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may 2008 A Division of Allegro Media Group

Street Date: May 13, 2008 Order Due Date: April 21, 2008 8% Restock Discount April 1–30, 2008 SA# 885432

Alain Caron p3, Jefferson Airplane p10, Snatam Kaur p23, Acoustic World 1: Brazil p27 Also Inside: John Abercrombie & John Ruocco, Ike & Tina Turner, Al Caiola, Terry Oldfield New Labels: Ghost Note Records, Van Dyck Records, MA Recordings, Narnian Records, Harpstone Music, Spirit Voyage Music

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NEW RELEASES

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Selling Points • From the opening notes of a Latin-flavored tribute to jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson through a moving tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this is a soulful jazz recording!

• Producer Kenny M dubs this the best Chip Shelton release in 10 years. The music is steeped in feeling and imbued with memories right from the opener.

• Features antique tenor and soprano saxes added to Shelton’s usual end-blown flute and piccolo.

• Includes various members of Shelton’s East Coast working band, PeaceTime.

Featured Artists Chip Shelton: flutes, saxes, piccolo, vocals Lou Volpe: guitars Nate Shaw: pianos, organ Marcus McLaurine: bass Dwayne Cook Broadnax, George Gray, Steve Kroon: drums, percussion

Chip Shelton & PeaceTime Imbued with Memories Jazz Summit Records Cat # SMT 501 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Recordame • Imbued With Memories • Cliff Notes • Crystal’s Nick Nack • It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) • Salt Rhythm • Valdez in the Country • MLK • Tsunami After-Prayer • The Shadow of Lo Press Quotes “A force to be reckoned with in the jazz world.” — Dr. Nick, Soul Street, XM Satellite Radio “Chip Shelton … has mastered his instrument and plays with authority in many of his solos.” — Cadence

Not Available In Canada

“Steps above the basic jazz flute foray by … taking advantage of Chip Shelton’s talent with an array of different flutes.” — All About Jazz ALSO AVAILABLE

Flute Bass-ics Cat # SMT 371 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

PeaceTime Cat # SMT 444 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Have Flute Will Travel Stop1 Berlin Cat # SMT 405 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Have Flute Will Travel Stop2 Cape May Cat # SMT CCP 7006 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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“Perky, upbeat, yet sensual and sublime … a world-class performer, Shelton specializes in the end-blown flute.” — JazzReview Media & Marketing Radio campaign to JazzWeek reporters and more. Additional mailing to print and internet reviewers. Ads with JazzTimes.

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Washington DC, Baltimore, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale

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jazz

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Allegro welcomes ghost note records to its roster!

Los Angeles-based Ghost Note Records is committed to releasing the very best in jazz and world music by artists such as Alain Caron, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, and more. With both CDs and DVDs available, the label is poised to become a major player in the jazz and world genres in the coming years.

Selling Points • Don’t miss this electro-fusion show with Alain Caron and his band!

A rich musical performance with lots of great jazz solos.

• Canadian bassist Alain Caron’s musical career began at the early age of 11 and he soon discovered the music that would become his life’s passion—jazz. He has worked with David Kikovsky, Tom Harrell, Sal Nestico, Frank Tiberi, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Moses, and more.

• 2005 Juno nominee for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.

FEATURED ARTISTS Alain Caron: bass Jean St-Jacques: keyboards, malletkat David Bellemare: saxes Simon Langlois: drums François Blouin: keyboards Track Listing DISC ONE: Ocean of Trees • Double Agent • Signal • Ink Illusion • Show of Hands • No Left Turn On Tuesday • Slam the Clown DISC TWO: Turkey Loose on the Kit • Baby Step • Solitude • Black Paws • D-Code press quotes “A consistently captivating listen from start to finish, and an album that deserves to place all the artists involved on the radar of listeners outside of Canada, but especially Caron who, while enjoying some international acclaim (especially in Europe), clearly deserves to be a better-known name south of the border—and not just to fans of high-energy fusion.”

— All About Jazz “In both technique and feel Caron’s got it all, and his brand of fusion aims higher and strikes deeper than most.” — KC Bass Player “Clearly shows Alain Caron is one of the most inventive bass players on the planet who does not cease evolving.” — Bass Magazine [France]

Alain Caron Alain Caron Live at the Cabaret de Montreal Jazz Ghost Note Records Cat # GNR 91012 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

2 For The Price Of 1

“You can’t describe the style of Alain Caron without speaking of high virtuosity.” — Gitarre & Bass [Germany]

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jazz

NEW RELEASES

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

Selling Points • Studio and radio performances from one of the great jazz entertainers at the peak of his career—fun all the way!

• Features some rare alternates and broadcast performances from 1939 to 1947.

Featured Artists Slim Gaillard: vocals, guitar, piano Slam Stewart: bass Zutty Singleton, Leo Watson: drums Harry “The Hipster” Gibson: piano, vocals Track Listing There’s No Two Ways • Cause My Baby Says So • Chinatown My Chinatown • Dark Eyes • Flat Foot Floogie • Tutti Frutti • Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen • Hey Now (3 Takes) • Tip on the Numbers (3 Takes) • Slim Slam Boogie (2 Takes) • Bassology (3 Takes) • B-19 • Who’s Going Steady With Who • Yp Roc Heresay • Cement Mixer • Take the A Train Media & Marketing Service to various magazines for review. Radio promotion in-house.

Slim Gaillard Ice Cream On Toast 1937– 47 Jazz HEP Records Cat # HEP 86 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • A program of timeless show melodies interpreted by three of the best players in the world—a top guitarist from Ireland, a great tenor sax stylist from the US, and a fantastic trumpet player from Poland.

Featured Artists Spike Robinson: tenor sax Louis Stewart: guitar Janusz Carmello: pocket trumpet Track Listing They Didn’t Believe Me • Dearly Beloved • If You Were Mine • Yes Sir That’s My Baby • Only a Rose • My Buddy • The Song Is You • For Heaven’s Sake • They Say Media & Marketing Service to various magazines for review. Radio promotion in-house.

Spike Robinson Three for the Road Jazz HEP Records Cat # HEP 2045 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Selling Points • An uncompromising swingfest! The group swings mightily, blending the resonance of jazz tradition with lusty doses of individuality. Elegant worldclass saxophonist Scott Hamilton creates many gem-like moments with popular jazz trombonist John Allred.

Featured Artists Harry Allen: tenor sax Joe Cohn: guitar Joel Forbes: bass Chuck Riggs: drums John Allred: trombone Scott Hamilton: tenor sax Track Listing You’re Driving Me Crazy • I’ll Get By • Stompin’ the Blues • My Old Flame • Don’t Want To Have To • But I Will • I Only Have Eyes for You • I Would Do Anything For You • Medley: It Might as Well Be Spring/Spring is Here • So There Press Quotes “Outstanding.” — Leonard Feather Media & Marketing Copies sent to an extended list of jazz critics and radio programs as well as Down Beat, JazzTimes, and more.

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles Also Available ARB 19354 (Q) Music from Guys and Dolls (780931135428) ARB 19333 (Q) Hey, Look Me Over (780941133325)

The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet Stompin’ the Blues Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19353 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • One of the finest stride pianists in the world, French musician Louis Mazetier makes his Arbors Records solo piano debut.

• Mazetier performs a variety of jazz standards, stride specialties, and some fresh original compositions. The stride pieces presented particularly showcase his unique, romping style.

Featured Artists Louis Mazetier: piano Track Listing You’ve Got To Be Modernistic • Sweet and Lovely • In August at St. Germain des Pres • The Pearls • Tea For Two • Significant Ladies Suite • Sweet Smile • Instinct of Conservation • Russian Greek • Surprises • Walking My Baby Back Home • Anitra’s Dance • Simply the Blues • Tango Seville • Just You, Just Me • I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan • Sneakaway • Portrait of a Portraitist • Can’t We Be Friends? • Skylark • Keep Off the Grass • Francois • Nostalgic Walk Media & Marketing Copies sent to an extended list of jazz critics and radio programs. CDs will be sent for review to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Cadence, Mississippi Rag, American Rag, and Hot House (NY and FL).

Key Markets New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles

Louis Mazetier Tributes, Portraits, and Other Stories Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19361 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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jazz

NEW RELEASES

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

Jazz Challenge Jazz Cat # CHR 70137 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz Challenge Records Cat # CHR 73265 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

John Abercrombie & John Ruocco Topics

Soo Choo Quartet Prayer

Selling Points With unusual instrumentation—guitar and clarinet—this disc reminisces back to those famous recordings from the sixties by Jimmy Giuffre with Jim Hall, but the music is more introverted, lyrical, and half a century more modern.

