Capital is re-releasing Corinne Bailey Rae’s debut album in a Deluxe Edition due on February 6. It will contain seven additional songs (including three covers, two original songs from the movie Venus, starring Peter O’Toole, and two extra original songs).
Guitarist Chuck Loeb heads into the studio as part of the band Metro to cut tracks for a new CD. Metro features Chuck Loeb, keyboardist Mitchel Forman, drummer Wolfgang Haffner, bassist Will Lee. The new Metro CD will be released in late 2007 or early 2008. For more information click to www.metrojazz.com.
Shout Factory is reissuing two John Lee Hooker albums on March 27: The Best Of Friends and Jealous. Both albums contain previously unreleased studio outtakes, along with new liner notes. The Best Of Friends is a collection of duets recorded over the years, including pairings with Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and Ben Harper. Jealous (from 1986) contains two bonus tracks.
Carmen Cuesta-Loeb’s new CD, You Still Don’t Know Me will be released in January on Skip Records, and features the late Michael Brecker on Todo Para Ti (All For You).
Legacy is set to re-release Boz Scaggs’ breakthrough album, Silk Degrees on February 27. The CD will include previously unreleased live songs performed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in 1976 of What Can I Say, Jump Street and It’s Over.
New "Essential" reissues are expected in May from Gil Scott-Heron, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Maynard Ferguson, plus an expanded edition of Charles Mingus’ Tijuana Moods..
Van Morrison, Norah Jones, Harry Connick Jr., Dr. John, Steely Dan, John Legend, Allen Toussaint, and Jill Scott have been added to the line-up for the 38th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Other performers include Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pharoah Sanders, Lucinda Williams, George Benson, the Allman Brothers Band, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Joss Stone, Rod Stewart, Stephen Marley and Taj Mahal, among many others. The festival is a two-weekend event scheduled for April 27-29 and May 4-6. The festival will be held at its usual location at the Fair Grounds Race Course, which includes 10 stages for live music events. Tickets went on sale January 25 with proceeds benefiting the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports various community development activities.
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