Recording News

Amphora Records To Release Alma Afrobeat Ensemble’s Toubab Soul

Source: Buzzword PR
August 17, 2010

Amphora Records To Release Alma Afrobeat Ensemble's Toubab Soul On Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Nine-Piece Barcelona Band To Release Full-length CD Stateside New York, NY —Amphora Records will release Toubab Soul, the first full-length studio recording by Barcelona's Alma Afrobeat Ensemble, on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Providing a healthy dose of original, spirited Afrobeat, Toubab Soul pulsates continuously from the hip-hop inflected opening tune “Taskmaster," which features Ugandan MC Krukid, to the Afro-psychedelia of the closing ...

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Half Note Records Releases Two Powerful Recordings

Source: hubtone PR
August 17, 2010

KENNY WERNER —"NO BEGINNING, NO END" featuring Joe Lovano and Judi Silvano CONRAD HERWIG—"THE LATIN SIDE OF HERBIE HANCOCK" featuring Eddie Palmieri and Randy Brecker New York, NY—On August 17, 2010 Half Note Records officially releases new works by Kenny Werner and Conrad Herwig. Both musicians are long-standing members of the Half Note family. These recordings expand their creative reach. The CD's are available in all major retail and digital outlets. Kenny Werner—"NO BEGINNING, NO END" This highly anticipated work ...

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Grand Pianoramax: New Album and Tour

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 17, 2010

After two years on the road including a 10-city tour in the US opening for Maceo Parker and concerts from Istanbul to Mumbai, Grand Pianoramax again teams up with underground hiphop heroes Mike Ladd, Black Cracker and for the first time electronic/tabla player Karsh Kale for a brand new album due out this fall on ObliqSound.

Partly recorded in Mumbai, mixed in Berlin and mastered in Bristol, Smooth Danger is a global album of many influences that could be described ...

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Oran Etkin's 'Wake Up, Clarinet' Video and New CD

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 17, 2010

Oran Etkin, an internationally acclaimed jazz/world artist and composer whose NYC based music classes for children are endorsed by Harvey Keitel, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, will release Wake Up, Clarinet! on his new Timbalooloo label (September 14, Motema Music /Allegro-NewSound distribution). The CD features performances by Jason Marsalis and Charenee Wade and is enhanced with a video of Etkin and his band performing live in concert.

Wake Up, Clarinet! is the first family release for Etkin, who was a ...

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Preview Scott Colley's upcoming release "Empire"

Source: Brian Camelio
August 17, 2010

With the release of Scott Colley's latest album “Empire" just around the corner Scott has teamed up with ArtistShare to allow fans to preview tunes from the record, check out photos from the recording session and Scott's gigs, as well as a special video performance. Fans can also access a .pdf lead sheet of Scott's tune “The Gettin' Place" from the upcoming “Empire." Click here to redeem your certificate log in number (6-66423969-76269) and access this exclusive preview of Scott ...

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New Esperanza Spalding Album out Tomorrow

Source: AAJ Staff
August 17, 2010

Esperanza Spalding releases her new album, Chamber Music Society, on Heads Up International tomorrow—August 17, 2010. To listen to clips of the album and receive a free mp3, visit the newly renovated www.esperanzaspalding.com. Here's what Nate Chinen from The New York Times has to say about Chamber Music Society: Several tracks into her third album as a leader, Esperanza Spalding offers up “Really Very Small," an invention of hers arranged for standard rhythm section with a three-piece complement of strings. ...

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Albert Rivera Releases "Inner Peace" on Turnaround Records

Source: Albert Rivera
August 17, 2010

Celebrated jazz saxophonist Albert Rivera, in concert with Turnaround Records, announces the upcoming release on August 17, 2010, of his second album on Turnaround Records, entitled Inner Peace. This album is a contemporary addition to Rivera's unique collection of smooth, musical grooves that includes his highly acclaimed first album, Re-Introduction. For Rivera, Inner Peace represents a musical triumph in its accessibility. “The listener, whether a newcomer to jazz or a seasoned fan, will be able to appreciate and enjoy this ...

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Mikko Pellinen Mini Big Band Debut Album "Personal" Now Available!

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2010

The debut album of the Finnish composer Mikko Pellinen is now available. “Personal" is composer-bassist Mikko Pellinen's first album as a leader. His ensemble, the Mini Big Band, features seven top young Finnish jazz musicians and the composer himself playing the double bass. Consisting of four horn players and a rhythm section, the group can achieve a sound similar to the big band but is also elastic enough to create intimate small group interaction. As the name of the album ...

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