Recording News

New Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet CD Coming in April on Firehouse 12 Records

Source: Improvised Communications
February 15, 2007

New Haven's Firehouse 12 Records is proud to announce the release of the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet's The Middle Picture (FH12-04-01-002), the second of two new projects signifying the label's official launch on April 3rd. Led by New York-based cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum, who also appears on the label's other initial release, the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet's 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (FH12-04-03-001), this working sextet features saxophonist/ clarinetist Matt Bauder, guitarists Mary Halvorson and Evan O'Reilly, violist/bassist Jessica Pavone and drummer ...

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Richard Hart Releases Fearless Shores

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
February 14, 2007

A veteran of the music scene, Richard Hart has opened for jazz legends like Ron Eschete, Tom Scott, Russell Malone, McCoy Tyner, Mel Torme, and Kirk Whalum.

Seasoned by the American and European tour circuit, previous partnerships include a successful tour with Larry Pierce (Blood, Sweat and Tears).

Hart's studio work and writing talents eventually landed him an appointment as co-writer and arranger for a pilot series and a full-time position as a music director for a music network.

A ...

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Dune Records Announces U.S. Release of New CDs by Saxophonist/MC Soweto Kinch & Trumpeter/Vocalist Abram Wilson

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
February 14, 2007

Kinch & Wilson Will Premiere Music From Their Much-Anticipated Second CDs At Showcases March 16th At The Elephant Room During 2007 SXSW Conference in Austin, TX The British jazz label Dune Records, internationally acclaimed for its decade-long commitment to nurturing and documenting the work of black artists who are central figures on the UK jazz scene, announces the US release of saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch's second CD A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block ...

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James Blood Ulmer to Release "Bad Blood in the City" / to Appear @ Bonnaroo 2007

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2007

Brooklyn, NY - Why now? The question has been raised frequently upon news of James Blood Ulmer's new album, Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions scheduled to be released May 8, 2007 on HYENA Records. It's been almost two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. So why would James Blood Ulmer record an album addressing the storm and its aftermath at this point in time? When producer Vernon Reid and HYENA were organizing the sessions that ...

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Tribal Tech's Gary Willis, Kirk Covington and Libert Fortuny Releasing Slaughterhouse

Source: Abstract Logix
February 14, 2007

Fiercely uncompromising with equal allegiance to jazzy improvisation, funky backbeats and sonic experimentation, the audacious power trio Slaughterhouse 3 dwells in a place where fellow renegades like Garage a Trois, Bobby Previte & Charlie Hunter's Groundtruther and jam band godfathers Medeski, Martin & Wood operate -- right on that cutting edge between Sun Ra-inspired extrapolation and James Brown-inspired groovepower. Anchored by the formidable rhythm tandem of drummer Kirk Covington and bassist Gary Willis (bandmates in Tribal Tech, one of the ...

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"New Life," Victor Valente's New Album, Out April 27

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2007

Greatmoon Records and Victor Valente Publishing proudly announce the release of alto saxophonist extraordinaire Victor Valente's sophomore studio CD New Life, which will be released on April 27th.

New Life is the follow-up to Victor Valente's debut Off The Canvas, which won the hearts of fans from many different genres like hip-hop, funk, traditional and contemporary jazz. Victor Valente was also well-known in the early 1980s as a DJ, spinning records as a member of Afrika Bambatta's Zulu Nation as ...

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Chick Corea Hails Steve Weingart's Dark Blue Dream

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2007

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut Retrospective Exclusively on itunes. Available Now!

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2007

"Sound Mind and Body" with: Daniel Carter Luther Thomas Bern Nix Blaise Siwula Frode Gjerstad Sabir Mateen Andrew Barker Adam Lane Hill Greene Lukas Ligeti Enrico Oliva Elliott Levin Brian Osborne Mike Fortune Chris Forbes Todd Capp Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Other recordings released on ITUNES include ...

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