio Music Art of Life Records AL1028-2 CD

Now available for ordering via our web site's secure server

Art of Life Records is proud to present the recording debut of New York-based drummer/leader Tony Moreno. Joining Tony on Trio Music are Bill Gerhardt on piano and Mike Holstein on acoustic bass. The album features ten original compositions written by each of the band members. Trio Music was recorded and mixed by Tom Hamilton at ...

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Now Available: Sara Gazarek "Return to You"

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2007

Now available in stores and online... Sara Gazarek Return To You Championed by some of music's most celebrated figures, Sara Gazarek has emerged as a strikingly original artist with limitless potential. In follow up to Yours, her widely hailed 2005 debut focusing on American Songbook standards, the 25-year-old Gazarek delivers a sensational follow-up on her sophomore album Return to You, seamlessly combining the intimacy of singer/songwriter stylings with the musical and improvisational elements of jazz. Blessed with a ...

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Stratospheerius Release Headspace July 10

Source: Anne Leighton
June 13, 2007

CStratospheerius' upcoming CD, Headspace, will be released July 10. Lead by renowned electric violinist/vocalist/mandolinist Joe Deninzon, Stratospheerius has showcased its “psychojazz trip funk" at colleges, festivals, and clubs throughout the US. Often referred to as the “Jimi Hendrix of the violin," Joe has worked with artists ranging from Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple, Sheryl Crow, Everclear, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The New York-based group has shared stages with artists like Mike Stern, Tim Reynolds, The Slip, and John Scofield.

The band ...

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Jon Regen's Let It Go Available Now - Featuring Andy Summers of the Police, Martha Wainwright, & Other Special Guests!

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2007

Jon Regen's long-awaited new album LET IT GO is availble online now. Produced by BRAD ALBETTA (Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Sean Lennon), and Mixed by legendary producer JOHN PORTER, (Roxy Music, BB King, Ryan Adams), LET IT GO features appearances by some of today's most innovative artists, including guitarist Andy Summers, singers Martha Wainwright and Kami Thompson, drummer Matt Johnson, cellist Julia Kent, and guitarist Jimmy Vivino. LET IT GO is available online now, and will be released on CD ...

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