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RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017
Godspeed MORTEN SCHANTZ Godspeed is the hi-octane, heavyweight new album from Danish keyboardist Morten Schantz. As the founding member of the Danish group, JazzKamikaze, Morten Schantz returns with a new band under his own name featuring long-term collaborators Anton Eger on drums and Marius Neset on saxophones. With a wealth of keyboards at his disposal, the music on Godspeed is full of life, vibrant and bold. With a strong sense of friendship, warmth and an overriding sense of joy, Godspeed is impressive and represents some of the most vital new music bursting out of the European scene from some of the most important performers. All three musicians have played and toured internationally for many years building an all important trust, empathy and common goal. With this album, they are able to balance perfectly the ability to stamp their own idiosyncratic imprint in the music as well as merge and blend theirs sounds in an impressively dynamic and commanding way. Those familiar with Anton Eger and Marius Neset can expect the usual fireworks but with the added compositional talent and skill of the, albeit lesser known, Morten Schantz, this is a trio of huge importance, bursting at the seams with energy and spirit.
Label: Edition Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: EDN1081 Barcode: 5065001530944 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Morten Schantz - keyboards Marius Neset - saxophones Anton Eger - drums
It won’t be long before Morten Schantz is demanding the same kind of attention that the likes of Anton and Marius have been subject to in the previous few years. This a 21st Century Weather Report in its most original and creative form that will no doubt generate many fans on a global scale. Track listing: 1. Silence in the Tempest (Part I) 2. Godspeed 3. Escape Velocity 4. Growing Sense 5. Martial Arts 6. Airglow 7. Ceasefire 8. Cathedral 9. Drill 10. Nuclear Fusion 11. Dark Matter 12. Silence in the Tempest (Part II)
RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017
Godspeed MORTEN SCHANTZ 140g VINYL LP VERSION Godspeed is the hi-octane, heavyweight new album from Danish keyboardist Morten Schantz. As the founding member of the Danish group, JazzKamikaze, Morten Schantz returns with a new band under his own name featuring long-term collaborators Anton Eger on drums and Marius Neset on saxophones. With a wealth of keyboards at his disposal, the music on Godspeed is full of life, vibrant and bold. With a strong sense of friendship, warmth and an overriding sense of joy, Godspeed is impressive and represents some of the most vital new music bursting out of the European scene from some of the most important performers.
Label: Edition Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: EDNLP1081 Barcode: 5060509790005 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP Morten Schantz - keyboards Marius Neset - saxophones Anton Eger - drums
All three musicians have played and toured internationally for many years building an all important trust, empathy and common goal. With this album, they are able to balance perfectly the ability to stamp their own idiosyncratic imprint in the music as well as merge and blend theirs sounds in an impressively dynamic and commanding way. Those familiar with Anton Eger and Marius Neset can expect the usual fireworks but with the added compositional talent and skill of the, albeit lesser known, Morten Schantz, this is a trio of huge importance, bursting at the seams with energy and spirit. It won’t be long before Morten Schantz is demanding the same kind of attention that the likes of Anton and Marius have been subject to in the previous few years. This a 21st Century Weather Report in its most original and creative form that will no doubt generate many fans on a global scale. Track listing: Side A: 1. Godspeed 2. Growing Sense 3. Martial Arts Side B: 1. Ceasefire 2. Airglow 3. Escape Velocity 4. Drill 5. Nuclear Fusion
RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017
Meet Me At The Movies VIKTORIA TOLSTOY Three years on from recording “A Moment Of Now”, which placed the singer in the intimate setting of a duo with pianist Jacob Karlzon, Swedish chanteuse Viktoria Tolstoy now directs her attention to music from films. “Meet Me At The Movies” is an emotional journey through the history of film and of film music. The singer's route takes her from Herman Hupfeld's “As Time Goes By” from the Michael Curtiz film “Casablanca” through to Björk's “New World” from Lars von Trier's “Dancer In The Dark.” It goes from “Smile” from Charlie Chaplin's “Modern Times” to Seal's “Kiss From A Rose“ from “Batman Forever”. And it also takes in Michael & Lesley Gore's “Out Here On My Own” from “Fame” and Sarah McLachlan's “Angel” from “City of Angels” starring Nicolas Cage.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9827-2 Barcode: 614427982728 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Viktoria Tolstoy - vocals Krister Jonsson - guitars Mattias Svensson - electric & acoustic bass Rasmus Kihlberg - drums Special Guests: Iiro Rantala - piano Nils Landgren - trombone & vocals
