Home » Jazz News

Recording News

Timely announcements covering new album releases, tours, concert series, special events, job postings, crowdfunding campaigns and more. You can find more news by searching our website, viewing our news stream, seeing what's trending or reading our blog posts. Subscribe to our news RSS feed and/or embed AAJ news content on your website or blog. Learn about our news service here. Submit news here.

Recording

Vocalist Amikaeyla To Release New CD, "Being In Love," August 28

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 2, 2012

The big, broad, joyful musical vision of jazz vocalist and renaissance woman Amikaeyla is conveyed with grace and soulful authority on her new CD, Being in Love, which will be released on August 28 by RootsJazz Records. Last year’s Eva Cassidy tribute CD on Patois Records, made with her singing partner Trelawny Rose, introduced national audiences to Amikaeyla’s glowing mezzo-soprano pipes and her embrace of unexpected repertoire choices. On Being in Love, those choices range from Lionel Hampton, Tom Jobim, ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

American Idol Finalist Michael Lynche Set To Release Self-titled Debut Album August 14

Source: Kelly Krueger
August 2, 2012

New York, NY: American Idol finalist Michael Lynche will release his self-titled debut album on August 14 with Big3 Records. The first single, “Who's Gonna Love You More" is steadily climbing the Urban AC charts at #27, and Michael's new single “Today" impacted AC and Smooth Jazz radio this week becoming the #1 most added on Billboard's Smooth Jazz chart and #2 at AC. The talented singer/songwriter co-wrote twelve of the thirteen tracks on the album and explains, “The theme ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Saxophonist/Composer Roman Filiu Releases Musae (Dafnison Music)

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 2, 2012

Sometimes music can be born from a simple walk around the block of a neighborhood in Madrid. Some others music develops because of the influence of other arts. Musae has both. It shows an inspirational journey where the music has been thought from many different perspectives. The Cuban saxophonist Roman Filiu releases this time his second album that owns the best qualities of the contemporary jazz. Risk, sensibility and some mystery (that you can also tell on some of the ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Acclaimed Guitarist John Mclaughlin Announces Release Of "Now Here This"

Source: Michelle Gutenstein
August 2, 2012

SET FOR OCTOBER 18TH RELEASE ON ABSTRACT LOGIX (Los Angeles, CA) – It has been nearly two years since world-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin released To the One, his highly acclaimed, first studio recording, with The 4th Dimension. The veteran guitar aficionado celebrates his 70th birthday year with the announcement of Now Here This (Abstract Logix) set for release on October 18th as he ups- the-ante even further with greater fire, finesse and freewheeling interplay. McLaughlin’s musical influences carry over to ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Jimmy Herring - Renowned Lead Guitarist Of Widespread Panic – Debuts New Album & Offers Free Download To Fans

Source: Michelle Gutenstein
August 1, 2012

JIMMY HERRING - RENOWNED LEAD GUITARIST OF WIDESPREAD PANIC – DEBUTS NEW ALBUM & OFFERS FREE DOWNLOAD TO FANS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE SET FOR AUGUST 21ST RELEASE ON ABSTRACT LOGIX FALL TOUR SET - INCLUDING DATES WITH VICTOR WOOTEN (Los Angeles) Beginning today, worldwide fans of guitar-great JIMMY HERRING will have the opportunity to hear all 10 tracks of his soon to be released solo album, Subject to Change Without Notice, by visiting JIMMY’s facebook page or the ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Prepare To Live Love And Laugh With Soul Jazz Singer Gina Carey This September

Source: Lisa Falls
August 1, 2012

After two successful Top 30 UK Soul Chart CD releases , Soul Jazz recording artist Gina Carey prepares for her 3rd CD “ Live Love & Laugh” all in the same year. Over the years, many recording artist have been known to drop no less than one CD per calendar year. However, multitalented singer, songwriter and producer Gina Carey is quite the exception to that rule. If releasing two CD’s in one consecutive year wasn’t enough, Gina decides to drop ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

"Keystone Companions/The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings" By Merl Saunders And Jerry Garcia In Four-cd Set From Fantasy Records

Source: conqueroo
August 1, 2012

Deluxe four-CD box set, due September 25th, contains vintage photos, extensive liner notes and memorabilia Double vinyl LP reissue of the very first Saunders/Garcia album. Live at Keystone due to be released concurrently. BERKELEY, Calif. — Keystone Companions/The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings, recorded live on July 10 and 11, 1973 at the Keystone club in Berkeley, California, beautifully captures the magical musical friendship of keyboardist Merl Saunders and guitarist Jerry Garcia. The Fantasy Records lavish four-disc set, scheduled for September ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

New Art Pepper Releases Due Aug. 28 From Widow's Taste, Omnivore Recordings

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
July 31, 2012

Laurie Pepper founded Widow’s Taste Records in 2006 to “introduce unreleased and unheard Art to people who love him as well as to people who don’t yet know him, so they can fill their lives with soulful beauty.” Since then, the label has been releasing prime Pepper recordings on an annual basis. Widow’s Taste’s latest offering, Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. VII, is a two-CD set recorded in November 1980 in Osaka, Japan. Its August 28 release will coincide with that ...

Continue Reading...