Recording News

Collectors' Choice Reissues the Town Criers, SF's Premiere Folk Group Featuring Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane

Source: conqueroo
February 6, 2007

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- While mid-'60s Greenwich Village laid claim to the most vibrant folk scene in the nation, San Francisco sewed its pre-hippie seeds with clubs like the Drinking Gourd, Coffee 'n' Confusion, My Apartment and hungry i. It was on this circuit that the Town Criers cut their teeth. Perhaps best known as the first band of Marty Balin -- later of the Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship -- the Town Criers played the Bay Area circuit not ...

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Chamber Jazz Ensemble News for February!

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

We've received very positive feedback on our brand new CD of original art music, and have really enjoyed sharing it with everyone. Now, it's gotten even easier to get your own copy. We're pleased to announce that you can now find us at iTunes (just search for “chamber jazz ensemble") as well as cdbaby.com chamberjazz and chamberjazzensemble.com. The Chamber Jazz Ensemble is a 10-piece group established to continue the tradition of Gil Evans' mid-size ensembles in the framework of modern ...

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Wendy Alane Wright's Debut Album "As I AM"

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

Wendy Alane Wright is a New York born bi-racial singer whose collaboration with Dutch producer Rene van Verseveld and group Def La Desh resulted in several dance, pop and club hits, notably her 1990 single Feel The Rhythm" which enjoyed rotation on VH1, BET and MTV. She enjoyed other solo hit singles “Unforgiven" in 1992. Wright co-wrote, co-produced and performed featured vocals on the Tatjana Simic pop hit “Feel Good which went Platinum in Scandinavia." A sought after vocalist Wendy ...

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The Gordon Beck Trio: "Appleby Blues" Art of Life Records (AL1025-2)

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

Recorded live at the Appleby Jazz Festival in Cumbria, England on Sunday July 31, 2005, this 75 minute live recording features British Jazz piano legend Gordon Beck in a trio setting which includes Jeremy Brown on acoustic bass and Tony Levin on drums. The trio performs several Jazz standards including Miles Davis's composition “Solar", Nat Adderley's “The Old Country" in addition to the familiar standards “Gone with the Wind" and “California Here I Come". Also included are three of Gordon ...

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Return of a Ramoine...Tommy Ramone Bows Bluegrass Duo Uncle Monk, CD in May

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2007

Return of a Ramone...

Duo proffers old-timey string band music informed by the spirit of indie rock

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. -- The New York Times preview said it best: “There is life after the Ramones, but who knew it would be bluegrass?" The write-up referred to Tommy Ramone's new bluegrass duo Uncle Monk, co-fronted by Claudia Tienan. In what seems an improbable second act for the man who wrote “Blitzkrieg Bop" and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," Uncle Monk is rooted ...

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Antoine Bleck, French Crooner in New York, Releases New CD

Source: Impress Media - Jennifer Niederhoffer
February 5, 2007

Antoine Bleck, “French Crooner" in New York Releases New CD

Mes Illusions now available exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman and iTunes

“My favorite French singer in New York"--concert promoter Ron Delsener

Singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur Antoine Bleck arrived in the United States from his native France 25 years ago. After working in the restaurant business for years, he opened his own place, the midtown restaurant/lounge Opia, in 2001.

It was on a Monday night at Opia with a Brazilian band that ...

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Wendy Alane Wright's Debut Album "As I AM"

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2007

Pop/r&b singer, writer and producer Wendy Alane Wright has released her first solo album, As I Am, which consists of 10 tracks of mid-tempo love songs flavored with pop, jazz and light r&b. Grammy-nominated songwriting team Allan Rich and Jud Friedman contributed the title track, Steven Cahil (Touched By An Angel) and Carol Hall (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) contributed the acoustic piano track “Just A Miracle," Laura Pallas wrote “I Believe" and the pop/rock “Angel No Heaven Can Hold." ...

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Wendy Alane Wright's Debut Album "As I Am"

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2007

Pop/r&b singer, writer and producer Wendy Alane Wright has released her first solo album, As I Am, which consists of 10 tracks of mid-tempo love songs flavored with pop, jazz and light r&b. Grammy-nominated songwriting team Allan Rich and Jud Friedman contributed the title track, Steven Cahil (Touched By An Angel) and Carol Hall (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) contributed the acoustic piano track “Just A Miracle," Laura Pallas wrote “I Believe" and the pop/rock “Angel No Heaven Can Hold." ...

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