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Street Date: September 4, 2007

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inside: Paul Motian • Michael Hoppé • Terrance Simien • Zanzibara 3 • Carole Cerasi • Giora Schmidt • Opera Obsession! Act IV • Buxtehude’s Opera Omnia III

Jessica williams

Dr. John & Chris Barber

STEVEN HALPERN

Lawrence Zazzo

New Labels: Bravissimo Opera Library • DiamonDisc Records • Great Southern Records • Marvel Digital Comics • Power Arts Company

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“Outstanding.” — Leonard Feather “Rich and satisfying when he’s balladeering, mind-blowing when he’s cooking.”

— Jazz Journal International Featured Artists Harry Allen: tenor sax John Allred: trombone Joe Cohn: guitar Joel Forbes: bass Chuck Riggs: drums

Track Listing

Harry Allen Hits By Brits

Cherokee • Roses of Picardy • Just In Time • These Foolish Thing • I Hadn’t Anyone Till You • You’re Blasé • Limehouse Blues • A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square • Got a Date With an Angel • The Very Thought of You

Selling Points Genre: Jazz Label: Challenge Records CD: CHR 73258 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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The smoothest tenor sax playing heard in years!

Modern jazz quintet versions of famous tunes, mainly from British dance bands of the thirties, give new meaning to worn-out definitions like “mainstream” and “revival.”

• This disc features outstanding new performances by an American musician who C. Michael Bailey characterized as “the Frank Sinatra of the tenor saxophone” and “a master interpreter of standards.”

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Key Markets New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles “One of the greatest jazz pianists I have ever heard.” — Dave Brubeck

Featured Artists Jessica Williams: piano Leroy Vinnegar, Jeff Johnson: bass Mel Brown, Dick Berk: drums Jay Thomas, Hadley Caliman: saxes

Track Listing Lulu’s Back In Town • Stonewall Blues • If I Were a Bell • Holocaust Blues • Chief Seattle Blues • It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing) • Blue Tuesday • Freedom Bells • Clear Blue Lou

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: “Brilliant music by one of the foremost contemporary jazz pianists.

Every Jessica Williams recording is well worth picking up.” — Scott Yanow • A carefully selected mix of Williams’s solo piano and trio recordings, plus a track by a quintet.

All tracks are from CDs that received four or five stars from All Music Guide.

• Promotion to radio stations, major jazz magazines, and newspapers in key markets.

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Key Markets Hometown: Santa Cruz. Also: Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago

Also Available JFC 1 (Q) Arrival (078686800016) JFC 3 (Q) Momentum (078686800320) • JFC 8 (Q) Inventions (078686800825)

Jessica Williams The Best of Jessica Williams On Jazz Focus Vol. 1 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazz Focus CD: JFC 40 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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“A masterfully subtle drummer and a superb colorist, Paul Motian is also an advanced improviser and a bandleader with a taste for challenging post-bop.” — All Music Guide

Featured Artists Paul Motian: drums Chris Potter: tenor sax Larry Grenadier: bass Greg Osby: alto sax Masabumi Kikuchi: piano

Track Listing Standard Time • If You Could See Me Now • Olivia’s Dream • Morrock • Last Call

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A document of an unforgettable week in December 2006! The place, the time, the musicians, and the repertoire are in total harmony. The seventy-five-year-old drummer and his Trio 2000+Two create beautiful music in this jazz club.

Paul Motian Trio 2000+Two Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1

Allegro Media service to top 100 jazz print magazines. NPR and college radio blanketed nationally.

Genre: Jazz Label: Winter & Winter CD: WTR 133 Price Code: R Smartpak

Also Available WTR 32 (R) 2000+One (025091003228) WTR 125 (R) On Broadway Vol. 4 (025091012527) • WTR 8 (R) Sound of Love (025091000821) • •

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“In a word, Eddie Daniels dazzles.” — JazzTimes

Featured Artists Eddie Daniels: clarinet, tenor sax Joe Locke: vibes Tom Ranier: piano Dave Finck: bass Joe LaBarbera: drums

Track Listing Falling In Love With Love • Resolution • Not Alone • Under the Wire • Django • Love’s Long Journey • That’s For Afta • Deja VU MJQ • Warm Valley • Nite and Day • Prism • Chosen Words

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Eddie Daniels Homecoming: Eddie Daniels Live at the Iridium Genre: Jazz Label: IPO Recordings 2XCD: IPO 1012 Price Code: 2G Double Digipak

2007 Jazz Awards nominee for Clarinetist of the Year.

Continues the return of Grammy winner Eddie Daniels to mainstream jazz, following the tremendously successful IPO release Mean What You Say with Hank Jones.

• Recorded live at New York’s Iridium, this disc documents Daniels’ return to New York and his first NYC club appearance in two decades.

• Features Down Beat poll winner Joe Locke.

• Daniels’ last release was named in the Best Recordings of 2006 by All About Jazz.

• JazzPromo Services for print media; Tracking Station for radio.

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Hometown: Santa Fe. Also: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

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IPO 1009 (Q) Mean What You Say (675754880323)

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“Whether the genre is blues, rhythm & blues, or hard bop, Bill Easley remains a versatile and often silent practician of musical mastery … Easley has certainly perfected his craft. He can play warm and soft or bright and dynamic when the need arises.” — All About Jazz “Although he has spent much of his career in the background, uplifting other singers and musicians’ sessions in addition to working in the studios, Bill Easley shows on this set that he is fully capable of being the leader.”

— All Music Guide Featured Artists

Bill Easley Business Man’s Bounce Genre: Jazz Label: 18th & Vine CD: 18V 1055 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Bill Easley: sax, flute, clarinet Larry Ham: piano Hassan JJ Shakur: bass Michael Carvin: drums Frank Wess: sax Warren Vaché: trumpet Off Broadway Woodwind Ensemble

Track Listing Straighten Up and Fly Right · Mentor · September Song · Chelsea Bridge · In the Still of the Night · Hi Fly · Memphis Blues · Spring Is Here · Indian Summer · Anthropology · Just In Time

Selling Points · A brilliant and versatile reed player, Bill Easley performs equally forcefully on alto, tenor, and baritone saxes as well as flute, piccolo, and clarinet. · Easley is a renowned session player who has worked with Isaac Hayes and done sessions at Stax. He has performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Benny Carter, George Benson, Jimmy Smith, Ruth Brown, Bill Mobley, Victor Gaskin, Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter, and Grady Tate, among others. · Bill Easley has also recorded highly acclaimed sessions as a leader on the Sunnyside, Milestone, and Evidence labels. · Business Man’s Bounce is a term Easley first heard as a teenager when playing in his father’s band. It refers to a two-beat feel intended to get even reluctant listeners out onto a club’s dance floor. · Pianist Larry Ham, based in New York since 1985, has played with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and the Illinois Jacquet Big Band. · Bassist Hassan JJ Shakur, formerly known as JJ Wiggins, can swing a sick man into good health. He has worked with the Duke Ellington Orchestra since 1974, when he was seventeen. · Drummer Michael Carvin is an amazingly prolific drummer who has contributed greatly to the jazz scene. He has played with B.B. King, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Lonnie Liston Smith, McCoy Tyner, and others, and led his own sessions for Muse and Steeplechase over the past three decades. · Full radio campaign, with mailings to 250 stations. Full media campaign, along with advertisements in Down Beat and other major publications.

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“Highly affecting … his tone is sweet, rich, and ingratiating.” — All About Jazz “Zaid Nasser plays alto … deeply and lyrically.” — All Music Guide

Featured Artists Zaid Nasser: alto sax Sacha Perry: piano Ari Roland: bass Phil Stewart: drums

Track Listing Escape From New York • Warm Valley • Make a Move • Junior’s Soul • Sophisticated Lady • Escalating

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Long overdue debut recording as a leader from the son of legendary bassist Jamil Nasser and one of the great underground legends of the New York scene.

Escape From New York

Not since the late “C Sharpe” have we heard an alto player with such soul and authenticity—a risk-taker all the way, with the chops to pull it all off. He’s one of only a handful of saxophonists (Charles Davis, Christopher Byars, Mike Mullins) considered good enough to play with Frank Hewitt’s legendary quintet.

• Featured for over a decade as a weekly special at Smalls.

• Promotional & radio mailing with help from Carla Parisi.

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Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Memphis, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland “A unique trumpet voice distinguished by a rapid fire spewing of notes and delightful color lacking any harshness … He has talent to spare.” — Cadence “Liquid-toned and facile.” — Jazziz

Featured Artists Fabio Morgera: trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, vocals Jason Jackson: trombone Joe Ashlar: piano, keyboards Joseph Lepore, Gregg August: bass Bruce Cox: drums Krystle Warren, Antonio Barbagallo, Miles Griffith: vocals

Track Listing

Fabio Morgera Need For Peace Genre: Jazz Label: Smalls Records CD: SRC 25 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Si Fa Sera • Another Planet • East River • Retrato In Branco e Preto • Thanks To Art • Ti Fidi • Skylark • Emergency • Need For Peace • Valzerino • Love @ First Site • Just Believe • Friday the 13 (Don’t Even!) • Apulia • Accanto a Te • All Alone

Selling Points A virtuosic recording featuring warm-hearted music with a soulful spirit that everyone will enjoy.

Fans of vocal jazz will feast on six beautiful tunes, while instrumental jazz fans will love this record throughout.

• Promotional & radio mailing with help from Carla Parisi.

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Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Memphis, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland

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Featured Artists Bobby Gordon: clarinet Randy Reinhart: trumpet Keith Ingham: piano Russell George: violin James Chirillo: guitar Vince Giordano: bass Arnie Kinsella: drums

Track Listing Woo-Woo • Southern Comfort • Don’t Cry Joe • Little Sir Echo • Say When • Morning Star • Hot String Beans • Jim Jam Stomp • And So To Sleep Again • I Don’t Have To Dream Again • Angelique Bird Man Blues • Village Blues • Like Never Before • Lower Register • You Can Never Give Me Back My Heart • I Must Be Dreaming

Bobby Gordon Lower Register: Bobby Gordon Plays Joe Marsala Genre: Jazz Label: Arbors Records CD: ARB 19352 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Selling Points The master of the clarinet’s lower register salutes his teacher and mentor Joe Marsala, joined by an all-star group headed by celebrated pianist Keith Ingham, who also arranged the various Joe Marsala tunes.

• Highlights include historical liner notes and pictures by Marsala’s daughter.

• Promotion to jazz critics and radio. Reviews in Down Beat, JazzTimes, and more.

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“Evan Christopher harkens back to the early days of jazz’s development, a time of elegance and finesse. Equipped with his research of the music, dexterity, and spirit, the hugely talented clarinetist is well prepared for this rare journey.” — Offbeat

Featured Artists Evan Christopher: clarinets Dick Hyman: piano Bill Huntington: bass Shannon Powell: drums

Track Listing Vieux Carre • Rampart Street Parade • Creole Belles • New Orleans • Kiss Me Sweet • La Ciudad Criolla • The King of Treme • Desire • Out of There • While We Danced at the Mardi Gras • Sunday Mornings • Delta Bound

Selling Points Clarinet phenom Evan Christopher pays homage to his beloved New Orleans with stellar pianist Dick Hyman, one of today’s piano legends.

• Includes liner notes by Dr. Bruce Boyd Raeburn, curator of the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University.

• Promotion to jazz critics and radio. Reviews in Down Beat, JazzTimes, and more.

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Evan Christopher Feat. Dick Hyman Delta Bound Genre: Jazz Label: Arbors Records CD: ARB 19325 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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“A virtuoso who mostly played in bop-oriented settings, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen was in great demand since he was a teenager.” — All Music Guide

Featured Artists Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: bass Ulf Wakenius: guitar Jonas Johansen: drums

Track Listing The Bach Piece • Memories • The Song Is You • Lines • A Nightingale Sang In Barkley Square • You and the Night and the Music • My Little Suede Shoes • NHØP Presentation • I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro • Jeg Gik Mig Ud En Sommerdag • (Our) Love Is Here To Stay

Selling Points This album includes the last recordings made by the legendary Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio for the last thirty years of his life.

• Pedersen played on more than 400 jazz albums and accompanied nearly every big name in jazz, including Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk, Stan Getz, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, and more. Additionally, he was the leader of his own NHØP Trio featuring prestigious guitarist Ulf Wakenius, also a longtime member of the Oscar Peterson Trio.

• A unique album from this inspired, unforgettable bass player who passed away in 2005.

• Promotion via Don Lucoff JazzPublicity. Ads in Down Beat.

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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio Feat. Ulf Wakenius & Jonas Johansen The Unforgettable NHØP Trio Live

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles

Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Music + Vision CD: AMV 9464 Price Code: Q Digipak

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“A clarity of thought and execution rarely encountered in jazz.” — Jazzwise

Featured Artists Lars Danielsson: bass, cello • • Leszek Mozd zer: piano, celesta, harmonium

Track Listing Praying • Fellow • Entrance • Prado • Pasodoble • Daughter’s Joy • It’s Easy With You • Hydrospeed • Reminder • Innocence 91 • Follow My Backlights • Eja Mitt Hjärta • Berlin • Distances

Selling Points One of the most exiting innovators of the Scandinavian sound meets the new piano hero of Polish jazz. A thrilling team!

• • • Leszek Mo zd zer is an exceptional musician and composer who has won numerous awards in his home country of Poland, where he enjoys a kind of superstar status and is called the “New Chopin.” He has collaborated with Oscar-winning film music composer Jan Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland) as well as Pat Metheny, Archie Shepp, Tomasz Staéko, Joe Lovano, and Pink Floyd vocalist/guitarist David Gilmour.

• Lars Danielsson is a musician of astonishing versatility and one of the most highly respected bassists on the European scene. He is renowned and admired throughout the international jazz world for his lyrical playing and strong groove. Danielsson’s name can be found on numerous prestigious jazz recordings, performing with other well-known artists.

• Promotion via Don Lucoff JazzPublicity. Ads in Down Beat.

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Laris Danielsson • • & Leszek Mozdzer Pasodoble Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Music + Vision CD: AMV 9458 Price Code: Q Digipak

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Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles

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AMV 9800 (O) Libera Me (614427980021)

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The Pierre Courbois 5/4 Sextet Révocation: Live at the Bimhuis Featured Artists Toon De Gouw: trumpet/Ilja Reijngoud: trombone/Jasper Blom: saxes/Willem Kühne: piano/ Niko Langenhuijsen: double bass/Pierre Courbois: drums

Track Listing Rééducation Blues • Insonorisé • Opaque • Révocation • Unsquare Roots • February 1953 • Cubic Roots

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Renovating jazz by renowned Dutch veterans!

First live recording in a new Amsterdam jazz temple.

• Follow-up to two highly rated quintet releases.

• This is “unsquare” music in all senses; all the music on this CD is played in the same odd time signature (5/4).

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Ferdinand Povel and The Rob Madna Trio Live at Café Hopper Featured Artists Ferdinand Povel: tenor sax/Rob Madna: piano/Marius Beets: bass/Eric Ineke: drums

Track Listing Sleepless City • How Deep Is the Ocean • Will You Still Be Mine? • Stella By Starlight • The Touch of Your Lips • Choctaw • The Theme

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Recorded live in Antwerp in May 2000.

One of the few albums by underrated late Dutch jazz piano master Rob Madna.

• Ferdinand Povel is one of the foremost Dutch tenor and alto saxophone players. After winning the 1964 Loosdrecht Jazz Concours, he toured Europe with Dusko Goykovich and the Kenny Clarke-Fancy Boland Big Band, and toured the US with Maynard Ferguson in 1973.

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Subtone High Tide Featured Artists Magnus Schriefl: trumpet, flugelhorn/Malte Dürrschnabel: saxes, flute/Florian Höfner: piano, accordion/Benjamin Hiesinger: bass/Peter Gall: drums

Track Listing Parallel • Fünfmeilenstiefel • High Tide • Yak • Springdance • Scarlett • Guru

Selling Points Genre: Jazz Label: Double Moon CD: CHR DM 71062 Price Code: Q Digipak

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Part of the prestigious German series Jazzthing Next Generation (a cooperation between Double Moon and Jazzthing, Germany’s biggest jazz magazine), which presents the most promising talents of German jazz.

• Each of the band members has won distinctions and had significant engagements in the past; four members play in the German National Jazz Orchestra.

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“For more than a decade, Bud Shank has gone full steam ahead as a jazz alto saxophonist.

When Shank declared independence from the studios and the flute, his alto tone took on muscle [and] his improvisation, ferocity. Both have continued to build.” — JazzTimes

Featured Artists Bud Shank: alto sax Bill Mays: piano

Track Listing Red Door • The Wind/The Peacocks • Why Not Now? • Quietly • The Touch of Your Lips • I Loves You Porgy • Carousels • Everything I Love • Where Or When

Selling Points Alto sax legend Bud Shank is joined by pianist Bill Mays for an exciting duo album.

Includes renditions of several standards including “The Touch of Your Lips,” “I Loves You Porgy,” “Everything I Love,” and “Where Or When.”

• Bud Shank and Bill Mays currently tour the world with their gifted interpretations of the Great American Songbook.

• Service to JazzWeek reporters and other stations. Mailing to print and web journalists.

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Bud Shank & Bill Mays Beyond the Red Door Genre: Jazz Label: Jazzed Media CD: JMD 1027 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Key Markets Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: New York, Chicago

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JMD 1015 (Q) Taking the Long Way Home (783707328102)

“Cleveland is known as a working man’s town. N. Glenn Davis, academic background, master’s degree, and all, fits right into the Cleveland tradition [and] like Davis, his sidemen on this debut recording are Clevelanders who have been immersed in music all of their adult lives … Their harmonious vibe should get a welcome reception wherever they go.” — Doug Ramsey,

author, Take Five Featured Artists N. Glenn Davis: drums Larry Porter: piano Dallas Coffey: bass Dave Sterner: tenor sax

Track Listing

The N. Glenn Davis Quartet A Different View Genre: Jazz Label: Jazzed Media CD: JMD 1028 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

The Happy People • Distant Celebration • Monday Night Jam • Sliding • In Passing • Ashley’s Samba • Hometown Waltz • Passion Walk • Eadie is a Lady • Bright Roads • It’s Late

Selling Points Jazz drummer N. Glenn Davis’s debut CD showcases his incredible playing and writing on high-energy straight-ahead jazz.

• Service to JazzWeek reporters and other stations. Mailing to print and web journalists.

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“John Stein fills each piece with sensual guitar melodies that flow seamlessly like a Brazilian summer breeze. He explores each melodic reference passionately but gently, pulling substance from the air and cementing it as if his lyrical building blocks were made from palm fronds.”

— All About Jazz Featured Artists John Stein: guitar David “Fathead” Newman: flute, saxes Ken Clark: organ Dave Hurst: drums

Track Listing Booga Lou • Hotcakes • Jack’s Back • Our Love Will See Us Through • Sultry • Green Street • Greyhound • Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me • Culebra • Digits • Be Ooo Ba • You Stepped Out of a Dream

John Stein Green Street

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Genre: Jazz Label: Whaling City Sound CD: WCS 39 Price Code: Q Digipak

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Recorded by Peter Kontrimas, Green Street includes nine original tunes and an arrangement of Duke Ellington’s “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me.” • The music on Green Street comes straight out of the fifties and sixties organ jazz tradition— it swings like crazy and is great for dancing!

• National mailing to JazzWeek reporters and other stations, plus national press and web outlets.

• Originally available on A Records.

