Recording News

Buckwheat Zydeco to Appear in Two Katrina Benefit Albums in November

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2005

NEW YORK, N.Y. On November 22, 2005 Nonesuch Records is releasing Our New Orleans, a benefit album of newly recorded songs featuring artists from the Louisiana music community - across a wide variety of styles - to document the depth, richness, and profound musicality of that unique city. With Ry Cooder producing, Buckwheat Zydeco's leader, Stanley “Buckwheat" Dural Jr., and a stellar band including Cooder on guitar, Jim Keltner on drums, Jim Dickinson on piano and Mike Elizondo on bass, ...

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Sathima Bea Benjamin's Grammy-Nominated Album 'Dedications' Re-Issued

Source: All About Jazz
October 24, 2005

CELESTE RECORDS RE-ISSUES SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ SINGER SATHIMA BEA BENJAMIN'S GRAMMY-NOMINATED ALBUM DEDICATIONS

ekapa records, in partnership with Celeste Records, is proud to announce the re-issue of South African jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin's masterpiece Dedications, available for the first time ever on DVD.

Recorded in 1982, and nominated for a Grammy award, Dedications showcases Sathima's singing and composing at their finest. Backed by pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs, bassist Buster Williams, drummer ...

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Oscar Lalo's Enchanting Jazz/Chanson Francaise Amalgam

Source: All About Jazz
October 23, 2005

October 23, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Oscar Lalo's Enchanting Jazz/Chanson Francaise Amalgam Frenchman Oscar Lalo's new CD, “Un Peu De Toi," is unique fusion of Jazz and French music. Inspired by Django Reinhardt and the Music of Hot Club of France with Stephan Grappelli, as well as French legends Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg, and Michel Legrand, there’s a simple, pure and unaffected feeling to Oscar Lalo's music that crosses language barriers. Recorded in Paris in collaboration with ...

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New release 'The Sound Of Strings' Federico Britos & Jorge Garcia

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Winner of several Grammy awards for his work with Charlie Haden, Bebo Valdes and Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Federico Britos is regarded as a titan of the violin. Jorge Garcia, born in Cuba, brings all the richness of Latin rhythms from his birthplace into the folds of this ensemble. Garcia has performed with great talent the likes of Tony Bennett, Richie Cole, Patti Page and Joel Grey to name a few. Britos and Garcia’s recording has received accolades from jazz artists ...

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Jim Self with Strings "InnerPlay" (Basset Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2005

October 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Jim Self with Strings “InnerPlay" What the critics are saying about Jim Self's new CD “InnerPlay" (Basset Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins. Awesome sound of Jazz Tuba and Strings! (You will never again think of the tuba as an “oompah" instrument--in Jim Self's hands it is gorgeou sand fluid--as melodic as Gerry Mulligan or Bob Brookmeyer) Brad Dechter's arrangements are special! ...

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Blue Note Signs Andrew Hill

Source: All About Jazz
October 19, 2005

Marks The Pianist/Composer's Third Era With The Label Blue Note Records has resigned Andrew Hill 42 years after the iconoclastic pianist/composer recorded his label debut in 1963. The signing marks the beginning of Hill's third tenure with Blue Note over the course of his long and venerable career. His new quintet recording, Time Lines, which was produced by Michael Cuscuna and features trumpeter Charles Tolliver, saxophonist & clarinetist Greg Tardy, bassist John Hebert, and drummer Eric McPherson, is scheduled to ...

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Blue Note To Release 'Higher Ground' Benefit CD

Source: All About Jazz
October 17, 2005

Highlights from Jazz At Lincoln Center's Landmark Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert The CD's performers include Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, Bette Midler, Art & Aaron Neville, Dianne Reeves, James Taylor, Cassandra Wilson & Buckwheat Zydeco On November 22, 2005, Blue Note Records will release Higher Ground, a CD that documents Jazz at Lincoln Center's Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, a landmark evening of musical offering that was mounted by Jazz at Lincoln Center's Artistic Director, Blue ...

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Music Industry Partners to Release 'Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now'

Source: All About Jazz
October 17, 2005

MUSIC INDUSTRY HELPS BRIDGE THE GULF WITH HURRICANE RELIEF: COME TOGETHER NOW Multi-artist benefit record to aid storm victims will be released mid-November All-star collection includes new recordings from Coldplay, Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Clint Black, R. Kelly, Bonnie Raitt, Harry Connick, Jr. among many others plus classic cuts by Louis Armstrong, Dr. John and Fats Domino. Los Angeles - EMI Group, SONYBMG, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Concord Music Group along with the Recording Industry ...

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