Recording News

Steve Gadd's "Live at Voce" (Deluxe Edition)

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
November 7, 2010

One of the most recorded drummers of all time, Steve Gadd has worked with everyone from Chick Corea to Paul Simon, Maynard Ferguson to Eric Clapton. When it comes to his own projects, Gadd loves to play good-time groove music that has the danceable qualities and bluesiness of the best R&B along with the adventurous solos and impeccable musicianship of jazz.

On Live At Voce (Deluxe Edition), Gadd is joined by Joey DeFrancesco (arguably the World's ...

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New Recording by David Braid & The Canadian Brass

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
November 7, 2010

Multi-award winning Canadian pianist David Braid is joined by the legendary Canadian Brass for Spirit Dance, a new album featuring jazz-inspired compositions for piano and brass quintet written by Braid. Inspired by everything from whirling dervishes to Frederic Chopin's Nocturnes to a walk in Beijing, Braid has created an array of new sounds that are intimate, spontaneous and warm. Spirit Dance is an exceptional fusion of jazz and classical aesthetics. This is the first collaboration between ...

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Jazzwerkstatt and Naxos of America, Inc. Announce U.S. Rollout of New CD Releases & Catalog

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
November 7, 2010

November 16, 2010 U.S. Releases Include The Dave Liebman Group, Perry Robinson Trio, The Ullmann/Swell 4, Chris Dahlgren & Lexicon Naxos of America, Inc. and German jazz label Jazzwerkstatt announce the U.S. distribution of their catalog, including November 2010 releases by The Dave Liebman Group, the Perry Robinson Trio, The Ullmann/Swell 4, and Chris Dahlgren & Lexicon. Jazzwerkstatt is a name that has a fine tradition deriving from the “Jazzwerkstatt Peitz," which once was the biggest jazz festival in the ...

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The Disco Biscuits: New Album Jan Colorado Run/ Nye Tix

Source: JamBase
November 6, 2010

RING IN A NEW BISCO YEAR IN DENVER & BOULDER The Disco Biscuits have announced a four-night run in Colorado, Thursday January 13 through Sunday January 16, 2011. The band will spend two nights at the Boulder Theater, Thursday and Friday January 13-14, before heading to Denver to close out the long weekend at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday and Sunday January 15-16. An extremely limited Early Bird four-day ticket will be made available to fans for $100 at noon ...

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Todd Clouser - Todd Clouser's a Love Electric (2010)

Source: Something Else!
November 6, 2010

By Pico Fusion guitarist and Berklee grad Todd Clouser splits his residency between the frigid climes of Minneapolis, MN and the balmy, seaside vistas of Los Cabos, Mexico at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. Like scenery, Clouser enjoys contrasts in his music, too. After fronting a number of rock bands, tackles jazz on his third release, Todd Clouser's A Love Electric, but does so informed with other styles. He's studied with Marc Ribot, David Fiuczynski, Medeski, Martin and ...

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"Kaya Project: Desert Phase Remixes" Out November 9

Source: Press Junkie PR
November 5, 2010

Desert Phase, the fourth Kaya Project full length album, drew its inspiration from the time Seb Taylor and Natasha Chamberlain spent in some of the world's largest deserts. Incorporating field recordings made while traveling across these windswept landscapes, along with additional studio sessions with several world musicians back in London, Desert Phase evokes colouful and dusty imagery of a timeless and mysterious terrain Carrying on from where the digital-only Ummah Oum Remixes EP left off, Interchill decided to turn the ...

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World/Sufi Chants Meet Middle Eastern Rhythms

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
November 5, 2010

On the verdant shores of the Bay of Bengal, a mosque, a temple, and a church sit side by side in Nagore near India's southeastern tip. An unexpected and flourishing Sufi religious site, Nagore's five-acre Sufi shrine or dargah is filled with pilgrims of diverse faiths, and with the poignant voices of men singing songs passed down for generations, yet infused with pop sensibilities. This cultural crossroads inspired the catchy, striking collaboration behind Nagore Sessions (EarthSync; November 9, 2010). A ...

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Mary Halvorson Quintet - Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
November 5, 2010

Adventurous guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been garnering much attention for her work as a collaborator and side person on several notable albums. After taking time to compose new material for quintet, she is back in the leader position, working with Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Jon Irabagon on alto saxophone, John Hebert on bass and Ches Smith on drums. The album is an interesting and angular proposition that takes its inspiration from avant-garde jazz, rock music and other sources ...

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