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Key Markets Hometown: Boston. Also: Kansas City, New Orleans, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Genre: Jazz Label: Intuition CD: INU 33522 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Genre: Jazz Label: Intuition CD: INU 33802 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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David Malazonia

Henning Sieverts

First Swallow

Hidden C

Featured Artists

Featured Artists

David Malazonia: piano, keyboards/Mamuka Gaganidze, Zurab Gagnidze: vocals/Pawle Kvachadze: bass/Gia Salagishvili: drums/ David Japaridze: percussion

Henning Sieverts: bass, cello/Maria Pia de Vito: vocals/Matthias Nadolny: tenor saxophone/Peter O’Mara: acoustic & electric guitars/ Glauco Venier: piano/John Hollenbeck: drums, percussion, toys

Track Listing

Track Listing

Hangi · First Swallow · Kera · Lkhini · At Home I · At Home II · Adio · Acrobats · Eulenspiegel · Farewell

HiddenC I · Das helle Hören · Little Seahorse · Hidden C II · Night Train · Hidden C III · Le Chien du tambour -Light Orange · Hidden C IV · Forward · Gorizia · Wheel Air · Hidden C V · Caffè della Pace · Azzurro Vecchio · Hidden C VI

Selling Points With his album First Swallow, David Malazonia creates a fascinating and independent link between Georgian folklore and Western jazz sounds which are reflected in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, as a melting pot of different cultures.

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Selling Points The musicians who play on Hidden C hail from the US, Australia, Italy, and Germany. Nevertheless, they speak one language, transforming Hidden C into a key masterpiece!

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“Carl Saunders has brought audiences to their feet with solos, which are spectacular.”

— JazzTimes “An examination of Saunders’ improv solo … shows the breathtaking melodies and never-ending supply of creative improvisations that make him a highly regarded player.” — Down Beat

Featured Artists Carl Saunders: trumpet, flugelhorn Pete Christlieb: tenor sax Andy Martin: trombone Bob Efford: baritone sax Christian Jacob: piano Kevin Axt: bass Santo Savino: drums

The Carl Saunders Exploration

Guest Artists Sam Most: flute, baritone sax

The Lost Bill Holman Charts

Track Listing Three Little Words • Ow • St. Theodore • The Hook • Primrose • Hannibal • Doctor Deep • We’ll Be Together Again • All Too Soon • Dearly Beloved • Scratch

Selling Points Bill Holman wrote these charts over twenty years ago for saxophonist Ted Richardson, but the arrangements were never recorded. Recently, Richardson approached Carl Saunders to ask if he would record these sacred scrolls.

• Playing with some of the best players on the West Coast—from Bill Holman’s band— Saunders ignites a fire on this powerful recording of crazy-difficult Holman charts!

• Jazz fans and musicians worldwide have long known that Carl Saunders is one of the great trumpet players around today. He has worked with Stan Kenton, Bobby Sherwood, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Robert Goulet, Harry James, Maynard Ferguson, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, and many more.

• Radio promotion to all JazzWeek reporting stations; additional syndicated programming and special radio market push.

• Ads in JazzTimes and Down Beat.

Genre: Jazz Label: MAMA Records CD: MAA 1032 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Key Markets Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia “Every moment of this CD is intriguing and a bit unpredictable.” — All Music Guide

Featured Artists Brooke Sofferman: drums/Jerry Bergonzi: tenor sax, saxcello/Phil Grenadier: trumpet/Norm Zocher: guitar/Bruno Raberg: bass

Track Listing Metric Monkulation • Fine Whines • Cold Train • Forhermeto • Are You Sureious? • Some Beach • All Kashmir • Only Two Dimensions • Da Bull Stops Here • Back in the Bidet • Poor Glob • Karmocity • Imperial March

Brooke Sofferman Fine Whines Genre: Jazz Label: Summit Records CD: SMT 489 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Selling Points On this fourth recording from Boston-area drummer/composer Brooke Sofferman, the music is complex yet accessible, incorporating various styles of music under the guise of modern jazz.

• Radio promotion to all JazzWeek reporting stations; additional syndicated programming and special radio market push.

• Ads in JazzTimes and Down Beat.

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Genre: Jazz Label: Cellar Live CD: CLF 23106 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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The Chris Tarry Group

Ian Hendrickson-Smith

Sorry To Be Strange

Blues in the Basement

Featured Artists

Featured Artists

Chris Tarry: bass/Kelly Jefferson: tenor sax/Jon Cowherd: piano/ Pete McCann: guitar/Dan Weiss: drums

Ian Hendrickson-Smith: tenor sax/Dave Guy: trumpet/Rick Germanson: piano/Neal Miner: bass/Brian Floody: drums/Bosco Mann: percussion

Track Listing Track Listing

Then There Was One • Yeah Guys! • Vienna in the Spring • Merry Go Round P.G.O.A.T • Universal Traveler • McCann Can Blues • For the Quiet Heart • The Corilos Effect • Wind-Up Bird • Happy For Most • Here We Go Again

Big Weeds • Hello Stranger • Jacob’s New Crib • Hey, Baby • Chatter Box • Blues in the Basement

Selling Points

Selling Points

Internationally renowned bassist with an all-star New York band. 1998/99 Juno Award winner and 2000/01 CAMA winner.

Super funky jazz recorded live at the Fat Cat in NYC featuring members of Sharon Jones’ Dap Kings. Hendrickson-Smith has been very busy in the studio lately with the likes of Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams, MoFro, and more.

Genre: Jazz Label: Cellar Live CD: CLF 92906 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Genre: Jazz Label: Cellar Live CD: CLF 50307 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Jeremy Manasia

Night Crawlers

Witchery

Presenting

Featured Artists

Featured Artists

Jeremy Manasia: piano/Hans Glavishnig: bass/Daniel Freedman: drums

Cory Weeds: alto sax/Chris Gestrin: Hammond B3/Ian HendricksonSmith: tenor sax/Dave Sikula: guitar/Jesse Cahill: drums

Track Listing

Track Listing

‘C’ Song • You Do Something To Me • Witchery • Sweet Child • I Should Care • No Good Man • After You’ve Gone • Dulcinees Dance

Funky Mama • But Its Alright • No Mango, No Music • Sanctified Waltz • Fine L’ill Lass • String Bean • Cookin at the Continental • Outro

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The bassist for Chick Corea presents swinging piano trio jazz! Jeremy Manasia has been a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Competition, the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and the APA’s Jazz Piano Competition.

Funky/swinging organ jazz features Ian Hendrickson-Smith of Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse, and MoFro fame. Jesse Cahill is one of Canada’s premiere drummers and has backed up the likes of George Coleman, David “Fathead” Newman, Eddie Henderson, and more. Review in May 2007 Down Beat.

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“Intelligent groove music that appeals to the brain as well as the boudoir.” — Down Beat “A musical kaleidoscope, a wonderful blast of kinetic energy” — NPR

Featured Artists Josh Roseman: trombone Peter Apfelbaum: sax, organ Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet Barney McAll: piano, keyboards Marvin Sewell: guitar Jonathan Maron: bass Justin Brown: drums

Track Listing Satta Massaganna • Greasy Feets Music • Thoroughfare • I Should Have Known Better • Olsen Twins Subpoena • Theme Constellations • B4 and After • Confucious • Purpled Turtles Liberations • I Wanna Be With You • I Should Have Known Better (Live Remix)

Selling Points His third album as a leader! This sideman to Lester Bowie and Dave Holland co-founded the Groove Collective and was an original member of the SF Jazz Collective.

• A unique live remix project, New Constellations was recorded onstage in Vienna and then dubbed, deconstructed, and remixed in New York. Features Peter Apfelbaum, sideman to Trey Anastasio and leader of the New York Hieroglyphics.

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Josh Roseman New Constellations: Live in Vienna Genre: Jazz Label: Accurate Records CD: ACR 5056 Price Code: Q Digipak

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Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Boulder, Seattle, Washington DC “Dagobert Böhm is among a select few imaginative acoustic guitarists in jazz … relaxed, picturesque, [and] filled with dreamy images.” — USA Today

Featured Artists Dagobert Böhm: acoustic guitar Markus Reuter: touch guitar, ambient guitar loops Zoltán Lantos: five-string violin

Track Listing Indiaespara • Tau • Circle • Half a Waltz • Interlude • The Lake • The River • Nightbirds • Half a Waltz (Guitars Only) • Time

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: Ambient World-Jazz. Imagine Crimsoid ingenuity seasoned with Oregon and Shakti.

• This mostly acoustic ambient world-jazz is a celebration for the senses and refreshing food for the soul.

• Dagobert Böhm explores new territory with this trio. Markus Reuter adds King Crimson and Fripp-like elements, which Zoltán Lantos augments with colors of India, where he lived and studied violin for ten years.

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Key Markets New York, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Sedona, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, Seattle

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“Hugely influential, Abrams is one of the most important catalytic forces in contemporary jazz and improvisation.” — Penguin Guide to Jazz

Featured Artists Muhal Richard Abrams: piano

Track Listing Vision Towards Essence (60 min)

Selling Points Pi Recordings’ last release featuring Muhal Richard Abrams, Streaming, was a 2006 Critics Pick for JazzTimes, Time Out New York, and Village Voice. It was also a New York Times Critics Choice pick.

• Vision Towards Essence is Abrams’ first solo piano release since 1978’s long out-of-print Spiral on Arista Novus.

• Abrams is perhaps best known as the founder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the organization from which sprung such luminaries as •

Muhal Richard Abrams Vision Towards Essence Genre: Jazz Label: Pi Recordings CD: PIE 23 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Anthony Braxton, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Henry Threadgill.

George Lewis will publish his highly anticipated history of the AACM in Fall 2007. The book will likely rekindle a great deal of interest in the AACM, and in the role Abrams played in its development.

• Full press mailing to all relevant magazines and journalists.

• Full radio mailing to all relevant CMJ, JazzWorld, and NPR stations.

• Targeted online campaign through relevant sites such as All About Jazz and Pitchfork.

• Ads with Down Beat, All About Jazz, and JazzTimes.

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“Don Cherry, more than any other artist in the jazz of his era, pioneered the music’s internationalist nature that has now come to be commonly accepted as an integral part of its character. The individuality of Cherry’s contribution to the history of jazz has often been unfairly obscured by his admittedly important association with the music of Ornette Coleman. While the (pocket) trumpeter’s position as Coleman’s front line partner in the altoist’s first revolutionary quartet was indeed a major one, Cherry’s role as one of the founders of the genre that is known today as ‘world music’ is equally significant.” — Russ Musto

Featured Artists Don Cherry: trumpet Gato Barbieri: tenor sax Bo Stief: bass Karl Berger: vibraphone Aldo Romano: drums

Track Listing Intro • Cocktail Piece • Neapolitan Suite • Complete Communion • Free Improvisation – Music Now • Cocktail Piece (End)

Don Cherry Quintet Live at Café Montmartre 1966 + Smorgasboard DVD Sampler

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Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD+DVD: ESP 4032 Price Code: Q Double Slimline

Live recordings come with a bonus DVD sampler featuring selections from the entire ESP-Disk’ catalog—over twelve hours of music!

• Digitally re-mastered and manufactured in the US by the original label.

• Radio campaign will target college and independent stations.

• Review copies submitted to numerous indie/avant publications.

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Genre: Jazz Label: Sea Breeze Jazz CD: SBJ 2144 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Better Days Ahead

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Steve Schmidt: piano/Michael Sharfe: bass/John Von Ohlen: drums

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Dave Tucker: drums/The New Big Band

Track Listing Sweet Georgia Brown • Strollin’ • Holland Park • The Heather on the Hill •

Grupo Step Lightly • Muzenza Urgency • Silver’s Serenade • Daydream • Ricochet • Little Capoeira Sunflower • Soon

Genre: World/Brazil Selling Points Label: Playasound A dazzling big band pays tribute to the owner of the club at which they CD: PLS 65300 Price M have Code: performed for the past twenty-five years. An unequivocal triumph!

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A Tube of Blues • Tropicale • The Bad and The Beautiful • West End Blues • Better Days Ahead • Naima • Firedance • My One and Only Love • On Green • Profile of a Trumpet Player • When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go • Last Train Home

Selling Points This is how contemporary big bands should play and sound—prepare to be blown away by trumpeter John Blount! Radio mailing to college, community, and NPR stations as well as press and web outlets.

“One of Clifford Jordan’s finest recordings … [he] does not waste a note.” — Jazziz

Featured Artists Clifford Jordan: tenor sax Kevin O’Connell: piano Ed Howard: bass Vernel Fournier: drums

Genre: World/Vietnam Genre: World/Russia Label: Air Mail Music Label: Air Mail Music CD: PLS 141144 CD: PLS 141145 Track Listing Price Code: E Price Code: E Serenade • Lush Life • ‘Round Midnight • Blues In Advance • Little Jewel Boy For So Long. Little Standard JewelSummer Case Standard Case

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Artist Title Clifford Jordan Quartet Live at Ethell’s Genre: Jazz Label: Summit Records Genre: Jazz CD: SMT 475 Label:Code: Mapleshade Price Q CD: MAP 56292 Standard Jewel Case Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE QTY

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Chicago tenor sax legend Clifford Jordan earned his stripes with Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus while forging his credentials as leader with historic albums for Blue Note, OJC, and Milestone in the late fifties, sixties, and seventies.

• Recorded live in 1987, fans and critics agree that Live at Ethell’s is one of Jordan’s best performances ever—with a warmth and soulfulness not found on any other disc.

• The recording has incomparable dynamic excitement and breathtaking clarity due to Mapleshade’s renowned all-analog technology. Audiophile journals consider this CD the benchmark for live jazz recordings. Re-mastered using JVC’s proprietary K2 processing.

• Service to jazz and audiophile publications, jazz radio stations, and satellite radio.

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Key Markets Hometown: Boston. Also: New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta

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“An all-time great soul, R&B, funk, and pop drummer, Bernard Purdie’s impeccable timing and mastery of backbeats and grooves are celebrated.” — All Music Guide

Featured Artists Bernard Purdie: drums Bob Cunningham: bass Bross Townsend: piano Houston Person: tenor sax Bucky Pizzarelli, Donny Albano: guitars Fred Smith: trumpet Rob Paparozzi: harmonica Eunice Newkirk: vocals

Track Listing Soothing • Saint Louis Blues • I Cover the Waterfront • God Bless the Child • Caravan • Go Away Little Girl • Wave • Please Send Me Someone To Love • I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water

The 3B’s Soothin’ n Groovin’ with the 3B’s Genre: Jazz Label: 3B’s Music & Records CD: BBS 2 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Selling Points St. Louis blues with a combination of Purdie shuffle and reggae that is enjoyable and danceable. A great gift for anyone that loves jazz, blues, R&B, and funk.

• Highlights include Houston Person and Bucky Pizzarelli on “I Cover the Waterfront,” and Donny Albano, Rob Paparozzi, and Fred Smith together with vocalist Eunice Newkirk taking “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water” to an exciting new level.

• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, the world’s most recorded drummer, has played with Aretha Franklin, James Brown, B.B. King, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, and more.

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“A formidable boogie and blues pianist with a lovable growl of a voice, [Dr. John’s] most enduring achievements have fused New Orleans R&B, rock, and Mardi Gras craziness to come up with his own brand of ‘voodoo’ music. He’s also quite accomplished and enjoyable when sticking to purely traditional forms of blues and R&B.” — All Music Guide

Featured Artists Dr. John: piano, vocals, percussion Chris Barber: trombone

Track Listing Big Bass Drum (On a Mardi Gras Day) • Such a Night • Iko Iko • Right Place, Wrong Time • The Wicked Shall Cease • Bourbon Street Parade • Lil’ Liza Jane • Down in San Antone • Stack-a-Lee • Mac’s Boogie Woogie • You Lie Too Much • Memories of Smiley

Selling Points Grammy-winning artist Dr. John accompanied by Chris Barber, the kingpin of modern British jazz!

• Recorded live during a Mardi Gras party in 1983 at London’s posh Marquee Club.

• Dr. John is a charismatic and colorful pianist, singer, and songwriter whose music often combines blues, boogie woogie, and rock ‘n’ roll. Born in New Orleans, his musical career began as a session musician in New Orleans in the 1950s.

• He has worked with a veritable “who’s who” of the music industry, including Professor Longhair, Frankie Ford, Joe Tex, Eric Clapton, and Mick Jagger.

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Featured Artists Chris Barber: trombone Pat Halcox: trumpet John Crocker, Ian Wheeler: saxes, clarinet Johnny McCallum: banjo, guitar Vic Pitt: bass Norman Emberson: drums

Track Listing Down by the Riverside • When the Saints Go Marching In • Copulatin’ Jazz • Swannee River • We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City • Just a Little While to Stay Here • Blues for Wynton • Dippermouth Blues • My Old Kentucky Home • Sweet Sue • Blue Lady Blaze • He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands • Hokus Pokus • All My Tomorrows • We’ll Meet Again • Good Night Sweetheart

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Selling Points This re-release includes four never-before-recorded songs: “Copulatin’ Jazz,” “Blues for Wynton,” “Blue Lady Blaze,” and “Hokus Pokus.”

• Performed at the legendary Perseverance Hall, the oldest Masonic temple in Louisiana.

• British jazz trombonist Chris Barber celebrated his 50th year as a bandleader in 1999. Inspired by the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Barber formed his first band in 1949 at the age of nineteen. The Chris Barber Jazz Band formed in 1954 and has been one of Europe’s most successful traditional jazz bands ever since!

• Over the years, the Chris Barber Jazz Band has evolved into the Chris Barber Jazz and Blues Band, a rich eight-piece group that blends brass, reeds, and electric guitar into a unique and unmistakable mix of blues and jazz.

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BLUES

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“On Purdie Good Cookin’ a crew of Portland’s finest musicians joins the legendary drummer on a recorded live album that serves as a primer about the importance of chemistry and musicianship.

The group is hot and they are cookin’. ” — The Oregonian

Featured Artists Bernard Purdie: drums Rob Paparozzi: harmonica, vocals Renato Caranto: sax Linda Hornbuckle: vocals Jay Koder: guitar Thara Memory: trumpet Louis Pain: Hammond B3

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Bernard Purdie Purdie Good Cookin’ Genre: Blues Label: 3B’s Music & Records CD: BBS 6 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Memphis Soul Stew • Jambalaya • Kidney Stew Blues • Breakfast with the Blues • Grits & Gravy • Home Cookin’ • Red Beans & Rice • Givin’ Up Food For Funk • A Little Soul Food • Mama’s Cookin’ • Hot Popcorn • Portland Clam Chowder

Selling Points This high-energy live recording can truly be considered food for the soul!

With Bernard Purdie and his band playing, it becomes a challenge to sit still.

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“Three of Maryland’s finest blues musicians … Fans of Cephas & Wiggins, Ball & Sultan, or Steve James will enjoy this relaxed set of country nuggets.” — Blues Review

Featured Artists Ben Andrews: vocals, guitar Jeff Sarli: bass Mark Wenner: harmonica

Track Listing 25 tracks include: Preachin’ the Blues • Stomp Down Rider • Gallows Pole • Old Blue Goose • Early Morning Blues • Cincinnati Rag • Pay Day • Walkin’ Blues • Georgia Rag • Freight Train Boogie • Statesboro Blues • She Don’t Do Me Wrong • Salty Dog • Easy Rider • Last Fair Deal Going Down • Death Have No Mercy In This Land • and more

Selling Points The Blue Rider Trio was a Maryland acoustic blues supergroup that boasted three stellar members: Ben Andrews, renown for his gritty country-blues vocals; the late Jeff Sarli, bassist for Bob Margolin, Rolling Stones, and Big Joe & The Dynaflows; and Mark Wenner, blues harmonica virtuoso and leader of The Nighthawks.

• Early Morning Blues includes the trio’s acclaimed, out-of-print debut Preachin’ the Blues and their swansong album Harp, Steel & Guts.

• The recording has incomparable dynamic excitement and breathtaking clarity due to Mapleshade’s cutting-edge all-analog technology.

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“A virtuoso, Billy Preston was also extremely versatile, spanning gospel, funk, classic rock, and many other styles.” — Rolling Stone “Billy Preston was one of the music business’s true MVPs, someone who had his own substantial hits but whose real gift was making other stars sound better. After all, there’s no musician who can claim to have been coveted by both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in their prime, or to have been touted as Ray Charles’s successor by Charles himself.” — Washington Post “Billy Preston was a fantastic and gifted musician … a superb singer in both recording sessions and on stage.” — Mick Jagger “He made that piano walk and talk … There’s nobody in this world who could play the piano like Billy Preston.” — Little Richard “Billy Preston spent most of the 1960s as a working musician, playing important roles in the bands of Little Richard and, later, Ray Charles, and getting some exposure on television shows like Shindig, but he was hardly a household name.

