28 Aug / 4 Sept jazz and world music new releases

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Release date: 28th AUGUST + 4th SEPTEMBER 2015 JAZZ; WORLD MUSIC; BLUES; REGGAE; ROOTS; ROCK/POP; SOUNDTRACKS BALLAKÉ SISSOKO & VINCENT SEGAL © Claude Gassian

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RELEASE DATE 4TH SEPTEMBER 2015

Musique de Nuit BALLAKÉ SISSOKO & VINCENT SEGAL This is a story of friendship and music. In 2009, the kora player Ballaké Sissoko and the cellist Vincent Segal decided to make an album that would capture the musical conversations they had been weaving together over the years. Recorded in Salif Keita’s studio in Bamako, Chamber Music was universally acclaimed and went on to sell 50,000+ copies worldwide. In the UK Ballaké and Vincent appeared live on BBC 2's Culture Show and played at the Barbican, the South Bank, and regional dates, with Ballaké later coming back for a Making Tracks tour and an appearance on Later... with Jools.

Six years after Chamber Music, the partnership between the two men has continued to blossom and grow, nourished by their years of pilgrimage together. Now their friendship resonates louder than ever on Musique de Nuit.

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File Under: World music / Mali/France Catalogue No: NOF30 Barcode: 3298494630132 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Ballaké Sissoko - kora Vincent Segal - cello

Two souls, united by a sense of freedom and momentum, that seem to melt and find echoes of Manding, Baroque, Brazilian and Gypsy in each other. This freedom is the sound of two musicians, who are masters of their own instrument, artistry and tradition, who are able to transcend all that to concentrate on every breath, every sound, their own dialogue, and to put all their attention onto the beauty of the moment. Sheltered from the horrors of modern life, Musique de Nuit celebrates all that is poetry in the world.

Video teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AufeX7H36Y&feature=youtu.be - Full service to specialist and national press, radio and online Track listing: 1. Niandou 6:34 2. Passa Quatro 4:52 3. Balazando 6:26 4. N'kapalema 7:52 5. Diabaro 5:16 6. Super Étoile 3:55 7. Prélude 1:12 8. Samba Tomora 3:51 9. Musique de Nuit 2:42

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

My Working Class Hero IIRO RANTALA An homage to John Lennon.

John Lennon would have been seventy-five on October 9th 2015. On “My Working Class Hero,” the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala pays tribute to this master of modern song. Throughout the whole album, what may well sound effortless is in fact the result of a long and exacting process by which Rantala - in close discussion with producer Siggi Loch - has worked scrupulously on transforming the original material. The task they have given themselves has been to take world-famous songs, simple works of genius such as “Imagine”, “Woman” or “All You Need Is Love,” and adapt them in a way that something new emerges, while preserving the essence of each composition. In this, Rantala has succeeded in ways that are endlessly surprising.

Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9597-2 Barcode: 614427959720 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Iiro Rantala - piano

The solo recording “My Working Class Hero” is a dialogue with many dimensions: between Rantala and the instrument, between the room and its acoustics, with jazz legacy and pop history, and plainly between the pianist and his icon John Lennon.

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Track listing: 1. Norwegian Wood 5:17 2. Working Class Hero 4:48 3. Just Like Starting Over 6:02 4. Because 4:41 5. Woman 7:04 6. Imagine 4:42 7. Help 4:42 8. Watching The Wheels 5:31 9. Oh My Love 3:39 10. In My Life 4:40 11. Happy Xmas, War Is Over 5:59 12. All You Need Is Love 4:43

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

My Working Class Hero 2LP IIRO RANTALA 180g DOUBLE VINYL LP John Lennon would have been seventy-five on October 9th 2015. On “My Working Class Hero,” the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala pays tribute to this master of modern song. Throughout the whole album, what may well sound effortless is in fact the result of a long and exacting process by which Rantala - in close discussion with producer Siggi Loch - has worked scrupulously on transforming the original material. The task they have given themselves has been to take world-famous songs, simple works of genius such as “Imagine”, “Woman” or “All You Need Is Love,” and adapt them in a way that something new emerges, while preserving the essence of each composition. In this, Rantala has succeeded in ways that are endlessly surprising.

Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9597-1 Barcode: 614427959713 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 2 LP

The solo recording “My Working Class Hero” is a dialogue with many dimensions: between Rantala and the instrument, between the room and its acoustics, with jazz legacy and pop history, and plainly between the pianist and his icon John Lennon.

- Full service to specialist and national press, radio, online.

Track listing: Side A 1. Norwegian Wood / 2. Working Class Hero / 3. Just Like Starting Over Side B 1. Because / 2. Woman / 3. Imagine Side C 1. Help / 2. Watching the Wheels / 3. Oh My Love Side D 1. In My Life / 2. Happy Xmas, War is Over / 3. All You Need is Love

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Timeless Suite KLAUS PAIER & ASJA VALCIC Accordion and cello. A rare combination, but no less remarkable is the sound of the Klaus Paier and Asja Valcic duo. Is it jazz, classical or world music? Old, new or crossover? Whatever it is, the music is timeless, intense, always surprising, and transcends genre borders.

On “Timeless Suite”, Paier and Valcic accentuate their roots in occidental art music. The duo have brought together eleven dances and dance related themes for the album. New compositions and classical oeuvres are developed and enriched with improvisation. Jazz and tango, waltzes and baroque music mingle as if they were always meant to be together.

Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9598-2 Barcode: 614427959829 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Klaus Paier - accordion, bandoneon Asja Valcic - cello

Track listing: 1. Incontro Con Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky / Klaus Paier) 5:26 2. Inside A Flower (Klaus Paier) 4:40 3. Saskia’s Dance (Asja Valcic) 5:33 4. Amelie’s Fairy Tale (Asja Valcic) 5:13 5. Vocalmente (Klaus Paier) 3:34 6. Sarabande (Johann Sebastian Bach / Asja Valcic) 4:39 7. Ibiza At Noon (Asja Valcic) 4:00 8. Dramatique (Klaus Paier) 5:14 9. Green Rondo (Klaus Paier) 4:39 10. Maestoso & Melodioso (Asja Valcic) 4:13 11. Oblivion (Astor Piazzolla) 4:49

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Sophisticated Abbey Live at the Keystone Korner

ABBEY LINCOLN Few singers have the emotional depth and versatility of Abbey Lincoln. With a voice capable of evoking the joys and pains of life, she has carved a niche as a singer, songwriter, and storyteller for over 40 years. As a singer, she avoided “grandstanding” and rarely, if ever, improvised; she did, however, wring a lyric for its emotional content, while bringing a searing, dramatic quality to the musical line. Early in her career her rich, sustained contralto register - sometimes pierced by sudden impassioned cries - echoed the style of her idol Billie Holiday; in turn it inspired a generation of younger artists such as Cassandra Wilson. The 1970s and 80s found Lincoln recording only sporadically and there is precious little documentation of her art from this period, making these live recordings from 1980 rare treasures indeed.

ALL MATERIAL IS ISSUED HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN COOPERATION WITH THE ABBEY LINCOLN TRUST

Label: High Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: HCD7280 Barcode: 632375728021 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Abbey Lincoln - vocals Phil Wright - piano James Leary - bass Douglas Sides - drums

Track listing: 1. Painted Lady 2. Long as You’re Living 3. Somos Novios (It’s Impossible) 4. Medley: Sophisticated Lady - There Are Such Things - Man of Music 5. Whistling Away the Dark 6. People in Me 7. Medley: The Nearness of You - For all We Know 8. Golden Lady 9. God Bless the Child

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

The Real Thing ERIC ALEXANDER More than one jazz critic has claimed that listening to tenor saxman Eric Alexander unfettered and at length, is one of the greatest treats in jazz. This imposing improviser is reunited here with his mentor, the veteran pianist Harold Mabern and joined by another hot favorite, the legendary and amazing guitarist Pat Martino on three of the eight tracks. Add in the still stunning engineering of Rudy Van Gelder and the swing engendered by bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth and you have a formula for excellence, if ever there was one. Martino and Alexander perform together often in a variety of venues and their collaborations have produced some of the most inspired playing on disc.

