Recording News

Katahdin's Edge Brings Tension and Drama to Jazz Landscape

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2004

Willie Myette, John Funkhouser, and Mike Connors have the kind of pedigree that would lend itself to astonishing and unexpected results. Their debut together as Katahdin's Edge is exactly what you'd expect from three adventurous performers, and nothing like you've heard before.

Step Away, the band's inaugural CD, brings profound drama and depth to what is normally a very predictable jazz format: the trio. Myette, the group's voice on piano, proved he had a flair for melody and arranging on ...

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Bill Laswell's 'Version 2 Version - A Dub Transmission' with Jah Wobble, Bernie Worrell, Karsh Kale & Abdou Mboup

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2004

Street Date September 21st, 2004

Version 2 Version - A Dub Transmission, Laswell's fifth release for ROIR, brings us back to the elemental power that made Laswell's earlier releases so compelling: thick earthy basslines, a bedrock of drums, fiery percussion, blustery guitar and atmospherics-all played by a world-class group of musicians who know how to breath life into a musical whole greater than the sum of its parts. On Version 2 Version the listener is drawn into a ...

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Bassist Dave Lobenstein Releases "Triple Play" with Guitarist Steve Salerno and Drummer Rob Garcia

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2004

Triple Play featuring Steve Salerno (Guitar) and Rob Garcia (Drums), is a project culminating a year and 1/2 of playing as a trio. The minute I met Steve, I knew that this was the guitarist I needed to play with. Rob and I had been playing together in various situations for a number of years and I knew he would be a perfect fit for a really GREAT Trio! Rob and Steve really dedicated themselves to this project, and it ...

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Jazz Guitarist Daniel Martina release your new Latin Jazz CD

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2004

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Greg Burk Quartet's Carpe Momentum (Soul Note) Coming Oct. 12th

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2004

ROME, ITALY -- Pianist/composer Greg Burk is proud to announce the October 12th release of Carpe Momentum, the debut release from his quartet and his second as a leader on Italy's legendary Soul Note label. Burk's latest ensemble features him leading frequent collaborators, including renowned Boston-based tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi and in-demand New York drummer Gerald Cleaver, through his trademark excursions between memorable original melodies and the spontaneity of free improvisation.

“You need to take the time to listen to ...

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Matthias Lupri Group w/Chris Potter CD Release Dates

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2004

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British Sax Legend Stan Sulzmann's Latest "The Jigsaw" Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2004

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Award Winning Guitarists Team on Hot New CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2004

Award winning guitarist Vernon Neilly (www.vernonneilly.com), and award winning guitarist Mark Whitfield (www.markwhitfield.com) have joined forces for the much anticipated G-Fire II CD release from Boosweet Records, Los Angeles, Ca. (www.boosweet.com/gfire2.htm).

Both guitarists have journeymen status in the music industry having worked with some of the most notable artist in modern times such as Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Joe Williams, Charles “Merry Christmas Baby" Brown, Teena Marie, Johnny “Guitar" Watson, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, The Coasters, The Drifters, Paul Humphrey, ...

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