Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Impressions, The Best of The Impressions: The Curtom Years (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Varese Vintage has an impressive line-up of releases this week! First up, the label has brought together 18 prime cuts from the premier purveyors of Chicago soul, Curtis Mayfield and the legendary Impressions. This set features singles released on the Curtom label between 1968 and 1976 including the R&B hits "Fool for
Release Round-Up: Week of April 15
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Phil Collins, No Jacket Required and Testify: Deluxe Editions (Atlantic/Rhino) No Jacket Required 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada No Jacket Required LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Testify LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins' No Jacket Required, originally released in 1985 and still the artist's most commercially successful album,
Southern Nights: Allen Toussaint's Final Album To Be Released In June
When Allen Toussaint unexpectedly passed away last November at the age of 77 during a European tour, it was reported that the great producer-arranger-composer-pianist had completed one final album. Nonesuch has confirmed the release of American Tunes on June 10, the culmination of one of the most remarkable careers in popular music. American Tunes was recorded at two sets of sessions with producer Joe Henry: solo piano at Toussaint's New Orleans home studio in 2013, and with the rhythm
Él Reissues Vintage Bossa Nova from Silvia Telles, Vocal Harmony Sound of The Johnny Mann Singers
Today's spotlight is on two releases from él Records from bossa nova legend Silvia Telles and easy-listening vocal group The Johnny Mann Singers! In recent years, the él label has issued bossa nova -centric reissues and anthologies from some of the genre's leading lights including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Joao Donato, Vinicius De Moraes, and Luis Bonfá. The Cherry Red imprint has just added a new release from Silvia Telles to that list. Telles, who tragically died in a car
Release Round-Up: Week of April 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Go-Go's, Beauty and the Beat / Vacation / Talk Show: Deluxe Editions (Edsel) Beauty and the Beat: Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vacation: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Talk Show: Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Edsel has expanded editions of the three classic albums by The Go-Go's originally released between 1982 and 1984. While none of the bonus material here is unreleased, these reissues do serve
Miles In The Sky: Davis' 90th Celebrated With New Film Soundtrack and Glasper Collaboration
May 26, 2016 would have been Miles Davis' 90th birthday. Though the legendary musician died in 1991 at just 65 years of age, his body of work has hardly left the spotlight. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings have recently announced two upcoming projects to mark Davis' landmark birthday. First, on Friday, April 1, the labels will issue the soundtrack to the biopic Miles Ahead, directed, co-written by and starring Don Cheadle. Then on May 27, Everything's Beautiful arrives. This release,
Sarah Vaughan's "Live at Rosy's" Premieres 1978 Concert On CD
"Live from Rosy's...The Divine One, Sarah Vaughan!" So begins Resonance Records and NPR Music's new release, Live at Rosy's. It would take an extraordinary talent to live up to that sobriquet, but throughout her career, Sarah Vaughan certainly did. Live at Rosy's is the first commercial release of Vaughan's May 31, 1978 performances at the New Orleans nightspot, recorded for NPR's Jazz Alive program and presented here as remastered from the original eight multitrack reels. Vaughan was backed
Release Round-Up: Week of March 25
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Audio Fidelity) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall comes to hybrid 5.0 multichannel SACD for the first time. Audio Fidelity's release will boast a full booklet (as on the original standard CD release) and is playable in stereo on all CD players. Read more here! Various
Miles Ahead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The soundtrack to Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead features eleven original Davis performances culled from his recordings at both Prestige and Columbia spanning 1956-1981 as well as dialogue excerpts from the film and five original compositions by Robert Glasper. His contributions include "What's Wrong with That?" (a jam that closes the movie imagining Cheadle as Davis playing in the present day with guest performers Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gary Clark, Jr., Esperanza
Live in Athens, Greece
Harbinger Records celebrates the late Mark Murphy with a never-before-released concert recorded in Athens in 2008. The jazz vocalist brings his singular style to such favorites as "My Funny Valentine," "On Green Dolphin Street," "Dindi," and "Bye Bye Blackbird" on this 11-track set.
Live at Rosy's
Resonance Records and NPR Music premiere a never-before-released 1978 concert from Sarah Vaughan, recorded for NPR at Rosy's Jazz Club in New Orleans. Sarah is supported by Jimmy Cobb, Walter Booker, and Carl Schroeder on a set including "Time After Time," "Somebody Loves Me," "Send in the Clowns," "The Man I Love," "Everything Must Change" and more. The deluxe 2-CD set includes a 36-page booklet with essays by James Gavin and Will Friedwald, plus new interviews!
Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set
UMe/Verve brings together all of Ella Fitzgerald's swinging JATP performances (from 1949, 1953 and 1954) originally issued on various albums over the years. This remastered edition features a new essay by historian Will Friedwald. Features "A Foggy Day," "The Man That Got Away," "How High the Moon," "Perdido," "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" and more!
