Recording News

Downloadable Jazz MP3s and Sheet Music at dennismitcheltree.com

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2007

The Dennis Mitcheltree's MusicStore is now offering downloadable MP3s and composition sheet music of recordings by saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree for purchase with any major credit card through ClickAndBuy. It's easy to do, safe and secure and the sound files can be used on your iPod or ANY mp3 player and in iTunes or other music playing software on your computer. If you purchase the entire MP3 album you will also receive JPGs with complete printable CD artwork for burning your ...

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New Cut Releases: Ellen Fullman + Sean Meehan / Signal Quintet

Source: All About Jazz
May 27, 2007

New Cut Releases // May 2007 http://cut.fm cut 022 Ellen Fullman + Sean Meehan Ellen Fullman // long string instrument Sean Meehan // snare drum with cymbals cut 021 Signal Quintet Yamaguchi Jason Kahn // analog synthesizer, percussion Tomas Korber // guitar, electronics Norbert Mslang // cracked everyday electronics Gnter Mller // ipods, electronics Christian Weber // contrabass cut 022 Ellen Fullman + Sean ...

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One of Most Prolific Musicians Bill Laswell Forms Super Group Method of Defiance with New Release

Source: The Bloom Effect
May 24, 2007

INAMORATA: New album from super group METHOD OF DEFIANCE, JUNE 2007 Bill Laswell's super group METHOD OF DEFIANCE spawns highly ambitious new project entitled INAMORATA. This compositional masterpiece intertwines and weaves the best electronica artists with the most sublime virtuoso musicians on the planet. It's a riveting and refreshing concept album that's the brainchild and creation of Mr. Bill Laswell who is best known for his avant garde work and repertoire that pushes the envelope. He's also the master behind ...

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60th Anniversary Atlantic Blues Boxed Set on Rhino Handmade

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2007

ATLANTIC CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE BLUES

Rhino Handmade Marks the Occasion With the First of Three Limited-Edition, Four-Disc Boxed Sets Spotlighting Atlantic Records' Influential Sounds

Atlantic Blues (1949-1970) Will Be Available June 12 Exclusively From Rhino Handmade

LOS ANGELES - Rhino Handmade will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Atlantic Records, one of the most influential independent music companies of all time, with a trio of limited- edition boxed sets honoring genres championed by the label. The series begins June ...

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Blue Note and Ropeadope Team up for the Finest in Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2007

BLUE NOTE AND ROPEADOPE TEAM UP FOR THE FINEST IN JAZZ; NEW LINE OF APPAREL AND COMPILATION ALBUMS THAT CELEBRATE THE MUSIC AND IMAGE OF JAZZ ICONS FROM BLUE NOTE'S RICH PAST

In 2004, Blue Note Records and Ropeadope Industries first partnered to create A New Perspective, a distinctive line of t-shirts that drew inspiration from the classic Blue Note cover artwork of the 1950/60s. Now once again, the two companies have teamed up to launch The Finest In Jazz, ...

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Michael Wolff Releases "jazz, JAZZ, jazz" on Wrong Records set for July 3rd

Source: Seth Cohen PR
May 23, 2007

Michael Wolff returns to his jazz piano roots with the July 3rd release of jazz, JAZZ, jazz, on Wrong Records. Genuine enthusiasm greeted the standards CD when journalists were provided with sneak peek copies. Upcoming coverage will include placements in JazzTimes and Down Beat--in the mean time, here are a few reactions to the 'preview' listens: Respected critic Howard Mandel praised: “Michael Wolff's music just gets better and better--his straight-ahead piano trio album, following his crooner-at-the-keyboard success Love and Destruction, ...

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New Albums from Concord Music Group

Source: On Target Media Group
May 23, 2007

This week sees the release of 4 very diverse new releases from Concord Music Group.

In stores this week:

From Concord Records: LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III - Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by The Film Knocked Up Folk Singer/Songwriter Loudon Wainwright III Returns With Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by The Film Knocked Up. This is not just the soundtrack to writer/director Judd Apatow's follow-up to the box-office smash The 40-Year-Old Virgin, it is the “best Loudon Wainwright album ...

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Acclaimed Experimental Wizard Graham Haynes to Release "Full Circle"

Source: Now Forward Music
May 22, 2007

Full Circle unites the worlds of free-jazz, drum n bass, noise and experimental electronic music

On June 26, RKM Music/Kindred Rhythm Music Group will release Full Circle - the brand new album from forward thinking musician/composer/sound artist Graham Haynes, who is long known as an artist that cannot be contained by artistic boundaries and styles. Haynes' new album - his first in seven years - features numerous guest musicians and traverses a musical world in which jazz, drum ...

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