Jazz News

James Taylor Digs into "Covers" This Fall

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

James Taylor will release a covers collection

Covers featuring songs from the '50s, '60s and '70s on Sept. 30 through Starbucks' Hear Music label. The album, appropriately titled Covers, will be available at both traditional retail outlets and Starbucks locations. The 12-song set finds the singer/songwriter and his “Band of Legends" tackling songs from artists such as Big Mama Thorton ("Hound Dog"), Leonard Cohen ("Suzanne") and Junior Walker & the All-Stars ("(I'm A) Road Runner") The album is Taylor's first ...

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Guitarist Eric Hofbauer Featured in the Boston Herald

Source: Improvised Communications
August 5, 2008

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Carrie Rodriguez "She Ain't Me" in Stores August 5

Source: Special Ops Media
August 5, 2008

Pigeonhole Carrie Rodriguez at your peril. Sure, she's done a lot of duets. She plays a fiddle (a mean one at that.) She's recorded songs with a pleasing, folksy twang. But don't think you know what you're getting. Not yet 30, and with a critically-acclaimed solo record and several well-received duet records in her wake, the classically trained singer/songwriter has just begun flexing her artistic muscles, still figuring out how far her talents will take her. If you're looking for ...

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Master Jazz Guitarist John Cariddi's Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

New release of “Come Together!" from Master Guitarist John Cariddi

“Come Together!" presents the debut album from master jazz guitarist John Cariddi. Produced by Gold/Platinum award winning Producer/Pianist Dennis Bell, The Album features jazz/smooth jazz covers of classic songs from the American Songbook including Marvin Gaye's “What's Goin On?", TLC's Waterfalls, James Taylor's “Fire & Rain," The Beatles “Come Together," Chick Corea's “Armando's Rhumba," and Des'ree's “You Gotta Be," in addition to three new originals from Producer Bell.

John began ...

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Sir James Galway's New Recording "O'Reilly Street" to be Released in September

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

Sony BMG Masterworks announces the first recording in a new, exclusive partnership with the world's leading flute player, Sir James Galway - O'Reilly Street, to be released on September 16 2008. The album reflects an exciting collaboration between Galway and the hot, two-time Grammy-nominated Cuban music group, Tiempo Libre, acclaimed for its high-voltage timba music, an exuberant combination of Latin jazz and Cuban son. Typical of Galway's innovative approach to both his life and his career, O'Reilly Street has an ...

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Singer/Songwriter Rigmor Gustafsson Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

Singer/songwriter Rigmor Gustafsson is perhaps best known for her vocal interpretations of other great singers, including Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach. Gustafsson's unique songwriting style has, however, garnered her accolades and top-ranking hits; she is the recipient of gold records in both Germany and Sweden. With Alone With You (ACT, 2008), Gustafsson showcases her amalgamated sound of jazz and pop. As the title hints at, the album focuses on the audience and the listener becomes her guiding light. The inspiration ...

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Reedman James Carter Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Multi-instrumentalist James Carter has always had eclectic tastes. That was evident on his debut, JC on the Set (Columbia, 1994), where the squeaks and blips linked him to the avant camp of Eric Dolphy and the tenor swoons nestled him comfortably within the traditional velvet of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster.

Subsequent releases found him venturing further along each of those paths individually, splitting the new and the traditional. Soon entire James Carter projects were devoted to exploring the work ...

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TaintRadio.org: 24/7 Music Webcast Launched

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

24/7. We're revolting. TaintRadio.org, an international alliance of independent producers, has launched a 24/7 music stream of hosted and unhosted music. Programming originates from New York, Philadelphia, London, Cambridge (MA), Augusta (GA), San Jose, and Raleigh-Durham. Content is weighted toward jazz and blues but each program producer is free to present whatever they want to present. Our motto is “We Don't Need No Stinking Formats." Our founding principle is that musicians must be paid for the music we present; we ...

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