Recording News

Pauline Oliveros: "The Roots Of The Moment" on hatOLOGY 591

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2006

Pauline Oliveros The Roots Of The Moment hatOLOGY 591 Total time 58:19

Pauline Oliveros: accordion in just intonation in an interactive electronic environment created by Peter Ward.

For more than 50 years, Pauline Oliveros has been on a continuing mission: “...to explore new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before. “If those words bring to mind the voyages of the Starship Enterprise from ...

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Luv N'Haight to Release Bay Area Funk 2 on April 25

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2006

LUV N'HAIGHT TO RELEASE “BAY AREA FUNK 2" ON APRIL 25, 2006, THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SECOND VOLUME OF RARE 60'S-70'S FUNK & SOUL FROM SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND & BERKELEY.

We searched harder and dug heavier for tracks on this second volume of the Bay Area Funk series. As with Volume One the musical spectrum spans from raw funk to gritty soul. THIS IS THE LUV N'HAIGHT'S 50TH RELEASE. Since 1990 we have been re-issuing rare and essential soul, funk and jazz ...

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Joe Diorio-"Solo Guitar" CD Art of Life Records AL1020-2

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2006

Joe Diorio Solo Guitar Art of Life Records AL1020-2 CD

Now available for ordering via our web site's secure server!!

This is the first in a series of five CD reissues from guitar legend Joe Diorio's classic Spitball Records recordings from the mid-70's.

Originally released in 1975 on Spitball Records and now available on CD for the first time ever! Includes the original album cover artwork and liner notes exactly as they appeared on the original LP release. Joe performs ...

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The Association's Memory 'Cherished' By Collectors Choice Music

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2006

THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMORY CHERISHED BY COLLECTORS CHOICE MUSIC

'AND THEN . . . ALONG COMES THE ASSOCIATION' AND 'GOODBYE COLUMBUS' JOIN SIX PREVIOUS ASSOCIATION REISUES MAY 16 Old conventional wisdom: The Association were forerunners of commercial California soft-rock. Revised conventional wisdom: The Association delivered a well-crafted string of hits in the '60s, from “Along Comes Mary" and “Cherish" to “Windy" and “Never My Love," with expert musicianship and production, six-part harmonies and frequent side trips into psychedelia and garage rock. ...

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Concord Records Present "Jazz Vocalists - Hear & Now" Two-Disc Set Featuring the Vocal Elite of the Jazz World

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2006

CONCORD RECORDS SET TO RELEASE: JAZZ VOCALISTS - HEAR & NOW, ON APRIL 25TH

A 36 track, 2-disc set featuring the vocal elite of the jazz world, which will see the profits going to the benefit of Jazz Alliance International's education and advocacy programs.

Featuring the leading voices from several generations of jazz and jazz-related singers, Jazz Vocalists - Hear & Now puts focus on contemporary material on disc one and jazz standards on disc two. In addition, the collection ...

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Yaron Gershovsky releases new CD "Personal Notes"

Source: All About Jazz
April 7, 2006

Keyboardist, Composer and Arranger Yaron Gershovsky has just released his first solo CD release Personal Notes.

Since 1979, Yaron has been, and still is the musical director and pianist/keyboardist for the world renowned vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. He has toured with them worldwide ever since, and has recorded and arranged for them both vocally and instrumentally. Among his arrangements for The Manhattan Transfer is the Grammy award winning title “Why Not."

The new release features 11 original compositions with ...

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Jeff Healey to Release "It's Tight Like That" on Stony Plain Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2006

Label To Release Jeff Healey & The Jazz Wizards Live CD, It's Tight Like That, April 25, With Special Guest Chris Barber

Stony Plain Also Set To Release Legendary Jump Blues Pianist Jay Mcshann's New CD, Hootie Blues, On April 25

EDMONTON, AB - Stony Plain Records has announced the signing of a world-wide agreement with guitarist Jeff Healey and will release his Jeff Healey & The Jazz Wizards U.S. debut CD, It's Tight Like That, on April 25.

It's ...

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Phoenix: New Album from Edo Castro

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2006

The Phoenix rises ... in late spring.

Bassist Edo Castro's new album, Phoenix, follows his first successful release, Edo.

Castro explains, “The name 'Phoenix' is not only a beautiful name, it's also the mythical representation of chage or transformation. I was in a music store one day when I heard the first phrases of the Pat Metheny song “San Lorenzo." I was mesmerized, time stood still and I found myself in another space. Phoenix is about transforming personal moments."

“In ...

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