Recording News

Dave Holland Octet: New Album

Source: JamBase
February 5, 2010

DAVE HOLLAND OCTET DEBUT RECORDING PATHWAYS AVAILABLE MARCH 23

Dave Holland A master of tone and rhythm; bassist, composer, and band leader Dave Holland is now in his fifth decade as a performer. Though he got his big break from Miles Davis - with whom he played during the trumpet legend's epochal Bitches Brew period, and collaborated with the biggest names in jazz - it is Holland's own contributions as leader and composer that have established him as a jazz ...

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Acclaimed Flutist Holly Hofmann Celebrates Release of New Capri CD Three's Company with February - April Performances

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
February 5, 2010

“Holly Hofmann possesses one of the most exquisite flute tones in jazz. She also demonstrates a sure technique, inventive ideas, a secure sense of swing and a broad emotional range." -- David Franklin, JazzTimes

“Hearing Bill Cunliffe on CD is always a major treat... his playing is inventive, melodic, and soulful." -- Ernie Rideout, Keyboard Magazine

The acclaimed flutist Holly Hofmann celebrates the release of her new Capri CD “Three's Company" with performances:

February 12 - 14 Newport Beach ...

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Kelley Suttenfield Celebrates New CD Where is Love?

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 -- Vocalist Kelley Suttenfield will celebrate the release of new CD Where Is Love? on March 1, 2010 at Barnes & Noble, and July 29, 2010 at Kitano in New York, NY. Monday March 1, 2010, 6-7pm BARNES & NOBLE Mini-CD Release and signing!!! Cool Mondays Series 1972 Broadway (@ 66th Street) New York, NY FREE CONCERT

Thursday, July 29, 2010, 8pm & ...

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Collectors' Choice Introduces CCM Live Label

Source: Michael Ricci
February 5, 2010

COLLECTORS' CHOICE MUSIC LIVE LABEL TO MINE THE BEST RARE AND UNISSUED LIVE PERFORMANCES: CD series launches with Johnny Winter, Hot Tuna, Poco and John Denver

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Collectors' Choice Music, the label that's come to be known for compelling and often unexpected CD reissues, has announced the launch of Collectors' Choice Music Live, a new label devoted to releasing great live performances, most of which have never previously been commercially available.

The series will launch April 20 ...

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CD Review: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, "Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall"

Source: Pop Dose
February 5, 2010

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has always been rooted in tradition, and at this point, the group is a tradition itself to the point that quite a few of its albums are compilations with the kind of sepia-toned artwork usually reserved for artists who have been dead for decades.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the band has enjoyed an artistic renaissance over the last decade, and the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina whose destruction forced the ...

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Sade Returns with Beauty and Mystery

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2010

Sade, “Soldier of Love". Like a long-ago lover not quite forgotten, Sade has returned to steal our hearts with more beautiful, uncategorizable music.

It's been 10 years since her last album, a fatal hiatus for almost any other artist, but just another hibernation for a woman whose disdain for fame only deepens our fascination. Sade's voice sounds unchanged, a unique emotional instrument that conjures visions of rain-streaked windows and windblown streets. Her topics love, loss, sorrow, strength remain the ...

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Fania Records Presents "Joe Cuba: El Alcalde Del Barrio" (2xcd) out February 23

Source: Press Junkie PR
February 5, 2010

FANIA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF A DELUXE 2-DISC 34-TRACK BOX SET OF THE LATE LEGENDARY JOE CUBA: A MAN AND HIS MUSIC: EL ALCALDE DEL BARRIO

New York, NY -- Fania Records announcedthe release of a deluxe 2-disc, 34-track box set of the father of Latin Boogaloo, Joe Cuba. This release is scheduled for February 23, 2010 and commemorates one-year after the passing of this legend. Joe Cuba: A Man and His Music: El Alcalde Del Barrio is a truly ...

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Billboard World Song Contest Winning Songwriter / Violinist Catya Mare Releases New Album

Source: Michael Ricci
February 5, 2010

Catya Mare, winner of the Billboard World Song Contest and the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Award 2009, will release her much anticipated new album Destination Love worldwide on February 8th, 2010. This uplifting, touching and soul-caressing CD will be available from every major digital music outlet, such as iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. Destination Love picks up where Catya Mare's previous critically acclaimed album, Remembering The Day, left off. More upbeat than her last album and with even more ...

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