ld Albright’s new CD, New Beginnings, will be released on March 28. The first single, We Got The Groove, is already very much in rotation at Smooth Jazz stations worldwide……….Two new radio stations went on the air in Denver, Colorado this week. Martini On The Rockies is being broadcast on KTNI 101.5 FM and features music from Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sheryl Crow, Linda Eder, Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Rod Stewart and Tony Bennett. The other, Sassy 107 is heard on KSYY 107.1 FM and the format is designed for the active adult woman, with music from the likes of Carole King, Carly Simon, the Carpenters, James Taylor, America and Chicago……….Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet have a new album Duper Sessions, released on March 21 via Astralwerks. The 13-track Duper Sessions features a cover of Cole Porter’s Night And Day and Nightingales by Pregab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon. The Norwegian songwriter also put his own spin on Human Hands by Elvis Costello, with whom he toured with for a month last year……….Motown/UME will release Blue on June 30 from singer Diana Ross. The album of jazz standards was recorded more than 30 years ago and was intended as a companion to the 1972 soundtrack Lady Sings The Blues. The album was never released and shelved. The master tapes were only recently discovered in the Motown vault. Blue was produced and arranged by Gil Askey and features songs such as Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It, Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen’s But Beautiful, plus I Love Ya Porgy, Had You Been Around, Little Blue Girl, Smile, Easy Living, He’s Funny That Way and Duke Ellington’s Solitude. Most of the tracks were recorded during the Lady Sings The Blues sessions but were never released……….New from Univesal/France is Jazz In Paris Remixed. Much like the Verve series of remixes, this one features some lesser-known remixers. Tracks include Elephant Green by Pierre Michelot remixed by Pierre Audetat Stade, Ascensour Pour L’Echaufaud by Miles Davis remixed by Nicolas Repac, My Funny Valentine by Art Simmons remixed by Jeff Sarel, Les Loups Dans La Bergerie by Serge Gainsbourg & Alain Gourager remixed by Chris Bowden, The Midget by Art Blakely remixed by Art Konik, Ambiance Pourpre by Barney Wilen remixed by Soy Bean, and Everything Happens To Me by Chet Baker remixed by Various.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
MACYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, 101.5 FM MARTINI ON THE ROCKIES, DIANA ROSS JAZZ ALBUM, JAZZ IN PARIS REMIXED & MORE...
SMOOTH JAZZ & CHILL NEWS BITS...Earth, Wind & Fire, Patti LaBelle and Frankie Beverly & Maze have been signed to appear at the Macy’s Music Festival being held in Cincinnatti on July 28 and 29, at Paul Brown Stadium. Other performers include Charlie Wilson, Ciara, Jaheim, KEM, Vivian Green and Gerald Lavert……….Gera
ld Albright’s new CD, New Beginnings, will be released on March 28. The first single, We Got The Groove, is already very much in rotation at Smooth Jazz stations worldwide……….Two new radio stations went on the air in Denver, Colorado this week. Martini On The Rockies is being broadcast on KTNI 101.5 FM and features music from Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sheryl Crow, Linda Eder, Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Rod Stewart and Tony Bennett. The other, Sassy 107 is heard on KSYY 107.1 FM and the format is designed for the active adult woman, with music from the likes of Carole King, Carly Simon, the Carpenters, James Taylor, America and Chicago……….Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet have a new album Duper Sessions, released on March 21 via Astralwerks. The 13-track Duper Sessions features a cover of Cole Porter’s Night And Day and Nightingales by Pregab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon. The Norwegian songwriter also put his own spin on Human Hands by Elvis Costello, with whom he toured with for a month last year……….Motown/UME will release Blue on June 30 from singer Diana Ross. The album of jazz standards was recorded more than 30 years ago and was intended as a companion to the 1972 soundtrack Lady Sings The Blues. The album was never released and shelved. The master tapes were only recently discovered in the Motown vault. Blue was produced and arranged by Gil Askey and features songs such as Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It, Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen’s But Beautiful, plus I Love Ya Porgy, Had You Been Around, Little Blue Girl, Smile, Easy Living, He’s Funny That Way and Duke Ellington’s Solitude. Most of the tracks were recorded during the Lady Sings The Blues sessions but were never released……….New from Univesal/France is Jazz In Paris Remixed. Much like the Verve series of remixes, this one features some lesser-known remixers. Tracks include Elephant Green by Pierre Michelot remixed by Pierre Audetat Stade, Ascensour Pour L’Echaufaud by Miles Davis remixed by Nicolas Repac, My Funny Valentine by Art Simmons remixed by Jeff Sarel, Les Loups Dans La Bergerie by Serge Gainsbourg & Alain Gourager remixed by Chris Bowden, The Midget by Art Blakely remixed by Art Konik, Ambiance Pourpre by Barney Wilen remixed by Soy Bean, and Everything Happens To Me by Chet Baker remixed by Various.
ld Albright’s new CD, New Beginnings, will be released on March 28. The first single, We Got The Groove, is already very much in rotation at Smooth Jazz stations worldwide……….Two new radio stations went on the air in Denver, Colorado this week. Martini On The Rockies is being broadcast on KTNI 101.5 FM and features music from Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sheryl Crow, Linda Eder, Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Rod Stewart and Tony Bennett. The other, Sassy 107 is heard on KSYY 107.1 FM and the format is designed for the active adult woman, with music from the likes of Carole King, Carly Simon, the Carpenters, James Taylor, America and Chicago……….Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet have a new album Duper Sessions, released on March 21 via Astralwerks. The 13-track Duper Sessions features a cover of Cole Porter’s Night And Day and Nightingales by Pregab Sprout’s Paddy McAloon. The Norwegian songwriter also put his own spin on Human Hands by Elvis Costello, with whom he toured with for a month last year……….Motown/UME will release Blue on June 30 from singer Diana Ross. The album of jazz standards was recorded more than 30 years ago and was intended as a companion to the 1972 soundtrack Lady Sings The Blues. The album was never released and shelved. The master tapes were only recently discovered in the Motown vault. Blue was produced and arranged by Gil Askey and features songs such as Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It, Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen’s But Beautiful, plus I Love Ya Porgy, Had You Been Around, Little Blue Girl, Smile, Easy Living, He’s Funny That Way and Duke Ellington’s Solitude. Most of the tracks were recorded during the Lady Sings The Blues sessions but were never released……….New from Univesal/France is Jazz In Paris Remixed. Much like the Verve series of remixes, this one features some lesser-known remixers. Tracks include Elephant Green by Pierre Michelot remixed by Pierre Audetat Stade, Ascensour Pour L’Echaufaud by Miles Davis remixed by Nicolas Repac, My Funny Valentine by Art Simmons remixed by Jeff Sarel, Les Loups Dans La Bergerie by Serge Gainsbourg & Alain Gourager remixed by Chris Bowden, The Midget by Art Blakely remixed by Art Konik, Ambiance Pourpre by Barney Wilen remixed by Soy Bean, and Everything Happens To Me by Chet Baker remixed by Various.
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