Recording News

"Just Smile" Crooner Matteo Brancaleoni's Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2007

"Just Smile" is the sensational debut album of the 25 year old singer Matteo Brancaleoni, acclaimed by the critic as a true successor to Frank Sinatra. Produced by Philology Jazz Label and distribuited in Europe, USA and Japan. Here's a new young singer with a fresh take. Although he was born and bred in Italy, Brancaleoni brings a distinctly American jazz flavour. Brancaleoni is accompanied by featuring the great 80 year piano player Renato Sellani, who has played among the ...

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Jonathan Poretz CD Rel Party Jan. 18th Jazz at Pearl's

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 15, 2007

Jonathan Poretz Thursday, January 18th, 2007 CD Release - 8:00 & 10:00 p.m. Jazz at Pearl's

256 Columbus Avenue (Pacific) San Francisco CA 1-800-838-3006 Price: $15 http://www.jazzatpearls.com/

Celebrating the release of A Lot of Livin' To Do on the Pacific Coast Jazz label.

Featuring Lee Bloom on piano, Jeff Neighbor on bass, Vince Lateano on drums and Noel Jewkes on reeds.

“Silky smooth and swingin', Jonathan ...

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Jazz & Rock Drummer Michelle Mangione Comes Forward on Vocals and Guitar on Her - Life Beneath the Sun CD

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
January 13, 2007

“Michelle is a gifted artist and poetic songwriter. Her album takes me back to the days when songwriting was a craft and music made people think" - Grace Slick

On her solo debut CD, Life Beneath the Sun, Michelle Mangione, featured on acoustic guitar and vocals, has crafted songs into a pop-folk hybrid. An independent artist in the true sense of the word, she produced, wrote and arranged all the songs on the album also playing drums, piano, organ ...

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Chip Taylor's 1975 Country Album, 'This Side of the Big River,' Reissued on Collectors' Choice Music

Source: conqueroo
January 13, 2007

Chip Taylor, best known for penning hits like “Wild Thing" and “Angel of the Morning" as well as his more recent critically acclaimed duo albums with Carrie Rodriguez, had a nearly secret recording career in the 1970s. Signed to Warner Bros. as a solo artist, Chip recorded three country albums, the last of which, This Side of the Big River, is about to be reissued on Collectors' Choice Music on February 20.

The trouble with Chip Taylor recording country albums ...

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James Blood Ulmer Goes to New Orleans to Record New Album

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2007

Brooklyn, NY - James Blood Ulmer, the legendary guitarist turned elder statesman of the blues, is currently back in the studio working on a new album for HYENA Records. The as-yet-untitled recording will be built around a cycle of songs Ulmer has written dealing with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including titles such as “Survivors of the Hurricane," “Let's Talk About Jesus" and “Slave Master." Additionally, there will be interpretations of tunes by Junior Kimbrough, Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith and ...

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Didier Verna's "@-Quartet" Now Available on Itunes

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2007

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Winter & Winter Records Release Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart February 2007 ; Uri Caine Mozart Performances Scheduled for Merkin Hall NYC Jan 27 + University of Chicago Jan 30, 2007

Source: Allegro Media
January 10, 2007

For Immediate Release - New York, NY: Pianist-composer Uri Caine is acclaimed for his jazz adaptations of classical heavyweights such as Mahler, Bach and Beethoven. For Mozart's 250th birthday, Anne Delecole and Sergio Mela from the University of Mexico City commissioned Uri Caine to adapt Mozart's works. Caine accepts, and chooses movements for Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart (Winter & Winter) from celebrated instrumental works such as Symphonies 40 and 41, the Clarinet Quintet, the Sinfonia concert ante, the Rondo ...

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Rebecca Parris Introduces Her New CD at IAJE January 12

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 10, 2007

Rebecca Parris will introduce her new recording You Don't Know Me at her IAJE performance on Friday, January 12, 11 pm, in the Sheraton Metropolitan Ballroom. Her tenth album, and first since the well-received My Foolish Heart (Koch, 2001), You Don't Know Me demonstrates Rebecca's full powers as a jazz vocalist--not only her artistry with a ballad, but also her mastery of the art of improvisation.

You cannot listen to Parris for more than a few moments without being startled ...

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