Label: High Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: HCD7278 Barcode: 632375727826 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone Pat Martino - guitar Harold Mabern - piano John Webber - bass Joe Farnsworth - drums

Track listing: 1. The Real Thing 2. Pure Pat 3. Summertime 4. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 5. Little Boat 6. For George and Trane 7. Sleep Warm 8. The Chief

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

New Ansonia MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO New Ansonia is the debut album from bassist and composer Misha Mullov-Abbado, winner of the 2014 Kenny Wheeler Music Prize. Son of the late, great Italian conductor Claudio Abbado and Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova, British-born Mullov-Abbado grew up in a powerfully musical environment, a unique upbringing that has inspired Misha to create his own musical identity and tell his own compelling story. This, his debut album, demonstrates gifts that are uniquely his own and is full of unusual colours, leaps of imagination and a strong sense of character. New Ansonia clearly defines the path Misha intends to follow both as a composer and performer of exceptional ability. As Kenny Wheeler Music Prize judge Evan Parker put it, this is ‘the beginning of a journey of an outstanding individual’.

Label: Edition Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: EDN1062 Barcode: 5065001530708 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO double bass MATTHEW HERD alto saxophone TOM GREEN trombone JACOB COLLIER piano SCOTT CHAPMAN drums Additional musicians: JAMES DAVISON trumpet and flugelhorn (tracks 3 and 4) NICK GOODWIN electric guitar (tracks 4 and 5) VIKTORIA MULLOVA violin (track 7) MATTHEW BARLEY cello (track 7

To achieve his musical goals Misha has brought together a wealth of young talent from the vibrant and creative London jazz scene with a front line of alto saxophonist Matthew Herd and trombonist Tom Green and alongside him in the rhythm section YouTube sensation & Quincy Jones protégé Jacob Collier on keys and drummer Scott Chapman. With a strong sense of song, evolving with dramatic twists, shifting dynamics and moods, New Ansonia is an exceptional debut colourful, bursting with character, grooves, melody and inventive soloing.

12th Sept - King’s Place - London ALBUM LAUNCH 20th Sept - Peterborough Jazz Club 30th Sept - Sheffield Lescar 2nd Oct - Bradford JATP 21st Oct - Dempsey’s - Cardiff 23rd Oct - Bristol Bebop Club 20th Nov - Bath Burdell’s Yard 22nd Nov - Deal Lighthouse 28th Nov - Coventry Jazz Festival 9th Dec - St Edmund’s London (City Music Foundation Series) Track listing: 1. Circle Song 7.07 / 2. Lock, Stock & Shuffle 7.22 / 3. Real Eyes Realise Real Lies 7.56 / 4. New Ansonia 7.52 / 5.

Satan, Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas 8.18 / 6. Ode To King Michael 4.30 / 7. Heal Me On This Cloudy Day 5.06 / 8.

September 8.47 / 9. Just Another Love Song 10.44

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

The Snake Decides EVAN PARKER A digipack reissue of Evan Parker's solo soprano album originally released as an Incus LP in 1988. The first CD reissue, from 2003, is long-deleted. The album is recognised not just as a gripping example of Parker's improv credentials, but as one of the key works of the entire genre. The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album both its coveted Crown award and Core Collection status, describing it as "an essential document of modern music".

Track listing: 1. The snake decides 19:56 2. Leipzig folly 11:42 3. Buriden's Ass 6:29 4. Haine's last tape 6:01

Label: Psi Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: Psi03.06 Barcode: 5030243030620 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Evan Parker - solo soprano saxophone

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Crisis AMIR ELSAFFAR Crisis chronicles the continuing development of trumpeter Amir ElSaffar's critically acclaimed Two Rivers Ensemble, a band purpose-built to explore the juncture between jazz and music of the Middle East, in particular the Iraqi maqam.

