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JUNE 2008 A Division of Allegro Media Group

Street Date: June 10, 2008 Order Due Date: May 19, 2008

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Martin Taylor p2, Walter “Wolfman� Washington p18, Yusa p33, Mikis Theodorakis p35, Masters of Bellydance p37 New Labels: Jazzheads, Eldorado Records, Invisible Hands Music, Round River Records

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NEW RELEASES selling points • New album features Martin Taylor’s new group Freternity, including trumpeter Guy Barker (Quincy Jones, Sting).

• Includes compositions by Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Clifford Brown, Neil Hefti, and Sammy Cahn.

Featured Artists Martin Taylor: guitar Guy Barker: trumpet David Newton: piano, keyboards Alison Burns: vocals Steve Brown: drums Ewen Vernal: double bass Track Listing Making the Move • Freternity • Skylark • Stella By Starlight • Joyspring • Chez Fernand • You Know It’s True • Lullaby of the Leaves • The Odd Couple • Kissing Bug • Li’l Darlin’

Martin Taylor Freternity Jazz P3 Music Cat # P3M 16 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Press Quotes “Europe’s finest guitarist.” — JazzTimes Media & Marketing Promotional copies sent to national/regional press, radio, and websites. Ads with jazz/guitar magazines and websites. Coordinated marketing campaign will coincide with US and Canadian Fall 2008 tour.

Also Available P3M 14 (2G) The Best of Martin Taylor (827775000727) *Tour dates page 39 selling points • Discovered by virtuoso guitarist Martin Taylor, Alison Burns’ debut album features a veritable A-list of musicians including Grammy nominated guitarist Taylor (Peggy Lee, Jamie Cullum), Mercury Prize nominee and trumpet player Guy Barker (Lena Horne, Sting), pianist David Newton (Stacey Kent, Claire Teal), bassist Ewen Vernal (Eddie Reader), and accordionist Jack Emblow (k.d. lang, Elton John).

Featured Artists Alison Burns: vocals Martin Taylor, Marcus Ford: guitar Guy Barker: trumpet David Newton: piano, keyboards James Taylor: drums Ewen Vernal: double bass

Alison Burns Kissing Bug Jazz P3 Music Cat # P3M 15 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Track Listing Kissing Bug • You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To • The Good Life • But Not For Me • Love Me or Leave Me • Cry Me a River • No Moon At All •

By Myself • Too Good To Be True • The Shadow of Your Smile • Can’t Help Loving That Man • The Thrill Is Gone • The Way You Look Tonight press quotes “A collection of classic jazz torch songs set to race up the charts.”

— Daily Express Media & Marketing Promotional copies sent to national press, radio, and websites. Ads with relevant jazz media.

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Front Cover Sticker Swinging vocals in small and large group settings.

Selling Points • Gorgeous orchestrations and arrangements allow vocalist Cathy Rocco to breathe new life into familiar repertoire.

• First jazz recording from this accomplished vocalist and recording artist.

Featured Artists Cathy Rocco: vocals Kuno Schmid: keyboards, arrangements, orchestrations Tamir Hendelman: piano, arrangements John Beasley: organ Michael Higgins: guitar Dave Carpenter: bass Vic Stevens: drums Track Listing Autumn Leaves • Come Rain Or Shine • There Will Never Be Another You • Give Me One Reason • Little By Little • Daydreaming • Tea For Two • Hello Like Before • I Never Went Away • On a Clear Day • For Once In My Life • You’re Gonna Hear From Me Media & Marketing National press campaign by DL Media. Internet campaign. National radio campaign. Performing at the 2008 JazzWeek Convention the week of release. Ads with JazzTimes, Jazz Corner, All About Jazz, and more.

Key Markets Hometown: Pittsburgh. Also: Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, Washington DC, Cleveland, Buffalo, Providence

Cathy Rocco You’re Gonna Hear From Me Jazz Resonance Records Cat # RES 1005 Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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ALSO AVAILABLE from Resonance Records Gene Harris Quartet Live In London

John Beasley Letter to Herbie

Jazz Resonance Records Cat # RES 2001 Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Double Digipak: Box Lot 30

Jazz Resonance Records Cat # RES 1003 Price Code: T Price Code: T (SRP $16.99) Digipak: Box Lot 30

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Andreas Öberg My Favorite Guitars [CD+DVD]

Mike Garson

Jazz Resonance Records Cat # RES 1002 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak: Bos Lot 30

Jazz Resonance Records Cat # RES 1004 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak: Bos Lot 30

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Conversations with My Family [CD+ DVD]

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES JAZZHEADS TO ITS ROSTER! An independent record label specializing in jazz, improvised music, vocal jazz, new age, and world music, dedicated to high-level recording artists with superior recordings.

Selling Points • A mix of ancient world-jazz tunes from Russia with a striking contemporary sound.

• Very high-energy, with exceptional musicianship. A genuine Feng Shui experience.

• Western press has called Kireyev a “revolutionary Russian musician.” He introduces novelties into known styles, easily combining existing jazz standards with exotic folklore.

He enriches jazz with his personal, emotional, and very sincere perception.

Featured Artists Oleg Kireyev: saxes, keyboards, vocals Valery Panfilov: guitar Victor Matouhin: bass Ildar Nafigov: drums Ndiaga Sambe: congas Track Listing Mandala • Ai ya Haiya • Zhok • Lullaby • East

Oleg Kireyev & Feng Shui Jazz Project Mandala Jazz/World Jazzheads Cat # JZH 1162 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

Press quotes “A Russian sax player with a reputation for hard swing and high excitement.” — The Express Star Media & Marketing Publicity campaign by Two for the Show Media. Tour publicity by Dawn Singh Publicity.

Jazzheads

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

5% Preorder Discount Selling Points Refined Scandinavian cool and aggressive New York heat spiced with a progressive postmodern sensibility. With members from New York, Norway, and Denmark, NYNDK unites three places with significant roles in jazz history with the intent to expand on free-form jazz.

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Featured Artists Chris Washburne: trombone Ole Mathisen: saxes Soren Moller: piano Per Mathisen: bass Scott Neumann: drums Track Listing Histrionics • Great Expectations • Backward Glance • Nordic Disruption • Blade Runner • Derivative • Brooklyn • I Hear a Rhapsody • Elefantens Vuggevise (The Elephant’s Lullaby) • Nimbulus

NYNDK Nordic Disruption

Press Quotes “NYNDK have fashioned one of the top modern-mainstream outings of 2007.” — JazzReview

Jazz Jazzheads Cat # JZH 1159 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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“A pointedly cosmopolitan post-bop collective.” — New York Times

Jazzheads

Media & Marketing Publicity campaign by Two for the Show Media. Radio campaign by Mark Elf. Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle

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Selling Points • Mark Weinstein is quickly establishing himself as one of the premier jazz flute players on the scene.

• Voted Best Latin Jazz Flautist by Jazz Corner in 2007.

• An all-star rhythm section includes Dave Strycker (Rising Star, 2006 Down Beat Critics Poll), Victor Lewis, and Ed Howard (Roy Haynes’ bass player for over a decade).

Featured Artists Mark Weinstein: flutes Dave Stryker: guitars Ed Howard: bass Victor Lewis: drums Track Listing Loverin’ • Miyako • Blues For Janice • Airegin • Shanti • Sleeping Beauty • Invitation • Violet For Your Furs • Straight, No Chaser • Crianza press quotes “Impressive to say the least … Weinstein is the real deal and has once again called on some of the finest musicians to make a truly fine collection of Latin jazz winners. Highly recommended.” — JazzReview Media & Marketing Publicity campaign by Two for the Show Media. Radio campaign to jazz radio and JazzWeek reporting stations.

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

Mark Weinstein Straight No Chaser Jazz/Latin Jazzheads Cat # JZH 1161 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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5% Preorder Discount selling points • 2008 Grammy finalist for Best Latin Jazz Album.

• A futuristic approach redefines the art of big band, taking Afro-Cuban big band jazz into the 21st century!

Featured Artists Bobby Sanabria: drums, percussion, kazoo, vocals backed by 21 great musicians!

Track Listing 57th St. MamboPink • Since I Fell For You • D Train • El Líder • El Aché De Sanabria En Moderación • Besame Mucho • The Crab • O Som Do Sol • Blues For Booty Shakers • The Grand Wazoo • Obrigado Mestre press quotes “Bobby Sanabria’s Latin jazz CD, released this year through Jazzheads Records … ranks as one of the most overlooked and under-appreciated albums of 2007.” — Billboard “This is an Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra rooted in mambo, bomba, guajira, and much else, so rhythm easily holds the trump card. It’s densely layered rhythm, and its roots go much further back than the swing era.” — New York Times Media & Marketing Publicity campaign by Two for the Show Media. Radio campaign by Mark Elf. Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle

Bobby Sanabria Big Band Urban Folktales Jazz/Latin Jazzheads Cat # JZH 1156 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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NEW RELEASES Featured Artists Toshiko Akiyoshi: composer, leader, arranger, piano The SWR Big Band Selling Points • These outstanding recordings extend the top-class jazz CD series of releases from the SWR Big Band, which plays with great potential and once again gives proof of its international caliber.

• The signature features of Toshiko Akiyoshi’s compositional style are unmistakable: it is rooted in bebop but features an amalgamation of big band jazz with Japanese musical elements and an ingenious use of the woodwind section.

• In May 2007 she had her first opportunity to cooperate with the SWR Big Band. With untiring energy and rousing motivational power, the worldrenowned pianist rehearsed thirteen of her own pieces with the band, covering a broad spectrum from bebop power play to soft ballads.

Toshiko Akiyoshi & The SWR Big Band Let Freedom Swing

Track Listing DISC ONE: Drum Conference (3rd Movement) • Repose • Harlequin’s Tear • Kogun • Feast In Milano • Let Freedom Swing DISC TWO: Lady Liberty • Polination • I Know Who Loves You • Warning!

Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health • Song for the Harvest • Epilogue: Hope • Harlequin’s Tear Live! (Bonus Track)

Jazz hänssler CLASSIC Cat # HNS 93203 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Double Digipak; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Selling Points • A feel-good, authentic “Memphis Hang” with the soulful vocals of the city’s own Charlie Wood and the lyrical tuba and leadership of Jim Shearer—not to mention special guest Billy Gibson on harmonica!

Featured Artists Jim Shearer: tuba Charlie Wood: vocals, Hammond B3, pedal bass, piano, Fender Rhodes Billy Gibson: harmonica Tom Lonardo: drums Joe Restivo: guitars Tom Clary: trumpet Tim Goodwin: acoustic bass Track Listing Well, You Needn’t • Seduced • Mound Bayou • That Note Costs a Dollar • Can’t Take You Nowhere • Secret Love • Not When I’ve Been Drinkin’ • Blue Turning Gray Over You • The Memphis Hang • Goodbye Porkpie Hat • Cool

Jim Shearer & Charlie Wood The Memphis Hang Jazz Summit Records Cat # SMT 502 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Press Quotes “Hip jazz and blues sounds.” — Northwest Airlines World Traveler Media & Marketing Radio campaign to jazz radio and JazzWeek reporting stations. Additional mailing to print and internet reviewers. Ads with JazzTimes and Down Beat.

Key Markets Hometown: Memphis. Also: New York

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Selling Points • World renowned cellist Hank Roberts—recognized in Down Beat’s International Critics Poll and hailed by the New York Times for his ability to “shift the best elements of classical music, pop, and jazz into something new”—records his debut album for Winter & Winter!

