Recording News

Tribal Tech's Multi-Keyboardist Scott Kinsey's Kinesthetics Hits Record Stores

Source: All About Jazz
October 17, 2006

Tribal Tech's keyboardist Scott Kinsey finally steps out as a leader in his own right on Kinesthetics, his long-overdue solo debut. Joining him on this outstanding effort are Tribal Tech drummer Kirk Covington, saxophonist and EWI specialist Steve Tavaglione, bassist and former Berklee College of Music classmate Paul Shihadeh, bassist Jimmy Earl, percussionists Brad Dutz and Cyril Atef. Special guests on this audacious, wildly creative outing include Scott's other Tribal Tech mates -- bassist Gary Willis and guitarist Scott Henderson ...

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Nina Simone Gets Remixed

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2006

RCA/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, teams up with producer Scott Schlachter (of New York-based dance/electronic music imprints C&S, Adrenalin and Topaz Records) to present the maiden release of a new series, Remixed & Reimagined. This brand new collection includes many of Nina Simone's most definitive works from her RCA Records recording period (1967-1974), reinvented by some of contemporary dance and electronic music's best producers, including Francis K., Tony Humprhies, Mocean Worker, Coldcut, Nickodemus, Groovefinder, Madison Park ...

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Jimmy Heath Big Band 'Turn Up The Heath' on New Planet Arts CD

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 12, 2006

CELEBRATE JIMMY HEATH'S 80TH BIRTHDAY WITH HIS NEW CD: TURN UP THE HEATH THE JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND

STREET DATE NOVEMBER 6, 2006

My first love has always been the big band, our symphony orchestra. “Really Big" was a ten piece band recorded for Riverside Records. It is considered a jazz classic. I finally did a complete big band recording in 1992 with help from my friend, Bill Cosby. It was titled Little Man Big Band on Verve, ...

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Singer Vayo Brings Together Legendary South American Tango Musicians on New CD

Source: Creative Service Company
October 12, 2006

VAYO - “TANGO LEGENDS" VAYO - TANGO LEGENDS

Singer Vayo is leading the way in the revival of traditional tangos. On his third album, Tango Legends, he takes this popular art form to its authentic roots. Vayo's dramatic interpretations of classic tangos in Spanish, their original language, are framed only by the acoustic instruments (bandoneon, guitar and bass) that are typical of the genre since the early times.

Vayo (pronounced vah'-djoh) is originally from Uruguay, where he returned to make ...

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Guitarist/Composer Mike Kennedy Releases New CD "Idle Afternoon"

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2006

PHILADELPHIA, PA - October 11, 2006 - Mike Kennedy creates a collection of fresh, organic tunes for his new CD, Idle Afternoon.

As a follow-up to his first release, Quartet No. 1, Kennedy releases his second album, Idle Afternoon, which will be debuted at the CD Release Party scheduled at Chris Jazz Caf, 1421 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA on Friday, November 3, 2006, 8:00 and 10:00 (details). The album features Kennedy on guitar, Mike Frank on piano, Paul Gehman on ...

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'The New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen' Marks Return of Nashville Songwriter/Singer who Everyone Seems to Know

Source: conqueroo
October 10, 2006

New album due January 23, 2007 features Reggie Young, Bob Babbit, Ed Greene, David Hungate, Thad Cockrell, Al Perkins, Catherine Marx and more...pays tribute to Scott Kempner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Two clarifications up front: The New Punk Blues of Ed Pettersen is a folk album. Of course. And Pettersen, often mispronounced or misspelled, is pronounced “Peterson." But who is Ed Pettersen? And why does everyone on both sides of the river in Nashville seem to know him, like him and ...

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Miles Resonated Stronger Than Ever As The Original Icon Of Cool

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2006

For the past half-century, when the subject turns to the simple question, “What defines 'cool'?" there has always been one perfect answer: Miles Davis. Beyond his defiant stance, his piercing glare, his amorous conquests and those one-of-a-kind Issey Miyake fashion statements - there was and always will be the music of Miles Davis.

Cool & Collected is the first single-CD anthology to zero in on a baker's dozen of the recordings which created the swirling mythos of 'cool' that defines ...

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Obliqsound To Release Remix Album Vol.2

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2006

Karim Rashid Designs First CD - The ObliqSound Remixes Vol. 2

Independent New York/Hamburg based imprint ObliqSound teams up with famed industrial designer Karim Rashid to re-envision the CD design for the 2nd installment of label's remix compilation series The ObliqSound Remixes Vol. 2. The set features stand-out selections from the label's eclectic roster of artists (including Renovation Unlimited, Tama Waipara, Grand Pianoramax and Gilfema - featuring emerging West-African guitarist/vocalist Lionel Loueke), brilliantly re-worked by contemporary music innovators such as ...

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