Recording News

Alfonzo Blackwell Honors Legend Icons John Coltrane & Michael Jackson

Source: Michael Ricci
March 1, 2010

Saxman/Songwriter/Producer, Alfonzo Blackwell is busy, busy, busy working hard in the studio on his 8th CD project on Utopia Records. His current release Dance To This brought listeners to the dance floor and his approach for his next project is to bring listeners the sophistication, style, class and fire that comes from the freedom that has embodied his music for 15 years now. The multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire reclines in his black leather console chair in his state-of-the-art digital recording studio ...

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50 Years Later: A Landmark Recording Session

Source: The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
February 28, 2010

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Randy Weston's signature recording session Uhuru Afrika, certainly a good time to reflect on that singular record in this Randy's 84th year on the planet.  And Im happy to report that our as-told-to book African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston, composed by Randy Weston, arranged by Willard Jenkins, will be released by Duke University Press this fall, just nine years in the making!  The lead-up to, the story of, and behind the making ...

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Egberto Gismonti to Appear on Yeahwon Shin's Artistshare Debut Recording

Source: Michael Ricci
February 28, 2010

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Jazz Star Herbie Hancock Goes Global with Album

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2010

Jazz icon Herbie Hancock has rounded up another all-star cast for the multimedia follow-up to his Grammy-winning tribute to Joni Mitchell. “The Imagine Project" aims to unite “a myriad of cultures through song and positive creative expression," according to a statement. Collaborators include pop singer Pink, guitarist Jeff Beck, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, Irish folk group the Chieftains and Colombian rocker Juanes. The self-financed album will be released on June 22 through the pianist's own Hancock Records label, and will ...

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Alan Parsons: Album and Dates

Source: JamBase
February 27, 2010

Frontiers Records Signs Alan Parsons, Releases Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid

Alan Parsons Studio wizard Alan Parsons returns with a live concert recording, Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid to be released March 19 in Europe and April 6 in the USA on Frontiers Records.

Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid was filmed and recorded at the May 14, 2004 show at Playa Mayor in Madrid, Spain. The location is a gorgeous plaza surrounded by historic ...

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Everest Captures Bygone Era of the LP on Bold Sophomore Effort, on Approach, Due April 20 on Vapor Records

Source: 1888 Media
February 27, 2010

Everest's bold sophomore LP, On Approach [due April 20 on Vapor Records], soars to new heights, and reveals a band that is both confident and unified. “We weren't a band for very long when we made Ghost Notes," admits Russell Pollard (vocals, guitar, drums, lyricist). Ghost Notes was indeed an impressive debut for the quintet, one that carved a very specific slot in the current rock 'n' roll landscape, and offered them remarkable touring opportunities alongside peers and heroes including ...

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Sandro Dominelli - Drummer Cafe Review - 5 out of 5 for "The Alvo Sessions"

Source: Michael Ricci
February 26, 2010

From Drummer Cafe From the very first stroke of the Ride cymbal, on the opening tune of The Alvo Sessions, I knew I was going to enjoy this CD. I've got to say this upfront; I really dig Sandro's cymbal and drum sounds. But as great as those instruments sound, it's the musician and what he does with those instruments that brings them to life.

The Alvo Sessions... with the lyric bass lines of Chris Tarry, along with the Indian ...

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Christian Scott Covers Thom Yorke on New Album

Source: JamBase
February 26, 2010

Grammy-nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott to Release Yesterday You Said Tomorrow March 30 on Concord Jazz

Christian Scott On March 30, star trumpeter Christian Scott will release Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, his all-new 10-song collection. The album was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey where legendary Rudy Van Gelder engineered the work. Van Gelder, who is known for his work with John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock among others, says about the new album, ...

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