Recording News

Santana Legend Gregg Rolie Releases New Solo EP

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 22, 2011

Austin, TX Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gregg Rolie, co-founder of two multi-platinum super groups, Santana and Journey, and the voice of such timeless classics as Black Magic Woman and 'Evil Ways,' has released new solo EP, 'Five Days.' A personal and intimate reworking of Santana and Journey classics as well as Gregg's own compositions through solo voice and piano, 'Five Days' was recorded in the living room of his Central Texas home on the piano given to ...

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Airborne releases new CD: Back in the Dayz - Airborne Anthology

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
February 21, 2011

"Back in the Dayz—Airborne Anthology" takes you onboard a magical and musical journey to a motivating, high energy, intensely creative, yet peaceful serenity of island passion and complex urban emotion where the compassion of Airborne raises up the spirit of humility and reflects the empathy and moral obligation we as people of dignity must adhere to. Inspiring compositions of depth and character by a world class jazz group. Airborne the proclaimed “Musical Peacemakers" of Contemporary Jazz formed in 1988 celebrates ...

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Libby Richman Releases "Open Strings"

Source: Michael Ricci
February 21, 2011

Open Strings, Libby Richman's latest CD, was released in 2010. Composer, saxophonist Libby Richman leads an ensemble that plays original contemporary jazz. Her sound echoes many influences including Classical, Latin, and Pop music. She is also “Meet the Composer" grant recipient and Open Strings represents her third recording. Richman has traveled widely as a professional musician, leading her jazz group and as a side musician for big bands and touring musical theater productions. She currently lives in the Bronx and ...

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Eldar's "Three Stories" Coming April 5

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 21, 2011

Since signing with Sony Masterworks at the age of 17, the young pianist Eldar has worked tirelessly on the road and in the studio to deepen his exploration of the traditions of jazz: bebop, post-bop and beyond. With the April 5th release of Three Stories, his first solo recording on Masterworks Jazz, Eldar pays homage to his classical roots by combining his musical passions, jazz and classical.

“The title has a double meaning," he explains. “First, it is the name ...

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Evan Weiss Project Releases "Math Or Magic" on Inner Circle Music

Source: Rolling Thunder PR
February 21, 2011

Composer/trumpeter EVAN WEISS Celebrates the CD Release of his debut MATH OR MAGIC at DAN'S SILVERLEAF Sunday, Feb 20 Catch this Rare Appearance of Weiss's Large Ensemble Performing New Music From His Inner Circle Music Release Evan Weiss was born and raised near Seattle, Washington and now back in North Texas after a year in NYC. In addition to playing the trumpet, much of his childhood was spent hiking and camping in the mountains ...

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Stan Getz on Clef and Norgran

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 21, 2011

On Friday, November 14, 1952, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz caught a break. The demand for tickets to a Carnegie Hall concert celebrating Duke Ellington's 25 years in the music business was so strong that a second midnight show had to be added. Fortunately for Getz, he was given a 40-minute slot on stage in each of the two shows, ensuring maximum exposure for him and his quintet. Earlier that year, in March, Getz had recorded a jazz-pop jukebox hit. Playing ...

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CD Release Matt Panayides "Tapestries of Song" on Pacific Coast Jazz

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 21, 2011

Matt Panayides Tapestries of Song Pacific Coast Jazz Tapestries of Song, the debut recording from exploratory guitarist/composer Matt Panayides, introduces to the world a visionary new artist with a distinctive approach to music and a uniquely personal voice on his instrument. The Cincinnati born-Indianapolis raised jazzman, a mainstay on New York scene since moving to the area a decade ago has made a name for himself performing with artists such as Clark Terry, Mulgrew Miller, Kevin ...

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Velkro Releases Debut Album "The Future of the Past"

Source: Michael Ricci
February 20, 2011

VELKRO will release their debut album The Future of the Past on the Norwegian label Pling Music on the 25th of February. VELKRO is a band on a continuous musical journey—and navigates in a playful way between hard-hitting and intense jazz-rock, romantic noise-ventures, crazy melodies and acidic elevator music. The international lineup consists of Norwegian Stephan Meidell (guitar), Slovenian Bostjan Simon (sax) and the Portuguese Hugo Antunes (bass) and Luis Candeias (drums). As some of Europe's most interesting jazz musicians ...

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