JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC NEW RELEASES RELEASE DATE 28th JULY + 11th AUGUST 2014 CALL OFF: 18th JULY + 1st AUGUST 2014
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Moussu T e lei Jovents
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RELEASE DATE 11TH AUGUST 2014
Love and Ghosts FARMERS BY NATURE Gerald CLEAVER / William PARKER / Craig TABORN Farmers By Nature is the phenomenal trio of drummer Gerald Cleaver, bassist William Parker, and pianist Craig Taborn. Each are internationally renowned master musicians-improvisers-composers-bandleaders. When they work together as FBN, it is as a complete musical collective; every communion is an auspicious and deeply rewarding event. They are without question one of the finest improvising units/musical groups in the world today. Love and Ghosts is their long-awaited third release – following on 2011’s Out of This World’s Distortions (AUM067) – and was recorded during their inaugural tour of Europe (in Marseille and Besançon, France). The rapidly varying landscapes they traveled through, and more importantly, the blessed ability to freely cross borders as citizen musicians inform the two extraordinarily fertile nights of sound fluency and invention captured in highest fidelity and presented here.
Label: Aum Fidelity File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AUM089/90 Barcode: 642623308929 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Gerald Cleaver - drums, percussion, compositions William Parker - bass, compositions Craig Taborn - piano, compositions
Craig Taborn’s recognition has risen dramatically since the last Farmers By Nature release due to his ECM Records solo album Avenging Angel and the trio set Chants (also feat. Gerald Cleaver). William Parker’s last release was the monumental Wood Flute Songs box set (AUM080/87) of late 2013, and Gerald has continued to astound with his Black Host release (feat. Darius Jones & Cooper-Moore) and world-wide touring with innumerable luminaries. Farmers By Nature remains the premier group which pointedly showcases their astonishing individual and collective improvisational prowess. Sun-ray melodies gently refracting through rippling rhythms, kaleidoscopic fractals, roadhouse abstractions, and an all-aboard! train rapidly laying its own track while nimbly scaling mountains are but some of the countless sonic treasures to be experienced on Love and Ghosts.
Track listing: CD A - Marseille 1. Love and Ghosts / 2. Without A Name / 3. Aquilo / 4. Seven Years In / 5. Massalia CD B - Besançon 1. The Green City / 2. Bisanz / 3. Comté / 4. Castle #2 / 5. Les Flâneurs
RELEASE DATE 11TH AUGUST 2014
The Darkseid Recital DARIUS JONES & MATTHEW SHIPP The intergenerational partnership of alto saxophonist Darius Jones and pianist Matthew Shipp seamlessly meshes the talents of two of the most restlessly inventive and gifted instrumentalists-composers-improvisers-leaders working today. This singular duo project was first revealed in 2011 on their 13-part song cycle Cosmic Lieder (AUM066) which was widely hailed as a wholly original and deeply compelling work of great emotional and intellectual heft. Since that first communion studio recording, Jones & Shipp have continued to deepen their distinct song world live in performance. The Darkseid Recital is their new album of cosmic lieder, triple-distilled from recordings of astonishing NYC engagements. Their second unimpeachably potent work, devoid of cliché.
Label: Aum Fidelity File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AUM088 Barcode: 642623308820 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Darius Jones - alto saxophone, compositions Matthew Shipp - piano, compositions
The songs’ approaches here move from entrancingly lyrical & gentle ear blessings to liquid flows of notes designed for caress to a full-frequency of human hearing range intensity that can potentially be quite frightening. All of them are rendered with exquisite muscle-control touch & breath on acoustic instruments and a laser focus intent toward catharsis, resulting in an album that is suffused with both warm embrace and mutual cognizance of the dark energy that humanity is fraught with.
Press comments on Cosmic Lieder: "A form of pure expression that transcends notions of genre or style." –Daniel Spicer, Jazzwise “They pack more genuine drama into three minutes than many performers could create in an entire album.” –Jeff Jackson, Jazziz "This engrossing union fascinates for its emotional and conceptual richness. They both lock into a game of convergence and divergence that succeeds for their forceful individuality and unforced alchemy." –Kevin Le Gendre, BBC.com Track listing: 1. Celestial Fountain / 2. 2,327,694,748 / 3. Granny Goodness / 4. Gardens of Yivaroth / 5. Lord of Woe / 6. Life Equation / 7. Sepulchre of Mandrakk / 8. Divine Engine / 9. Novu’s Final Gift
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Operette MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS In this wonderful homage to the genre’s creators, Moussu T e lei Jovents are seizing on tunes from the Marseille Operetta and making them their own – in a delightfully greedy and mischievous manner! Here we have a collection of twelve songs dating from the genre’s golden years (1932-1939), proudly entitled « Opérette » (Operetta)! Steeped as they are in blues, reggae, rock and rhythms and harmonies from the entire world, they are equally versed in the musical tradition of songs from Marseille and have long been borrowing from this folklore, as we should not be afraid to call it. It inspires many of their themes. The bright and breezy lyrics of René ‘Sarvil’ Crescenzo, Raymond Vinci, Henri Alibert, Vincent Telly, Léo Lelièvre and Fernand Nazereau trip lightly through our wistful memories, along with the unforgettable melodies of Georges Sellers, Germain Blanc, Sylvère Caffot, Charles Borel-Clerc and the inimitable Vincent Scotto.