• In the 1980s and ’90s in the downtown New York jazz scene, Hank Roberts recorded various albums for JMT with colleagues such as Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Joey Baron, David Sanborn, and more. This new album is a songbook that reflects the beauty of America.

• With guitarist Marc Ducret and drummer Jim Black, Roberts adapts and recomposes musical elements from avant-garde and traditional jazz as well as funk, R&B, rock, gospel, and traditional Native American music.

Featured Artists Hank Roberts: cello, vocals Marc Ducret: guitar Jim Black: drums Track Listing Azul • Bernie Alap • Prayer • Bernie 22 05 • In the ’60s • Cola People • Trees • First • Lenape Alap • Nasfet • Long Walk • Gentle • Pictures Press quotes “Cellist Hank Roberts is one of the most accomplished jazz improvisers on his instrument, working mostly in the avant-garde and modern creative fields.” — All Music Guide

Hank Roberts Green Jazz Winter & Winter Cat # WTR 141 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Smartpak; Box Lot 20

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

No Canada Sales

key Markets Hometown: Ithaca. Also: New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle

Will move to price code S on Sept. 1, 2008 (SRP $18.99)

Also Available WTR JMT 919016 (Q) Black Pastels (025091901623) WTR JMT 919036 (Q) Birds of Prey (025091903627) WTR JMT 919062 (Q) Little Motor People (025091906222)

Stéphane Kerecki Trio Focus Danse Selling Points A very significant album for the Stéphane Kerecki Trio, this disc won both the Grand Prix Charles Cros and Disque Emoi 2007.

Featured Artists Matthieu Donarier: saxes/Thomas Grimmonprez: drums/Stéphane Kerecki: contrabass Track Listing Résilience • En attendant… • …Anna! • Choral • Focus Danse • La Bête Noire • Interlude 1 • La Ville qui Songe • Scott • Interlude 2 • Valse • Electron Libre • Daydream

Jazz Zig-Zag Territoires Cat # ZIG 70801 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! These out of print titles now available again at a lower price.

Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19128 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99)

Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19132 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99)

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Dick Cary Playing Dick Cary Originals

Dottie Dodgion Dottie Dodgion Sings

Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19133 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99)

Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19177 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99)

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Rick Fay Words Among the Reeds

Ray Sherman At the Keyboard

The Magnificent VII Live at the Hilton

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Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19123 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99)

Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19115 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99)

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John Allred Quartet In the Beginning

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Selling Points • The music of Thad Jones, an unsung treasure in jazz history, performed by multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson. Also includes one piano piece by Thad’s brother Hank Jones.

Featured Artists Scott Robinson: flutes, saxes, theremin, clarinet, horns, more Mike Le Donne: Hammond B3 Richard Wyands, Hank Jones: piano Pat O’Leary: bass Dennis Mackrel, Klaus Suonsaari: drums Track Listing Quietude • To You • Interloper • Don’t Ever Leave Me • Three and One • Yours and Mine • Fingers • All My Yesterdays • TNA Blues • A Child Is Born • Walkin’ About • Kids Are Pretty People • The Summary • Greetings and Salutations Media & Marketing Promotion copies will be sent to an extended list of jazz critics and radio programs. Ads with Down Beat, JazzTimes, and more.

Key Markets New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco Also Available ARB 19179 (Q) Thinking Big (780941117929) ARB 19212 (Q) Melody from the Sky (78094112123) ARB 19275 (Q) Jazz Ambassador (780941127522)

Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Thad Jones: Forever Lasting Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19276 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Selling Points • This master guitarist, who came to the fore as a member of Scott Hamilton’s group, makes his Arbors Records debut.

• Has performed with such legends as Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Ruby Braff, Rosemary Clooney, Maxine Sullivan, and the Benny Goodman Sextet.

• Former Concord Records recording artist.

Featured Artists Chris Flory: guitar Mike LeDonne: organ Dan Block: tenor sax Jon-Erik Kellso: trumpet Chuck Riggs: drums Track Listing J H Blues • For You, For Me, Forever More • Swinging at The Daisy Chain • The Lamp is Low • I Want a Little Girl • Three Little Words • Bean-O • Young and Foolish • A Beautiful Friendship • Vignette • Mister Goodbeat Media & Marketing Promotion copies will be sent to an extended list of jazz critics and radio programs. Ads with Down Beat, JazzTimes, and more.

Chris Flory For You

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19357 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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MA RECORDINGS CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALLEGRO! Ask your account manager for a complete list.

João Paulo O Exílio Selling Points O Exílio is sensitively performed by a trio made up of João Paulo on Hamburg Steinway, Peter Epstein on saxes, and Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica. Paulo composed all compositions except “Chama.” One could surely say that this is “New Portuguese Music,” with traditional Portuguese classical and jazz influences. Neither “bebop” nor “modern jazz,” this is a unique, stunningly refreshing approach to creative improvised music!

Jazz MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 45 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Featured artists João Paulo: piano/Peter Epstein: saxes/Carlos Bica: bass Track listing Fabula • O Exílio • Arabesco • Fado • Certeza • Fillpe • Voltas Ao Sol Part 1 • Voltas Ao Sol Part 2 • Historia De Neve • Chama

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João Paulo Almas Selling Points The second recording by pianist João Paulo is very special, as it reveals his deep adoration for and unique connection to his Portuguese folk heritage through his involvement in jazz and classical music.

As with the trio’s first album, this recording features Peter Epstein on saxes and Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica. This is truly modern Portuguese art for the ears!

Featured artists João Paulo: piano/Peter Epstein: saxes/Carlos Bica: bass

Jazz MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 49 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Track listing Fatima • Aldeia • Passos • Sombra • Valsa • Arrabida • Danga

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João Paulo Esquina Selling Points MA Recordings presents another recording of Portuguese pianist João Paulo, this time in duos with saxophonist Peter Epstein.

Featured artists João Paulo: piano/Peter Epstein: saxes Jazz MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 57 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Track listing Canto • Hino-Pasagem • Certeza • Para Sempre • Good Fever • Arde O Mar • Esquina

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Selling Points • Master guitarist Jeff Barone started in the jazz organ clubs of Harlem and went on to work with such artists as acid/jazz legend Reuben Wilson, Tom Harrell, and the Village Vanguard Orchestra featuring Warren Chaisson.

• Features trumpeter extraordinaire Joe Magnarelli (Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra), Mike Dubaniewicz on sax (Maynard Ferguson), and Ron Oswanski on B3 organ (Maynard Ferguson, Blood Sweat and Tears).

• Produced by legendary guitarist Jack Wilkins, this disc features two astounding duets between Barone and Wilkins.

Featured Artists Jeff Barone: guitars Joe Magnarelli: trumpet Mike Dubaniewicz: alto sax Ron Oswanski: Hammond B3 Rudy Petschauer: drums Jack Wilkins: producer, guitar Track Listing Duban’s Groove • New Samba • If You Go Away • Open Up • Jenna’s Song • Falling In Love With Love • Here’s That Rainy Day • I Hear Music • My Funny Valentine • Toys • Quiet Now • Falling In Love With Love (Alternate Take) Press Quotes “A powerhouse on guitar with the passion of Django Reinhardt [and] the ‘go for broke’ attitude of Brian Setzer.” — Jazz Guitar Life Media & Marketing Service to JazzWeek radio stations. Mailing to print and web journalists.

Ads with JazzTimes.

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

Jeff Barone Open Up Jazz Jazzed Media Cat # JMD 1033 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

Selling Points • Uniting the Roger Davidson Trio (including legendary drummer Paulo Braga and first-call jazz bassist David Finck), Bom Dia is an extraordinary album of Davidson’s Brazilian jazz compositions. Features outstanding musicianship on a full range of samba rhythms, from the percussive Carnaval style to the delicate bossa nova.

Featured Artists Roger Davidson: piano David Finck: bass Paulo Braga: drums Marivaldo dos Santos: percussion Track Listing Fabiana • Soir Bresilien • Bom Dia • Triestezas do Amor • Eu Sinto Saudade Dela • Ele Me Ama • Comtemplacao • Samba para Minhas Criancas • Patient Soul • I Remember Your Smile • Abia Press Quotes “Roger Davidson is an impeccable player.” — JazzTimes Media & Marketing National press campaign by Jim Eigo at Jazz Promo Services. National radio campaign by Mike Hurzon at The Tracking Station. High-profile release event in New York in June.

Roger Davidson Bom Dia Jazz Soundbrush Records Cat # SNB 1013 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Key Markets No Canada Sales Hometown: New York. Also: Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Newark, Providence, Seattle 5% Preorder Discount

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NEW RELEASES selling points • Pianist/composer Amina Figarova’s September Suite is not just an homage to the victims and those they left behind after the September 11th attacks on New York and Washington DC. Rather, it is an ode to mourning; a sketch of grief that may occur in any way, shape, or form, anywhere in the world.

• Figarova is without doubt one of the most talented European jazz composers and pianists. She has performed with James Moody, Nathan Davis, Claudio Roditi, Larry Corryell, and Wynard Harper.

Featured Artists Amina Figarova: piano Bart Platteau: flutes Nico Schepers: trumpet, flugelhorn Kurt van Herck: tenor sax Wiru Mathieu: bass Chris Strik: drums

Amina Figarova September Suite [In Memory of My Father] Jazz Munich Records Cat # MRC 477 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Track Listing Numb • Emptiness • Denial • Photo Album • Rage • Trying To Focus • When The Lights Go Down • Dawn • For Laura • Numb (Bonus Track) Press Quotes “There have been many responses to the events of 9/11, but none more revelatory in their authenticity and realization than September Suite.”

— JazzTimes “September Suite has a layered, lush sound that seems as if it could be a vehicle for a symphony orchestra; but composed and arranged

by Figarova for her sextet, it’s music that couldn’t be improved upon.

Magnificent! A top ten disc for sure.” — All About Jazz

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“Dutch pianist/composer Amina Figarova was staying with friends in Brooklyn on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. She saw the smoke rising from the World Trade Center before the towers went down. Now she has written a complete nine-song cycle, released with a bonus track, for 61.5 minutes of thoughtful music that is uplifting without feeling religious, encouraging without ever becoming sticky sweet. Neither are there tons of dissonance and anger.” — Tucson Citizen “Ms. Figarova impresses as both a composer and an instrumentalist.

She receives ample and sympathetic support from a band that includes Nico Schepers on trumpet and flugelhorn, Bart Platteau on a variety of flutes, Kurt van Herck on tenor saxophone, Wiru Mathieu on bass, and drummer Chris Strik. The things that happened on September 11, 2001 will probably never make sense, but September Suite does manage to express musically a sense of that experience and is a welcome contribution.” — JazzReview ALSO AVAILABLE

Firewind

Come Escape With Me

Night Train

Cat # MRC 302 Price Code: Q

Cat # MRC 465 Price Code: Q

Cat # MRC 330 Price Code: Q

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Another Me

Cat # MRC 308 Price Code: Q

Cat # MRC BMCD 294 Price Code: Q

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Jazz at the Pinehill Vol. II

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Jazz Challenge Jazz Cat # CHR 70131 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz Challenge Jazz Cat # CHR 70141 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Enrico Pieranunzi & Marc Johnson Yellow & Blue Suites

Jeroen van Vliet The Poet & Other Tales

Selling Points Historical live recording from Lausanne, 1990 for Radio Suisse Romande, finally released on CD. Enrico Pieranunzi is one of the top jazz pianists in Europe, and Marc Johnson was bass player in the Bill Evans Trio.

Selling Points Imagine a splendid mix of Bert van den Brinks jazz and French classical impressionists Debussy and Fauré. Jeroen van Vliet has worked and recorded with many national and international musicians, including Bob Malach, Kenny Wheeler, John Zorn, Charlie Mariano, and Erkan Ogur.

