Recording News

Kindred Rhythm inks deal with KOCH Entertainment

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2005

New York City based music services company, Now Forward Music, launches their new Kindred Rhythm label division with modern philosophies and a diverse set of debut releases.

Now Forward Music, Inc. has signed with Koch Entertainment Distribution for US and Canadian distribution of their new label division, Kindred Rhythm Music Group. The new division, led by company president Doug Yoel, will focus on co-operative projects with artist imprints, overseas labels, and domestic independents.

Since 1998, Now Forward Music (formerly known ...

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Tom Christensen's New York School (Playscape) Coming March 29th

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2005

Playscape Recordings continues the celebration of its 5th anniversary with the March 29th release of Tom Christensen's New York School (PSR#J041504). Known for years as a respected double-reed specialist and valued sideman with the likes of Joe Lovano and Toshiko Akiyoshi among many others, Christensen has steadily established his leadership status since 2000 with his two previous releases, Gualala (Naxos Jazz), and his Playscape debut, Paths (PSR#J111601). He is joined on New York School by veterans Walt Weiskopf and Kermit ...

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Jack DeJohnette Starting New Record Label

Source: All About Jazz
March 7, 2005

Legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette will open his musical world up to his fans through the launch of his new imprint, Golden Beams Productions. On April 26th, he will simultaneously release two singular projects: a duet with the revered Gambian Kora player Foday Musa Suso called Music From The Hearts of the Masters; and a recording for relaxation and meditation entitled Music in the Key of Om. Golden Beams, will be managed by Now Forward Music, who also manages domestic ...

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JMP Announces The Deep Forbidden Lake

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2005

In a surprising shift of gears from the Jazz Mandolin Project's last album, “Jungle Tango" (2003), (laden with jungle grooves and improvisation), Jamie Masefield heads in a fresh, acoustic direction in his next upcoming relase. “The Deep Forbidden Lake" is a friendly collection of 12 of Masefield's favorite songs written by some of his favorite musicians. Is it a jazz album? Well, it does include songs by Django Reinhart, Billy Strayhorn and Ornette Coleman. Is it a rock album? Well, ...

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Phil Woods Groovin' to Marty Paich

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2005

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Marvin Stamm/Ed Soph Project: "Live at Birdland" on Jazzed Media

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2005

Why a “live" CD? Why at Birdland? There are times when everything just seems right for doing something like this. The quartet had several bookings in the New York area within the space of eight days - a concert in Connecticut, the COTA Festival in Delaware Water Gap, PA, and four nights in Birdland in New York City. Ed Soph and I had been talking about recording another CD, and this seemed to be the perfect time. We’ve spoken often ...

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Concord Announces Release Schedule Through August, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2005

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James Blood Ulmer's "Birthright" Scheduled for May 24 Release on HYENA Records

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2005

Birthright: A right, possession, or privilege that is one's due by birth.

In a review of Robert Johnson: King of The Delta Blues Singers for DownBeat Magazine in 1962, music critic Martin Williams wrote: “The best blues deal in their own way with basic human experience, with things that all men in all times and conditions try to come to terms with." And here, nearly 70 years after Robert Johnson's mythical recording sessions that bared those infamous sides, James Blood ...

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