Recording News

Columbia Records To Release Burt Bacharach's "At This Time"

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

COLUMBIA RECORDS TO RELEASE BURT BACHARACH’S ‘AT THIS TIME,’ ON NOVEMBER 1st: NEW CD, WITH MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BACHARACH, STIRS MUSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PASSIONS

Album Marks First Time Bacharach Writes Lyrics for his Music and Unites Harmony and Love With Some Righteous Indignation...With Contributions From Elvis Costello, Dr. Dre and Rufus Wainwright

NEW YORK, September 29, 2005 – Columbia Records will release At This Time, a new album by Burt Bacharach, which combines his passion about life with new ...

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Austin Jazz Workshop releases Big Boss Tenor CD

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

The Austin Jazz Workshop, a nonprofit group of professional musicians dedicated to jazz performance and education in central Texas public schools, is proud to announce the release of their fourth compact disc recording, Big Boss Tenor. This is the first disc by the AJW to exclusively feature original compositions written by band members, including Alex Coke, Glenn Rexach, Shawn Ellison, and Michael Melinger. The CD was recorded live at three performances between October 2004 and May 2005. Big Boss Tenor ...

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Paul Goldberg's new CD Whim of the Current

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

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Lefteris Christofis new CD "Nous Icons" by Blue Note Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

PRESS RELEASE New CD released by BLUE NOTE RECORDS (2005) LEFTERIS CHRISTOFIS NOUS ICONS Lefteris Christofis: electric, acoustic & synthesizer guitars, vocals Barbara Wertico: keyboards Vangelis Kontopoulos: electric, double electric basses Antonis Papoutsakis: congas, djembe Nikos Touliatos: marakes, gong, claves Paul Wertico: drums, percussion All compositions written by Lefteris Christofis (www.christofis.com) Produced by Lefteris Christofis & Paul Wertico (www.paulwertico.com) Press Report A consonant jazz fusion delight with mediterenean scents that gives life to an imaginary musical result from a remarkable ...

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Loren Stillman Group's New CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2005

Loren Stillman, saxophonist and composer, will br playing his original music with his group consisting of Gary Versace on piano, Scott Lee on bass, and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. The CD is being distributed by Fresh Sounds Records. The sets are from 8:30-11PM with an $8 music charge. The cafe is located on Cornelia Street just above Bleecker in Greenwich Village. The A,C,E,B,D,F,AND V trains to West 4th Street and the 1 and 9 trains to Sheridan Square will put ...

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Acclaimed Jazz Artist, Stix Hooper, Records in Vienna, Austria

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2005

Stix Hooper heralds another peak of global music and adds to his illustrious solo career, as he records in Austria, late September, 2005, with his very special international jazz trio. The trio, recording at MG Sound Studios in Vienna, brings together Hooper along with world class, European pianist, Andre Kitaev, and American bassist, Al Criado. “Jazz is a wonderful freedom of expression,” Hooper says. “It is America's indigenous musical art form, it's the music culture we have contributed to the ...

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“ESSENCE” by Australian Vocalist Ingrid James

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

By Aparna Datta Lay back, put up your feet, close your eyes, and enter a classic jazz club from the mid 50's as you listen to Ingrid James new CD “Essence." Ingrid James of Brisbane, Australia brings her eloquent vocals to this familiar ten-song set. She is able to move seamlessly between songs by songwriters who are diverse, and by adding her own heart felt vocals the songs are completely reformed. The sounds of these songs will have listeners wondering ...

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'Gilles Peterson Digs America' on Luv N' Haight to be released 11/8

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2005

GILLES PETERSON DIGS AMERICA: A COLLECTION OF RARE U.S. JAZZ, FUNK AND SOUL FROM THE WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED AND PROLIFIC COLLECTOR TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 8, 2005 ON UBIQUITY'S SISTER LABEL LUV N' HAIGHT.

The first in a series of Digs compilations raiding the record racks of some of the most outrageous music collections. Over the years Gilles Peterson has delighted dance floors and listeners to his radio show by joining the dots between musical styles and eras. His record ...

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