Recording News

Guitarist/Composer Nils Weinhold Releases New CD "Shapes" Featuring Fabian Almazan and Luques Curtis.

Source: Two for the Show Media
February 15, 2012

Nils Weinhold grew up in Bad Sachsa, a small village in the Harz mountains of Germany and started playing the guitar at the age of nine. In Germany he took lessons with Andreas Jäger and German jazz guitar legend Prof. Michael Sagmeister, before attending the Conservatory of Amsterdam in 2004, where he studied Jazz Guitar with Maarten van der Grinten, Martijn van Iterson and Jesse van Ruller. In addition to his jazz studies he studied Classical guitar, under the instruction ...

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Singer Songwriter Paul Kelly Readies February 28th North American Release Of His 8-Disc Box Set, The A To Z Recordings

Source: 1888 Media
February 13, 2012

Australian Artist Kicks Off U.S. Tour February 28 in Austin, TX MELBOURNE, Australia—Paul Kelly's 8-disc (105 song), live box set The A to Z Recordings will be officially available in North America exclusively via Amazon on February 28. It will also available as a deluxe box-set version that bundles it with his critically acclaimed “mongrel memoir" How To Make Gravy (Penguin Int'l), available by itself and as a 9-disc audio edition (the 9th disc features guest readers that include: Russell ...

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Jazz vocalist Janelle Donovan pays homage to Valentine's Day with new EP

Source: Graham Taylor
February 13, 2012

Love is in full bloom on jazz vocalist Janelle Donovan's latest EP, Valentine Special. True to its title, the two tracks on this release celebrate romance in its purest form, reflecting the unrestrained, sweetly-scented confessions of affection that are associated with the 14th of February. But Donovan delivers more than just carve straight-shooting arrows for Cupid's bow; these are love songs that can be savored at any time of the year, with or without a bouquet of roses and a ...

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Samuel Williams Makes His Violin His Mistress for a Good Cause

Source: Samuel SavoirFaire Williams
February 13, 2012

Of all the musical instruments in jazz music it's fair to say the violin has gone the short end of the bow. Samuel “Savoir-faire" Williams wants to change the way African Americans view the instrument and our history with it. Tell me about African Americans' historical relationship with the violin and how you are making sure the violin secures its place in jazz history? I think, with respect to Jazz, that there is a very rich history in the tradition ...

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New album from New York-based Time in Transit is rooted in city's bustling streets

Source: Lauren Rogers
February 12, 2012

Time in Transit could only emanate from New York. The band's freewheeling, gritty vision is rooted in the city's bustling streets. On the group's self-titled latest album, progressive jazz is made accessible for once as the genre's wild experimentation is tempered with sleek craftsmanship and an actual point. In other words, the songs do not meander in an aimless confusion. It becomes quickly obvious that saxophonist Glenn White and his band are sculpting actual soundtracks to their fevered imaginations, producing ...

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David Diggs & Daughter Debut "Black Coffee"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 12, 2012

After more than 20 years of critically-acclaimed success, Top 10 Billboard Jazz artist David Diggs collaborates with his daughter Rachel for their national record debut of Black Coffee on April 3, 2012.

Produced, arranged and orchestrated by David, the American Songbook album features two instrumental tracks “Just Ask" and “She Paints," performed by David as well. Additionally, Rachel transforms her poems into lyrics that are beautifully portrayed in the vibrant track “Spice of Life." The Gold Label father-and-daughter duo blends ...

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Naxos of America and Arthaus Musik Announce the March 27 U.S. Launch of the Jazzhaus CD/DVD Series

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
February 10, 2012

Previously Unreleased “Live" Radio and Television Performances of Jazz Greats From the Archives of Sdwestrundfunk Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz First Quarterly Release (March 27) Includes CDs by Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day JAZZHAUS—Label Story JAZZHAUS is a new music label featuring an indefinite number of audio and video jazz programs taken from live radio and television recordings from the archives of Sdwestrundfunk Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz in southwest Germany. Jazz broadcasts by Sdwestrundfunk ...

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Belgium-based guitarist Fabien Degryse showcases fingerstyle mastery on new CD

Source: Graham Taylor
February 11, 2012

For Fabien Degryse, the guitar is an extension of himself. On his latest album Fingerswingin', Degryse uses the guitar to convey his various moods and feelings, from the snappy jubilation of “Bock to Bock" to the sun-drenched contentment of “(In My) Solitude" to the rain-swept infatuation of “Fly Me to the Moon." Each track is sculpted in Degryse's trademark fingerstyle playing. Each string of Degryse's acoustic guitar has a sensuous chime; throughout the album it produces a calming, hypnotic effect ...

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