Label: Le Chant du Monde File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 2742355 Barcode: 3149024235528 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD + bonus CD Packaging: digipack
The album comes with a bonus slipcase CD containing 18 original versions of the songs on Operette (as performed by Alibert, Darcelys and Rellys). Track listing: 1. Dans ma petite calanque 4'13 2. J'aime la mer comme une femme 3'40 3. Vous avez l'éclat de la rose 3:31 4. Entre Marseille et Toulon 3:20 5. Fais pas le couillon 2:47 6. Deux grands yeux noirs 3:30 7. L'amour est à tout le monde 3:00 8. Adieu Venise provençale 3:17 9. Autour de la corniche 3:16 10. Des mots d'amour à minuit 3:26 11. Le plaisir de la pêche 3:30 12. Miette 3:30 13. Vòli anar monte vas 2:53
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Gasandji GASANDJI When an African artist embarks on a mission to create a pan-African sound, the inner cynic will always view the move as having more to do with commerce than creativity - that it's a simple attempt to open up potential international markets. But while you suspect that the music of singer-songwriter Gasandji does have pan-African appeal, her creative intentions are certainly admirable, aiming more to unite the continent's nations with her messages of peace and humanity. With a name that translates as "the one who unveils the conscience", these universal messages are, appropriately enough, delivered through music that's stylistically of no fixed address - lightly jazzy and eminently soulful songs yielded in a voice that, in possible contrast to her striking looks, is sweetly persuasive. Being likened to Tracy Chapman and Rokia Traore might be partially applicable, but ultimately these are lazy comparisons. For Gasandji is her own woman and she's got plenty to say. (Nige Tassell, Womad) This is her debut album.
Label: Plus Loin File Under: World music / Congo Catalogue No: PL4559 Barcode: 3760002141350 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
"Gasandji is a lazy summer afternoon album if ever there was one; Gasandji herself is an African diva in the making." **** SONGLINES Gasandji played WOMAD in 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 World on 3 and Late Junction. Track listing: 1. Libela 06:01 2. Na Lingui Yo (remix) 03:58 3. Ebalé 03:51 4. Help Me 03:44 5. Teléma 03:20 6. Le Temps (Remix) 03:33 7. Tout Court 03:52 8. Lobiko 03:51 9. Na Lingui Yo 04:23 10. Maman Ne M’a Pas Dit 02:53 11. Hypno Transe Susu 03:59
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Indonesia - Soothing Songs Recorded on five islands of the Indonesian archipelago (Borneo, Sulawesi, Selayar, Sumbawa and Flores), this selection of vocal (often a capella) and instrumental music was brought together solely for its soothing properties; songs for the sick, nostalgic songs accompanied on the lute, children's songs and lullabies. Deep feelings of intimacy and serenity emanate from the empathy of these field recordings. Hardback large digipack with extensive Eng/Fr notes.
Label: Radio France File Under: World music / Indonesia Catalogue No: C560259 Barcode: 3149028053227 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: hardback digipack
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Balade à Saint-Germain, vol 1 Boulevard Saint-Germain: Smooth Jazz
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE FIRST IN A SIX-VOLUME SERIES DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - A GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ AND CHANSONS FRANÇAISES. The fame of Saint-Germain-des-Prés started to grow in the thirties around its typical brasseries where broke young artists met emerging writers. It quickly became the one-stop destination for all Americans crazy about swing, endless parties and pretty French girls. From now on, Saint-Germain would be chic and welcome the intelligentsia as well as literary publishers. Apartments were bursting with aspiring artists, cursed poets, and singers full of hope. The atmosphere became more frivolous. Saint-Germain-des-Prés was no longer just a neighborhood, every street would now hold its own identity.
