Recording News

Bud Powell - Jazz Giant (Verve: 1950, 1988, 2001)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
August 26, 2011

Of all of the great jazz musicians, it's hard to imagine one whose life was as star-crossed as the great pianist and composer Bud Powell. One of the leading architects of the bebop style of jazz, Powell battled misunderstanding, mental illness, and police brutality and still persevered to become a legendary figure in jazz. The tracks that make up this album come from two different sessions recorded in 1949 and 1950, with Powell backed by Ray Brown or Curly Russell ...

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Jazzwax List: '60s Wedding Songs

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 25, 2011

In the 1960s, many jazz musicians found club gigs harder to find. Many top players joined TV studio orchestras or went to work for Muzak. Others took teaching jobs. And a good number performed at weddings. Back then, kids often were dragged along to the fussy marriages of uncles, older cousins and friends of parents. The big joy for us wasn't the open bar, since we couldn't drink. Instead, it was ditching imposing parents and running around the reception hall. ...

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Half Note Announces The Release Of Three New Recordings By Kenny Werner

Source: hubtone PR
August 26, 2011

With The Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Donald Harrison With Ron Carter, Billy Cobham And Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari With Special Guest Esperanza Spalding Kenny Werner & BJO, Institute of Higher Learning AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE AUGUST 26, 2011 The Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO), led by founder and Artistic Director Frank Vaganée, once again reinforces its reputation as one of Europe's premier big bands, a group that “manifests love," according to Grammy-winning arranger Maria Schneider. Kenny Werner and the BJO ...

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The Tierney Sutton Band Releases "American Road" on BFM Jazz.

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 26, 2011

You've undoubtedly heard these songs before, but we guarantee you've never heard them sung like this. On American Road (BFM Jazz, Sept. 6, 2011), the Tierney Sutton Band reimagines more than a dozen timeless songs that are woven deep into the American cultural fabric, songs as venerable as “America the Beautiful," “Wayfaring Stranger" and “Amazing Grace" and as beloved as the early '60s Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil gem “On Broadway." On American Road, Tierney and the band interpret Americana classics and ...

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Michael Williams Band Release "Fire Red" – A Blues Rock Masterpiece Produced By Eddie Kramer

Source: Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
August 25, 2011

Los Angeles, CA: The Michael Williams Band is poised to make their mark with an energy filled release titled Fire Red. With legendary producer Eddie Kramer producing and behind the mixing board, Williams and his band were immediately put in the driver's seat. Kramer, of course, has produced Hendrix and countless other great musicians since the 60s. Michael Williams Band dip into the well of influences such as Hendrix on Fire Red but make no mistake, they have their own ...

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Embracing Nicole Henry

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 26, 2011

The song stylist sells out a pair of New York City shows on the eve of the release of her critically-acclaimed new album, Embraceable Miami Beach, FL: Glowing reviews have embraced the arrival of the fifth album from song stylist Nicole Henry, which was released Tuesday (August 23) by ArtistShare. On Monday night, Henry performed many of the songs from Embraceable at a pair of sold-out, standing room-only shows to enraptured audiences at Jazz at Lincoln Centers Dizzys Club Coca ...

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Spencer Bohren - Blackwater Music (2011)

Source: Something Else!
August 25, 2011

Spencer Bohren, a Wyoming native now based in New Orleans, has travelled all over, yet still possesses a strong sense of place. He mounted an almost never-ending tour throughout the 1980s, but did so in an Airstream trailer with his wife and kids. In keeping, the spare and simply put Blackwater Music is a family recording in the most complete sense of the word—with Andre Bohren sitting in on drums and piano, a song co-written by Marilyn Bohren and a ...

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Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir to Release "Hear My Prayer" October 4

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 25, 2011

In the quarter-century since its founding, the 60-member Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir has become internationally renowned as one of the premier choirs in the gospel field. Its performances outside the San Francisco Bay Area are relatively rare, however, which makes the release of the OIGC's new CD, Hear My Prayer, all the more reason for celebration.

Hear My Prayer, the OIGC's fifth album to date, reflects the group's remarkable eclecticism. “It's like attending an Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir concert," says ...

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