Recording News

Concord Original Jazz Announces Six New Reissues

Source: conqueroo
May 26, 2011

Remastered recordings set for release on June 14, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif.—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 ...

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Terence Blanchard To Score "Red Tails," A George Lucas Production

Source: Muse Media
May 26, 2011

Grammy winning composer/ trumpet player Terence Blanchard to score Red Tails, a George Lucas production. The film is Golden-Globe nominated composer's 52nd film score and stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and more

World-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard is set to score the soundtrack for Red Tails, the feature film directorial debut by Anthony Hemingway. Based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, Red Tails tells the tale of a group of ...

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Brazilian Legend Deodato Releases New CD Featuring Special Guest Al Jarreau

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
May 26, 2011

"quintessential Deodato, flexing both his compositional muscle and industry connections." —Ryan Snyder, Yes! Weekly San Francisco, CA / May 17, 2011 There are some artists that will always withstand the test of time.... NuGroove 2.0 / SMC proudly presents the United States and Canadian release of Eumir Deodato's “The Crossing" with special guest appearances by contemporary jazz legend Al Jarreau on “Double Face" and “I Want You More." With combined sales of over 25 million records as an artist, arranger ...

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Edith Wilson - He May Be Your Man ... but He Comes to See Me Sometimes (1973)

Source: Something Else!
May 26, 2011

A pioneer as just the third African American woman to make a phonograph recording back in the 1920s, Edith Wilson later fell on hard times—and was reduced to appearing through the mid-'60s (and quite anonymously) in the first Aunt Jemima TV commercials. By the early 1970s, few remembered Wilson, an early star of black theater who in 1921 replaced Mamie Smith in Perry Bradford's musical revue “Put And Take." Fewer still remember her today, despite a separate stint in a ...

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Dave Brubeck Digs Disney

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 26, 2011

In the summer of 1957, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond decided to record an album of well-known tunes from Walt Disney's animated films. Though Dave Digs Disney was first issued digitally in 1994, the album for years mysteriously remained on the back burner whenever Columbia producers reached into the vaults to remaster Dave's albums using the latest technology. Now Sony/Legacy has finally reissued the storied Disney album, and it sounds splendid. Best of all, the lemon meringue release includes both ...

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Pianist/Composer John Escreet Releases New CD "The Age We Live in" on Mythology Records.

Source: Two for the Show Media
May 26, 2011

A year ago, the New York Times, in a review of keyboardist/composer John Escreet's second album, boldly declared that the young New York-based British-expat “seems to be thinking about where jazz can go next." Now, with the June 14th release of The Age We Live In (Mythology), Escreet's third full-length release as a leader, we know exactly where jazz was headed. Brimming with originality and diversity, The Age We Live In defines the state of contemporary jazz and finds Escreet ...

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RKO Records Artist Laura Shaffer CD "The Julie London Songbook" Now Available on I Tunes

Source: Tom Ficara
May 26, 2011

RKO Records, the iconic music home to jazz artists such as Herbie Fields, Westchester Jazz Ensemble, Herb Jeffries, Ted Lewis, Rudy Vallee, Orrin Tucker, and Muggsy Spanier, has just released “The Julie London Songbook." The album is performed by long time Las Vegas jazz singer Laura Shaffer in her debut album. It is currently available from I Tunes and 28 other music download services. A 24 carat gold limited number CD will follow in June and a collector vinyl version ...

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"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
May 25, 2011

Drummer/composer spearheads digital-only collaboration featuring the musical talent of Kate McGarry, Dave Eggar, Peter Ehwald, Mark Lau, and others. “Adler is an amazing instrumentalist who has seemingly mastered all aspects of percussion... his bubbling, percolating rhythms carry the music forward in the most graceful possible ways."—Dave Wayne, Jazzreview.com. Drummer and composer Brian Adler will release the first in a series of digital recordings from The Helium Project, his ongoing creative collaboration with jazz musicians that transcends, time, space and international ...

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