Recording News

April 25 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe Trombonist/Composer Mike Fahie - CD Release Party/Performance for Anima

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 19, 2010

April 25 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe Trombonist/Composer Mike Fahie - CD Release Party/Performance for Anima, his Debut CD on BJURecords

Mike Fahie (trombone), Bill McHenry (tenor sax), Ben Monder (guitar), TBA (bass & drums)ANIMA, Featuring Fahie with Bill McHenry, Ben Monder, Ben Street and Billy Hart - available March 30 on BJURecords.com

On April 25, 2010 Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records artist, trombonist/composer, Mike Fahie (pronounced “fay"), celebrates his debut recording, Anima at The Cornelia Street Cafe (ONE NIGHT only) ...

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Ray Charles: New Jazz Collection

Source: JamBase
March 18, 2010

Ray Charles' Genius + Soul = Jazz is Centerpiece of 2-CD Deluxe Edition Retrospective of the Artist's Jazz Recordings of the '60s and '70s

Ray Charles Ray Charles was best known for his work in the idioms of R&B, rock 'n' roll and even successful forays into country. But he also recorded influential jazz albums, including the groundbreaking Genius + Soul = Jazz originally released in 1961, and continuing into the '70s with My Kind of Jazz, Jazz ...

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Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune (Experience Hendrix)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 18, 2010

Please excuse the prevalence of first-person commentary in this piece, but it just seems the smoother route to go in describing my personal reactions to this release. The commodification of Hendrix continues with this latest posthumous collection of odds and sods on the Sony-licensed Experience Hendrix imprint. I've lost track of the legal-wrangling within and without the Hendrix family and at this late date it really doesn't matter that much. A few truly revelatory releases have surfaced under the Dagger ...

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Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider

Source: DL Media
March 18, 2010

AVAILABLE NOW ON ARTISTSHAREVERTICAL VOICES: THE MUSIC OF MARIA SCHNEIDERJULIA DOLLISON AND KERRY MARSH “What these two stellar musicians have done here is nothing short of amazing. What an extraordinary combination of talent, ambition and heart! I'm most impressed."- Maria Schneider When vocalists Julia Dollison and Kerry Marsh first proposed the concept of their new ArtistShare CD Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider to the multi-Grammy Award-winning composer herself, she immediately thought ...

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Curtis Clark Trio - Taagi (No Business)

Source: Master of a Small House
March 17, 2010

As was the lot of his mentor Horace Tapscott, pianist Curtis Clark's career continues to unfold largely outside the jazz celebrity limelight. That disparity in popularity relative to talent and activity hasn't slowed him down over the years. Clark's reliably sought out unconventional collaborators both domestic and abroad and managed to build a modest discography through the effort. An audience of those in the know exists for his work and it's one that grows as the word continues to spread. ...

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Available Today--Saxophonist Tia Fuller's "Decisive Steps," on Mack Avenue Records

Source: DL Media
March 17, 2010

AVAILABLE TODAY ON MACK AVENUE,DECISIVE STEPS THE NEW CD BY SAXOPHONIST TIA FULLER

UPCOMING TIA FULLER QUARTET TOUR DATESIN SUPPORT OF DECISIVE STEPSMarch 26 - CD Release Party, Cecil's Jazz Club, West Orange, NJ

April 3 - Candlelight Lounge, Trenton, NJ

April 15-16 - Dazzle Jazz Club, Denver, CO

May 1 - Jazz Vespers @ Bethany Baptist Church, Newark, NJ

May 10 - Decisive Steps CD Release Party, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, New York, NY

June 12 - ...

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New Release from Jose James & Jef Neve "For All We Know" on Impulse

Source: Verve Label Group
March 17, 2010

"This record is all about capturing the moment," Jose James says of For All We Know, his upcoming Impulse! release. The album, a collaboration between James and noted Belgian pianist Jef Neve, finds the charismatic young vocalist applying his warm, rich baritone to a sterling assortment of timeless jazz and pop standards. The result is an eloquently spare, effortlessly expressive set, with James' vivid performances and the intimate duo format lending new emotional depth to such beloved classics as “Tenderly," ...

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New Release from Lucy Woodward "Hooked" on Verve Forecast

Source: Verve Label Group
March 17, 2010

"I wanted to make a modern-day torch record," Lucy Woodward says of her Verve Records debut Hooked!, which finds the New York-bred singer-songwriter achieving a remarkable creative rebirth by reembracing her early musical roots. Woodward made her first impression on the national scene with her 2003 debut album While You Can and her bubbly pop hit “Dumb Girls." But her musical heart lies in the soulful authenticity of classic jazz, swing, R&B and Latin music, and it's those influences that ...

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