Recording News

Bobby McFerrin Finds The Magic Beyond Words

Source: All About Jazz

Weaving A Dazzling New Tapestry Of The Most Alluring Sound 10-Time Grammy Award-Winning Conductor/Vocalist's Long-Awaited First Recording For Blue Note/Angel Records To Be Released On March 12, 2002

Beyond Words is where Bobby McFerrin finds the magic in music, and that is the title of his long-awaited new recording, the twelfth in a highly original creative journey that has already brought this musical innovator 10 Grammy Awards. In an arrangement as unique as McFerrin himself, the album will be released ...

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"Jungle" - New CD By Astrud Gilberto!

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On March 19th RCA/Bluebird Will Release THE INFINITE From World Renowned Trumpeter/Composer DAVE DOUGLAS

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Generoso Jimenez's "Generoso Que Bueno Toca Usted" on Pimienta Records

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Secret Ellington: 12 Previously Unrecorded Duke Ellington Songs Performed By An All-Star Lineup Of Singers, Instrumentalists, And Arrangers

Source: All About Jazz

In 1958, Duke Ellington (with the aid of Billy Strayhorn) wrote 22 songs for a Broadway musical entitled Saturday Laughter with lyricist Herb Martin. Unfortunately, the show set in South Africa and featuring an all-black cast was never produced on the big stage and the songs languished in obscurity for over 40 years--until now. Originally prepared for an April 2000 concert presented by the Duke Ellington Society at St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan in which all 22 songs were arranged ...

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Michel Camilo Marks His Move To Telarc With His Most Ambitious Recording To Date

Source: All About Jazz

Triangulo Set for Release on March 26

Pianist and composer Michel Camilo is renowned for combining rich harmonies with the Caribbean flavors and Latin rhythms of his native Dominican Republic. With his flawless technique and contemporary outlook, he incorporates a wide variety of jazz elements into his work, citing McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Erroll Garner as some of his influences. One of the most important jazz musicians to emerge in the past decade, Camilo marks his move ...

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Veronica Nunn's New CD: "American Lullaby"

Source: All About Jazz

Veronica Nunn, a long-time professional jazz singer, is celebrating the debut of her first solo album, “American Lullaby."

For sample tracks, the singer's complete biography, upcoming performances and more, check out her new web site: www.veronicanunn.com

Veronica's career began in her native Little Rock, Arkansas, where she started singing jazz at age 9 for audiences including Bill Clinton (then Governor) at his public functions. After moving to New York more than 20 years ago, she was mentored by jazz legends ...

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Pat Metheny Group Releases "Speaking of Now" on Warner Bros.

Source: All About Jazz

Over the course of more than 20 years as a recording artist, guitarist Pat Metheny has released album after album, each one brilliantly documenting another aspect of his unique and nearly uncategorizable musical journey. Exhibiting an insatiable creative energy, Metheny has participated in just about every avenue of modern music-making that the early 21st century might offer a musician. Seemingly bent on blurring and obliterating stylistic boundaries at every opportunity, he has created an expansively impressive body of work that ...

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