Recording News

Clara Ponty

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2004

Classically Trained Composer and Pianist Transcends Musical Genres On Her Third CD

Combining a vast array of musical and cultural influences, Clara Ponty, the daughter of world-renowned jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and a critically acclaimed performer in her own right, is set to release her third CD, Mirror Of Truth, on August 3 on JLP Productions (distributed by Navarre.)

Clara co-produced Mirror of Truth with Jean-Luc, who also performs on six of the CDs twelve tracks. As she has done ...

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Mike Keneally's New CD Confounds the Critics!

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2004

Mike Keneally + Metropole Orkest The Universe Will Provide Favored Nations 2400

Release date: September 7 In an industry that encourages artists to repeat themselves and to copy the trends of other artists, Mike Keneally is the quintessential square peg. The guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist and percussionist learned from the master, Frank Zappa - an artist who developed a huge following despite creating a rock/classical/comedy hybrid of music that one recording label executive deemed to have “no ...

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Michael Buble special deluxe edition Australian only release

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2004

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Ulf Wakenius new "Forever You" CD-Pick of the month.

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2004

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Debut Album from Troubleman AKA Mark Pritchard To Be Released August 17 on Far Out Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2004

With a cult-like following of his extensive catalogue of solo and collaborative efforts with Tom Middleton as Global Communication, Jedi Knights, Harmonic 33, Reload, Chaos & Julia Set, and much more, Mark Pritchard is finally set to release his debut full-length as Troubleman - one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year.

Ubiquity Records is very proud to be assisting Far Out Recordings with publicity and promotions for this album in the US/Canada. Mark Pritchard just did a ...

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'Light Shades': the great debut album of a talented new italian guitarist

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2004

The debut album of a talented new italian guitarist

Alex Milella has faced this first composition and execution performance with great competence and control of the instruments of a musician. He is able to give warmth and enthusiasm, not a simple thing to do in the realm of a musical genre where it's easy to fall in technicalities for the sake of it.

Ernesto Losavio for Jazzitalia

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Terry Gibbs' '52nd & Broadway: Songs of the Bebop Era' Will Be Released On July 20

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2004

Terry Gibbs' new CD, 52nd & Broadway: Songs of the Bebop Era, is set to hit stores on July 20. The recording, which also features the talents of Nicholas Payton on trumpet and James Moody on sax, is a new take on twelve tunes that represent the bepop era, one of the most influential eras in the history of jazz. The album is more than a historical tribute. To bring such timeless classics as Lemon Drop, Cherokee, Round Midnight and ...

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Bobby Forrester's "Organic Chemistry" released nationally today.

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2004

"Organic Chemistry", by the late great organist Bobby Forrester, has been released nationally today on Lollipop Recordings. It is Forrester's first and only CD as a leader, recorded at Smalls in New York City shortly before his untimely death two years ago, and includes Bubba Brooks (from Bill Doggett's group) on tenor sax, William Ash on guitar, and Tootsie Bean on drums. This is a smokin' record by the king of Harlem's Hammond B3 scene and R&B legend Ruth Brown's ...

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