Recording News

The Beat Daddys Write All Their Own Songs on New Five Moons CD

Source: Creative Service Company

You walk into a roadhouse or casino in Anywhere U.S.A., or wipe the bar-be-que sauce off your fingers as you find a seat at a big-stage outdoor music festival, or push your way into a crowded blues club and order a beer. What you want to hear is some smokin' blues-rock -- a fast-paced boogie romp one minute and soaring slide-guitar slow-dancing grind-your-hips-together blues the next, with lyrics to make you cry in your drink on some songs and yell ...

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The New Double Cyber Jazz CD from Ajamu Akinyele "Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience" is Now Available.

Source: All About Jazz

SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 12, 2006/PEARL JAZZ Newswire/ - Look for Ajamu Akinyele's second jazz CD titled, Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience to be available via Internet and major retailers January 9, 2006.

Influenced by the smooth sounds of Sade, the laid back grooves of MeShell Ndegeocello, the funkiness of Prince, and the fusion of Miles Davis, Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience the new double CD from Ajamu Akinyele is musically stunning, captivating, and is already predicted to be ...

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Electronic Postcard)

Source: All About Jazz

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Source: All About Jazz

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Concord Records New Release Schedule: May-August

Source: All About Jazz

May 6: The Rippingtons - Let It Ripp (Peak) Pete Escovedo w/ Sheila E - Live! (Concord Picante)

June 10: Eddie Palmieri - Ritmo Caliente (Concord Picante) Marian McPartland - Contrasts (2/1 - previously released as “Plays the Music of Alec Wilder" & “A Sentimental Journey") (TJA) LA Four - Two By Four (2/1 - previously released as “Watch What Happens" & “Live at Montreux") (Concord Jazz)

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Terry Gordon Quintet Releases Its Second C.D., "Contemplations"

Source: All About Jazz

The Terry Gordon Quintet has released its second C.D., “Contemplations", on Flying Gurnard Records.

“Contemplations" features nine original compositions in a wide renge of jazz styles. Throughout the C.D., the quintet reaffirms the distinctive commitment to unpredictability and innovation that has been its hallmark since the band formed in the early 1990s.

With more than 70 minutes of music, “Contemplations" covers a mixture of jazz styles from bop-oriented mainstream jazz to funk and unbounded free-form jazz featuring challenging melodies and ...

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Brian Patneaude Quartet releases "Variations" (WEPA Records)

Source: All About Jazz

Brian Patneaude Quartet releases “Variations" (WEPA Records) WEPA Records is pleased to announce the release of “Variations", the debut recording by the Brian Patneaude Quartet. Formed nearly one year ago, the quartet consists of George Muscatello (guitar), Ryan Lukas (bass), Danny Whelchel (drums) and Brian Patneaude (saxophone). “Variations" is a collection of nine original compositions by the members of the group which have been molded during their popular weekly Sunday night residency at Justin's Restaurant in Albany, NY. The album ...

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Ithamara Koorax to Release "Love Dance: The Ballad Album" on April 22

Source: All About Jazz

Although Rio de Janeiro-based vocalist Ithamara Koorax has long been established as a recording artist in her native Brazil as well as in Europe and Japan, it wasn't until 2000 that American listeners were introduced to her unique vocal stylings on Milestone's Serenade in Blue. That release helped position her for a 4th-place finish in the Female Singer category -- behind Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, and Dianne Reeves -- in the 2002 DownBeat Readers Poll.

Due to be released on ...

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