Recording News

Benny Reid - 'Findings' Concord Jazz Debut CD Free Download

Source: On Target Media Group
February 24, 2007

The upcoming Concord Jazz debut from 26 year old alto sax prodigy and rising jazz star Benny Reid, titled Findings, is set for release this coming Tuesday (Feb 27th). You can download the track “Dancing with my Father" for free right here:

Findings is a fully realized work of remarkable depth and maturity that takes listeners on a musical journey traversing a whole range of emotions within each individual piece. “The major inspiration for this record is my sister, who ...

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Arabesque Jazz Releases "Tim Collins: Valcour"

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2007

Arabesque Recordings announces the release of vibraphonist Tim Collins' recording, Valcour.

Tim Collins breathes new life into the jazz genre with his modern approach to the percussionist-fronted ensemble. He easily justifies his efforts to push the vibraphone to the forefront of jazz with his creation of this expressive and well-crafted disc. His intensity is matched only by his technical skills and the emotional depth he brings to his uniquely crafted compositions. Tim Collins is just beginning his ascent to the ...

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Wilson's Jazz Grooves as It Challenges

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2007

Drummer Matt Wilson promises a jazz concert by his Arts & Crafts Band that every guest will be able to understand as well as enjoy. His most recent CD, The Scenic Route (Palmetto Records), released in January, is much like that, not easy listening but jazz music that grooves even as it challenges one's perception of a groove. Songs are penned by such well-known artists as Thelonious Monk, Pat Metheny, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Wilson, who for the past ...

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Six Degrees Gets Closer to the Police, Beatles, & Pink Floyd with Backspin (out 3/6)

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2007

Backspin: A Six Degrees 10 Year Anniversary Project

In an era of seismic shifts in the music industry, the major record companies are dinosaurs, lumbering along, slow to evolve and, perhaps, doomed to extinction. Then there are the nimble little critters running around the dinosaurs' feet - the independent labels that have found a way to adapt to the music world's changing climate and seem poised to... well, inherit the earth.

Six Degrees Records, the indie label from San Francisco, ...

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Jack Zorawski Releases His First CD of Original Compositions ~ First Train ~ Joy Bistro March 1st - 8PM

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2007

UPCOMING GIG: “Joy Bistro" - 884 Queen St East on March 1st - 8PM Toronto, ON - Jazz bassist, composer and leader Jack Zorawski releases his first CD of original compositions - First Train, fulfilling a desire to express a musical palette that is his own. The CD is a compilation of eleven of Jack's original compositions partially influenced by nature and train travel. First Train is currently enjoying heavy rotation on the play lists of JAZZ FM 91, Radio ...

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New CD from Mike Reed's Loose Assembly Coming On 482 Music

Source: Improvised Communications
February 22, 2007

On April 24th, 482 Music will release Last Year's Ghost (482-1055), the debut recording by Chicago-based drummer/composer Mike Reed's three-year old quintet, Loose Assembly. Called “one of Chicago's most sublime Jazz outfits" by Time Out Chicago, the group features alto saxophonist Greg Ward, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, cellist Tomeka Reid and bassist Josh Abrams. Last Year's Ghost documents aural poems Reed created based on the compositional ideas and freeform playing of his band mates, linked by the common theme of what ...

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Stax Reissues Johnnie Taylor's Live Album, "'Live at the Summit Club," Recorded in South L.A. Club at Time of Wattstax

Source: conqueroo
February 21, 2007

Recorded in 1972, the album accents the soul great's blues side

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Johnnie Taylor, one of the greatest soul singers who ever lived, was at the peak of his game on September 23, 1972, when he sang to an effusive crowd at the now-defunct Summit Club in South Los Angeles. The show was captured on tape and will be reissued February 20 by Stax Records as Johnnie Taylor: Live at the Summit Club.

The live album, produced ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's "This is the Music of Life - Live at Tonic" on Ayler Records

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2007

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