Recording News

Norman David and The Eleventet - New Album!

Source: Norman David
May 15, 2011

A new album by Norman David and The Eleventet is set for release on the CoolCraft label on May 20. Titled At This Time, the album features ten new breathtaking compositions by Philadelphia jazz stalwart, Norman David. His band, The Eleventet, is comprised of some of the top jazz artists in the Philly/New York region, including Dick Oatts, George Garzone, Tim Hagans, Tom Lawton, and John Hébert. The performance is electrifying, with crisp ensemble work and monster solos. The album ...

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Fred Hersch Debuts "My Coma Dreams" Three Years After Falling Gravely Ill

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
May 14, 2011

By now, everyone with a passing interesting in current-day jazz is familiar with the story of Fred Hersch, the HIV-positive pianist who was so ill with pneumonia in 2008 that he was put into a medically induced coma for two months. Around the time of the release of his 2010 trio album 'Whirl,' we checked in with Hersch to see how things were progressing and found an artist who literally had a new lease on life, ...

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Robert Johnson - The Centennial Collection (Sony, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
May 14, 2011

It is hard to believe that it has been twenty years since the release of The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson rocked the music world. Amazingly the recordings of a long dead acoustic bluesman who was not particularly popular or well known in his own time (see Elijah Wald) managed to score a gold record some fifty plus years after his death. Using the hundredth anniversary of his birth as an excuse for a major sonic upgrade of the Johnson ...

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Travis Sullivan - New Directions (Posi-Tone, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
May 14, 2011

Saxophonist, composer and educator Travis Sullivan has an appealing sound and develops strong melodic mainstream jazz here, with an intelligently mixed program cookers, mid-tempo numbers and ballads anchored by his strong playing on saxophone. He is accompanied by Mike Eckroth on piano, Marco Panascia bass, and Brian Fishleron drums. While “Jamia's Dance" is a medium tempo opener with a fine flowing saxophone solo, “Autumn in new Hampshire" is a particularly poignant ballad, more dark toned and elegiac, reflecting the autumn ...

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Aram Shelton's Arrive- There Was... (Clean Feed, 2011) ****a1/2

Source: Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
May 14, 2011

By Paul Acquaro Aram Shelton's 'This Was...,' recorded with his group Arrive in 2008 is a serious affair that is quite a fun and demanding listen. I was first struck by how cool this group was, cool in the sense of how the vibes, the upright acoustic bass, the commanding sax, and some very hip drumming, casts a spell. At the same time, I was impressed by how hot the band was, in the sense of, well, just tearing it ...

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Reza Khan and Painted Diaries new release, "A Simple Plan," available now on the Painted Media

Source: Ron Knight
May 14, 2011

"It's like a nice walk on the beach with your family," says Reza Khan, speaking about his latest CD, A Simple Plan (on the Painted Media label). Following the 2009 release of Painted Diaries, a paean to the affecting stories of everyday life that “mostly disappear in peoples' diaries," Khan's restless artistry has turned inward now. A Simple Plan reawakens the special times in the artist's life, uncomplicated and familiar yet profound and inspirational, which he is happy to share, ...

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Detroit Prog Ensemble Tin Scribble Remain "Un-Live In A Dead City"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 14, 2011

Detroit, MI—Out of the depths of the Detroit music scene arises one of the most innovative prog-rock group's to emerge on these Eastern shores in quite some time. Tin Scribble, who's debut CD release from 2005 'Children of Saturn' garnered critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, is preparing to release a new live CD titled 'Un-Live In A Dead City' on June 1st. Much to the anticipation of the band's fans and music press worldwide, Tin Scribble's new ...

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Eliane Elias' "Light My Fire" Available on Concord Picante on May 31, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2011

Since the mid-1980s, pianist/vocalist Eliane Elias (pronounced eh-lee-AH-neh eh-LEE-ahs) has grafted various elements of jazz, pop, soul and other styles to her deep Brazilian roots to create a hybrid groove that exists comfortably on any hemisphere. Borrowing from an array of sources and singing in a variety of languages, Elias consistently forges a sound that appeals to listeners of every geographic locale and cultural persuasion.

Her new album, Light My Fire—set for a May 31, 2011, release on Concord Picante, ...

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