Recording News

James Hunter's Debut Album Reissued on Hep Cat with Guests Van Morrison & Doris Troy

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2006

JAMES HUNTER'S 1996 DEBUT ALBUM, BELIEVE WHAT I SAY, FEATURING GUESTS VAN MORRISON AND DORIS TROY, FINALLY GETS US RELEASE AUGUST 29

ANAHEIM, CA -- The 1996 debut album by James Hunter, whose current album People Gonna Talk has taught 21st century audiences the joys of early American soul music and rhythm & blues, will receive a US release date August 29 on Hep Cat Records (through Hep Cat Distribution) -- only 10 years late. The album was originally released ...

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Start Christmas In July With Juan Oskar

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2006

Phoenix, Arizona--Trumpeter, pianist, vocalist, and writer Juan Oskar released Christmas Is For Grownups Too around Thanksgiving in 2005. The weather was a bit different than it is right now but you can actually celebrate Christmas in July if you listen to the eclectic recording by Oskar. People say it every year around the holidays, why can't we live in peace and joy just like Christmas time all year round? With the music of Juan Oskar it is not hard to ...

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CJeff Releases New Indie Album "Positive"

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2006

New York, New York--Christopher Leighton, known as the performing artist Cjeff, hails from the Bronx, New York. He has been performing and recording for three decades, taking the influences of such artists as Mark Knopfler, Pat Metheny, Weather Report, George Gershwin, Keith Emerson, Thelonius Monk, Alan Holdsworth, Van Halen, and Lee Rittenour to formulate his own distinctive sound. An accomplished guitarist, Christopher also plays bass and keyboards, combining these with synthesizer and percussion tracks on his new release Positive. With ...

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Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band releases smooth jazz album 'Miles High'

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2006

The idea of Skip Martin's first solo jazz project was pure and simple: “it was just time".

With 26 album releases as lead vocalist with Dazz Band, Kool & the Gang and his own solo projects, Grammy winner Skip Martin wanted to record a project where he did his “singing" through his trumpet. “I've recorded with both groups in the horn section but never as a solo instrument," stated Skip.

The result is Miles High, filled with hip, cool, funky, ...

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Wayne Hancock Embraces The Sounds & Spirits of Bob Willis with Latest Bloodshot Release, 'Tulsa' in Stores October 10

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2006

Extensive U.S. tour dates announced

“Wayne Hancock has more Hank Sr. in him than either I or Hank Williams Jr. He is the real deal"--Hank III

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Wayne “The Train" Hancock, the artist who Hank Williams III claims sounds more like his grandfather than he himself does, actually finds a more applicable comparison to the legendary Texan and big-band leader Bob Wills. Hancock's latest release on Bloodshot Records, Tulsa, is a tip of the ten-gallon hat to Wills, ...

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James Hunter's 1996 Debut Album Receives Belated U.S. Street Date August 29, Features Van Morrison & Doris Troy

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2006

ANEHEIM, Calif. -- The 1996 debut album by James Hunter, whose current album People Gonna Talk has taught 21st century audiences the joys of early American soul music and rhythm & blues, will receive a U.S. release date August 29 on Hep Cat Records (through Hep Cat Distribution) -- only 10 years late. The album was originally released on Ace Records in the U.K.

Believe What I Say will not disappoint those who find themselves under the spell of People ...

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482 Music To Release Modo Trio's The Uninvited Sept. 19th

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

The Edmonton, Alberta-based Modo Trio will make its 482 Music debut with the September 19th release of The Uninvited (482-1049), featuring special guest, New York multi-instrumentalist/producer Jamie Saft.

Inspired by the aural landscapes of rave culture, but grounded in the traditions of jazz and creative improvisation, the group builds an inclusive, electro-acoustic sound through the collective efforts of Craig Brenan (trombone augmented by a five-voice harmonizer and looping device), Jeff Johnson (acoustic and electric basses) and Bill George (drums). Saft ...

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Darren Kramer's Great CDs and Exciting Compositions/Arrangements Available Online

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

TrombonesOnline.com in association with Darren Kramer, is proud to feature Darren Kramer's great cds' and exciting compositions & arrangements!

Darren Kramer is an Edwards Trombone Performing Artist and is in demand as a freelance trombonist, clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States. Kramer graduated from the University of Miami (FL) and moved to New York City where he toured with Matchbox Twenty, Tom Jones, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. He has made national television appearances on The ...

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