Recording News

Bill Charlap Pays Homage to Leonard Bernstein with 'Somewhere' on Blue Note Records

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2004

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Bluebird Celebrates Glenn Miller's 100th Birthday With The Centennial Collection

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2004

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Bluebird Celebrates Fats Waller's 100th Birthday With The Centennial Collection

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2004

A Specially-Priced Package Featuring A 21-Track CD Of The Consummate Showman's Greatest Vocal And Instrumental Recordings, Plus A Bonus 20-Minute DVD With Rarely Seen “Soundies" Film Shorts And Performance Footage

The newly remastered CD features pianist Waller Leading his sextet The Rhythm through His greatest hits, including “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," “Tain't Nobody's Business," “The Joint Is Jumpin'" and “Your Feet's Too Big"

On April 20, Bluebird/RCA Victor Group celebrates the one-hundredth birthday of ...

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Paul Serrato & Co. Release 'Origami' on Graffiti Productions

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2004

Origami marks the fourth release by Paul on his independent Graffiti Productions label. It's the follow-up to More Than Red, which positioned itself at the top of the Yellow Dog jazz chart for several weeks in 2002. For anyone who has dug this and prior indie releases of Paul Serrato and Co., this new Graffiti Productions release is guaranteed not to disappoint.

The music is a mix of world rhythm, flowing melodies, piano blues and just plain straight ahead, swingin' ...

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Noisetet Debut, Plus Circuit Bent Festival 4-/3-4/10 in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2004

Noisetet has a new CD that you can hear bits of at www.noisetet.com (click on “mp3") The piece selected as 1 of 16 semifinalists from over 1700 entries in the Independent Music World Series, “jukebird" is at www.noisetet.com/jukebird.mp3

We will also be performing April 9 at the First International Festival of the art of Circuit Bending in NYC. http://thetanknyc.com/bent If you would like a CD to review, please send an address. ~ Donny Silverman Documenting our performance will be aboptv.com ...

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Eliane Elias to release

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2004

Dreamer Features Elias Performing with Bassist Marc Johnson, Drummer Paulo Braga, & Special Guests Oscar Castro-Neves on Guitar And Michael Brecker on Tenor Saxophone

Renowned Arranger and Composer Rob Mathes Conducts the Orchestra

For her sophomore Bluebird / RCA Victor Group outing, pianist-vocalist-composer Eliane Elias fulfills a career-long dream: recording an album of vocals supported by a full orchestra. The gorgeous DREAMER is an 11-track collection comprised of a fresh mix of songs from the American songbook, rapturous Brazilian bossa ...

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Origin Records: March 2004 Releases

Source: All About Jazz
March 14, 2004

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Major Reggae Entity Announces Plans to Release Jazz Compilation Album

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2004

March 7, 2004...Long time music veteran Michael Malott is the founder and Director of the Peter Tosh Foundation and Tribute Album Project. The foundation is currently producing the much publicized Peter Tosh Tribute Album featuring tracks from artists such as, Eric Clapton, Sean Paul, Ben Harper, Slash (Guns N'Roses), Jeffery Gaines, Cypress Hill, and several others.

The sale of the album will fund the restoration and renovation of Peter Tosh's Mausoleum in Jamaica. It will also fund the construction of ...

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