Recording News

Otis Redding's 2-CD 'Live on the Sunset Strip' from 1966 Readied by Stax Records

Source: conqueroo
April 12, 2010

Three full sets available in their entirety for the first time, with digital remastering and extensive liner notes

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In 1966, Otis Redding had emerged not only as the star of Stax Records but as one of nation's most influential soul singers. With his version of “Satisfaction" climbing the charts in April 1966, Redding arrived in Los Angeles to play both the Hollywood Bowl (as part of a KHJ-AM listener appreciation concert that also featured Donovan, Sonny ...

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Hear Martin Taylor's New Album on AAJ

Source: Michael Ricci
April 12, 2010

If you can imagine the ideal soundtrack to driving through the scented country roads of France on a hot lazy summer's day then it would be the music of Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django. To mark the 100th Anniversary of the birth of one of the founders of European jazz Django Reinhardt, Martin Taylor has reformed his award winning group Spirit of Django after a 15 year hiatus for the new album, 'Last Train to Hauteville'. Martin Taylor first came ...

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Erik Telford - Kinetic (2010)

Source: Something Else!
April 12, 2010

By Pico We all know that Austin, TX is a hotbed for music, with so many artists located there to take advantage of its vibrant scene. Normally when we think of Austin music, blues-rock, roots, folk and singer-songwriter acts come to mind, like The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Eric Johnson, Monte Montgomery, Marcia Ball and James McMurtry, just to scrape the tip of the iceberg. But the capital of Texas is also home to so much more styles of music. When it ...

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Deep Cuts: Jackson Browne "Here Come Those Tears Again" (1975)

Source: Something Else!
April 12, 2010

By PicoRock stars whose dad jammed with Django Reinhardt when said rock star was an infant, and dated Nico not long after after high school deserve my eternal respect and admiration, but as far as I know, only Jackson Browne falls into that category. It was only years later when he begun to make his own records and those first three (Jackson Browne, For Everyman and Late For The Sky) are generally regarded as his best. But I ...

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Myron Walden's Youthful Inspiration Reborn

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2010

NYC sax man Myron Walden departs from the standard jazz idiom with Myron Walden Countryfied (out in June from Demi Sound Records), a funky, down-home project where “lithe, Southern soul-drenched melodies" (JazzTimes) meet a little blues and rock and roll. An early Countryfied performance at NYC venue Pianos showed the sheer energy of the group. Countryfied, Walden says, is “down-home music. Nod your head, tap your foot, say 'Amen.' From the first bar, we're in the groove." Countryfied results from ...

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Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is Naturally Funky

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2010

Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews comes by his funky New Orleans musical style by nature and nurture. The 24-year-old's homegrown blend of rock, R and funk, as featured on his new album “Backatown" (Verve, April 20), is not only a product of the 6th Ward neighborhood known as Trem; it also comes out of a long family tradition of NOLA music-making. Shorty's grandfather, Jessie Hill, was a legendary R singer and songwriter best known for the classic top 40 hit, “Ooh ...

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Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy, Plus a Bonus from Fareed Haque! (2010)

Source: Something Else!
April 11, 2010

By PicoRight about a year and a half ago, jam band extraordinaire Garaj Mahal wowed us with their nimble, creative offering w00t, which made 2008's “Best Of" list of fusion records, and contained a killer track I thought topped all other songs in the fusion jazz category. Now in their tenth year of existence, this quartet of jazz-rock-world music maestros recently followed up with another CD More Mr. Nice Guy (on sale since March 9), an album that ...

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"SGT. Pepper's," "Rubber Soul" Remasters Due in Sept.

Source: All About Jazz
April 11, 2010

On September 9, 2009, after a nearly 22-year wait, digitally remastered versions of all of the Beatles studio albums will be released.

Each album will feature the track listings and artwork as it was originally released in the U.K. and come with expanded booklets including original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited time, each of the Fab Fours 12 proper albums will be embedded with a brief documentary about its making. The rereleases will include ...

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