Recording News

Rix Glassmeyer, "24,200 Miles" Release on NCM East Records

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2006

Brooklyn, NY - THE NEW ALBUM, 24,200 miles , from Rix Glassmeyer - NCM EAST RECORDS

NCM East has produced 21 predominantly new jazz records in recent years, many from the New York scene. We are now pleased to announce one of our best releases yet from the smashing duo, RIX GLASSMEYER. While solidly rock, the horns, changes, and space give away its jazz roots.

Tastefully minimal without monotony, 24,200 miles is a collection of powerfully subtle songs about insects, ...

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Steve Khan returns with Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci on "The Green Field"

Source: All About Jazz
February 17, 2006

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Blue Note set to release Pat Martino's "Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery" on April 4

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2006

Blue Note Records Presents Pat Martino Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

This exceptional recording is one guitar icon's homage to another. Pat Martino utilizes his intimate knowledge of Wes Montgomery's music to demonstrate what it truly means to “get inside" another musician's head & heart.

On Remember, Martino leads a first-rate band featuring pianist David Kikoski, bassist John Patitucci, drummer Scott Allan Robinson, and percussionist Danny Sadownick, covering such Montgomery classics as “Four on Six," ...

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Tony Adamo & Mic Gillette: A Little East Bay Grease Goes a Long Way

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2006

Tony Adamo & Mic Gillette A Little East Bay Grease Goes a Long Way Roc Armani - UrbanZone Productions Their musical friendship sparked in 1999 when a member of the group, Cold Blood, arranged for Mic Gillette and Skip Mesquite, Tower of Power (TOP) originals, to record with singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo. Since then, they've both played on Adamo's previous CD, Dance of Love and are currently playing on five songs on his new CD to be released in 2006. Mic ...

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Berklee Educators Release Jazz A Cappella CD

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2006

Boston's auspicious Berklee College of Music is home to four out of five members of the vocal jazz a cappella group, Vox One. Jodi Jenkins Ainsworth (soprano), Yumiko Matsuoka Young (also), Paul Pampinella (baritone) and Paul Stiller (tenor & vocal percussion) are current faculty members at Berklee, recognized as America's preminent jazz music institution. Now, joined by fellow Berklee alum and bass singer Tom Baskett, the quintet has recorded their first CD in seven years: Pure Imagination, a collection of ...

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"We Always Swing" Jazz Series Releases "Soulful Serendipity" Featuring James Williams & Bobby Watson

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2006

“We Always Swing" Jazz Series releases Soulful Serendipity. Historic CD Features James Williams & Bobby Watson in ONLY Duo Appearance & Recording “House Concert," recorded in Columbia, Mo., June 14, 2003, captures two jazz favorites in concert. COLUMBIA, MO—The “We Always Swing" Jazz Series announced it has just released the much-anticipated and long-awaited Soulful Serendipity, a live CD featuring the late pianist James Williams and saxophonist Bobby Watson in concert. The performance and recording, captured June 14, 2003, in Columbia, ...

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Larra Skye Releases CD 'The World Disapears'

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2006

The World Disappears is nothing if not an ironic title for 22-year old Torontonian Larra Skye's debut album. Given her undeniable talent, the calibre of musicians who lend their skills to the CD, and the stature of the industry veterans guiding her career, it would seem that the whole world could indeed be appearing for this gifted, young and bilingual singer/songwriter's taking.

In December 2005, Larra performed her first show at the famed Montreal Bistro in Toronto to a sold-out ...

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Concord Music at the Grammys

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2006

The Concord Music Group had a fine night at the Grammys last Wednesday (2/8), with awards presented to EDDIE PALMIERI, DIANNE REEVES, and SONNY ROLLINS.

Palmieri's Concord Picante CD Listen Here! won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. It was his sixth award, with previous wins in the Latin, Tropical Latin, and Salsa categories in 1976, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 2000.

Reeves earned her fourth Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy for the much-praised soundtrack recording of Good Night, and ...

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