Selling Points Soo Cho is highly original both as pianist and composer, creating music that skillfully balances between Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, John Adams, Maurice Ravel, and traditional Korean music. An incredible pairing of Asiatic wisdom with European jazz

Featured Artists John Abercrombie: guitar/John Ruocco: clarinet

Featured Artists Soo Cho: piano/Daniel Lottersberger: double bass/Sotiris Ntouvas: drums/Angelo Verploegen: trumpet, flugelhorn

Track Listing Embraceable You • Slides • Sometime Ago • Phrases • I Can’t Get Started • Trills • I Hear a Rhapsody • Mutes • How Deep Is the Ocean • Moraz • I’m Getting Sentimental Over You • Fast and Slow

Track Listing Chicky Chicky • Empty Carousel • Prayer • Suspicion • Breeze • Song For Both • Misty Cliffs • September Moon • New Chapter • Dreamer • Waiting

between the lines

between the lines

Jazz Between the Lines Cat # CHR BTL 71217 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz Between the Lines Cat # CHR BTL 71218 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

Samuel Blaser Quartet 7th Heaven

Yitzhak Yedid Oud Bass Piano Trio: Suite in Five Movements

Selling Points This young New York trombonist’s mellow sound is a valuable contribution to a trio consisting of sought-after artists including Scott DuBois, who the New York Times wrote has “begun to make waves.” Allegro Media service to top 100 jazz print magazines.

NPR and college radio blanketed nationally.

Selling Points An authentic expression of new music that incorporates a wide spectrum of contemporary and ancient styles, this five-movement work features a unique amalgam of Jewish musical styles and prayers with Arabic, western, and jazz music. Allegro Media service to top 100 jazz print magazines. NPR and college radio blanketed nationally.

Featured Artists Samuel Blaser: trombone/Scott DuBois: guitar/Thomas Morgan: double bass/Gerald Cleaver: drums

Featured Artists Mikhail Maroun: oud/Ora Boasson Horev: double bass/Yitzhak Yedid: piano

Track Listing Sans Titre-Au7ième Ciel • Metamorphose Suite I: MetamorphoseMetamorphose • Suite II: Entre Deux-Metamorphose • Suite III: Metaphore-On • 175th Street-LaVache

Track Listing First Movement • Second Movement • Third Movement • Fourth Movement • Fifth Movement

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Selling Points • With energy, bounce, and exuberance, these fresh young faces debut their highly personal and melodic take on bebop.

• Song selections are truly melodic and tracks are short, making the album easily accessible to the casual listener and well suited for radio airplay.

• Recreates the spirit of the bebop and Blue Note eras while retaining a sound that is fresh, original, and relevant.

Featured Artists Asher Stein, Alex Stein: saxophones Mferghu: piano Doug Largent: bass Joe Blaxx: drums Duane Eubanks, Jonathan Voltzok: horns Track Listing Quixotic • And So I Love You • Jammin’ at the JCT (Jazz Cultural Theater) • Embraceable You • Eve’s Drop • Midlife Crisis • East of the Sun • Mr. QC • Charmed Quark • Trailblazer • You’ve Been Had • This Time the Dream’s On Me Press Quotes “A tight, responsive rhythm section, and … consistently invigorating solos by all hands.” — All About Jazz Media & Marketing Michael Hurzon at the Tracking Station will handle mailing to all JazzWeek reporting stations as well as other radio and internet outlets.

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

The Stein Brothers Quintet Quixotic Jazz Jazzed Media Cat # JMD 1034 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Van Dyck comes to Allegro via Challenge Records

Jazz Sea Breeze Jazz Cat # SBJ 3087 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz Van Dyck Records Cat # CHR VD 71401 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

Bruce Lofgren Bruce Lofgren Jazz Trio

Berlin Voices States of Mind: A Tribute to Billy Joel

Selling Points Great jazz standards interspersed with four of Lofgren’s sparkling originals. A consistently rewarding album featuring an exciting and varied program.

Selling Points This debut album from the Berlin vocal quartet is a tribute to the great Billy Joel. Features original cover versions arranged exclusively for quartet by arrangers Wolf Kerschek and Jonas Schoen. Includes a cappella songs as well as some backed by a variety of instruments.

Featured Artists Bruce Lofgren: guitar/Ron Wagner: drums/Mike Fleck: bass Track Listing Only Trust Your Heart • Beautiful Love • Full House • Triste • Emily • Bop Talk • We Two • My Favorite Things • Bud Powell • Nifty

Featured Artists Esther Kaiser, Sarah Kaiser, Marc Secara, Kristofer Benn: vocals Track Listing Just the Way You Are • Piano Man • You’re My Home • Honesty • New York State of Mind • James • Allentown • She’s Got a Way • Summer, Highland Falls • And So It Goes • We Didn’t Start the Fire

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Best Sellers

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

allegro welcomes MA recordings to its roster!

Founded in Japan by Los Angeles pianist, composer, engineer, and producer Todd Garfinkle, MA Recordings presents a personal approach to the way we listen to and perceive acoustic music. Each recording is produced on location in acoustically intriguing places including gothic churches, concert halls, and even national monuments. With MA’s stateof-the-art recording devices, exotic audio cables, and just two handmade omni-directional microphones, listening to an MA Recording is like taking a magical voyage to the particular space that each unique musical moment was created.

Peter Epstein Old School Selling Points Featuring the great drummer Peter Erskine, with Peter Epstein on sax and Scott Colley on bass. The musicians’ mutual respect for each other, and the joy they take in playing together, really shines in every note of this remarkable 4-hour studio session. Most of the tunes were done in one take, harkening back to the old school jazz recordings of the ’50s and ’60s.

Featured Artists Peter Epstein: alto sax/Scott Colley: bass/Peter Erskine: drums Jazz MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 58 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

track listing Vitamin C • Circumspective Pursuit (For Jim Hall) • Twelve • Meanwhile • Zelzah • After Tomorrow • Monsaraz • Improvisation One • Improvisation Two • For Harry Carney

Not Available In Canada

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Milcho Leviev Bulgarian Piano Blues Selling Points For Milcho Leviev, originally from Bulgaria, the blues is authentic ethnic music and he treats this musical artform with the utmost reverence through his compositions and improvisations, many of which are based on Balkan folk rhythms and melodies.

Jazz MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 12 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Featured Artists Milcho Leviev: piano track listing King Bassie • Ice Cream Truck • Women’s Dance • The Island • Joe (To Joe Farrell) • Kaval Melody • B Major! • 4 + 3 • N.H. • Oh My Grandpa • Matsumoto • Night Fires (Bonus Track with Bruce Stark)

Not Available In Canada

Best Seller

Sheila Jordan & Harvie Swartz Songs from Within Selling Points Just Sheila Jordan’s voice and Harvie Swartz’s bass, recorded without audience inside Harmony Hall in Japan.

The lush warmth of the reverberant space enhances the vibe of the music and its intimacy.

Jazz MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 14 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Featured Artists Sheila Jordan: vocals/Harvie Swartz: bass track listing Dedication • If You Could See Me Now • Waltz For Debby • Good Morning Heartache • St. Thomas • You Don’t Know What Love Is • My Shining Hour • We’ll Be Together Again • Alone Together • A Child Is Born • In a Sentimental Mood • I Got Rhythm/Anthropology • Birmingham Jail • Song of the Elder Brother After He Created the Wind and the Clouds (Bonus Track with Marty Krystal)

Best Seller * MA Recordings world music titles on page 28!

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jazz/blues

MAY

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Harry Reser Trainin’ the Fingers Selling Points Ultra-rare recordings, many unavailable elsewhere. Harry Reser is acknowledged as the greatest banjo player who ever lived. Full US media campaign. Hoping to work with RedhotJazz.com and the Edison Museum for further exposure.

Featured Artists Harry Reser: banjo/various unidentified band members Track Listing Sweet Georgia Brown • Wait’ll It’s Moonlight • Paddlin’ Madeline Home • Jig Walk • A Charleston • Horses • Hi-Ho the Merrio! • Fire! (An Alarming Novelty) • Sam, The Old Accordion Man • We Love the College Girls • Marianette • Old Town Pump • The Clock & The Banjo • Highways Are Happy Ways • Lollypops • Heebie-Jeebies • I’m Still Caring • Trainin’ the Fingers • Jade Press Quotes “Not just a master banjoist, but the banjo master.” — Picker’s Digest

Jazz Document Records Cat # DOC 1108 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Cleo Brown Complete Recorded Works March 1935–June 1935 Selling Points Complete recorded works, including alternate takes. Not available elsewhere in this format.

New sleeve notes document the sounds of house parties and bars in the Prohibition and postProhibition days.