Featured Artists Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Marc Johnson: bass Track Listing Je Ne Sais Quoi • Yellow Suite: I Hear a Rhapsody • I Should Care • Frame Line 1 • Princes and Princesses • Frame Line 2 • Yesterdays • Blue Suite: Singing All Time • Minding No Time • Blue Igor • Blue Monk

Featured Artists Jeroen van Vliet: piano, electronics/Frans van der Hoeven: double bass/Pascal Vermeer: drums Track Listing Ritual • The Poet • Piccolo David • Mystery • The Known • Gaea • Love Song • Small Change • Signs of Life • Mr. Mingus • Rear Light

Jazz Double Moon Records Cat # CHR DM 71067 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz Retrieval Records Cat # CHR RTR 79054 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Ignaz Dinné & Ron Carter The Next Level

Bing Crosby Jazz Singer 1931–1941

Selling Points Top alto sax player Ignaz Dinné’s group includes Pete Rende and Jochen Rueckert as well as mentor Ron Carter. Dinné, son of known trombonist Ed Kroeger, has played with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath, and many others.

Selling Points Showcases a little-known side of one of the world’s most popular singers, backed by various well-known jazz orchestras of the period.

Featured Artists Ignaz Dinné: alto sax/Ron Carter: bass/Pete Rende: piano/ Jochen Rueckert: drums Track Listing The Next Level • Think Again • Three’s a Crowd • Pete’s Place • Ask Me Now • I’ll Be Seeing You • Pannonica • The Twisting Path • Come Sunday

Track Listing Dinah • Shine • Sweet Georgia Brown • Some Of These Days • Please • Sweet Sue • Just You • I’ve Got the World on a String • My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms • Someone Stole Gabriel’s Horn • Stay on the Right Side of the Road • Love Is Just Around the Corner • Moonburn • I’m an Old Cowhand • Smarty • Basin Street Blues • You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby • Rhythm on the River • You Ain’t Kiddin’ • My Melancholy Baby • The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid

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Jazz Sea Breeze Vista Cat # SBJ SBV 4581 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz Sea Breeze Vista Cat # SBJ SBV 4580 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Univ. of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble 1 Jazz in Clear Water: Bulería, Soleá y Rumba

Drake University Jazz Ensemble One Across the Pond

Selling Points Top-notch big band jazz from one of the very best university jazz ensembles led by an educator, Bob Baca, who knows how to get the very best from his students.

Selling Points This university big band is fresh from performances at the jazz festivals in Montreaux, Vienne, and Brienze.

Featured Artists Scott Currier, Adam Braatz: pianos/Eric Potts: guitar/Kevin Rowe, Jeremy Boettcher: basses/David Whitman: drums Track Listing Go’n An’ Git It Y’all • E-Ticket • Pas De Deux • Take It All • Red Beans and Ricely Yours • Bulería • Soleá y Rumba • Magic Flea

Featured Artists Andrew Classen: director/Marcus Cavanaugh: piano/Josh Gorman, Andrew Kem: guitars/Mark Grimmi, Brian Ruggle: drums/Kyle Baas, Aaron Elliot: basses Track Listing Mueva Los Huesos • Groovin’ Hard • Reverend Jack • Oleo • Louie Shuffle • Hunting Wabbits • Chelse Bridge • Basically Blues • Los Brujos de Cisano • Spirit of New Orleans

Jazz Cellar Live Cat # CLF 51407 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz HEP Records Cat # HEP 2042 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

No Canada Sales No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Spike Robinson The Gershwin Collection

The James Danderfer Group Accelerated Development

Selling Points Celebrates Spike Robinson’s love of the Great American Songbook.

Beautiful string arrangements by Jimmy Deuchar, who has written for Jack Parnell and Kurt Edelhagen.

Selling Points Contemporary jazz by musicians at the top of their game. Nominated for Clarinetist of the Year at the 2008 National Jazz Awards.

Featured Artists Spike Robinson: tenor sax/Brian Lemon: piano/Len Skeat: bass/ Allan Ganley: drums/assorted strings

Featured Artists James Danderfer: clarinets, flutes/Brad Turner: trumpet, flugelhorn/Chad Makela: baritone sax/Chris Gestrin: piano, Fender Rhodes/Paul Rushka: bass/Joe Poole: drums, percussion/Ryan Ishkanian: tenor sax

Track Listing Oh! Lady Be Good • I’ve Got a Crush On You • A Foggy Day • Summertime • Soon • Who Cares • Someone To Watch Over Me • Somebody Loves Me • How Long Has This Been Going On • They Can’t Take That Away From Me • I’ve Got Rhythm

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Track Listing Blues Migration • Constricted / Connected • Memory Loss • The Constant River • Firecracker • Accelerated Development • Robot in a Coma • Elec-centricity • Last Dance at the Canidrome

NEW RELEASES

jazz/Pop

JUNE

08

Andy Middleton The European Quartet Live Selling Points The European Quartet Live features Andy Middleton in top form, taking his outstanding accompaniment and the sure-to-be enraptured listener through a set of tunes craftily balanced between laid-back lyricism and exciting freestyle excursions. Media campaign by Ann Braithwaite and the team at Braithwaite & Katz Communications.

Featured Artists Andy Middleton: sax/Tino Derado: piano/Paul Imm: bass/Alan Jones: drums Track Listing Mister Jorge • Christus Factus • The Gate • Afghan Caravan Song • Cherry Street • Up the River

Jazz Q-rious Music Cat # QRM 109 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Tobias Sjögren Tobias Sjögren Front Cover Sticker The next Northern star to rise.

Selling Points A perfect fusion between jazz and modern classical music, this is how the northern lights might sound.

Featured Artists Tobias Sjögren: guitars/Christian Vuust: saxes, clarinet/Mads Lumholt: vocals/Stefan Wingefors: piano, accordion/Kaspar Vadsholt: basses/Mikael Nilsson: percussion/Göran Kroon: drums/ Nicola Boruvka, Asa Rudner, Helena Frankmar, Bertil Lindh: violins/Karin Claesson: viola/ Paula Gustafsson: cello/Robin Rydqvist: trumpet/Krister Petersson: French horn/Niclas Rydh: trombone, tuba Track Listing Avgang • I Förväntan • Bortom Bergen • Svenska Skogar • Manen Ur Molnen • Innan Den Flyger Hem • Omen • Ingen Vet Det Mer • Ödegardsstigen

Jazz Q-rious Music Cat # QRM 101 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Shirley Bassey Keep the Music Playing Selling Points Shirley Bassey, the original diva with the massive voice, is the only singer to have recorded more than one James Bond theme song. Forty years after she first hit the Billboard Hot 100, she is back on a Billboard chart as her cover of Pink’s “Get the Party Started” climbs the Hot Dance Club Play list.

Featured Artists Shirley Bassey: vocals Track Listing How Do You Keep The Music Playing? • He Was Beautiful • The Power of Love • Still • All I Ask of You • I Want To Know What Love Is • Wind Beneath My Wings • Yesterday • That’s What Friends Are For • Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word • The Greatest Love of All • Dio Come Ti Amo (Oh God How Much I Love You)

Pop/Vocals Eldorado Records Cat # ROK ELD 250200 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

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blues/rock

NEW RELEASES

Johnny Winter Raised On Blues Selling Points For more than 35 years, Johnny Winter has been at the forefront of modern blues. Disc 1 of this double album features recordings from various periods of his career, while on Disc 2 we find him live at the Dallas International Motor Speedway for the Texas Pop Festival, recorded in the fall of 1969.

Featured Artists Johnny Winter: guitar, vocals

Blues Blues Boulevard Cat # BVD 250204 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Digipak Slimline; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

Track Listing DISC ONE (In the Studio): Going Down • Leavin’ Blues • Kind Hearted Woman • Low Down Gal of Mine • Avocado Green • Thirty-Two, Twenty Blues • Look Up • Prodigal Son • Out on a Limb • Parchman Farm • Out of Sight • Bad News • Stranger Blues • Let the Music Play • Self Destruction Blues • Raised On Rock • Rock & Roll People • Golden Days of Rock & Roll • Hoochie Koo DISC TWO (Live In Concert): Introduction • Mean Town Blues • Black Cat Bone • Mean Mistreater • Mama Talk To Your Daughter • Look Up • I Can Love You Baby • Bonus Studio Tracks: Take My Choice • We Go Back Quite a Ways

5% Preorder Discount

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Dreaming About the Blues Selling Points Long ago John Mayall established his reputation as a bandleader with an acute ear for musical talent when he hired Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor. The presence of guitarists Walter Trout and Coco Montoya on this double album proves that, decades later, the Godfather of British Blues has not lost his touch.

Featured Artists John Mayall: vocals, harmonica, keyboards, guitar/Walter Trout: guitar, vocals/Coco Montoya: guitar, vocals/Bobby Haynes: bass/Joe Yuele: drums/Tony Carey: keyboards Blues Blues Boulevard Cat # BVD 250203 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Digipak Slimline; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

Track Listing DISC ONE (In the Studio): Chicago Line • The Last Time • Dream About the Blues • Life in the Jungle • Gimme One More Day • One Life To Live • Tears Came Rollin’ Down • Fascinatin’ Lover • Cold Blooded Woman • The Dirty Dozen DISC TWO (Live in Concert): Ridin’ on the L & N • Help Me • Racehorse Man • All Your Love • I Ain’t Got You • Wild About You • It Ain’t Right • Room To Move

5% Preorder Discount

Vanilla Fudge When Two Worlds Collide Selling Points A successful fusion of a classic rock act with a classical symphony orchestra! Vanilla Fudge was one of the best-selling rock acts of the late Sixties, widely acknowledged as being influential pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal.

Featured Artists Carmine Appice: drums, vocals/Tim Bogert: bass, vocals/Teddy Rondinelli: guitar, vocals/Bill Pascali: keyboards, vocals/San Fernando Symphony Orchestra/James Domine: conductor Rock Rokarola Records Cat # ROK 250206 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

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Track Listing Tearin’ Up My Heart • You Keep Me Hangin’ On • Do You Think I’m Sexy? • Take Me for a Little While • People Get Ready • She’s Not There • Good Good Lovin’ • Shotgun

NEW RELEASES

blues/rock

JUNE

08

Selling Points • Leroy Carr composed and recorded almost 200 sides during his short lifetime, and the 23 best are included here!

• Carr was one of forefathers of “urban blues,” usually applied to post-WWII blues band music. He teamed with the great guitarist Scrapper Blackwell and became one of the top blues stars of his day.

Featured Artists Leroy Carr: vocals, piano Scrapper Blackwell: guitar Track Listing How Long How Long Blues • How Long How Long Blues No.2 • Prison Bound Blues • Gambler’s Blues • Naptown Blues • The New How Long-How Long Blues • Rainy Day Blues • I’m Going Back To Tennessee • Goodbye Blues • Sloppy Drunk Blues • Long Road Blues • Low Down Dog Blues • How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone • Midnight Hour Blues • Mean Mistreater Mama • Hurry Down Sunshine • Shady Lane Blues • Blues Before Sunrise • Barrel House Woman • I Believe I’ll Make a Change • Hard Hearted Papa • Arlena • When the Sun Goes Down Media & Marketing Radio service. Ads with various websites.

Leroy Carr How Long How Long Blues

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

Blues Wolf Records Cat # WLF BC 900007 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Selling Points • The lead guitar player for The Rockats branches out on his own with this strong solo debut.