Dan Fogelberg, Johnny Paycheck, Beau Brummels, More Join Bobby Darin On Real Gone's May Slate
Real Gone Music has just announced its May release slate, and with rock, jazz, gospel, country, pop and beyond, it's one of the label's most diverse months yet! Naturally, we're partial to the May 6 release of Bobby Darin's Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years from Real Gone and our own Second Disc Records (get all of the details right here!), but there's plenty more on offer, too! Bobby Darin was a remarkable singer-songwriter; another beloved titan of popular song is the late Dan
The Collection: An Adventure in Sound (Hybrid 4.0 SACD)
Despite the nondescript title, this set features 14 tracks from the quadraphonic library of Sony on hybrid 4.0 channel SACD. Many of the artists featured are heavy hitters, including Bob Dylan, Santana, Miles Davis, The Jeff Beck Group, Henry Mancini, and Harry Nilsson. LAY, LADY, LAY - Bob Dylan MILES RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN - Miles Davis BLACK MAGIC WOMAN/GYPSY QUEEN - Santana DEFINITELY MAYBE - Jeff Beck Group SHINING STAR - Earth, Wind & Fire GRAZING IN THE GRASS - The Friends Of
Moonlight Serenades: Bruce Kimmel Talks Complete Glenn Miller Soundtracks Coming To CD!
Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller only made two film appearances as an actor. 20th Century Fox's 1941 musical Sun Valley Serenade introduced two standards into the American Songbook - "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "At Last" - and earned three Academy Award nominations. Its 1942 follow-up, Orchestra Wives, moved Miller from featured status to above-the-title billing and introduced another Oscar-nominated hit, "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo." Yet both films, and their remarkable treasure trove of
Release Round-Up: Week of March 11
This week's Release Round-Up is filled with reissues and anthologies from favorite artists on both CD and vinyl! Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Today sees the U.S. release of one of the coolest titles so far of 2016! An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz captures the candid, intimate conversations between the rock legends recorded earlier this year. The first CD in this
Rhino Unveils Record Store Day Line-Up with a-ha, Monkees, Madonna, Doors, Coltrane, More
We've already filled you in on Rhino's upcoming Record Store Day releases from the late David Bowie, but the label has now confirmed the rest of its vinyl offerings for the April 16 event! This year's crop of 25+ titles is a diverse one, with a number of vinyl premieres, new entries in the label's longtime "Side by Side" series, and more! You'll find all details just below. a-ha - Hits South America 12-inch 180-gram vinyl Limited edition of 3000 copies, $14.98 AIR - Casanova
Smash Hits: Elvis, Miles, Jimi, Johnny Cash, Big Star Headline Legacy's Record Store Day Slate
Record Store Day is coming up in a little more than a month, on Saturday, April 16, and the titles are starting to pour in for the annual celebration of brick-and-mortar record stores. Today, Legacy Recordings has just announced its slate! It's a typically eclectic line-up of vinyl releases from some of the label's heaviest hitters from rock-and-roll, country, jazz, and beyond, including Elvis Presley, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Big Star and many more! Big Star - Complete
Release Round-Up: Week of February 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up filled with deluxe reissues on vinyl and CD, box sets, new releases from veteran artists, and more! Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (Epic/Legacy) CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The King of Pop's 1979 Epic solo debut Off the Wall is revived for 2016 with an additional DVD or BD of Spike Lee's acclaimed new documentary about the making of the album, Michael Jackson's Journey from
Reviews: Stan Getz and João Gilberto, "Getz/Gilberto '76" and Stan Getz, "Moments in Time"
Resonance Records has recently tapped the archives of the fondly-remembered San Francisco jazz spot Keystone Korner for two valuable additions on compact disc and vinyl to the Stan Getz discography. The late tenor saxophone legend's appearances at the nightspot between May 11 and 16, 1976 have been culled to create two new albums. Moments in Time preserves nine performances from Getz's core sets, while its companion is even more special. Getz/Gilberto '76 is a new entry to the small but
Release Round-Up: Week of February 19
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up with titles from legends of pop, jazz, country and more! Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto '76 (Resonance) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In 1976, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto reunited at San Francisco's Keystone Korner alongside pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clint Houston and drummer Billy Hart. Their never-before-released set arrives in lavish fashion from Resonance Records on CD and vinyl. The deluxe CD includes a
Release Round-Up: Week of February 12
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring the lost songs of a country-pop superstar, two more entries into an underrated SoCal songbook, new music from veteran artists, and much more! Barbara Mandrell, This Time I Almost Made It: The Lost Columbia Masters (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We all know Barbara Mandrell did make it...as one of the most successful country crossover superstars of all time. Now, Real Gone has rescued the legendary
Live at The Whisky 1969: The Unreleased Masters
Legendary flautist Herbie Mann's long tenure at Atlantic Records included 1969's Live At the Whisky A Go Go where he was joined by other jazz luminaries including Steve Marcus, Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous and Bruno Carr. This album featured only two songs, one on each side of the LP. However, there was a lot more material recorded from the group's four-night stand at the famous nightspot. Now, the tapes from these shows have been unearthed and newly mixed to create a 2-CD set
Omnivore Readies New Releases From Soul Man Winfield Parker, Jazz Great Maynard Ferguson
Omnivore Recordings continues to heat up winter 2016 with releases coming from R&B titan Winfield Parker and late jazz giant Maynard Ferguson. Throughout his long career which happily continues to this day, Winfield Parker has shared stages with the illustrious likes of James Brown, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Little Richard, Etta James, Carla Thomas and Lloyd Price. Parker began his singing career at Baltimore's Ru-Jac label, one of America's first African-American-owned record
Moments In Time
This companion release to Resonance's Getz/Gilberto '76, Moments in Time features never-before-released music played in concert by The Stan Getz Quartet featuring pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clint Houston, and drummer Billy Hart. These 1976 performances from San Francisco's Keystone Korner marks the only released recordings by this configuration of the Stan Getz Quartet. The deluxe CD includes a 28-page booklet with essays by jazz journalist Ted Panken, Steve Getz, band members Brackeen
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