Recording News

Pianist / Vocalist Marcia Ball Celebrates New CD with a Performance in Princeton, NJ

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2006

"Take a buttery voice laid over two-fisted barrelhouse piano playing and apply it to boogie, blues, rock and soul and it's a killer combination that leaves your toes tapping." - Associated Press

Pianist / vocalist / songwriter Marcia Ball will celebrate the release of her first-ever live CD, Live! Down the Road, with a performance in Princeton. Ball won two 2004 Blues Music Awards for “Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" for the Grammy-nominated CD, So Many Rivers, ...

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James Torme mixes genres in new CD release, "Comin' Home"

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2006

James Torme's new CD Comin' Home is an homage to an era of music which was filled with notions of romance and timeless values. The lyrics in these selections ring as true today as they did when they were written. Using a combination of musical influences, James' freshman offering brings the sincerity of jazz classics to a whole new generation. Influenced as much by his multi-Grammy Award winning father, Mel, as he is by his own generation's music, James is ...

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It's Bananas to release Shakeyface "Bicycle Day Boogaloo" 2/21/06

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2006

Hailed as “abstract hip-hop's next big thing" (Epitonic) and “off center but on target" (XLR8R), Brooklyn-based producer Shakeyface is a talented creative force bubbling just below the surface. All Music Guide describes his songs as “adventurous soundscapes" with “thick, dirty beats". An EP, Puddle Jumping During A Monsoon on Belgium's Quatermass and several appearances on different label compilations can be found in his growing discography.

Upcoming Events: 1/19: Shakeyface DJs with resident Sema4 at the Bastard Jazz Digging ...

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Vernon Reid and Masque's "Other True Self" Continues Versatile Musician's Journey

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2006

Vernon Reid, one of the world's great guitarists and a legendary exponent of the New York downtown music scene, has finished work on the second Vernon Reid & Masque album. Titled Other True Self, it is his third “solo" album. The self-produced CD is set for April 18 release on Favored Nations Recordings.

Reid, who has just returned from U.S. and global tours with his mothership group Living Colour, will look to the spring and summer for U.S. tour dates ...

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ECM Releases Paul Motian Band's "Garden of Eden" on January 24, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2006

Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby: saxophones Jakob Bro, Ben Monder, Steve Cardenas: guitars Jerome Harris: bass Paul Motian: drums

“The Picasso of jazz drummers, Paul Motian reveals his mastery in sly and disorienting ways," wrote Michael Parillo in Modern Drummer magazine, of the recent ECM trio release I Have The Room Above Her. Garden of Eden offers yet more angles from which to apprehend Motian's uniquely personal approaches to music making.

Recorded in New York ...

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Flutist Nika Rejto's New CD: Teazing Socrates

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2006

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Bobby Previte's "Coalition Of The Willing" Coming May 23rd on Ropeadope

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2006

Bobby Previte's Coalition of the Willing Strikes May 23rd On Ropeadope

Comprised of Bobby Previte, Charlie Hunter, Steven Bernstein, Skerik, Stanton Moore, Jamie Saft and Stew Cutler.

“Previte is a serious composer with the heart of a roadhouse rocker." - Village Voice

“Previte's music is thoroughly, stubbornly and distinctly his own...the music copies nothing and is utterly original." - The New York Times

“His ensembles speak in visionary tongues." - The New Yorker

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London jazz star Symeon Cosburn signs to OT Records

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2006

Symeon Cosburn, who has been a regular feature on the London jazz scene, has signed a multi-album deal with OT Records.

Symeon Cosburn is one of the major young male jazz-influenced singing & song writing talents in London. His influences include Mel Torm, Chet Baker, Mark Murphy, Carmen McRae and of course Ella Fitzgerald; in addition to UK based artists such as Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw & Claire Martin.

Symeon's own brand of music is a mixture of swing and ...

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