• The rockabilly sound of the ’50s and ’60s sounds as fresh and new as anything released this year.

Featured Artists Barry Ryan: vocals, guitar Joe D’Astalfo-King: double bass, bass Leni Zaccaro: drums Eddie Everett: drums Tomoko Yamanaka: accordion, backing vocals Dale Ryan: backing vocals Track Listing Ready To Rock • Rockabilly Jamboree • Rosalie • I Was Wrong • Love You Anyway • Rock & Roll Radio • Bandito • Can’t Buy Me Love • It’s Only Love • Tell Me Why Media & Marketing National press and radio service.

Key Markets Hometown: New Jersey. Also: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami

Barry Ryan And God Said Let There Be Rockabilly Rock/Rockabilly Blues Leaf Records Cat # BLB 9836 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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JUNE

R&B/blues

NEW RELEASES Selling Points • On his first ZOHO Roots CD after a successful stint on Rounder Records, Walter “Wolfman” Washington throws down some of the most soulful, heartfelt R&B from New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005.

• Having rebuilt his life and his band The Roadmasters, this is the Wolf’s selfproduced blues masterpiece. Features 10 originals, fortified with a stellar cast of guests including Dr. John and Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews.

Featured Artists Walter “Wolfman” Washington: lead vocals, guitar John Cruz: bass, vocals James Carpenter: saxes, vocals Antonio Gambrell: trumpet Kevin O’Day: drums special Guests Dr. John: Hammond B3 Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews: trumpet

Walter “Wolfman” Washington Doin’ the Funky Thing R&B ZOHO Roots Cat # ZMR 200805 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Track Listing Funky Thing – Part I • I’m Back • Tweakin’ • Educated Fool • Crescent City Lights • Just Like That • Only You • Wolf Jazz • Landslide • Funky Thing – Part II Media & Marketing Ads with Blues Revue. Publicity by Jim Eigo at Jazz Promo Services. Radio promotion by Bob Putignano.

Key Markets Hometown: New Orleans. Also: New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta Selling Points • The debut CD from this British teenage blues band headed by Scarlett Wrench’s haunting, dusky lead vocals features guests Dick Taylor and Phil May (The Pretty Things) as well as legendary singer Arthur Brown.

• First 5,000 copies include full-sized poster with artwork by Scarlett Wrench and George Perez.

Featured Artists Scarlett Wrench: lead vocals, percussion, piano George Perez: guitars, banjo, bass, vocals Dick Taylor: guitars, bass, guitars Phil May: backing vocals, guitars Arthur Brown: vocals Mark St. John: bass, drums, percussion, vocals, harp Track Listing A Taste of Honey • Baby, Please Don’t Go • I Got My Mojo Working • Little Red Rooster • Little Bird • I Put a Spell on You • House of the Rising Sun • Hoochie Coochie Man • Boom Boom • Corrina, Corrina • Bright Lights, Big City • Black Girl • Thirteen • Leadbelly Blues • Freight Train • Hallelujah

The Malchicks To Kill a Mockingbird Blues/Rock ZOHO Roots Cat # ZMR 200710 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

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Media & Marketing Aggressive grassroots publicity and tour support by V Entertainment Network directed at rock press, daily newspapers, and TV in tour markets. Ads with Ugly Things, Blues Revue, Goldmine, and more.

Key Markets New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee

NEW RELEASES

pop

JUNE

08

allegro welcomes invisible hands music to its roster!

Invisible Hands Music is an innovative and well-established indie label based in the heart of London’s Camden Town, with a roster that includes ex-Strangler Hugh Cornwell, electro pioneer Thomas Dolby, the reformed lineup of the Jam, and power pop group Silver Sun. Upcoming projects will include Hugh Cornwall’s new studio album, produced by Liam Watson (producer of the White Stripes’ Elephant), accompanied by a feature-length making-of DVD.

Selling Points • The electronic pioneer returns with two complete shows on CD & DVD in one deluxe package with extras that include a lecture at the Berklee School of Music.

• DVD region 0 (playable in all regions). Approx run time 90 min.

• Features the best of Thomas Dolby, including the hits “She Blinded Me With Science,” “Hyperactive,” and “Windpower,” among others.

• Winner of a BT Digital Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Music.

• Musical director for David Bowie at Live Aid. • Previous collaborations include Stevie Wonder, Dusty Springfield, Herbie Hancock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, George Clinton, and Joni Mitchell.

Featured Artists Thomas Dolby: vocals, keyboards, programming Track Listing Leipzig Is Calling • One Of Our Submarines • I Live in a Suitcase • Flying North • The Flat Earth • Budapest By Blimp • Windpower • Europa and the Pirate Twins • Hyperactive • She Blinded Me With Science • Airhead Press Quotes “Thomas Dolby’s vocals are perfect, his playing legendary … The Sole Inhabitant exists as an excellent intro to his work and a time capsule of his greatness.” — Future Music “Fresh interpretations of his electro hits such as ‘She Blinded Me With Science’ and ‘Hyperactive.’” — Daily Record “No one evokes the electronic mysteries of the global village more seductively than Thomas Dolby … [the] English singer/songwriter and electronic wizard is more than a technopop maestro using synthesizer and computer technology to be trendy and futuristic; he is a romantically inclined composer and lyricist working to fuse electronic and acoustic music into a genuinely modern pop-symphonic style.”

— Rolling Stone

Thomas Dolby The Sole Inhabitant [Deluxe Edition CD+DVD] Pop Invisible Hands Music Cat # IHM 13092 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Double Digipak; Box Lot 16 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount 2 For The Price Of 1

Media & Marketing Extensive press and web promotion by Girlie Action, including internet banner campaign. Aggressive radio campaign with service to all US college radio, and crossover into electronic.

Key Markets Hometown: San Jose. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, New Haven, New York, Chicago

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JUNE

rock/sndtrk

NEW RELEASES Selling Points • The “God of Hellfire” and singer of the 1968 worldwide hit “Fire” is back!

• First 5,000 copies include full-sized poster, making this first edition an instant collectors’ item!

Featured Artists Arthur Brown: lead vocals, acoustic guitar Nick Penn: strings, glockenspiel, deep bass, pedals, vocals Rick Patten: guitars, vocals Scarlett Wrench: vocals Dick Taylor: electric guitar Mark St John: drums, percussion, glockenspiel, harmony vocals Track Listing Love is the Spirit • Gypsies • Kites • I Believe In You • That’s How Strong My Love Is • The Voice of Love • All the Bells • Shining Bright • Birds of a Feather • Devil’s Grip • Safe Now

Arthur Brown The Voice of Love Rock ZOHO Roots Cat # ZMR 200709 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Press quotes “One of the most electrifying one-shot artists of the ’60s, British singer Arthur Brown’s … debut album was surely one of the most left-field successes of the late ’60s, if not of rock history.” — All Music Guide Media & Marketing Aggressive grassroots publicity and tour support by V Entertainment Network directed at rock press, daily newspapers, and TV in tour markets. Ads with Ugly Things, Goldmine, and Blues Revue.

Key Markets Hometown: Austin. Also: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Milwaukee Selling Points • The murder of Wall Street Journal writer Daniel Pearl in 2002 by Jihadi extremists shocked the world. In 2004, David Heath received a call from Pearl’s father, who wanted to commission a piece in Daniel’s honor.

• “Elegy for Daniel Pearl for violin and piano” was used by Muslim filmmaker Ahmed Jamal as the theme music for his documentary The Journalist and The Jihadi. The film was shown on HBO and CNN in 2006, and was recently nominated for two Emmy Awards.

• “Song for Daniel Pearl” is a reworking of the main theme from “Elegy for Daniel Pearl” and is played here by world renowned performers John Anderson and Andrew Lucas.

David Heath A Song for Daniel Pearl Sndtrk/Orchestral Quartz Records Cat # QTZ 2058 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Featured artists David Heath: flutes, piano, conductor John Anderson: oboe Andrew Lucas: organ Simon Harmam: soprano sax Liam Hendrix Heath: trumpet Scott Mitchell: piano Clio Gould, Ittai Shapira: violin Simon Nieminski: organ BBC Concert Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble Charles Hazlewood: conductor Track Listing A Song for Daniel Pearl • Moroccan Fantasy • The Truth Will Set You Free • Piano Concerto “The Passionate” • The Celtic • Gottlieb • Only Love Can Conquer Hate • Naima • Visions of Freedom • Land of Hope and Glory? • Elegy for Daniel Pearl

NEW RELEASES

folk/children

JUNE

08

selling points • Two albums by a revered folk artist, previously unreleased on CD and now combined at a great price!

• Praised by artists from Lucinda Williams to Tom Paxton, Crow Johnson has a southern writer’s voice that humorously and compassionately embraces everyday characters, from her Arkansas home to the southern tip of India.

Featured Artists Crow Johnson: vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo Lewis E. Newman: drums Paul Johnson: bass, percussion Nigel Newson: drums, percussion, harmonica Carlton Rush: bass Roland Winchester: keyboards Joe Lee: guitars Track Listing DISC ONE: You Got Me • Ridin’ in the Sky • Welcome to the Islands • The Gypsy in the Photograph • Thought You’d Like To Know • The Upper Hand • Strong Gentle Lovers • Hit and Run • Alice • Fat Harry • Just an Old Woman • You Divide and I’ll Choose DISC TWO: Sundancer • Ring of Stones • Wish This Were a Love Song • Pretty Boy • Dial Tone • Dance • You Are In My Heart Lifeline • River Fever • Heartwood Also Available SWC 1061 (Q) Painting Stories ‘Cross the Sky (787991105920) SWC 1075 (Q) Hearsay (787991107528)

Crow Johnson My Dog Has Fleas Folk Silverwolf Records Cat # SWC 1096 Price Code: 2F (SRP $19.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30

5% Preorder Discount 2 For The Price Of 1 Selling Points • Designed to get young bodies up and moving, Exercise Party is a great workout for young children.

• Featuring some of the best children’s artists including Sharon, Lois & Bram; Parachute Express; Dog On Fleas; and Jack Grunsky, this CD first warms up the muscles, then gets hearts pumping and bodies moving, and ends with songs to cool down well-exercised children.

• Winner of a 2007 Parent’s Choice Approved Award and a 2007 NAPPA Gold Award.

Track Listing Big Jeff: A New Way to Say Hello • Robert Davis: Harry Caterpillar • Splash’N Boots: I’ve Got The Rhythm • Gerry Mitchell: Let’s Dance • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Riding & Marching Medley • Jack Grunsky: Penguin Shuffle • Razzmatazz for Kids: The Crazy Shakedown • Mark D. Pencil: Put Your Hands On Your Hips • Abby and the Pipsqueks: The Laser • Doug Barr: You Can Dance • Graham Walker: Hop Along Song • Dog On Fleas: Cranberry Sauce Flotilla • The Happy Hatters: Hula Mula • Geof Johnson: The Troll • Russ: Kangaroos Hopping • Norman Foote: Shake a Leg • Jack Grunsky: Do the Bird • Graham Walker: Wobbly Song • Geof Johnson: You’re an Elephant • Parachute Express: Can You Show Us • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Do Your Ears Hang Low? • Jack Grunsky: I Work All Day • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Cheerio • Parachute Express: Reach Up High

Various Artists Exercise Party Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 42913 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

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children

bEST SELLERS

Various Artists Happy Birthday Selling Points Children love birthday parties, and this CD will keep everybody dancing! Features award-winning artists such as Sharon, Lois & Bram; Fred Penner; Jack Grunsky; and Rocky Rolletti and the Junior Noodle Wave.

Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 44017 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Sharon, Lois & Bram: Happy Birthday To You/Happy Birthday Jig 1 • Sharon, Lois & Bram: We’re All Together Again • Fred Penner: Company Coming • Rocky Rolletti and the Junior Noodle Wave: Land of a Thousand Dances • Jack Grunsky: Mexican Hat Dance • Rocky Rolletti and the Junior Noodle Wave: Do the Rolletti • Jack Grunsky: Iko Iko • Rocky Rolletti and the Junior Noodle Wave: Dinosaur Hop • Jack Grunsky: La Bamba • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Going Over the Sea • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums • Fred Penner: Sandwiches • Jack Grunsky: Alligator Stomp • Norman Foote: Brand New Shoes • Jack Grunsky: Da Da Da, Do Do Do • Sharon, Lois & Bram: The Unbirthday Song • Jack Grunsky: Pyjamarama • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Las Mananitas • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Happy Birthday Waltz

No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller

Various Artists Dance Party Selling Points Winner of a 2006 iParenting Media Award. Perfect for a party, Dance Party features happy, grooving songs that will get young children up and dancing. Featuring some of the best children’s artists including Sharon, Lois & Bram; Parachute Express; Bob Schneider; Dog On Fleas; and Jack Grunsky, this CD features familiar and new songs that everyone will groove to.

Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 42912 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Bob Schneider: Good Time Song • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Looby Loo • Trout Fishing In America: I Can Dance • Russ: Hop and Bop • Jack Grunsky: Earth Dance • Big Jeff: Dance On One Leg • Bob Schneider: Country Kiddie Boogie • Dog On Fleas: Days Still a Comin’ • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Turkey in the Straw • Jack Grunsky: Mexican Hat Dance • Gunnar Madsen: Ants in My Pants • Robert Davis: Noodles • Dog On Fleas: Rowboat • Parachute Express: Don’t Blink • Bob Schneider: Heedie Jeebies • The Happy Hatters: Big Yellow Clock • Geof Johnson: Move and Groove • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Everybody Happy? • Gary Rosen: Copycat • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Jump Josie/Skip to My Loo • Parachute Express: Dance, Puppet, Dance • Jack Grunsky: Lazy Island Melody

No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller

Various Artists Lullabies Selling Points Winner of a 2006 NAPPA Gold Award. A collection of some of the best songs, old and new, designed to ease babies and young children to sleep. From traditional nursery rhymes to gentle island rhythms and amusing dream adventures, each song is performed with love by such award-winning artists as Sharon, Lois & Bram; Banana Slug String Band; Parachute Express; Fred Penner; and others.

Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 42040 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller

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Track Listing Bill Harley: Moon and Me • Banana Slug String Band: Up They Get To My Sunset • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be • Parachute Express: Good Night Moon • Fred Penner: Teagan’s Lullaby • Al Simmons: Little Fishies • Cathy Bollinger: All the World’s Asleep • Fred Penner: Don’t Be Afraid • Robert Davis: Sleepy Lullaby • Jake: Island Dreams • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Fais Do Do/Rock-a-Bye Baby • Banana Slug String Band: Return To Me In the Morning • Dave Rudolf: Little Childs Lullaby • Banana Slug String Band: This Little Island • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Star Light, Star Bright/Bye ‘n Bye/Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

best sellers

children

JUNE

08

allegro welcomes round river records to its roster!

Round River Records is the independent label for Grammy-winning children’s artist Bill Harley. With over 25 awardwinning recordings—including three Grammy nominations and a Grammy Award in 2006—this “mom and pop” label produces musical and spoken word recordings for the whole family.

Selling Points • Winner of a 2006 Grammy for Children’s Spoken Word Album as well as a 2006 Parents’ Choice Gold and 2006 Storytelling World Award.

• Features “The Ballad of Dirty Joe,” also available as the picture book Dirty Joe the Pirate: A True Story, published by HarperCollins.

Featured Artists Bill Harley: vocals various accompanists Track Listing The Ballad of Dirty Joe • King of the Clams • Bow Wow Wow • Joey, Chloe and the Swamp Monsters Press Quotes “Bill Harley really and truly honest to goodness cross your heart knows what makes kids laugh.” — Parents’ Choice “Another virtuoso performance by one-man dynamo Bill Harley. You’ll never look at clams or pirates the same way again. Keep this hilarious CD at the ready in your car for the inevitable requests.” — NAPPA

Bill Harley Blah Blah Blah Children Round River Records Cat # ROU 120 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller Front Cover Sticker Parents Choice Gold Award sticker and Grammy nominated sticker.

Selling Points • A collection of original songs by Bill Harley that reflect his trademark wit & wisdom, featuring a variety of musical styles. This is sure to become a family favorite!

• In addition to being nominated for a Grammy Award, this disc was winner of a 2007 Parents’ Choice Gold Award and a 2007 NAPPA Gold Award.

• Features “At Your Library,” written for the American Library Association national campaign.

• Includes songs that will appear on the upcoming concert DVD Yes to Running, scheduled for release in August 2008.

Featured Artists Bill Harley: acoustic and electric guitar, baritone ukulele, keyboards, vocals Rhode Island Children’s Chorus/various accompanists Track Listing I Like To Sing • Barbie’s Head is Missing • Bella Bella Tula Monga • You’ve Got To Ask • C-R-A-Z-Y • To the South Pole • Sleep the Whole Day Through • I Wanna Play • You Saved My Life • At Your Library • Fireflies • Touch One Thing Press Quotes “Storyteller and singer-songwriter Bill Harley is at the top of his game with this signature heart-and-funny bone mix of kid-tickling silliness.” — Parents’ Choice “Another sure-fire winner from Harley!” — School Library Journal

Bill Harley I Wanna Play Children Round River Records Cat # ROU 121 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller

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children

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best sellers Front Cover Sticker iParenting Media HOT Award Winner, Parents’ Choice Award.

Selling Points • Takes you and your children on an adventure through music: you’ll explore the woods, stargaze on a cowboy’s range, dig for clams in San Francisco Bay, yodel with an ostrich on a mountain, and visit 22 other traditional-now-hip places.

• Compiles 26 travel, camp, and car songs that provide more than an hour of entertainment (perfect for road trips).

• Susie Tallman’s sixth album in a collection of award-winning music, popular with both children and parents.

Featured Artists Susie Tallman: vocals, percussion Mark O’Connor: piano, accordion, percussion, keyboards, more Peter “Bungie” Farnan: guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards, more Peter “Maz” Maslen: drums, vocals, motorcycle sounds Greg “Spock” O’Connor: ukulele, vocals Gerry Hale: violin, banjo Michael Riley Burke, Leanne “Bob” Hardgrave: vocals Maude Farnan, Stella Farnan: vocals

Susie Tallman & Friends Let’s Go! Travel, Camp & Car Songs Children Rock Me Baby Records Cat # RMB 91007 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 60 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount New Packaging ALSO AVAILABLE

Lullaby Themes for Sleepy Dreams Cat # RMB 91001 Price Code: M No Canada Sales

Lullabies for Sleepy Eyes Cat # RMB 91002 Price Code: M No Canada Sales

Classic Nursery Rhymes Cat # RMB 91003 Price Code: M No Canada Sales

Children’s Songs Cat # RMB 91005 Price Code: M No Canada Sales

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Track Listing Let’s Go! • Polly Wolly Doodle • Madalina Catalina • Throw It Out the Window • Going on a Bear Hunt • On Top of Spaghetti • A Sailor Went To Sea • Oh! Susanna • You Are My Sunshine • The Old Family Toothbrush • Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw • Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? • I Love the Mountains • Swimming Hole • The Ostrich Song • Blowin’ in the Wind • Boom Chicka Boom • Yankee Doodle • Mary Ann McCarty • Clementine • Ain’t Gonna Rain No More • There’s a Hole in the Bucket • 1000 Legged Worm • Home on the Range • My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean • To Morrow Press Quotes “Susie Tallman’s lively collection offers an hour of peace for road-trip season.” — Parenting Magazine “This collection is jam packed with all the classic kid songs—from ‘Oh Susanna’ and ‘On Top of Spaghetti’ to ‘Goin’ on a Bear Hunt’ and even ‘Blowin’ in the Wind.’ The arrangements are catchy and kitschy without being cloying or cutesy, which is a good thing.” — Mommies With Style Media & Marketing Publicity by Grand Avenue Baby.

Key Markets Hometown: Albuquerque. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta

NEW RELEASES

electronica/new age

JUNE

08

Selling Points • A perfect mix of chill and lounge tracks to enchant and liberate the soul with the vibrant Ibiza island atmosphere.

• Features brand-new unreleased tracks and includes a bossa nova cover of Wham’s “Club Tropicana.”

Track Listing Sphere: Breathe • Bossasonic: Club Tropicana • Jazzamor: Beautiful Day • Felix: Giraffe • Alien Café: A Letter for You • Dubdiver: La Ninfa • Sphere: Sunbather • Agua Loca Project: Bahia Blanca • Jazzamor: House on a Hill • Don Shiva: Everyday • Sphere: Tomorrow • ESO ES: Spirit of the Light • Lenny Mac Dowell: La Changa • Keyfonia: Psycho Beauty Media & Marketing Promotion through several collage radio stations and online radio shows.

Also Available BLF 50422 (Q) The Magic Island Ibiza Vol. 1 (743217595623) BLF 50472 (Q) The Magic Island Ibiza Vol. 2 (743217966324) BLF 50512 (Q) The Magic Island Ibiza Vol. 3 (723724543027) BLF 50582 (Q) The Magic Island Ibiza Vol. 4 (723724443525)

Various Artists Ibiza Chillout: Balearic Lounge Collection Electronica/Lounge Black Flame Records Cat # BLF 88542 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

Selling Points The finest two albums by unique piano composer Betsy Sise, together for the first time at a very special price.

• This disc will appeal to fans of Windham Hill as well as new age and instrumental music.

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Featured Artists Betsy Sise: piano Erich Kory: cello Track Listing DISC ONE: Star Song • Heart of Longing • Dorian Love • Brook Under Ice • Snowbuntings • Autumn Leaves • Leaving Summer • Dark of the Moon • Skipping Stones • Night River • Swaying Grasses • Requiem for Animals • Hymn to Mother Earth DISC TWO: Soaring On His Grace • Waiting For You • Ganga in July • The Journey • Spirit Dance • Sometimes I Remember • Remember Jonathan • Om Sri Ram • Wings of His Light • Panagari Paa • God Is Our Refuge • We Shall Be Healed • Raga In D • Sweet September • A Song From Home • African Sunset Also Available SWC 1022 (Q) Songs For Ancient Children (787991102226) SWC 1033 (Q) Moon Pastels (787991103322) SWC 1050 (Q) Waoli (787991105029)

Betsy Sise Elemental Dances New Age Silverwolf Records Cat # SWC 1095 Price Code: 2F (SRP $19.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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best seller Front Cover Sticker The ultimate tool for relaxation.

Selling Points • Jonathan Goldman’s latest book The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing (Hay House) reached bookstores in March 2008. The book features an excerpt from De-Stress.

• De-Stress was created by world renowned healing sounds expert and Grammy-nominated musician Jonathan Goldman as a listening tool to enhance tranquility and relaxation. Utilizing the science of sound and the art of music, Goldman has created a powerful and beautiful sound experience that demonstrates the healing power of sound. The package includes a 16-page instruction booklet on how to maximally benefit from the recording.

