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Lindsey Horner and his new CD - Undiscovered Country
With Undiscovered Country, New York bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Lindsey Horner pulls together many of the influences of his varied career. Featuring musicians from the different places he has lived and been inspired by, the result is an eclectic mix that forms a coherent musical statement, a summing up of where he now stands.
Belgian saxophonist Erwin Vann, Togolese guitarist Augustin Foly, New Yorkers violinist Rob Thomas, drummer Allison Miller, guitarist Chris Cunningham, percussionists Jeff Berman and Randy Crafton, Pittsburgh guitarist Colter Harper and Irish music legend Andy Irvine join Lindsey to realize a “World Jazz” sound that is visceral, personal and unique. The project was done through the innovative company, ArtistShare, so there is a great deal of online content available in addition to the CD, giving behind the scenes insight into the process that went into realizing the recording.
The cover is from a painting by the great American artist Alex Katz.
http://www.lindseyhorner.com
http://lindseyhorner.artistshare.com
http://www.downtownmusicgallery.com
posted on 8/17/10
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Koby Hayon Trio and their new CD - Gemini
Koby Hayon - Guitar / Compositions
Kermit Driscoll - Acoustic Bass
Jerome Morris - Drums
"Koby's compositions reflect his wide range of musical experience. I can hear his middle-eastern roots on several of the compositions, (check out his improvisations on "Norwegian Wood") , yet on many tunes, "Crumbs" for example, I hear the wide open spaces of the Midwest of America.
A final note, this recording is not for those just looking for a happy diversion. It accurately reflects life today. The challenges ahead, the turmoil around the world is evident in these compositions. Koby has performed the duty of the artist."
Kermit Driscoll
http://www.kobyhayon.com
posted on 8/15/10
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Swingadelic the New York City area's hippest "little big band" was with engineer Sal Mormando at Kaleidoscope Sound this week working on their fifth CD release, "The Other Duke". It's a tribute to Duke Pearson, a bandleader, composer, arranger, pianist, and A&R man for Blue Note Records during the 60's and 70's. Aside from his own releases, Pearson produced and played on many Stanley Turrentine and Donald Byrd records of that era, and around that same time produced his most well known composition "Cristo Redentor" with Byrd.
Ten Duke Pearson tunes were arranged by various Swingadelic band members, which included Audrey Welber/alto sax, Paul Carlon/tenor sax & flute, Jeff Hackworth/baritone sax, Carlos Francis and Albert Leusink/trumpets, Rob Susman, Rob Edwards & Rob Fournier/trombones, Boo Reiners/guitar, John Bauers/piano, Paul Pizzuti/drums and Dave Post/bass.
Swingadelic plays the first Monday of each month at Maxwells in Hoboken, and you can check them out on Facebook, MySpace, or at their own site.
http://www.swingadelic.com
posted on 7/25/10
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Ethel, postclassical string quartet, has joined forces with the glorious spazmitude of Gutbucket to create a challenging new sound for the adventurous listener. Together for the first time in history, these two genre bending groups met in Studio A with engineer Randy Crafton to record what can only be described as... something awesome. Stay tuned as this story unfolds.
http://www.ethelcentral.com
http://www.gutweb.comindex.html
posted on 6/17/10
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Stephane Wrembel is back in Studio A with long time engineer Alex Venguer to re-record his first album, which was recorded almost ten years ago when Wrembel was a student at the Berklee School of Music. As a student, Wrembel didn't have the funds to record in a professional studio, so he and his trio (two guitars and bass) gathered at a friend's house with some basic recording gear, and in a matter of hours, recorded the whole album.
Years passed and Wrembel went on to produce a couple records for other artists, as well as produce and perform his own material. As he gained more experience as a musician and producer, he was invited to record with David Grisman for one of Grisman's projects out in California.
"My friends and fans have been asking me for years to re-release this album" said Wrembel when asked about his decision to redo the album.
"I decided to re-record the whole album in the same vein as the first session in 2001, except this time record it better. It's still a trio (two guitars and bass), still a jam session with all of us in the same room, still the same songs, but now in a professional studio, with a professional sound engineer, and more experienced musicians."
http://www.stephanewrembel.com
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Kepa Junkera has been traveling the world with wife and project coordinator Miren Goikouria enlisting some of the worlds best musicians in an effort to record a trilogy of records dedicated to traditional songs of the Basque region. The first in the trilogy is ETXEA which was recorded in both Spain and Portugal. The second record, KALEA, was recorded in South America. The third and final record HERRIA, will be a combination of recording from Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States and Canada.<br>During Kepa's tour of the USA, he used Kaleidoscope's Studio A to work with four different groups from both New York and New Jersey. Each group comprised of several instrumentalists and one vocalist, and while each group represented a different gene of music, each song was sung in Kepa's native language Euskera. The four groups included: (group 1) Glen Velez, Lori Cotler, and Noah Hoffeld, (news/images/large/Kepa/Kepa with Ara Dinkjian.jpg Group 2) Ara Dinkjian, Joe Halajian, Tamer Pinarbasi, and Ismail Lumanovski, (news/images/large/Kepa/Guy group & Kepa.jpg Group 3) Guy Klucevsek, Rob Schwimmer, Erik Friedlander, and Nora York, (news/images/large/Kepa/Dave Douglas and group.jpg Group 4) Dave Douglas, Luis Bonilla, Vincent Chancey, Marcus Rojas, Jakubu Griffin, and Sunny Kim.
http://www.kepajunkera.com
http://www.kepajunkera.com/etxea/home.html
http://www.kepajunkera.com/kalea/kalea.htm
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Dan Manjovi, a highly visible New York based singer songwriter, with two independently released CDs (Dan Manjovi, 2005; and Woke Up This Morning, 2008), recently stepped into Kaleidoscope's Studio A with long-time engineer Sal Mormando to record the soundtrack version of "Something's Comin' My Way" for the new Lionsgate-Lee Danials' Award Winning Film and Soundtrack "Presious". Manjovi wrote, arranged, and produced the song which features vocalist Grace Hightower. Manjovi was also a featured artist at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival's ASCAP Music Lounge where he appeared along with John Mayer, Nellie McKay, and Elvis Costello at The Canal Room. He appears at New York's top music venues including The Bitter End, and The Cutting Room. He also performs annually at Byrant Park’s Piano In The Park concert series. His anthemic song “Things’ll Get Better” is currently included in the United For The Ride, Volume I CD.
http://www.danmanjovi.com
http://www.weareallprecious.com
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Matt Herskowitz and David Rozenblatt of MaD Fusion in Studio A with Engineer/Producer Randy Crafton finishing up their upcoming album Jerusalem Trilogy, slated for release late spring this year on Justin Time Records.
http://www.madfusionmusic.com
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