Recording News

Club d'Elf To Release Long-Awaited Studio Debut "Now I Understand"

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2006

Boston's CLUB d'ELF to Release Long-Awaited Studio Debut NOW I UNDERSTAND on Accurate Records

All-star collective includes Mike Rivard, John Medeski, Billy Martin, DJ Logic, Reeves Gabrels, Mat Maneri, Duke Levine and many more

“The sound of the future is here." - Boston Magazine's “Best Of Boston"

“Club d'Elf combines the roaring avant-funk of electric-era Miles with the legato drift of the Grateful Dead...heady music that doesn't neglect the tail." - Time Out New York

Brooklyn, ...

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Stephen D. Anderson's "Remembering the Rain: The Music of Bill Evans" CD Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz
August 23, 2006

Stephen D. Anderson Remembering the Rain: The Music of Bill Evans Art of Life Records AL1022-2 CD Now available for ordering via our web site's secure server! Art of Life Records is proud to present guitarist Stephen D. Anderson's recording debut. More than two years in the making, Stephen has created a sonic masterpiece with his unique solo guitar arrangements of Bill Evans' compositions. Stephen doesn't simply underpin the melodies of Evans's pieces with stock Jazz ...

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Two Manhattan Transfer Releases Due 10/3 From Rhino

Source: All About Jazz
August 21, 2006

LOS ANGELES, CA - Eight-time GRAMMY winning jazz/pop harmony vocal group Manhattan Transfer has been releasing stellar albums and drawing rave concert reviews for over three decades with their sparkling song stylizations and prodigious vocal talents. The legendary group's collective voice has never sounded better than on two new albums previously available only in Japan.

An Acapella Christmas celebrates traditional Yuletide favorites with the savvy, spirit and elegance that define the Transfer's repertoire and makes for their best holiday collection ...

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New CD From Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack Coming in October on 482 Music

Source: Improvised Communications
August 18, 2006

On October 31st, 482 Music will release Intents & Purposes (482-1050), the new CD from Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack, featuring Bruckmann (oboe, English horn and suona), Jen Clare Paulson (viola), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Anton Hatwich (bass) and Tim Daisy (percussion). Intents & Purposes documents Bruckmann's first visit to the Chicago scene since leaving for the Bay Area in 2003, as well as Wrack's chamber-group- meets-creative-improvisation sound, which bridges the gap between modern classical music and Chicago's experimental jazz scene.

“As ...

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Ubiquity To Release Freddie Cruger's "Soul Search" on 10/24

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2006

UBIQUITY TO RELEASE FREDDIE CRUGER'S “SOUL SEARCH" ON OCTOBER 24, 2006, A RICH FULL-LENGTH ALBUM DRAWING FROM REGGAE & B-BOY TO DISCO SOUNDS FROM AROUND

On Soul Search, Swedish producer / DJ Freddie Cruger delivers a debut album of original tracks that illustrate why this master of genre-mash-ups has made a permanent home of DJ record boxes across the globe. Cruger's authentic mix of old school hip-hop and b-boy grooves effortlessly incorporates dirty funk, soul, reggae, Latin and disco rhythms ...

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PD3 & Dick Pearce Celebrating new CD Release "PD3 with Dick Pearce Live"

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2006

DP3 & Dick Pearce have several exciting performances scheduled to celebrate the UK release of their new live recording on 28 August.

Sunday 20 August: The Farmhouse, Horley, Surrey Saturday 2 Sept: Chichester Jazz Festival Sunday 3 Sept: The Eagle, Croydon Tuesday 12 Sept: The Rutland Arms, Catford Friday 15 Sept: Pizza on the Park Friday 29 Sept: Peterborough Jazz Festival Thursday 5 Oct: Southend Pavillion

The CD ...

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482 Music's Document Chicago Series Continues With Herculaneum's Orange Blossom

Source: Improvised Communications
August 17, 2006

On October 17th, 482 Music will release Herculaneum's Orange Blossom (482 -1051), the 12th title in the label's ongoing Document Chicago series, which has been recording the latest generation of the city's illustrious creative music scene for the past four years. Founded in 2002, Herculaneum mixes creative improvisation with diverse influences such as 20th Century avant-garde composition and Romany Gypsy brass bands to create a cohesive yet cosmopolitan new sound.

“The band's trombone/trumpet/alto sax front line paints lush chordal sketches ...

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Seedling Records Releases Gilbert Castellanos' debut CD "Underground"

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2006

"UNDERGROUND" THE NEW CD FROM TRUMPETER GILBERT CASTELLANOS TO BE RELEASED ON SEEDLING RECORDS ON JUNE 27, 2006

Tour dates set for June, July and August

Los Angeles, CA: Seedling Records today announced the release of Underground, the new CD from trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos. As a bandleader and as a member of three top jazz ensembles (The Diana Krall Big Band, The Los Angeles based Anthony Wilson None and Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra,) Castellanos has become a major force on the ...

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