Label: Discograph File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 6150252 Barcode: 3700426919425 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: clamshell box
40 tracks per volume, 8-page booklet with Eng/Fr liner notes, attractively packaged in a clamshell box. Tracklisting available on request.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Balade à Saint-Germain, vol 2 Place Dauphine: Chansons D'Amour
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE SECOND IN A SIX-VOLUME SERIES DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - A GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ AND CHANSONS FRANÇAISES. The fame of Saint-Germain-des-Prés started to grow in the thirties around its typical brasseries where broke young artists met emerging writers. It quickly became the one-stop destination for all Americans crazy about swing, endless parties and pretty French girls. From now on, Saint-Germain would be chic and welcome the intelligentsia as well as literary publishers. Apartments were bursting with aspiring artists, cursed poets, and singers full of hope. The atmosphere became more frivolous. Saint-Germain-des-Prés was no longer just a neighborhood, every street would now hold its own identity.
Label: Discograph File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 6150262 Barcode: 3700426919432 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: clamshell box
40 tracks per volume, 8-page booklet with Eng/Fr liner notes, attractively packaged in a clamshell box. Tracklisting available on request.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Balade à Saint-Germain, vol 3 Rue De Seine: Rive Gauche vs. Rive Droite
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE THIRD IN A SIX-VOLUME SERIES DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - A GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ AND CHANSONS FRANÇAISES. The fame of Saint-Germain-des-Prés started to grow in the thirties around its typical brasseries where broke young artists met emerging writers. It quickly became the one-stop destination for all Americans crazy about swing, endless parties and pretty French girls. From now on, Saint-Germain would be chic and welcome the intelligentsia as well as literary publishers. Apartments were bursting with aspiring artists, cursed poets, and singers full of hope. The atmosphere became more frivolous. Saint-Germain-des-Prés was no longer just a neighborhood, every street would now hold its own identity.
Label: Discograph File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 6150272 Barcode: 3700426919449 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: clamshell box
40 tracks per volume, 8-page booklet with Eng/Fr liner notes, attractively packaged in a clamshell box. Tracklisting available on request.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Balade à Saint-Germain, vol 4 Boulevard Saint-Michel: Swing & Existentialisme
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE FOURTH IN A SIX-VOLUME SERIES DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - A GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ AND CHANSONS FRANÇAISES. The fame of Saint-Germain-des-Prés started to grow in the thirties around its typical brasseries where broke young artists met emerging writers. It quickly became the one-stop destination for all Americans crazy about swing, endless parties and pretty French girls. From now on, Saint-Germain would be chic and welcome the intelligentsia as well as literary publishers. Apartments were bursting with aspiring artists, cursed poets, and singers full of hope. The atmosphere became more frivolous. Saint-Germain-des-Prés was no longer just a neighborhood, every street would now hold its own identity.
Label: Discograph File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 6150282 Barcode: 3700426919456 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: clamshell box
40 tracks per volume, 8-page booklet with Eng/Fr liner notes, attractively packaged in a clamshell box. Tracklisting available on request.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Balade à Saint-Germain, vol 5 Rue Mazarine: Les Cabarets
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE FIFTH IN A SIX-VOLUME SERIES DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - A GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ AND CHANSONS FRANÇAISES. The fame of Saint-Germain-des-Prés started to grow in the thirties around its typical brasseries where broke young artists met emerging writers. It quickly became the one-stop destination for all Americans crazy about swing, endless parties and pretty French girls. From now on, Saint-Germain would be chic and welcome the intelligentsia as well as literary publishers. Apartments were bursting with aspiring artists, cursed poets, and singers full of hope. The atmosphere became more frivolous. Saint-Germain-des-Prés was no longer just a neighborhood, every street would now hold its own identity.
Label: Discograph File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 6150292 Barcode: 3700426919463 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: clamshell box
40 tracks per volume, 8-page booklet with Eng/Fr liner notes, attractively packaged in a clamshell box. Tracklisting available on request.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Balade à Saint-Germain, vol 6 Rue Saint Benoit: Nouvelle Vague
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE FIRST IN A SIX-VOLUME SERIES DEDICATED TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS IN THE 1950s AND 1960s - A GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ AND CHANSONS FRANÇAISES. The fame of Saint-Germain-des-Prés started to grow in the thirties around its typical brasseries where broke young artists met emerging writers. It quickly became the one-stop destination for all Americans crazy about swing, endless parties and pretty French girls. From now on, Saint-Germain would be chic and welcome the intelligentsia as well as literary publishers. Apartments were bursting with aspiring artists, cursed poets, and singers full of hope. The atmosphere became more frivolous. Saint-Germain-des-Prés was no longer just a neighborhood, every street would now hold its own identity.