Then he crossed paths with the Beatles, whom he’d known from their early days, and one rooftop concert and the ‘Get Back’ single later, he was among the most famous musicians ever to work with them on a recording.” — All Music Guide

Billy Preston Feat. Novecento You and I

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Genre: Soul/Pop Label: Nicolosi Productions CD: NIC 90020 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case w/ O-card

Billy Preston: vocals Pino Nicolosi: keyboard Rossana Nicolosi: bass Dora Nicolosi: vocal Lino Nicolosi: guitar Mimmo Campanale: drums

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Track Listing Getting It On • Lonely No More • You Are So Beautiful • Hold Me • Supernatural Thang • Right Now • Dream Lover • I’m In Love With You • You and I • Sweet Sensuous Sensations ALSO AVAILABLE

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In 1997, Billy Preston remained in Italy at Nicolosi Productions’ studios for approximately a month to record You and I. This album has remained mostly

unknown to American fans, and has been sold only in Italy.

• You and I contains ten original themes and ballads including “You Are So Beautiful,” one of the Grammy Award winner’s most popular compositions.

• Billy Preston was a gifted keyboardist who recorded with both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and scored two of his own #1 hits—”Will It Go Round In Circles” (1973) and “Nothing From Nothing” (1974).

• Dubbed “the Fifth Beatle,” Preston became the first-ever musical guest on Saturday Night Live and played the role of Sgt. Pepper in the film version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He has worked with such greats as Little Richard, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Sly & The Family Stone, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

• Copies will be sent to freelance writers, radio, and publications including Billboard, Modern Drummer, Jazziz, Down Beat, JazzTimes, and more.

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Etta James Blues from the Big Apple Track Listing Respect Yourself • I Can’t Turn You Loose • Dust Your Broom • Rock Me Baby • Stormy Monday Blues • I’d Rather Go Blind • I’ll Drown In My Own Tears • Out On the Streets Again • Shake Yo Booty • Roll With Me Henry (The Wallflower)

Selling Points Etta James can moan the blues, sing sweet soul music, croon smooth jazz, and belt out R&B. In short, she can do it all! Like many great blues performers, James is best experienced live. In the early 1980s, she played mostly smaller clubs, and it was during one of these appearances in New York that this exciting live album was recorded.

• A legend in her own time, James influenced Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Gladys Knight, and countless other successful female soloists. Her pioneering 1950s hit “Roll With Me Henry (The Wallflower)” substantiates her place in the early history of rock ‘n’ roll alongside such icons as Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles.

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Taj Mahal World Blues Track Listing Rolling Wheel Blues • Jumping Blues • Hesitation Blues • Freight Train • Sweet Mama Red • Stagger Lee • Tom and Sally Drake • Ulysses Gregory • Caribbean Rhapsody – Part 1 • Caribbean Rhapsody – Part 2

Selling Points Taj Mahal is a soulful blues singer and guitar player as well as a globetrotting multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, ethnomusicologist, musicians’ advocate, and two-time Grammy winner.

• For over forty years, Taj Mahal has been playing his own distinctive brand of blues. On a rock solid country-blues foundation, the artist layers a mixture of genres including Caribbean, Hawaiian, African, Latin, and Cuban sounds blended with folk, jazz, zydeco, gospel, rock, pop, soul, and R&B. •

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Crosby & Nash Bittersweet Dreams Track Listing Carry Me • Mama Lion • Bittersweet • Take the Money and Run • Naked in the Rain • Love Work Out • Low Down Payment • Cowboy of Dreams • Homeward Through the Haze • Fieldworker • The Last Whale: Critical Mass/Wind on the Water

Selling Points One of the most precious gems in the CSNY catalogue! Originally titled Wind on the Water, this was the second album that David Crosby and Graham Nash recorded as a duo, released in 1975.

• The album is just as much of a treasure as their self-titled debut and the stellar solo albums each had already produced at the time. Crosby and Nash always bring out the best in each other, and this album is no exception.

• An album of emotionally wrenching material, rich melodies, and lush vocal harmonies carries the Crosby & Nash legacy of timeless songwriting, indelible vocals, and peerless harmonies. A cornerstone of any CSNY collection! Re-mastered with exceptional new packaging.

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“Stunning.” — Glasgow Herald “One of the finest singers in Britain.” — Q Magazine “Tune into this, it’s lush and downright sexy stuff.” — Gay Times “Her voice wraps itself around us like a great big duvet.” — The Scotsman

Featured Artists Horse McDonald: vocals, acoustic guitar Stuart Brown: drums Brian Branford: bass Greg Barnes: keyboard, vocals Martin Keys: guitars, vocals Tracey Braithwaite: vocals

Horse Red Haired Girl

Track Listing This Time • Catch My Fall • Make Love To Me • Same Old, Same Old • Every Woman • Destiny • She’s Burning • Can’t Break My Heart • Fade Away • Red Haired Girl

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker : “One of the finest singers in Britain.” – Q Magazine Horse McDonald is a unique talent. Her career has spanned three decades, six albums, eight singles, and the inevitable ups and downs of life in the creative spotlight. Her group has a dedicated fan base and has played hundreds of live shows throughout Europe.

• McDonald has worked with artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Robbie Williams, Burt Bacharach, Bryan Ferry, B.B. King, Nanci Griffith, Pet Shop Boys, Culture Club, Erasure, and many more.

• Following an album of covers and a critically acclaimed live album, she now returns with trademark energy, creativity, and enthusiasm on Red Haired Girl.

• Mixed by Bob Sadler from Secret Stealth.

• Extensive web campaign centered on MySpace.

• Service to NPR, XM Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, and commercial specialty shows.

• Service to national music publications as well as gay and lesbian media outlets.

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ELECTRONICA JAZZ

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“Orchestrates ambient excursions of a decidedly electronic nature … surreal sound designs … full of trancey beats and shifting textures. Whenever spoken fragments arrive, it’s like a window briefly opened up back into the real world, but zerO One makes sure you won’t want to leave the one he created.” — John Diliberto, Echoes

Featured Artists zerO One: all programming and instruments

Track Listing malfuNctiON • NaNO • affirmativE • twilight • flashback • glitch • dreams • lifEfOrcE • brainwave • futurE (autOZONE mix) • Ok

Selling Points This third Waveform release offers more calculated adventures in electronica from zerOOne. ozOne is the space between your thoughts.

• National radio exposure and advertising on Musical Starstreams, radioioAMBIENT, XM Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, and hundreds of terrestrial radio stations.

• Promotion by SPECTRE Radio Promotion.

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TANGOmotion: Neo Tango Chill 2

Home Service: Basement Chill

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16 tracks include: Amando Amargo: Strange • Federico Mizhari: Línea D • TangoFusionClub: Bandoneon Acorazado remixed by DJ Malente • Groupo Maron: Tango Fantasia • Federico Mizhari: Tititè • Romolo Chiapucci: A Media Luz • Otros Aires: La Pampa Seca • Orchestra Industrial Automatica: Correr Y Correr • Ensemble Ethnique: Pacanà • DNA: Tango minimal • Sudestada: Caminito • Meloscience Corp: Fuga Y Misterio • Bonus Video: Groupo Maron: Tango Fantasia Film

Sphere: Breathe • Moca: Latein • Floor: Blue Sky • Lenny Mac Dowell: Ocean Drive • Serendipity: Sambatriste • Felix: Giraffe • Genre: Jazz Bloomfield: St. Etienne • Decò: Dr. Albert • Don Everyday Label:Shiva: Summit Records • SMT 475 Jazzamor feat. Publique: Wann Ist Es LiebeCD: • Decò: So Beautiful Price Code: Q (Beat E-Mix) • Red Buddha: Raindance • Pluto Project: Erophone • Standard Jewel Case Desney Bailey: Crazy Day

Selling Points Selling Points A chill summer compilation lets the breath of South America flow through the speakers. Bonus video clip shows tango dancers backed by music from Groupo Maron. College radio promotion. Special promotion to tango dance clubs.

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NEW AGE

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“A moving soundtrack for the vast array of struggles and celebrations that have infused our nation and the planet during the past two years.” — New Age

Retailer “Grand, sweeping, dramatic … exquisite classical compositions are intended to bring comfort—solace—in dark times, and surely this heavenly, sweet music could do just that. Highly recommended!” — Aquarius: A Sign of the Times “A genuine breath of solace and comfort … [a] heartfelt affirmation of beauty, the process that Rabindranath Tagore alludes to when he writes ‘Dark clouds become heaven’s flowers when kissed by light.’ ” — Spirit of Change “Enchanting and masterful, flowing with a sense of grace that is endearing to the soul.” — New Friends Review

Featured Artists Michael Hoppé: piano

Michael Hoppé

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Romances for Solo Piano

Beloved • Prayer (for Dokdo) • Lincoln’s Lament • The Parting • The Unforgetting Heart • Renouncement • Children’s Waltz • Wistful • Moon Ghost Waltz • Farewell • Nostalgia • Silver Screen Romance • Homeland • Vern’s Turn • Sigh

Genre: New Age Label: Spring Hill Music CD: SHM 6051 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: Relaxing and enchanting solo piano music from Grammy nominee Michael Hoppé.

• Over a much-lauded twenty-year career as a recording artist, English-born Michael Hoppé has recorded over a dozen albums of lush, romantic, classically-influenced music.

• Hoppé is the winner of numerous awards and accolades, including CD Review Editor’s Choice CD of the Year, the AIM Indie Award for Best New Age Album, and a COVR Best Album Award for a previous Spring Hill Music release, The Lover.

• Full service and promotion to new age, satellite/cable, in-flight, and internet radio plus specialty shows.

• Extensive service and promotion to key mainstream daily, monthly, digital, and broadcast media.

• Email blasts will offer excerpts, artist podcast, and other exclusives.

• Viral marketing campaign will focus on new age and relaxation markets.

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“Harpist Lisa Lynne and George Tortorelli (flute maker and bamboo flutist extraordinaire) came together on this beautiful album, Love & Peace. Jointly they created a simple, harmonious, yet cosmopolitan production. If you have ever seen them perform live together, this is exactly what they sound like. George’s bamboo flute and panpipes, with Lisa’s Celtic harp, create a tranquil and relaxing CD. The whole album consists of long songs and slow-tempo soft music, captured in seventy-three minutes of listening enchantment.” — Honey Harris, KBAC “Lisa Lynne’s Celtic harp music is a soothing addition to our programs for both patients and staff.” — Neal Statkin, MD

Featured Artists Lisa Lynne: Celtic harp George Tortorelli: bamboo flute

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Lisa Lynne & George Tortorelli Love & Peace

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Lisa Lynne, with over 500,000 records sold, is cherished by healing communities around the world. She is a self-taught musician who has ascended the ladder of success, from humble beginnings to starting her own production company and signing with the prestigious Windham Hill and New Earth Records labels.

• Her recent releases have all placed in the Top 20 of the Billboard music charts (Hopes & Dreams reaching #6), and have held top positions in the Celtic, new age, and world music radio airplay charts.

• George Tortorelli is a master bamboo flute designer and player. After moving to the forests of North Florida, he discovered and nurtured an abundance of bamboo on his land, and commenced expanding his growing flute collection with flutes of his own design. His music and concerts were so loved by surrounding communities that he became known as “Medicine Wind” for the healing quality of his peaceful gatherings.

• It was at such a festival that Lisa Lynne & George Tortorelli met. After an exchange of albums, it became apparent that their individual music was very much kindred. So they collaborated, and it was a match made in heaven—the Celtic harp and bamboo flute are two of the most ancient and beloved instruments. Since February 1997, they have been spellbinding audiences with their magical and endearing sound.

• The two artists have recorded seven albums together, and perform nonstop. They are featured at the country’s finest art fairs, music festivals, and performing arts centers as part of the Windham Hill Winter Solstice Concert Series.

• Press releases will be sent to online press services and New Age Retailer.

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Invocation • Winds of Peace • Mysterium • Angel of Mercy • The Burney • Windrise • Flowers of the Wind • The Farthest Shore • Serenity Road • The Dawn • Once Upon a Time • First Light

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“Richly rewarding; a matchless choir.” — Gramophone “A triumph.” — The Independent Julie Cooper: soprano Eamonn Dougan: baritone Gary Cooper: piano Christopher Glynn: piano The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem] One of the world’s leading choirs performs a rare edition of the piano duet version of Brahms’s Requiem, using a grand piano from the composer’s era.

• Brahms himself made the piano transcription of the orchestral parts of his magnificent German Requiem, a piece never intended for church performance.

• The arrangement for two players allows a degree of intimacy, precision, and contrapuntal clarity that cannot be achieved in the orchestral version; at times one is reminded of the Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52.

• In 1871 this version was given its English premiere conducted by Brahms’s friend Julius Stockhausen. It is thus appropriate that the piano used on this recording is a Bösendorfer of 1872.

• The Sixteen, one of the jewels in the musical crown of Britain, enjoys a worldwide reputation.

• Ads in BBC Music magazine and Gramophone. Various other ads placed in music journals and magazines. Website advertising and promotions with retailers. British radio coverage.

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“Regal sumptuousness … extraordinary, powerful music.” — The Sunday Times “Christophers is alive to the rhythmic energy contained within the mass and motet … the sound quality and production values are exemplary.” — Early Music Today The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor CARVER: O bone Jesu • Mass: Dum sacrum convivium • Magnificat

• Rare repertoire by one of Scotland’s most important historic composers.

• The massive granite-like choral writing of early sixteenth-century Scottish choral music is displayed in Carver’s magnificent nineteen-voice votive antiphon O bone Jesu, written for James IV King of Scots.

• The large-scale Mass Dum sacrum convivium, with its sumptuous polyphony, may well have been sung at the coronation of James V in 1513.

• Carver’s unique and compelling sound world is recreated here with polish and conviction

by The Sixteen. Founded in 1977 by its director, Harry Christophers, the group’s eighty-plus albums have received nearly every major prize of the recording industry including the prestigious Gramophone Award for Early Music.

• The Sixteen’s special reputation for early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, and a diversity of twentieth century music is founded on precision, a naturalness of performance, a revealing clarity and beauty of sound, and a dramatic intensity of delivery.

• Ads in BBC Music magazine and Gramophone. Various other ads placed in music journals and magazines. Website advertising and promotions with retailers. British radio coverage.

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“Some of the most refreshing, life-enhancing Baroque playing heard in years.”

— Chicago Tribune [on Handel Violin Sonatas] Rachel Barton Pine: violin John Mark Rozendaal: cello David Schrader: harpsichord MARINI: Sonata a due • CASTELLO: Sonata ottava • STRADELLA: Sinfonia in D minor • CORELLI: Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 • HANDEL: Sonata in G minor, HWV 364a • LOCATELLI: Sonata da camera, Op. 6, No. 2 in F • VERACINI: Sonata in D minor, Op. 2, No. 12 • TARTINI: Sonata Pastorale in A Violinist Rachel Barton Pine is Cedille Records’ best selling artist. The Chicago native was a child prodigy who began performing in public at age seven. Today, she is one of America’s most acclaimed violinists.

• Follow-up to the best-selling Handel Violin Sonatas CD (over 9,000 copies sold).

• Attractive repertory including many new discoveries for most listeners.

• Press releases to print and radio. Artists available for interview.

• Violinist Rachel Barton Pine tours widely throughout the country.

• Back cover ad in Fanfare, September issue.

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Margarethe DANZI

J.S. BACH

Sonatas & Variations for Fortepiano and Violin

Organ Works, Vol. 7

Vaughan Schlepp: fortepiano/Antoinette Lohmann: violin

Jacques van Oortmerssen: organ

Margarethe DANZI: Three Sonatas for Piano, with Violin Obbligato • MOZART: Variations on an Andantino “Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant” in G minor, K.360 (374b)

J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 547 • Concerto in C (after J.E. von Sachsen-Weimar), BWV 595 • In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 • Pastorale in F, BWV 590 • Fugue on the Magnificat “Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn,” BWV 733 • O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross, BWV 622 • Prelude & Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552

Jacques van Oortmerssen, a former student of Marie-Claire Alain, now teaches at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.

He is in demand as a concert recitalist worldwide, and has taught organ at the Sweelinck Conservatory since 1979.

Margarethe (Marchand) Danzi (1768-1800) was the wife of the well-known composer Franz Danzi, and a fine musician herself who was discounted as a composer due to her sex. This disc features splendid performances on quality period instruments by a duo whose previous CD was received with great praise. Schlepp plays a copy of a Stein fortepiano from ca. 1785, and Lohmann performs on a Piattelini violin from 1770.

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“This is potentially a highly valuable project. It’s off to an excellent start …

Buxtehude’s harpsichord music contains an amazing amount of variety and imagination … Koopman, as one can imagine, sounds terrific in all of the music here; his natural flair for Bach and for the music of this period in general makes these Buxtehude pieces sound effortless, even though they are clearly not so. The recording is just about perfect.” — All Music Guide [HHHHH] “Koopman is in his element during this dexterous and decorous performance. His mastery is never in doubt.” — Gramophone Ton Koopman: organ BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in F-sharp, BuxWV 146 • In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 197 • Praeludium in G, BuxWV 162 • Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BuxWV 178 • Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141 • Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren, BuxWV 213 • Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160 • Nun freut euch lieben Christen g’mein, BuxWV 210 • Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 • Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 220 • Canzonetta in E minor, BuxWV 169 • Toccata in F, BuxWV 156 This is the third part of a series of complete works of Buxtehude, and the first part of the organ works, containing his mature works.

• The organ used is tuned in the right historic (Werckmeister) temperament.

It is the Coci/Klapmeyer organ (1498/1728) in St. Nicholas Church, Altenbruch.

• Ton Koopman is one of the world’s foremost early music keyboard specialists and directors, whose Complete Bach Cantatas has received worldwide acclaim.

• As president of the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society, Koopman is the world authority on this music.

• Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637–1707) was a Danish-born organist and composer of the German Baroque; he was organist at St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck most of his life.

• Regarded at one time as mostly an “influence” on later composers including Bach, Handel, and Telemann, Buxtehude has risen steadily in modern estimation and is now considered the most important German composer between Schütz and Bach.

• Dutch harpsichordist, organist, conductor, and scholar Ton Koopman is universally acknowledged as one of today’s pre-eminent Early Music performers, sitting very near the top of a crowded field.

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“Superlatives are inadequate for these performances, both concerning the artist and the instrument … No more effective pairing could be imagined.” — The American Organist Joan Lippincott: organ J.S. BACH: Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552/2 (“St. Anne”) • Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1027a • Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 • Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 • BRAHMS: Choral Prelude and Fugue on “O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid” • MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in A, Op. 65, No. 3 • SCHUMANN: Fugue on BACH, Op. 60, No. 1 • MOZART: Fantasia in F minor, K.608 Joan Lippincott plays a “Bach Legacy” program of music by J.S. Bach and those inspired by him, particularly Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Mozart.

• Features the new Taylor and Boody organ of Bower Chapel in Naples, Florida, named for organist and scholar Fenner Douglass and dedicated to him in November 2006.

• For decades, Joan Lippincott has been one of Gothic Records’ best-selling artists.

• Includes Bach’s BWV 1027a, a work rarely played on the organ.

• The superb acoustics of Bower Chapel are perfectly mated to this instrument. Twenty-four-bit technology and the label’s exclusive iPod+headphone recording techniques make this one of the best-sounding organ CDs recently released.

• Service to major reviewers and media points in the US. •

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Preludes & Fugues

Clavierübung III & Schübler Chorales (2 CDs)

“A co-founder and twenty-five-year member of the world renowned King’s Singers, [Carrington] brings a fresh, live performance focus to a school largely concerned with scholarly contemplation.

