Recording News

Dinah Washington: Singles (1943-53)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 1, 2010

There never was any doubt that Dinah Washington was going to be a star. The big surprise was how fast celebrity came and how far she went in the 78-rpm era. In three short years after leaving Lionel Hampton's band in late '45, Washington was crowned Queen of the Jukebox by music critics based on revenue from the machines, earning her a fortune in the process. The Fabulous Miss D: The Keynote, Decca & Mercury Singles 1943-1953—a new four-CD set ...

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Ron Isley Releases MR. I Today

Source: Giant Step
December 1, 2010

fter 50 years in the recording business, Ron Isley of the legendary Isley Brothers has released his first solo album ever, Mr. I, including duets with the great Aretha Franklin and relative youngster T.I. So it's no surprise to see the variety of people in this video, all affected by the Isleys' music, from Erykah Badu to Wolf Blitzer to Steve Harvey.

Ron Isley—"No More"

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Holiday Redux: Marc Hoffman Release Remixes of Two Christmas Classics

Source: blueplate pr
December 1, 2010

(CHARLOTTE, NC)—Just in time for the holidays, recording artist Marc Hoffman has released remixed versions of two popular tunes from his jazz-flavored Christmas Time CD: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," and “Good Christian Men Rejoice." Both are available for downloading on iTunes. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" features Hoffman on piano and vocals as he spins a soft, soulful interpretation of the song introduced by Judy Garland in 1944 in the musical “Meet Me in St. Louis." (http://www.marchoffman.com/mp3s/merrylittlechristmas.mp3) ...

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Composer Craig Marks Releases the Soundtrack to "Iron Chef America" and "The Next Iron Chef"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
November 30, 2010

Woodland Hills, CA: Answering the demand of aspiring chefs of all abilities that have been lobbying composer Craig Marks to release the music from Food Networks popular primetime series Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef, the soundtrack was released today by CMS Media on CD and as a digital download available from www.ironchefmusic.com, iTunes, Amazon and other online retail outlets. In addition to composing and producing the Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef soundtrack that fans ...

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The Sound of Hulu Static and Salad

Source: Michael Ricci
November 30, 2010

For over 15 years Peter Dragotta's most innovative music has been branded under the name pharmacopia. During the last three years between two side experiments producing a whole album on a mobile app (Pornhub Remixes 1+2) and a follow up album playing mobile apps of grooveboxes and instruments on multiple iPhones and a iPad (Mobile Music Diversions) he has been revisiting the AI (Artificial Intelligence) world of music creation that began back in 1996-97 with his monumental releases In Real ...

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Mike Reed's Loose Assembly - Empathetic Parts (482 Music, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
November 30, 2010

Drummer and composer Mike Reed has been quietly carving a very distinctive niche for himself in the creative and competitive Chicago jazz scene. On this album he was trying to find an ensemble that could perform what he calls “collective arranging" where the whole group would be responsible for the development of the music. Bringing in his Loose Assembly group with Josh Abrams on bass, Jason Adasiewicz on vibraphone, Tomeka Reid on cello and Greg Ward on alto saxophone, he ...

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Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica - The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel (2010)

Source: Something Else!
November 30, 2010

By Mark Saleski Walk down the street and stop twenty random people, asking them their opinion of Esquivel? If you get less than 19 “Huhwuh?"'s, I'd be impressed. That's sort of too bad because Juan Garcia Esquivel had far too many musical ideas in his head. Add some pedal steel to the sound of a big band? Why not?! Zingy wordless vocals? Can you say “Zu Zu Zu!"? How about recording two orchestras simultaneously? Was that stereo? Sort of. I ...

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Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)

Source: Something Else!
November 30, 2010

By Nick DeRiso He's got a name that sounds like the future. So, naturally, you expect Brian Eno to be ever changing, on the move, eyes continually fixed on the horizon. That's why I was starting to hate Small Craft on a Milk Sea. Eno's new album opens with a crystalline piano line, echoing across a frozen ocean of cloud on “Emerald and Lime," before this smeared keyboard ushers in a wandering guitar in “Complex Heaven." For fans of Eno's ...

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