Label: Discograph File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: 6150302 Barcode: 3700426919470 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: clamshell box
40 tracks per volume, 8-page booklet with Eng/Fr liner notes, attractively packaged in a clamshell box. Tracklisting available on request.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Toto Bona Lokua Gerald TOTO / Richard BONA / Lokua KANZA
Mid-price reissue. "Every once in a while an album just stops you in your tracks. Typically it comes at you from left field, bowling you with its imaginative artistry and beauty. Such is the case with this unprecedented collaboration between Cameroon's Richard Bona, Congo's Lokua Kanza and Paris-born Gerald Toto, whose parents are Caribbean. This surprising collaboration (which sounds little like their solo work) strips songs down to a bare minimum, with the three singers alternately singing lyrics, melody lines, harmonies, and even staccato rhythms. Conventional guitar, percussion, and other instruments occasionally provide spare backing (such as on Bona's "Kwalelo" and "Ghana Blues"), but the meat of this album is always in those voices. Melding their instruments into soulful but haunting vocal calliopes, the group singing illustrates the entire range of the African Diaspora - Toto's "L'endormie" sounds like a cross between atmospheric electro-rockers TV On The Radio and delta blues legend Robert Johnson while his "Help Me" is stripped down soul. Undoubtedly one of the top albums of 2005."-Tad Hendrickson (Amazon.com)
Label: No Format! File Under: World music / Africa Catalogue No: NOF3 Barcode: 0602498178454 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. Ghana Blues 3:03 2. Kwalelo 4:14 3. Lamuka 2:44 4. L'endormie 2:36 5. Flutes 2:52 6. The Front 0:21 7. Na Ye 3:35 8. Help Me 3:28 9. Stesuff 1:18 10. Where I Came From 11. Seven Beats 1:42 12. Lisanga 6:48
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RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Set Luna Julia SARR & Patrice LAROSE A mid-price reissue of this 2005 album, billed as an unexpected encounter of African and Flamenco sensibilities between Julia Sarr and Patrice Larose. Set Luna (So I’ve Observed, in Wolof) came about when producer Laurent Bizot literally had a dream one night about Julia Sarr creating a flamenco album. Sarr and Larose had met at a Paris concert in 2003, but never expected to work together until Bizot brought them together. Prior to this, each had been a backing musician. Sarr sang with Lokua Kanza for twelve years, as well as backing for Youssou N’Dour, MC Solaar, and Tony Allen, among others. Larose, who at age fifteen was inspired by his Spanish grandfather to listen to flamenco guitar, has collaborated with many jazz and Brazilian musicians, most notably Marcio Faraco. Both artists start with tradition but do not limit themselves to it.
Label: No Format! File Under: World music / Senegal Catalogue No: NOF6 Barcode: 0602498317747 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. Nama Na 3:47 2. Waruna 3:33 3. Set Luna Djamonodjî (featuring Youssou N'Dour)4:54 4. Yobuma 1:19 5. Yitté (featuring Leïty M'Baye)3:39 6. Guem 5:08 7. Flor De Mi Secreto 3:40 8. Xale Bu Ndáw 4:11 9. Nimala Djuré 5:30 10. Samaï Dàgân 4:11 11. Yow Laï Xar 3:58 12. Flor Para M 2:52
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Yelema MAMANI KEITA A mid-price reissue of Mamani Keita's second album, her follow up to the hugely successful Electro Bamako debut with Marc Minelli. For Yelema, Keita worked with French electro musician/producer Nicolas Repac. "... while the electronics have largely been dispensed of, it's another thoroughly modern marriage of traditions. The fruits of their labours, heard on the tremendous record Yelema, is rich and velvety, Mamani's distinctively breathy voice a wonderful counterpoint to Nicolas' spidery guitar. Europe and West Africa once again find that musically they make extraordinarily compatible bedfellows." Womad
Label: No Format! File Under: World music / Mali Catalogue No: NOF9 Barcode: 0602498384794 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. Djekafo 4:31 2. Lado 4:12 3. Eye Djama 5:05 4. Djama Nyemao 4:56 5. Cocotte Minute 1:22 6. Kassi Koun 6:42 7. Kedide 5:07 8. Tamala 8:13 9. Diarabi 4:38 10. A Ya Mine 1:00 11. Mali Denou 3:58 12. Yelema 4:44
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Broadway Basie's Way + Hollywood Basie's Way + 3 Bonus Tracks
COUNT BASIE 2 LPs ON 1 CD! The complete original LPs Broadway Basie’s Way (Command RS-905 SD), and Hollywood Basie’s Way (Command RS-912 SD), which feature the Basie band playing well-known songs from stage and film. Among the always illustrious members of the band are such stars as Harry “Sweets” Edison and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, plus, on the first album, special guest Roy Eldridge. Basie would never record most of the songs on these albums again. As a bonus, we have added three of the very few exceptions – earlier versions by the band of “Just in Time” (with vocals by Tony Bennett), “Secret Love”, and “A Fine Romance” (the latter with vocals by Joe Williams). Includes 16-page booklet.
