Recording News

Christian McBride Presents the Movement Revisted

Source: DL Media
February 13, 2010

THE MOVEMENT Revisited, A Jazz Opus by Christian McBride In Celebration of Black History Month In celebration of Black History Month, the Detroit International Jazz Festival will present THE MOVEMENT Revisited, a jazz opus by Mack Avenue recording artist and Grammy Award-winning bassist/bandleader Christian McBride, on Sunday, February 14 at 7:30pm at Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit. Dedicated to four icons of the Civil Rights Movement, McBride will perform and conduct the piece featuring the Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, the ...

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Drummer, Tabla Player and Composer Dan Weiss Releases Sunnyside Debut, "Timshel" on March 16th, 2010

Source: Fully Altered Media
February 13, 2010

In-Demand New York Drummer for Dave Binney, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition, Vijay Iyer & Many Others

One of Five Drummers to Watch (and Hear) According to NY Times Critic Ben Ratliff Release Date: March 16, 2010

Album Features: Jacob Sacks & Thomas Morgan (+ Jack Lemmon cameo)

Timshel, meaning Thou Mayest, is a Hebrew word which challenges the traditional biblical phrase, Thou Shalt. I came across this word as I read John Steinbeck's ...

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Red Garland and Charlie Parker

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 13, 2010

Charlie Parker and pianist Red Garland played together several times at clubs between 1947 and 1949 in Philadelphia and again in Boston in the early 1950s. But despite their many gigs, only four known tracks exist of Parker and Garland playing on the same date. These tracks are from a Boston radio broadcast in March 1953. The recordings represent the merging of two Midwestern players, both of whom were influenced by the same saxophonist and were deeply rooted in the ...

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Thad Jones: Chairman of the Board

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 13, 2010

Thad Jones' big band arrangements sneak up on you. They're crafty, they swing and they get the job done in a playful way, often on melodic tippy toes. From his earliest recorded chart for Count Basie (he shared credit for arranging Move in 1956) right on through his expansive work with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Jones employed a light, jaunty touch and instrument combination that engaged your heart as well as your foot. When I asked Basie trombonist Benny ...

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Balkan Beat Box: Album/Tour

Source: JamBase
February 12, 2010

Balkan Beat Box's Blue Eyes Black Boy Out April 27 March Tour Dates Confirmed

Balkan Beat Box Balkan Beat Box's highly anticipated new set, Blue Eyed Black Boy, is due out April 27 on Nat Geo Music. The album follows 2007's Nu Med.

Blue Eyed Black Boy was recorded in Tel Aviv and Belgrade in the midst of anti-Kosovo riots.

“It was a very tense atmosphere, but we were in our studio, away from all that, translating that intense energy ...

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Vision Quest: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Release New Album Inspired by Painters

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
February 12, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson

Jazz at Lincoln Center recently remounted its 'Jazz and Art' program to celebrate the release of 'Portrait in Seven Shades',' which features a long-form composition in seven parts composed by sax virtuoso Ted Nash. On the first night of the run, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra played the music in its entirety, with Nash introducing the tunes and talking about the art and the artists that inspired it. As the band played, the art by Van Gogh, ...

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The Wee Trio Announces the Release Of: Capitol Diner Vol. 2 Animal Style

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 12, 2010

THE WEE TRIO announces the release of CAPITOL DINER VOL. 2 ANIMAL STYLE (March 23, 2010 on Bionic Records) and a national tour in support of the new recording. The Wee Trio is: James Westfall (vibes), Dan Loomis (bass) + Jared Schonig (drums) Hailed by critics as “the ambassadors of the genre's future," praised for “stirring up jazz you don't have to be old to enjoy," and credited for delivering “lightning in a bottle," The Wee Trio, featuring James Westfall ...

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Mulatu Astatke: New Album

Source: JamBase
February 11, 2010

MULATU ASTATKE TO RELEASE MULATU STEPS AHEAD THIS SPRING

Mulatu Astatke Following his acclaimed Inspiration Information collaboration with The Heliocentrics, the Father of Ethio jazz Mulatu Astatke presents his brand new studio album, Mulatu Steps Ahead, this Spring.

The album explores new directions in fusions of Western jazz with Ethiopian modes, moving forward the pioneering sound Mulatu developed during the '60s and '70s, showcased on the recent Strut compilation New York - Addis - London. For the new album, tracks ...

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