Recording News

"Time To Think" - A New Album By Mo Foster On Primrose Hill Records

Source: All About Jazz
October 23, 2002

The Musicians Mo Foster - Bass Guitar, Fretless Bass, 5-String Bass Ray Russell - Acoustic Guitar Simon Chamberlain - Grand Piano, Church Organ Frank Ricotti - Vibraphone, Percussion Iain Ballamy - Soprano Saxophone

Time To Think is a new departure for composer and bass master Mo Foster. With material written partly during a trip to the Southern Hemisphere, the music was performed over two days in the ambience of a beautiful Oxford ...

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Mosaic Records Presents: "The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions"

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2002

Mosaic Records is proud to announce the release of The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions in celebration of the master guitarist's 80th birthday.

The phrase “musician's musician" or “actor's actor" always implies a combination of public obscurity and the enormous respect of one's peers. That would clearly make Johnny Smith a “guitarist's guitarist." An influential and popular figure to both his contemporaries and future guitarists from mainstream to avant-garde, Smith's personal choices were the only things that prevented ...

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"Jim Hall Down Beat Critics

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2002

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Charlie Haden's "American Dreams" with Michael Brecker on Verve

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2002

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LA-Based JMGJazz Record Label Formed

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2002

Jason Goldman, saxophonist and noted bandleader has announced the formation of the record label JMGJazz. This Los Angeles based independent record label was established to capture the creative and innovative “young lions" of modern music. While the emphasis is on jazz, the label will focus on the sounds of emerging artists in all styles of music.

“Our goal is to provide a place where musicians will have an opportunity to explore their creativity to their fullest potential. Unlike major labels, ...

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Nicole Mitchell CD Release "Afrika Rising"

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2002

Nicole Mitchell, a Chicago flutist will be releasing her follow-up to her debut recording as a bandleader and composer Vision Quest. This new work is an exciting and larger project which includes 18 musicians and large scale arrangements called Afrika Rising.

Ms. Mitchell manifests the ongoing legacy of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. She has been turning heads as a 2002 recipient of the Illinois Arts Council grant for music composition and for recognition in Downbeat's Critic's ...

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ECM Releases Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette's 2-CD Set "Always Let Me Go: Live in Tokyo"

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2002

Keith Jarrett: piano Gary Peacock: double-bass Jack DeJohnette: drums

ECM 1800/01 (2-CD Set 440 018 786-2)

In his liner notes to the trio's last release Inside Out, Keith Jarrett gave notice that they would be “releasing more of this kind of thing in the near future." Accordingly, Always Let Me Go, taped on two inspired nights in Tokyo last year, features exclusively “free music that was not written, rehearsed or planned in advance of the performances." ...

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Q & W Music Announces National Release Of Singer/Songwriter/ Guitarist Mary Ann Redmond

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2002

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