Recording News

The Sacred Music of Louie Bellson

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2006

The Sacred Music of Louie Bellson and The Jazz Ballet Louie Bellson, Bobby Shew & the USC Orchestras & Choirs Label: Percussion Power Street Date: June 1, 2006

Louie Bellson was the featured percussionist in Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts of 1965. During that collaboration, Ellington encouraged drummer Bellson to compose and perform a sacred concert of his own. In The Sacred Music, composer Bellson combines the “voicings" of symphony, big band and ...

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Jason Kao Hwang's new CD Edge

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2006

JASON KAO HWANG / EDGE

Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet/flugelhorn Andrew Drury - percussion Ken Filiano - string bass Jason Kao Hwang - composer/violin Asian Improv AIR 0067 Street Date May 30, 2006

Asian Improv Records is proud to announce the release of Edge, Jason Kao Hwang's new quartet CD. Edge is a sharp line shifting between cultures and genres, where sounds dance, vibrations transform and identities are affirmed. Edge ...

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The Pete Zimmer Quintet Burnin' Live at the Jazz Standard (TIP1102) Street Date June 13th, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2006

Tippin' Records is please to announce the release of their new CD the Pete Zimmer Quintet Burnin' Live at the Jazz Standard (TIP1102) Street Date June 13th, 2006 Tippin Records has just signed an exclusive distribution deal for the USA with Qualiton Imports LTD. http://www.qualiton.com Selections include Woodside Blues (Pete Zimmer BMI), Getting Dizzy (Pete Zimmer BMI),Doin' Somethin' (Pete Zimmer BMI), Brush Pitch (Toru Dodo/ TORUDODO Music ASCAP), Waltz for Opp (Pete Zimmer BMI), A Whole New You (Joel Frahm/Frahmbo ...

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Ides of March's 'Vehicle' Album Reissued on CollectorsChoice

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2006

IDES OF MARCH, EXPONENTS OF CHICAGO'S '70s HORN-SECTION ROCK SOUND WITH HIT “VEHICLE," REISSUED ON TWO CDs FROM COLLECTORS CHOICE Two CD rollout, slated for June 6, includes Vehicle and Common Bond

CHICAGO, IL -- The Ides of March from suburban Berwyn, Ill., who scored a No. 2 national hit with “Vehicle" in 1970, will have their first two albums reissued on Collectors Choice on June 6. The debut album Vehicle and its 1971 successor, Common Bond -- both originally ...

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Brazilian Singer Marisa Monte to Simultaneously Release Two New Albums September 12

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2006

"UNIVERSO AO MEU REDOR" & “INFINITO PARTICULAR," MONTE'S “NON-IDENTICAL TWINS," PRESENT TWO UNIQUE STORIES & SOUNDS

On September 12th, Blue Note / Metro Blue Records will simultaneously release two individual albums from the Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte. Universo ao meu redor is a collection of Samba songs both old and new, and Infinito Particular is a contemporary Pop record on which Monte returned to various unrecorded songs from over the course of her 15 years of songwriting. Each of the ...

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Nino Moschella's 'The Fix' Out 5/23 + West Coast Live Dates

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2006

UBIQUITY TO RELEASE 'THE FIX' ON MAY 23, 2006, THE DEBUT LP OF LO-FI BACKYARD FUNK AND PSYCHEDELIC SOUL FROM NEW BAY AREA SIGNING NINO MOSCHELLA

Recorded entirely at his roundhouse studio outside of Yosemite & handling all the instruments & vocals himself, Moschella opts for home-made noises, beat boxing, and broom-handle-banging over drum machines and studio trickery. The result is a forward thinking blend of backyard funk, psychedelic soul, and '60's rock reminiscent of Sly Stone and early Prince. ...

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Cordovan To Release Highway 10 Blues May 30 - Available Now On iTunes

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2006

TAKE CORDOVAN'S HIGHWAY 10 BLUES FOR A SPIN Innovative cd blurring the line between jazz and nu-jazz available on May 30 Exclusively available NOW on iTunes!

On Tuesday, May 30, 2006, Lunaticworks Jazz will release Highway 10 Blues, the new album from Cordovan. Cordovan is Los Angeles producer/composer/bassist Greg Reeves, who, as Cordovan, focuses on jazz-influenced groove material, with elements of modern downtempo, broken beat, and ambient styles and a respectful nod to Miles Davis, Gil ...

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Eddie Daniels Quartet New CD "Mean What You Say" Street Date May 9, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2006

Eddie Daniels Quartet Mean What You Say Hank Jones, Richard Davis, Kenny Washington IPO RECORDINGS IPOC 1009 Street Date May 9, 2006

The new release is called Mean What You Say, a new recording by Grammy Award winner Eddie Daniels, leading a quartet that includes piano legend Hank Jones and the great bass and drums combination of Richard Davis and Kenny Washington.

Due in stores on May 9, 2006, this will be ...

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