His interpretations seem to be sensitive to historical accuracy, while catering to a modern aesthetic.” — The Yale Daily News “The performances are excellent … Carrington—one of the choral world’s elite though not known as an early music specialist—is quite at home in this work. His intelligent pacing, wise sense of proportion and remarkable gift for getting the best from a choir make this disc well worth acquiring.” — Early Music America Yale Schola Cantorum Simon Carrington: director Yale Collegium Players Robert Mealy: director Ilya Poletaev: organ BERTALI: Missa Resurrectionis (interspersed with interludes by Froberger, Geist, and Vejvanovsky) Front Cover Sticker: “World Premiere Recording!”

Antonio Bertali lived 1605 –1669. This is a world premiere recording of one of his most important works, with choir, organ, period-instrument strings, and brass.

• A reconstruction of an Easter Sunday mass as it would be performed in Vienna in 1666, the Bertali Mass is presented with additional works by Froberger, Geist, and Vejvanovsky.

• Live concert recording featuring the Yale Schola Cantorum directed by Simon Carrington, former member and co-founder of the King’s Singers.

• Service to major reviewers and media points in the US.

Antonio BERTALI Missa Resurrectionis: Easter Sunday in Imperial Vienna, 1666

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“It’s emphatically not a crossover gimmick, but a genuinely illuminating meeting of jazz and Renaissance traditions, and the expressive variety and rhythmic subtlety of Zazzo’s singing is further proof of the growth of a considerable artist.”

— The Daily Telegraph “The best countertenor now on the stage.” — René Jacobs, interview in

Gramophone “The semi-popular notion of countertenors is that they are somewhat floaty and thin-toned, more curious than vocally substantial. Zazzo put the lie to that conception in about three seconds.” — Louisville Courier-Journal “[Zazzo’s] bright, eloquent, virile, and properly operatic countertenor now seems set to eclipse the rest of his generation.” — The Independent

“Lawrence Zazzo … shows himself a countertenor of gorgeous tone, superb control throughout the range, excellent musicianship, and handsome bearing.”

— New York Times

Lawrence Zazzo Byrdland

Lawrence Zazzo: countertenor Paragon Saxophone Quartet BYRD: Ye Sacred Muses • Lullaby • Come to Me Grief Forever • I Thought That Love Had Been a Boy • Crowned with Flowers • DOWLAND: Can She Excuse My Wrongs? • Now, Oh Now I Needs Must Part • Flow My Tears • Fine Knacks for Ladies • In Darkness Let Me Dwell • HOLBORNE: Galliard—The Fairy Rownde • Galliard • PLAYFORD: Under the Greenwood Tree • The Indian Queen • PURCELL: If Love’s a Sweet Passion • Fairest Isle • Man Is for the Woman Made • Dance for the Haymakers • Evening Hymn • GIBBONS: The Silver Swan • Fantasia in 4 Parts • GALILEI: La Volta • DANYEL: The Leaves Be Green • MORLEY: April Is in My Mistress’ Face

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A tantalizing fusion of ancient and modern, Byrdland explores the world of the Renaissance song accompanied by a modern-day saxophone quartet.

• All the songs on the disc were written by the great composers working in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

• World-famous countertenor Lawrence Zazzo was inspired to record these songs with saxophones after performing at a friend’s wedding in San Francisco where the only accompaniment available was a saxophone quartet. He was intrigued by the unusual and exotic sound that resulted.

• Zazzo was born in Philadelphia and studied English at Yale University, Music at King’s College, Cambridge, and Voice at the Royal College of Music in London, where he made his operatic debut as Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

• Lawrence Zazzo is a fan of the legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker, hence the title Byrdland, which also conflates the names of Byrd and Dowland, two of the composers featured on the CD. • Zazzo is much sought-after by opera houses throughout the world, including the Opera de la Bastille (Paris), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Metropolitan Opera, where he has performed the lead role in Handel’s Julius Caesar.

• Lawrence Zazzo has already been widely featured in US press, including recent feature articles in the Philadelphia Enquirer and Opera News. Reviews in Gramophone and BBC Music magazine are already guaranteed. Review copies to all major UK and US classical music magazines and radio stations.

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Johannes BRAHMS

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Brahms and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1

Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7

Johannes Moser: cello/Paul Rivinius: piano

Gerhard Oppitz: piano

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99 • FUCHS: Cello Sonata No.

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54 • Piano Sonata No.

2 in E-flat minor, Op. 83 • ZEMLINSKY: Cello Sonata in A minor

24 in F-sharp minor, Op. 78 • Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”

This is the first in a CD series intended to document the period between Brahms’s move to Vienna in 1869 and the musical innovations that culminated in Schoenberg’s twelve-tone method in the 1920s. German-born cellist Johannes Moser won the twelfth Tchaikovsky Competition in 2002. His US debut with the Chicago Symphony in 2005 generated a standing ovation.

With this CD, the critically acclaimed Beethoven sonata cycle from Gerhard Oppitz is complete. Throughout his distinguished career, Oppitz has established his deep understanding of Beethoven’s idiom and brings a lifetime of experience to commit these works to disc. He is one of today’s leading exponents of the German school of classical piano. His mentor, the great German pianist Wilhelm Kempff, personally designated him as heir-apparent to the tradition.

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He has taught at the Hamburg Conservatory since 1997 and plays regularly under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, also working frequently with the popular Italian ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. For this recital, Held has chosen some of the colorful and often highly virtuosic music written for the huge “super lutes” that were made at the end of the sixteenth century.

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“As usual, Lin’s talent for creating enterprising programs is matched by intelligent musicianship, a technique that can handle anything, and a big, generous tone.” — ClassicsToday [10/10

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SILVESTROV: Nostalghia • Two Pieces • Two Dialogues with an Epilogue • Three Postludes (for Jenny Lin) (premiere) • Three Pieces • Two Pieces • Three Waltzes • Sonata No. 1 • The Messenger The music of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov is a unique and delicate tapestry of dramatic and emotional textures that freely alludes to the entire history of music.

• Beginning his creative career in the radical Soviet avant-garde, Silvestrov demonstrated an almost painful sensitivity to the intimacy that music can create between performer and listener.

He would later refute his modernist roots, saying “the most important lesson of the avant-garde is to be free of all conceived ideas, particularly those of the avant-garde,” and began composing a series of works entitled Postludium that initiated the elegiac, poetic, and highly personal relationship with silence which has come to characterize his most recent music.

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• Roger Norrington is currently chief conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Salzburg Camerata Academica. Since 1997 he has also been associated with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, which took over from the London Classical Players.

• Born in Oxford in 1934, Norrington was a boy soprano, studied violin from the age of ten and singing from age seventeen, then took a degree in English Literature at Cambridge University. He worked as a violinist, tenor, and conductor before resuming formal conducting studies under Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal College of Music.

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Luigi BOCCHERINI

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Cello Concertos & Symphonies

Oratorios of St. Mary Virgin & St. Jonas

Franco Maggio Ormezowsky: cello/Respighi Ensemble/ Federico Ferri: conductor

Complesso Pro Musica Firenze/Gabriele Micheli: director CARISSIMI: Oratorio della SS. Vergine & Jonas

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D • Cello Concerto in B-flat • Sinfonia in D • Sinfonia in D minor “La casa del Diavolo” By the age of fourteen, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was already known as a great cello virtuoso in Vienna. Later, he became a member of Europe’s first string quartet. He composed an enormous number of works, few remarkable for great genius or depth, but all renowned for melodiousness and charm. This CD offers characteristic works for pleasurable listening, played in authentic historic style.

The music of Carissimi (1605-1674) has been undergoing a major revival of interest in recent years. He stood at the beginning of the oratorio form, and was influential in developing it. This recording offers two short Carissimi oratorios, one each on the lives of the Virgin Mary and St. Jonas. Complesso Pro Musica Firenze (Florence, Italy) specializes in music from Gregorian chant to the eighteenth century.

The group performs in various combinations.

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Concerti Grossi for Harpsichord

Music from Padua in the time of Alvise Cornaro

Stefano Demicheli: harpsichord

Consort Veneto/Giovanni Toffano: director

GEMINIANI: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 (tr. harpsichord by Thomas Billington)

Sixteen selections by Antonio Stringari, Heinrich Isaac, Pietro Paolo Borrono, Trombetino, Nicolò Pifaro, Adrian Willaert, Eustachio Romano, Nicolò Broco, and Anonymous

In London during the second half of the eighteenth century, there was already an established local tradition of printed music containing keyboard reductions of concert repertoire. One such print was Geminiani’s “Celebrated Six Concertos, as performed by Mr. Cramer.” This was Wilhelm Cramer (1746-1799), a precocious prodigy who had studied under Stamitz and was already a member of the famous orchestra in Mannheim. He was considered one of England’s most brilliant violinists for some twenty years.

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Consort Veneto is an Italian group playing on Renaissance instruments and specializing in music of Venice and northeastern Italy in general, from the Middle Ages to the early Baroque. Alvise Cornaro (1484–1566) was born in Venice, but at the young age of fifteen moved to Padua, where he became a champion and protector of the arts with a special passion for music. His “court” became an important center for splendid concerts.

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“Pollack’s large-scaled virtuosity—displayed in pliant, powerful fingers that unleashed torrents of sound that turned feathery flurries of delicate detachment—was evident everywhere.” — Los Angeles Times “Splendid drive and virility.” — The Daily Telegraph “A performer of elegance, sensitivity, and taste, with a resonant singing tone that can provoke calm and warmth as well as thunder on high.” — San Francisco

Chronicle “Pollack is having the last laugh on the piano celebrities to whom fame came almost as quickly as it left.” — Chicago Tribune “Powerfully driven, creating a palpable sense of raw energy and excitement.”

— Gramophone Daniel Pollack: piano SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9 • Fantasie in C, Op. 17 • LISZT: Funérailles, No. 7 from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses • Mephisto Waltz No. 1 With his unexcelled flair for the great Romantics, pianist Daniel Pollack is a rare link to the Golden Age of pianism and a unique voice in our time.

• His dazzling, impassioned, and transcendent performances are recorded here in rich and nuanced sound of clarity and depth of color.

• Daniel Pollack’s concert career has taken him worldwide across five continents, appearing with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow State Philharmonic, and more.

• Pollack has performed solo recitals in the major music centers of the world including London’s Royal Festival Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and more.

• Pollack first garnered the music world’s attention when he became a prizewinner in the international Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Following, he concertized throughout the former Soviet Union and became the first American to record there for Melodiya, selling millions of albums.

• Pollack’s recording of the complete solo piano works of Samuel Barber was nominated for a Grammy Award.

• The artist began his studies at the age of four and made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, performing the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School from the class of the legendary Rosina Lhevinne.

• Daniel Pollack’s innovative website, on which he can be seen and heard in a live concert from Moscow’s Bolshoi Zaal, has been a favorite of classical musicians worldwide, achieving a record number of visitors annually and winning the prestigious Informative Music Site Award.

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“Plenty of passion … a vocal expressiveness absolutely perfect for this music.”

— Gramophone “What is spare and tragic on the cello becomes lush and delirious on the harp …

Drake revealed an unexpected facet of a multifaceted piece of music.”

— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “A lot of art and technique on display … the sonatas emerge gracefully from Victoria Drake’s skillful hands and fingers.” — Stereo Review “Beautifully nuanced playing … making perfect musical sense.” — Stereophile Victoria Drake: harp J.S. BACH (tr. Drake): Six Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007-1012 No one has ever before recorded these complete works on the harp!

Recorded by Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Adam Abeshouse.

From the Bach Notebook of Harpist Victoria Drake • Bach wrote the solo cello suites between 1717 and 1720. They were largely (2 CDs) forgotten after his death until the thirteen-year-old Pablo Casals turned up an edition in a tiny music shop in Barcelona and began to learn them. Only fifty years later (1937–39) did he record them and make them famous again.

Genre: Classical Label: Well Tempered Productions • Another forty years passed until a young harp student, Victoria Drake, went CD: WTP 5193 to study in France. Unsatisfied with the limited repertoire for her instrument, she Price Code: 2O Digipak with Star Tray undertook transcriptions of all the Bach cello suites for harp, and after twentyTHE FINAL RECORDING! five years RECORDINGS! RECORDING OFmore, THEshe has recorded them. It has been a process with a history of almost three hundred years!

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• Drake has recorded chamber music on a number of prestigious labels, as well as three previous solo recordings on Well-Tempered Productions. She has ALSO AVAILABLE INCLUDE S INCLUDES INCLUDES Not for standard also performed extensively for soundtracks and commercials, and in several Victoria Drake CD players!

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“A player of taste and superb technique.” — Gramophone “Sublime performances … simply breathtaking, all thunder and lightning.”

— Classics.com “Cerasi’s performances are superlative throughout. Her playing is an object lesson in how to create light-and-shade on the harpsichord … from subtle, richly-nuanced reflection to dazzling virtuosity.” — Goldberg “Cerasi responds [to the music] with rhythmic verve and a sure feeling for tasteful, appropriate ornament. This is a programme of substance, played with flair and affection.” — Classic FM “Cerasi is a young keyboard player of great flair and musical imagination … Cerasi’s stylishness, her rhythmic imagination, and her crisp articulation make it very winning.” — The Guardian Carole Cerasi: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Six English Suites, BWV 806-811 Carole Cerasi won the Gramophone Award for her first recording with Metronome [MET 1026]. The title also won the French Diapason d’Or d’Année, as did her subsequent releases of C.P.E. Bach and Tomkins [MET 1032 and MET 1049].

• Born in Sweden of Sephardi/Turkish origins, Carole Cerasi has been based in London since 1982.

• She has long been recognized as having a special affinity with the French clavecinistes, while her repertoire extends from the English virginalists through all the national styles to the early sonatas of Haydn and Beethoven, which she performs on fortepiano.

• She first became interested in the harpsichord at the age of eleven and was invited three years later by Kenneth Gilbert as the youngest participant in his course in Antwerp. She also had lessons from Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman.

• Cerasi is now professor of harpsichord at the Yehudi Menuhin School of fortepiano and harpsichord at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London.

• Performances have included concert work in the US, UK, Europe, and South Africa.

• With her group Ensemble Türk, Cerasi explores the classical fortepiano chamber repertoire. She performed in concert in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Berkeley this past spring.

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St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra John Allanbrook: conductor Douglas ALLANBROOK: Symphony No. 2 “Requiem for the 88th Infantry” • Symphony No. 3 “Four Orchestral Landscapes” Two monumental twentieth century symphonies, never recorded before.

Utterly original, brilliant, and accessible: orchestral colors worthy of Ravel, Stravinskian harmonic surprises, and the gut-wrenching impact of Shostakovich.

• Douglas Allanbrook (1921-2003) was a brilliant protégé of Nadia Boulanger and Walter Piston, much admired by Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Ned Rorem.

• John Allanbrook is a rising young horn virtuoso and conductor who has performed in concert in France, Germany, Austria, China, and at Aspen.

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Giora Schmidt: violin Rohan De Silva: piano VIVALDI: Violin Sonata in A, Op. 2, No. 2 • FALLA: Suite populaire espagnole • Philip LASSER: Vocalise • FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A • WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise brillante With his superb tone and pure musicianship, violinist Giora Schmidt (still in his early twenties) has already proven himself an outstanding artist with a highly promising future.

• His performances are marked by a commanding presence and a richness of color that earn him a reputation as a virtuoso of the “old school,” whose great technique is matched by a very thoughtful musicality.

• Giora Schmidt recently received the Samuel Sanders Artist Award, presented to him by Itzhak Perlman at the 2005 Classical Recording Foundation Awards Ceremony at Carnegie Hall.

• He is the recipient of a 2003 Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as numerous other prizes and awards.

• Born into a family of professional musicians, Giora Schmidt grew up in Philadelphia, also spending time in Israel. He was a student of the late Dorothy DeLay and Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School, where he continues to teach as an assistant to Perlman.

• Significant landmarks in Schmidt’s 2005/06 season were his European debut at the Louvre recital series in Paris, his Far Eastern debut in a recital in Tokyo, and a debut recital recording.

• Recent US appearances have included the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, San Diego Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Louisville Symphony, and Chicago Symphony.

• Pianist Rohan De Silva is a faculty member at the Juilliard School and has accompanied the world’s top violinists, including Itzhak Perlman, Midori, Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Vadim Repin, and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.

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“A very recommendable archive … should be considered as first choice for potential collectors of the whole oeuvre.” — Gramophone Richard Lester: harpsichord D. SCARLATTI: Venice Sonatas, Vol. 14 (1742, 54 sonatas) • Venice Sonatas, Vol. 15 (1749, 42 sonatas) Volume six of a brand new series of seven volumes of the complete Keyboard Sonatas with appendices and recent discoveries, plus six Continuo sonatas.

• With thirty-eight CDs in seven volumes, this series is issued to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Scarlatti’s death.

• Richard Lester is founder/artistic director of the Cirencester Early Music Festival, an annual event designed to promote excellence in the performance of early music.

• These recordings use the critical edition of the works completed in the early 1980s by Kenneth Gilbert.

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William Sterndale BENNETT Overtures & Symphony London Philharmonic Orchestra/Philharmonia Orchestra/Nicholas Braithwaite: conductor BENNETT: The May Queen Overture • The Wood Nymphs Overture • The Naiads Overture • Parisina Overture • Symphony in G minor, Op. 43 A brand-new release, never before available in any format!

William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) was born in Sheffield. Mendelssohn heard him play his First Piano Concerto in 1833 and invited him to Germany as a friend.

• Sterndale Bennett founded the Bach Society (1849), was appointed conductor of the Philharmonic Society concerts (1855), and was elected Professor of Music at Cambridge (1856).

• Long neglected in modern times, Sterndale Bennett’s music is noted for its charm rather than profundity; as Robert Schumann once observed, it has the same beauty of form as Mendelssohn’s, “but with a difference.”

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Gerald FINZI Love’s Labour’s Lost John Carol Case, John Noble: baritones/Ian Partridge: tenor/Jane Manning: soprano/John Alldis Choir/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley: conductor FINZI: Love’s Labour’s Lost • Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 • Two Sonnets by John Milton • Farewell to Arms • In terra pax (Christmas Scene) Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) was a representative British composer of the early twentieth century with many fine chamber, choral, and orchestral works to his credit. Some of his most attractive works are featured on this authoritative disc.

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Nicholas MAW & Anthony MILNER Music for Voice & Orchestra Jane Manning, Felicity Palmer: sopranos/Anne Howells: mezzo-soprano/Norma Proctor, Alfreda Hodgson: contraltos/Robert Tear: tenor/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar: conductor/London Sinfonietta/David Atherton: conductor/London Sinfonietta Chorus/ Clive Wearing: chorus master MAW: Scenes and Arias for soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto & orchestra • MILNER: Salutatio Angelica, cantata for contralto solo, choir & chamber orchestra, Op. 1 • Roman Spring, cantata for soprano & tenor soli, chorus & orchestra Genre: Classical Label: Lyrita CD: LYR 267 Price Code: P Standard Jewel Case

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Born in 1935, Nicholas Maw created a personal synthesis of serial and tonal traditions. Scenes and Arias is considered one of the finest British scores of the 1960s.

• Anthony Milner (1925-2002) was a more conservative composer who left a small but finelywrought output.

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Bantock, Holbrooke & Rootham Orchestral Works London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley: conductor/Philharmonia Orchestra/ Nicholas Braithwaite: conductor BANTOCK: Overture to a Greek Tragedy: Oedipus at Colonus • HOLBROOKE: The Birds of Rhiannon, Op. 87 • ROOTHAM: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

Music of three fascinating Late Romantic composers who have been unjustly neglected.

• Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946) was fascinated by exotic subjects, and his descriptive musical language is reflected in his series of six tone-poems.

• Dubbed “a cockney Wagner,” Holbrooke (1878-1958) often chose Celtic themes.

• Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) had a keen literary sensitivity. He was Director of Music at St. John’s College and a lecturer and conductor at Cambridge.

