Archive for Upcoming Releases
Looking forward to “Doin What it Takes” featuring Lloyd Jones
Oregon Music News talks with Lloyd Jones about his upcoming Fresh! From Reference Recordings Release (July 3rd) Doin’ What It Takes: This soulful new release from Pacific Northwest Blues legend LLOYD JONES and his band Lloyd Jones Struggle offers exciting originals by Lloyd Jones, which blend his guitar and vocals with B3 organ, piano, drums,percussion, bass, trumpet and saxophones! Look for Doin’ What It Takes July 3, 2012, which will coincide with Lloyd’s appearance at…
A Look ahead – Coppélia
We are less than a month away from the release of Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West. A little from the album’s liner notes about Coppélia… In contrast to the “heroic” drama of gods and shepherds, Delibes’s earlier ballet Coppélia, or The Girl with Enamel Eyes, is an ingratiating comedy with a story line that was, and remains, unusually absorbing for its genre. Charles Nuitter, the archivist…
A look ahead – Sylvia
A little sneak peek at the upcoming release We are less than a month away from the release of Delibes: Sylvia/Coppélia featuring the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West. A little from the album’s liner notes about Sylvia… Sylvia was given its premiere in Paris at just about the time Tchaikovsky completed his score for the earliest of his own great ballets, Swan Lake, and about a year before that work’s…
New Upcoming RR Release – Brasileiro Soul
We are pleased to announce our latest CD release, Reinaldo Brahn’s Brasileiro Soul featuring Jim Brock, percussion Reinaldo BrahnBrasileiro Soul featuring Jim Brockpercussion RR-124Release date: October 11, 2011 Also available as HR-124: HRx® DVD Data Disc containing .wav files. True high resolution music,176.4 kHz/24 bits. Reference Recordings is proud to announce Brasileiro Soul, a Brazilian jazz/pop album from versatile singer/songwriter/guitarist Reinaldo Brahn. Talented young Brazilian singer-songwriter-guitarist, Reinaldo Brahn, plays rich and complex music, with a…
Introducing Viviana Guzman
In 2012, Reference Recordings will release a new album featuring renowned flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve. The two just finished their recording session with Reference at the Skywalker Sound studio. Today we wanted to introduce you to the remarkable Viviana Guzman, as well as tell you about a very exciting Kickstarter Campaign she is running to create a music video for the album! Described by the New York Times as “an imaginative artist,”…
Friday’s Look to the Future
It’s becoming a theme for us to preview upcoming releases on Friday, and we aren’t stopping this week. The next Reference Recordings release will feature the Concord Chamber Music Society and two World Premiere Recordings from Michael Gandolfi and Chris Brubeck. You can listen to a preview of the Chris Brubeck piece on the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Website. To get a sense of the “style” of Chris Brubeck, here is a fun video of…
Reference Recordings, FRESH!, and The Curios in the news!
During our Contest (trivia answers will be at the end of this post), a fantastic article was published in the Pacifica Tribune all about us, FRESH! From RR, The Curios, and some upcoming releases! Here are some excerpts from the article, but we highly encourage you to read it in its entirety on the Pacifica Tribune website (mercurynews.com)! Making beautiful music for world distribution — The Curios and Reference RecordingsBy Jean BartlettPacifica tribune Arts Correspondent…
Digipaks
As we stated yesterday, both of our new upcoming albums will be released in eco-friendly Digipaks! What are Digipaks? Well, today we’re going to tell you! Digipak is a patent style of CD or DVD packaging. It comes in a gate fold (or tri-fold) paperboard binding, rather than in oil-based plastic. Most Digipaks are made of Recycled paper and packaging, but again, the biggest benefit is that they use less plastic. And a big note…
One Week Away!!!
We are ONE WEEK from releasing two major albums! Both are so exciting in their own right that it is hard to choose which to talk about first! Also exciting is that these albums have something for our eco-conscious fans. Both of these albums will be in eco-friendly Digipaks, so you’ll have a little different look on your RR shelf! Did we mention that in ONE WEEK (9/14) we will be releasing the first album…
Jim Walker – Videos Galore!
As we move down these wonderfully fun new playlists on the Reference Recordings Youtube Channel, today we get to introduce you to the wonderful flautist Jim Walker who appears on our upcoming release “Pied Piper” with pianist Mike Garson.
Upcoming Release Videos
On Monday and Tuesday we told you about TWO NEW RELEASES for September 14th, so today we’re getting you ready by sharing the talents of these musicians! Our first release on FRESH! From Reference Recordings will be “Pillow Book” by The Curios:The Curios – “Kiss and Tell”We will also be releasing a new Jazz album featuring flautist Jim Walker and pianist Mike Garson on the album “Pied Piper.”Jim Walker performs “Vanilla Sky” with Paul McCartney…
FRESH! From Reference Recordings Present The Curios
Earlier this month we told you about FRESH! From Reference Recordings, but we didn’t tell you who, what, or when the first release would be, but that changes today! Our first release will be PILLOW BOOK from the alternative folk/rock group The Curios! Remember, FRESH! features things we believe are appealing, a little quirky, and well recorded. So, PILLOW BOOK fits that bill perfectly! The Curios create a quirky and beautifully complex musical universe. Others…
Upcoming New Jazz Release – Pied Piper
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile, but today we’re telling you straight out, we’ve got a new Jazz release coming out next month (9/14) featuring Mike Garson on piano and Jim Walker on the flute in a crystalline-pure recording of soothing, meditative jazz called PIED PIPER (RR-121)! The album will feature 12 original Mike Garson compositions, new high resolution digital remastering, and an eco-friendly digipak! For those that aren’t familiar with Jim Walker, he’s…
Joel Fan Concert Response and News
Last weekend, Joel Fan performed in Oakland, California, and a few of the Reference Recordings staff were able to make it to the concert. We were (as always) wowed by his extremely fine playing. Joel played an extremely difficult program and pulled it off tremendously! We especially enjoyed hearing him play the ferociously difficult Scriabin #5 and Schoenberg Opus 11 — both of which we had not heard him play before. Also during Joel’s visit…