Featured Artists Cleo Brown: piano, vocals/Gene Krupa: drums/Perry Botkin: guitar/Artie Bernstein: bass/and more Track Listing Lookie, Lookie, Lookie (Here Comes Cookie) • You’re a Heavenly Thing • I’ll Take the South • The Stuff Is Here and It’s Mellow • Boogie-Woogie • Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie • Way Back Home • Pelican Stomp • Never Too Tired To Love • Give a Broken Heart A Break • Mama Don’t Want No Peas an’ Rice an’ Coconut Oil • Me and My Wonderful One

Jazz Document Records Cat # DOC 1532 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Rufus Thomas Tiger Man: Earliest Recordings 1950–1957 Selling Points Rare gems from the vaults, exclusive to Document. Includes previously un-issued tracks and ultra-rare acetates. Songs featured in chronological order. Large media campaign will reach out to classic soul lovers.

Featured Artists Rufus Thomas: vocals/Evelyn Young, Jerome Richardson, Johnny Board: tenor sax/Evans Bradshaw: piano/Robert Carter: guitar/Red Davis: drums/Bobby Plater: alto sax/and more Track Listing: I’ll Be a Good Boy • I’m So Worried • Who’s That Chick • Double Trouble • Mr. Swing (Rufus Thomas) • Beer Bottle Boogie • Gonna Bring My Baby Back • Night Workin’ Blues • Why Did You Dee Gee? • Crazy About You Baby • No More Doggin’ Around (Ain’t Gonna Be Your Dog) • Junita • Decorate the Counter • Married Woman • I’m Off That Stuff • Bear Cat (The Answer to Hound Dog) • Walkin’ in the Rain • Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) • Save That Money • The Easy Livin’ Plan • I’m Steady Holdin’ On

Blues Document Records Cat # DOC 5683 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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blues/rock

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Selling Points • In 1969 Ike & Tina Turner released two albums of blues-oriented tracks on Blue Thumb Records. These LPs, The Hunter and Outta Season, are united on this collection.

• Here, Ike accompanies Tina’s wailing vocals with injections of his characteristically biting blues guitar across a collection of tunes linked to such blues legends as Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, Little Walter, Lowell Fulsom, B.B. King, and Albert King.

• Features “Bold Soul Sister” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” both hits in the US at the time.

Featured Artists Ike Turner: guitar, vocals Tina Tuner: vocals

Ike & Tina Turner We’ve Always Had the Blues

Track Listing The Hunter • You Don’t Love Me • You Got Me Running • Bold Soul Sister • I Smell Trouble • Things I Used To Do • Early In The Morning • You’re Still My Baby • I Know • I’ve Been Loving You Too Long • Mean Old World • 3 O’Clock In The Morning Blues • Five Long Years • Dust My Broom • Grumbling • I Am a Motherless Child • Crazy ‘Bout You Baby • Reconsider Baby • Honest I Do • Please Love Me • My Babe • Rock Me Baby

Blues Blues Boulevard Cat # BVD 250201 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • Jefferson Airplane’s second album, 1967’s Surrealistic Pillow, yielded the hit single “White Rabbit”—a thinly disguised drug anthem inspired by Alice in Wonderland—and the rousing, epic “Somebody To Love.” The album was extraordinarily successful and is, alongside Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of the Summer of Love.

• Plastic Fantastic Airplane, a collection of live recordings, includes versions of six of the eleven tracks from Pillow in addition to “Today,” “She Has Funny Cars,” and two more classics: “3/5 of a Mile in Ten Seconds” and “Plastic Fantastic Lover.”

Featured Artists Grace Slick, Marty Balin: vocals Paul Kantner: guitar, vocals Jorma Kaukonen: guitar Jack Cassady: bass Spencer Dryden: drums

Jefferson Airplane Plastic Fantastic Airplane Rock Rockarola Records Cat # ROK 250202 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Track Listing It’s No Secret • Other Side of This Life • High Flying Bird • Somebody To Love • 3/5 of a Mile in Ten Seconds • She Has Funny Cars • White Rabbit • Plastic Fantastic Lover • Jorma’s Blues • Tobacco Road • Don’t Let Me Down • Thing • Today • You’re Bringing Me Down • Runnin’ Around This World • Get Together • My Best Friend • Don’t Slip Away

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Selling Points • This new collaboration between former Allman Brothers member Johnny Neel and the Criminal Element is a great jam record with a nice balance of structured songwriting and loose playing.

• Both Neel and the band are well known throughout the southeastern US. Featured Artists Johnny Neel: keyboards, vocals Randy Boen: guitar, vocals Curt Redding: drums, vocals Russell Wright: bass, vocals Track Listing Toasted • I Can’t Believe • What Am I Gonna Do • Damn Right • Temperature • Find My Way • Slap It On Ya • Funk Pump Media & Marketing Promos mailed to press outlets.

Also Available SWC 1060 (Q) Comin’ Atcha Live! (787991106026) SWC 1059 (Q) X2 (634479165122) SWC 1071 (Q) Late Night Breakfast (787991107122)

Johnny Neel & The Criminal Element Johnny Neel & The Criminal Element, Vol. 1 Rock Silverwolf Records Cat # SWC 1094 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • A great bar band presents a rare album re-introduced into print.

• Well known along Atlantic Coast, this album is highly sought after by the band’s fan base.

Featured Artists Tommy Lepson: vocals Hammond B3, guitar Paul Bell: guitar, backing vocals Ronnie Newmyer: bass, backing vocals Chuck Sullivan: drums, percussion Cesar Vanegas: congas, percussion Track Listing Get It Up • Money Talks • Animals Running Wild • A Quiet Place • Most Wanted • Somebody’s On Your Case • Longest Day • Singer Not the Song • Measure a Man • May This Be Love • Holding Out • See What a Love Can Do • Bad Dog press quotes “Tommy Lepson may never get the recognition due him but he’s in customary form here, singing with soulful fervor and sustaining one churning or insinuating organ groove after another.” — Washington Post

Tommy Lepson & The Lazy Boys Ready For This ??!!!???

Rock Silverwolf Records Cat # SWC 1093 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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funk/bluegrass

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Front Cover Sticker “Of all the mighty and great DC go-go bands, Trouble Funk was the mightiest and the greatest.” — Jeff Chang

Selling Points • Contains rare and out-of-print early singles. Features the band’s biggest hit title track, “Drop the Bomb.”

• Drop the Bomb is volume two of Trouble Funk’s greatest hits. When combined with E Flat Boogie (FDL 30), the two CDs contain every significant track any Trouble Funk fan would ever want.

Featured Artists Robert Reed: keyboards, vocals, trombone “Big Tony” Fisher: lead vocals, bass Dr. James Avery: keyboards Chester Davis: guitar Mack Carey, Timothy David: percussion Dennis “Fatz” Stirling, Gary “Snake” McNeil: percussion Alonzo “Shortie” Robinson, Emmett Nixon: drums Taylor Reed: trumpet, vocals, keyboards Dean Harris, David Rudd, Gerald Reid: horns

Trouble Funk Drop the Bomb

Track Listing Drop the Bomb • Roll With It • Say What • Hollyrock • Search and Destroy • Get Down With Your Get Down • Don’t Touch that Stereo • The Beat • Super Grit

Funk Funky Delicacies Cat # FDL 65 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Media & Marketing Service to press, radio, and e-media.

Also Available FDL 30 (Q) E Flat Boogie (048612003026)

Not Available In Canada

ALLEGRO WELCOMES NARNIAN RECORDS TO ITS ROSTER! Narnian Records comes to Allegro via New Folk Records.

Press Quotes “Bluegrass fans, I just want you to know he was one of the good ones, one of the very best.” — Bill Jorgenson Selling Points • This never-before-released CD features three now-deceased members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.

• Artists include Vasser Clements, who recorded with Jerry Garcia.

Featured Artists Dallas Smith: guitar, vocals Vasser Clements: fiddle Josh Graves: dobro Ken Smith: bass

Dallas Smith & The Boys from Shiloh Return to Possum Holler Bluegrass Narnian Records Cat # NFR NAR 710 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Track Listing The Legend of the Johnson Boys • Stop that Ticklin’ Me • Love Please Come Home • Brother John • Hard as Nails • Columbus Stockage Blues • Locked Away • Hold On a Little Longer • The Door’s Always Open • Fun Flies • Heaven • Sweeter than the Flowers Media & Marketing Mailing to key radio and press.

Key Markets Hometown: Nashville. Also: Chicago, St Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Charlotte

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ALT country/instrumental

MAY

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Front Cover Sticker “One of the finest songwriters in Britain.” — The Independent Selling Points First time available in North America.

• Produced by Jim Lowe (Stereophonics).

