Recording News

PD3 with Dick Pearce Live CD released August 28

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2006

PD3 (Pete Downes Trio) have joined forces with legendary trumpet player Dick Pearce and produced an electrifying live recording from a performance at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London in April.

“New material was chosen at a rehearsal before the gigs" says Pete - one of Europe's leading fusion guitarists, “ therefore many of the tunes were performed for the first or second time. It's very exciting to capture that freshness in front of an audience."

PD3 received critical ...

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Concord Celebrates Milestone Records 40th Anniversary

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2006

Concord Celebrates Milestone Records' 40th Anniversary With Outstanding Retrospectives of Five Jazz Masters In celebration of Milestone Records' 40th Anniversary, Concord proudly announces the release of retrospective collections by five of the venerable label's most extraordinary artists - Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Jimmy Smith and Jimmy Scott. When legendary producer Orrin Keepnews founded Milestone in 1966 - with the assistance of pianist/producer Dick Katz - the fledgling label valiantly forged against the currents of a rapidly changing environment ...

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Krackedlenz Project

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2006

With extensive international touring experience as side men with artists such as Maynard Ferguson, Diane Schuur, Ingrid Jensen, Angelique Kidjo and others, four musicians have come together from eclectic backgrounds to concentrate on organic interplay. Their debut recording Krackedlenz Project, features 10 exciting original tunes that showcase the remarkable talents of the musicians as composers and improvisers. Beyond their penchant for working with odd time signatures and complex modern harmony, it is the unique chemistry of the group that enables ...

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Katherine Whalen (ex-Squirrel Nut Zippers) New CD Dirty Little Secret

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2006

RALEIGH, NC - Katharine Whalen, former frontperson in the roaring nineties swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers, is planning her return to music following a short hiatus with her first solo album in seven years, Dirty Little Secret. The album is slated to hit the streets June 6 on M.C. Records.

Squirrel Nut Zippers met with worldwide success with their second album, Hot, which sold more than a million albums on the strength of the hit single “Hell." Riding high on ...

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Roots Based Organization Future of Jazz Makes A Difference

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2006

Atlanta, GA--July 3, 2006-- The Future of Jazz is a roots based organization founded in February 2004 in Atlanta Georgia. The showcase evolved into a competition when Alonzo Craig, program director of The City of Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs needed a way to find the best local talent for Atlanta's Jazz Festival. Jazz dignitaries such as Earl Klugh and Lonnie Listion Smith have participated as judges lending their support to up and coming artists. With several competitions held, the ...

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Matthew Mitchell and Duncan Haynes - New Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2006

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Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra To Relese Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2006

STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA MAKES ALBUM DEBUT WITH “MTO VOLUME 1" ON SUNNYSIDE RECORDS Brooklyn, NY - On August 1, 2006, Sunnyside Records will release the debut studio album by Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra entitled MTO Volume 1. The nine-piece, self-proclaimed “territory band" is led by the much-heralded New York City-based trumpeter Steven Bernstein and features Matt Munisteri on guitar, banjo & vocals, Charlie Burnham on violin, Clark Gayton on trombone, Doug Wieselman on clarinet & tenor saxophone, ...

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Anne McCue's new CD features Lucinda Williams, John Doe, Nancy Wilson, Jim Lauderdale - 'Koala Motel' out 9/18

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2006

ANNE McCUE COMPLETES NEW ALBUM, KOALA MOTEL, WITH HELP FROM FRIENDS LUCINDA WILLIAMS, JOHN DOE, JIM LAUDERDALE, HEART'S NANCY WILSON AND PRODUCER DUSTY WAKEMAN

Second album for Messenger Records is due September 19

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Anne McCue's second album for Messenger Records, which follows 2004's enthusiastically received Roll, represents an extraordinary leap made by an already impressive talent. It goes beyond affecting songs and inspired playing and singing, and creates its own world.

Due out September 19, the ...

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