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Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Sons of Light Teresa Cahill, Sheila Armstrong: sopranos/The Bach Choir & Royal College of Music Chorus/ London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks: conductor/London Symphony Orchestra/David Atherton: conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Sons of Light: A Cantata for Chorus & Orchestra • HOLST: The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18 • PARRY: Ode on the Nativity Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

The Sons of Light was commissioned for the Schools Music Association. The composer’s wife wrote the text, and the work was sung by a choir of 1,150 in 1951.

• Holst set Walt Whitman’s lines on The Mystic Trumpeter to music in 1904, his largest work up until that time.

• The Ode on the Nativity is generally considered Sir Hubert Parry’s masterpiece.

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Daniel JONES Symphonies 4, 7 & 8 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves: conductor/BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson: conductor JONES: Symphony No. 4 • Symphony No. 7 • Symphony No. 8 Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

Daniel Jones (1912-1993) was one of Wales’s leading composers in the post-1945 era, and one of the most distinguished symphonists of his generation.

• He was brought up in Swansea, a city that became something of a magnet for Jones throughout his life. It was here that he struck up lasting friendships with Dylan Thomas, Vernon Watkins, and other “free spirits” who shared Jones’s zest for life.

• Musically influenced by Purcell, Haydn, and Janácek ˇ (!), Jones composed thirteen symphonies, of which three of the finest are recorded here.

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Arkady Sevidov: piano Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Samuel Friedmann: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 • 1812 Overture in E-flat, Op. 49 This CD unites two of the best-known and beloved orchestral works of the Russian master Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840–1893).

• Talented pianist Arkady Sevidov, who is a musician with a wide range of interests, belongs to the middle generation of Russian virtuosos and displays a large repertoire and enormous ability.

He is a passionate interpreter of chamber music of all kinds, a keen accompanist for singers, and an enthusiastic teacher who is highly admired by his students.

• Sevidov has been giving concerts abroad for several years. Concert tours lead him to all the great music centers in Eastern and Western Europe, Japan, and the US, as well as to Cuba and India.

• Conductor Samuel Friedmann was born in Kharkov in 1940. He graduated from the Kharkov Conservatory as a violinist in 1964 and from the Leningrad Conservatory as a conductor in 1966.

• Friedmann performed throughout the Soviet Union until 1973, when he immigrated to Israel and began his international career. His concert activities led him to the US and many European countries.

• During this time, Samuel Friedmann took over the positions of the Musical Director or Chief Conductor of the Haifa Symphony in Israel (1973–75), the Württemberg Philharmonic in Germany (1979–83) and the St. Gallen Opera House in Switzerland (1983–89).

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Gerhard Zank: cello Donald Sulzen: piano ENESCU: Cello Sonatas, Op. 26, Nos. 1 & 2 George Enescu (1881-1955) was one of the first Romanian composers to unite elements of the traditional folk music of his country with the tonal language of the nineteenth-century European mainstream.

• His talent was nurtured through early acceptance at the Vienna Conservatory (at the age of seven). Later he moved to Paris, where he studied composition with Massenet and Fauré.

• His music from this period shows definite French and German influences, but Enescu also turned to the folk music of Romania, as in the popular Romanian Rhapsodies.

• His two Cello Sonatas are outstanding examples of his skill in chamber music.

• Cellist Gerhard Zank has received many prizes in international chamber music competitions as well as the German Recording Critics’ Prize in 1985 and 1988. He founded the Munich Piano Trio and the Ensemble Bonaventura.

• Donald Sulzen numbers among the most sought-after pianists for lied accompaniment and chamber music on the international circuit. He was born in Kansas City but since 1994 has taught at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich.

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Hamburg Soloists Emil Klein: cello & conductor HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C, Hob.VIIb:1 • Cello Concerto in D, Hob.VIIb:2 • Adagio cantabile from Symphony No. 13 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was a master in combining the tendencies and possibilities of his time and weaving them into forward-looking structures. He was concerned not with the brilliance of each work, but its integrity.

• No virtuoso himself, Haydn created works which are not virtuoso concertos, but which nevertheless can only be played by virtuous musicians.

• The Hamburg Soloists were founded on the initiative of its present director, cellist Emil Klein, with the intention of creating a high caliber string orchestra for special chamber music and solo projects.

• Emil Klein was born in Romania in 1955 and studied at the Bucharest Conservatoire and with David Geringas in Hamburg. He achieved an international reputation on his concert tours of Europe, the US, and Africa.

• He appears as a soloist with orchestras and also spends time playing chamber music. In 1990 he founded the chamber orchestra Hamburg Soloists.

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Georg Friedrich HANDEL Messiah (2 CDs) All Liebeck: soprano/Yvonne Howard: alto/Richard Edgar-Wilson: tenor/David Barrell: bass/ Harold Lester: harpsichord, chamber organ/Ben Lees: trumpet/London Festival Orchestra/ Ross Pople: conductor/Tallis Chamber Choir/Philip Simms: director HANDEL: Messiah, HWV 56 (complete oratorio) Handel’s Messiah is not only one of the most famous works in the oratorio literature, but without doubt is also the best-known work by its composer.

• Following a premiere in Dublin, Messiah was given for the first time in London in 1743 and Germany in 1772, and since has entered the repertoire for all times.

• In 1980 Ross Pople founded the London Festival Orchestra, whose numerous recordings for have attracted positive reviews, and he has been seen often on the BBC. •

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ˇ Antonín DVOrÁK Piano Quintets Arcus Ensemble ˇ DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 5 • Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 Along with Smetana, Antonín Dvorák ˇ is the outstanding example of Czech nationalism in nineteenth-century music, albeit allied to Germanic compositional techniques.

• In 1988, five young Viennese artists founded the Arcus Ensemble, a group comprised of a piano and string quartet. Their common interest, besides the standard repertoire, lies in the investigation of seldom-played compositions and unusual configurations.

• The ensemble frequently requires the participation of other instrumentalists such as wind players, percussionists, or singers, thus forming many different chamber music groups able to perform an almost unlimited number of works of all styles.

• Their main focus is on repertoire of the twentieth century, as well as works by contemporary composers that have been written for the ensemble.

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN Don Quichotte Suite & Concertos Peter Langgartner: viola/Peter Tavernaro: oboe/Gregor Sigl: violin/Marianne Borsche: transverse flute/Andrea Guttmann: recorder/Cis Collegium Mozarteum/Jürgen Geise: music director TELEMANN: Concerto for 4 Violins in D • Viola Concerto in G • Oboe Concerto in E minor • Violin Concerto in A minor • Concerto for Flute & Recorder in E minor • Suite “Don Quichotte” The Cis Collegium Mozarteum was founded in 1978 and consists of fourteen strings.

The repertoire contains music by Mozart, Bach, Baroque music, works of the Viennese Classical period and the romantic period, and works by contemporary composers.

• The ensemble, which plays without conductor, has its own series in Salzburg and performs in Germany, Italy, and France.

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Maurizio Croci

Ottorino RESPIGHI

German Organ Music

Chamber Songs

Maurizio Croci: organ

Marta Moretto: mezzo-soprano/Aldo Orvieto: piano

Georg MUFFAT: Toccata V • FROBERGER: Ricercare in G • Fantasia •

RESPIGHI: Quattro Liriche, Op. 20 • Tre Liriche, Op. 17 • Quattro

PACHELBEL: Wir glauben • Toccata in C • Partita “Was Gott tut” • KERLL: Canzona V • Toccata III • FISCHER: Ciaccona • Gottlieb MUFFAT: Aria sub elevatione • Capriccio desperato • J.C. BACH: Sonata, Op. 5, No. 2

liriche su parole di poeti armeni • Il Tramonto • La donna del sarcofago • La statua

Maurizio Croci performs on two Sebald Manderscheidt organs in Switzerland, of great interest as examples of historic organ building. The 1657 instrument is in St. Nicolas Cathedral, and the 1667 organ in the chapel of Hôpital des Bourgeoises. The prize-winning artist was born in Italy in 1970 and has made three previous recordings.

Respighi (1879-1936) is known to the wide public for his colorful orchestral tone poems, but he had a particular fondness throughout his career for the art song, some with orchestral accompaniment, others (like those recorded here) for voice and piano. These were composed at the height of his creative period, from 1914 to 1920.

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Gérard GRISEY

J.S. BACH

Vortex Temporum

Complete Lute Music (2 CDs)

Ensemble Risognanze/Tito Ceccherini: conductor

Frédéric Zigante: guitar

GRISEY: Vortex Temporum, for piano & 5 instruments • Périodes, for 7 instruments

J.S. BACH: Complete Lute Music • Ciaccona

Gérard Grisey (1946-1998), a giant of contemporary music in France, was one of the prime movers of what came to be known as the “Spectral Movement,” or Spectralism, in the mid-1970s. This genre emphasizes the pitch, timbre, and rhythm of individual sounds in composition, usually employing computer analysis of sound waves and their evolution through time. This approach was developed at IRCAM in Paris and gradually became a major influence in avantgarde music.

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Frédéric Zigante, one of the world’s pre-eminent and most-recorded classical guitarists, was born in 1961 in France and graduated from the Verdi Conservatory of Milan. He was a pupil of Alirio Diaz and Alexandre Lagoya, among others. He now gives recitals in Italy and abroad, and has recorded nearly twenty CDs, including several world premieres. This album of Bach’s complete lute music, transcribed for guitar, establishes him as one of the modern masters of this immortal repertoire.

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Gaetano DONIZETTI Don Pasquale (2 CDs) Enzo Dara, Luciana Serra, Alessandro Corbelli, et al: vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Regio, Turin/Bruno Campanella: conductor DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale (complete opera) Donizetti’s Don Pasquale is one of the most famous of all Italian comic operas, often considered second only to Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.

• This 1988 recording features a seasoned, stylistically secure cast and outstanding conductor of this repertoire. It is being reissued by popular demand.

• Soprano Luciana Serra, born in 1946, was considered one of the most agile coloraturas after Joan Sutherland, but this incredible virtuoso was little known outside of Italy.

• The title role was a specialty of bass Enzo Dara. With his extraordinary stage presence, he made a name for himself all over the world as a comic bass of great taste and a clear sense of style, especially in comic operas such as Don Pasquale.

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Emilio DE’ CAVALIERI Representation of the Soul and the Body Laerte Malaguti, Sante Rosolen, James Loomis, et al.: vocal soloists/Società Cameristica di Lugano/Edwin Loehrer: conductor DE’ CAVALIERI: Rappresentatione de Anima e de Corpo (complete) Historic recording from 1968/70.

Not an opera, nor even an oratorio by our modern definition, The Representation of the Soul and the Body is among the earliest “plays with music” composed for an oratorio or meeting hall for devout laity and clergy.

• This particular hall, in the church of St. Mary in Vallicella, in Rome, was founded by Filippo Neri, who was later canonized.

• Composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri, a personal friend of St. Philip Neri, lived from about 1550– 1602. The present work was first given in 1600. There were two performances, one attended by the entire College of Cardinals.

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Gaetano DONIZETTI Rita Adelina Scarabelli, Pietro Ballo, Alessandro Corbelli: vocal soloists/Sicilian Chamber Orchestra/Federico Amendola: conductor DONIZETTI: Rita (complete opera) Live performance from Palermo in 1991.

This one-act comic opera with the subtitle “The Battered Husband” has had quite a few successful revivals in recent years, thanks to Donizetti’s unfailing way of putting across humor in music.

• Rita was completed in 1841 with no particular theater in mind. It was one of the few operas Donizetti apparently wrote just for the pleasure of it, and it was never performed in his lifetime.

• The premiere took place in Paris in 1860, a dozen years after Donizetti’s death.

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Featured Artists Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Franco Corelli, Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Sherril Milnes, Montserrat Caballé, Giuseppe di Stefano, Galina Vishnevskaya, Mirella Freni, Jessye Norman, Renata Scotto, Magda Olivero, Fritz Wunderlich, and more

Track Listing Che Gelida Manina from La bohème · Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix from Samson et Dalila · È lui!

Desso! l’Infante! from Don Carlo · Song to the Moon from Rusalka · Come rugiada al cespite from Ernani · O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi · Porgi amor from The Marriage of Figaro · Pieta, rispetto, amore from Macbeth · Tanti affetti in tal momento from La donna del lago · Amor ti vieta from Fedora · Tatiana’s Letter Scene (exc.) from Eugene Onegin · Credeasi, misera! from I puritani · L’animo ho stanca from Adriana Lecouvreur · Addio, terra nativa from L’africana · Caro nome from Rigoletto · Mein schoner Schatz from Der Rosenkavalier · Dio pietoso from Risurrezione · Ja, nun lass das Schicksal wuten from Zaide · Mild und leise (Liebestod) from Tristan und Isolde

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Opera Obsession! Act IV

· The fourth volume in Opera d’Oro’s best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d’Oro catalog! · Features the greatest singers of the twentieth century in thrilling live performances of legendary arias. · Almost eighty minutes of music at an astonishingly low price!

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“Beautiful music that brings new colors and new aspects to the guitar.” — Classical Guitar “An interpreter that is already more than a promising guitarist.” — Musica Andrea Vettoretti: guitar IANNARELLI: Introduction (espresso coffee machine) • L’ultimo Caffè insieme • Ritorno sulla via del Caffè • Tarde de lluvia con Café • Un attimo dopo • Caffè su una nuvola • Moka Serenade • Il tuo Aroma • American Coffee • Arabica • Café Coliman • Coffee Memories • Café Crême • L’ultimo Caffè insieme Italian Coffee is inspired by the simple delight of enjoying a cup of this beloved beverage: “Aromas, places, emotions, east, west, waves of nostalgia, love, happiness, rainy nights, memories, melancholy and music … and coffee.”

• Simone Iannarelli (b. 1970) is one of the finest guitarist-composers of his generation.

• In September 2005, he was awarded the Chitarra d’Oro for composition by the International Guitar Competition. His works are published and performed worldwide, and broadcast on the BBC, Radio Canada, and other services.

• Iannarelli has given recitals in Europe and Mexico. This is the second CD of his music.

• Prize-winning guitarist Andrea Vettoretti carries on an intense concert activity that has turned him into a guitar ambassador in several countries around the world.

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES BRAVISSIMO OPERA LIBRARY TO ITS ROSTER! Bravissimo Opera Library brings the finest singers of the 20th century to your living room in deluxe superbudget box sets! Stunningly beautiful music at a stunningly beautiful price!

Maria Callas: soprano Franco Corelli, Mario del Monaco, Cesare Valletti: vocal soloists Ebe Stignani, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai: vocal soloists Ettore Bastianini, Renato Cioni, Tito Gobbi, et al: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Antonino Votto, Leonard Bernstein, Tullio Serafin: conductors Herbert von Karajan, Carlo Felice Cillario: conductors

Maria Callas Legendary Performances (14 CDs) Genre: Opera Label: Bravissimo CD: BRV 9907 Price Code: Y Box Set

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SPONTINI: La vestale • GIORDANO: Andrea Chenier • BELLINI: La sonnambula • Norma • DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor • Poliuto • PUCCINI: Tosca Seven complete operas starring the great Maria Callas!

Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1954–1964.

• Perhaps no name in all of opera history is more familiar than that of Maria Callas (1923-1977), who in the 1950s became the first real “superstar” in opera since Enrico Caruso a quarter of a century before.

• At the peak of her career, Callas astonished all hearers with the power and accuracy of her runs, staccatos, and trills. Her uniquely distinctive voice was equal to the most challenging music, and she imbued every phrase with dramatic potency.

• These imperishable performances are among the greatest ever put to disc, and are now available at the lowest price ever!

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Franco Corelli: tenor Leontyne Price, Ettore Bastianini, Birgit Nilsson: vocal soloists Maria Callas, Zinka Milanov, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland: vocal soloists Nicolai Ghiaurov, Giulietta Simionato, Tito Gobbi, et al: vocal soloists Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Milan Herbert von Karajan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Antonino Votto: conductors Alexander Gibson, Lovro von Matacic, Alfredo Simonetti: conductors VERDI: Il trovatore • PUCCINI: Turandot • Tosca • DONIZETTI: Poliuto • GIORDANO: Andrea Chenier • MEYERBEER: Gli Ugonotti • LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli!

• Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-fourpage booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1954–1964.

• Franco Corelli (1921–2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international scene in the third quarter of the twentieth century, facing only a handful of serious rivals.

• At the height of his career, Corelli displayed a melodious legato, a big and noble sonority, and a remarkable ability to project a vivid personality into the interpretation of his best roles.

• He was heard in the great opera houses around the world, partnered with the greatest sopranos of the day including Callas, Tebaldi, Nilsson, and Sutherland.

• Corelli is considered by many to have been the last of the great Italian “heroic tenors.”

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Franco Corelli Legendary Performances (14 CDs) Genre: Opera Label: Bravissimo CD: BRV 9902 Price Code: Y Box Set

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Plácido Domingo Legendary Performances (14 CDs) Plácido Domingo: tenor/Montserrat Caballé, Piero Cappuccilli, Magda Olivero, Martina Arroyo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, José Van Dam, Shirley Verrett, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, et al: vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of Arena di Verona/ Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan/Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Lyric Orchestra of Radio France/Eliahu Inbal, Nello Santi, Claudio Abbado, Sir Georg Solti, Gianfranco Masini, Carlos Kleiber: conductors VERDI: Don Carlo • Otello • PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut • VERDI: Aida • BIZET: Carmen • CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur Six complete operas starring the great Plácido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1969–1976.

• Otello, Don José in Carmen—these are the great Domingo’s most famous roles!

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Luciano Pavarotti Legendary Performances (14 CDs) Luciano Pavarotti: tenor/Margherita Rinaldi, Giacomo Aragall, Renata Scotto, Kostas Paskalis, Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Sesto Bruscantini, Montserrat Caballé, et al: vocal soloists/Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna/ Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Florence/RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin/RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome/La Scala Orchestra & Chorus, Milan/Claudio Abbado, Carlo Maria Giulini, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Peter Maag, Thomas Schippers, Riccardo Muti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni: conductors BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi • I puritani • VERDI: Rigoletto • Luisa Miller • DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor • MASSENET: Manon • PUCCINI: La bohème Seven complete operas starring the great Luciano Pavarotti at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1966–1976.

• The legendary tenor is captured at the peak of his career, with his voice in fresh estate.

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Legendary Performances (14 CDs) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: soprano/Anton Dermota, Emmy Loose, Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Patzak, Tito Gobbi, Ljuba Welitsch, Rolando Panerai, Irmgard Seefried, Sena Jurinac, Luigi Alva, Graziella Sciutti, et al.: vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of Austrian Radio/ Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera/La Scala Orchestra & Chorus, Milan/ Rudolf Moralt, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Guido Cantelli: conductors MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) • Don Giovanni • Le nozze di Figaro • Così fan tutte • BEETHOVEN: Fidelio • HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel Six complete operas starring the great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1945–1956.

• German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915–2006) was glamorous, talented, and intelligent.

Her spectacular career encompassed seventy-four roles.

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Giuseppe VERDI Verdi: The Greatest Operas (14 CDs) Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Franco Corelli, Sherrill Milnes, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Cossutta, Renata Scotto, Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, José Carreras, Sesto Bruscantini, Martina Arroyo, Plácido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Mirella Freni, Tito Gobbi, Renata Tebaldi, et al: vocal soloists/ Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan/Teatro San Carlo Orchestra & Chorus/Karl Böhm, Carlo Maria Giulini, Herbert von Karajan, Nino Verchi, Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Mario Rossi: conductors

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VERDI: Macbeth • Rigoletto • Il trovatore • La traviata • Aida • Otello • Falstaff

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• Exciting live recordings taped 1962–1976.

• Verdi is the most beloved of all the great Italian opera composers. These performances with Pavarotti, •

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Tebaldi, and other legendary artists cannot be surpassed at any price!