• Includes former members of Black Grape, Son Volt, and Pernice Brothers.

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Featured Artists Peter Bruntnell: guitar, vocals Michael Clews: drums Danny Williams: bass James Walbourne: guitar, lap steel, mandolin, backing vocals Eric Heywood: pedal steel Andy Cooper: Hammond organ Track Listing K2 • Perfume River • Little Lorelei • Ghost in a Spitfire • Fear of Lightning • Something I Lost • Orange Moon • Love Is On Your Side • World Won’t Wait • Tin Streamers Song • Polar Bear Jail Press Quotes “One of England’s best kept musical secrets.” — Rolling Stone

Peter Bruntnell Ghost in a Spitfire

“Radiant … exquisite … monumental.” — Uncut

Alt Country Loud Folk Records Cat # LFR 1025 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Media & Marketing Mailing to college radio and key media outlets.

Key Markets Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, St Louis, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix

Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • The man who brought us the themes for Bonanza and The Magnificent Seven offers the most brilliant, beautiful assortment of love songs ever assembled.

• Caiola is one of America’s foremost recording artists, having worked with a virtual “who’s who” of music including Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Andy Williams, and Rosemary Clooney.

Featured Artists Al Caiola: guitars Track Listing Theme from Summer of ’42 • An Italian Medley (Sorrento, Santa Lucia, Oh Marie, Cirbiribin) • Medley in F (Melody in F, Goodnight Ladies, Dark Eyes) • Anniversary Waltz • Tenderly/Misty • Medley of Love (Fascination, Love Will Keep us Young, No Other Love, Tonight We Love) • If • An American Medley (Aura Lee, Down in the Valley, Careless Hands, Home on the Range) • Theme from The Godfather • Theme from Love Story • Liebestraum • A Romantic Medley (If You Are But a Dream, Moonlight and Roses, Dream) • Medley of the British Isles (Londonderry Aire, Those Endearing Young Charms, My Wild Irish Rose, My Bonnie) • Medley for Night Time (My Reverie, Story of a Starry Night, Moon Love) • A Spanish Medley (Adelita, La Golondrina, Estrellita, El Choclo) • Claire de Lune • The Entertainer/Red River Valley • Pop Goes the Weasel/Humoresque Media & Marketing Radio mailing and promotion to easy listening stations.

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

Al Caiola Lovers Guitar Instrumental Alanna Records Cat # ALA 6005 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Mel Tormé Mel Tormé Meets the British: The London Recordings 1950/1957 Selling Points The late Mel Tormé left a wealth of highly regarded recordings made during his five-decade career.

Most of his songs are re-issued on CD but the tracks here, recorded with top British musicians in London during his first British tour in 1956 and second tour a year later in 1957, have never made it to CD until now! A couple of tracks were only issued on 78s in Britain, and most of the tracks were never issued at all in the US. Featured Artists Mel Tormé: vocals Vocals Sepia Records Cat # SEP 1113 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Track Listing Limehouse Blues • A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square • I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts • These Foolish Things • Geordie • My One and Only Highland Fling • The White Cliffs of Dover • Danny Boy • Let There Be Love • Greensleeves • Try a Little Tenderness • London Pride • Walkin’ Shoes • The Cuckoo in the Clock • Hooray for Love • Shenandoah Valley • Waltz for Young Lovers • I Don’t Want To Walk Without You • Time Was • Ev’ry Which Way

Bing Crosby Through the Years, Vol. 1: 1950–1951 Selling Points This new series follows on from the celebrated Chronological Bing Crosby series issued on Jonzo Records. With the full endorsement of the International Bing Crosby Fan Club, Sepia is delighted and honored to take over the task of issuing Crosby’s commercial recordings in chronological order. This CD features 26 recordings starting from 1950, and several songs make their debut CD appearance.

Featured Artists Bing Crosby: vocals

Vocals Sepia Records Cat # SEP 1111 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Track Listing Autumn Leaves • I’ve Never Been In Love Before • This is the Time • Poppa Santa Claus • Mele Kalikimaka • If I Were a Bell • Silver Bells • Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter • A Marshmallow World • Marrying For Love • The Best Thing For You • A Perfect Day • May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You • The Girl Friend • Without a Word of Warning • You Gotta Show Me • Then You’ve Never Been Blue • Black Ball Ferry Line • The Yodelling Ghost • With My Shillelagh Under My Arm • St Patrick’s Day Parade • Sentimental Music • Silver Moon • Copacabana • Quizas, Quizas, Quizas • Maria Bonita

Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming Sings Just For You Selling Points With the release of this CD, modern listeners will have the wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beautiful and beguiling singing voice of 1950s Hollywood movie star Rhonda Fleming. The disc, released with Fleming’s full cooperation and support, includes some standards and rare tracks from her personal archive as well as many beautiful photos—wonderful news for fans of Hollywood personalities!

Featured Artists Rhonda Fleming: vocals Vocals Sepia Records Cat # SEP 1112 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Track Listing Don’t Take Your Love From Me • Around the World in Eighty Days • Love Me Or Leave Me • The End of a Love Affair • Under Paris Skies • Baby, Baby All the Time • With the Wind and the Rain In Your Hair • When I Fall In Love • I’ve Got You Under My Skin • Then I’ll Be Tired Of You • Love • They Can’t Take That Away From Me • Once And For Always • When Is Sometime • Jacob’s Ladder • Give Me That Old Time Religion • This World Is Not My Home • Somewhere List’nin • Cold Rain • My Heart Cries For You

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Front Cover Sticker Two Drama Desk Award Nominations including Outstanding Music.

Selling Points A zany film noir parody hearkening back to the days when leading men were hard-boiled, dames were beautiful but dangerous, and musicals were filled with tunes so playfully catchy you couldn’t dislodge them from your brain if your life depended on it.

• Currently running in Boston at the Lyric Stage Company, the musical is featured prominently in the Samuel French, Inc. catalog, with more productions in the offing.

• Book and lyrics by one of America’s funniest playwrights, Christopher Durang (in a very, very good mood).

• An original and lethally catchy score signals the arrival of gifted new musical theater composer Peter Melnick.

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Featured Artists Alan Campbell, Rachel de Benedet, Orville Mendoza: vocals Michele Ragusa, Jonathan Rayson: vocals Will Swenson, Elisa Van Duyne: vocals Christopher Durang: book, lyrics Peter Melnick: music Track Listing Prologue • In a Foreign City • Grumpy Mood • Tempura’s Song • Mister McGuffin • Pretty Moon Over Macao • Mambo Malaysian • Sparks • Adrift in Macao • So Long • Rick’s Song • The Chase • I’m Actually Irish • Ticky Ticky Tock Press Quotes “The Maltese falcon mates with the loon in Adrift In Macao …

Christopher Durang’s broad spoof of film noir, with a score by Peter Melnick that mambos from Kurt Weill to Carmen Miranda, is set in 1952 in the Chinese port of Macao—a sinister locale peopled by diamond smugglers, shady nightclub owners, dope aficionados, femmes fatales, and a walking, winking Asian cliché named Tempura, because he’s been ‘battered by life.’” — Boston Phoenix

Original Cast Recording Adrift In Macao Sndtrk/Shows LML Music Cat # LML 228 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

“With a drop-dead funny book and shamefully silly lyrics by Christopher Durang and lethally catchy music by Peter Melnick, Adrift In Macao lovingly parodies the Hollywood film noir classics of the 1940s and ’50s.” — BroadwayWorld.com “[The] music hops effectively among genres, evoking period music from Kurt Weill to big bands.” — New York Times “Not since Erasmus’s ironic In Praise of Folly (1509) has there been such a tribute to silliness as Adrift In Macao. This musical takeoff on film noir by Christopher Durang (book and lyrics) and Peter Melnick (music) is as light as a helium balloon and as personable as persiflage gets. The music manages to be delightful pastiche, the frequently funny book is peppered with puns, and the lyrics are always hilarious.”

— John Simon, Bloomberg Media & Marketing Working with PR firm The Karpel Group, who will mail promotional materials to approximately 400 media outlets. Additionally, LML Music will pursue its own approach to promotion, coordinating with the Karpel Group. Composer Peter Melnick retains his own PR representative, Susan Schulman, who will focus mainly on interviews.

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

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NEW releases & Best Sellers

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

Sharon, Lois & Bram In the School Yard Selling Points: This CD is a tribute to the musical life of the schoolyard, where generations of young children have sung, skipped, and chanted this timeless, vibrant repertoire.

Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 42123 Price Code: E (SRP $7.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Silly Names & Crazy Gibberish • Fuzzy Wuzzy • Punchinello 47 • Pufferbellies • Ah, si mon moine • Betty Botter • Where Is Thumbkin • The Skunk Said • You Can’t Make a Turtle Come Out • The Duchess at Tea • Piccolimini • Stone Games • La Bamba • It’s a Small World • Love Somebody/A Bushel and a Peck • Un Elephante • Meetin’ in the Building • Mommy, What If… • Mathew, Mark, Luke & John • There was a Little Man • Tall Silk Hat • The Wee Cock Sparra’ • Rattlin’ Bog • Woodchuck • Down in the Valley/Two By Two • Miss Sue • Way Down Yonder in the Schoolyard

Not Available In Canada

Sharon, Lois & Bram Everybody Sing!

Selling Points Everybody sing! Kids love to sing these classic songs over and over again. Sharon, Lois & Bram’s wonderful voices make these favorites a joy to listen to. Kids and parents will love this special collection of sing-along gems.

Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 44000 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain • Come Follow • Going Over the Sea • Smile on the Crocodile • Long Legged Sailor • Newfoundland Jig Medley • Going to Kentucky • The Ants Go Marching • On a Picnic We Will Go • Cheerio • Miss Moffat/The Eensy Weensy Spider • Farmer in the Dell • Five Plump Peas • Candy Man • Salty Dog • Jelly, Jelly in My Belly • Up in the Air Junior Birdsmen • Ha Ha This-a-Way • Grandpa’s Farm

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Fred Penner I’m Growing!

Selling Points “I’m Growing!” exclaims a child when he discovers he can do something new. “You Can Do It If You Try” is a child’s anthem of uplifting encouragement from Fred Penner, and his personal anthem, “Take Good Care of Each Other,” is a loving song that young and old can sing as they grow together.

Children Casablanca Kids Cat # CKI 44004 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Track Listing You Can Do It If You Try • We’re Gonna Shine • It’s Great Being Me • Think Before You Leave • Proud • Allergies • A Friend Like You (with Al Simmons) • Growing • What You Need • Moving Time • She’s a Baby • Favorite Things • Monday’s Child/Help Me To Grow (UNICEF song) • Take Good Care of Each Other

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES HARPSTONE MUSIC TO ITS ROSTER! Harpstone Music comes to Allegro via New Folk Records.

Selling Points • Gabrielle Angelique’s singing voice is on par with the likes of Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Brightman, and folk chanteuse Jewel: at once ethereal and powerful.

• Includes beautiful cover versions of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses,” Enya’s “May It Be,” and Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights.”

Featured Artists Gabrielle Angelique: vocals, all instruments Track Listing Dance with the Stars • Wild Horses • Fairy Realm • Skye Boat Song • Wuthering Heights • A Mermaid She Was • He Moved Through the Fair • The Greatest Love • Anachie Gordon • May It Be Press quotes “This CD has really captured my imagination! What a knockout of an album! Very highly recommended.” — Solo Piano Publications Key Markets Hometown: Minneapolis. Also: San Francisco, San Jose, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta, Boise, Chicago, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Baltimore, Boston, Ann Arbor, Omaha, New York, Nashville, Columbus, Columbia, Richmond

Gabrielle Angelique Dance with the Stars New Age Harpstone Music Cat # NFR HM 1001 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Wedding Music Q Records Cat # QRD 46 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40

Wedding Music Q Records Cat # QRD 47 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

Excelsior String Ensemble The Ceremony

Various Artists The Reception

Front Cover Sticker Enhanced CD features instructional videos with tips for the perfect wedding!

Front Cover Sticker Enhanced CD features instructional videos with tips for the perfect wedding!

Selling Points Celebrate the sanctity of marriage with this timeless instrumental string collection of 15 wedding classics.

Track Listing Bridal March (a.k.a. Here Comes the Bride) • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring • Cannon In D • Air • Ave Maria • Minuet In G • Prelude In C • Spring • Serenade • Trumpet Voluntary • Ode to Joy • The Prince of Denmark’s March • One Hand, One Heart • Rondeau • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Selling Points This CD includes 15 instrumental versions of songs essential for any great wedding reception. Whether you are planning a reception or just want to relieve the good times all over again, this compilation is a must-have.

Track Listing Get the Party Started • We Are Family • Love Train • Come Fly With Me • Celebration • Let’s Stay Together • Love Rollercoaster • Family Affair • Play That Funky Music • I Got You (I Feel Good) • Hey Ya • Respect • Funkytown • Lady Marmalade • You Are So Beautiful

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8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

New Age Global Journey Cat # GJR 4513 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

New Age Global Journey Cat # GJR 4511 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

Lifestyle: Wellbeing Colour Therapy

Lifestyle: Wellbeing Meditation

Selling Points The vibrations of various colors can enable us to promote a positive state of mind. Colors influence our everyday lives and can reflect our moods, subconscious, and health. Includes a 12-page guide.

Selling Points This relaxation therapy is ideal for focusing the mind and lifting you out of your day-to-day level of consciousness into a state of passive awareness, at which point your body can alleviate symptoms of high blood pressure, chronic pain, anxiety, and insomnia. Includes a 12-page guide.

Track Listing Colour Therapy

Track Listing Meditation

New Age Global Journey Cat # GJR 4506 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

New Age Global Journey Cat # GJR 4504 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

Lifestyle: Wellbeing Deep Sleep

Lifestyle: Wellbeing Crystals

Selling Points This relaxing album contains all the information and techniques required to guarantee a peaceful night’s sleep. Learn how to achieve deep sleep and see the difference it makes in your life! Includes a 12-page guide.

Selling Points A beautifully ambient, relaxing, and healing album. The positivity and healing powers of crystals can be very beneficial. Includes a 12page guide.

Track Listing Deep Sleep

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Track Listing Crystals

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

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Selling Points • Elevate your spirit with traditional chants, mantras, and kirtans from the East.

• Terry Oldfield and Soraya come together to weave a musical tapestry of yoga, meditation, and healing. Their mystical sounds lead you on a journey of self-discovery and help to facilitate the transformative process.

• One of the most celebrated names in new age music, Terry Oldfield has recorded over 20 albums and is well known for his outstanding television and film soundtracks. He has also been nominated for a British Academy Award and two prestigious Emmy Awards. His De Profundis: Out of Depths 2 was 2005 winner of the Narcissus Award for Album of the Year.

• Soraya Saraswati, a spiritual teacher who blends ancient yogic knowledge and practices with shamanic wisdom, joins Oldfield on this album to share a love of ancient Sanskrit Mantras and a dedication to yoga.

• Wonderful for healing work and massage.

• Facilitates meditation and yoga.

• Great for relaxation.

Featured Artists Terry Oldfield: bansuri, silver flutes, percussion, keyboards, vocals Soraya: harmonium, tanpura, percussion, vocals Track Listing Sri Krishna • Sri Ram • Gayatri • Tat Tvam Asi • Om Poornamidaam • Jai Murali • Twa Meva • Om Shanti Press Quotes “Traditional chants, mantras, and Kirtan from the East have imbued the West with a new way of elevating the spirit, by listening as well as by participating. On Mandala, Terry Oldfield & Soraya enhance these traditions with a powerful blend of instrumentation, electronics, deep vocal chants, and a production quality that together is a yoga unto itself.” — Alan Hutner, Host/Producer, Transitions Radio Magazine, 98.1 FM KBAC

Terry Oldfield & Soraya Mandala: Circle of Chant New Age New Earth Records Cat # NER 2805 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Media & Marketing Consumer and trade national and regional media. Strong web and radio campaigns. Ads with Elephant, New Age Retailer, and LA Yoga.

ALSO AVAILABLE

Yoga Harmony Cat # NER 2403 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Reiki Harmony Cat # NER 2604 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

De Profundis Cat # NER 2501 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

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8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

Front Cover Sticker Atmospheric soundscape—a beautiful, epic score.

Selling Points • This exquisitely crafted debut collaboration of acclaimed singer/ songwriter Lisbeth Scott and eclectic percussionist Greg Ellis weaves a layered soundscape of richly atmospheric songs ranging from poignantly moving to radiantly serene.

• The multi-talented Greg Ellis—who has worked with Beck, Billy Idol, and the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart—is best known for cofounding the world music ensemble Vas with singer Azam Ali. • Lisbeth Scott has worked with artists as diverse as INXS, John Prine, Mark Isham, and composer John Williams, who wrote a solo expressly for her in the Munich soundtrack.