Crisis is ElSaffar’s fifth release on Pi Recordings and the third to feature his Two Rivers Ensemble. The new album is comprised largely of the “Crisis Suite,” which was composed in 2013, after he spent a year living in Egypt, where he witnessed the Arab Spring protests first-hand, and Lebanon, where he worked with Syrian musicians who were living through that country’s harrowing civil war. The suite follows a narrative arc: a commentary on the recent history of Iraq and the Middle East. Often based on the melodic modes of the maqam and folkloric rhythms, the music eschews some of the abstract quality of some of ElSaffar’s prior work and focuses instead on the passionate and ecstatic.

Label: Pi Recordings File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: Pi59 Barcode: 808713005929 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, vocal, santour Ole Mathisen – tenor and soprano saxophone Nasheet Waits – drums Carlo DeRosa – bass Tareq Abboushi – buzuq Zafer Tawil – oud, percussion

The band’s debut release Two Rivers (2007) was called “as impressive a debut as we've had in America in the 21st century” by Allmusic. Downbeat, in a 4 ½ star review, said of its follow-up, Inana (2011): “serious… delightful, sensuous and colorful.”

Track listing: Crisis Suite 1. Introduction 2. The Great Dictator 3. Taqsim Saba 4. El-Sha'ab (The People) 5. Love Poem 6. Flyover Iraq 7. Bass Solo 8. Tipping Point -9. Aneen (Weeping), Continued 10. Love Poem (Complete)

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Upriver ARMEL DUPAS A delicate debut album of introspective piano and electronica by a young French pianist, who felt confident enough to take the plunge with his own solo project, as a showcase for his compositional talents and refined touch, after several years in the bands of Sandra Nkaké and Henri Texier. " A composition most often occurs in an unexpected manner. It lies dormant in me and emerges when the emotion is stronger than the decency that keeps it inside. Upriver is like a diary that I have been writing for more than ten years.

During this period, I have experienced striking encounters that inspired me for these stories. Each of them left a secret within me that was impossible for me to keep. Like a storyteller, I have transformed these stories into melodies, into sound colors, for it is in the music that resides the most fundamental part of these secrets, the part that I can share and that links the stories to the audience."

Armel Dupas

Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570086 Barcode: 3149027005623 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Armel Dupas - piano, electronics Chloé Cailleton - vocals (track 5) Lisa Cat-Berro - alto sax (track 5)

Video teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR2QW_qZai4 Track listing: 1.Les plaines de Mazerolles 4:11 2.La vie d'avant 3:18 3.Petite Bretonne 3:00 4.Sometimes I Need Some Time 5:37 5.Aujourd'hui il a plu 5:41 6.Epilogue 2:27 7.Garimpeiro 3:32 8.L'éveil de l'ingénu 6:19 9.Her secret love 4:06 10.Human prints 1:28 11.Upriver 6:40

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Like a Great River ODED TZUR In 2012, Oded led a rehearsal in Brooklyn with Shai Maestro, Petros Klampanis and Ziv Ravitz. The immediate connection between the four musicians led to the creation of the Oded Tzur Quartet, an ensemble that explores relationships between the jazz setting and Indian music’s melodic architecture. The Quartet has performed at many venues throughout New York City and in 2014 recorded its debut album: Like a Great River.

Oded Tzur is a New York City based saxophonist, composer and bandleader, whose work draws on and explores fundamental connections between different musical traditions. Tzur is also responsible for the development, over a period of ten years, of "Middle Path", a saxophone technique that extends the instrument's microtonal capacity, thus allowing the pursuit of Indian music - a style heavily based on microtonality - on a western instrument.