W.A. MOZART Mozart: The Greatest Operas (14 CDs) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman, Heather Harper, José Van Dam, Mirella Freni, Frederica von Stade, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gundula Janowitz, Alfredo Kraus, Luigi Alva, Graziella Sciutti, Irmgard Seefried, Josef Greindl, et al: vocal soloists/RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera/La Scala Orchestra & Chorus, Milan/Sir Colin Davis, Herbert von Karajan, Carlo Maria Giulini, Guido Cantelli, Wilhelm Furtwängler: conductors MOZART: Idomeneo, Re di Creta • Le nozze di Figaro • Don Giovanni • Così fan tutte • The Magic Flute Genre: Opera Label: Bravissimo CD: BRV 9806 Price Code: Y Box Set

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Five complete operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1949–1974.

• A stunning array of great artists in Mozart’s most beloved operatic works!

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Various Artists French Opera Masterworks (14 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Marilyn Horne, Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Richard Tucker, Roger Soyer, Dimiter Petkov, Gianni Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Mirella Freni, Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo, José Van Dam, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jon Vickers, Ernest Blanc, Oralia Dominguez, et al: vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of the Rome Opera/La Scala Orchestra & Chorus, Milan/Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/ Netherlands Radio Orchestra & Chorus/Anton Guadagno, Georges Prêtre, Sir Georg Solti, Jean Fournet: conductors

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HALÉVY: La Juive • BERLIOZ: La damnation de Faust • DELIBES: Lakmé • GOUNOD: Faust • BIZET: Carmen • SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos!

• Exciting live recordings taped 1964–1973.

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“Drum Spirit is irresistible sound medicine for the trance-dancer’s soul. Pump up the volume, and enjoy the ride!” — Leading Edge Review

“Steven Halpern’s music creates sacred space and inner peace in the hearts and souls of his loyal and ever-growing audience. A true original, his new releases prove he’s still at the top of his game.” — New York Yoga Magazine

“In his earlier career as an acid jazz/rock musician, Halpern jammed with Larry Coryell, Frank Zappa, Al DiMeola, and Rick Derringer. You can hear a taste of that hot-blooded heritage coming through on Drum Spirit.” — New Frontier

“Steven Halpern is one of the top twenty keyboard artists of the last twenty years who has changed the way we play—and market—music.” — Keyboard Magazine

Featured Artists Steven Halpern: grand piano, keyboards, native flute, synth bass AmoChip Dabney: soprano sax, bass Chief Sonne Reyna: medicine drum, medicine rattle Jorge Alfano: quena (Andean flute), shakuhachi, electric bass

Steven Halpern & The Sound Medicine Band Drum Spirit

Track Listing Drum Spirit: Part 1 • Drum Spirit: Part 2 • Drum Spirit: Part 3 • Drum Spirit: Part 4 • Drum Spirit: Part 5 • Drum Spirit: Part 6 • Drum Spirit: Part 7 • Drum Spirit: Part 8 • Drum Spirit: Part 9 • Drum Spirit: Part 10 • Drum Spirit: Part 11 • Drum Spirit: Part 12

Genre: New Age/Native American Label: Inner Peace Music CD: IPM 8028 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Selling Points Drum Spirit creates an irresistible vortex of sound built upon the heartbeat medicine drumbeat. Native flute, keyboards, bass, and drums create a trance-dance tapestry guaranteed to get folks moving and grooving.

• Guests include AmoChip Dabney, bandmate of R. Carlos Nakai, as well as Jorge Alfano.

• The latest in Steven Halpern’s Healing Rhythms series, this is a powerful follow-up to Deja-Blues, which charted at #18 on Billboard’s chart.

• Drum Spirit takes you to that place where you don’t just hear the music—you become the music! The heartbeat rhythm grabs hold of your nervous system and doesn’t let go.

• Listeners can feel the energy pulsing through their body long after the CD is over.

• Note: this disc is NOT intended for relaxation!

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• Various radio interviews.

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Peaceful nature sounds often bring back happy memories. They are an ideal background for studying or healing sessions, as they help to neutralize traffic noise or other disturbing sounds. These soothing discs feature nature sounds only, with no music or human voices.

Sounds of the Earth Seasons Track Listing Spring • Summer • Late Summer • Autumn • Late Autumn • Winter • Spring Returns

Selling Points The mystery of the four seasons has inspired mankind since the beginning of time. Each season has its own magical sound, and this new title in the popular Sounds of the Earth series features a variety of nature sounds from each of the four seasons.

• Review copies to major new age press and web outlets.

• Ads in Light of Consciousness and New Age Retailer.

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Sounds of the Earth Shoreline Track Listing Pebble Beach • Tidal Waters • Harbour • Port of Call • Open Seas • Whales and Dolphins • Waves on the Shoreline

Selling Points Oceans and seas have a magical appeal. Inhaling the fresh salty air, gazing at the horizon, and feeling the wind through your hair all are experiences of a day at the coast.

• Listening to this soundtrack allows one to quiet the mind and relive glorious days at the shore. Each track features water sounds in various settings, combined with other sounds one might hear along the shoreline or in the port.

• Review copies to major new age press and web outlets.

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Sounds of the Earth Spring Showers Track Listing Spring Showers

Selling Points This new title in the popular Sounds of the Earth series features spring showers. Sounds range from gentle raindrops to heavier rain that washes away the winter’s cold, and when the rain stops you can hear birds chirping and farm animals in the distance.

• Review copies to major new age press and web outlets.

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Also Available ORM 5541 (L) Wolves (723723544827) ORM 5430 (L) Morning Birds (723723596727) • ORM 5418 (L) Thunderstorm (723723506931) •

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NEW AGE

SEPTEMBER

“Like a wonderful walk through the phases of our life. A jewel to keep in the treasure chest of our hearts.” — New Age & New Sounds “Their music’s constant, even flow simultaneously relaxes mind and body and encourages the spirit to soar … Those who choose to let the bell toll as it may will discover themselves losing track of time, lifted out of mundane reality on a sonic carpet of tenderness and bliss.” — Spirit of Change “Designed for healing effects through natural sounds, chants, and music to revitalize and touch the core essence of the listener … As the energy builds and expands to carry the piece forward, the vocal themes are revisited over and over, offering engaging instrumental passages that serve as exquisite bridges between the angelic and slightly exotic singing that make this CD as special as it is.” — Lloyd Barde,

Backroads Music Featured Artists Alberto Grollo: acoustic & electric guitar, keyboards, computer programming Capitanata: keyboards, synthesizer, organ, Steinway grand piano, flute, xylophone Riccardo Zappa: 12-string guitar Eneas Animesh Da Silva: percussion Werner Bauhofer: steel guitar

Grollo-Capitanata Aura Magic Genre: New Age Label: Oreade Music CD: ORM 62952 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Track Listing Etheric Body • Emotional Body • Mental Body • Spiritual Body • Green Sea • Orange Sunset • Indigo Sky • Yellow Light • Red Moon • Violet Clouds • Deep Blue

Selling Points The music of Alberto Grollo and Rino Capitanata has a unique quality in which sound and vision seem intertwined. The magical realms they create bring out the music’s true colors.

• Reiki Heart, also by Grollo-Capitanata, is an Oreade bestseller!

• On this album, they have composed a special song for every color in the aura, each with its own purpose. When one listens to this disc, healing emotions can be experienced in a soothing way. The recording features acoustic, electric, and steel guitars as well as keyboards, organ, grand piano, flute, percussion, and xylophone.

• Creates a soothing musical backdrop for a variety of environments. A long-playing disc without track changes allows the listener to drift into a deep state of relaxation.

• Composed by a sound healer and medical doctor, this is therapeutic music at its best!

• Alberto Grollo can rightfully be considered among the most significant Italian musicians. After exploring the healing aspects of music, he established a touching symbiosis of universal melodies uniting the natural world and his innermost revelations.

He has shared stages with The Byrds and James Taylor during Italian tours.

• Capitanata is a surrealistic painter, new age composer, and multimedia artist. He has been collaborating with Grollo since the 1990s.

• Review copies to major press, new age, and web outlets.

• Special radio promotion to alternative radio throughout the US and Canada.

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CD: ORM 62622 (Q)

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Grollo-Capitanata Chakra Healing Energies CD: ORM 62822 (Q)

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Grollo-Capitanata Key Markets Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Phoenix, Sedona, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Gainesville, Virginia Beach, Richmond, Charlotte, Washington DC

Healing Incantation CD: ORM 62772 (Q)

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FOLK

NEW RELEASES

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Featured Artists Bob Shane: guitar, vocals George Grove: banjo, vocals Nick Reynolds: guitar, vocals Roger Gambell: guitar, vocals

Track Listing DISC ONE: Hard Ain’t It Hard • Three Jolly Coachmen • Chilly Winds • Sinking of Reuben James •

The Kingston Trio The Best of the Kingston Trio

Gypsy Rose and I Don’t Give a Curse • The Work Song • Rolling River • The M.T.A. • Jocko and the Trapeze Lady • They Call the Wind Maria • Ann • High-Heeled Shoes • Hawaiian Nights • Worried Man • The Way Old Friends Do • Reverend Mr. Black • DISC TWO: A Worried Man • Worried Man (Live) • Reverend Mr. Black • M.T.A. • The M.T.A. (Live) • Tom Dooley • Hard Travellin’ • Hard Ain’t It Hard (Live) • Scotch & Soda • Reverend Mr. Black(Live) • Everybody’s Talkin’ • Mariah • They Call the Wind Maria (Live) • Hawaiian Nights • Last Thing On My Mind • Where Have All the Flowers Gone

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The greatest hits of the Kingston Trio on two discs for the price of one!

In 1957, the Kingston Trio emerged from San Francisco to take the country by storm, bringing the rich tradition of American folk music into the mainstream. During the late ’50s & early ’60s, the trio enjoyed unprecedented record sales and worldwide fame while influencing the musical tastes of a generation.

Also Available SWC 1055 (2F) The Kingston Trio with Dave Guard (787991105524) SWC 1047 (2F) All Sides of The Kingston Trio (787991104725) • SWC 1001 (Q) Live at the Crazy Horse (787991100123) • •

“Chris Chandler is impossible to describe other than (here goes) folk/rap/poetry slam mayhem. He brings down the house wherever he plays, especially large festivals, and this is by far his best album.” — CDBaby

Featured Artists Chris Chandler: vocals

Track Listing DISC ONE: G Chord • Letters • Time • Wounded Knee Visited & Revisited • Blue Skies Blue • Muses and Tinderboxes • For You • Timepiece • DISC TWO: Generica • Nola 1 (9th Ward, You Are Alive) • Nola 2 (The Flood) • Nola 3 (Ash Wednesday) • On Playing George Bush • Sex Sex Sex • That 70s Song

Selling Points A new release from this cult folk artist on two discs for the price of one!

Chris Chandler has performed on thousands of stages across the US and Canada, as well as for hundreds of organizations seeking social justice. He has worked with everyone from Allen Ginsberg and Ani DiFranco to Pete Seeger and Mojo Nixon.

• Few musicians can claim “on-the roadisms” the way Chandler can. He is a true veteran of the road, traveling across US for many years. His anthology of road tales transforms into a flock of doves beneath a musical high-wire act.

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Chris Chandler American Storyteller Vols. 3 & 4 Genre: Folk Label: Silverwolf 2XCD: SWC 1089 Price Code: 2F Double Slimline

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SWC 1073 (2E) American Storyteller Vols. 1 & 2 (787991107320) SWC 1003 (J) Generica (787991100321)

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ZYDECO

SEPTEMBER

“A master of nouveau zydeco: anchored in tradition, but peppered with contemporary influences.” — Rolling Stone “A rising zydeco star … Terrance Simien’s soulful ballads could hold their own against Aaron Neville and Sam Cooke.” — Los Angeles Times “Just as Clifton Chenier blended the sounds of his day to give birth to the crying baby of zydeco … Terrance Simien uses contemporary materials to coin a zydeco for the new millennium. His music is much more complex than the recycled vamps exalting salty dogs and dog hills. He sings in a silky, creamy high-end voice that is gorgeously soulful, exhibiting a sheen like no other.” — Offbeat “Simien once again delivers his unique brand of music to create a modern fusion that keeps its mind on the past while moving boldly into the future.”

— Albert Torres, House of Blues Featured Artists Terrance Simien: vocals, accordion Danny Williams: vocals, keyboards Jose Alvarez: vocals, guitar Keith Sonnier: drums William Terry: bass Ralph Fontenot: frottoir

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience LIVE Worldwide

Tour info on page 71

Track Listing Dance Everyday • 500 Miles • Yesterday • Uncle Bud • Pocky Way/Fire on the Bayou/People • Say Meters Medley • Creole Country • Johnny You’re Too Bad • Yesterday • All Her Lovin • Twilight • The Pianist • Iko Iko/Brother John/Jambalaya Medley • Louisiana

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Selling Points In the past twenty-five years, Terrance Simien and his bandmates have toured the globe, visiting more than thirty countries. His fans have long been asking for a live CD, and on his eighth release, he responds!

• Terrance Simien’s live performances are legendary, garnering Billboard recognition for one of the Best Live Performance Acts of the Year. On LIVE Worldwide, Simien and his Zydeco Experience bandmates have recorded performances from tours that span the globe from Mali to New York and Brazil to Havana.

• Features tracks recorded all over the world, with incendiary performances from Simien and his Zydeco Experience band.

• In 2007, Terrance Simien toured the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, The Seychelles, and Mauritius.

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Across the Parish Line CD: AIM 5014 (Q)

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There’s Room For Us All CD: AIM 1049 (M)

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Terrance Simien Key Markets New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle

The Tribute Sessions (with narration) CD: AIM 5009 (Q)

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The Tribute Sessions (2 CDS) 2XCD: AIM 5013 (Q)

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VOCALS/SHOWS

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Nostalgia From Sepia!

Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia CD: SEP 1098 Price Code: M Standard Jewel Case

Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia CD: SEP 1099 Price Code: M Standard Jewel Case

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Roberta Sherwood

An American Songbird In Paris

Introducing Roberta Sherwood

Track Listing

Track Listing

26 tracks include: C’est Tout • J’aurais Bien Donné Dix Ans De Ma Vie • April In Portugal • If I Were a Bell • Say You’re Mine Again • The Kissing Tree • Eyes of Blue • The Heart You Break • Let’s Go Steady • It Might As Well Be Spring • I’ll Be Seeing You • Better Luck Next Time • J’Attendrai • It’s Easy To Remember • Thanks for the Memory • If I Loved You

27 tracks include: I Got Lost In His Arms • I Hadn’t Anyone Till You • I Miss You Most Of All • Gee But I Hate To Go Home Alone • In a Strange Pair Of Arms • Cry Me a River • Lazy River • All Alone/Always • Take Your Shoes Off, Baby • The Glory Of Love • I Used To Love You

Selling Points Selling Points This CD showcases recordings from the early part of her career, made in Europe from 1949–1954. Almost all are on CD for the first time. The tracks recorded in Europe were never issued in the US, which makes them doubly rare!

Roberta Sherwood released more than ten highly regarded LPs, but amazingly there is not a single CD available! The first twenty-four tracks here are from her debut LP (Introducing Roberta Sherwood) and follow-up release (Showstoppers). The last thee are taken from her single releases.

Genre: Sndtrk/Shows Label: Sepia CD: SEP 1101 Price Code: M Standard Jewel Case

Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia CD: SEP 1100 Price Code: M Standard Jewel Case

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Original London Cast

Sings You Go To My Head & Songs From Manhattan Tower

Grab Me a Gondola

Track Listing

Track Listing

27 tracks include: While a Cigarette Was Burning • You Go To My Head •I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart • Deep in a Dream • I Hadn’t Anyone Till You • Spring Is Here • I Thought About You • Darn That Dream • I Didn’t Know What Time It Was • What’s New • I’ll Never Smile Again • You Walk By •I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore • Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me • Under a Blanket Of Blue • New York’s My Home • Once Upon a Dream • Learnin’ My Latin • Happiness Cocktail

Grab Me a Gondola: Grab Me a Gondola • That’s My Biography • Plain In Love • The Motor Car Is Treacherous • Cravin’ for the Avon • Bid Him a Fond Goodbye • Star Quality • Man, Not a Mouse • Lonely In a Crowd • Jimmy’s Bar • Chianti • What Are the Facts? • Rig O’ the Day • When I Find That Girl • Rockin’ at the Cannon Ball • plus 11 tracks from Pal Joey and Wonderful Town plus bonus tracks by Shani Wallis: Heart Of My Heart • Bell Bottom Blues

Selling Points

Selling Points

Patti Page, “The Singing Rage,” sold more records than any other female vocalists of the ’50s, placing over fifty tunes in the Top 30. Although most of her hits are available on CD, very few of the “concept” LPs she released have been re-issued.

First time on CD! Also includes selections from two other London productions: Pal Joey and Wonderful Town. The final two tracks are very rare 1950s recordings from Shani Wallis, who played the role of Nancy in the Oscar-winning film Oliver!

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VOCALS/COUNTRY

SEPTEMBER

ALLEGRO WELCOMES Diamondisc records TO ITS ROSTER! DiamonDisc’s mission is to create and popularize music by great American vocalists and musicians.

All of the label’s products are produced to the highest standards in the industry, and are aimed at providing customers with timeless entertainment products that they can enjoy over and over again.

“Andrew Heller has captivated our audience several times with his deep and mellow voice.

His solos have been the highlight of two different holiday concerts with the Austin Symphony Orchestra.” — Jim Reagan, Executive Director, Austin Symphony Orchestra

Featured Artists Andrew Heller: vocals

Track Listing On a Clear Day • What Kind of Fool Am I • The Impossible Dream • This Is My Beloved • Stranger In Paradise • When I Fall In Love • Moon River • Street Where You Live • Oh What a Beautiful Morning • Be My Love • Sunrise, Sunset • Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing • Around the World

Selling Points Timeless love songs and lush arrangements featuring an A-team of Nashville and Austin studio musicians and singers. Powerful tenor Andrew Heller has an aptitude for captivating an audience. He has sung with numerous symphony orchestras as a soloist, and has performed as the solo tenor for the famed Marble Colligate Church on Park Avenue in New York.

• Follow up to the successful El Paso project, which propelled Andrew Heller to the #1 new artist on New Music Weekly. Heller has recorded four albums to date.

• Full-scale radio promotion through Nashville-based Big Band Productions.

• Publicity and PR campaign by Heller Records.

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Andrew Heller My Beloved Genre: Vocals Label: DiamonDisc CD: DDR 703 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Key Markets Hometown: Austin. Also: Dallas, Ft. Worth, Washington DC, Denver, Richmond, Panama City, Key West, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, New York, Boston, Pensacola, Nashville, Atlanta, Charleston, San Antonio, Chicago, San Francisco

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Featured Artists David Hudson: vocals, guitar, didgeridoo Irene Cara, Shane Howard, Cindy Hudson: vocals Lawrie Minson: guitars, banjo, harmonica Mark Mannock: piano, keyboards Nigel Pegrum, Ben Hackalitz: drums, percussion Giles Smith: bass and more!

Track Listing Solid Rock • Love You Forever • Waiting for the Rain • Empty Days • Ride On • One Chance • Take It and Run • Don’t Look Back • Walk On My Own • Rockin Chair

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David Hudson Dream Road Genre: Country Label: Australian Sun Records CD: GJR ASR 1005 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Multi-platinum artist David Hudson is Australia’s “voice of outback country.”

Features Australian hit “Solid Rock.”

• Service to NPR, country radio stations, and e-media.

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GJR ASR 1002 (M) Ooramin (705105023199) GJR ASR 1003 (M) Primal Elegance One (705105023298)

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SOUL/WORLD/DVD

NEW & RE-RELEASES

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Various Artists Soul Patrol: Soul’s Greatest Hits Track Listing

Genre: Soul/R&B Label: Hudson/Street DVD: HUD DVD 9915 Price Code: O Amaray

Martha & The Vandellas: Dancin’ in the Street • Jackie Wilson: That Is Why (I Love You So) • Jay & The Techniques: Keep the Ball Rollin’ • Ike & Tina Turner: Bold Soul Sister • James Brown: It’s a Man’s World • Gladys Knight & The Pips: I Heard It Through the Grapevine • Sly & The Family Stone: Stand • Sam & Dave: I Thank You • The Temptations: Get Ready • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: I Second That Emotion • Stevie Wonder: For Once In My Life • The Four Tops: Bernadette/ Reach Out I’ll be There/I Can’t Help Myself • The Jackson Five: I Want You Back • The Supremes: In and Out of Love • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Doggone Right • The Supremes: Come See About Me • The Jackson Five: ABC/I Want You Back • James Brown: Prisoner of Love • Sly & The Family Stone: Dance to the Music

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Approx run time: 60 min.