• The album exudes an epic, cinematic quality—not surprising, as both artists are ubiquitous contributors in major film music. Ellis’ work has shaped the sound of the Matrix series, Fight Club, and 300, among others. Scott’s credits include Shrek; The Passion of the Christ; Spielberg’s Munich; The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe; and the upcoming Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Biomusique The 10,000 Steps

Featured Artists Lisbeth Scott: vocals, piano, harmonium Greg Ellis: percussion, trumpet, guitar, dulcimer, piano, bass, African udu, Middle Eastern frame drum, Tibetan bowls, Balinese gongs, tabla, nagara

New Age Kosmic Music Cat # KOS 69 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Track Listing Ananda • Caeli Et Terra • The Tender Green • Ohroo • Redemption • Empty Spaces • Persephone • The 10,000 Steps

Not Available In Canada

Press Quotes “Haunting.” — Billboard “Stunning.” — New York Times “A luminous voice.” — Denver Post “Dreamy, sensuous … stunning, exotic.” — All Music Guide Media & Marketing Marketing campaign will target film soundtrack fanatics, fans, and community. EPK will be serviced to key press publications for reviews and articles. Banner placement with LA Yoga and Yogi Times. Projectfocused SEM campaign: Google ads and Yahoo (keyword, site targeted, mobile text). E-newsletter/marketplace mentions with Yoga Times (marketplace), Daily OM, and SelfGrowth.com. Profiles on MySpace, Last.FM, FaceBook, and Imeem. Digital blast of selected track to mind, body, and spirit websites. Key reviews will be solicited to meditation/ new age print publications and websites. Ads with Global Rhythm, New Leaf, White Swan, Daily OM, New Age Retailer, Yoga Times, Leading Edge Review, Mother Jones, Utne Reader, and more.

Key Markets Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: Los Gatos, Boston, San Jose

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Front Cover Sticker One hour of pure healing and relaxation Selling Points Following the widely acclaimed Reiki Heart, this album taps into the same energy to take peace and healing one step further and help the listener achieve a higher mental, emotional, and spiritual state of mind.

• Features one extended track of gentle music combined with nature sounds.

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Featured Artists Alberto Grollo: guitars, synth, computer programming Capitanata: Korg keyboards, synth, organ, pianos, flutes Track Listing The Heart Opens Press quotes “The music’s constant, even flow simultaneously relaxes mind and body and encourages the spirit to soar … Those who choose to let the bell toll as it may will discover themselves losing track of time, lifted out of mundane reality on a sonic carpet of tenderness and bliss.” — Spirit of Change Media & Marketing Press releases and review copies to all major trade publications including New Age Retailer. Service to top NAR, college stations, satellite/cable, in-flight, and internet shows. Feature with Healing Arts Guide. Ads with New Age Retailer, Healing Arts Guide, and Light of Consciousness.

Also Available ORM 62622 (Q) Reiki Heart (689973626228) ORM 62822 (Q) Chakra Healing Energies (689973628222) ORM 62772 (Q) Healing Incantation (689973627720)

Grollo–Capitanata Reiki Heart: The Next Level New Age Oreade Music Cat # ORM 65302 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Front Cover Sticker Your ticket to a journey through the celestial realms.

Selling Points Endless Light is a musical journey through the realms of luminous light. Erik Berglund’s Irish harp and voice combine with Lumin’s rich synthesizer orchestration to create a world of shimmering beauty, sensitivity, and majesty.

• From the first notes, one can tell that this music is extraordinary. It is almost as if the sounds of the harp are playing one’s soul and, at the same time, connecting to Gabriel, the messenger archangel of the God/Goddess.

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Featured Artists Erik Berglund: Douglas Irish harp, vocals Lumin: synth Track Listing Endless Light • Realms of Splendor Media & Marketing Press releases and review copies to all major trade publications including New Age Retailer. Service to top NAR, college stations, satellite/cable, in-flight, and internet shows. Feature with Healing Arts Guide. Ads with New Age Retailer, Healing Arts Guide, and Light of Consciousness.

Key Markets Hometown: Mt Shasta. Also: New York, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle, Portland, Ashland, San Francisco Sarasota, Tampa Bay, Naples, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale Also Available ORM 5885 (Q) Harp of the Healing Light (723723594723) ORM 60892 (O) Angel Flight (689973608927)

Erik Berglund Endless Light New Age Oreade Music Cat # ORM 65232 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

Will Pimlett & Chris Conway Summoning the Spirit Front Cover Sticker Profits from this CD go towards the American Indian College Fund.

Selling Points An inspiring tribute to the Native American people. Chris Conway’s spiritual soundscapes provide a haunting backdrop to Will Pimlett’s traditional native flutes and the timeless wisdom of Michael Looking Coyote. Profits from this CD go towards the American Indian College Fund, which provides scholarships and other support for the nation’s 34 tribal colleges.

New Age/Native American Paradise Music Cat # PMC 37 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Featured Artists Will Pimlett: native flutes/Chris Conway: synth, piano, guitars, vocals Track Listing The Circle • Two • Essence • Spirit Runner • Beginnings • Better Way • Eagle Call • Land of the Winding Waters • Great Spirit Told Me • Summoning the Spirit

Not Available In Canada

Llewellyn Reiki Gold Front Cover Sticker The UK’s #1-selling Reiki album.

Selling Points Reiki Gold is a touch of heaven, taking you on a journey to the angelic realm. It touches the heart and soul, and is a perfect complement to Reiki healing. Reiki students, teachers, and anyone seeking a healing path will be inspired by the beautiful, healing, vibrational sounds that unfold on this CD. Perfect for massage, aromatherapy, meditation, and yoga.

New Age Paradise Music Cat # PMC 49 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Featured Artists Llewellyn: all instruments Track Listing White Light • Green Gassho • Yellow Kanji • Reiki Gold • Violet Contemplation • Just For Today I Will Not Anger • Just For Today I Will Not Worry • Just For Today I Will Be Grateful • Just For Today I Will Honour • Just For Today I Will Respect • The Healing Waterfall • The Journeys End – White Light Reprise - Aura Cleansing & Grounding

Chris Conway & Philip Permutt The Little Meditation Album Selling Points The UK’s #1-selling guided meditation album features six 10-minute meditations. Each is designed to work as a short exercise, or can be combined with the others.Whether you are new to meditation or are interested in new pratices, you can use this album to begin your journey.

Featured Artists Chris Conway: keyboards, piano, whistles, vocals, guitars, zithers, theremin, temple bells, gongs, percussion/Philip Permutt: vocals New Age Paradise Music Cat # PMC 41 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Track Listing Meditation 1: Breath Counting • Meditation 2: Bubble Meditation • Meditation 3: Energy Centers • Meditation 4: Junk • Meditation 5: Chakra Breathing • Meditation 6: White Cloud

8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

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NEW AGE

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES SPIRIT VOYAGE RECORDS TO ITS ROSTER! Spirit Voyage was founded to bring sacred music and the music of yoga to the world stage. Spirit Voyage, the premier record label creating Kirtan music for today’s modern yogi, is built on the belief that music has the power to raise the consciousness of the planet. With this belief at its core, Spirit Voyage’s music has been expanding and growing, doubling its sales and audiences year over year for the past seven years.

Selling Points • Recorded at concert halls, churches, and yoga studios as Snatam Kaur and her ensemble traveled across North America, this CD+DVD set includes performances that soar to the heights of these sacred spaces and find a home in the hearts of their audiences.

• Includes bonus DVD Path of Peace, which intimately chronicles the tour. Approx run time 45 min. Playable in all regions.

• Snatam Kaur is one of the most popular new age artists of our time, selling over 50,000 albums a year. Her records have topped New Age Retailer’s Top 20 lists every year since 2004, and she was the only artist to have three albums in the Top 20 in a single year.

• Kaur performs in over 100 venues each year, reaching tens of thousands of people worldwide. In 2007 she performed at many of the top yoga centers in the world, including the Sivananda Bahamas Yoga Retreat Center, Kripalu Center in Massachusetts, Omega Institute in New York, and the Chopra Center in San Diego.