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99107 Barcode: 8436542016582 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Count Basie and his Orchestra including: Roy Eldridge, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Freddie Green, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Grover Mitchell, Marshall Royal, Charlie Fowlkes ao.
Track listing: 01 HELLO YOUNG LOVERS [From The King and I ] 2:11 / 02 A LOT OF LIVING TO DO [From Bye Bye Birdie] 3:06 / 03 JUST IN TIME [From Bells Are Ringing] 3:10 / 04 MAME [From Mame] 3:18 / 05 ON A CLEAR DAY [From On a Clear Day You Can See Forever] 2:46 / 06 IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME [From Can Can] 2:38 / 07 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE [From My Fair Lady] 2:51 / 08 HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY [From Carnival in Flanders] 3:25 / 09 FROM THIS MOMENT ON [From Out of This World ] 2:45 / 10 BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS [From Kismet ] 3:05 / 11 PEOPLE [From Funny Girl ] 2:38 / 12 EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES [From Gypsy] 3:13 / 13 SECRET LOVE [From Calamity Jane] 2:51 / 14 LAURA [From Laura] 2:27 / 15 IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT [From Rosalie] 2:00 / 16 A FOGGY DAY [From A Damsel in Distress] 2:12 / 17 THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE [From The Sandpiper] 3:23 / 18 THE TROLLEY SONG [From Meet Me in St. Louis] 2:18 / 19 STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT [From A Man Could Get Killed ] 2:58 / 20 A FINE ROMANCE [From Swing Time] 2:46 / 21 CARIOCA [From Flying Down to Rio] 2:24 / 22 HURRY SUNDOWN BLUES [From Hurry Sundown] 2:45 / 23 IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING [From State Fair] 2:32 / 24 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES [From Days of Wine and Roses] 2:40 / 25 JUST IN TIME [1958 vocal version] 1:47 / 26 SECRET LOVE [1959 version] 3:21 / 27 A FINE ROMANCE [1956 vocal version] 2:29
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Alive! At the Village Gate 1962 + 5 bonus tracks appearing for the first time on CD!
COLEMAN HAWKINS All existing recordings made by the great Coleman Hawkins at the Village Gate in 1962, originally issued on two different Verve LPs (Coleman Hawkins Alive! At the Village Gate –Verve LP 9044– and Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! –Verve V6-8504). While most of the music here presents Hawk in a quartet format backed by a trio led by Tommy Flanagan, the saxophonist is joined on three long tracks by fellow stars Roy Eldridge and Johnny Hodges. A complete live sextet set by Hawkins and Eldridge recorded in England in 1958, and appearing here on CD for the first time ever, has been added as a bonus. Includes 20-page booklet.
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99108 Barcode: 8436542016599 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal COLEMAN HAWKINS - tenor sax TOMMY FLANAGAN - piano MAJOR HOLLEY - bass EDDIE LOCKE - drums Plus ROY ELDRIDGE - trumpet JOHNNY HODGES - alto sax (added on CD2, 2-4 only)
Track listing: CD1: Total Time: 77:36 1 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 8:24 2 JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO 10:35 3 MACK THE KNIFE 8:59 4 IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN 9:25 5 BEAN AND THE BOYS 7:02 6 IF I HAD YOU 8:32 7 CARAVAN 10:31 8 IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN [version 2] 7:13 9 BEAN AND THE BOYS [version 2] 6:55 CD2: Total Time: 67:20 1 MACK THE KNIFE [version 2] 8:39 2 SATIN DOLL 11:11 3 PERDIDO 11:33 4 THE RABBIT IN JAZZ 16:47 5 BEAN STALKIN’ 4:59 6 I CAN’T GET STARTED 2:42 7 INDIAN SUMMER 2:47 8 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME 2:44 9 THE WALKER 5:58
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All DIZZY GILLESPIE OCTET The complete original Dizzy Gillespie LP The Greatest Trumpet of them All (Verve MGV-S6117), featuring the brilliant trumpeter in an octet format with such stars as Benny Golson and Gigi Gryce, who were also the arrangers on the date. A very rare 1958 Paris session showcasing Diz in a small group setting with Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, and Oscar Peterson has been added here as a bonus. Includes 16-page booklet.