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Senem Diyici Quartet Live: Satellit Café, Paris “Sails smoothly from sweet meanders to sparkling dances … chamber world music, acoustic and playful.”

— Telerama Featured Artists Senem Diyici: vocals, percussion/Alain Blessing: guitars/Philippe Botta: sax, flutes/Francois Verly: percussion, tabla

Track Listing Genre: World/Turkey Label: Buda Records DVD: BUD DVD 860151 Price Code: Q Amaray

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Saraydan • Karanfil • Nar Hanim • Be Candi Rom • Sen • Yaz Yagmuru • Altin Hizma

Selling Points This beautiful DVD documents a live performance by the Senem Diyici Quartet at the Satellit Café in Paris. Bonus features include a “Portrait of Senem Diyici” by Ugur Hukum, photos, and a complete discography.

• Approx run time: 60 min.

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Spencer Bohren Live in New Orleans Featured Artists Spencer Bohren: vocals, guitars/JAB Wilson: harmonica

Track Listing My Baby • Take It Slow and Easy • Introduction • Key to the Highway • When a Man Loves a Woman • Eight More Miles to Louisville • Like a Miner Loves Gold • The Sky Is Crying • This Body Is a Prison • I’m Mindin’ My Business • Dark Road Blues • Maple Leaf Rag • Your Mama and Your Papa • Hoodoo You Love • Walkin’ After Midnight Genre: World/Cajun Label: Great Southern Records CD: TUF GSR 11023 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

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Selling Points Excellent traditional songs, including the radio hit “The Sky Is Crying.”

Showcases the first recordings of Spencer Bohren’s astonishing lap steel guitar playing.

• Contains two bonus cuts, originally released as a 45 rpm single and featuring an all-star New Orleans band.

• Great Southern comes to Allegro via TUFF America.

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WORLD/DVD

Genre: World/Belly Dance Label: Caravan Records CD: CRV 5239 Price Code: Q Digipak

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Genre: World/Belly Dance Label: Hollywood Music Center CD: HMC 1364 Price Code: O Digipak

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Bodyshock

Hassan Abou El Seoud

The Bellydance Project

Shik Shak Shok

Featured Artists

Featured Artists

Sayyed Balaha: percussion/Serkan Kaynarcaly: kanoun/Niko Paliakis: bouzouki

Hassan Abou El Seoud: accordion/Samy Al Bably: trumpet/ Khaled Jouma: percussion

Track Listing

Track Listing

Sahara Spirit • Orientalis • Athena • Mazamir • Belly Power • Resurrection • Heaven • Nostalgie • Percumania • Arabian Tiger • Namaste • The Hunt • Maksum

Shik Shak Shok • Nova Raks • Rakset Al Asaya • Tabla Sahrawi • Balady Ala Accordion • Drum Balady • Ya Salam Al Balady • Hassan Ya Ghoulli • Tabla Shok • Hassan Zaaboulla • Baba, Mama

Selling Points

Selling Points

Front Cover Sticker: Experience the next generation of belly dance music. Bodyshock presents a modern twist on Arabian grooves: highenergy backbeats meet exotic sounds to create the ultimate belly dance and fusion experience.

Front Cover Sticker: The greatest modern Egyptian belly dance CD ever! This disc has sold over one million copies in the Middle East, making it the #1 selling belly dance CD of all time. Hassan Abou El Seoud, one of Egypt’s most famous composers and musicians, has collaborated with Farid Al Atrash, Wadi Al Safi, and Sabah.

Genre: World/Belly Dance Label: Hollywood Music Center DVD: HMC DVD 9550 Price Code: U Amaray

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Bellyqueen

Nadia Gamal

The Bellydance Experience

Nadia Gamal Dance Workshop

Featured Artists

Featured Artists

Amar Gamal: premiere artist of Bellydance Superstars/Kaeshi: director of Bellyqueen

Nadia Gamal: belly dance instructor

Selling Points Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: Cutting-edge belly dance, tribal fusion, and modern dance performances from NYC’s most innovative group.

Bellyqueen’s promo video had over 4.5 million views on Google videos, and climbed to the #1 position for three weeks. The group has performed at Lollapalooza and the World Peace Awards in Bali.

Contains behind-the-scenes footage and bonus footage.

Front Cover Sticker: The long-awaited DVD release of the Lebanese legend’s only recorded workshop. Recorded in NYC in 1981, this instructional DVD is geared toward professional belly dancers and advanced students. Learn two of Nadia Gamal’s grand choreographies, with dance styles including Oriental dance, folklore, basic beledi, drum solo, and Bedouin Gypsy. The first is a “Raks Sharki” dance, and the second a Bedouin folkloric dance.

Approx run time: 74 min.

Approx run time: 90 min.

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WORLD

NEW RELEASES

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Bismillah Khan First LP Record Featured Artists Bismillah Khan: shehnai

Track Listing Raga Todi (Morning Raga) • Raga: Mishra Thumri

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: CD replicated version of the first solo LP recording of Ustad Bismillah Khan.

Bismillah Khan was awarded the Bharath Rathna, the highest civilian honor in India, in 2001. He was invited by the then Prime Minister J. Nehru to play on India’s First Independence Day. • The First LP Record series features CD replicas of the masters’ first LPs, truly a rare opportunity to treasure these immortal performances. Beautiful limited edition special packaging features the original LP cover and measures approx 7” W, 7½” T, ¼” D. • Originally released in 1961.

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Zakir Hussain Deserts of Rajasthan Featured Artists Zakir Hussain: tabla/Ali Akbar Khan: sarod/Ravi Shankar: sitar/Pandit Jasraj, Lakshmi Shankar: vocals/Hariprasad Chaurasia: flute/Shiv Kumar Sharma: santoor/Dr. L. Sumramaniam: violin

Track Listing DISC ONE: Rhapsody In Battlefields • Romance in the Oasis • On the Sands • The Sage in the Fortress • The Lonely Priest • The Courtesan • DISC TWO: The Elements • Winds of Change • Of Mountains & Deserts • Lord, Thy Will Be Done

Selling Points Genre: World/India Label: Saregama CD: SRG 150670 Price Code: W Box Set

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This limited edition collector’s item contains a miniature replica of a tabla and measures 5.5” W, 7 ¾” T, 2” D. Great percussionist Zakir Hussain plays with seven legendary musicians including Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Dr. L. Subramaniam.

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Various Artists Music from the Taj: Symbol of Love Track Listing Chittibabu: Fond Memories • Shivkumar Sharma & Zakir Hussain: Strings of Heart • Jnan Prakash & V. Balsara: Love Ballet • Vilyat Khan: Slave to Love • Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain: Landscape of Love • Amjad Ali Khan: Lightning of Love • V.G. Jog & Bismillah Khan: Made for Each Other • Ravi Shankar & Alla Rakha: Power of Love • Shivkumar Sharma & Hariprasad Chaurasia: Touch of Heaven • Lalgudi Jayraman: Dance of Sound • Chittibabu & Vikku Vinayakram: Wedding Bells

Genre: World/India Label: Saregama CD: SRG 150701 Price Code: Q Digipak w/ O-card

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Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: Features fourteen great musicians from India. Over seventy minutes of instrumental music!

• Handpicked romantic ragas feature the best of North & South Indian artists.

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Featured Artists Avadhoot Gupte: vocals, guitar, piano

Track Listing Aana Dobara • Khamakha • Nana Nani • Bandstand • Mahive • Kabhi Kabhi • Kankhiyon Se Yun • Aansuon Ki Khwaishein • Manzilon Se Manzilon Tak

Selling Points Avadhoot Gupte is fast becoming a well-known name in the Indi-pop circuit. After several successful albums, Sagarika Music and Gupte are back with a brand-new recording of nine melodious and peppy tracks.

• A multifaceted talent, Gupte struck gold with his debut album as composer, Aika Dajiba. This young composer has started setting trends in the Indian music scene with his creativity and ability to experiment with different kinds of music. His study of Indian folk music, coupled with his awareness of the latest international music patterns, gives his music a unique, fresh quality.

• “Aana Dobara,” the title track, is a signature for the entire album, giving a synopsis of what the album is about. In Gupte’s words, “it’s a collection of some memorable experiences that I have had in my life. Some are happy and some are sad, but they are all memories I would like to treasure.”

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Featured Artists Kiran Thakar: piano, keyboard Ramkrishna Paul: violin Saukat Khan: sax

Track Listing Pal Pal Dil ke paas • Woh Bhuli Dastan • Raat nasheli maast samaa hai • O-Basanti Pavan Pagal • Rim jhim gire sawan, sulag sulag jaye man • Tum ne jane kis jahan me kho gaye • Yeh shaam Mastani • Kahin door jab din dhal jaye • Pyar diwana hota hai mastana hota hai • Na Koi Umang Hai • Jane kaun kis mahefil me • Jina yahan marna yahan • Raat kali ek khwab me • Lagja Gale • Mujhe pyar karo • Yeh nayan Daure Daure • O-hansini meri hansini kahaan ur chaali • Tere bina zindegi se koi shikwa

Selling Points

Kiran Thakar, Ramkrishna Paul & Saukat Khan Blissful Moments…

Genre: World/India Label: The BASSS Music RM CD: BSS DTS 51014 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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• Ramkrishna Paul received training in Western & Indian classical music from the late Poritosh Shil. He has released several albums and worked on film soundtracks.

• Saukat Khan is one of very few Indian artists who have mastered the saxophone. A graded artist from Doordarshan TV and All India Radio, he is highly sought after based on the numerous hit film soundtracks associated with his name.

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DTS discs are playable only in DVD and Surround Sound systems

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Track Listing Elisheva Shomron: For the Sake of Zion • Jonathan Settel: Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem • Shlomo Artzi: Yevarechecha (Bless You) • David Loden: Jerusalem the Fair • Gabriel Butler: Look Upon the City • Eitan Masuri: Ani ma’amin-Medley • Katal Le’Israel Singers: Song for Zion • Jonathan Settel: Jerusalem Sings • Eitan Masuri: Rachem al Tzion • Voices of Israel Singers: Sisu et Yerushalayim • Merv & Merla Watson: City • Kobi Oshrat & Keren Hadar: How Lovely On the Mountains • Gabriel Butler: Praise Your God O Zion • Eitan Masuri: Ve’ Galti Be’Yerushalayim

Selling Points Fourteen songs performed by Jonathan Settel, Elisheva Shomron, Shlomo Artzi, David Loden, Eitan Masuri, Merv & Merla Watson, and many others.

• This compilation conveys sentiments of love for the holy city of Zion, taken from the Bible, as well as original words written by artists residing in the land of Israel.

• This beautiful CD will take you on a journey to one of the most significant places on earth.

Experience the history, spirituality, and sanctity of Jerusalem like never before through these unique songs.

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HKT 9395 (P) Songs from Isaiah (682619939522) HKT 9315 (P) As a Thousand Years (7293200931523)

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Track Listing Avner & Rachel Boskey: Aye Eloheihem • Zamru-Lo Singers: Al tirau • Jonathan Settel: Amen • Gabriella Danieli: Dodi li • David Katz: Ketal LeIsrael • Effi Netzer Singers: Hine lo Yanum • Zamru Lo Singers: Baruch Ata Adonai • Elana Watson: Erev shel Shoshanim • Eitan Masuri: Lo Yisa Goy el Goy cherev • Katal LeIsrael Singers: Roni Vesimchi Bat Tzyon • Ayelet Ronen: Tfilat Ets Hashkediya • Katal LeIsrael Singers: Hayinu Smechim • Zamru Lo Singers: Halelu Hu • Elisheva Shomron: Nachamu Ami • David & Lisa Loden: Rachem Adonai • Jonathan Settel: Ruma Adonai • Carol Cantrell & Katal LeIsrael Singers: Uf’duyei Adonai Yashuvun • Gabriel Butler: Be’eretz Hagalil • Danny Sagi: Ma’ayan Ganim

Selling Points This CD contains nineteen songs that express vision and hope for Israel, presented as a musical offering with words taken from the scriptures.

• The songs are prayers of love for Israel and express hope for a better future, sung by artists who all have something in common: a deep love for Israel and a will to protect the country and its capital, Jerusalem.

• All the artists are donating their royalties from this project to the Israel Defense Forces. The young men and women of the IDF are doing the utmost, day and night, to protect and watch over those who dwell in Zion and the Promised Land.

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HTK 9418 (P) The Jewish Album (682619941822) HTK 9284 (P) 23 Most Famous Israeli Folk Songs (682619928427)

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Various Artists To Israel With Love and Hope Genre: World/Jewish Label: Hataklit CD: HKT 9400 Price Code: P Standard Jewel Case

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“One of the best traditional voices of all time!” — Navajo Times

Featured Artists Davis Mitchell: traditional Navajo water drum

Track Listing Saturday Nite Memories • The Ballad of Old Times • Sweetheart From Fort Duchesne • How Wonderful It Is To Be an Indian Cowboy • Where Have You Gone • Have a Good Time • Grandma’s Memorial Song • The Good Old Days • Trail of Memories • Killing Time

Selling Points Davis Mitchell’s first recording was one of the biggest traditional Navajo records, and firmly established his artistic identity.

• Mitchell has a unique vocal and drumming style all his own!

• This new recordings features original songs in the language of the Navajo (the largest tribe in North America).

• Service to Native American and NPR radio as well as Native American publications.

• Ads in Native Peoples and Native American newspapers.

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Davis Mitchell The Ballad of Old Times Genre: World/Native American Label: Sound of America CD: SOA 230 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Key Markets Hometown: Phoenix. Also: Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City, Tulsa, Los Angeles, San Francisco

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SOA 107 (Q) Navajo Singer Sings For You (722871110724) SOA 181 (Q) Drummer Boy (722871118126)

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Guest Artists Comanche Little Ponies

Track Listing 21 untitled tracks

Selling Points Twenty-one songs recorded live at the 35th annual Southern California Orange County Powwow include fifteen gourd dance songs, a grand entry song, four round dance songs, and an intertribal.

• Comanche Little Ponies attend powwows all across Indian Country every year, traveling the US extensively.

• Powwow gourd dance songs are very popular in the Southwest and on the West Coast.

• Previous gourd song release has done well.

• Service to Native American and NPR radio as well as Native American publications.

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Walter Ahhaitty & Friends Oklahoma Style Genre: World/Native American Label: Sound of America CD: SOA 229 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

Key Markets Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma City. Also: Albuquerque, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City

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SOA 224 (Q) Oklahoma Gourd Songs (722871122420)

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Featured Artists Brother Ah: flutes, African winds, percussion Torcuato Zamora: guitar Kyoko Okamoto: koto Donald Sheldon (Atiba): bass, shekere Kevin Campbell: marimba, percussion Imani: vocals, percussion and more!

Track Listing Egypt • Wade in the Water • African Chant • Rokudan No Shirabe • Mount Fujimaro • Global Fusion Rap • Djembe Jam • Celebration!

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Brother Ah’s World Music Ensemble Celebration!

Genre: World Label: Mapleshade CD: MAP 1632 Price Code: R Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

Updated packaging!

Brother Ah’s pioneering vision of “world music” (before the name existed) evolved from his historically acclaimed Sounds of Awareness album.

• Celebration! features tracks ranging from a haunting, ethereal 300-year-old koto masterpiece to a spontaneous all-out West African drum jam. Stops on the way include flamenco and woodwinds, gospel and flutes, and even rap with African woodwinds.

• Re-mastered using JVC’s proprietary K2 processing.

• Service to world music, jazz, entertainment, and audiophile publications and websites.

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Hometown: Washington DC. Also: Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago

“Streif’s Nordic Winter is fascinating, multi-layered, and stunning!” — Nordische Musik “Something like Pink Floyd in Antarctica. Walks the intersection between rock, folk, ambient, and classical music.” — Tokafi

Featured Artists Georg Reiss: clarinet, tárogáto, sax Tom Karlsrud: accordion, euphonium Torbjørn Økland: guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, trumpet Birger Misteregen: percussion, marimba, drums

Track Listing Estlandsk Vuggevise • Brudesang Fra Solør • Saktmodig Brudemarsj • Jenta I Næset • Bessleiken • Klarinettlåt Etter Thomas Lurås • Den Første Valsen • Hjemlandsklokker • Ballade

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Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: A celebration for the senses and refreshing food for the soul. Norwegian folk with echoes of Giora Feidman.

• Airplay at Hearts of Space.

• Radio, press, web promotion, and PR mailings to key magazines.

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Genre: Avant World Label: Ozella Music CD: OZL 15 Price Code: Q Digipak

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Featured Artists Jamhuri Jazz Band/Nuta Jazz Band/Atomic Jazz band/Morogoro Jazz Band/Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band

Track Listing Aunt please lend me your tights • My love I forbid you • Everything that I have told you • Don’t indulge yourself • The essence of love • I am tired • Moro’s Likembe • What you say, my love • Send me to my father • Sister have mercy on me • Instrumental No. 1 • I received your greetings • A foolish lover • You will destroy me • Leave • Brother you have let me know • Don’t trust your brothers-in-law

Selling Points Extensive twenty-eight-page booklet with liner notes in English and French.

The recordings on this collection date from 1968 to 1973, in many ways a transitional period for the country.

• Musiki wa dansi is generally sweet and laid-back as compared with dance music from neighboring Kenya, possibly an extension of the laid-back Tanzanian life in the ’60s and ’70s.

• It is generally built on a bed of guitars and bass, with drums, congas, and other percussion added. The lyrics are usually sung by a chorus rather than a single lead voice, and horn sections of trumpets and saxophones punctuate the vocals.

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Various Artists Zanzibara 3: The 1960s Sound of Tunisia Genre: World/Zanzibar Label: Buda Records CD: BUD 860142 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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Featured Artists Manu Dibango: saxophone

Track Listing Les promesses • Douala Sérenade • La peur • Jesu Christo • La colère des Dieux • Ceddo • Les sapes • Soir au village • Montreal Jazz Festival • Générique de fin • Wild man in the city • Le prix de la liberté • Marabout • Amours de Mariane • Sabal dance • Pusher • Le Chef • Mouvement Ewondo • Medley

Selling Points Extensive thirty-six-page booklet with liner notes in English and French.

A totemic figure of African pop music, Manu Dibango has also contributed his versatile talent to the musical scores of many films by the likes of Idrissa Ouedraogo, Flora Gomes, Ousmane Sembene, and Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa.

• This anthology, which presents musical excerpts from ten films released between 1976 and 2003, bears witness to the vitality of African cinema and its close kinship with the music of this famous saxophonist.

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Manu Dibango AfricaVision Vol. 3: The Cinema of Manu Dibango Genre: World/Africa Label: Buda Records CD: BUD 3017577 Price Code: Q Standard Jewel Case

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ALSO AVAILABLE AfricaVision Vol. 2

AfricaVision Vol. 1

CD: BUD 3017265 (Q)

CD: BUD 3017264 (Q)

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Celebrate the cultural diversity of our global village with Voyager’s Instruments of the World and Sacred Traditions series. Take an authentic musical tour of your favorite destination!

