Recording News

Dr. Michael White's Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1 Coming This Month

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2011

Basin Street Records have set a June 21, 2011 release date for Dr. Michael White's Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1 (Part 2 will be released in early 2012). White has recorded ten projects under his own name and has participated on over forty recordings including the latest projects of Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, and Marianne Faithful. This is the fifth release of Dr. Michael White's on the Basin Street Records label following A Song for George Lewis, Jazz ...

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Schiff Brothers - Express - Has Arrived!

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2011

The Schiff Brothers, Dave and Don Schiff, have released their first joint album—Express. A little bit smooth, a little bit funk, and a mix like you've never heard before, the Schiff Brothers have laid down tunes that will make you love, groove, and sweat. This whole new sound has bass that drives, sax that swings, and sensual lines that seduce. The music is all original tunes written by Dave and Don, except for I Will Be Strong which was written ...

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Chet Baker, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderly Headline Concord Jazz Reissues

Source: conqueroo
June 1, 2011

Concord Music Group will release six new titles in the Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on June 14, 2011. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, generous helpings of bonus tracks (many of them previously unreleased), and new liner notes that provide historical and technical context, the series showcases some of the most pivotal recordings of the past several decades by artists whose influences on the jazz tradition is beyond measure.

“These six releases bring us to 20 titles altogether ...

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Vieux Farka Touré: "The Secret" is Out!

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
June 1, 2011

Vieux Farka Touré: The Secret Traveling down Linden Blvd towards JFK Airport, Vieux Farka Touré had a realization. Having just left The Bunker recording studio in Brooklyn, he was discussing the sessions with his manager, Eric Herman. A newly constructed song, played in part by his father— the great Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré—came on over the car stereo, and Vieux said, “This is what we call 'the secret of the blues." The two friends laughed, though it ...

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Nonesuch Releases New Pat Metheny Solo Acoustic Album, What’s It All About, June 14

Source: Sharon Williams
June 1, 2011

"Metheny is that rare jazz musician who combines a pop-composer's instinct for an anthemic melody with a virtuoso ability to play extended spontaneous solos without repeating himself." —Guardian Nonesuch Records releases What's It All About—a solo acoustic album from guitarist and composer Pat Metheny—on June 14, 2011. After nearly 40 recordings under his name, this marks the first time there is not a single Metheny composition represented. Rather, What's It All About comprises 10 classic songs, some very well known, ...

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Veteran saxophonist Elliott Chavers pays tribute to Texas roots on new CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 1, 2011

Elliott Chavers has been down that road. Name the road, and Chavers has been there. Having played on over 200 recordings in his nearly 50 years in the music business, the saxophonist is defines the word veteran. But unlike some of his aging peers, Chavers refuses to stop, to walk off into the sunset. In fact, he has just released another album, Covers the Bases. Released on the California-based independent label Hi Desert Records, Covers the Bases pays homage to ...

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Tim Berne Comes Back Strong with "Insomnia"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
June 1, 2011

Anybody who follows the avant jazz scene knows that Tim Berne was a major force in the music a while ago. I guess the '90s were the most visible years for him. I don't know that he's been anywhere other than around after that, but it seems that his presence has been somewhat less. It could be that I've simply missed some of the releases and I don't get out clubbing much these days due to a poverty element in ...

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Manu Katche - Neighbourhood (2006)

Source: Something Else!
June 1, 2011

By Mark Saleski Ever stumble into one of those snotty Internet arguments tugging back & forth about the capabilities of musicians? Specifically, the old “Is it possible for player X (an expert in genre A) to cross over to the land of genre B?" “Well, of course he can." “He's a master!" “No he can't." “This music has nothing to do with that music." “You're an idiot." “Besides, that music is just plain lame." “Did I mention that you're an ...

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