Recording News

Mel Davis New CD "It's About Time!" on Tom Tom Records

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 8, 2007

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Guitarist Bobby Broom's "Song and Dance" CD Due March 20

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

Song and Dance, New from Guitarist Bobby Broom, Due Out March 20 on Origin Records

CD Features Broom's Longtime Working Trio with Dennis Carroll & Kobie Watkins

February 8, 2007 - Bobby Broom's Song and Dance, to be released March 20 by Origin Records, opens up a momentous new stage in the Chicago guitarist's long and diverse career. The CD, his sixth as a leader, features his formidable working trio - bassist Dennis Carroll, a member since 1990, and Kobie ...

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Andy Summers of the Police to Appear on Jon Regen's Upcoming CD "Let It Go"

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

Andy Summers, legendary guitarist with The Police, appears on two tracks on Let It Go, the upcoming CD by Singer, Songwriter and Pianist Jon Regen. Let It Go, the follow-up to Regen's critically-acclaimed 2004 release Almost Home, is due out in March and was produced by Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Sean Lennon). The disc features appearances by some of today's most distinctive musicians, including Summers, singers Martha Wainwright and Kami Thompson, drummer Matt Johnson, cellist Julia Kent, and ...

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New Hat(Now)Art Releases Available: Morton Feldman: For Samuel Beckett and John Cage: Imaginary Landscapes

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

Morton Feldman: For Samuel Beckett (1987) performed by Ensemble Modern (reissue) hat(now)ART 142 Total time 43:36, ADD, Barcode: 752156014225 For Samuel Beckett is a late (1987) work, rich in detail and lush in sound (especially in relation to so many of his more austere pieces, early and late), but troubling, obsessed, claustrophobic in spite of its scope. Given their shared attraction to shadow (Feldman's music uses chiaroscuro in the way Beckett meticulously exploited darkness and light ...

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Michelle Shocked Launches Brassy Mardi Gras Single, "Hardcore Hornography," Available on Itunes

Source: conqueroo
February 8, 2007

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Michelle Shocked's longstanding ties with the Crescent City vibrantly unfold in time for Mardi Gras with an internet-only single. Entitled “Hardcore Hornography," the song is as bawdy and bold as its title and will hopefully remind everyone that New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast are still recovering from a blowjob they will never forget. “Hardcore Hornography" features New Orleans brass denizens Troy Andrews on trumpet and Trombone Shorty on (what else?) trombone as ...

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Four80east is En Route with Native Language Debut

Source: Impress Media - Jennifer Niederhoffer
February 7, 2007

New CD from contemporary jazz/electronica act due in-stores April 24

On Tuesday, April 24, 2007, Four80East will release En Route, the band's first new CD in over four years. Titled En Route for its constant flow of groove and momentum, the duo's highly anticipated Native Language Music debut puts a fresh, jazzy, and ambient spin on the eclectic textures of their past work to create a collection that's all at once spirited, sensual, and remarkably cinematic.

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Mice Parade Set to Debut New Album

Source: Motormouthmedia
February 6, 2007

Self-Titled Album Continues Gorgeous Pop Odyssey That Spans Seven Albums It was the winter after returning from extensive touring behind Mice Parade's 2005 album Bem-Vinda Vontade, and founder Adam Pierce moved away from the edge of NYC, up to the wooded country near Bear Mountain. There he spent the following spring converting an old garage into a quite spacious recording studio, the best so far in a long line of his home studios. After the last piece of gear was ...

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Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Series: Fifth Edition in Stores Now

Source: On Target Media Group
February 6, 2007

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