Recording News

Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis and French Accordionist Richard Galliano Pay Tribute to Legendary Jazz Vocalists Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf

Source: Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc.
June 3, 2010

The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac

New Live Concert Recording and DVD Available June 22nd

In the summer of 2008 multiple Grammy award winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis and his quintet teamed-up with French accordionist Richard Galliano at the annual Jazz in Marciac festival in southern France to pay tribute to the late jazz legends Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf.

The result is a live recording (CD/DVD deluxe ...

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Koby Hayon Trio New Release - "Gemini" with Kermit Driscoll & Jerome Morris

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Israeli Guitarist and composer Koby Hayon releases debut CD “Gemini"

Koby Hayon was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1999, Koby moved to Tel-Aviv to pursue his musical career, and played as a jazz guitar player in many different groups in venues throughout Israel . In 2001, Hayon moved to the United States, where he earned his BM in Jazz Studies at SUNY Purchase.

In Hayon's compositions, he fuses his heritage with his vast musical training by writing materials ...

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Hakan Brostrom Quartet Featuring Joey Calderazzo- "Refraction" CD & MP3 Download Release

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Art of Life Records is pleased to present alto/soprano saxophonist and composer Hkan Brostrm's recording debut for Art of Life Records. Joining Hkan on “Refraction" are pianist Joey Calderazzo (Branford Marsalis), drummer Daniel Fredriksson and acoustic bassist Martin Sjstedt. The album features a version of the song “Nothing Personal" written by pianist Don Grolnick which originally appeared on saxophonist Michael Brecker's self-titled recording debut in addition to a version of the song “See Saw" written by pianist Richie Beirach. Pianist ...

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Sergio Mendes' 'Bom Tempo' & 'Bom Tempo Brasil

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Earlier this year the great Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil toured the United States performing what he referred to at UCLA's Royce Hall as a “very simple concert": vocals, cello and two guitars.

Gil's contemporary Sergio Mendes takes the opposite tack on his new album, which features busy interpretations of tunes by Gil, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben Jor and other Brazilian songwriters. Where Gil's tour demonstrated the writerly sophistication and architectural elegance of much of his country's music, “Bom Tempo" ...

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Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Release Part of Miles Davis Birthday Celebration!

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2010

Bitches Brew, Miles Davis' groundbreaking double-LP of 1969, whose 40th anniversary will be celebrated with two separate retail packages, both released August 31st.

Bitches Brew: Legacy Edition A three-disc set, comprising two CDs that contain the original 94-plus minutes of music, in their original 8-track studio mixes unavailable on CD for many years, plus several bonus cuts; and a DVD that contains a previously unissued concert performance by the Miles Davis Quintet filmed in Copenhagen, November 1969.

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The Nels Cline Singers - Initiate (2010)

Source: Something Else!
June 2, 2010

By PicoMultiple personality disorder is considered an affliction among the mentally disabled, but when it comes to the artistry of that unquenchable, multidimensional guitarist Nels Cline, it's the very thing that makes him such an unpredictably compelling musician. Each time I've audited a new record of his, like his celebration of the music of Andrew Hill or another genre-bending effort by his Nels Cline Singers, it's always been an intriguing experience. He uses genres interchangeably as a means ...

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George Brooks Summit Releases New CD Spirit and Spice from Earth Brother Music on July 3rd, 2010.

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 2, 2010

With the release of Spirit and Spice saxophonist/composer George Brooks creates a colorful tapestry, weaving together the rich traditions of jazz and Indian classical music. The confluence of these two powerful improvised forms, with liberal doses of funk, blues and contemporary minimalism have been at the core of his musical language for the past thirty years. Brooks says “Bringing together accomplished jazz musicians with master classical Indian artists is one of the great pleasures and successes of my work as ...

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Tenor Saxophonist, Bass Clarinetist, and Alto Flautist Domenic Landolf Releases New CD New Brighton on Pirouet Records.

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 2, 2010

Domenic Landolf - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute

A voice in the twilight. It whispers. It speaks with quiet urgency. It sounds soft, gentle, circumspect. It expresses itself as if it had all the time in the world, without having to force or rush a single phrase. Its tone is pensive, melancholy, detached. It speaks with a self-confidence that knows it needs no histrionics. You hear the voice even when it is completely ...

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