Recording News

Mia Fanali's Funky and Soulful Debut CD "Let Me Introduce Myself"

Source: Creativity in Music
August 15, 2011

When you hear her belting out one of her tunes for the very first time, it's hard not to get goose bumps. She has the pipes of a seasoned Diva, the soul of a woman who has truly lived, and an emotionalism that can bring tears to your eyes or make you jump up out of your seat and dance all night long. “Let Me Introduce Myself,"Mia Fanali's debut album, is a melodic gem featuring 11 original songs. Fanali, and ...

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Duke Ellington - Meets Coleman Hawkins / and John Coltrane Impulse, 1962-63, Verve Re-Issue, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
August 15, 2011

The great pianist and composer Duke Ellington and some of his regular sidemen made a few albums for the Impulse! label in the 1960's. There is an excellent two-LP set floating around for the crate diggers to discover covering this period, but for the rest of us there's this new re-issue of two well known Ellington encounters with master saxophonists, Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. Coleman Hawkins is credited with bringing the saxophone into widespread use in jazz during the ...

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Forgotten Series: Nellie McKay - Get Away from Me (2004)

Source: Something Else!
August 15, 2011

By Tom Johnson This spunky singer, 19 years old at the time, was a lot smarter and had a much more mature ear than her age indicated. Incorporating everything from saccharine Bacharachian melodies to husky jazz to edgy hip-hop, it might have seemed that Get Away From Me was all over the map sonically. But Nellie McKay's smooth, seasoned vocals and wry, subtle sense of humor bonded it all together. She was having a lark on all the overly serious, ...

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David S. Ware - Live in the World (2005)

Source: Something Else!
August 15, 2011

By Mark Saleski There's this notion in the world of sculpture that the artist is merely freeing the shape locked within the raw source material. This always seemed like a great way to describe the mystery of a particular piece of abstract art. The artist begins with a big chunk of rock and starts to chisel, saw, chip, buff and sweat away at it until ... well, the piece is done. But what about music? Does this somewhat artificial construct ...

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New Release: Nation Beat: "Growing Stone" Out September 13 on Barbes

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 14, 2011

Nation Beat: Growing Stone Out September 13 on Barbes Records

“A little while ago I had a chance to hear Nation Beat and their music blew me away!"—Willie Nelson

Growing Stone: An Album From Two Americas The American/Brazilian collective Nation Beat plays a 21st century mash-up inspired by Brazilian maracatu drumming, New Orleans second line rhythms, Appalachian music, funk and country-blues. They're the first American group to record in Brazil with the legendary Mestre Walter & Maracatu Nação ...

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Matt Geraghty Project - 2011 Release "Departures"

Source: Matt Geraghty
August 14, 2011

On his 4th recording Departures bassist and composer Matt Geraghty propels his cross pollination of jazz and world music into new territory. Bringing together musicians from Poland, India, Armenia, Russia, Brazil, New York and Chicago Matt presents 12 new internationally inspired compositions. Departures features contributions of Polish vocalist Anna Maria Jopek, Indian sarangi virtuoso Ramesh Misra, 3-time Grammy winner Gil Goldstein on piano and accordion, Grammy nominated drummer Mark Walker, guitarist Neal Alger, oud player Ara Dinkjian, Brazilian drummer Adriano ...

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Jim Snidero - Interface (2011)

Source: Something Else!
August 14, 2011

You'd think that a guy who possess impeccable tone and technique on the alto sax, has starred in the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band, has led solid straight ahead records of his own for almost 25 years would be a household name in jazz circles. Jim Snidero isn't, but that's no fault of his. On May 31 he issued his 16th album, Interface, and this album provides even less reason to overlook him. This is his ...

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Christian McBride Band - Vertical Vision (2003)

Source: Something Else!
August 13, 2011

By Mark Saleski Vertical Vision would remind me of Weather Report even if it didn't contain a smokin' reading of “Boogie Woogie Waltz." Honest!! It's the tone of the bass ... it's got lot of Jaco in it ... and you know what that means! A quick scan of Christian McBride's amazingly diverse discography lets you know just where he's comin' from: Everywhere! I mean, the guy's played with everyone from Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard to Natalie Cole, Sting ...

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