Recording News

Ron Kaplan Explores Martiniville With "Lounging Around" CD

Source: Brody PR
August 16, 2006

One of today's finest singers of jazz standards, Ron Kaplan has carved out an exemplary career over the course of five albums by following in the footsteps left by legends such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett. One of Kaplan's best albums, Lounging Around, captures the mood and ambience of a small, hot jazz combo as if they were mesmerizing a martini-sipping crowd at an intimate lounge in any city, U.S.A.

Although recorded before his ...

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Mike Manson's New CD Just Feelin' It

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
August 16, 2006

Michael Manson - Just Feelin' It

Chicago Bass Player Releases 2nd CD September 12, 2006

With the release of his previous CD, The Bottom Line, Michael Manson joined the ranks of today's premiere jazz artists as he moved from sideman to center stage.

His first single “Outer Drive" reached the top 10 on the R&R Smooth Jazz.

His passion and precision are displayed with both unrelenting power and laid-back grace on the album that, he says, “reflects the deepest expression ...

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Previously Unreleased Mingus Big Band Material Availble for the First Time on CD

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2006

Charles Mingus lives! Although the late composer and bassist passed in 1979, as we approach his 85th birthday year, the complex, passionate, and supremely personal compositional work lives on through the frequent performances and recordings of the bands his widow Sue Mingus has assembled - the Mingus Dynasty, the Mingus Big Band, the Mingus Orchestra, and the Epitaph Orchestra - and through upcoming releases of landmark Charles Mingus performances, available for the first time on CD.

Two live recordings, Music ...

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Alex Machacek/Terry Bozzio "[SIC]" Releases on August 15

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2006

[SIC] is the brand new release from guitar prodigy Alex Machacek, a classicaly trained guitarist whose music on this record is beyond categorization. His stunningly rich compostions blended with amazing technical skills makes this one of the top releases of the year. Joing him in this incredible music statement is Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck alumnus Terry Bozzio.

Read the All About Jazz Review by John Kelman.

Alex is a new force in the world of guitar and is surely to ...

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Trombonist Bill Watrous CDs Available Online

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2006

One of the finest bop-oriented trombonists of the past 30 years, Bill Watrous has had a low profile since moving to Los Angeles in the 1980s despite remaining quite active. Possessor of a beautiful tone and remarkable technique, Watrous has been constantly overlooked in jazz popularity polls of the past two decades. His father was a trombonist and introduced Bill to music. He played in traditional jazz bands as a teenager and studied with Herbie Nichols while in the military. ...

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Buck Hill Free a Download of the Day at AllAboutJazz.com

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 11, 2006

This message is to let you know that the following track is now being featured as a Free Download of the Day at AllAboutJazz.com:

“RH Blues" by Buck Hill

More details here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=1561

Catch Buck Live

In Celebration Of His New CD Relax (Severn Records)

August 21st Blues Alley Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007 Tel: (202) 337-4141 http://www.bluesalley.com/ Buck Hill ...

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Hamilton de Holanda Reviewed at JazzMando.com

Source: JazzMando.com
August 11, 2006

Nurtured in the legacy of such great Brazilian mandolinists as Jacob do Bandolim, Joe Nascimento and Armandinho, Hamilton de Holanda is a new standard bearer for today's Brazilian Jazz . Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1976, considered by many as one of the greatest mandolinists playing the instrument, Hamilton has revolutionized the capabilities and new potential of the mandolin. Extending the range of the instrument's capability by adding a fifth course (C strings), his harmonization is more self-contained than ...

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Violinist John Ettinger releases new CD "Kissinger in Space" with Tony Malaby, Devin Hoff, and Scott Amendola

Source: All About Jazz
August 11, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO RISING-STAR JAZZ VIOLINIST JOHN ETTINGER RELEASES SUPERB SOPHOMORE CD, KISSINGER IN SPACE, FEATURING AN ALL-STAR QUARTET OF TENOR SAXOPHONIST TONY MALABY, BASSIST DEVIN HOFF, DRUMMER SCOTT AMENDOLA

ALBUM TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 26, ON ETTINGER MUSIC; AVAILABLE THROUGH SUPER D, CDBABY.COM, INDIEJAZZ.COM AND FOR DOWNLOAD AT iTUNES.COM

While jazz violin has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years with the growing popularity of such artists as Regina Carter and Billy Bang, its potential in improvised music has ...

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