Recording News

American Original Johnny Dowd Completes Cruel Words, Set For July 4 Release

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2006

Guests include the Mekons' Sally Timms & Jon Langford; U.S. summer tour planned; U.K. press raving

Johnny Dowd is an American original, his vision distilled from the raw detritus of primal rock'n'roll, free jazz, swamp blues and greasy funk - all anchored by a voice channeling Johnny Cash through Chet Baker. Cruel Words, his sixth album and second for Bongo Beat Records, follows a trajectory set in motion by the self-released Wrong Side of Memphis in 1998.

At the time ...

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Big Sandy's New Album Recaptures Lost Era of Rock 'n Roll and Swing

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2006

New Yep Roc album ships July 11

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - From the very first song on Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys's forthcoming Turntable Matinee album, you know where this journey is headed. “Drop the needle in the groove and start to move," he sings in the lead track, “The Power of the 45, Part 1," a spitcurl rockabilly number in which Sandy cites many of his influences by name: Little Junior Parker, Lazy Lester, Johnny “Guitar" Watson and ...

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New Reptet Release Features the Posthumous Work of Legendary Jazz Illustrator

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2006

Release Date: Tuesday, May 30th 2006

On May 30th, Seattle-based Monktail Records will be releasing the second full length CD by the reptilian jazz sextet Reptet. The CD, entitled Do This! features the first jazz album cover by the late illustrator Jim Flora in over 45 years. Crafted on old style letterpress, the total package is a stunning amalgam of traditional and progressive jazz--both sight and sound.

James (Jim) Flora fashioned dozens of diabolic and hallucinatory album cover illustrations, many ...

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Debut Recording from Heernt, a new garage-punk-jazz trio on Avishai Cohen's Razdaz Recordz

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

Heernt : An Adventurous New Band Featuring Mark Guiliana (drums, electronics), Neal Persiani (electric bass) and Zac Colwell (saxophones, juno-60)

The first signing to Avishai Cohen's Razdaz Recordz.

Heernt's Debut Recording Locked In A Basement Will Be Released Worldwide On June 6, On Razdaz Recordz

Catch Heernt in their CD release party on June 3 at 9:00 PM at Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones St., www.aceofclubsnyc.com, $8.00, Champagne Toast at Midnight!

“Mark may well be at the ...

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Bassist/Composer Avishai Cohen Celebrates New Album at The JVC Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

Continuo [kntinyw] noun ( pl. -os): The Spectacular New Recording From Bassist/Composer Avishai Cohen on Razdaz Recordz. In stores on May 23. Continuo [kntinyw] noun (pl. -os): (in baroque music) an accompanying part that includes a bass line and harmonies, typically played on a keyboard instrument and with other instruments such as cello or bass viol.

“ . . . one of the best double-bassists in the world"--Kerstan Mackness, Time Out London ...

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1970s Jazz-Inflected Rock Band Ides of March CDs Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

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 issued on Warner Bros. Records--will be released on CD as individual albums for the first time with remastered sound and liner notes from original band members Jim Peterik and Larry Millas.

As did Los Angeles and Detroit, ...

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Legendary Songwriter Chip Taylor Readies First Solo Album in Six Years

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

Discs due to hit the street on Back Porch Records July 18

The double CD Unglorious Hallelujah and Red Red Rose and Other Songs of Love, Pain Destruction, due out July 18 on Back Porch Records, is Chip Taylor's first solo album in six years. It combines two distinct albums representing different sides of Chip and his songwriting. Although the subjects are often serious, both confirm his easy way with melodies and hooks. Taylor, of course, is the legendary singer/songwriter ...

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A Sarah Hommel "Drum All" CD Release Celebration at the Cutting Room May 20th from 4 - 6pm

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

A Sarah Hommel Drum All SaharaFord Records Street Date: Tuesday May 2nd 2006 The CD Release Celebration performance at the Cutting Room www.thecuttingroomnyc.com May 20th from 4 - 6pm. $15 cover 19 W 24th St (btw. Broadway and 6th Avenue) New York (212) 691-4065

A Sarah Hommel Drum All, the second album by percussionist/composer Sarah Hommel, is a live recording of an ...

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