Recording News

Sergio Mendes' "Bom Tempo" and Album Remix out June 1

Source: Michael Ricci
May 17, 2010

The new release date for Sergio Mendes' upcoming album Bom Tempo has now been set for June 1st via Concord Records, which will simultaneously release Sergio's remix disc Bom Tempo Brasil . Produced by Sergio himself, Bom Tempo expands Mendes' use of color, texture and street-derived energy, highlighting his mastery of authentic Brazilian rhythms and composition. The companion remix album Bom Tempo Brasil features dance mixes of new and classic Mendes tracks from producers including Paul Oakenfold, Cutmore, Moto Blanco, ...

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Bay Area Jazz-Funk Quartet Times 4 to Release "Eclipse" June 1

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 17, 2010

Over the last seven years, Times 4 has established itself as one of the most exciting live attractions on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Whether playing major venues under their own name or opening for national touring acts on festival stages, Times 4 has made a solid impression. Their tight grooves and improvisational prowess have also translated well to disc. Times 4's third CD Eclipse, due out June 1 from their Groove Tonic Media label, finds the group ...

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New Album from Mike St-Jean & Math Rosen in Stores Now!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2010

Thursday, May 6, 2010 (Vancouver, B.C.) - Maximum Jazz is proud to announce the release of Alchemist by the group Project.

Available Tuesday, May 11 wherever you buy your music Alchemist is a collaboration between Vancouver composer and drummer Mike St-Jean and electronic artist & filmographer Math Rosen. This impressive debut is full of subtle rhythms, lush arrangements and infectious moments where keys, double bass & drums explore dynamic, tonal and energetic possibilities founded on digital samples and loops.

Throughout ...

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Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 12)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 15, 2010

"Nobody tells you nothing about anything these days." This is a line I overheard the other day at Zabar's, a local food store. The line was grunted by a senior gentleman after a friend asked him why no one had told him about a change in venue for some event. The same line can be applied to iTunes.

Tony Bennett: Movie Song Album

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 15, 2010

One of Tony Bennett's most spectacular recordings of the 1960s is The Movie Song Album. On this 1965 tribute to Hollywood, Bennett is at his artistic and vocal best, delivering deeply personal and emotionally reflective renditions of the day's movie themes. For my money, there's no finer Bennett than the singer interpreting 1960s movie and Broadway hits. I even dig Bennett on pop-rock material of the period (Something, Love Story, etc.)

But make no mistake--The Movie Song Album isn't a ...

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Jake Hertzog CD Release Party and Midwest Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

New Rising Star Jazz Guitarist Jake Hertzog Celebrates the Release of his new recording Patterns Saturday May 16, at The Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street New York, NY 10012 (212) 529-5945 7 pm and 9 pm show $15 cover

Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition Grand Prize Winner 2006 Guitarist Jake Hertzog, musical director for Nickelodeon stars, Nat and Alex ...

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Deep Cuts: Pink Floyd, "One of My Turns" (1979)

Source: Something Else!
May 15, 2010

By Nick Deriso

All apologies to Roger Waters, who's dragging it back on the road for a series of 30th anniversary concert performances, but I was never all that into Pink Floyd's “The Wall."Too much talking, not enough -- you know -- music. While working out issues in dealing with a meteoric rise to fame as an adult after losing his father in World War II as a child, Waters turned Pink Floyd into his own ...

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One Track Mind: Mose Allison "My Brain" (2010)

Source: Something Else!
May 15, 2010

By PicoOne of the most enduring singing piano players isn't Billy Joel or even Elton John. Mose Allison has been at it since Nat King Cole was dominating the charts and although he's slowed down a lot lately, the eighty-two year old was recently enticed back into the studio for the first time in a dozen years, the product of which came out last March 23. He picks up right where he left off with The Way Of ...

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