Recording News

On October 25th, The Chart-Topping King Of Smooth Urban Jazz Kim Waters Returns With New CD This Heart Of Mine

Source: 1888 Media
October 20, 2011

A One Man Band, Kim Waters Plays Virtually Every Instrument On New CD Creating A Powerful New Duet With Calvin Richardson, Timeless Originals & Reinventing Hits By R. Kelly, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z Kim Waters has been heralded as “simply one of the planet's best saxophonists" by Jazz Times Magazine and touted as a “romantic pied piper" by The Washington Post. Waters has built an impressive and enviable career giving his fans what they want, along the way garnering praise ...

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Etta James "Heart & Soul / A Retrospective" On Hip-O Select / Geffen / Chess

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 20, 2011

For better than five decades, the great Etta James has been a musical force—a dynamo in concert; a major R&B hit-maker in the '50s, '60s, right into the '70s; a jazz Grammy® winner in the '90s; and an acknowledged influence on singers from Irma Thomas to Janis Joplin to Christina Aguilera. Throughout that time, James created a remarkably deep and diverse catalog of R&B, blues, soul, pop and jazz recordings, a 53-year catalog of powerful music that this 280-minute, 4-CD ...

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Sony Masterworks & Zenph Sound Present Oscar Peterson: "Unmistakable"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 20, 2011

Sony Masterworks and Zenph Sound Innovations announce the fourth release in their ongoing collaboration, Oscar Peterson: Unmistakable is a collection of re-performances® created from unreleased recordings Peterson made during the seventies and eighties. The re-performances® capture the renowned jazz pianist playing at the height of his powers with some tracks never-before-heard by the public. Available September 20, Oscar Peterson: Unmistakable extends the acclaimed technological breakthrough featured in prior Sony/Zenph releases of Glenn Gould, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Art Tatum.

“We collaborated ...

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Connie Crothers, Band of Fire: Live at the Stone with Roy Campbell

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
October 20, 2011

This is the third of a trilogy of recordings Connie Crothers made during her tenure at the famed NYC club The Stone in 2010. We've discussed the other two in earlier posts (see below). For this set Connie engages her long-lived regular group of Richard Tabnick on alto, Roger Mancuso on drums, and Ken Filiano on the bass, plus the addition of trumpet firebrand Roy Campbell. The Band of Fire (New Artists 1050) title well describes what was happening that ...

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Ornette Coleman - Something Else!!! (Contomporary, 1958, OJC 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 20, 2011

Listening with today's ears it is sometimes hard to understand how controversial alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman's music was during the first few years of his career. It's a testament to his perseverance and vision that was once radical has by now been so thoroughly absorbed into the jazz mainstream that it hardly raises an eyebrow. To say that Coleman scuffled before his break is an understatement: a brutal baptism by fire in Texas Rhythm and Blues bands and ...

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Carmen Lundy, Exceptional Jazz Vocalist And Composer, Releases “Night And Day”, A Rare Out-of-print CD

Source: Dorothy Riley
October 20, 2011

Reissue Available Now! Carmen Lundy once again proves she is a true legend of Jazz in a move that will have fans and Jazz enthusiasts everywhere scrambling to get in line for the first copies of the re-issue of her 1987 compact disc Night And Day, which has proven to be one of her most rare and highly-prized CDs. For all those who have been looking for a copy of Night And Day, the 1987 release of all standards featuring ...

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The DB's (Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Will Rigby, Gene Holder) Release a New Song

Source: conqueroo
October 20, 2011

THE dB's TO RELEASE NEW SONG “Revolution of the Mind" MP3 brings together original members Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Gene Holder as they target album release for 2012. “Revolution of the Mind" MP3 brings together original members Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Gene Holder as they target album release for 2012. CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The dB's will release a new song, “Revolution of the Mind," for free download at . The high-energy rock track was recorded ...

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BJURecords To Release "The Aquarian Suite" from Saxophonist/Composer Dan Blake

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 20, 2011

Featuring: Dan Blake (saxophone, compositions), Jason Palmer (trumpet), Jorge Roeder (bass) + Richie Barshay (drums, percussion) The Aquarian Suite CD Release Celebrations: December 5 @ Chris' Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA December 6 @ Twins Jazz, Washington, D.C. December 7 @ The Cornelia Street Café, NYC December 9-10 @ Wally's Café, Boston, MA “He will do justice to any musical situation." —Danilo Pérez “The narrative that permeates all of the compositions so beautifully embodies this deep sense of imagination, a brilliantly ...

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