Jazz News

Renowned Jazz Label Candid Records Launch New Label Imprint Cake

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2008

Press Release - Feb 08 London based label, Candid Records have launched a new imprint as a platform for new dynamic bands and artists at the forefront of the British jazz music world. Cake reflects a new A & R strategy and move towards instrumental jazz that is forward thinking with a contemporary edge and includes artists such as The Blessing and The Neil Cowley Trio. The Blessing are four seasoned musicians who have ...

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Keyboardist Alan Pasqua Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

Any discussion of Alan Pasqua must start with at the scintillating beginning of his official discography. His first recorded performance featured the then 23-year-old wunderkind of Fender Rhodes on The New Tony Williams Lifetime's Believe It (Columbia, 1975). His first sounds committed to wax were texturized Rhodes thickening “Snake Oil," then shadowing its serpentine melody as stated by Allan Holdsworth, a guitarist seemingly stolen from the future by the unit's provocative leader, the now-legendary Williams. At that time, the drummer ...

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Clackamas Community College Now Offers Music Technology/Production Certificate

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

CCC's new Music Technology certificate gives students the core skills needed to enter the sound and music production industry. Career opportunities in music may include recording engineer, live sound engineer, media and sound post production for internet companies, sound/music for video games, sound/media engineer for TV, recording/sound for advertising production, video post production engineer, sound engineer for radio, video production engineer, film sound recording engineer, film post production for mixed media, film post production for sound only, film sound designer ...

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Steve Blanco Trio in L.I.C. NYC

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

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Jazz & Blues Legend Chris Barber Unearths Lost Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

JAZZ & BLUES LEGEND CHRIS BARBER UNEARTHS A COLLECTION OF LOST RECORDINGS FROM AMERICAN BLUES STARS FROM 10th MARCH 2008.

CHRIS BARBER PRESENTS...THE BLUES LEGACY: 'LOST & FOUND' CD & DOWNLOAD SERIES ARE SET FOR A SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE ALONGSIDE THE 'AS WE LIKE IT' DVD - THE BIG CHRIS BARBER BAND & SPECIAL GUEST ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW ARE CAPTURED LIVE IN A BRAND NEW 'ONE NIGHT ONLY' PERFORMANCE ON DVD.

Featuring Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, ...

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New Philology Release: "My Reflection" by Andrea Celeste

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

December 2007 sees the release of “My Reflection", the debut album from the young and enormously talented singer and songwriter Andrea Celeste. The 21 year-old singer, whose voice is deep and mature, signs most of the tracks on the album before entrusting it then to such exceptional musicians as Gianluca Tagliazucchi (piano), Dino Cerruti (double bass) and Rodolfo Cervetto (drums). Produced by Roberto “Robbo" Vigo and edited by the prestigious Philology jazz label, the album will be distributed in Europe, ...

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Royal's 1979 Debut Album Dream Come True with Legendary Pianist Geri Allen to be Re-Issued on Japanese Import Label Celeste

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

Washington, DC- February 18, 2008- America's Hot Musician judge Gregory Charles Royal has inked a deal with Japanese import label Celeste to re-issue his 1979 debut album Dream Come True. The album which contains the cult classic “Dancer" featured then unknown pianist Geri Allen and bassist Clarence Seay. Seay, who also owns the burgeoning jazz club B-Sharp's in Florida (http://b-sharps.com/), went on to do major recordings with Grammy winners Wynton Marsalis and Wallace Roney, and Billy Harper and the Smithsonian ...

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Jerry Tachoir at Lehman College

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2008

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