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99109 Barcode: 8436542016605 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal DIZZY GILLESPIE - trumpet BENNY GOLSON - tenor sax GIGI GRYCE - alto sax PEE WEE MOORE - baritone sax HENRY COKER - trombone RAY BRYANT - piano TOMMY BRYANT - bass CHARLIE PERSIP - drums
Track listing: 01 BLUES AFTER DARK 6:31 02 SEA BREEZE 3:19 03 OUT OF THE PAST 5:35 04 SHABOZZ 6:03 05 REMINISCING 4:52 06 A NIGHT AT TONY’S 5:14 07 SMOKE SIGNALS 5:06 08 JUST BY MYSELF 4:50 09 ON THE ALAMO 9:46 10 GET HAPPY 7:18 11 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN 10:08 12 MIC’S JUMP 2:19
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
You & Lee + Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre LEE KONITZ & BILL EVANS 2 LPs on 1 CD The complete Lee Konitz albums You and Lee (Verve MGVS6131), and Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve MGVS6073). These were Konitz and Bill Evans’ earliest studio collaborations: on the first LP the pianist only played on one of the two sessions (Jim Hall replaced him on the other one), while on the second Evans was featured throughout the entire album. Both works were taped in 1959, and although Konitz and Evans had been previously recorded together in a concert setting, and would be taped in the same fashion during a 1965 European tour, their only other studio LP collaboration was the pianist’s 1977 album Crosscurrents. The great Jimmy Giuffre also participated on both records – on the first as arranger, and on the second as arranger and performer. Includes 20-page booklet.
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99110 Barcode: 8436542016612 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal 1-8: YOU AND LEE LEE KONITZ alto sax; ERNIE ROYAL, MARKY MARKOWITZ, PHIL SUNKEL trumpet; BOB BROOKMEYER, EDDIE BERT, BILLY BYERS trombone; BILL EVANS piano; JIM HALL guitar; SONNY DALLAS bass; ROY HAYNES drums; JIMMY GIUFFRE arranger 9-17: LEE KONITZ Meets JIMMY GIUFFRE LEE KONITZ alto sax soloist; JIMMY GIUFFRE baritone sax & arranger; HAL McKUSICK 2nd alto sax; TED BROWN, WARNE MARSH tenor sax; BILL EVANS piano; BUDDY CLARK bass; RONNIE FREE drums
Track listing: 01 EV’RYTHING I’VE GOT (BELONGS TO YOU) 4:51 02 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 4:22 03 YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY 4:14 04 I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU 4:03 05 YOU’RE CLEAR OUT OF THIS WORLD 4:11 06 THE MORE I SEE YOU 3:42 07 YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL 4:12 08 I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU 3:57 09 PALO ALTO 3:11 10 DARN THAT DREAM 1:55 11 WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE 5:05 12 CORK ‘N’ BIB 9:54 13 SOMP’M OUTA’ NOTHIN’ 4:33 14 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 3:40 15 UNCHARTED 3:58 16 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT 4:02 17 THE SONG IS YOU 5:12
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Connections - Mind The Gap BOB STEWART Connections – Mind The Gap is a varied collection of pieces that range from a five movement piece entitled “In Color” that Stewart commissioned from young composer Jessie Montgomery to pieces written by or performed by talented musicians the tuba player has played with over his forty year career. Though the compositions span classical, blues and jazz, the common denominator and uniting element is the tuba. Stewart is joined by his regular First Line Band, and a string quartet initiated by his son Curtis, the PUBLIQuartet. Stewart hardly needs an introduction. His career has been one of seeking challenges and passing on knowledge. His tuba has been featured on recordings from the jazz mastery of musicians like Gil Evans, Charles Mingus and Lester Bowie to the rock and blues inflections of Taj Mahal and Elvis Costello. Stewart has also been an active educator for just as long and has recently become a faculty member at the Juilliard School in New York City.
