Recording News

Sandro Dominelli: Jazz Trio Finds a Cool Synergy

Source: Michael Ricci
February 18, 2010

The Alvo Sessions Sandro Dominelli (Self Produced) Rating 4 (out of five) By Roger Levesque Just last week I was watching Edmonton's Sandro Dominelli behind a drum set, making it happen for two players from New York. I wondered: was there a specific moment when he hit that critical point that separates apprentices from veterans? It's the point where making jazz ceases to be a conscious effort and becomes more of a subconscious impulse to shape ...

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Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings: New Album and Tour

Source: JamBase
February 18, 2010

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Announce Tour Dates I Learned The Hard Way Out April 6

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have announced an extensive U.S. Tour highlighted by two record release parties at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City in support of their upcoming release.

On April 6, 2010 the band will release I Learned the Hard Way, their fourth full-length on Brooklyn's independent Daptone Records. The record marks a ...

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Concord Unveils Original Jazz Classics Remasters Series

Source: DL Media
February 18, 2010

CONCORD UNVEILS ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS REMASTERS SERIES 24-BIT REMASTERING BRINGS NEW CLARITY AND DEPTH TO CLASSIC RECORDINGS FIRST FIVE TITLES SET FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 30, 2010In the tradition of its highly lauded Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Series of classic Prestige recordings, Concord Music Group has dug into the vaults once again to create a new series of jazz reissues. The Original Jazz Classics Remasters series, scheduled for launch on March 30, showcases some ...

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Sade's 'Soldier' Sets the Tally Ablaze

Source: Michael Ricci
February 18, 2010

With it's first album of new material in a decade, Sade's “Soldier of Love" doesn't miss a beat. The set marches to the top of the U.S. tally, and has an impressive hold on the pole position. With 502,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Sade's minimalist, slow-burning soul scores the young year's top debut.

Led by vocalist Sade Adu, “Soldier of Love" taps the same adult market Sony Music reached so well at the end of 2009 with Susan ...

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John McLaughlin: New Album

Source: JamBase
February 17, 2010

John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension to Release To The One on April 20

John McLaughlin The new album from John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, To The One, takes on the artistic and spiritual challenges first offered by Coltrane's jazz masterpiece A Love Supreme, while making use of the pioneering musical and technical vocabulary that McLaughlin has honed since the beginning of his career.

Available via Abstract Logix on April 20, 2010, To The One is the result of ...

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Trumpeter Christian Scott Covers Thom Yorke on New Single

Source: On Target Media Group
February 17, 2010

Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott has released the first single from his upcoming new album. Recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder (John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock), the new track is Christian's jazz interpretation of “The Eraser" - originally penned by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.

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Christian's new album Yesterday You Said Tomorrow is scheduled ...

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Klezmer Conservatory Bassist Jim Guttmann Ranges from Klezmer to Clave on His Debut Release as a Leader

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
February 16, 2010

Jim Guttmann takes on the Jewish and Klezmer repertory with abundant humor, passion, and a refreshing dose of over-the-top rowdiness." --Dr. Hankus Netsky, Founder and Artistic Director, Klezmer Conservatory Band Bessarabian Breakdown (Kleztone Records) has been a long time coming. For more than 30 years, bassist Jim Guttmann, best known as the anchor man in the Klezmer Conservatory Band, has played everything from klezmer to jazz to bluegrass to classical, but always in the bands of other people. Now he ...

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Saxophonist Oleg Kireyev and Pianist Keith Javors Debut New Project "Rhyme and Reason" with Striking CD

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
February 16, 2010

AVAILABLE INTERNATIONALLY ON APRIL 13 ON INARHYME RECORDS“Oleg Kireyev, Keith Javors, Boris Kozlov, and E.J. Strickland have created a memorable modern mainstream jazz set that also mixes together aspects of Oleg's Russian heritage, many adventurous moments, and subtle unpredictability. It is this type of forward-looking recording that grows in interest with each listen and is a perfect example of 21st century jazz." --Scott Yanow, author and jazz critic

Inarhyme Records is pleased to announce the April 13, 2010 ...

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