This is a selection of songs from films born of a passion. “I know every one of the films that these songs come from,” says Tolstoy. “And just about all of them are among my favourite films. Both “Bagdad Café ” and “Dancer In The Dark” are at the top of my list - in each case I have a special connection to the music.” That closeness can be heard. She gives each song a personal resonance and its own character. When Viktoria Tolstoy invites you to meet her at the movies, the emotions will run high…. and it will be a pleasure and a privilege to accept. Track listing: 1. Calling You 5:46 (from the movie "Bagdad Café") 2. As Time Goes By 5:31 ("Casablanca") 3. En Man [Marlowe‘s Theme] 3:56 ("Farewell, My Lovely") 4. Out Here On My Own 4:29 ("Fame") 5. Why Should I Care 3:56 ("True Crime") 6. The Book Of Love 3:14 ("Shall We Dance?") 7. Love Song For A Vampire 4:33 ("Bram Stokers Dracula") 8. Kiss From A Rose 3:48 (“Batman Forever”) 9. Angel 4:49 ("City Of Angels") 10. New World 5:29 ("Dancer In The Dark") 11. Bonus track: Smile 3:10 ("Modern Times")
RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017
Meet Me At The Movies VIKTORIA TOLSTOY 180g VINYL LP WITH DOWNLOAD CODE Three years on from recording “A Moment Of Now”, which placed the singer in the intimate setting of a duo with pianist Jacob Karlzon, Swedish chanteuse Viktoria Tolstoy now directs her attention to music from films. “Meet Me At The Movies” is an emotional journey through the history of film and of film music. The singer's route takes her from Herman Hupfeld's “As Time Goes By” from the Michael Curtiz film “Casablanca” through to Björk's “New World” from Lars von Trier's “Dancer In The Dark.” It goes from “Smile” from Charlie Chaplin's “Modern Times” to Seal's “Kiss From A Rose“ from “Batman Forever”. And it also takes in Michael & Lesley Gore's “Out Here On My Own” from “Fame” and Sarah McLachlan's “Angel” from “City of Angels” starring Nicolas Cage.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9827-1 Barcode: 614427982711 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP Viktoria Tolstoy - vocals Krister Jonsson - guitars Mattias Svensson - electric & acoustic bass Rasmus Kihlberg - drums Special Guests: Iiro Rantala - piano Nils Landgren - trombone & vocals
This is a selection of songs from films born of a passion. “I know every one of the films that these songs come from,” says Tolstoy. “And just about all of them are among my favourite films. Both “Bagdad Café ” and “Dancer In The Dark” are at the top of my list - in each case I have a special connection to the music.” That closeness can be heard. She gives each song a personal resonance and its own character. When Viktoria Tolstoy invites you to meet her at the movies, the emotions will run high…. and it will be a pleasure and a privilege to accept. Track listing: Side A 1. Calling You 5:46 (from the movie "Bagdad Café") 2. As Time Goes By 5:31 ("Casablanca") 3. En Man [Marlowe‘s Theme] 3:56 ("Farewell, My Lovely") 4. Out Here On My Own 4:29 ("Fame") 5. Why Should I Care 3:56 ("True Crime") Side B 1. The Book Of Love 3:14 ("Shall We Dance?") 2. Love Song For A Vampire 4:33 ("Bram Stokers Dracula") 3. Kiss From A Rose 3:48 (“Batman Forever”) 4. Angel 4:49 ("City Of Angels") 5. New World 5:29 ("Dancer In The Dark") 6. Bonus track: Smile 3:10 ("Modern Times")
RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017
Legrand Piano MICHEL LEGRAND LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD At the age of 84 at this writing, composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist Michel Legrand has written over 200 film and television scores in addition to many memorable songs. He is best known for his often haunting film music and scores, such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), featuring the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” for which he won his first Academy Award. Over his long career, Legrand recorded more than a hundred albums. He has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations) and five Grammys. He is a virtuoso jazz and classical pianist, an accomplished arranger and conductor who performs with orchestras all over the world.
