Recording News

Reviews of Jeff Beck Concert, Larry Johnson CD Now Online

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 2, 2010

Just a quick note about a couple of reviews of interest: Guitarist Jeff Beck was in St. Louis last night to perform at the Fox Theatre, and Dan Duchholz reviewed the show for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. You can read the review online here.Also, St. Louis saxophonist Larry Johnson's debut CD Circles was reviewed recently for AllAboutJazz.com by Nicholas F. Mondello, who called it “an enjoyable effort by a very talented saxophone artist." You can read ...

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Jimmy Bennington Trio - Symbols Strings and Magic (Cimp)

Source: Master of a Small House
May 2, 2010

A decade's worth of demos. Such was the gauntlet drummer Jimmy Bennington describes that led to his CIMP debut. Where others might cling to lingering frustration or ire in the wake of such a rigorous set of paces, Bennington's sketch of the anecdote is almost matter-of-fact. Part of that might be because his patient persistence paid off, but there's plenty of evidence that an even-keel attitude is simply indicative of his make-up. The last demo actually became a release on ...

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Row: Sukrii Tunar (Halan)

Source: Master of a Small House
May 2, 2010

The undisputed clarinet king of 20th century Turkish music, Sukrii Tunar came from incongruously modest beginnings. His first instrument as a child was the kaval (tin flute), though he switched to G-clarinet after pestering his parents to buy him one at the age of seven. At fourteen, Tunar's father and uncles joined the army and he took up arduous work in the stove business, playing music in local ensembles on the side as time permitted. An auspicious audition for Istanbul ...

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The Wide, Wild, Wonderful World of Satoko Fujii: Her Last 5 Releases (2009, 2010)

Source: Something Else!
May 2, 2010

By Pico Since starting up this site about four years ago, we've taken a look at a Japanese whack jazzer only once, but the fact of the matter is, the Land of the Rising Sun is a haven for music that's unconventional, unpredictable and thriving on the edge. For this post, we'll make up for lost time, and we only have to fix our gaze at just one artist: Satoko Fujii.Satoko Fujii is a relative newcomer ...

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Deep Cuts: Steely Dan "Here at the Western World" (1976)

Source: Something Else!
May 2, 2010

By PicoYou know the story: a band goes in the studio to records tracks for an album and finds they recorded more than what they needed for that record, so they leave one or two tracks off of it. You've also seen this play out: a major act comes out with a blockbuster album, so record label seeks to cash in by rushing out a “greatest hits" compilation while they wait for band's delayed follow-up. And if they ...

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Available Today -- It's About That Time, the New CD by Hot Club of Detroit on Mack Avenue Records

Source: DL Media
May 2, 2010

AVAILABLE TODAY--IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME,HOT CLUB OF DETROIT'S NEW CD ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS The family tree that traces its roots to the Quintette du Hot Club de France has sprouted countless branches across the globe in the seventy years since Django Reinhardt first jammed with Stephane Grappelli. It seems like a new city lays claim to its own Hot Club on a virtually daily basis, but the Hot Club of Detroit is undoubtedly the apple that has fallen farthest ...

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Accolades Continue for Singer-Songwriter Scott Miller's Album 'For Crying out Loud'

Source: 1888 Media
May 2, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Scott Miller is best known for non-stop touring with his band the Commonwealth, for being one of the founders of the seminal roots rock band The V-Roys and for his eight prior critically acclaimed albums including the recent Appalachian Refugee Demos. In fact, it was with proceeds from Internet sales of these demos made with a Marantz hard-disc recorder (with handmade cover art for each copy) that he financed For Crying Out Loud. The album, released ...

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New Re-Issues from Fela Kuti and Knitting Factory Records

Source: Giant Step
April 28, 2010

Our friends at Knitting Factory Records and Fela.net have announced the second set of Fela Kuti reissues, Na Poi:

These 7 CDs, which include 14 albums released primarily in the mid-70s, contain some of the most powerful music of Felas career, representing Fela and Africa 70 in their prime. In this collection, Felas political and social commentary begins to reach a boiling point with songs such as Alagbon Close, Icy Blindness, and Expensive Shit. Na Poi was banned ...

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