Recording News

Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles Collection on Hip-O Select

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

Hip-oSelect.com, under its Verve Select imprint, proudly announces the release of Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles Collection, a 16-track set that is just what the title claims: the first-ever retrospective of Ms. Hornes classic, classy singles on M-G-M Records, including her chart single Deed I Do, with most tracks on CD for the first time. James Gavin, author of the acclaimed biography Stormy Weather: The Life Of Lena Horne, co-produced the set and wrote its liner notes. (Stormy Weather ...

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Buy One CD, Get the Other for Free Feat. Mark Turner, Dave Binney, Michel Godard, Luciano Biondini and Others

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

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Buy the CD SAMO SALAMON TRIO feat. MICHEL GODARD & ROBERTO DANI: Live! (Samo Records SSCD 04, 2009), which received amazing reviews:

“Samo Salamon has recorded live successfully before, on Ela's Dream (Splasch, 2005) and Kei's Secret (Splasch, 2006). Live! is another worthy addition to a significant body of work, one that can only enhance Salamon's reputation as a distinctive composer and original guitar stylist." ALLABOUTJAZZ (Jakob Baekgaard, December 2009)

“All in all, the disc is an exceptional ...

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Tom Hamilton - Pieces for Kohn/Formal and Informal Music (1976, 1981)

Source: Something Else!
May 10, 2010

By PicoNot the bass player for Aerosmith, but a musician named “Tom Hamilton" with a more ambitious calling.For more than forty years, the nonpop New Music composer and performer Hamilton has treated music as a laboratory for experimentation, and a pioneer of using electronics for anarchistic, fringe forms of music. Tom's so far off ahead in the horizon that most musicians and listeners can't even see him. Those who can, appreciate his inquisitive nature that leads ...

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One Track Mind: Herbie Hancock "Butterfly" (1974)

Source: Something Else!
May 10, 2010

By PicoHerbie Hancock has enjoyed a long, five-decade musical career that has been both artistically and commercially fulfilling. Not many other artists can boast that of any genre, much less a jazz musician. But 2008's winner of the Album Of The Year Grammy has given us Blue Note modern jazz classics like Maiden Voyage, abstract space funk-jazz like Sextant, an early hip-hop hit in Future Shock (which contained “Rockit," another surprise Grammy winner), and nearly all shades of ...

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Utopia Records Announces Release of Music Veteran Alfonzo Blackwell's "Human Nature" Tribute to King of Pop Michael Jackson

Source: One Creative Publicist & Management
May 10, 2010

Contemporary Jazz Artist and Seasoned Producer Alfonzo Blackwell crafts a unique and timeless production and performance of Michael Jackson's classic hit “Human Nature".

New York, NY (USA) Utopia Records is pleased and honored to announce the new exclusive single-track release of “Human Nature" which was produced, arranged, performed, mixed and engineered by music veteran Alfonzo Blackwell. The multi-talented and multi-instrumentalist masterminds the orchestration of a flawless live performance on the soprano saxophone, electric bass, acoustic guitar accompanied by drum, percussion ...

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Grover Washington Jr.'s "Grover Live" Coming On May 18, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 9, 2010

Grover Live, a New CD Documenting the Late, Great Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. in a 1997 Concert With His Touring Band To Be Released on G Man Productions in May 18, 2010 The godfather of today's urban contemporary jazz scene, Grover Washington Jr., was one of the most popular and influential saxophonists of the '70s and '80s. And while he may have paved the way for such easy-listening artists as Kenny G, Najee, George Howard and Gerald Albright, none of ...

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Recent Listening: Trios. Part 1, Hal Galper

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
May 7, 2010

Hal Galper, E Pluribus Unum (Origin). You won't be hearing Galper on your favorite easy listening station. The past few years, the pianist has used sonic density, astringent harmonies, massive technique and powerful swing to build intricate edifices. Galper's music is demanding beyond even the muscular bebop he played when he was the pianist in Phil Woods' quintet. The experienced listener who brings an open mind will be drawn in by a story teller creating layers of meaning with expressed ...

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Rufus Reid - Out Front (2010)

Source: Something Else!
May 7, 2010

By PicoRufus Reid has never had the flamboyant, edgy comportment of, say, Charles Mingus, but for decades now, he's been a first-call bassist for many of the finest jazz (and even non-jazz) musicians. Making his way to the top level of bottom pluckers via stints in the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Dexter Gordon's quartet and a co-led band with Akira Tana, Reid has been the bass player guys as divergent as Stan Getz and Henry Threadgill have called ...

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