Recording News

New CDs From Harris Eisenstadt and Equilitbrium Coming from Songlines on April 12

Source: Cary Goldberg
March 7, 2011

Canada Day II, Eisenstadt's Label Debut, Will Be Supported by East Coast Tour Equilibrium's Mikkel Ploug, Joachim Badenhorst and Sissel Vera Pettersen Follow 2009's Critically Acclaimed Self-Titled Debut with Walking Voices

Two diverse explorations into modern jazz are on Songlines Recordings' schedule for April, 2011: Canada Day II from drummer Harris Eisenstadt's working quartet, and Walking Voices, the follow up to the trio Equilibrium's 2009 self-titled label debut.

Canada Day II is Eisenstadt's first release on Songlines, and is the ...

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Jazz Vocalist Kathy Sanborn's Blues for Breakfast Album Releases March 8, 2011

Source: Kathy Sanborn
March 7, 2011

Blues for Breakfast, the hot new jazz CD from sultry pianist/vocalist Kathy Sanborn, releases March 8, 2011 through popular vendors such as Barnes&Noble and Amazon.com. Blues for Breakfast treats you to a sumptuous feast of lively, memorable tunes and sensual, heartfelt ballads. The album also features GRAMMY® nominee Scott Petito's distinctive bass, Chris Carey's sizzling drums, and Wayne Ricci's soulful trumpet. Already being aired by radio stations across the nation, Blues for Breakfast serves up a menu of tasty tunes ...

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Method of Defiance "Incunabula"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
March 7, 2011

Method of Defiance (MOD) is one of bassist / producer / conceptualist Bill Laswell's most recent—and perhaps most significant—musical projects. Apparently Method of Defiance is a “musical, sonic, aesthetic, mind and body experience, at once structured, spontaneous, precise, random, brash, beautiful and above all unforgivable." This could be Bill Laswell's entire musical aesthetic: a no-bounds, no-holds barred assault that—like the best in jazz (electric and otherwise)—goes where his heart and spirit take us. Sometimes it falls within some sort of ...

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After Midnight - Live at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee (2011)

Source: Something Else!
March 7, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Clarinetist Roger Campbell has turned an enduring passion for swing legend Benny Goodman into a sizzling six-piece jazz project called After Midnight. It's perhaps no surprise, then, that a new live effort finds him slithering his way through “Memories of You," legendarily performed by Rosemary Clooney with Goodman in the mid-1950s. That's Campbell scooting and shouting on “Benny's Bugle," too. Live at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee even employs the same instrumentation (clarinet, vibraphone, piano, guitar, bass and ...

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Aaron Neville - I Know I've Been Changed (2010)

Source: Something Else!
March 7, 2011

By Nick DeRiso With a voice that's axiomatically compared with winged messengers from God, Aaron Neville's gospel records ought to form the cornerstone of his resume, right? Instead, the New Orleans singing legend's two previous attempts felt too forced, like being dragged into church. Not this one. Neville, paired with producer Joe Henry (Elvis Costello; Rodney Crowell; Allen Toussaint, who adds a calling-card back-pew soul at the piano), offers 13 new recordings of timeless hymns on I Know I've Been ...

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New СD "Quasipsychedelic" by Roman Miroshnichenko: “A different kind of ride...”

Source: Roman Miroshnichenko
March 7, 2011

"Let me take you on a vertical trip of the mind, a musical fantasy of melodies that will wrap your body and soul in harmonies and instrumental sounds without voice. Allow the melodies to seduce you to go further and further away from all the worries of your day to day life. I'll give you some blissful moments away from the insane world of plastic pop music which is much more suited to elevators. Not to worry! Nothing serious—no heavy ...

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Kahil El'zabar's Ethnics Featuring Nona Hendryx "It's Time"

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
March 6, 2011

Chicago-based percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Kahil El'Zabar, a leading member of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) since the 1970s, has become well-known for the huge and fascinating body of work crafted in his groups Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and the Ritual Trio. In addition to aligning himself with edgier jazz lights Wadada Leo Smith, David Murray and Archie Shepp, he has also played with Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie, toured with (and designed outfits for) Nina Simone and ...

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John Coltrane - The Very Best of John Coltrane (Atlantic, 2000)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
March 6, 2011

The title may be something of a misnomer, but it does make for a nice introduction for the neophyte into the sometimes overwhelming discography of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. After a long period of apprenticeship during the 1950's, playing with icons like Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, Coltrane struck out on his own in 1959 signing a contract with Atlantic Records, where he would remain for the next eighteen months. This disc introduces the listener to some of Coltrane's ...

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