Label: Sunnyside File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SSC1394 Barcode: 016728139427 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack BOB STEWART - tuba; with FIRST LINE BAND CURTIS STEWART - violin; JEROME HARRIS - guitar, vocals; MATT WILSON - drums; RANDALL HAYWOOD - trumpet; NICK FINZER - trombone PUBLIQUARTET CURTIS STEWART - violin; JANNINA NORPOTH - violin; NICK REVEL - viola; AMANDA GOEKIN - cello
Bob Stewart has been a proponent for the development of tuba repertoire and experimentation for quite some time. His new recording Connections – Mind The Gap is a tremendous collection of compositions that shows the vast musical landscape the horn can cover while in the expert hands of a tuba pioneer like Stewart.
Track listing: 1. Red 0:56 2. Simone 5:02 3. Aqua 1:41 4. Bush Baby 7:18 5. Fishin' Blues 5:17 6. The Poet 2:53 7. Odessa 7:50 8. Libertango 3:57 9. Purple 2:03 10. Monk's Mood 2:03 11. Nothing To Say 5:40 12. Makina 2:55 13. Hand By Hand 7:07 14. Jump Monk 7:01 15. Red 2 1:00
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Crystal Palace ERNST REIJSEGER The state gallery of modern art in Augsburg's Glaspalast (Crystal Palace) hosted in 2013 a comprehensive exhibition of the works of the German-American painter Jerry Zeniuk. In this place - inspired by a world of pictures - Ernst Reijseger recorded this solo programme. Reijseger and Zeniuk have known each other since the mid 90s. Both artists deal with painting as well as music. Many of Zeniuk's pieces are abstract, made while listening to music. Reijseger originally comes from a free jazz background, he plays with the elements of melodies, rhythms and cadences and works with the room, concentrating on simple effects, in order to reach out to his listeners. His improvisations are sensitive and tender, some miniatures seem to explode and flow into new parts with catchy melodies inviting to hum along.
Label: Winter&Winter File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 910214-2 Barcode: 025091021420 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Ernst Reijseger - solo cello
The recording of this improvised cello suite was done in an outstanding way. One special microphone that "hears" like the human ear, our most sensitive sensory organ, recorded all audible perceptions directly to an analog tape. 28 miniatures recorded in sequence; sound pictures at an exhibition.
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Gulf of Berlin GULF OF BERLIN German free jazz has a long and distinguished history, witness the likes of Peter Brötzmann, Alex Von Schlippenbach, Albert Mangelsdorff and the FMP label. Evidence that the music is still very much alive and kicking is provided by this tour de force album - a Suite of 11 Movements - by a new group of seasoned stalwarts, calling themselves Gulf of Berlin.
Label: Jazzwerkstatt File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JW135 Barcode: 4250317419729 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Gebhard Ullmann - tenor & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet Gerhard Gschlößl - trombone, sousaphone Johannes Fink - bass, cello Jan Leipnitz - drums
"None of us grew up in New Orleans, New York City or Chicago, the places where jazz and free jazz originated. No, we all come from different parts of Germany, bringing our various backgrounds and influences into this band. We play our concerts without any set parameters or agreements, in other words totally free and without a net. Of course that isn't anything new; that has been done for thousands of years. But it also happens to be the music of the 2010s: Free improvisation as a counterpoint to the controlled digital world. Fortunately, there is Berlin (where we live), a city where for some time now this art form is not only being kept alive, but also pursued with an unbelievably new and independent "German-European" style. Many of our colleagues were pioneers in this area. This record marks the definitive beginning of the renaissance of German free jazz. We hope you enjoy it." Gerhard Gschlößl
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Sisyphe PIERRE DE BETHMANN Pianist Pierre De Bethmann is one of the leading lights of the French jazz scene, with his Prysm band (four albums on Blue Note France) and since 2001 with his organ-led Ilium quintet. As a sideman he is recognised for his work in the Moutin Reunion Quartet and has performed notably with Eddie Henderson, Aldo Romano, Philip Catherine, Stephano Di Battista, Julien Lourau and Norma Winstone. For his new Medium Ensemble De Bethmann has gathered together many of the current stars of French jazz: Stephane Guillaume, Sylvain Beuf, David El-Malek, Thomas Savy, Denis Leloup, Franck Agulhon, and more. The double album Sisyphe is the band's debut, featuring 11 all new De Bethmann compositions. The vocalist and the eight horns create a particularly vibrant tapestry for the leader's fluid interweaving keyboard runs.
