Recording News

Capitol/EMI to release two Dean Martin collections on June 7

Source: Michael Ricci
April 12, 2011

DEAN MARTIN'S TOP HITS GATHERED FOR NEW CD AND DIGITAL RELEASE, CLASSIC DINO: THE BEST OF DEAN MARTIN PLATINUM-SELLING DINO: THE ESSENTIAL DEAN MARTIN EXPANDED FOR 2CD AND DIGITAL COLLECTION Both Collections to be Released by Capitol/EMI on June 7 Hollywood, California—Capitol/EMI will release two collections of Dean Martin's music on June 7, just in time for Father's Day. A new title, Classic Dino: The Best Of Dean Martin gathers 14 classic tracks, and the Platinum-certified Dino: The Essential Dean ...

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Sachal Jazz: Jazz Standards Recorded in Lahore, Pakistan

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 12, 2011

Sachal Music presents Sachal Jazz: Interpretations of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova by the Sachal Studios Orchestra, Lahore

Recorded at Sachal Studios Lahore, Pakistan and Abbey Road Studios, London, a collection of jazz classics fused with the traditional classical music of Pakistan and India

Physical release date May 17th; Digital release date April 12th

On May 17th, 2011 Sachal Music will proudly release Sachal Jazz: Interpretations of Jazz Standards & Bossa Nova. Recorded at Sachal Studios in Lahore, Pakistan, the ...

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Celebrating CTI Records' 40th Anniversary - Part Three

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
April 12, 2011

Masterworks Jazz continues the 40th anniversary celebration of the legendary CTI Records legacy that began last October with an additional four titles issued this week: George Benson's Beyond the Blue Horizon, Freddie Hubbard's First Light, Don Sebesky's all-star Giant Box and Stanley Turrentine's Salt Song. While each of the releases have had previous American CD issues, most have been out of print for a number of years and each are important—and significant—milestones in the CTI tradition. The celebration of CTI's ...

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Anthony Branker and Ascent, "Dance Music" a Treat for the Ears

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 12, 2011

Anthony Branker's ensemble Ascent serves as a vehicle for his jazz writing and arranging. At the time of his new recording Dance Music (Origin 82579) it consisted of seven instrumentalist and a vocalist. What they do is modern jazz that has roots in the music McCoy Tyner and related players were doing in the early '70s, a sort of acoustic Afro-post-hard-bop if you will, with some ventures into funky things here and there. But before you start pegging them note ...

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John Zorn - Interzone (Tzadik, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 12, 2011

To call John Zorn a saxophonist and composer really limits the scope of his music His vision derives from many sources, from art to film, to in this case the literature of William S. Burroughs. The author became famous in the early to mid 1960's for his technique of “cut up" storytelling; a process that Zorn borrowed for his own technique of card based musical improvisation. For this album, Zorn appropriates musical representations of several of Burroughs' themes and develops ...

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Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All from Somewhere Else (2007)

Source: Something Else!
April 12, 2011

By Tom Johnson Tortoise alum Rob Mazurek had a big concept behind this project. As we all know, sometimes big concepts pay off, sometimes they simply lead to big letdowns. Exploding Star Orchestra's We Are All From Somewhere Else was a big concept that luckily actually paid off. Either way, feel free to simply ignore the bizarre concept behind it and enjoy the stunning music. The concept, if you must know, goes something like this: somewhere in deep space, a ...

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Paul Simon - So Beautiful or so What (2011)

Source: Something Else!
April 12, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Paul Simon's new record, his first since 2006's dense Brian Eno-collaboration Surprise, is a career-spanning, sometimes duskily ruminative, quirk-splashed triumph—simultaneously bold in its constructions and timeless in its themes. There's a freedom, perhaps, that comes from going it alone: After 30 years with Warner Bros., Simon paid for the lengthy sessions that eventually produced So Beautiful or So What, then signed with the Concord Music Group. The album is due out on Tuesday; a sold-out tour of ...

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Elvin Bishop to Release "Raisin' Hell Revue" on Delta Groove Records on May 17

Source: conqueroo
April 11, 2011

Live disc features Grammy winner's smash “Fooled Around and Fell in Love" along with blues standards, recorded live in the party atmosphere of the 2010 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Band features Finis Tasby, John Nmeth, Kid Anderson and Terry Hanck LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Elvin Bishop's musical biography is no secret to anyone who has followed blues or rock over the past 40 years. Taken under wing by legendary bluesman Little Smokey Smothers in the '60s, Bishop found a wide audience ...

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