Recording News

Verve Records To Release Unprecedented Verve Remixed Album

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2002

Today's best and hottest DJs and remixers try their hand at classic vocal tracks from the label's legendary catalog

Verve Records has released Verve Remixed, a compilation of its finest vocal performances remixed by MJ Cole, Masters At Work, Thievery Corporation, UFO, Richard Dorfmeister, and other top names from the world of dance music.

By granting these remixers permission to raid their vaults, Verve has assembled a peerless collection of modern spins on classics by renowned jazz vocalists Billie Holiday, ...

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ECM to release :Rarum Series -- Music Selected By The Artists From Their ECM Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
April 29, 2002

If a musician were asked to compile an album from recordings - often spanning decades - on ECM, what would he select, and what would be the criteria? Where would the focus be: on 'greatest hits' or on overlooked works? On virtuoso soloing or the soul of things, the songs that still stir the heart? On touring bands or inspired or experimental studio projects? On stylistic diversity or a single aspect of the artist's output? Are these 'concept' albums, musical ...

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Verve Records To Release Unprecedented Verve Remixed Album

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2002

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Dreyfus Records to release Sylvain Luc's Trio Sud on

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2002

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The Treehouse Project Releases Ambitious 3-CD Set: The Picture Show

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2002

The Treehouse Project combines some of Chicago's finest indie and jazz musicians into a thoroughly unique blend of jazz ideologies, indie rock attitude and roots music flavors. Their self-titled debut was widely praised by jazz writers.

The Picture Show is an ambitiously conceived and elaborately packaged 3cd set that first sets musical themes and improvisation to and from home photographs, and then pays homage to singer-songwriters, covering artists as diverse as The Handsome Family, Ron Sexsmith and Ray Charles. A ...

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A440 Music Group To Release Jazz Bassist Brian Bromberg's Newest Cd "Wood"

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2002

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Soulive New Release "Next" - Street Date March 12, 2002

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2002

Soulive is a band whose time has come. They're the soul-jazz organ trio whose raucous live performances earned them a devoted legion of fans few of their contemporaries can brag about. The group whose Blue Note debut “Doin' Something" captured that live energy and combined it with Fred Wesley's signature horn arrangements, ushering in a new sound. But just when you thought you knew these guys, they recorded their follow-up record, entitled “NEXT", and reinvented themselves in the process. Soulive ...

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Native Language Music To Release "Smooth Jazz Awards Collection, Vol. 2"

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2002

Premiere New Track By Everette Harp & Brian Bromberg In connection with this year's Third Annual National Smooth Jazz Awards, Native Language Music will be releasing “Smooth Jazz Awards Collection, Vol. 2" nationwide on Tuesday, February 26, 2002. The Greatest Hits compilation will feature 11 tracks from this year's Smooth Jazz Award-nominated artists, and one brand-new track recorded specifically for this compilation by saxophonist Everette Harp and bassist Brian Bromberg. The track, a cover of Michael Jackson's 1979 smash hit ...

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