Recording News

Ira Gitler on Parker's Moods

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 9, 2010

Ira Gitler is a national jazz treasure. Each time we talk (which is often), the esteemed author, liner-notes writer, reviewer and historian sheds light on a jazz recording, artist or event with fresh detail and stories. Like Woody Allen's Leonard Zelig, Ira seems to have been at every major turning point in jazz history, an eyewitness to events most of us can only listen to or read about. Ira's books Swing to Bop and Masters of Bebop bear this out, ...

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Jazzwax List: 6 Broadway Swingers

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 9, 2010

Fifty years ago, jazz and Broadway were friends. Jazz artists routinely recorded swinging versions of the latest musicals or released roundups of new Great White Way tunes. Broadway was a more powerful influence on the culture then, of course, especially when shows destined for the silver screen had movie studios behind them.

During this crossover period, movie studios owned record companies (ABC Paramount, MGM-Verve, United Artists, etc.) and encouraged pollination between jazz artists and the theater. In part, this was ...

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Lucky Peterson Interprets Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Ray Lamontagne, Robert Johnson & Blind Willie McTell

Source: conqueroo
July 9, 2010

Blues singer/keyboardist/guitarist's first album in seven years features Larry Campbell, Scott Petito and Gary Burke, and songs by Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Tom Waits, Ray LaMontagne and Lucinda Williams

WOODSTOCK, N.Y.--Lucky Peterson was discovered by blues legend Willie Dixon when he was three years old, released his first record at five and soon after appeared on The Tonight Show. Trained by keyboardists Bill Doggett and Jimmy Smith, Peterson went on to play behind Little Milton, Bobby “Blue" Bland and ...

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Al Hirt Our Man in New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2010

Paul Cacia was Al Hirt's lead trumpet player and contracted the brass section for what Al Hirt called his dream band, formed in the fall of 1979.

At the time of receiving the phone call to join Al Hirt, Paul Cacia was first trumpet for the Ray Anthony Orchestra, he immediately gave notice. The Al Hirt Big Band was based out of Al's New Orleans Bourbon street nightclub, leaving for road tours, on and off, concert dates and a television ...

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Willie Oteri and Dave Laczko release next WD-41 project

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
July 8, 2010

Following their critically acclaimed and well received 2009 release, WD-41, the duo of Willie Oteri and Dave Laczko, have teamed with the talents of beat jockey and multi- instrumentalist Dino J.A. Deane (John Zorn, Jon Hassell, Bill Frisell) and drummer Scott Amendola (Nels Cline, Charlie Hunter) for an extension of their exploratory sonic trip. The readers of All About Jazz, the largest and most quoted Jazz publication in the world, voted WD-41 to the number 24 spot in the “Top ...

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EMI Releases Remastered Apple Records Catalogue

Source: Michael Ricci
July 7, 2010

APPLE RECORDS CATALOGUE REMASTERED AND REISSUED ON CD AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD BADFINGER, BILLY PRESTON, MARY HOPKIN, JAMES TAYLOR, AND MORE CLASSICS SET FOR RELEASE ON OCTOBER 26th Hollywood, California--Launched by The Beatles in 1968, as the new outlet for their own recordings as well as the music of an eclectic roster of artists--James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Mary Hopkin, Doris Troy, and Jackie Lomax among them--who were all personally brought to the label by The Beatles (individually and/or collectively), Apple ...

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Tribute to a Reggae Legend: Global Celebration of Bob Marley, July 13

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 7, 2010

Tribute to a Reggae Legend: A global celebration of the music of Bob Marley, featuring five new, exclusive recordings by exceptional international artists

Release Date: July 13, 2010 (International release dates vary)

Few people have made the kind of lasting, universal impact that Bob Marley has made with his music. In his short 36 years, Marley managed not only to introduce hundreds of millions to reggae but also spread powerful messages of peace, love, human rights and acceptance. It's no ...

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Manu Katche - Third Round (2010)

Source: Something Else!
July 7, 2010

By PicoWorld class drummer Manu Katché continues to pursue a second musical career as a bandleader with his third ECM release (and fourth overall) on Third Round. His second ECM Playground was warmly greeted here when it first appeared three years ago, and his label debut was quite good, too, so we were eager to see if Katché could make it three for three. Third Round isn't an abrupt departure from the spacious, subtle European jazz ...

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