• The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing will be marketed and promoted to reach mainstream audiences and will naturally tie in with De-Stress and Goldman’s other sound healing CDs. Featured ArtistS Jonathan Goldman: synth, guitar, Tibetan bowls, bells, effects, voice Sarah Benson: silver flute, voice Laraaji: synth, harp, zither Andi Goldman: harp

Jonathan Goldman De-Stress

Track Listing Tranquil Space • Angel Dreams • Peaceful Journey

New Age Spirit Music Cat # JSG 2244 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Press Quotes “One of the top 20 new age CDs!” — New Age Retailer “A super album that is a must have for your store’s healing and meditation section!” — Napra Review

No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller ALSO AVAILABLE

Holy Harmony Cat # JSG 1199 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Celestial Reiki Cat # JSG 15007 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Celestial Reiki 2 Cat # JSG 30007 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Chakra Chants 2 Cat # JSG 1166 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

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“A wonderful synthesized smorgasbord of crystalline imagery. Spanning the vast range of spatial effects, the record affords clear musical visions—of space travel, of fantasy worlds suspended in space, of dimensions of consciousness beyond the everyday. Excellent ambient music with a strong sense of presence and direction.” — Yoga Journal “Extraordinary instrumental sound and energy designed to enhance all forms of healing & transformation.” — Isis Books Media & Marketing Extensive PR from both Hay House and Spirit Music, including press, radio, and e-media.

Key Markets Hometown: Boulder. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC

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Instrumental

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Selling Points • Modern classical music with the heart and soul of the Romantic Period.

• Steinway signature artist Michael Allen Harrison shows off his virtuosity on the piano as he performs beautiful sweeping melodies and clever compositions.

• Harrison’s music is best described as a genre of it’s own. His cutting-edge classical-contemporary style carves a distinct niche of timeless music that far exceeds the scales of his Steinway keyboard.

As a sought-after producer, composer, and arranger, this well-known concert pianist has been in the music scene for over two decades.

• His unique brand of music ranges from movie scores to passionate arrangements for piano, orchestra, ballet, jazz, fusion, new age, Broadway musicals, and adult contemporary. Since his professional debut in 1984, Harrison has gained notoriety with his well loved concerts and popular recordings. He has released over thirty albums worldwide and is by far one of the most recognized, loved, and sought after musicians from the Pacific Northwest.

• Performing for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Quincy Jones, and the Dalai Lama, Harrison has also been the opening act for the Celebrity Forum Speaker Series highlighting Walter Cronkite, Jerry Spence, Margaret Thatcher, Jerry Lewis, and Colin Powell. He has received many accolades including a NASA Orbiting Certificate for airplay in space (on the space shuttle Endeavor).

Featured Artists Michael Allen Harrison: piano Metropolitan Youth Symphony Aaron Meyer: violin Track Listing Mt Hood Concerto, First Movement • Mt Hood Concerto, Second Movement (Will You Take Me There) • Mt Hood Concerto, Third Movement • Remembrance • Eclipse • Transitions • Passion and Grace • Nocturne D flat major, Opus 11, No.1 • Awakening • Masada • On the Run press quotes “Since releasing his first commercially available album … Michael Allen Harrison has built a reputation as a prolific and stylistically diverse pianist.” — All Music Guide “Harrison’s greatest asset is his melodic facility, and that’s well in evidence throughout his latest work … his touch is clear and precise yet relaxed and warm.” — The Oregonian “Michael Allen Harrison is a household name in Portland. This classically trained musician knows how to carve a cheerful melody out of the ivories, and his pop-jazz delicacies have won a throng of dedicated fans in the profitable adult-contemporary market.”

— Willamette Week Key Markets Hometown: Portland. Also: Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Bend, Vancouver, Ridgefield, Longview, Seattle

Michael Allen Harrison Composer/Pianist Instrumental/Piano MAH Records Cat # MAH 74 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount ALSO AVAILABLE

Rose Garden Suite Cat # MAH 1 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

At Midnight Cat # MAH 65 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Notable Impressions Cat # MAH 9009 Price Code: Q

*Tour dates page 39 No Canada Sales

Nightingale Lullaby Cat # MAH 11 Price Code: M No Canada Sales

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NEW RELEASES selling points • Is there anything more soothing than calm ocean waves, rolling steadily like a good traveler? It was the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu who said that a good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

• For over 70 minutes, the sound of a calm ocean clears the mind and quiets the soul. There are only pure nature sounds, with no voices or music added.

• These sounds provide a wonderful background and neutralize traffic and other city sounds.

Helps one to drift to sleep or focus while studying.

Featured Artists David Sun: recording, mastering Track Listing Calm Ocean

Sounds of the Earth Calm Ocean Nature Sounds Oreade Music Cat # ORM 61242 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

oreade’s Sounds of the Earth series is a PERENNIAL Best Seller!

Ask your account manager for a complete list.

Sounds of the Earth Jungle Cat # ORM 5540 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller

The jungle features a variety of birds and other animals such as parrots, elephants, lions, rattlesnakes, cougar cubs, chimps, hyenas, and gorillas. David Sun’s deep love of nature and his communion with the natural world are reflected in this collection.

Since his first attempt at recording the sea in the early 1960s, he has been committed to creating a reminder of the deep beauty and preciousness of life through his musical compositions.

Sounds of the Earth Birds in the Rainforest Cat # ORM 5545 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Best Seller

This album offers a collage of rainforest atmospheres from around the planet. The mystical sounds of birds from around the world and the backdrop of rain hitting the overhead canopy will soothe you. Although a vast variety of birds are the main focus, you will also hear other rainforest creatures, like monkeys and insects. Because nature sounds have no predictable structure, they provide a soothing background.

Sounds of the Earth Spring Showers This recording features spring showers, from gentle raindrops to heavy rain washing

Cat # ORM 62942 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) away the winter’s cold. When the rain stops, you can hear birds chirping and other No Canada Sales

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farm animals in the distance. Featuring nature sounds only, no music or human voices added, in one continuous track. Helpful in creating a restful environment for healing, deep relaxation, and sleep.

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Selling Points • A deeply meditative musical experience that seeks to create a vibrant, radiant harmony among all the chakras.

• During their three decades with Soundings of the Planet, Dean & Dudley Evenson have been asked by massage therapists and health practitioners to create the definitive CD for the chakras. The moment has arrived!

• CD packaging contains a full-color instructional guide that summarizes the basic aspects of each chakra and is a perfect companion for this musical presentation for balancing the chakras.

• Dean Evenson is a sound healing pioneer whose music is available at spas as well as yoga and healing centers. He is the music choice for healthcare professionals worldwide.

• Perfect for resonating the chakras as well as supporting yoga, Pilates, meditation, and basic relaxation.

Featured Artists Dean Evenson: keyboards, flutes, toning Scott Huckabay: trance guitar Dudley Evenson: harp, drum, toning Phil Heaven: viola Jason Darling: percussion Jonathan Kramer: cello

Dean Evenson Chakra Healing

Track Listing Root Chakra: Primal Support • Sacral Chakra: Creative Union • Solar Chakra: Central Power • Heart Chakra: Breath of Love • Throat Chakra: Clear Truth • Third Eye Chakra: Light Vision • Crown Chakra: Higher Spirit • Chakra Balancing: Merging All

New Age Soundings of the Planet Cat # SPN 7211 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 55

Press Quotes “Spa Dreams is the gorgeously relaxing and well-recorded latest release from the duo of Dean Evenson (flute, keyboards) and harpist d’Rachael … the album’s beautiful artwork and layout make [it] a perfect early morning or evening CD to feature in your store’s ‘now playing’ display, and touching words of encouragement in the liner notes will be well appreciated by healing arts customers once they open, play, dream, and relax to Spa Dreams at home or in the spa.” — New Age Retailer

5% Preorder Discount

No Canada Sales

“This is one of the best CDs I’ve heard in a long time—a compelling complement to a massage session. The music slows down your brainwaves and induces a peaceful, calm, and meditative state, which assists in healing. A must for massage therapists.” — Creations Media & Marketing Promotional bulk mailings of demos, promotional flyers, and press releases to key writers, spa, lifestyle, and new age publications and e-media sites. Mailing to radio includes commercial specialty shows, NPR affiliates, XM & Sirius Satellite Radio. Articles and interviews in healing, yoga and spa-oriented publications (Healing Lifestyles & Spas, Healing Arts Guide, Massage magazine). Ads with New Age Retailer, Healing Lifestyles & Spas, and Healing Arts Guide.

Key Markets Hometown: Bellingham, WA. Also: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Denver, Boulder, Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Sarasota, Tucson, Phoenix, Maui, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Sedona, Ashland, Mt. Shasta

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Healing Sanctuary Cat # SPN 7188 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Golden Spa Tones Cat # SPN 7204 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Spa Dreams Cat # SPN 7207 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Sound Massage Cat # SPN 7189 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

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NEW RELEASES Selling Points • Release your old burdens and enhance personal growth and healing.

• Perfect for the healing arts; wonderful for meditation.

Featured Artists Turiya Hanover: spoken vocals Parijat: guitar, piano, synth Track Listing Awakening of the Heart Meditation • Awakening of the Heart Soundtrack Press Quotes “In her superb CD, Awakening of the Heart, it’s clear Hanover knows how to reach your innermost ear. After guiding you into a place of acceptance and perfect bliss, Hanover steps aside and lets Parijat take you farther out, into the spaces of your freshly awakened heart where language cannot reach.”

— Daily Om Media & Marketing Consumer & trade national media, strong web campaigns. Ads with New Age Retailer, Yogi Times, and LA Yoga.

Turiya Hanover & Parijat Awakening of the Heart New Age New Earth Records Cat # NER 2803 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount Selling Points • Learn how to forgive others and yourself for things that are still weighing upon your heart.

• A wonderful guided meditation ideal for the healing arts; an excellent source of self-improvement.

Featured Artists Turiya Hanover: spoken vocals Parijat: guitar, piano, synth Track Listing Forgiveness Meditation • Forgiveness Soundtrack Press Quotes “From the moment I listened to the guided meditation, I felt held. Forgiveness was the first glimpse of what I could accomplish in myself by not holding onto old pains. Each time I listened to the CD and did the guided meditation, I became a little freer from what was holding me back. This CD is so refreshing in its use of language, ease of direction and simplicity, yet so profound and mind-changing.” — Limor Shefer, CEO, Studio Presence

Turiya Hanover & Parijat Forgiveness New Age New Earth Records Cat # NER 2804 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Media & Marketing Consumer & trade national media, strong web campaigns. Ads with New Age Retailer, Yogi Times, and LA Yoga.

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Llewellyn Natural Sounds Gold Selling Points Specially mixed by top producer Llewellyn to create soothing natural atmospheres, without the sudden loud noises or unpleasant interruptions that so many natural sound recordings include. Double CD contains over two hours of recordings, featuring 16 popular natural sounds that can be easily looped for continuous enjoyment. Ideal for relaxation, sleep, or therapy.

Featured Artists Llewellyn: mixing Track Listing DISC ONE: Calming Seas • Gentle Rivers & Streams • Tranquil Birdsong • Inspiring Thunderstorm • Rainforest Reverie • Tibetan Healing Sounds • Moonlit forest • Secret Cave DISC TWO: Friendly Dolphins & Whales • Revitalizing waterfall • Refreshing Rain • Soothing Wind Chimes • English Country Garden • Exotic Jungle • Cathedral Choir Garden • Romantic Tropical Beach

New Age Paradise Music Cat # PMC 67 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Double Jewel Case; Box Lot 15 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount 2 For The Price Of 1

Holly Davis Animal Healing Workshop Selling Points Holly Davis, professional animal communicator and healer, presents a groundbreaking CD that helps you open your senses to the animal kingdom and teaches you how to communicate with the animals with whom you share your life.

