Recording News

Resonance Records to Release "The Mastery of Passion" - A Rare Collection of All Star Recordings from Keyboardist Harris Simon

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

Heirloom Series Release Features Special Guests Michael Brecker and Claudio Roditi As a 21-year-old wunderkind, pianist-composer-arranger Harris Simon went into the studio in March of 1978 to record his first recording under his own name. Produced by George Klabin and Jeff Kaufman, New York Connection featured an all-star cast including tenor sax titan Michael Brecker, Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist-flutist Joe Farrell, Uruguyan keyboardist Hugo Fattoruso, bassist Mike Richmond, guitarist Bill Washer and Brazilian drummer Portinho. Two years later, Simon ...

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Resonance Records to Release Swedish Guitarist Andreas OBerg's "Six String Evolution" with John Patitucci, Lewis Nash, Dave Kikoski and Darmon Meader

Source: DL Media
March 27, 2010

Resonance Records To Release Swedish Guitarist Andreas Oberg's Six String Evolution Oberg's Sophomore Release For The Label Features An All-Star Lineup Of John Patitucci, Lewis Nash, Dave Kikoski & Darmon Meader

Andreas Oberg is quickly becoming one of the most admired jazz guitar players on the planet, and Six String Evolution, his second CD for Resonance Records, represents yet another remarkable step in his international ascendance.

Don Heckman, writing in the Los Angeles Times, has noted that “berg has mastered ...

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Prolific Saxophonist/Composer Ivo Perelman Celebrates 20 Year Career with Eight New Releases

Source: DL Media
March 27, 2010

Prolific Saxophonist/Composer Ivo Perelman Celebrates 20 Year Career With Eight New Releases “...an entire new school of jazz..., unique genius..."Gunther Schuller, composer, conductor, jazz historian “...a sound as passionately effusive as Ivo Perelman's is at once original, uncommon, and undeniable." --All About Jazz“One of the most distinctive and imposing tenor sax voices to come along in years."--DownBeatThe 20th year of saxophonist Ivo Perelman's prodigious career ...

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Rob Mazurek - Special

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

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Robert Plant Album/Tour with Patty Griffin, Darrell Scott and More

Source: JamBase
March 27, 2010

ROBERT PLANT AND THE BAND OF JOY TO TOUR U.S.A. JULY SHOWS TO INCLUDE MATERIAL FROM NEW ROUNDER ALBUM

Robert Plant Robert Plant has confirmed a 12 city North American tour. Beginning in July, this first leg of shows, which will be followed by further dates in the fall, will preview material from a new album. Featuring a diverse group of musicians - Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi-instrumentalist/vocals; Byron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals; including ...

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Red Trio (Clean Feed)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 26, 2010

An exact corollary between the RED Trio and the color crimson remains unclear. One possible connection is the manner in which this Portuguese threesome pushes the limits of their instruments as sound generators. The figurative effect is akin to a needle gauge tipping over thrillingly into the red, though that imagery is not to suggest that they're obsessed with bombast, speed and bluster. The dynamic range mapped on the disc's six pieces is cavernously deep and wide. Pianist Pandelis Karayorgis, ...

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Jakob Dylan Gets Help on New Album from T Bone Burnett, Neko Case

Source: Michael Ricci
March 26, 2010

Songwriting can be viewed as a sort of alchemy, a process through which a musician creates something rare and valuable -- whether personally, artistically or commercially -- out of the base materials of everyday life. Jakob Dylan's forthcoming album, Women and Country, is a glittering example, something that began with only the slightest shred of raw material, in this case, one unrecorded song he'd written, not for himself, but with Glen Campbell in mind. After Dylan played it for producer ...

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CD Review: The Bird and the Bee, "Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates"

Source: Pop Dose
March 26, 2010

f there is anything to be said of The Bird and the Bee; it is that they certainly are aware of their aesthetic; and they play to it with great aplomb. If the success of the groups paring of said vision with the Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever classic How Deep is Your Love is any indication, it is little wonder that the group has chosen to record an entire album of covers. Having already exploited the blue-eyed soul of the ...

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