Recording News

Guitarist Peter Douskalis Debut Solo Releases "The Dance of the Sea"

Source: Michael Ricci
June 22, 2010

Peter Douskalis - The Dance of the Sea (Shenandoah, 2009) Now on sale at: amazon.com, CDBaby.com, and Guitar Nine Records “While he is a melodic player, Douskalis sometimes emulates an orchestra and pulls it off. Melody, harmony, bass lines all interact logically, sometimes making it sound as if more than one guitarist is on the CD." - Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene (May 15, 2010) “Somehow Peter's guitar reaches out and touches your soul. The music caresses you like ...

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Lee Ritenour's New Album 6 String Theory Featuring 20 Guitar Greats Available June 29

Source: Michael Ricci
June 22, 2010

On June 29th Concord Records/Monster Music will release legendary Grammy winning guitarist Lee Ritenour's new album 6 String Theory. The album marks Lee's 50th year playing the guitar and to celebrate he assembled a star-studded tribute featuring 20 of the greatest guitarists of our time including George Benson, BB King, Slash, John Scofield, Vince Gill, Keb'Mo, Jonny Lang, Taj Mahal, Robert Cray and many more.

It's hard to believe that 2010 marks 50 years since Lee Ritenour starting playing the ...

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Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 4 (Unhinged Edition)

Source: Something Else!
June 20, 2010

The thrash-jazz music of Little Women is well off the wall.By PicoIt's time again to take a walk on the wide side. Anybody who plays that unpredictable, elaborate and passionate music called jazz has my eternal respect. If they play it in new and unconventional ways, well, that's usually a bonus to me. And if they toil in relative obscurity to pursue this particular passion, then these guys are real heroes in my book.

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Older People Buy More Albums. What Does This Mean for Musicians?

Source: We All Make Music
June 20, 2010

According to legendary producer David Foster “adults don't steal" because they “don't know how."

In context, this quote from The Boston Globe is 100% accurate.

Older people don't steal music like younger people do. Many of them don't know how, as Foster says, and those that do know how aren't really comfortable with the whole concept. According to Foster, they still want to “put the CD in the case, put the CD in the library" and a non-tangible, electronically-stored download ...

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Review: Jason Moran's "Ten"

Source: Michael Ricci
June 19, 2010

June 15th, 2010 - IMN Update:

Jason Moran's New Jazz Testament

By: K. Leander Williams Published: June 15, 2010

The jazz grind was much the same as it is today when Bandwagon, pianist Jason Moran's trio with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, formed in late 1999, spun out of Blue Note Records' Greg Osby-led youth-movement band New Directions. Jazzers had been functioning in a commercially hostile marketplace for decades, so it was no ...

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Chris Washburne and the Syotos Band 20th Anniversary and Record Release Party!

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 21, 2010

Be part of the longest running Latin gig in NYC!

Next week is a very special one for the SYOTOS band as they are celebrating their 20th anniversary as well as the release of your fifth recording on Jazzheads records ("Fields of Moons"). We would like to invite you to come and celebrate with us.They will be performing at the Zinc Bar (82 West 3rd Street (btw Thompson & Sullivan) Greenwich Village New York NY 10012 tel. 212-477-ZINC (9462) on ...

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Recent Listening: Charlap and Rosnes

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 20, 2010

Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes, Double Portrait (Blue Note). When Charlap and Rosnes married in 2007, it was logical to expect that an album of duets would follow. Now, it's here, the collaboration of two of the most complete pianists in any genre of music. Considerations of domestic compatibility aside, piano duos that involve improvisation demand aspects of musicianship that go beyond technical ability. Among them is the capacity to anticipate and accommodate the partner's harmonic thinking and rhythmic proclivities. ...

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Arnett Cobb: The Eely One

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 21, 2010

Back before electric guitarists were down on their knees in stadiums playing competing rock solos, tough tenors roamed the planet. And in the 1950s and early 1960s, tenor saxophonists were plenty tough and competitive. Most came out of the r&b experience of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Hot r&b bands of the day included ones led by Lionel Hampton, Bull Moose Jackson, Tiny Grimes and Earl Bostic. The list of tough tenors starts with Coleman Hawkins and includes Gene ...

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