Recording News

Johnny Raducanu Releases "Jazz Bestament - Paris 2005"

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2006

Mister Jazz of Roumania

Johnny Raducanu, the 74 years old pianist, nicknamed Mister Jazz of Roumania by Duke Ellington, is a star in Romania. The famous artist is one the country's Jazz pioneer, since he recorded one of the very first records of the kind in the 60's. Over a 50 years long career, he mixed with the most famous artists such as Louis Armstrong, Keith Jarrett et Stanley Clarke, and recorded with Art Farmer, Frederich Gulda, Slide Hampton, Barney ...

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Ubiquity to Release Radio Citzen's Debut September 12, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2006

UBIQUITY READIES RADIO CITIZEN'S BERLIN SERENGETI FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 12, AN EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED, REFLECTIVE DEBUT FROM BERLIN, GERMANY'S NIKO SCHABEL

Strains of film noir-worthy dark jazz, chunky tropical dub, and snake-charming soul permeate Berlin Serengeti. Chanelling Mulatu and Coltrane in a dub shack studio a barrage of big horns blast blacksploitation flavors with an Eastern funk twist. Hailing from Berlin, it is Radio Citizen, aka Niko Schabel and a talented collective of Berlin, Germany-based musicians, who are behind this adrenalin-infused and ...

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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band New CD on Sale Now

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2006

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Joseph Alan Fears Is Back With A Cook & Jazzy New CD "Little Joe's Jazzical"

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2006

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Vocalist Lynne Fiddmont's Debut CD "Flow" Takes Listener On A Jazzy Soulful Musical Journey

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

St. Louis native Lynne Fiddmont takes center stage with her first solo release, Flow, after years of being the music industry's “go-to girl" background vocalist for a long list of Grammy winners and hit- makers: Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Patti Austin, Madonna, Seal, Mariah Carey, Barbara Streisand, Gloria Estefan, Kenny “Babyface" Edmonds, Whitney Houston, Yolanda Adams, James Ingram, Frankie Beverly, Norman Brown, Bill Withers, and many others.

Flow does not merely mark the graduation of a woman who ...

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Don Byron with the Bang on a Can Allstars

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

Cantaloupe Music, the NYC-based art/indie label, announces the release of a promotional mp3 download from their latest release, Bang on a Can/Don Byron: A Ballad for Many.

Bang on a Can--part rock band, part chamber ensemble, has been pushing the boundaries of experiemental classical, world, and jazz music for 15 years. Their latest project--after years of live collaboration--is a full-length disc of clarinetist/composer Don Byron's compositions, the followup to Byron's Grammy-nominated Ivey-Divey. This disc A Ballad for Many showcases the ...

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Cryptogramophone Records to Release New CDs From Guitarist Nels Cline and Pianist Myra Melford September 12

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

Los Angeles-based creative jazz label Cryptogramophone Records announces exciting new autumn releases from guitarist Nels Cline and pianist Myra Melford. Nels Cline's New Monastery is Cline's interpretation of the music of Andrew Hill; Myra Melford's The Image of Your Body features trumpeter Cuong Vu and guitarist Brandon Ross.

Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breath-taking technique with an informed musical intelligence, Cline displays a mastery of guitar expression that ...

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UFO Bass Records proudly announces the release of "The Buddy Collette Big Band - Live at El Camino College"

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

Buddy Collette, the jazz flute and saxophone virtuoso, has been characteristically modest about his stature as a big band leader; with little fanfare, his eponymous CD as big band leader was nominated for a Grammy for a 1996 release on Bridge Records. That live concert , commissioned by the Library of Congress and performed in Washington, DC, included longtime Collette compadres Chico Hamilton, Jackie Kelso, Gerald Wiggins and Britt Woodman.

Now, Collette returns to the spotlight with a stunning recording ...

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