Recording News

David Olney's 'One Tough Town' is One Kick-Ass Record

Source: conqueroo
April 5, 2007

Over his four-decade career, David Olney has built a reputation not as a kind-hearted troubadour but rather as a performing songwriter possessed of a sharp literary mind that cuts to the bone of the human condition. Whether the subject matter is heartbreak or armed robbery, Olney's cinematic style and fearless approach to lyric writing have won him renown as kind of a musical outlaw. Listening to his latest CD, One Tough Town, due out on June 5 on Red Parlor, ...

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Ubiquity/Luv N' Haight to Release: California Soul II

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2007

Ubiquity's Sister Label Luv N'Haight to Release California Soul 2 on May 22

Raw and Rare Soul from the West Coast Recorded Between 1966 - '82

California Soul 2 features music recorded between 1966 and 1982 and spans eclectic genres from soul jazz, blues, heavy funk, modern soul, Northern soul, disco and even includes a ballad (previously unavailable on CD) from Luv N'Haight fave Darondo. These are tracks from artists who may not be household names but they were the ...

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Kurt Elling - Nightmoves Concord Jazz Debut - Out Now!

Source: On Target Media Group
April 3, 2007

Concord Jazz debut from Jazz vocalist extraordinaire Kurt Elling titled “Nightmoves", is available in stores & online now. On “Nightmoves", the classic Jazz vocalist brings his signature baritone voice to a wide range of tunes associated with greats such as Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Dexter Gordon and Keith Jarrett. After a string of stellar releases for the Blue Note label and seven Grammy nominations to his credit, Kurt Elling has attained elite status in the Jazz world by becoming the ...

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Lafayette Gilchrist "Three" on Hyena Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2007

"Imagine pianist Billy Preston in the FBI witness protection program; he hides out in the Washington, DC, go-go scene and then the jazz underground; he invents an unlikely pseudonym to go with his new style: a sort of twisted, funky, neo-juke-joint avant-gut-bucket." - Detroit Metro Times

In March 2007, pianist Lafayette Gilchrist opened the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Paris, France with a set of solo piano. He was the under-card that night on a bill with the legendary Allen Toussaint. ...

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Musician-Environmentalist Jon Hartmann Addresses America's Oil Addiction with President George W. Bush Rap "Start a Business"

Source: Media Monster Communications
April 3, 2007

LOS ANGELES, CA -- President , George W. Bush (PGWB) a Rap artist? With the Internet swarming with PGWB parodies, it was time to exercise the First U.S. Amendment, “Freedom of Speech" utilizing clearer communication about war, profits and the environmental impact. Writer-Producer-Musician-Environmentalist, Jon Hartmann has released “George Bush Sings" in a rap-funk-groove download on at CD Baby, featuring tracks, “Don't Believe Me," “Let Us Bomb," “Stay The Course," “My Heart Breaks," and “Start A Business" which talks about America's ...

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Ed Reed Sings Love Stories: A Stunning Debut at 78

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 3, 2007

Jazz history is full of prodigies whose early promise was cut short by drugs, prison, or premature death. Much rarer is the late bloomer, the artist who, after years or even decades of being derailed by personal problems and the pitfalls of the jazz life, fulfills his talent. Enter Ed Reed. Critic Andrew Gilbert has written that the Richmond, California resident is a “jazz singer in the truest sense." Drummer Tootie Heath called Reed “a great new voice." And singer ...

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Robin Eubanks & EB3 Release Live Vol. 1 on RKM Music

Source: DL Media
April 3, 2007

Featuring Orrin Evans and Kenwood Dennard

Robin Eubanks Releases New Self-Produced DVD-CD Project with Innovative Electronic Trio

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Robin Eubanks has been using electronics to augment the sonic palette of his trombone for more than 15 years. His latest project, EB3 was created for the expressed purpose of exploring modern technology in the context of his live performances, while also advancing the art of trombone in general. All three members of the EB3 collective share a ...

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Joey Calderazzo Breaks New Ground on Amanecer

Source: DL Media
April 3, 2007

PIANIST'S NEW DISC ON MARSALIS MUSIC FEATURES SOLO, DUO AND TRIO PERFORMANCES WITH GUESTS CLAUDIA ACUNA AND ROMERO LUBAMBO CAMBRIDGE, MA - As the next chapter in his ongoing evolution as a pianist, composer and performer, Marsalis Music artist Joey Calderazzo has created Amanecer. This intensely beautiful collection of solo, duo and trio performances, produced by Branford Marsalis, will be released domestically on June 5, 2007.

Calderazzo sees the album as a natural progression from Haiku, his 2004 label release ...

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