Recording News

New Album from the Ullmann-Swell Quartet is Good News for New Music Fans

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
February 16, 2010

"The voice coming from The Ullmann/Swell Quartet is saying, 'Listen, feel, and become. Don't look back. This is MUSIC OF TODAY.'" --bassist William Parker

News? No News! (Jazzwerkstatt), the second release by the Gebhard Ullmann-Steve Swell quartet, charts the ongoing development of one of the most exciting working groups in jazz today. Reed player Ullmann, trombonist Swell, bassist Hilliard Greene, and drummer Barry Altschul play with go-for-broke energy, but they are far more than a free-jazz blowing band. The compositions ...

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Debut Album by Seattle Trombonist/Composer Andy Clausen

Source: Michael Ricci
February 16, 2010

Announcing the release of the debut album by The Andy Clausen Sextet

Streaming and avaibible for purchase and download at andyclausen.com

Trombonist and Composer Andy Clausen established his sextet in 2007 with fellow members of Seattle's award winning Roosevelt High School Jazz Band to serve as a testing ground for their original compositions. The six members of the Andy Clausen Sextet and guest vocalist Emma Staake represent many of the standouts to emerge from the Roosevelt Jazz Program in recent ...

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Bernstein on the Mystery Behind the Music

Source: Michael Ricci
February 16, 2010

Imagine this: you drop onto the sofa on a Sunday afternoon, switch on the TV and see a dapper young man with a baton standing before an orchestra and demonstrating the patterns conductors use to lead music in different meters two, three, four and five beats to the bar.

He directs his players in a few examples, bits of Beethovens Ninth and Schuberts Eighth Symphonies, Prokofievs Peter and the Wolf, Waldteufels Skaters Waltz. Then he ups the ante, showing how ...

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Trumpeter Christian Scott Covers Thom Yorke on New Single

Source: On Target Media Group
February 16, 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. Click Here to Listen: http://bit.ly/ab2PxA Click Here to Buy the MP3 at iTunes: ...

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 'Preservation'

Source: Michael Ricci
February 16, 2010

The unique place the Crescent City holds in American music is evident in the breadth of guests and the utter commitment in their performances with the Preservation Hall band on this project, designed to raise money to support training and mentoring of young musicians wishing to become practitioners of the century-old musical strain known as New Orleans jazz. Preservation Hall opened in the French Quarter nearly half a century ago, its mission to keep that music alive at a time ...

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"Stax Number Ones" Collects Soul Label's Biggest Hits

Source: conqueroo
February 16, 2010

STAX NUMBER ONES COMPILATION COLLECTS CHART-TOPPING SONGS FROM THE FIRST NAME IN AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC

Included are #1 hits by Booker T. & the MGs, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Dramatics and more.

LOS ANGELES, CA - Stax Records is where Southern soul became a global force in music. The label, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, gave rise to a number of stars - many hailing from ...

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John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension to Release Its New Album to the One on April 20, 2010

Source: Abstract Logix
February 16, 2010

(New York, NY) - Fiery yet disarmingly open-hearted, the new album from John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, To The One, bravely takes on the artistic and spiritual challenges first offered by Coltrane's jazz masterpiece A Love Supreme, while making extensive use of the pioneering musical and technical vocabulary that McLaughlin has honed since the beginning of his storied career. Available via Abstract Logix on April 20, 2010, To The One is the result of a burst of inspiration that ...

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Dutch Progressive Rock Ensemble Mangrove Receive International Acclaim with New CD Release

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 16, 2010

Netherlands - When you think of Dutch progressive rock, bands like Focus, Supersister, Kayak and Earth & Fire immediately come to mind. Now with the release of their 5th CD, Dutch prog ensemble Mangrove can proudly be added to this prestigious list. Touted by as “essential listening" by Jerry Ewing of Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine, Mangrove's latest CD masterpiece 'Beyond Reality' has been garnering international praise since its release this past June. “We are very excited about the great ...

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