Recording News

Skope Magazine Review of Gail Marten's "in Love Again"

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2010

"Never let me go," Gail Marten sings in the opening track of her album, In Love Again. But she's not just singing, she's pleading. And you're not just listening idly; you're transfixed and fascinated by the voice in your ears, a voice of maturity and depth, smooth and airy, the voice of someone who knows a lot more than you do. The songs are ripe with emotion, and not just from Marten herself. For instance, “Never Let Me Go" and ...

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"Transient Journey," New CD by Trumpeter/Composer Pharez Whitted, Due 4/13

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 23, 2010

Given the mastery exhibited by Pharez Whitted as a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader on his forthcoming CD Transient Journey, it's difficult to believe that the disc is only his third in a long and active career. But the CD, due from Owl Studios on April 13, heralds the dawn of a new era for the Chicago-based musician/educator: Whitted has arrived as a major jazz recording artist. “I'm especially happy to see this new record from Pharez because of how strongly ...

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Nette Robinson's Little Big Band Album Launch

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

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Review: At 82 Mose Allison Sings Like a Sage

Source: All About Jazz
March 22, 2010

Mose Allison, “The Way Of The World" (Anti-) At age 82, Mose Allison is not about to change. He's still an unclassifiable classicist who would find a single musical genre as confining as being limited to one octave on his piano. And so he bridges the divides between the blues, pop and jazz on “The Way Of The World," his first studio album in 12 years. The common denominator on the 12 cuts is the joy with which ...

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Free Download of Funky Butt Brass Band Now Online at archive.org

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 22, 2010

The Funky Butt Brass Band has put online a recording of their performance last Saturday night at Jazz at the Bistro, and you can download it for free from Archive.org.The download includes a number of the FBBB's staples, as well as versions of “It's All Over Now" and “Where Y'At?" with guest solos from trumpeters Sean Jones and Marcus Printup of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, who played earlier that same evening around the corner at the ...

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David Haney: Two New CDs and June Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2010

Live from Yoshi's David Collective Cadence Jazz Records featuring John Tchicai, Duck Baker, Mat Marucci, Adam Lane, and Rob Scheps.

Blue Flint Girl David Haney Trio C.I.M.P. Records featuring Michael Biseo and Adam Lane.

David Haney grew up in Calgary, Canada and has come onto the scene in the past few years with a prolific, well received series of recordings for Cadence Jazz and CIMP. He is in ...

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Saxophonist/Composer Dan Pratt and His Organ Quartet Release New CD Titled "Toe the Line" on Posi-Tone Records.

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 21, 2010

Brooklyn strikes back with a passion on the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet new release “Toe the Line." Tenor Saxophonist/Composer Dan Pratt succeeds in combining lyrical melodies with complex but elegant angular rhythmic structure to create music that evolves and mixes together the soulful swing of yesteryear along with the pocket and vibe of today's most modern sounds Pratt is joined on the date by the stunning polyphony of Hammond B-3 sensation Jared Gold, the talented and dulcet tones of trombonist ...

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Drummer/Percussionist Adriano Santos Releases New CD Titled "In Session" for Kingjazzad Music.

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 21, 2010

Musical interpretation can take many paths, and on the latest release from drummer/composer Adriano Santos titled “In Session" the paths are a many. Santos and his ensemble which is made up of David Binney on alto and soprano saxophone, Helio Alves on piano, David Ambrosio on acoustic bass, &Dende on percussion have come together to record an assortment of compositions from the finest Brazilian composers such as: Milton Nascimento, Raul Mascarenhas, Airto Moreira, Victor Assis Brasil, Toninho Horta, J.T. Meirelles ...

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