Genre: World/Caribbean Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140223 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

Genre: World/China Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140204 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

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Voyager: Instruments of the World

Voyager: Instruments of the World

Caribbean: Steel Orchestra

China: Music of the Erhu

Track Listing

Track Listing

Pan for Carnival • Steel Band Times • Carnival Medley I • Jordu • Sugar Bum • High Mas • Panama • Carnival Medley II

Qin Qiang Paiziqu • Cao Yuan Shang • Han Gong Qiou Yuei • He Nan Xiao Qu • Yuei Ya Wu Geng • Xieng Fu Nian • Yuen Quei • Pieng Hu Qiou Yuei • Da Qi Ban • Ye Shen Chen • Da Gu Niang Mei • Chuen • Xi Yang Yang

Selling Points The vibrant and exciting sounds of the steel orchestra come alive on this recording of Exodus, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most renowned bands. Enjoy this rhythmic and uniquely Caribbean musical form with Voyager’s Instruments of the World series.

Selling Points The erhu is one of many bowed string instruments found in Chinese classical music. This album features late master of the erhu Liu Mingyuan. One of China’s most famed artists, Mingyuan presents one of his finest performances here.

Genre: World/India Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140193 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

Genre: World/Japan Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140222 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

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Voyager: Sacred Traditions

Japan: Buddhist Chant

India: Hindu Prayer

Track Listing

Track Listing

Myogo • Zensan • Zenshorei • Chukyokurishukyo • Gosan • Goshorei • Myogo

Minaksi-Sundaresvara Temple: Morning Prayer in Praise of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu

Selling Points

Selling Points

This album presents a recording of sacred chants from the monks of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. Meditative, and simple yet complex, this unique recording presents just one of many forms of sacred music from around the world.

Encounter the sounds of India’s rich sacred musical history with this recording of morning prayers by the monks of the MinaksiSundaresvara Temple. The monks call out over the rhythms of Indian drums, cymbals, and harmonium, honoring the Hindu deities Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva.

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Celebrate the cultural diversity of our global village with Voyager’s Cultural Traditions series. Take an authentic musical tour of your favorite destination!

Genre: World/Venezuela Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140207 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

Genre: World/Cuba Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140237 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

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Voyager: Cultural Traditions

Venezuela: Music of the Cuatro and Arpa

Cuba: Dance Rhythms

Track Listing

Track Listing

Seis Por Derecho • Carnaval • Chipola • Sumba Que Sumba • PotpourrI De Pasajes • Quirpa • Golpe Larense • Gaban • Gavilan • Seis Numerado • Caballo Viejo • Pajarillo • Periquera • Quitapesares • Joropo Central (Juanestebiando) • San Rafael

Como El Son Montuno No Hay • Mulata Guapacha • Influencias • Sabor • Tres Lindas Cubanas • Frenesi • Metele Mi Cuate • Ponme La Mano • Mocambo • Maestro De Rock’Nroll • El Aguardiente • Baila Asi • Asi, Asi Mi Vida • Sobre Una Tumba Una Rumba • El Carapacho • Fania • Masacre • Cachita

Selling Points Two young masters keep the folk traditions of Venezuela alive on this album! Cheo Hurtado (cuatro) and Jośe Archila (arpa) bring the joropo to life. Rhythmic and upbeat, the joropo of the plains of Venezuela is a unique folk and dance tradition still popular today.

Selling Points Two musical icons of Cuban music, Orquesta Aragon and Perez Prado, play together on this album featuring diverse styles of dance music from Cuba. Featuring many up-tempo styles, from mambo to son, the album is sure to inspire movement!

Genre: World/Bulgaria Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140220 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

Genre: World/Brazil Label: Columbia River Ent. CD: CRG 140226 Price Code: D Standard Jewel Case

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Bulgaria: Polyphony–Quartet Slavei

Brazil: Samba

Track Listing

Track Listing

Zavilo Se Horo • Dreme Mi Se, Lega Mise • Neno Le • Sviri Neno • Popoi Mi Yanke Le • Proviknal See Pashata • Georgi Nedelia Proshtava • Maika Na Vela Dumashe • Ruso Le, Ruso Momiche • Devoiko Balno Li Ti E • Zabljalo Mi E Agantse • Oi, Ti Bekyarino • Koga I Da Doidam Maro • Kaniat Me, Mamo

Alvorado~Manha Brasileira • Gosto Que Me Emrosco • Quando O Samba Acabou • Nao Faz Amor • Quem Me Ve Sorrindo • Cidade Mulher • Sala De Recepcao • Folhas Secas • Cantico a Natureza • Vaidade De Um Sambista • QueremosVer • Caminhar • Welhos Alvoredos • Velhas Companheras • Pranto De Poeta

Selling Points

Selling Points

Four women sing the rich tradition of their native Bulgaria in this fine example of Bulgarian polyphony. Drawing from a rich religious and secular tradition of songs, Quartet Slavei highlights the multitude of sounds the human voice can create.

Samba is one of the most popular forms of music from Brazil. This album features lead musicians from two schools that are instrumental in organizing the yearly Carnival festivals.

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“Bob McGrath’s latest album is brimming with upbeat, singable songs tailored for preschoolers and early grades.” — Billboard

Featured Artists Bob McGrath: vocals Nils Lofgren: accordion, acoustic guitar Dick Hyman: piano, organ Cyro Baptista: Brazilian percussion, sound effects Will Lee: bass Chris Botti: trumpets and more!

Track Listing

Bob McGrath Sing Me a Story

Everyone Asked About You • Zip-Zing-Flip-Flop • Your Face • Read Me a Story • Fishin’ for a Ticklin’ Family Hug • Elbows Off the Table • I Want Desert For Dinner • I Wanna Do It By Myself • Give a Little Love Away • Silly Kinda Day • Flyin’ • Dinosaur Swing

Selling Points Genre: Children Label: Bob’s Kids Music CD: BOB 5002 Price Code: N Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

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Front Cover Sticker: Children’s Music Web Award Winner 2002.

Thirteen sensational new songs in a variety of different styles: pop, South African, country, New Orleans, reggae, funk, and more.

• Features support from some extraordinary musicians, including Nils Lofgren (Bruce Springsteen Band), Will Lee (David Letterman Band), Cyro Baptista (Paul Simon Tour), and great jazz pianist Dick Hyman!

• Featuring new and improved artwork.

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Key Markets Hometown: Teaneck, NJ. Also: Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Regina, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston A fantastic CD & DVD set featuring a twenty-page printable activity book includes:

CD: Greetings & Sounds Over sixty minutes of horror sounds for your Halloween haunting!

Scary Greetings: sure to bring out hair-curling screams for Halloween!

Trick Or Treat Greetings: sure to make trick-or-treaters jump in horror!

Scary Sounds: make a Halloween to remember with these scary sound effects!

Haunted Mansion: let these scary sounds lead your through … if you dare!

DVD: Classic Cartoons Over sixty minutes of horror sounds for your Halloween haunting! Two hours of family fun for your Halloween party! These seventeen classic cartoons will add chills and thrills to any evening.

5 episodes of Casper 4 episodes of Popeye 3 episodes of Superman 5 episodes of Jeepers Creepers

printable Activity Book Twenty printable masks, mazes, word searches, and crossword puzzles for the whole family!

Interactive Menu, Scene Selector, NTSC, Color and B&W, Stereo.

Playable In All Regions.

Approx run time: 2 hrs.

Halloween Party Family Fun Pack Genre: Halloween Label: Columbia River Ent. CD+DVD: CRG 660001 Price Code: N Amaray

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES POWER ARTS COMPANY TO ITS ROSTER! Power Arts Company has a mission to produce entertaining and educational children’s music with the kind of substantial content, original melodies, and large productions that few artists in the genre can deliver.

“So catchy … kids will forget they’re learning.” — New York Post “Play these math songs to help your students master the multiplication tables from 0–12.

Your room will rock.” — Scholastic “The catchy tunes of the Teacher and the Rockbots CDs feature rock ‘n’ roll that helps teach kids about America, science, and multiplication—favorite topics, we’re sure!” — Playthings

Track Listing One Is Like a Copy Machine • Multiply By Two, Easy Thing To Do • PBJ, Three Times a Day • Four On the Floor • Five Holes In My Head • Six Skinny Bug Legs • One Really Good Thing About Seven • Eight Hours a Day • Nine Months In School • Multiply By Ten, Zero At the End • Eleven • You Can Multiply By Twelve • Anything Times Zero

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: A 2005 Parents’ Choice Recommended Award Winner!

• Covers the multiplication facts from 0–12 with the coolest rock songs in the galaxy.

• Much more interesting than flash cards!

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Teacher and the Rockbots Multiplication Genre: Children Label: Power Arts Company CD: TRB 6569 Price Code: N Standard Jewel Case

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Track Listing Courtesy • You Can Do It • Be Nice • Best Friends • Smile • Laugh • Share Your Love • Bubble Bath • Thank You • Dreaming + Two Bonus Tracks

Selling Points Front Cover Sticker: Dr. Toy Best Products Winner Spring 2007!

A collection of slower tempo songs that encourage quiet.

• Lyrics promote kindness, friendship, global citizenship, and positive self-esteem.

• With four great singers and a mix of styles, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!

• All albums feature the character voices of Cora, Fiora, Zodi, and Zip. Each singer has a style and personality of his or her own, which adds variety from song to song.

• The Blankies’ music combines an assortment of sounds and styles ranging from pop, adult contemporary, electronic, and R&B with the goal of appealing to adults too.

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The Blankies Peace!

Genre: Children Label: Power Arts Company CD: TBZ 42524 Price Code: L Standard Jewel Case

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES MARVEL DIGITAL COMICS TO ITS ROSTER! Before Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, and Ghost Rider came to the big screen, they were all superheroes found in print. For decades, Marvel published comic books featuring America’s most beloved superheroes. Now, with these Collector’s Edition DVD-ROMs, you can read back issues that you have lost, or maybe never read, all in an easy-to-use digital format!

The Amazing Spiderman: Spiderman Unmasked Genre: Action Label: Marvel Digital Comics DVD: MDC 1001 Price Code: I Amaray

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The Amazing Spiderman Collector’s Edition DVD-Rom provides more than 3000 pages of comics. Contains 100 individual comic book issues ranging from January 1998–April 2007: Vol. I: 430–441, Vol. II: 1–58, 500–539, and annuals 1998-2001, including advertisements, exactly as originally issued by Marvel Comics.

The Avengers, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes: The Old Order Changeth!

Genre: Action Label: Marvel Digital Comics DVD: MDC 1002 Price Code: I Amaray

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The Avengers, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Collector’s Edition DVD-Rom provides more than 3000 pages of comics. Contains over 100 individual comic book issues ranging from January 1998–December 2006: Vol. III: 1–84, 500-–503, New Avengers 1–25, and annuals 1998-2001, including advertisements, exactly as originally issued by Marvel Comics.

Fantastic Four: A House Divided!

Genre: Action Label: Marvel Digital Comics DVD: MDC 1003 Price Code: I Amaray

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The Fantastic Four Collector’s Edition DVD-Rom provides more than 3000 pages of comics. Contains over 100 individual comic book issues ranging from January 1998–January 2007: Vol. III: 1–70, 500– 543, and annuals 1998–2001, including advertisements, exactly as originally issued by Marvel Comics.

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Enjoy your favorite Marvel Comics with these new digital comic books. Each Collector’s Edition DVD-ROM features more than 100 individual comic books, including original advertisements! Printable PDF format allows the user to both view on a computer, or print any comic book in this collection.

Ghost Rider: Blaze of Glory!

Genre: Action Label: Marvel Digital Comics DVD: MDC 1004 Price Code: I Amaray

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The Ghost Rider Collector’s Edition DVD-Rom provides more than 3000 pages of comics. Contains over 100 individual comic book issues ranging from May 1990–December 2006 Vol. II: 1–94, Vol. 2001: 1–6, Vol. 2005: 1–6, Vol. 2006: 1–4, and annuals 1993 & 1994, including advertisements, exactly as originally issued by Marvel Comics.

The Incredible Hulk: King of the World!

Genre: Action Label: Marvel Digital Comics DVD: MDC 1005 Price Code: I Amaray

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The Incredible Hulk Collector’s Edition DVD-Rom provides more than 3000 pages of comics. Contains over 100 individual comic book issues ranging from April 1999–December 2006: Vol. II: 1–99 and annuals 1999–2001, including advertisements, exactly as originally issued by Marvel Comics.

Uncanny X-Men: Apocalpyse Now — Again!

Genre: Action Label: Marvel Digital Comics DVD: MDC 1006 Price Code: I Amaray

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The Uncanny X-Men Collector’s Edition DVD-Rom provides more than 3000 pages of comics. Contains over 100 individual comic book issues ranging from January 1999–August 2006: 363–474, and annuals 1999–2001, including advertisements, exactly as originally issued by Marvel Comics.

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The War File: British Fighter Command The Spitfires and the Hurricanes of the RAF’s Fighter Command were the shield that defended England during the dark days of the Battle of Britain. This is the story of the fighters that fought and won the battle for control of Britain’s skies. This DVD features rare archival footage of RAF fighters in action, firsthand accounts of the men who were there, new color footage of surviving RAF fighters, computer-generated 3-D maps and graphics, plus military analysis by leading authorities including Wing Commander John Young and Dr. Samuel Trew of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

Genre: Military Label: Cromwell Productions DVD: CRM 8516 Price Code: N Amaray

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NTSC, Color & B&W, Dolby Digital Stereo

Chapter Selection The Phoenix Rises • The New Breed • Spitfire!!! • Eagle Attack • A Change of Tactic

Special Features Interactive Menus • Chapter Selections • Also Available

cromwell The War File: RAF Bomber Command

Genre: Military Label: Cromwell Productions DVD: CRM 8517 Price Code: N Amaray

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The story of RAF bomber command is the story of the air war over Germany and the men who fought it. In the early days of WWII, the RAF Bomber Command was the only means that Britain had to bring the war into Hitler’s Germany. Beginning in 1940, RAF Bomber Command began what were soon to become daily raids against Germany’s cities and industrial infrastructure. By 1942, losses had grown so heavy that the RAF Bomber Command had switched to a policy of night bombing only, a policy that it would stick until the end of the war. This DVD features rare archival material drawn from both British and German sources, new footage of surviving RAF Bombers, and computer-generated illustrative maps and 3-D graphics. Military analysis and expert commentary is provided by Dr. Robin Clifton of Warwick University.

Approx run time: 50 min.

NTSC, Color & B&W, Dolby Digital Stereo

Chapter Selection The Early Years • A New Generation • Terror Bombing • America • The Aftermath

Special Features

cromwell Interactive Menus • Chapter Selections • Also Available The War File: The Battle of Britain “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill’s immortal words are a telling tribute to those remarkable pilots that he referred to simply as “the few.” This DVD tells the story of those “few,” that handful of courageous young allied pilots who defended British skies against the onslaught of the mighty Luffwaffe. At a time when Britain’s freedom hung in the balance, the remarkable men of RAF Fighter Command formed the impenetrable line of defense that repulsed the Nazi invasion of the air. This DVD features powerful, moving archival footage of the Battle of Britain with expert commentary and analysis.

Narrated by Mike Leighton.

Genre: Military Label: Cromwell Productions DVD: CRM 8518 Price Code: N Amaray

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Approx run time: 50 min.

NTSC, Color & B&W, Dolby Digital Stereo

Chapter Selection The Supermarine Spitfire • The All Out Assault of the Luftwaffe • The BF109 Weakness • The “Big Wing” Tactic • Goering’s Tactical Error

Special Features

cromwell Interactive Menus • Chapter Selections • Stills Gallery • Also Available

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ON TOUR NOW! ON PAGE 2 Jessica Williams The Best of Jessica Williams On Jazz Focus V.1

ON PAGE 53 Terrance Simien Live Worldwide

CD: JFC 40 Price Code: Q UPC: 608917325829

CD: AIM 5016 Price Code: Q UPC: 752211501622

9/1/07

9/2/07

Buffalo, NY – Pine Grill Reunion

9/18/07

Hollywood, CA – KJAZZ Jazz Series

10/1–5-07

San Diego, CA – KSDS Ocean Beach Jazz Fest

Anacortes, WA – Anacortes Jazz Festival 9/2/07

Yakima, WA – Seasons Performance Hall 10/25/07

Durham, NC – Duke University

ON PAGE 3 Eddie Daniels Homecoming: Live at the Iridium 2XCD: IPO 1012 Price Code: 2G UPC: 822019010128 8/11/07

Steamboat Springs, CO – Strings in the Mountains 9/14/07

New Haven, CT – Yale University 10/1–4/07

Detroit, MI – Wayne State University 10/18–22/07

New York, NY – Iridium

Orkney Springs, VA – Shenandoah Music Fest Charleston, SC – The Citadel Shreveport, LA – Red River Revel

Diana Krall Heartdrops CD: TCB 22182 Price Code: Q UPC: 725095221825 8/9/07

Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium 8/11–12/07

Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle 8/14/07

Stateline, NV – Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheatre 8/15/07

San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall 8/17–18/07

Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl 8/19/07

ON PAGE 26 Trio Settecento An Italian Sojourn

Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl

CD: CED 99 Price Code: Q UPC: 735131909921

Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theater

* dates for Rachel Barton Pine 8/18–19/07

Sunriver, OR – Sunriver Festival 8/24/07

New York, NY – The Frick Collection 9/4/07

National – Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon 9/10/07

Evanston, IL – Music Institute of Chicago 9/16/07

Decatur, IL – Milikin-Decatur Symphony 9/21/06

Chicago, IL – Chicago Theological Seminary

ON PAGE 52 The Kingston Trio The Best of the Kingston Trio 2XCD: SWC 1088 Price Code: 2F UPC: 787991108822 9/8/07

Wilkes Barre, PA – Kirby Center 9/15/07

Hartford, WI – Knoll Theatre 9/28–30/07

Las Vegas, NV – South Point Casino

8/22/07

San Diego, CA – Bayside 8/23/07

Joey DeFrancesco The Baddest B-3 Burner in the Business 2XCD: SWC 1084 Price Code: 2F UPC: 787991198427 8/5/07

8/14/04 9/9/07

9/23/07

Monterey, CA – Monterey Jazz Festival

Clifford Adams / Kool & The Gang I Feel Your Spirit CD: BCR 70008 Price Code: Q UPC: 890269001012 8/03/07

Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen 8/09/07

West Allis, WI – Wisconsin State Fair 8/11/07

Coarsegold, CA – Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino 8/17/07

Louisville, KY – Kentucky State Fair 9/14/07

Grand Ronde, OR – Spirit Mountain Casino 9/22/07

Charleston, SC – Family Circle Tennis Center

8/26/07

Pink Martini Hey Eugene!

8/27/07

CD: HNZ 3 Price Code: S UPC: 723721289454

Santa Fe, NM – Santa Fe Opera Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater 8/29/07

St. Louis, MO – Fox Theater 8/31/07

9/9/07

Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater

Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Theatre

Capitol Steps Springtime for Liberals

Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

CD: CTL 1027 Price Code: M UPC: 095632102727 Ongoing

Washington DC – Ronald Reagan Building Ongoing

Lenox, MA – Cranwell Resort 9/28/07

Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre 9/28/07

Stroudsberg, PA – Sherman Theater 9/29/07

Santa Clarita, CA – Vital Express 10/13/07

Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre 10/26/07

Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater

9/14–16/07 9/17–18/07

San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay 9/20/07

Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre 9/21/07

Chico, CA – Laxson Auditorium

Incendio Seduction CD: NWC 45 Price Code: Q UPC: 767715004524 8/4/07

Watseka, IL – Cherry Street Art Festival 8/9/07

Salt Lake City, UT – Brown Bag Lunch 8/12/07

Shell Beach, CA – Cliffs Resort

10/2–10/07

8/14/07

10/11/07

8/19/07

10/12/07

8/22/07

10/13/07

8/24/07

Las Vegas, NV – Riverside Casino Madison, WI – Morgan Center Skokie, IL – North Shore Center North Myrtle Beach, SC – Alabama Theatre

Costa Mesa, CA – Fairview Park Concert Series Thousand Oaks, CA – Gardens of the World Torrance, CA – Torrance Cultural Center Napa, CA – Chef’s Market 8/25/07

Fremont, CA – Mission Coffeehouse 8/26/07

Bodega Bay, CA – Watts Ranch

Order Date: August 16, 2007

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