Label: Plus Loin File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PL4575 Barcode: 3760002142814 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Pierre de Bethmann - piano Chloé Cailleton - vocals Stéphane Guillaume - flute, alto flute, tenor saxophone Sylvain Beuf - alto saxophone David El-Malek - tenor saxophone Thomas Savy - bass clarinet Sylvain Gontard - trumpet, bugle Camille Lebrequier - cor anglais Denis Leloup - trombone Bastien Stil - tuba, trombone Simon Tailleu - bass Franck Agulhon - drums
Track listing: CD1 1. Sisyphe 2. Volseau 3. Patience 4. Miniature 1 5. Bat' carré 6. Knab CD2 1. Effet tatillon 2. 76 3. Miniature 2 4. Chaos 5. Sisyphe (reprise)
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Shaker SOPHIE ALOUR For her fifth record, young French saxophonist Sophie Alour returns with a new formula, a beautiful trio album, with saxophone, organ, and drums. Is it because she played with Rhoda Scott? Or just because she likes the somewhat historical funky sound it carries. With gusto and a hint of mischief, she sheds a new light on some of her own compositions, plus a colourful version of the Sergio Mendes arrangement of "My Favourite Things".
Label: NAÏVE File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: NJ623511 Barcode: 3298496235113 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Sophie Alour - tenor & soprano saxophones Frédéric Nardin - organ Frédéric Pasqua - drums plus Julien Alour - bugle (on 4,7,9) Hugo Lippi - guitar (on 4,7,9) Julie Saury - percussion (on 7,9)
Track listing: 1. Joke 6:46 2. In This World 5:00 3. Comptine 5:22 4. Shaker 5:11 5. En Ton Absence 2:54 6. Mystère et Boule de Gomme! 4:55 7. I Wanna Move My Body! 5:46 8. Nos Cendres 5:00 9. My Favourite Things 4:27 10. En Ton Absence (alternate take) 1:18
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Nightscape Paul ABIRACHED & Alain JEAN-MARIE Nightscape from the young Parisian guitarist Paul Abirached and the not-so-young, venerable pianist Alain Jean-Marie is the first album of a new series on Archie Shepp's Archieball label called the Rainbow Collection. These two musicians already worked together as part of a quartet on the recording of Paul Abirached's first album Dream Steps. This second work is one of great elegance. The album features five original compositions by Abirached and covers of works by Jim Hall, Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Wayne Shorter and Billie Holiday.
Label: Archieball File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: RAIN1404 Barcode: 3149028053029 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Paul Abirached - 6 and 12 string guitars Alain Jean-Marie - piano
Track listing: 1. Abacus 5:08 2. Farewell 1:11 3. Chelsea rendez-vous 4:02 4. Down from Antigua 7:53 5. Sewing 3:52 6. Nightscape 5:31 7. Scattered 0:39 8. Limbo 4:04 9. Haunted 1:34 10. Don’t explain 5:51
RELEASE DATE 28TH JULY 2014
Tunnel Vision FALSE-HEADS The first False-Heads EP 'Animation Draining Needles' was recorded in 2011. After a number of personnel changes the line up was recently settled on Luke Griffiths (vocals/guitar), Jake Elliott (bass) and Daniel Delgaty (drums) replacing MopHead who drummed on the EP. Singles from the first EP 'Where is Your Man' and 'Without a Doubt' had positive reviews as well as making New to Q Radio's single of the week and receiving airplay on BBC and other student and internet stations. The band played venues such as The Dublin Castle, Fiddlers Elbow,Proud Camden and the Queen of Hoxton in London and the Blind Tiger and the famous Sticky Mike's Frog Bar in Brighton. The second EP 'Tunnel Vision' was recorded in 2013 and released digitally in July of that year. This EP garnered extremely positive attention from underground press and radio. Following this the band signed to Hi4Head Records who re-release the EP with an additional track 'Anything Else'. The physical EP will contain two further bonus tracks.
Label: Hi4Head Records File Under: Other Genres Catalogue No: HFHCD013 Barcode: 0799439102378 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Luke Griffiths - vocal/guitar Jake Elliott - Bass Daniel Delgaty-Drums
UK tour dates: 23 July – BRIGHTON – Green Door Store 25 July + 01 Aug – UXBRIDGE – Crown and Treaty 02 Aug – KENT – Stepping Stone Records (in--store) 06 Aug – LONDON – Tooting Tram and Social 09 Aug – LONDON – Aces & Eights 23 Aug – CRAWLEY – The Black Dog 26 Aug – DARTFORD – Bull and Vic 13 Sept – BRIGHTON – Fitzherbets 25 Sept – LONDON – Juicebox Indie 17 Oct – PORTSMOUTH – The Cellar Rooms Track listing: 1. Fall Around 3:20 2. Anything Else 4:00 3. Without A Doubt 3:06 4. Remedy 3:10 5. Where Is Your Man 2:49 6. Comfort Consumption 3:42