Label: YellowBird File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: YEB7754 Barcode: 0767522775426 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Oded Tzur - tenor saxophone Shai Maestro - piano Petros Klampanis - bass Ziv Ravitz - drums

Track listing: 1. The Dance 11:32 2. The Song of the Silent Dragon (and the Courage of his Friends) 14:49 3. Tzurkauns 9:30 4. Warrior Elephants Flying in the Moonlight 2:20 5. Child's Dance 1:22

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Love Song THEO BLECKMANN In 2004 Stefan Winter asks Theo Bleckmann to perform at the Opernfestspiele München; this is the beginning of an eclectic ten year musical partnership. A close collaboration with the Japanese composer Fumio Yasuda follows, one result of which is one of the most fascinating orchestral versions of the song "True Love". Bleckmann interprets Uri Caine's arrangement of Gershwin's song "But Not for Me" with a warm and touching voice and also Charles Ives' "In Summer Fields" is one of the greatest discoveries of the singers capabilities.

The compilation album "Love Song" - released as the latest instalment of the label's 30th anniversary Jubilee Edition unites the most beautiful love songs of an all-rounder, one who creates a furore as musician, sound artist, performer and composer, a personality who straddles the worlds of jazz, classical music and pop with stylistic confidence.

Label: Winter&Winter File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 910225-2 Barcode: 025091022526 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack

Track listing: 1. Feldeinsamkeit/In Summer Fields [Charles Ives, Hermann Allmers] 2. Maskulinum-Femininum [Mischa Spoliansky, Marcellus Schiffer] 3. My Favorite Things [Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II] 4. I’ve Got A Crush On You [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin] 5. The Man With The Child In His Eyes [Kate Bush] 6. Lili Marleen [Norbert Schultze, Hans Leip] 7. I've Got The World On A String [Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen] 8. True Love [Cole Porter] 9. Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt [Friedrich Hollaender] 10. This Woman’s Work [Kate Bush] 11. But Not For Me [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin] 12. Someone To Watch Over Me [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin] 13. I Hear A Rhapsody [George Fragos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre] 14. Love and Anger [Kate Bush]

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Castelli A FILETTA The polyphonic ensemble A Filetta is one of Corsica's leading singing groups. Founded in 1978, this formation, whose principle objective was to participate in the preservation of the island's oral heritage, has largely opened up to the outside world whilst staying anchored in its homeland. The group is characterized by an inventiveness that is continually renewed and exacting performances. The many collaborations along the way have stimulated the group's creativity and enriched its repertoire, and have led to involvement in theatre, film music and contemporary dance. "... an emotional and dynamic range that’s astonishingly affecting."

Beginner's Guide / Songlines (Aug/Sept 2014)

Label: World Village File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 479097 Barcode: 3149026010123 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack

Track listing: 1.Infine 2.Letterella 3.Notte tana 4.Ave maris stella 5.In ogni addiu 6.Guardiabanda 7.Gradualia 29/12 8.Dormi 9.Ùn nu a sò 10.In bocca à Diu 11.Introit 29/12 12.Maroccu biancu 13.Si spera 14.Tbilisso

RELEASE DATE 28TH AUGUST 2015

Verlaine Gisant JOHN GREAVES Born in Wales but since 1984 resident in France, John Greaves retains permanent appeal to generations of avant-rock fans through his association with what became known as the Canterbury scene. From 1969 he was bassist with Henry Cow (with Fred Frith, Tim Hodgkinson and Chris Cutler) and played with Peter Blegvad's Slapp Happy, later joining two further key ensembles, National Health and Soft Heap.

His solo career has been long and varied, but over the last several years one constant has emerged - a fascination with Paul Verlaine. Verlaine Gisant is Greaves' third album based on the French poet, this time biographical rather than setting the poems to music. Vocal contributors include Elise Caron, Jeanne Added and Thomas de Pourquery, with a musical backing redolent of his earlier years.

Label: Radio France File Under: Rock Catalogue No: SIG11096 Barcode: 3149028072822 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack

Track listing: 1. Air de la dernière demeure 4:48 2. Un ange 6:28 3. Merde 4:02 4. Solo Alto 1:13 5. Air de la lune 5:26 6. Chanson d'amour 5:43 7. La poÊtesse 4:26 8. Air de la Loire 5:20 9. Air de la Rouge 5:25 10. Air de la vie 5:25 11. Air du huit janvier 96 4:29 12. Autoportrait 7:13 13. Arthur 2:45