Recording News

Pianist/Composer Dan Tepfer Releases Trio Album "Five Pedals Deep" on Sunnyside Records - October 26, 2010

Source: Fully Altered Media
October 19, 2010

Album features Dan Tepfer (piano), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Ted Poor (drums) CD RELEASE PERFORMANCE @ Jazz Standard October 26, 2010 (7:30 & 9:30pm) In his forthcoming trio release, Five Pedals Deep on Sunnyside Records, wildly inventive pianist Dan Tepfer plumbs the depths of conventional harmony, engaging pop modalities, minimalism, and jazz tradition with the audacity and irreverence of a deep-sea explorer. The 28-year-old, Brooklyn-based pianist has forged a richly layered collection of lyrical, ...

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Beastie Boys: New Album Spring 2011

Source: JamBase
October 19, 2010

HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART 1 DELAYED INDEFINITELY Beastie Boys have stated via their website that previously announced album Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will “continue to be delayed indefinitely" as the hip-hop trio fine-tune that record, while Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 “will be released on time as originally planned in Spring of 2011. Check out the previously released single for “Lee Majors Come Again" from the indefinitely delayed Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 below.

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The Andy Sugg Group Releases "Brunswick Nights"

Source: Michael Ricci
October 19, 2010

The famed Victorian suburb of Brunswick has grown its own vibrant musical life. Inspired by this celebrated musical Mecca, The Andy Sugg Group has now released its latest album, Brunswick Nights. Recorded near the end of a long season at Sydney Roads Brunswick Green Hotel during 2009, Brunswick Nights captures an exciting moment in the life of The Andy Sugg Group and in the life of music-making in Brunswick. The Andy Sugg Group, led by Melbourne-based jazz saxophonist Andy Sugg, ...

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KJ Denhert Counts Her Blessings With Album No. 9

Source: GoMedia PR
October 19, 2010

Singer/Songwriter's 9th CD, Featuring 9 Tracks Recorded with 9 Musicians, Will Be Released on Motèma Music on November 9 “This is an album about freedom," says KJ Denhert, reflecting on her ninth release, aptly titled Album No.9, with nine songs, featuring nine musicians and recorded over the span of nine months. “If you are into numerology, you might have guessed by now that my life-path number is 9. Coincidence? Actually, yes. All of it." Derived from one's date of birth, ...

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Maria Faust Groups New Release "Warrior Horse"

Source: Michael Ricci
October 19, 2010

Maria Faust Group was formed in 2005 by Maria Faust, Estonian saxophonist and composer, during her studies at the music conservatory in Esbjerg. The group is currently based in Copenhagen and has become one of the strongest jazz acts on the Danish music scene. Maria Faust's music is multi-faceted and has elements of classical music as well as Estonian folk music, pop and rock. The music is also influenced by the concept of free improvisation and the composer likes to ...

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Scott Amendola Trio Lift (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 19, 2010

By Pico That drummer Scott Amendola must like a lot of the same kind of music that I do, because his name comes up in the credits list of plenty of records that I enjoy. A lot of that has to do with his close association with Nels Cline and being the drummer for the Nels Cline Singers, but he also added his talents to previously reviewed records by David Witham and Sarah Wilson. I can't leave out his participation ...

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More Peruvian Music: Peña: Afro Peruvian Music From Secret Stash Records

Source: Press Junkie PR
October 18, 2010

Peña (CD/DVD)—Out October 12, 2010 (Secret Stash Records) Two Record Diggers Explore Peru's Deep Musical History & Return with Invigorating New Recordings of the Afro-Peruvian Scene

Thanks to the fast moving world of Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, it's only a few clicks away to share and listen to music from around the world, even across thousands of miles for a whole new audience to enjoy. Every once in a while an incredible form of music may not make ...

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CDs of Note - Short Takes...

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
October 18, 2010

Luciano Troja, At Home With Zindars (self-produced) This labor of love spotlights the composer, good friend and perhaps musical twin of Bill Evans. It is long overdue, because the late Earl Zindars had far more impact on Evans than he has generally been credited with. Their relationship dated to their Army days in the early1950s. Italian pianist Luciano Troja corrects that oversight with his lavishly produced solo piano CD of 15 Zindars jazz compositions (he was a classical composer and ...

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