Recording News

Tony Adamo's "What is Hip?" CD

Source: Michael Ricci
September 26, 2011

Strokeland Jazz is proud to welcome Tony Adamo's new CD, What is Hip?. On this follow-up to his 2007 release, Straight Up Deal, Adamo shows a maturity and depth that puts him firmly at the top in his trademark cool-jazz style. Recorded and mixed at some of the finest studios in the world, including Capitol Records in Hollywood, the audio quality is absolutely stunning. The songs benefit from the expert ears of Grammy-winning engineer and producer, Al Schmitt, along with ...

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Anastasia Barzee CD Release Concert for "The Dimming of the Day" at The Metropolitan Room on October 16th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 26, 2011

Anastasia Barzee CD Release Concert is Confirmed for October 16th at The Metropolitan Room in NYC Early Raves Precede Singer/Actress Anastasia Barzee's Debut CD on Ghostlight Records, Out 9/27 Early raves have preceded singer/actress Anastasia Barzee's sophisticated, sweeping debut CD, The Dimming of the Day. The 9/27 release on Ghostlight Records reimagines an eclectic range of Broadway, pop and jazz-infused songs, as Barzee showcases a diverse array of her favorite contemporary artists including Paul Simon, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Newman, Kate ...

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Soundway & Tummy Touch to Present Reissues by Joni Haastrup & His Band MonoMono

Source: Press Junkie PR
September 25, 2011

Re-Issued For Release On CD, Download And Replica Gatefold LP Are Three Of Nigeria's Most Coveted Releases; Monomono's 1971 Debut Album Give The Beggar A Chance, The Follow Up Dawn Of Awareness And Joni Haastrup's Debut Solo Record Wake Up Your Mind; release date September 27

Soundway and Tummy Touch are proud to present three blistering albums of Afro rock and funk from Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Joni Haastrup and his band MonoMono. Re-issued for release on CD, download and replica gatefold ...

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On Second Thought: - Man in the Air (2003)

Source: Something Else!
September 25, 2011

By Mark Saleski There's a single reason for me owning this disc: Kurt Elling's cover of Pat Metheny's “Minuano (Six Eight)," from Still Life (Talking). I thought it'd be interesting to hear vocals added to the song. But even after several listenings, I still didn't know what to make of Elling. See, it's a pretty unusual thing for me to buy jazz vocal music. Hmmm, halfway through that last sentence I realized that I own almost no male jazz vocal ...

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Peter Evans and Nate Wooley - High Society (Carrier Records, 2011) *****

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
September 25, 2011

By Joe Higham Being a musician and playing a wide variety of music means that my family (kids and wife) are used to hearing wild sounds emanating from the hi-fi from time to time. But in certain cases I realise that maybe some music is not for wholesale consumption, and this .... is one of them! It's almost like a dream come true for a horn player (in this case trumpets) to be able to sound like Jimi Hendrix playing ...

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Francois Carrier Trio Blazes It up on "Inner Spire"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
September 24, 2011

Francois Carrier, alto, Alexey Lapin, piano, and Michel Lambert, drums, show you what they are made of on Inner Spire (Leo 601). It is NOT sugar and spice, and everything nice. It's fire, power, the flames of focused heavy hitting, free music of the extroverted, get-it-all-out sort. They are live in Moscow, last December 2010. And they are afire with no hook and ladder in sight. Not to be flip though. This is inspired wailing. At times they sound like ...

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Buddy Guy - Buddy's Blues (MCA Chess, 1997)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
September 24, 2011

Blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy followed the great migration route that many African-American musicians followed from the deep south to Chicago, Illinois; at that time the heart of the blues music in America. Guy scuffled for a while as most musicians do before being picked up by the legendary Chess Records as a session musician and eventual leader from 1960-1968. This one disc collection pulls together some notable singles from the period that feature the wide range of music ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)

Source: Something Else!
September 24, 2011

October 14, 1983. It was a long time ago. It was the one and only night I was lucky enough to see R.E.M. in concert. In the gym at the University of Maine with support acts B. Willie Smith (an R&B band from Connecticut who opened with a killer version of “My Baby Does The Hanky Panky") and Let's Active, the band came out with a Murmur-heavy set and we were enthralled. That record had been getting heavy airplay on ...

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