Featured Artists Holly Davis: instruction/Aramara: music Track Listing A Safe Place • Sensing the Emotion • Working With Energy • Feeling the Physical • Viewing the Discomfort • Asking the Animal • The Gift • The Animals’ Prayer

Instructional Paradise Music Cat # PMC 61 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Chris Puleston Drum Workshop selling points Top drum workshop teacher Chris Puleston invites listeners to participate in their own home drum workshop. Focusing on the popular djembe drum, Puleston incorporates easy exercises and techniques for beginners and advanced students. Contains detailed sleeve notes.

Featured Artists Chris Puleston: instruction Track Listing Djembe Solo • Go and Do • Pa and Ta • Gun and Dun • Go Do Pa Ta Gun Dun • Gun Dun Go Do Gun Dun • Mala • Ecocon • Kassa • Gun Do Go Do Gun Do Go Do Gun • Triplets • Balakulania • Echoes • Farewell

Instructional Paradise Music Cat # PMC 83 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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electronica/world

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South Froggies Nu Jazz Factory Selling points Formed in 2000, the group South Froggies explores electronic nu-jazz. Nu Jazz Factory has a sensual flow of textures, rhythms, and beats, hovering on the verge of experimental music yet rooted in jazz. The result is irresistible: classy and jazzy, but with an edge!

Featured Artists Mr. Cheb: guitar/Colonel Nico: guitar, keyboards/Jean Luc Delpiano: guitar/Mr. Ram: keyboards/ William Davood: saxophone/DJ Rubio: trumpet, keyboards/Backandgo: bass, keyboards/Miss Chadly, Stefanie Forestier, Rudy Wilburn: vocals/Frank Bonhomme: piano/DJ Alan Parker Lewis: keyboards Electronica/Jazz Blue Flame Records Cat # BLF 50942 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Track Listing South Froggies Street • Basin Street Blues • London Swingin • Jazzion • Transition • Nu Jazz Connection • Jazz per Tutti • Lounge & Kicth-end • Dub Jazz • Saved in Downtown • Spectacle • Jazzion Remix • South Outro (Intro Before)

No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Various Artists The Essential Scottish Ceilidh Party [CD+DVD] selling points The Essential Scottish Ceilidh Party is a new three-disc set that features the best of Scotdisc’s music and dance from previously released albums, all pulled together to help make your next party swing! Bonus 13-track karaoke DVD. 2 CDs & 1 DVD for a single CD price.

Featured Artists Brigette Rodrigues/David Scobie/Andy Stewart/Royal Scots Dragoon Guards/Sydney Devine/ Lou Grant/Jim MacLeod/Premiere Accordion Band/and many more!

Scotland/Dance Scotdisc Cat # SCT 776 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10

Track listing 33 tracks + 13 bonus karaoke tracks include: Will Ye No Come Back Again • Donald Where’s Yer Trousers • Amazing Grace • The Barras • Scotland the Brave • Scotland Forever • The Centipede • Flower Of Scotland • I Belong To Glasgow • Nobody’s Child • Scots Wha Hae • Loch Lomond • Skye Boat Song • Maggie • Bonnie Mary if Argyll • The Rowan Tree • Bonnie Wee Jeanie McColl • Road To Dundee • Annie Laurie • Auld Lang Syne

No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount 3 For The Price Of 1!

Alasdair Gillies The Inverness Ceilidh Selling Points Recorded live at the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, this disc catches Gaelic gold medallist Alasdair Gillies in concert and all the enthusiasm of a rousing night of Scottish music! Includes songs in the Gaelic language.

Featured Artists Mr. Cheb: guitar/Colonel Nico: guitar, keyboards/Jean Luc Delpiano: guitar/Mr. Ram: keyboards/ William Davood: saxophone/DJ Rubio: trumpet, keyboards/Backandgo: bass, keyboards/Miss Chadly, Stefanie Forestier, Rudy Wilburn: vocals/Frank Bonhomme: piano/DJ Alan Parker Lewis: keyboards Scotland/World Scotdisc Cat # SCT 772 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Track Listing Let’s Have a Ceilidh • Highland Gentleman/The Inveraray Inn • Nobody Loves Like a Skyeman • Westering Home • Uist Tramping Song/Marie’s Wedding • Stornoway • Loch Marie Islands • Take the Boat Over To Skye • Cluinn Thu Mi Mo Nighean Donn • Gentle Annie • Maggie • The Politician • The Centipede • Oor Ain Fireside • The High Level • Morag of Dunvegan/Lovely Stornoway/Lights on Lochindaal • Cailin Mo Ruinsa • Dancing in Kyle/Dashing White Sergeant • Grannies Heilan Hame • Farewell My Love • Scotland the Brave/Will Ye No Come Back Again

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world

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08

Selling Points • Haiku is an album of songs about love and life, certainty and uncertainty, self-doubt and self-confidence, fun and sadness—all written and sung by one of Cuba’s brightest stars.

• A unique blend of Cuban and Brazilian crossover flavors.

• Yusa is highly acclaimed as one of Cuba’s freshest new talents. She has gained international recognition for her previous albums.

• Features Síntesis, Cuba’s first prog-rock band, on “Haiku de Paz.” • Produced by Alê Siqueira.

Featured Artists Yusa: vocals, guitar, bass, tres, cajón, synth, keyboard, percussion, more Síntesis: chorus Feliciano Arango: bass Roberto Carcassés: piano Oliver Valdés: drums, cajón, bells, cáscara Juan Carlos Marín: trombone Julio Padrón: trumpet Carlos Manuel Miyares: saxophone Adel González: congas Frank Josué Berenger, Elizabeth Herrera: violins Winnie Magaña: viola Elis Regina Ramos: cello Tamara Castañeda: vibraharp Alê Siqueira: background guitars, clapping, backing vocals, berimbau Track Listing Haiku de Paz • Walking Heads • No tengo otro lugar • Y te apareces • Conga pasajera • París, Muy Bien • Tanto de mí • Mínimum • Sirvió de Algo? • Gente Simple Press Quotes “The rich sultriness of Yusa’s luscious voice allies her with Brazil’s new samba singers, but has also led to comparisons with Tracy Chapman, while her harmonic explorations conjure Cassandra Wilson.”

— Songlines

Yusa Haiku Cuba/Fusion Tumi Music Cat # TUM 143 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 35 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

“Yusa has arrived as a powerful new voice stocked with a profound knowledge of her musical roots and an innovative reinvention of Cuba.”

— Global Rhythm “Do yourself a favor and embrace the warm charismatic charm of Yusa.”

— Jazzwise Media & Marketing Full PR by Rock Paper Scissors. Ads with Songlines and fRoots.

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston

ALSO AVAILABLE

Breathe Cat # TUM 131 Price Code: R No Canada Sales

Yusa Cat # TUM 112 Price Code: R No Canada Sales

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NEW RELEASES

Native American/World Arbor Records Cat # ARL 13032 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Native American/World Arbor Records Cat # ARL 12982 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

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Northern Wind November Winds

Buffalo Horse Youz Look Good the Way Youz Dance

Selling Points CAMA Award winner for Best Traditional Pow Wow Group!

A contemporary sound that maintains the old-style singing of the Ojibway people. This is the group’s seventh album.

Selling Points Talented, well traveled drum group featuring singers from several clans. The champion Northern-style intertribal group has performed as host drum group for several pow wow celebrations.

Featured Artists Northern Wind: traditional drums/Hopi Zephier: guest vocals

Featured Artists Buffalo Horse Singers: traditional drums

Track Listing 14 tracks include: November Winds featuring (Hopi Zephier) • November Winds (traditional) • They Will Have a Good Time Again • Remembering • When the Eagles Fly • Get Up and Dance When You Hear the Drum • Fancy Dancing • Grassdance Moves • Again and Again • Misoon (Nate Jr.) • Old Way • Boarding School Survival

Track Listing 15 tracks include: Creator, watch over our children • We sing for you, come and dance! • Uncle Chocolate • Get up and dance when you hear the drum! • Come on, dance! • Let’s help each other out • Wisdom • Let’s have a good time • Jake’s Song • The Creator’s looking down on us • Respect Your Elders

Native American/World Arbor Records Cat # ARL 13022 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Native American/World Arbor Records Cat # ARL 12962 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

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Red Shadow Singers Manitou Api (A Return the to Centre)

Kingbird Singers Ikwe Nagamonan (Jingle Dress Songs)

Selling Points These songs are healing prayer songs, which have been received from the Turtle Lodge through fasting and ceremony. They are meant to help us remember our connection to our ancestors, to the land, and to our center, and to help us keep our spirit strong.

Selling Points A classic jingle dress album by one of the most well-known drum groups to ever play the Pow Wow Trail! Features 12 re-mixed and remastered jingle dress songs from original ’70s tapes.

Featured Artists Red Shadow Singers: traditional instruments Track Listing Manitou Api • Eagle Song 1 • Beaver Song • Buffalo Song • Wolf Song • Turtle Song • Black Bear Song • Eagle Song 2 • Red Thunderbird Song • Sabe Song • Eagle Song 3 • Windigocon Song • Kitchi Sabe Song • Chii By Song

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Featured Artists Kingbird Singers: traditional drums/Mark Kingbird: leader Track Listing 12 untitled jingle dress songs

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world

JUNE

08

Selling Points • Collectively, the Accordion Tribe have created a multi-dimensional new vehicle for accordion music, featuring solos and combinations, new compositions and collaborative arrangements. The band’s most challenging, compelling, and brain-contorting music to date!

Featured Artists Bratko Bibic: accordion Lars Hollmer: accordion Maria Kalaniemi: accordion Guy Klucevsek: accordion Otto Lechner: accordion Track Listing Altered Landscapes: Part One • Wave Hill • The Gunks • Sackamra • 3/4 Suite • Dolores • Netzwerk • Jane • Sofias Flykt • Istunpa Sankys Laitalla • Mitä Sinä Laitoit • Ellin Polkka • Utflykt m. Dameykel • Nydoina/Quirk • Cirkus II • Fathom • Boeves Psalm • Cirkus I • Mad Cow • Inte Quanta • Wintersonnenwende II Press Quotes “Forget everything you thought you knew about the accordion.”

— Seattle Weekly Key Markets New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Washington DC Also Available INU 3220 (Q) Accordion Tribe (750447332028) INU 33272 (Q) Sea of Reeds (750447332720)

Accordion Tribe Lunghorn Twist World Intuition Music Cat # INU 33892 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Selling Points • These songs, some previously unreleased, are some of Mikis Theodorakis’ earliest compositions, sung by the master himself. Theodorakis is known worldwide as one of the greatest Greek composers, creator of the scores for Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973).

• Excellent recording by RBB-Radio in Berlin.

Featured Artists Mikis Theodorakis: vocals Henning Schmiedt: piano Volker Schlott: saxes, flutes Rainer Brennecke: trumpets, flugelhorn Natascha Zickerick: tuba Martin Lillich: double bass Track Listing Ti Thelo (What I Want) • Pio Poli Ki Apo Ta Matia (More Than the Exchange of Glances) • Ftinoporo (Autumn) • Sti Vitrina (In the Store Window) • Irini (Peace) • To Karavaki (The Little Ship) • Ise San To Louloudaki (You Are Like a Flower) • Poson Isiha Kimate (How Calmly They Sleep) • Margarita • Esperinos (Evening Mass) • Nanourisma (Lullaby) • Den Ine Monaha T’Aidonia (It Is Not Just the Nightingales) • Kalinihta (Good Night) • Perivoli Mou Orgomeno (In the Tilled Earth of My Garden) • I Agrambeli (The Vine Tendril) • Ftinoporo (Autumn) Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco

Mikis Theodorakis First Songs Greece/World Intuition Music Cat # INU 33772 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

5% Preorder Discount

Also Available INU 3059 (Q) Theodorakis Sings Theodorakis (750447305922)

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Air Mail Music Israel: Traditional Jewish Music Selling Points Modern arrangements of traditional Jewish music, performed by the wonderful voice of Sylvie Sivann.

