Recording News

Lapis Luna's "Snowbond." A New Holiday Classic!

Source: Shawn Aileen Clark
December 8, 2010

Lapis Luna's new album, featuring jazz vocalist Shawn Aileen Clark, will surely keep you in a festive mood through the holiday season—and all winter long! The newly released album presents Christmas classics and little known gems such as the swinging opening track 'Warm December' and radio darling 'Christmas Island.' So get out your martini shakers, hang that mistletoe, and pop in 'Snowbound' to keep those spirits bright! Download on iTunes and CDBaby.com! UPCOMING SHOWS: Every Thursday Evening, December 9, 16, ...

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One Track Mind: Bob Dylan, "Not Dark yet" (1997)

Source: Something Else!
December 7, 2010

By Nick DeRiso For me, “Not Dark Yet" is the best thing Bob Dylan has done in ages, this perfect enigma from a guy who's made a career of such sleights of hand. An edgy post-modern lament downshifted into quiet Civil War balladry, “Not Dark Yet," remains a riddle—and maybe that's the very definition of good art: It's something that you never quite figure out. At first, when it appeared on 1997's perhaps over-celebrated Time Out of Mind, I was ...

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New Release Red Toucan: "Ardent Grass" by Jacob Anderskov and Frank Gratkowski

Source: Passaretti
December 8, 2010

Here's the brand new release from Red Toucan Records: Ardent Grass (RT 9340) Jacob Anderskov: piano Frank Gratkowski: alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet Every Red Toucan aficionado knows Frank Gratkowski, a regular on the label; here, he pairs with brilliant Danish pianist Jacob Anderskov. “Over the last decade or so, pianist Jacob Anderskov has emerged as one of the most exciting and original voices... deeply modern..." Peter Margasak, Downbeat Enjoy our last release for 2010!

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To Honor CAM Jazz 10th Anniversary 90 Albums Including Special 84-Track Compilation Available on the iTunes Store Today

Source: Claudia Artzer
December 6, 2010

(December 6, 2010) CAM Jazz of Rome, Italy, just announced the availability of 90 CAM Jazz albums in a special room, comprising all of the jazz albums in the label's acclaimed catalog in honor of the label's 10 year Anniversary on the iTunes Store today . To mark the special event, CAM Jazz created an 84-track compilation called 10 Years of CAM Jazz, which features Francesco Cafiso, Scott Colley, Giovanni Guidi, Richard Galliano, Oregon, Mauro Ottolini, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Rava, ...

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Lucky Peterson - You Can Always Turn Around (Dreyfus, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
December 6, 2010

Lucky Peterson was a childhood prodigy playing blues and R&B from an early age and mastering several instruments, even scoring a major label deal at one point. After some personal problems that led him to take a lower profile, he returns with this album, which demonstrate his diverse musical interests. Putting together a nice small band with Larry Campbell on guitars, Scott Petito on bass and Gary Burke on drums (and Peterson's wife Tamara providing a few backing vocals) the ...

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Guilty Pleasures: Rupert Holmes, "Escape (the Pina Colada Song)" (1979)

Source: Something Else!
December 6, 2010

By Nick DeRiso Mark, late last week, said he didn't get the whole guilty-pleasure thing. Excuse me, as the ageless line in “Blazing Saddles" once went, while I whip this out: “Escape," a Rubert Holmes tripe that includes the helpful addendum (as if any fool, ahem, who knows all the words, cough, could forget): The Pina Colada Song. I know. I shouldn't like this. The reasons are many: The silly premise, that passive-aggressively lazy beat, its easy cynicism. It's true, ...

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Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 11 (Jazz-Only Edition)

Source: Something Else!
December 6, 2010

An iconic prog rock guitarist takes on Jimmy Smith jazz and doesn't suck. Not even close. By Pico The last new release roundup of 2010 pivots back to jazz or jazz-like offerings I've managed to miss over the course of pursuing other records. They don't fit into the “Stacks" series because I only have them in space efficient electronic form only. Nonetheless, I think they're are still worthy of mention; in fact, there's some damned good records in this grouping. ...

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Black Dub, Featuring Danois Lanois - Black Dub (2010)

Source: Something Else!
December 6, 2010

By Nick DeRiso Densely layered, with an elegant construction, Black Dub doesn't start out all that much differently from your average recording by uber-hip producer Daniel Lanois. Then something welcomely dangerous, almost feral, happens. Lanois—famous for his work with U2, Bob Dylan and Peter Gabriel, among others—is the first voice you hear, backed by the respected jazz drummer Brian Blade (Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter) and bassist Daryl Johnson (Emmylou Harris). But moments later, Black Dub gains a new stride with ...

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