Recording News

Clapton Alum Andy Fairweather Low Releases First Solo Recording in 26 Years

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

Veteran guitarist delivers Sweet Soulful Music August 15, 2006, produced by the legendary Glyn Johns

Welsh-born singer-guitarist Andy Fairweather Low is truly a pop- music survivor: you may remember his hits with the '60s British pop group Amen Corner ("Bend Me Shape Me," “[If Paradise Is] Half as Nice," “Gin House") or be a fan of his '70s solo LPs on A&M, which have achieved cult-classic status (1975's Spider Jivin', 1976's La Booga Rooga and 1978's Be Bop 'n' Holla) ...

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Ajamu Akinyele's New Double CD "Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience" Now on Sale

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2006

It's June and it's time to celebrate! Ajamu Akinyele's new double CD Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience is now on sale for $13.98 at CDbaby.com, Amazon.com, and KKSF 103.7 FM, the Bay Area's #1 smooth jazz station. We're proud to present this CD at this affordable price for the Summer Madness Campaign because during the month of June, Ajamu Akinyele is gearing up for his most intense summer campaign designed to fill your summer with cyber bliss.

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Roseanna Vitro Releases "Live at the Kennedy Center" on Challenge Records

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2006

Roseanna Vitro Live at the Kennedy Center featuring Kenny Werner, Tim Horner and Dean Johnson Challenge Records

Roseanna Vitro's conviction as a jazz vocalist spans a lifetime and has played out on stages and in studios alongside some of the most accomplished jazz instrumentalists known in the business. Throughout the years, Ms. Vitro has cemented her reputation as a musician's musician, a singer whose passion for heart-felt expression is self-evident, heard with each song ...

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Orjan Hulten Trio New CD "In The Woods"

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2006

Brilliant trio jazz from three of Sweden's most exciting musicians. Music in the tradition of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane with an ambient and contemporary touch.

Orjan Hultn Trio went to Prastmon, Angermanland in the north of Sweden to reconnect to northern roots and to get the right woodland feeling. This new album Im the Woods, their first full-length recording as a trio, was recorded on a bitterly cold winter day.

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Ray Nance, Roy Ayers, Don Ellis, Pepper Adams, Harold Land, Eddie Condon, Edmond Hall Reissues on Mighty Quinn

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

Mighty Quinn Productions was developed out of my respect for music and the people who make it. Our goal is to reissue recordings by quality artists that have not yet been released on CD, or have sadly fallen out of print. We want to make sure that worthy albums in all genres of music aren't lost or forgotten. We also plan to produce compelling new artists who we believe should be heard. Mighty Quinn is committed to providing the best ...

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David Binney's New CD "Out Of Airplanes" Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

David Binney's NEW CD Out Of Airplanes is now available for download on www.DAVIDBINNEY.com

“...a strikingly original composer/leader/conceptualist"--DownBeat Magazine

“Dave Binney possesses one of the most original minds in contemporary music"--Stereophile Magazine

Musician, composer, and bandleader David Binney has covered the canvas of jazz composition while being an innovator of his instrument for some time. His new CD release Out of Airplanes which features Bill Frisell (guitar), Craig Taborn (piano), Kenny Wolleson (drums), and Eivind Opsvik (bass) is now available ...

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Ken Berman Releases "In Mind" Featuring Yoron Israel, John Lockwood and Bob Gullotti

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

In Mind, Ken Berman's new release (mmgmusic), features ten inspired original tracks showcasing his genius as a pianist and composer, leading a combo that includes the great John Lockwood on bass and legendary drummers Yoron Israel and Bob Gullotti. In December 2005, the French newspaper Le Monde praised Ken Berman, a sensation in Paris, as “precise and inventive," and the “talk of the town in the clubs of the European capital of jazz," and hailed Ken as a “fluid and ...

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Vocalist Mary Witt Releases "Dance With Me"

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

Mary Witt, critically acclaimed singer and bass player for The O-Tones of Western Massachusetts, celebrates the release of her first solo CD, Dance With Me. Sultry, soulful, and sassy, this album will make you swoon and kick up your heels. The music spans various genres from swing and jazz to rhythm & blues and soul. It glides seamlessly from the old favorite ballad “The Very Thought Of You" to the upbeat swing tune “Almost Like Being in Love". New Orleans ...

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