Recording News

Duke Pearson - Mosaic Select 8 + The Most Beautiful Jazz Christmas Album Ever!

Source: All About Jazz
December 17, 2003

Just in time for the Holiday's the good folks from Mosaic Records have released a great set, DUKE PEARSON - MOSAIC SELECT 8, that not only includes everything that Duke Pearson recorded for Blue Note, but also the long out-of-print Duke Pearson Christmas album Merry Ole Soul. This is simply one of my all-time favorite jazz Christmas recordings and one of the most beautiful jazz Christmas recordings ever! - Jim Eigo (Jazz Promo Services)

Duke Pearson: Merry Ole Soul

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The Bad Plus Readies New Album For March 9 Release On Columbia Records

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2003

Critically acclaimed major label debut 'These Are The Vistas' Named one of the best albums of 2003 by Rolling Stone, Jazz Times, and CMJ

Columbia Records is set to release GIVE, the eagerly awaited new studio album from The Bad Plus, on Tuesday, March 9, 2004.

Arguably the biggest jazz breakout story of 2003, The Bad Plus--Reid Anderson (bass), Ethan Iverson (piano), and David King (drums)--connected with the jazz world and beyond with These Are The Vistas, the renegade jazz ...

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Pianist Geri Allen Signs With Telarc

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2003

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Bobby Forrester - "Organic Chemistry", on Lollipop Recordings UPC 659057959320

Source: All About Jazz
December 11, 2003

The great Bobby Forrester, Hammond B3 organist and bandleader for legendary R&B singer Ruth Brown, passed away unexpected last year just before the proposed release of the first CD under his own name. At the time Bobby had been hosting a regular Sunday gig at the world famous Smalls nightclub, where many of New York's great jazz and blues musicians would sit in. “Organic Chemistry" was recorded on a particularly heated night, at the suggestion of Smalls regular Louis Erlanger, ...

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Norah Jones in the Studio for February 2004 Release

Source: All About Jazz
December 9, 2003

Blue Note Records has confirmed that Norah Jones has returned to the studio to record her as-yet-untitled second album, due in February 2004. The winner of eight Grammys remains in the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 chart, but Norah is moving on.

“I really can't think about the success of last year," she says, referring to her multi-platinum selling debut album Come Away With Me. “I'm just focusing on trying to make the best music I can at this ...

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Vocalist Juliet Kelly Releases 'Aphrodite

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2003

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Ubiquity to release John Beltran's sixth album, "In Full Color" in February 2004

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2003

On Sun Gypsy (his first Ubiquity album), John Beltran set out to explore his own roots and interest in Latin rhythms. In Full Color is his sixth album and he dives deeper into those roots but also brings the music full-circle integrating the ambient warmth and electronic sounds found on his first few albums. It's an album that very much reflects his personal tastes and history. It's also one that he hopes reaches Beltran fans of old while making new ...

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From Africa to the World, Yaya Diallo Unleashes His Music

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2003

World Music Director, Scott Stevens of KAOS-FM describes Yaya Diallo's new album “Live at Club Soda" as “hypnotic dance music, with one foot planted in village music, the other kicking toward jazz and funk." With saxophone, electic violin, bass, guitar, drum set, lead and backup vocals as well as traditional African drums Yaya Diallo transposes traditonal African music into an updated version of Kanza music, a relatively new innovation in Minianka tribal culture to maintain an interest in traditional music ...

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