Recording News

Guitarist/Composer Ken Hatfield Releases Solo Guitar CD "String Theory" On Arthur Circle Music

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2006

Fans have learned to expect the unexpected from jazz guitarist and composer KEN HATFIELD, whose sixth CD as a leader, String Theory (Arthur Circle Music), finds him in a reflective mood, playing a series of deeply personal multi-movement works on the nylon-stringed classical guitar, either solo or in intricate and beautiful duets with himself on mandolin and dobro. Hatfield's Appalachian roots are showing. Remember the famous feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys? Ken is one of those Hatfields. While ...

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Charley Harrison's Keeping My Composure Climbs Jazz Charts

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2006

COMPOSER/ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR CHARLEY HARRISON KEEPING MY COMPOSURE BIG BAND CD RELEASE CLIMBS JAZZRADIO CHARTS West Hollywood, CA--Composer/arranger/conductor Charley Harrison's KEEPING MY COMPOSURE, released on c3 Records, is climbing the Jazz Week and CMJ Jazz Radio Charts. As of May 15th, the CD was #24 on the Jazz Week chart and as of May 1, #37 on the CMJ Jazz charts. The CD features the Chicago Jazz Orchestra with special guest artists Freddy Cole, Kurt Elling, Sara Gazarek, ...

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Concord Music Group To Release 3-CD Box Of The Complete Prestige Recordings By Miles Davis

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2006

IN 80th-ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF MILES DAVIS'S BIRTH, CONCORD MUSIC GROUP TO RELEASE 3-CD BOX OF THE COMPLETE PRESTIGE RECORDINGS BY MILES DAVIS'S CLASSIC 1950s QUINTET WITH BONUS CD OF RARE LIVE RECORDINGS In 1955, after his triumphant appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Miles Davis (May 26, 1926-Sept. 28, 1991) came into his own as an innovator destined to take jazz into new frontiers. Shortly after Newport, the trumpeter formed his seminal 1950s quintet, comprised of youthful up-and-comers John Coltrane ...

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Bassist Lonnie Plaxico Releases "Westside Stories" on PlaxMusic

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2006

The April 24, 2006 release of Lonnie Plaxico's Westside Stories is a collage of artfully arranged music influences ranging from jazz, funk, and beyond. An eclectic stew of contemporary jazz that modern music listeners crave, this compact disc features special guests Cassandra Wilson, Carla Cook, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Coleman, and The Lonnie Plaxico Group. Lonnie Plaxico brings honest musical passion to the forefront of the international jazz music scene. “Westside Stories" is Plaxico's eleventh CD release, and his second release ...

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Cass Harrison is back with a New CD "Sauce From The Source"

Source: All About Jazz
May 11, 2006

"A poly-rhythmic jazz interpretation of an emotional mixture - hot, spicy, smooth and sensuous."

Cass Harrison is back!

The brilliant pianist/composer presents a stunning display of piano virtuosity.

New York-born, Cass Harrison studied classical piano and composition at Julliard. He traveled with the big bands of the 40's and his own groups throughout the United States and South America. He is remembered for his award-winning MGM jazz recordings of the Cass Harrison Trio: The Duke And I and Wrappin' It ...

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New Thomas Chapin Trio Live CD Coming in June on Playscape

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2006

LONGMEADOW, MA -- Playscape Recordings is proud to announce the June 27th release of Ride (Playscape Recordings PSR#071595), a never-before-available July 1995 concert recording from the legendary Thomas Chapin Trio. Recorded live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands, this release features the classic line-up of Chapin (saxophones and flute), Mario Pavone (bass) and Michael Sarin (drums) at its creative peak.

“This is the trio at its zenith," recalls Pavone in the liner notes. “By the time we ...

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Bassist-composer Charnett Moffett Releases "Internet" on Piadrum Records

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2006

Ever since he made his recording debut at the remarkably young age of seven, Charnett Moffett has been one of the top bassists in the world. Part of a musical family headed by his father the late drummer Charles Moffett and including several siblings, Moffett has had significant associations with Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Ornette Coleman (with whom he played for nine years) and most recently McCoy Tyner. Internet, Moffett's ninth release as a ...

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Aaron Goldberg Returns with "Worlds" May 9th on Sunnyside

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2006

Pianist Aaron Goldberg makes his entrance into the jazz vanguard with his Sunnyside debut, Worlds. The album features his impeccable working trio made up of bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland, joined on two tracks by special guests guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and vocalist Luciana Souza. Given the range of Goldberg's gifts--flawless technique, a deft touch, singing solos and a creative mind--and his diverse compositional palette, the title of this project is apt. In his own words: “It's an attempt ...

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