Featured Artists Snatam Kaur: guitar, harmonium, violin, vocals Guru Ganesha Singh: guitar, vocals Manish Vyas: tabla, vocals Ram Dass: keyboard, clarinet, vocals Track Listing Azure Salver • Ong Namo • Ong Sohung • Gobinda Hari • Adi Shakti • Shivohum • Aad Guray Nameh PRESS QUOTES “Concert, chantfest, musical group meditation, a yoga class in melody … how best to describe a live performance by Snatam Kaur and her band? It’s all of these things and more. Seated center stage, Snatam is an angelic presence, dressed in traditional Sikh attire, bejewled turban, and veil … possessed of a voice that could wrest tears from a stone gargoyle—crystalline and radiant, redolent of the simple yet powerful truth of the heart.” — Alan di Perno, writer for Yoga Journal, Rolling Stone, Guitar World

Snatam Kaur Live In Concert [CD+DVD] New Age Spirit Voyage Records Cat # SVM 1900 Price Code: 2G (SRP $17.99) 10-Panel Wallet; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Cd + Bonus Dvd at a Great Single-Disc Price

“Using traditional Indian and modern Western instrumentation, each song dedicates an extended amount of time to such themes as destiny, infinity, acceptance, strength, meditation, celebration, healing, and peace … allows listeners to really root themselves in the Sanskrit lyrics and experience the benefit of their wisdom.” — New Age Retailer “If you are looking for a quiet place to find your center, to feel whole, this is it. Taking her time, loving each moment, her music patiently reveals its wholeness and love.” — Yoga Chicago Media & Marketing Upcoming tours throughout 2008. Spirit Voyage will set up local radio interviews throughout the tour and establish national interviews wherever possible. Active PR initiative in every city Kaur performs in, working to secure local print media coverage. Both Kaur and Spirit Voyage conduct regular e-newsletter campaigns promoting her albums and tours, and also cross-market with yoga organizations, centers, and teachers around the world.

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8% Restock discount April 1– 30, 2008 SA# 885432

Selling Points • Merging the romantic and divine, these Kirtan duets showcase today’s most popular chant divas singing classic Indian songs with contemporary arrangements in beautiful harmony with Dave Stringer.

Featured Artists Allie Stringer, C.C. White: vocals Donna Delory, Joni Allen: vocals Karnamrita Dasi, Kim Waters: vocals Sat Kartar, Suzanne Sterling, Wah: vocals Dave Stringer: harmonium, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, melodica, tamboura Track Listing Gunghata • Aja Uttama • Shri Ram • Guru Kripanjana • Pasayadan • Arati Karu • Samba Sadashiva • Saraswati Ma

Dave Stringer Divas & Devas New Age Spirit Voyage Records Cat # SVM 1880 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Media & Marketing Upcoming tours throughout 2008. Spirit Voyage will set up local radio interviews throughout the tour and establish national interviews wherever possible. Active PR initiative in every city Stringer performs in, working to secure local print media coverage. Both Stringer and Spirit Voyage conduct regular e-newsletter campaigns promoting his albums and tours, and also cross-market with yoga organizations, centers, and teachers around the world.

Not Available In Canada

New Age Spirit Voyage Music Cat # SVM 1876 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

New Age Spirit Voyage Music Cat # SVM 1875 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Not Available In Canada

Not Available In Canada

Yoga Living Series Meditative Moon

Yoga Living Series Rising Sun: Yoga Living

Selling Points Spirit Voyage’s most calming yoga music for peace and tranquility.

At the end of your day, when you just want to wind down and relax, throw off the stresses of your day, and find a comfortable cozy space, this music will melt away all your pressures. You will find yourself deeply soothed as the music caresses you into a state of sweet relaxation.

Selling Points Energizing yoga music to refresh and rejuvenate! Rising Sun is an album of upbeat yoga music that will really get your spirits up. If you want the perfect CD to play while you’re getting ready, to play in your car on the way to work, or to have on while you work, here it is. These mantras are sure to keep you feeling great throughout your day.

Track Listing Mirabai Ceiba: Guru Ram Das • Snatam Kaur: Ek Ong Kar • Dave Stringer feat. Donna DeLory: Gunghata • Thomas Barquee: Om Namo Bhagavate • Amrit Kirtan: Wha Yantee • GuruGanesha Singh: Ma • Manish Vyas: Tumi Bhaja Re Mana • Sat Kartar: Jap Man

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Track Listing Snatam Kaur: Mul Mantra • Sat Kartar: Sat Gur Prasad • Sada Sat Kaur: Hay Gobinda • GuruGanesha: Sat Siri, Siri Akal • Girish: Ganapati • Snatam Kaur: Anand (Bliss) • Dave Stringer feat. Karnamrita: Aja Uttama • Sat Purkh: Guru Dev Mata • Thomas Barquee: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo

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Selling Points • This new disc from Kenny y Los Electricos, featuring Kenny’s sultry vocals, will transport you to the heart of traditional Mexican folk music, where the tequila and the electric guitars mix!

• Includes eight hits and three original songs.

Featured Artists Kenny Aviles: vocals Edgar Carrum: producer, composer, bass Alejandro Monfort: guitars SPECIAL GUESTs Crescencio Hernandez: trumpets Miguel A. Barron: guitarrón, acoustic guitar, vihuelas, violin Hector Ferre: drums Track Listing Asi Suena Jalisco • Adoro • Piensa En Mi • Cucuru Cucu • Secreto De Amor • Con Tequila En La Sangre • Paloma Negra • Se Que Te Voy A Extrañar • El Preso Numero Numero 9 • Dicen Por Ay • En El Ultimo Trago • La Llorona Media & Marketing Ads with LA Times, New York Times, LA Weekly, Village Voice, Miami Herald, and more.

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Kenny y Los Electricos Con Tequila en la Sangre Worldbeat Opcion Sonica Cat # OPC 921 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • The ultimate Bollywood compilation features fifteen original soundtrack songs

by Asha Bhosle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Lata Mangeshkar, and many more.

• Includes 75 minutes of music and a 16-page booklet with singer profiles and information about the films.

Track Listing Asha Bhosle: Sharara • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Koi Jane Koi Na Jane • Adnan Sami: Aye Udi Udi Udi • Aneela Mirza: Say Na Say Na • Asha Bhosle: Jawani Jan-E-Man (Remix) • Asha Bhosle: Zara Sa Jhoom Loon Main • Bombay Jayshree: Zara Zara • Lata & Sonu: Khamoshiyan Gungunane Lagi • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Koi Jane Koi Na Jane • Rahat Fateh: Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye • S.P. Bala: Pehla Pehla Pyar • Shreya Ghoshal: Agar Tum Mil Jao • Taz (Stereo Nation): It’s Magic • Udit Narayan & Kavita: Achchi Lagti Ho Key Markets New York, Washington DC, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Detroit, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta Also Available SRG 138087 (M) Nightingale of India (8901112380870) SRG 112125 (M) The King Khan (8901112121251)

Various Artists Dance & Romance with Bollywood India/Bollywood Saregama Cat # SRG 110327 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Joël Grare Paris-Istanbul-Shanghai Selling Points This recording is a manifesto: modernism, culture, temporality, style, and improvisation are all concepts that Joël Grare plays with, like a juggler. His group, falling somewhere between a chamber music ensemble and a traditional one, plays standards like jazzmen—except their standards are magnificent themes from Spain, Turkey, China, and more.

World/Classical Alpha Cat # APH 523 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Featured ArtistS Joël Grare: arrangements, percussion/Guo Gan: erhu/Bruno Helstroffer: theorbo/Emek Evci: bass/ Karine Herroud Gonzalez: flamenco/Ensemble Les Tambours de Lune Track Listing Nihavent • La femme de l’eau (à Long-Long) • Au Cornet d’Amour • La Rêveuse • La course de chevaux • Kapsberger Forever • La route des métaux » (à mon Père) • La cloche et le papillon • Cymbale du ciel, les esprits de la pluie et du vent • Bzzz • La danse des lézards cendrés • El sueno del condor • Le boulet rieur • Sonnerie pour les esprits de la forêt • Hor che tempo di dormire • Ex voto

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Brice Duisit Guillaume IX d’Aquitaine

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Diana Baroni Son de los diablos

Marco Beasley La Bella Noeva

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L’Ensemble Aromates Jardin de Myrtes

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Selling Points • The first release in a brand new series of world music discs on CORO featuring inspiring music from 150 years ago up to the present day.

• Authentically performed on traditional instruments, this album displays the inventiveness and vibrancy of Brazilian musicians and composers.

Featured Artist Oficina de Cordas: string ensemble João do Pife: flute Camarão: accordion Fred Dantas: trombone Ailton Reiner: cavaquinho Andréa Daltro: vocals Track Listing Alma Brasileira • Carabina • Degenerado • Bamboleando • Manhã de Carnaval • Sonho da Boêmia • Que nem jiló • Tenha dó • Retrato en branco e preto • Tico-Tico No Fubá • Voltando a Recife • Meu carirí • Tareco e Mariola • Noites Cariocas • Vespers • Se essa viola dissesse • Carolina • Isto é bom • Segura-ele • Um bandolim no samba Media & Marketing Service to music press. CDs sent out for review and airplay. Coverage on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3. Ads with BBC Music magazine and Gramophone.

Various Artists Acoustic World 1: Brazil Brazil/World CORO Cat # CRO 16058 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Selling Points • A romantic compilation of tangos, passionately played by Roger Davidson with New York’s finest Argentine expats. Arranged/produced by Pablo Aslan.