Sivann was born in Belgium, but at the age of eighteen she went to live in Israel, where she studied operatic singing and musicology. Her experiences there made a lasting impression, and she decided to devote her career to singing: from songs and opera to traditional music and baroque.

Featured Artists Sylvie Sivann: vocals/Efim Zoubritski: fiddle/Christian Mesmin: keyboard/Patrice Soler: bass/ Guy Bonne: clarinet, sax/Alain Richard: percussion Israel/Jewish Air Mail Music Cat # PLS 141161 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Tsour Michelo • Como La Rosa En El Guerta • Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym • Un Iho Tyene El Rey David • Mode Ani • Kol Haolam Koulo • Ya Ma Ma • Al Neharot Bavel • Drei Tehteleh • Durme, Durme • Lomir Zich Iberbetn • Yaar, Yaar • Ma Yedidout • Noches

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Air Mail Music Portugal: Folk Songs Selling points The folk group Os Lusitanos of Saint-Cyr l’École was formed in 1992 with the aim of bringing the songs and dances of Northern Portugal to a wider audience. The present director of the group is Luis Esteves. The ensemble is composed of fifty dancers accompanied by fifteen musicians. This recording testifies to the rich, lively, and joyful musical heritage of the Minho region.

Featured Artists Luis Esteves: director/Os Lusitanos of Saint-Cyr l’École

Portugal/Folk Air Mail Music Cat # PLS 141162 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Nosso Hino ao Emigrante • Cana Verde Virada • Chula Velha • Laurindinha • Ceifeira • Vira de Quatro • Senhor da Serra • O meu Burrinho • Canario Lindo Canario • Tantas Libras • Picadinho da Gemieira • Vai-te Embora Antonio • Vira Que Vira • Vira de Saint-Cyr

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Myriam Sultan Malouf-Arabo Andalou selling points Myriam Sultan, nicknamed “The Sacred Voice of Maluf,” is one of the very few women performing the maluf of Constantine today. She has the rare grace and personal style that one associates with the truly great voices of Arab music, and her interpretation of this repertoire is dynamic and original; she combines the features of traditional maluf with a more contemporary sound. The result is beautiful and fascinating.

Featured Artists Myriam Sultan: vocals World Playasound/Rendezvous Cat # PLS 64012 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Track Listing Istikhbar: Ya Bahi El Jamal • Housnou El Habib • Jamalouhou • Mine Jate Fargtou • Kif El Amel • Lahbiba • Aalache • Istikhbar: Dalwahe Leghram • Goudame Dareke • Lkhawa • Qcemtina

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Front Cover Sticker The second in a series of the greatest bellydance music collection ever.

Selling Points • Acclaimed bellydance music from the most respected and in-demand artists.

• Masters of Bellydance Music Vol. 1 was a 2007 Caravan Records bestseller.

• Features a diverse collection of styles such as traditional, folkloric, modern, and percussion.

• Includes world-famous bellydancer and instructor Sadie as cover model.

Track Listing Mohamed Ali Ensemble: Leyla • Hamouda Ali: Set Al Hosen • Aswan Music & Dance Ensemble: Ismaaouni • Gamal Goma: Sahra Saidi • Sami Ali: Shokolata • Gizira Band: Nabtadi Minen Il Hikaya • Andelus Ensemble: Ya Ein Moulayyiten • Bassam Ayoub: Longa • Ahmad Gebaly: Amal • Hassan Abou El Seoud: Shik Shak Shok • Mosavo: Mystic Caravan • Said El Artist: Afrah Al Tabla • Ahmad Abdelfattah: Daret Al Ayam • Ahmad Fouad Hassan: Sahara City Media & Marketing Ads with belly dance websites and publications.

Various Artists The Masters of Bellydance Music Vol. 2

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, Boston, New York, Miami

Middle East/Bellydance Caravan Records Cat # CRV 5243 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40

Also Available CRV 5241 (Q) Masters of Bellydance Music (640615524128) CRV 5240 (Q) Masters of Arabian Percussion (640615524029)

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Front Cover Sticker A warm and intimate recording of Pan-Arabian favorites.

Selling Points • Salatin Al Tarab Orchestra presents traditional Arabian favorites from Cairo to Damascus.

• Middle Eastern classics performed with authentic instrumentation.

Featured Artists Amer Ammouri: oud Mahmoud Hachach: tabla Ghassan Ammouri: kanoun Ali Assani: violin Track Listing Nabtadi Minen Il Hikaya (Egypt) • Mshwar (Oud Solo) • Sidi Mansour Ya Baba (Tunisia) • Chobi Iraqi (Iraq) • Ya Ein Moulayyiten (Lebanon) • Il Hilwa Di (Egypt) • A Rammallah (Palestine) • Ayouni (Nay Solo) • Ebaad “Leyla, Leyla” (Saudi Arabia) • Hizzy (Tabla Solo) • Khusara, Khusara (Egypt) • Moushtaq (Oud Solo) • Shinanay Yavroum (Greece) • Habbeyna (Egypt) • Tabbalak (Drum Solo) • Ya Tayyeb Al Galb (Saudi Arabia) Media & Marketing Ads with belly dance websites and publications.

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, Boston, New York, Miami

Salatin Al Tarab Orchestra Casbah Bellydance Middle East/Bellydance Hollywood Music Center Cat # HMC 1376 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Digipak; Box Lot 45 No Canada Sales

Also Available HMC 1186 (O) Arabian Classics for Belly Dance (640615118624) HMC 1239 (O) Belly Dance Sensation (640615123925)

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MA RECORDINGS CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALLEGRO. Ask your account manager for a complete list.

Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic Krushevo selling points Putting the title of this record into your Google search engine will result in more than 90,000 entries, the first being for this record, the second about the town in which it was recorded. Former Yugo guitarists Vlatko Stefanovski (from Macedonia) and Miroslav Tadic (Bosnia) perform duets of Macedonian folk tunes with depth, soul, imagination, and blistering technique. Stefanovski is known of the “Jimi Hendrix of the Balkans,” while Tadic has been described as his alter ego.

Macedonia/World MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 44 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

Featured artists Vlatko Stefanovski: guitar/Miroslav Tadic: guitar Track listing Gajadarsko Oro • Jano, Mori • Jovano Jovanke • More Cico Rece De Me Zeni • Proseta Se Jovka Kumanovka • Ni Prela Gora Ni Tkala • Dafino Vino Crveno • Izlezi, Vido • Ajde Da Li Znas, Pametis Milice • Oj Ovcarce

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Formatia Valea Mare Departe de Casa selling points Discovered by MA’s Todd Garfinkle playing in the Metro in Paris, the members of Formatia Valea Mare all come from the same village in Moldava named, of course, Valea Mare. While in Romania, they all held other jobs (mostly in agriculture), but still played at weddings, births, and funerals. The brass band tradition in Valea Mare started around 1850, with the original members teaching their children how to play the various instruments, all handed down from grandfather, to son, to grandson.

Featured artists Formatia Valea Mare

Romania/World MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 60 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Track listing Sarba Lui Culin Lascar Dusu • Balanceanca Sofie Vicoveanca • Sarba De La Cozmesti • Maruntica De La Bacau • Doina Lui Costel Sarambel • Hora De La Vaslui • Hora De La Valea Mare • Sarba Lui Viorel Dusu • Piesa Romaneasca • Zestrea Miresei • Sarba • Sarba Lui Bacica • Balada Lui Beluri • Ca La Usa Cortului • Geamparale • Sarba Supararea • Sarba Lui Costel • Batuta Lui Drosu • Sarba Lui Octav Si Gabi • Hora Tiganeasca • Batuta Lui Costel Sarambel • Chemarea

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Séra Una Noche La Segunda selling points The second album by the superb group from Buenos Aires includes some of tangos most famous works juxtaposed with powerful Argentine folk and elements of improvisation. While Séra Una Noche’s first record featured superstar vocalist Pedro Aznar (a member of Pat Metheny’s memorable ’80s unit), La Segunda is blessed with the sultry and elegant voice of Lidia Borda. Recorded with just two omnidirectional microphones in the church at the Monasterio Gandara, two hours outside of Buenos Aires.

Argentina/World MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 62 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Featured artists Lidia Borda: vocals/Séra Una Noche Track listing El Choclo • Nocturna • Cuando Silba El Viento • Gricel • Milonga Del Puerto • Betinotti • Vals • El Portenito • Tauiqto Militar • Nunca Tuvo Novio • Melevaje • Boedo • Arrabal Amargo/Pedacito De Cielo • La Roca • El Tren De Quito • Tinta Roja • Una Senal

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Amina Figarova

Arturo O’Farrill

Cat # MRC 477 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 742451547726

Cat# ZMR 200804 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 880956080420

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TOUR dates Freternity

Cat # P3M 16 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 827775000925 Lincroft, NJ – Brookside Community Center

September Suite

Erie, PA – Erie Museum of Art

Annapolis, MD – The Rams Head

Rochester, NY – Rochester Jazz Festival

Pittsburgh, PA – Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild

New York, NY – Jazz Standard

Denison, OH – Denison University

Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bowling Green, OH –­ Bowling Green University

Minneapolis, MN – Twin Cities Jazz Festival ON PAGE 27

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Riverside, CA – Riverside CC

10/24/08

Dana Point, CA – Community House

Michael Allen Harrison

Composer/Pianist

Song for Chico

Atlanta, GA – Rialto PAC New York, NY – Iridium New York, NY – Waldorf Astoria Saratoga Springs, NY – Skidmore Jazz Institute

The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet

Stompin’ the Blues

Cat # ARB 19353 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 780941135329

Mission Viejo, CA – Civic Center

Cat # MAH 74 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 737885535128

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5/10/08

Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s

Newberg, OR – George Fox University

10/30/08

5/17/08

Chico, CA – Sierra Nevada Brewery Theater

Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall

11/2/08

5/30/08

Vancouver, BC – Capalino College

Portland, OR – Wilf’s Restaurant & Piano Bar

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6/6/08

Seattle, WA – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley

Portland, OR – Jimmy Mak’s

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6/20/08

Olympia, WA – Washington Center

Portland, OR – Wilf’s Restaurant & Piano Bar

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7/2/08

Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center

Portland, OR – Oregon Square Courtyard

11/9/08

7/4/08

Gino Sitson

The Stein Brothers Quintet

Cat # 18V 1050 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 723721253455

Cat # JMD 1034 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 700261236599

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10/25/08

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Hilton Head Island, SC – Hilton Head Prep

5/16–18/08

Odessa, TX – West Texas Jazz Party

5/22–25/08

Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

6/17/08

Methuen, MA – Sahara Club

7/26/08

Hackettstown, NJ – Jazz in July

7/29/08

New York, NY – 92nd Street Y

Ridgefield, WA – 4th of July Parade

Chicago, IL – Old Town

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Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Botanical Garden

5/10/08

Brooklyn, NY – Omega Psi Phi Fundraiser

5/16/08

Newark, NJ – The Priory

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