Kurt Elling All About Jazz Interview

All About Jazz have posted their new in-depth interview with Concord Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling.

Elling discusses his new live album, Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman, and also shares his thoughts on the evolving music industry, as well as the integral partnerships and collaborations that have helped to inspire him and his music.

Read the interview here:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33595&pg=1

Order the new CD here:
http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Dedicated-To-You-Kurt-Elling-Sings-the-Music-of-Co

WIN A SIGNED MELLENCAMP GUITAR

Live Daily have launched an exclusive John Mellencamp signed guitar contest. One grand prize winner will win a copy of the new live CD Life Death Live And Freedom along with a Fender Squire Telecaster guitar signed by John Mellencamp.

Don’t miss your chance to score the new release and a sweet piece of rock memorabilia.

One Grand Prize:
- Autographed Fender Squire Telecaster guitar arctic white
- Life Death Live and Freedom CD

Five Runner-up Prizes:
- Life Death Live and Freedom CD

Enter here:
http://livedaily.com/contests/507.html

Wynton Marsalis To Perform on David Letterman

Wynton Marsalis will perform on the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ this week, Wednesday, May 13th.

The Pulitzer Prize & 9-time Grammy Award winner will perform the song “School Boy” from his new Blue Note album He & She - his 5th Blue Note release that features 22 tracks of his signature jazz, as well as spoken word and poetry tracks, all centered around the theme of the relationship between man and woman.

The show will air 11:30 ET/PT this Wednesday, May 13th.

Alt. Rockers Carbon Leaf Set To Release New Album

Alternative rockers Carbon Leaf will release Nothing Rhymes With Woman on May 19th via Vanguard Records.

Nothing Rhymes Like Woman, the band’s third release on Vanguard, is the much anticipated follow-up to the quintet’s acclaimed 2006 effort, Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat which rose to #3 on Billboard’s Top New Artists chart. Produced by John Morand, who manned the board for their 2004 Vanguard debut, Indian Summer, Carbon Leaf takes another giant leap forward with Nothing Rhymes With Woman.

The 13-song disc finds the Virginia-based band firmly in touch with its roots but committed to moving forward as highlighted on such tracks as the bluesy “Another Man’s Woman,” the soaring harmonies on “Indecision,” the deeply moving story on “Pink” about a woman battling serious illness, and the poignancy of the first single “Miss Hollywood.”

Carbon Leaf will be hitting the road beginning mid-May in support of Nothing Rhymes With Woman, with dates scheduled across the U.S.

Gary Burton / Pat Metheny To Release Quartet Live!

Concord Jazz will release a live Gary Burton Quartet album, Quartet Live!, on May 26th.

The album features three original members and jazz legends Gary Burton, Pat Metheny and Steve Swallow along with another new member, and perhaps one of the most prominent jazz drummers of his generation, Antonio Sanchez. The 11-song album was recorded live at Yoshi’s Jazz Club in Oakland, CA.

Quartet Live! starts off with Chick Corea’s “Sea Journey,” one of many songs Corea wrote for the Burton group, and features songs written by Carla Bley (“Olhos de Gato” and “Syndrome”) and Keith Jarrett (“Coral”). Metheny’s composing talents are also represented here by tunes composed during his Burton Quartet years: the fast and furious “Missouri Uncompromised,” the haunting “B and G,” and “Question and Answer,” one of Pat’s most well-known pieces.



The story begins in 1967 when bassist Steve Swallow joined with vibraphonist Gary Burton to form the original Gary Burton Quartet. In the early 1970s, then 19-year old guitarist Pat Metheny joined Burton’s band and one of the most celebrated careers in music began. A decade ago Metheny discovered drummer Antonio Sanchez, inviting him to join The Pat Metheny Group, and the two have been playing together ever since.

The result is four legendary musicians, improvisers and composers all, each at the top of his game, bringing modern jazz history to life on Quartet Live! The new Gary Burton Quartet will add more performances in the US and Canada in 2009.

Chick Corea & John McLaughlin release Five Peace Band Live

The new Chick Corea & John McLaughlin release Five Peace Band Live is available on double CD today 4.28.09 (Concord Records).

Listen to the entire album at Chick Corea’s MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/chickcoreajazz

Five Peace Band Live, was recorded during Corea & McLaughlin’s European tour last fall. The double-disc CD was made available early at performance venues on tour during March as well as via the band’s website. The album features Corea and McLaughlin’s inspired duets as well as all five members negotiating the twists and turns of the compositions. The recording includes Vinnie Colaiuta – drums, Kenny Garrett – saxophone, Christian McBride – acoustic & electric basses, and Herbie Hancock special guests on the track “In a Silent Way / It’s About That Time.”

Prestige Records Launch imeem Page

In celebration of the legendary label’s 60th anniversary, Prestige Records has launched an imeem profile page featuring music from the new Very Best Of Prestige Records CD, which includes jazz legends Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane.

Check out the page, and stream 10 full tracks from the new CD at:
http://www.imeem.com/prestigerecords

The new imeem page coincides with Concord Music Group’s yearlong 60th anniversary celebration of Prestige Records, which begun with the release of The Very Best Of Prestige Records - a 2-CD set of classic tracks from the legendary label’s catalog featuring the iconic jazz artists of the ‘50s and ‘60s.

The new ‘must have’ collection features 25 essential Prestige tracks, and is packed with classic photographs covering a 20-year span from 1949-1969, truly representing Prestige’s golden era. A full slate of assorted CD releases and other special bonuses are planned throughout the year.