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4580 Barcode: 8436559461740 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP Michel Legrand - piano Guy Pedersen - bass Gus Wallez - drums
While on a visit to the U.S. in 1958, Legrand collaborated with such musicians as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Ben Webster, Hank Jones, and Art Farmer in an album of inventive orchestrations of jazz standards titled Legrand Jazz. The following year, back in Paris with bassist Guy Pedersen and percussionist Gus Wallez, he recorded an album of Paris-themed songs arranged for jazz piano trio, Legrand Piano, reissued here. Track listing: Side A: 1. I LOVE PARIS [from Can Can] (Cole Porter) 2:51 / 2. AUTUMN LEAVES (Jacques Prévert-Joseph Kosma-Johnny Mercer) 3:08 / 3. UNDER THE BRIDGES OF PARIS (Jean Rodor-Vincent Baptiste Scotto) 2:53 / 4. PARIS IN THE SPRING (Harry Revel-Mack Gordon) 3:30 / 5. PARIS CANAILLE (Léo Ferré) 2:03 / 6. APRIL IN PARIS (Vernon Duke-E. Y. Harburg) 5:10 Side B: 1. À PARIS (Francis Lemarque) 4:46 / 2. LA VIE EN ROSE (Marcel Louiguy-Édith Piaf) 3:09 / 3. UNDER PARIS SKIES (Kim Gannon-Hubert Giraud) 1:51 / 4. PARIS JE T’AIME [PARIS, STAY THE SAME] (Victor Schertzinger) 4:23 / 5. THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (Georges Auric-William Engvick) 2:41 / 6. THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern) 2:26 / 7. I LOVE PARIS [from Can Can] (Reprise) (Cole Porter) 1:36
RELEASE DATE 27TH JANUARY 2017
At The Opera House MODERN JAZZ QUARTET & OSCAR PETERSON TRIO LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD This frequently exciting LP has three lightly swinging performances by the Modern Jazz Quartet and five from the Oscar Peterson Trio. A trio composed of piano, guitar and bass (as opposed to the common formation of piano, bass and drums) has always been a rarity. Although Peterson, Ellis and Brown recorded many previous dates together as part of larger formations (both as a quartet with different drummers, and as part of groups including winds and singers) since 1952, their first preserved trio set dates from September 19, 1953, when they were recorded at Carnegie Hall during a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert. They’d tour as a working group until mid-1958.
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4581 Barcode: 8436559461757 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP On Side A: The Modern Jazz Quartet MILT JACKSON, vibes JOHN LEWIS, piano PERCY HEATH, bass CONNIE KAY, drums Live at the Opera House, Chicago, October 19, 1957. On Side B: The Oscar Peterson Trio OSCAR PETERSON, piano HERB ELLIS, guitar RAY BROWN, bass Live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, October 9, 1957.
With the subtle combination of Milt Jackson’s vibes, John Lewis’ piano, Percy Heath’s bass, and Kenny Clarke and Connie Kay alternating on drums, the Modern Jazz Quartet developed their trademark sound which was unique in jazz. Clarke served in the Army during World War II, and there he met and became friends with John Lewis, who was fresh out of the University of New Mexico where he’d studied anthropology and music. The two musicians joined the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra in 1946, where they met vibraphonist Milt Jackson. Until then only two jazz musicians were well known for playing the vibraphone, Lionel Hampton and Red Norvo. Jackson was the first to adapt the instrument to a bop context. The MJQ was formed in 1952. In 1955 Clarke left the band and was replaced by drummer Connie Kay, setting the personnel in place for the rest of the MJQ’s career. Track listing: SIDE A: MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 1. D & E BLUES (John Lewis) 5:00 2. NOW’S THE TIME (Charlie Parker) 4:42 3. ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT (Thelonious Monk) 3:58 SIDE B: OSCAR PETERSON TRIO 1. SHOULD I (Nacio Herb Brown-Arthur Freed) 5:16 2. BIG FAT MAMA (Lucky Millinder-Stafford Simon) 7:36 3. INDIANA (James F. Hanley-Ballard MacDonald) 4:12 4. JOY SPRING (Clifford Brown) 5:33 5. ELEVATION (Elliot Lawrence-Gerry Mulligan) 3:29