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Omnivore Recordings Chronicles Classic Years Of Wanda Jackson, George Jones And Merle Haggard

December 11, 2012

Ten-inch vinyl EPs made available on Black Friday provided a sneak preview of Merle Haggard’s The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles, George Jones’ The Complete United Artists Solo Singles, and Wanda Jackson’s The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Records will release definitive compilations by three giants of country and rockabilly music ...

Article: Live Review

Dori Caymmi: Half Moon Bay, California, November 11, 2012

by Bill Leikam
December 8, 2012

Dori Caymmi QuartetBach Dancing & Dynamite SocietyDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaNovember 11, 2012Brazilian veteran acoustic guitarist, singer, composer, and arranger Dori Caymmi engaged the audience at the Bach Dynamite & Dancing Society, aka the Douglas Beach House, with some of the most heartfelt songs of all time sung ...

News: Music Industry

Concord Music Being Shopped to Private-Equity Firms, Not Strategic Suitors

December 8, 2012

Reports that the Concord Music Group is up for sale are true, knowledgeable sources say. But there is one key factor that appears to have been overlooked thus far: management is controlling the company's sale process so far. Consequently, Concord is being shopped to private-equity firms and not to strategic suitors, according to some strategic sources ...

Article: Live Review

Tony Malaby's Tamarindo: San Francisco, CA, October 27, 2012

by Harry S. Pariser
December 5, 2012

Tony Malaby's TamarindoSwedish American HallSan Francisco, CAOctober 27, 2012Long a staple of the New York City jazz scene, Arizona native saxophonist Tony Malaby has appeared with such artists as pianist Fred Hersch and with ensembles such as bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. Malaby made his last Bay Area with LMO ...

News: Recording

Label Love Vol. 5: The Jazz Edition - A Free Compilation

December 4, 2012

The Label Love series is back with Vol. 5: The Jazz Edition. The compilation includes brand new Jazz tracks, classics and a reissue from labels Tru Thoughts, Impossible Ark, Gondwana Records, Jazzman, Edition Records, Katalyst Entertainment, Revive Music Group, and Basho Records. Each track from Vol. 5 will be featured as the AllAboutJazz Download of the ...

Article: Album Review

Marcus Miller: Renaissance

Read "Renaissance" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 4, 2012

Some things change, other things stay the same. Marcus Miller--producer and performer with everyone from soul singer Luther Vandross and pianist Herbie Hancock to guitarist George Benson and Miles Davis, composing and producing the trumpeter's late period classic Tutu (Warner Bros., 1986)--has been releasing solo albums since 1983, but it was with The Sun Don't Lie ...

Article: Profile

Marcus Miller: Renaissance Man

by Pheralyn Dove
December 4, 2012

[Editor's Note: On Sunday, November 25, 2012, All About Jazz learned that Marcus Miller sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bus crash on the A2 highway in central Switzerland. Unfortunately, the driver was killed in the accident. Online sources report that the bus was carrying 13 people, including two drivers and the 11 members Miller's band. The ...

Article: Live Review

Orquesta Aragon: San Francisco, CA, November 4, 2012

by Harry S. Pariser
December 4, 2012

Orquesta Aragon Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CANovember 4, 2012Although the group is celebrating its 73rd anniversary this year, any performance by the legendary Cuban conjunto band Orquesta Aragon remains a very special occasion. For many decades of its existence the orchestra had been prohibited to tour in the United States; ...

News: Recording

Barry Cleveland Reissues Critically Acclaimed 1986 "Mythos" Album

December 3, 2012

Originally released on Larry “Synergy" Fast's legendary Audion Recording Company label in 1986, Mythos combined Barry Cleveland's processed, layered, and looped guitars with Michael Masley's otherworldly bowhammer cymbalom, and Bob Stohl and Kat Epple's woodwinds, synths, and light percussion. “Mythos was, and remains, a great album." —Larry Fast The 2012 reissue of Mythos makes the entire ...

News: Recording

Scott Healy Ensemble "Hudson City Suite" Is Released

December 2, 2012

Los Angeles composer and pianist Scott Healy announces the release of “Hudson City Suite" by the Scott Healy Ensemble. Featuring Tim Hagans on trumpet, Healy on piano, and an all-star band, this fifty-six minute work was recorded April 30th and May 1st, 2012, at The Bridge in Glendale, CA. Nine original tracks are thematically linked, the ...