Recording News

Martin Sexton's 'Camp Holiday' CD Recorded in Adirondack Cabin--Out in Time for Holidays

Source: All About Jazz
September 6, 2006

Martin Sexton, called by Billboard “a vocalist of amazing proficiency and sensual conviction," has completed a holiday album titled Camp Holiday, which he recorded in a cabin deep within the Adirondack Mountains. The album, which was “soft-released" in the fall of 2005, will finally reach brick and mortar retail on October 10.

You could almost smell the wood smoke as songs like “Blue Christmas" fill the room. Unencumbered by the distractions of big production, the simplicity allows this one-man band ...

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Enter To Win Ubiquity's "Are You A Radio Citizen?" Contest

Source: All About Jazz
September 6, 2006

U.S. LISTENING PARTIES: RADIO CITIZEN - BERLIN SERENGETI

To celebrate the release of Radio Citizen's debut album Berlin Serengeti on September 12, we strongly recommend checking out one of the following listening parties near you:

Austin @ Paggi House - Sunday 9/10 San Francisco @ Dalva - Wednesday 9/13 San Diego @ Lot 81 - Wednesday 9/13 Philadelphia @ Excursions (Latest Dish) - Thursday 9/14 Detroit @ Buzz Bar - Thursday 9/14 ...

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Omar Sosa "Live a FIP" CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
September 6, 2006

Omar Sosa has released a number of live, solo piano recordings and a number of live, piano-percussion duo recordings over the years. With Live a FIP, Omar offers his first live, ensemble CD, featuring a Quintet comprised of bass, drums, percussion and saxophone. Recorded at Radio France in Paris in front of a live, studio audience, Live a FIP offers new interpretations of many of the compositions from Mr. Sosa's 2006 GRAMMY-nominated CD, Mulatos, as well as a number of ...

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Flat Earth Society's New CD Available in the U.S. September 26th

Source: Improvised Communications
September 5, 2006

Psychoscout (Crammed Discs CRAM 128), the new CD from the Belgian big band Flat Earth Society (FES), will be released in America on September 26th through Ryko Distribution. Founded in 1998 by clarinetist/composer Peter Vermeersch, the group mixes whimsy and sophistication into a dynamic trademark sound that embraces influences ranging from rock to avant-garde classical to cartoon music.

American critics have called Flat Earth Society “a band capable of everything from beautiful chamber jazz miniatures to slinky crime-theme jazz noir ...

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Four new Jazz/World Fusion releases by Gino Foti on the Net Dot Music label

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2006

BOSTON, MA. - Net Dot Music, Inc. announces the simultaneous release of four new full-length CDs in the jazz/world fusion genres by bass guitar and keyboard player Gino Foti.

Orbis Terrarum (14 tracks, 66:10) - Exploring the relationships between diverse musical traditions and the dichotomy of rhythm and melody of the bass guitar, this aural travelogue blends intricate ethnic rhythms, spacious melodies, and flowing solos with the passion, intensity, romanticism, and introspection usually associated with first-generation jazz-rock and world fusion ...

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Milcho Leviev Plays the Music of Don Ellis on "Multiple Personalities" (Mighty Quinn Productions)

Source: All About Jazz
August 30, 2006

Milcho Leviev plays the Music of Don Ellis Release Date: Tuesday August 29, 2006

Milcho Leviev-Piano

1. Pussy Wiggle Stomp 2. Possibilities 3. Homeless 4. Invincible 5. Simple Samba 6. Requiem for a Friendship 7. Indian Lady 8. Blues in Elf 9. Moondrops 10. Simple Samba (alternate take) 11. Pavane for a True Musical Prince 12. ...

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Trumpeter/Composer Brian Lynch To Release "Simpatico" featuring Eddie Palmieri Through ArtistShare

Source: All About Jazz
August 29, 2006

TRUMPETER/COMPOSER BRIAN LYNCH JOINS FORCES WITH LATIN LEGEND EDDIE PALMIERI TO CREATE “SIMPATICO" ON ARTISTSHARE

A prominent voice in Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music for two decades as a player and composer, trumpeter Brian Lynch releases his masterwork to date on Simpatico, an effervescent collaboration with Latin icon and piano innovator Eddie Palmieri.

“I've wanted to do this since I began working with Eddie 19 years ago," states Lynch. “Not just a collaboration, but also my take on what his music ...

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This American Life: Stories Of Hope & Fear on Shout! Factory

Source: All About Jazz
August 29, 2006

REVISIT THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF THE ACCLAIMED PEABODY AWARD* WINNING PUBLIC RADIO PHENOMENON

This American Life: Stories Of Hope & Fear

Two-Disc Compilation Boasts Stories by David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day) & John Hodgman (The Daily Show)

Contains Music by Thurston Moore, Blonde Redhead, Tortoise, RZA, Philip Glass, Calexico, Morcheeba, Mogwai and More

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Each week, some 1.7 million listeners tune-in to This American Life, an insightful, innovative radio program that broadcasts touching true-life stories ...

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