Recording News

Joe Lovano Quintet - Village Ryhthm (Soul Note, 1988)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
September 28, 2011

Before saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano became a household name with his lengthy tenure at Blue Note Records, he gigged constantly and recorded both as a leader and as a sideman. This album features all original compositions save one, Charles Mingus' lush “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love." Joining Lovano on this album is a potent group with Tom Harrell on trumpet, Kenny Werner on piano, Marc Johnson on bass and Paul Motian on drums. “Village Rhythm" opens the album with ...

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Have a Cigar!: Celebrating Pink Floyd's Massive New Reissue Project

Source: Something Else!
September 29, 2011

Psych-rockers Pink Floyd and EMI are launching an exhaustive re-release campaign, beginning today. You could say that tickled us ... pink. Released under the banner “Why Pink Floyd?," the band will start by issuing remastered editions of all 14 of its albums, with a staggered schedule to follow of unreleased material from its archives for super-deluxe box sets. The remastered studio albums are available either separately or as a box set. To celebrate, we took a look back at a ...

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Rae Ann Perez new CD "Midnight in Paris"

Source: Rae Ann Perez
September 29, 2011

Time for something new. The new Rae Ann Perez CD Midnight In Paris has its official release date on October 7th and will be available on CD baby, Amazon, iTunes and more. A new term “World Jazz," is what best describes the 12 song release of Rae Ann's 8 originals compositions and 4 modernized jazz classics. The style is a multi genre mix that includes unique blends of latin, jazz standards, modern cool jazz, funk, and world music with exciting ...

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Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying (2011)

Source: Something Else!
September 28, 2011

The thing that makes today's release of All We Are Saying feel so connective is guitarist Bill Frisell's willingness to simply let things happen—to accept life as it goes. He selected the songs for this John Lennon tribute as they occurred, either to him or to a crack band of familiars that included Jenny Scheinman (violin), Greg Leisz (steel guitars, guitars), Tony Scherr (bass) and Kenny Wollesen (drums). Then, without much rehearsal, they set about interpreting the songs—each one of ...

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Paul Simon: Songwriter 2-Disc Collection out 10/24

Source: JamBase
September 28, 2011

2 DISC SET ILLUMINATES SIMON'S EVOLUTION FROM 1960S TO PRESENT Songwriter is a selection of songs, chosen by the composer, as the best of his decades-long creative output. Some of these are well-known hits and others more obscure works, but all bear the distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature of Paul Simon, one of the great composers of popular song in the last 50 years. As Simon has said, “I think of myself as a songwriter first, the recording artist ...

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Jazzwax List: Detective Jazz II

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 28, 2011

Earlier this month I posted a list of five favorite swinging action-jazz albums. This brassy genre was popular roughly between 1958 and 1963, with the proliferation of TV shows and movies featuring cops, robbers and private detectives. After posting the first list, I received a crime wave of emails calling for more. So, action-jazz albums: 

Music From Peter Gunn (1958)—Henry Mancini Private Life of a Private Eye (1959)—Enoch Light Music for a Private Eye (1959)—Ralph Marterie The Swingin' Eye (1960)—Si ...

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Wes Montgomery "Movin': The Complete Verve Recordings" On Hip-O Select / Verve

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 27, 2011

A lavish box set celebrating the late Wes Montgomery, Movin': The Complete Verve Recordings, includes all eight of the legendary guitarist's Verve albums in one sleek, 5-CD package. Included are Movin' Wes, Bumpin', Smokin' At The Half Note, Goin' Out Of My Head, Tequila, California Dreaming, and the Jimmy Smith collaborations Wes & Jimmy: The Dynamic Duo and Further Adventures of Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery, as well as rare alternates and session outtakes. Housed in a beautiful 7-3/8" square ...

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Pianist Lorna MacLachlan's fourth album expresses bittersweet aftertaste of life's cycle of change

Source: Lauren Rogers
September 27, 2011

"So I'm writing you this letter/Because my heart is on the ground," pianist Lorna MacLachlan sings on “I'm Done," a powerfully sad track from her fourth album, Time 4 Change. The crestfallen lyrics capture the theme of the record, which is about moving on. According to MacLachlan, the words were written right after her father had passed away. That sense of loss is easily—and quite heavily, in fact—felt but it can also be interpreted as the end of a relationship ...

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