Recording News

Schlippenbach Trio - Bauhaus Dessau (Intakt)

Source: Master of a Small House
August 19, 2010

The Schlippenbach Trio's latest release is an album couched in celebratory anniversaries: the ensembles 40th coupled to their chosen venue's 90th. Recorded at the vaunted German playhouse in the fall of last year it recalls their last Intakt outing in that saxophonist Evan Parker leaves his straight horn capped and cased. The resulting focus on tenor is something of a treat though it also means that his circular breathing feats of stamina and precision play out with comparative brevity and ...

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Jim Rotondi - 1000 Rainbows (Positone)

Source: Master of a Small House
August 19, 2010

Contextual questions of excessive repertory fealty are largely moot in the music of Jim Rotondi. A trumpeter who's canny style blends Hubbard-like velocity and clarity with a persuasive lyricism, his fixation on a stripes of hard bop steeped in 60s Blue Note decorum is hardly worth getting bent about, though there are those who would likely fault him for it just the same. This set couples his lubricious brass with Joe Locke's vibes and a standard rhythm section for a ...

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Conan O'Brien: Live Album and Spoken Word

Source: JamBase
August 19, 2010

OUT NOW ON THIRD MAN RECORDS Third Man Records presents a new release from the one and only Conan O'Brien recorded in Nashville at the Third Man studios this past June. The spoken word 7" entitled And They Call Me Mad? is available now for pre-order in the Third Man Records online shop. On June 10, 2010 Conan O'Brien visited Third Man Records for a surprise performance during his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour." Over 1000 people ...

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Other Places: Unheard Treasures Discovered

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 19, 2010

This a couple of days old, but in case you missed the news of the unearthing and restoration of a cache of important recordings, see this New York Times article about the National Jazz Museum. Then read this followup. It will probably be a long time before the trove of new old music by Lester Young, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and others can make its way to the public in commercial albums. In the meantime, the museum offers a few ...

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Motema Music to Release Another Look from Pianist/Composer and Guggenheim Fellow Ryan Cohan

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 19, 2010

Motéma Music to Release ANOTHER LOOK fromPianist/Composer & Guggenheim Fellow RYAN COHAN Available In Stores & Online On September 14, 2010 “You'll be struck by the exquisite detail of [Ryan's] writing." - Howard Reich, The Chicago Tribune Another Look CD Release Events!: September 17 & 18 @ The Green Mill (Chicago)September 19 @ Room 43 (Chicago)October 8 & 9 @ Peter Miller's (Evanston, IL)November 4-7 @ The Jazz Showcase (Chicago)December 14 @ The Chicago Cultural Center On September 14, 2010, ...

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Savory Delights

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
August 19, 2010

Like many other jazz fans, I first heard the name Bill Savory in the liner notes (by George Avakian) to a series of Benny Goodman airshot performances issued on Columbia Records after the astonishing success of their 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert issues. I learned that Savory was a pioneering engineer, friend to many jazz musicians, with a special fondness for Goodman and his associates, who had made disc recordings of radio broadcasts in the Thirties.

Some memorable performances had ...

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Brad & Elliot Mason Join Forces as the Mason Brothers on "Two Sides, One Story," Due Oct. 5 from Archival Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 19, 2010

The Mason Brothers—trumpeter Brad and trombonist Elliot—have been making music together since they were kids in Norwich, England. Both came to America in the early 1990s on scholarships to Boston's Berklee College of Music and, after graduating and relocating to New York City, have distinguished themselves in a number of challenging musical settings—Elliot with the Mingus Big Band, Count Basie Orchestra, Maria Schneider Orchestra, and, since 2007, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra directed by Wynton Marsalis, and Brad with ...

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Are You Ready For The Penguin Revolution?

Source: ISL Public Relations
August 19, 2010

"THE PENGUIN REVOLUTION knows how to throw a party. Mixing genres in clever ways, they tell the continuing story of penguin Oscar Hamilton, who is after nothing short of world domination."—This Week In New York THE PENGUIN REVOLUTION started as the brain-child of then 16-year-old band founder Kevin McIntyre while visiting the aquarium at the zoo. Kevin was appalled at the horrors he perceived of caged animal life, seeing them feeding on rotten fish and put on display for the ...

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