Recording News

New Picks: Summer Listening, Viewing, Reading

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 1, 2010

The Rifftides staff is pleased to announce a new batch of the recommendations known as Doug's Picks.

David Weiss & Point Of Departure, Snuck In (Sunnyside). Trumpeter Weiss's heart may be in the 1960s, but he and his young band operate very much in the present. His solo style is largely a bequest from the late Freddie Hubbard, with whom he worked closely as a player and arranger. His repertoire here consists of pieces by Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill and ...

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Sunna Gunnlaugs: Pay What You Want Summer Sale

Source: Scott McLemore
August 1, 2010

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Jim Rotondi - 1000 Rainbows (2010)

Source: Something Else!
August 1, 2010

By PicoIt must have been quite a journey for a life that started out in the wide open ranges of Montana and ended up in the hustle and bustle of the New York jazz scene, but trumpet player Jim Rotondi got there with an assist from the late, great trumpet player Clifford Brown. Playing at first the piano at age eight and then the trumpet at age twelve, when Rotondi got his first taste of the sweet sounds ...

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1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (681-690)

Source: Groove Notes
August 1, 2010

For those of you who have been following along with the list, you know that we add twenty albums each week. We are going to tweak things a bit for the remainder of the list, adding anywhere from 5 to ten albums at a time, but posting the lists a bit more frequently. Additionally, we will have links next to each album, so that if you find an album interesting, you can click on the link and buy it.

Here ...

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The Friday Morning Listen: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)

Source: Something Else!
July 29, 2010

By Mark SaleskiI've written about this before, the mystery of “Why do I like this?" The discussions that are apt to be generated can be enlightening. If you start at the very restrictive end of the scale, there's the idea that beauty has some sort of objective element, supposedly making evaluation a simple exercise. Going along with that is the sentiment that there are only two kinds of music: good and bad.

I'm sorry, but I've always thought ...

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50th Anniversary of Johnny Mathis' "Kol Nidre" Celebrated at Skirball, August 19

Source: conqueroo
July 29, 2010

Mathis to accept Idelsohn award on August 19 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Calif.--In 1959, Johnny Mathis released “Kol Nidre"--the Aramaic prayer traditionally intoned at the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement--as a 7-inch single. Yes, that Johnny Mathis, best known for his romance-inducing, back-seat drive- in make-out music, who recorded over 130 best-selling albums.

In 2010, right around Yom Kippur and Johnny Mathis' 75th birthday, the single will be re- released as ...

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Clarinetist Oran Etkin Shares A World Of Musical Journeys In New Release For Kids: Wake Up Clarinet!

Source: GoMedia PR
July 29, 2010

Enhanced CD Featuring Etkin's Timbalooloo Method Will Be Released on Motema Music on September 14th CD Release Concerts for Wake Up Clarinet, as well as Performances by Etkin's Group Kelenia, Scheduled Throughout 2010 ..."really really remarkable... he has touched both of our boys' lives." --Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber “Oran Etkin makes music from all over the world accessible and fun for children to listen to and learn about. From the age of two, our son was talking about Herbie ...

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Preview "Empire" from Scott Colley!

Source: Brian Camelio
July 29, 2010

With his new release just around the corner, Scott Colley would like to invite you to preview some tunes from his the upcoming record “Empire." Scott's ArtistShare preview features tunes from his upcoming release as well as a bonus video performance with Jim Hall and Lewis Nash, tour photos, pictures from the Empire recording session and press photos. Click here to redeem your certificate log in number (6-66423969-76269)! “Empire" will be released in the U.S. on August 31st, worldwide on ...

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