Recording News

Kenny Burrell - Be Yourself (High Note)

Source: Master of a Small House
July 7, 2010

Advancing age has a disquieting habit of eroding jazz relevancy. Stars of the hard bop era alive today have to wrestle with bodies of work that can easily become millstones attached to their creativity. The old specter of diminishing returns isn't some harmless haint. Still performing and recording in his 78th year, guitarist Kenny Burrell knows these potential dangers firsthand. His playing from the mid-Fifties onward set a standard for bop-based fretwork, but six decades on it's a style that's ...

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Liebman/ Parker/ Bianco - Relevance (Red Toucan)

Source: Master of a Small House
July 7, 2010

By practically any educated estimation, Dave Liebman and Evan Parker are saxophone icons. Each man has advanced the post-Coltrane lexicon on the instrument in deeply personal and divergent directions. Liebman's preference is jazz-based. Parker retains analogous roots, but his reed explorations have also encompassed European free and electro-acoustic improvisation as well as modern classical forms. Those disparities in no way nullify the amount of common ground shared by the men. This date, prompted at Liebman's behest and recorded in concert ...

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Bassnectar Remixes Massive Attack

Source: JamBase
July 7, 2010

“RISINGSON" GETS THE BASSNECTAR TREATMENT

Bassnectar has released a remix of the classic Massive Attack track “Risingson." Says Bassnectar, “This remix has been unfinished for over 10 years. I first played it at Burning Man in 2000, and as many of my hybrid mashup creations, it has constantly evolved. As with any customized edit it has taken so many variations from uber-deep hypnotic eyes-closed moments to crazy jump-up 10 feet high bounce sessions. This version kind of goes both ways, ...

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Jazzwax List: 5 Live Sleepers

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 7, 2010

The 1940s and 1950s were golden decades for live concert recordings. Radio stations captured many live dates cleanly on transcription discs meant to be played later in different time zones. These eventually surfaced on LPs and CDs as interest in artists and jazz grew. In the LP era, concerts were routinely taped by record companies and then commercially issued on albums. Starting with the release of Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert in 1950, there often was a special urgency ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records to Release Drum Lore, from Owen Howard

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 7, 2010

"Owen Howard has put together, from his perspective seat, a fantastic collection of creatively executed compositions by the most influential drummers of our time. Some of the hippest bandleaders and composers in jazz, have come from the drum chair. With Drum Lore, Owen Howard makes a beautiful and honest statement with his ensemble. It captivates you throughout and feels great!!! Bravo . . ." --Joe LovanoBROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND RECORDSTo Release DRUM LORE, From OWEN HOWARD(Available August ...

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10 Ft. Ganja Plant Deliver The Roots on "10 Deadly Shots, Vol 1"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 6, 2010

10 Ft. Ganja Plant brings the sound of roots, rocksteady and dub from the smokey hills and rough streets of Jamaica to the ears of their rabid fans around the globe. On 10 Deadly Shots, the mysterious reggae collective captures the vibe of classic reggae and distills it down to it's essence--without vocals. The tracks were mastered directly to vinyl with the digital / CD parts cut from the vinyl lacquer. This unique process lets these 10 gems breathe with ...

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Michele Choiniere Gives New Voice to Long-lost Franco-American Songs

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
July 6, 2010

The Lone Songbird in the Woods: Michele Choiniere Gives New Voice to Long-Lost Franco-American Songs on La Violette

Along the borderlands between the US and Canada, a lone songbird sings with a voice clear, rich, and distinctly French. Her name is Michele Choiniere, and nestled in the northwestern Vermont woods, she continues a once thriving Franco-American oral tradition that recalls the bright cheer of kitchen parties, the wry pleasures of courtship, and the sway of a waltz.

Known for her ...

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Nils Petter Molvaer "Hamada" available August 31st on Thirsty Ear

Source: Peter Gordon
July 6, 2010

"A highly original composer/stylist with the courage to radically reinvent himself." --BBC “Stunning growth and unexpected directional shifts make Hamada one of Molvær's most moving and challenging records to date." --All About Jazz “He mixes his evocative landscape sound with a fiercer, even threatening quality imparted by startling percussion eruptions and formidable resources" --The Guardian UK

It has been a number of years since Nils Petter Molvaer (NPM) released a new studio album. Entering his 14th year since his groundbreaking ...

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