Recording News

Gorillaz Return with Plastic Beach

Source: JamBase
January 23, 2010

GORILLAZ SET TO RELEASE PLASTIC BEACH MARCH 9

Gorillaz Five years on from the release of Demon Days, Murdoc Niccals and Co. return with Plastic Beach. The band have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity. This Plastic Beach is the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet.

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Weekend Listening: Hadley Caliman

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 23, 2010

A few days into his 79th year, tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman is thriving in the Pacific Northwest, starring in the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and leading his own group. As a high school youngster, Haliman was a part of the yeasty Los Angeles jazz community of the late 1940s and early '50s. After college, he went on to record extensively and work with musicians as varied as Gerald Wilson, Don Ellis, Freddie Hubbard, Santana and The Grateful Dead. Jim Wilke ...

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On March 9, 2010 - Motema Music Will Release Rufus Reid's out Front Featuring Steve Allee and Duduka Da Fonseca

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 24, 2010

On March 9, 2010 - Motema Music will release RUFUS REID'S OUT FRONTFeaturing Steve Allee and Duduka Da Fonseca“Reid is the man to call for any musical situation that demands both the utmost skill and impeccable taste...his luscious sound and buoyant swing can levitate an ensemble clear off the bandstand." - The New Yorker-    “His work is a virtual catalog of modern bass technique, tempered by his infallible musicianship.  The man has taste...he consistently offers up ...

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John Evans & Dream Take #1 Spot on CD Baby's Top Selling Jazz Albums Chart

Source: Michael Ricci
January 22, 2010

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Peter Frampton Album: Thank You Mr. Churchill

Source: JamBase
January 22, 2010

PETER FRAMPTON TO RELEASE THANK YOU MR. CHURCHILL APRIL 27

Peter Frampton Following his Grammy Award-winning instrumental album, 2006's Fingerprints, Peter Frampton returns this spring with Thank You Mr. Churchill (A&M/New Door/UMe) on April 27, his most personal collection to date.

The 11-song set, co-produced and co-engineered by Frampton, features the legendary guitarist at his most incisive lyrically as he tackles the battles that wage within us and the outside forces that rage around us. His searing guitar work flows ...

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CDs of Note... (Revised Release Date)

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
January 22, 2010

The David Leonhardt Trio, Bach to the Blues (Big Bang) If you love jazz and classical--and have ears that are open improvisation on some of the great classical works, this one's for you. Pianist David Leonhardt, bassist Matthew Parrish and drummer Alvester Garnett have done an excellent job of building the musical bridge here. The swing and rhythmic openness of their jazz and blues approach brings out new facets in the pieces. Even some clav finds its way into ...

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Pianists: Matthew Shipp and Greg Reitan

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 22, 2010

Why consider in the same piece albums by pianists as unalike as Matthew Shipp and Greg Reitan? Because in different ways the ghost of Bud Powell informs their music; because pairing them may lead partisans of one to listen to the other and find unexpected rewards; because the profound dissimilarity between the iconoclast Shipp and the modern traditionalist Reitan typifies the wide variety of satisfactions to be found in jazz; and because they are more or less simultaneously releasing new ...

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Pianist Klay D-C Weaves Fusion Rhythms with Ritmo

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
January 21, 2010

Raised in the 60s by free-spirited artists living like gypsies in picturesque locations like Cheyene Walk, Chelsea or Cornwall, Klay D-C (AKA Klay Dumas-Copas) is a master of creating musical tapestries that are full of flavor and life. His latest solo release, Ritmo, is a magical musical journey that combines technical prowess with an ear for colorful melodies.

A natural storyteller, the first track, “Mungabunga," introduces us to a soft acoustic piano before blossoming into a wiggy, upbeat number garnished ...

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