• Includes particularly outstanding tango versions of Cole Porter standards.

Featured Artists Roger Davidson: piano Pablo Aslan, Pedro Giraudo: bass Hector del Curto, David Alsina: bandoneon Nicolas Danielson: violin Susan de Camp: oboe Francisco Navarro: guitar Track Listing Alicia • Triunfal • Chique • Maquillaje • Rebecca • Griseta • La Cumparsita • Secretos • Night and Day • Begin the Beguine • Triesteza • Perdida • Alfredo Le Pera: Volver • Vals para mi Amor Press Quotes “It’s clear upon listening to Amor por el Tango that this sultry dance genre is every bit as vital today as it was in the mid-20th century.” — Billboard Media & Marketing Promotion by Jim Eigo at Jazz Promo Services.

The Tango Group Amor por el Tango

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Washington, DC, Miami, Seattle, Providence, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta

Latin/Tango Soundbrush Records Cat # SNB 1003 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Also Available SNB 1009 (Q) Te Amo Tango (387101205795) SNB 1011 (Q) Sweet Guitar (837101340489)

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Maria Ana Bobone Senhora Da Lapa Selling points Expanding her vocal horizons beyond Portuguese church music and the fado of Lisbon, the results garnered a nomination for Portugal’s national Globus Oro Award on this, Maria Ana Bobone’s second recording for MA. Recorded in one of Lisbon’s most amazing and beautiful Gothic cathedrals.

Featured Artists Maria Ana Bobone: vocals/Joao Paulo Esteves da Silva: piano/Ricardo Rocha: Portuguese guitar/ Peter Epstein: sax

Latin/World MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 46 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

track listing Meu Amor Me Deu Lenco • Ternura • Senhora Da Lapa • Ar • Os Teus Olhos • Espelho Quebrado • Jose Embala O Menino • ABC • Elegia • Hortela Mourisca • Flux • Senhora Da Lapa

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Será Una Noche Será una noche Selling points Argentine tango meets folk meets improv! Free and open versions of traditional tangos, other rhythms from the Argentine folklore, and a few original compositions constitute the group’s personal but sincere vision of tango and the living music of Argentina today.

Featured Artists Pedro Aznar: vocals/Marcelo Moguilevsky: clarinet, flute/Gabriel Kirschenbaum: guitar/Gabriel Rivano: bandoneon/Martin Iannaccone: cello/Santiago Vazquez: percussion Latin/World MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 52 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

track listing Malena • Soledad • Quedemonos Aqui • Vals En Mi • Como Dos Extranos • Nublado • Malena • Zamba De La Viuda • Quejas De Bandoneon • Tanguito Del • Andera En La Boca • Tristezas Por Un Ano/Fuimos • Volver

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Jiang Ting Voice of the Pipa Selling points With a history of more than 2000 years, the Chinese pipa is one of that culture’s oldest and most elegant instruments. Jiang Ting won first prize in China’s national pipa performance contest in 1996 and graduated from the Beijing Conservatory 1997. This is her first recording outside China.

Featured Artists Jiang Ting: pipa

China/World MA Recordings Cat # MAJ 61 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

track listing A Bride Beyond the Great Wall • Pleading • The Spirit of Calligraphy • Caprice • The Last Hero’s Ballad • Green Waist

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Selling Points • Hailing from Toulouse in Southern France, this acoustic quartet has always proudly proclaimed its disorderly musical borrowing, blending, and appropriation of influences from other cultures.

• In 2001, Le Tigre [des Platanes] discovered the Ethiopiques series, and soon included some chosen Ethiopian pieces in their eclectic repertoire, interpreting them in their own personal fashion. During a trip to Addis Ababa, they met Eténèsh Wassie, a husky-voiced singer who is perhaps the Abyssinian sister of Edith Piaf and Billie Holiday.

• The five muiscians undertook the challenge of playing beautiful Ethiopian standards together, really exploring new musical territories and making the result a true sum of their personalities.

Featured artists Eténèsh Wassié: vocals Marc Deméreau: saxes, screams Fabien Duscombs: drums, percussion Piero Pépin: trumpet, bugle, melodica Mathieu Sourisseau: acoustic bass guitar, guitar, banjo track listing Medinanna zelessegna • Muziqawi silt • Ambassel fantay • Tche belew • Yezemed yebaed • Bati • Ney ney weleba • Awash • Man yehon telleq sew • Esti lenurbet • Ambassel • Tezeta • Woub Abeba

Eténèsh & Le Tigre [des platanes] Zèraf!

Ethiopia/World Buda Records Cat # BUD 860162 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Latin/Pop Buda Records Cat # BUD 860159 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

France/Pop Buda Records Cat # BUD 7700 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Joanne McIver & Christophe Saunière The Three Sisters

Selling points The talented accordionist and singer revisits the sparkling repertoire of Latin America with cheerful songs and torrid arrangements.

Selling points Recorded and mixed by Alain Genty, The Three Sisters is based on a story written by Joanne McIver and inspired by the Machrie standing stones on Arran. The 28-page booklet is richly illustrated with original paintings by Scottish artist Victoria Milroy.

Featured artists Robert Santiago: accordions, cuatro, tiple, cavaquinho, charango, mandolin, percussion, vocals/Sandra Vargas Amador: vocals, percussion/Eric L’Heudé: percussion, backing vocals/François Lalange: bass, double bass, vocals/Raphaël Faÿs: guitar/Victor Lima: percussion Track listing La Borrachona • Festival en Guarare • Canto de la Montana Urqu Taki • Mambo Lupita • El Carabine • Don Qui Xote • La Gallera • Lluva con nieve • Senor que calor • El Abuelo • Santa Fe • Cerca del mar • Siempre amare la bomba • La fuerza • La Gran Noticia

Featured artists Joanne McIver: flute, pipes/Christophe Saunière: harp Track listing Parting on the Shore • Will Ye Dance • The Three Stones • Married in the Morning • Machrie Moor • The Sheep in the Sea • The Spinning Wheel • Full Moon • Shrinking in the Cloth • The Stember’s Dream • The Brother’s Search • The White Stag • The Wise Woman • The Stepmother’s Plight • The Three Stones

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The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet

Stompin’ the Blues

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

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Snatam Kaur

China Forbes

Cat # SVM 1900 Price Code: 2G (SRP $17.99) UPC: 801898008723

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* dates for Pink Martini

Live In Concert [CD+DVD]

Lenox, MA – Kripalu Center

4/27/08 Portsmouth, NH – The Press Room

5/13/08 Hilton Head Island, SC – Hilton Head Prep School

5/16–18/08

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New York, NY – Enzo’s Jazz Club

Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.

6/17/08

Cat # SVM 1880 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 801898008624

5/8/08

4/11/08 Columbus, OH – Broad St. Church

4/13/08

Hackettstown, NJ – Jazz in July

Toledo, OH – Trinity Episcopal Church

7/29/08

4/18/08

New York, NY – 92nd Street Y

Vancouver, BC – Semperviva City Studio

The Stein Brothers Quintet

Quixotic

Irvine, CA – Irvine Barclay Theatre Temecula, CA – Pechanga Resort

5/10/08

Cincinnati, OH – Shine Yoga Center

7/26/08

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4/12/08

Methuen, MA – Sahara Club

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Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Yoga

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4/26/08 Portland, OR – Amrita: A Sanctuary for Yoga

Napa Valley, CA – Lincoln Theater

5/13/08 Scottsdale, AZ – Scottsdale PAC

5/14/08 Flagstaff, AZ – Pine Mountain Amphitheater

5/15/08 Santa Fe, NM – Lensic PAC

Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet

One Dance Alone

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

Burlington, VT – Burlington Yoga

Cat # SGL SACD 1571 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) UPC: 774355157121

Gino Sitson

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Bamisphere

Eugene, OR – The Shedd Ft. Worth, TX – Van Cliburn Recital Hall

Rahway, NJ – Rahway Arts Guild

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Poughkeepsie, NY – Vassar Jazz Night

4/11/08 Cape May, NJ – Cape May Jazz Festival

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Thousand Oaks, CA – Civic Arts Plaza

Dave Stringer

4/10/08

Odessa, TX – West Texas Jazz Party.

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New York, NY – Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Randolph, NJ – Randolph Library

4/23–24/08

5/10/08

Washington, DC – Alliance Française

Brooklyn, NY – Omega Psi Phi Fundraiser

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5/16/08

Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Botanical Garden

4/4–5/08 4/24/08 Seattle, WA – City Hall

6/27/08 Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Intl. Jazz Festival

6/28/08 Seattle, WA – The Good Shepherd Center

Newark, NJ – The Priory

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