Recording News

New Anthony Braxton Box Set Documents March 2006 Iridium Concerts

Source: Improvised Communications
December 28, 2006

On April 3rd, New Haven's Firehouse 12 Records will release the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet's 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (FH12-04-01-002), a nine-CD (plus one-DVD) box set documenting what Time Out New York called “last Spring's epochal run" at New York's Iridium Jazz Club in March 2006. Described by Braxton as “THE point of definition in my work thus far," these concerts featured the world premieres of Compositions 350 through 358, the final works in his Ghost Trance Music series, recorded over ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut to Release Retrospective

Source: All About Jazz
December 23, 2006

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Up and Coming Songwriter Scores Big In Time For Holiday Season

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2006

Up & Coming Songwriter Scores Big In Time For Holiday Season Vancouver, BC - December 11, 2006 - Local Vancouver singer/songwriter Janyse Jaud recently received the honor of being named Finalist (one of the top 4 rated songwriters) by the Song of the Year (http://www.songoftheyear.com/ ) songwriting contest. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1's Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in ...

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Hurricane on the Bayou Soundtrack: Kick Offs Worldwide Premiere of New IMAX Theatre Film and "Save the Wetlands" Benefit

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2006

Top New Orleans Music Artists Featured on Hurricane On The Bayou Soundtrack Compilation To Kick Off Worldwide Premiere of New IMAX Theatre Film and Benefit Audubon's Save the Wetlands Educational Programs December 22 Release Includes Zydeco, Blues, Gospel and Jazz By Fats Domino, Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, Amanda Shaw, and Several 2007 Grammy Nominees Including Allen Toussaint and Tab Benoit. Laguna Beach, CA--Hurricane On The Bayou is an enlightening tribute to the vital swamps and undying spirit of New ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's "Allemansratten"

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2006

Jeffrey hayden Shurdut Quintet Allemansratten Ayler Records, aylDL-045

Gaz-Eta By Tom Sekowski

“Allemansratten" or “all of man's right to freedom" is a perfect translation of guitarist/composer Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut's concept of music. His take on leadership is that “a leader who knows how to lead without leading."

Quintet he amassed in 2005 includes alto saxophonist Blaise Siwula, Ras Moshe on tenor, Nick Gianni on various woodwinds and mandolin and Mike Fortune on percussion. Shurdut ...

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Saxophonist Abe White Releases "Home For The Holidays"

Source: BAMM Music
December 18, 2006

"HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS" WITH THE LOW COUNTRY'S GEECHEE CHARMER, ABE WHITE AND GUEST VOCALIST DIANE CAMERON Abe White declares “There's no place like home" in his catchy tune “My Hometown". This song is sure to be one of the most requested songs on his brand new CD “Home For The Holidays". It will surely be a clarion call to Charlestonians all over the world as well as at home. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, It tells the ...

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John McLaughlin Guitar DVD Holiday Sppecial

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2006

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Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol. 1

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2006

Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol. 1

The Complete Abashiri Concert

VOLUME 1 is a two disc set, a complete concert performed in Abashiri, in Northern Japan, in the snowy winter of 1981 for an audience who showered Art and the guys with uncommon enthusiasm and wild love. They responded with a performance that seems to levitate with energy. You get to be there and hear Art declare this performance of “Body and Soul" “one of the best things I ever ...

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