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Chucho Valdés © Alejandro Perez
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RELEASE DATE 13TH MAY 2013
Border-Free CHUCHO VALDÉS & THE AFRO-CUBAN MESSENGERS Cuba's foremost pianist Chucho Valdés - winner of five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards - has developed a brand new repertoire. Boasting a new line-up for his band, The Afro-Cuban Messengers, and a guest appearance from saxophonist Branford Marsalis on three tracks, his new album takes us through an eclectic range of pieces. His dazzling virtuosity as a pianist, his prodigious talents as a composer and his ingenious arrangements unite to create a music that enthrals. The eagerly awaited new release is the follow-up to 2010's Chucho's Steps, which won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album and received universally glowing reviews. Alongside new sources of inspiration (the music of the North American Indians and of the Arab-Andalusian culture), the album is infused with the verve of Valdes's early trail-blazing Cuban Jazz ensemble Irakere, his nostalgia for Cuban big bands, the punch of hard bop, the magical rhythms of the Yoruba drums, and of course the spiritual lyricism which is the mark of all great jazz.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570016 Barcode: 3149027001625 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Chucho Valdés - piano Reinaldo Melián Alvarez - trumpet Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé - bátas, lead vocals Rodney Barreto Illarza - drums, vocals Ángel Gastón Joya Perellada - bass, vocals Yarodly bareu Robles - percussion, vocals Branford Marsalis (appears by courtesy of Marsalis Music) - tenor sax on Bebo & Tabú, soprano sax in Abdel
Chucho Valdés live in concert: Thurs 25 - Sat 27 April Ronnie Scott's, London Also available: 479051 Chucho's Steps "The leader's own playing is titanic, from his stirring chordwork behind his already inflamed soloists, to his improvisations of blazing trills and cascading runs." **** Guardian 479063 Omara & Chucho Ltd Ed CD+DVD (with Omara Portuondo) Track listing: 1 Congadanza 9’13 2 Carridad Amara 6’28 3 Tabú 9’50 4 Bebo 7’49 5 Afro-Comanche 11’55 6 Pilar 10’08 7 santa Cruz 6’24 8 Abdel 9’04
RELEASE DATE 13TH MAY 2013
The Living Room Sessions Part 2 RAVI SHANKAR In October 2011, at the seasoned age of 91, Ravi Shankar invited his long-time tabla accompanist, Tanmoy Bose, to his home in Encinitas, California for an informal recording session. Over four days, they worked in Shankar's living room, recording seven different ragas. The resulting music is pure Shankar - a pairing of deep musical experience and brilliant technique performed with the energy and passion he brings to his live concerts.
Label: East Meets West File Under: World music Catalogue No: EMWM1009 Barcode: 666449813221 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Ravi Shankar - sitar Tanmoy Bose - tabla Kenji Ota - treble tanpura Barry Phillips - bass tanpura
The first four tracks were released in 2011 as The Living Room Sessions Part 1, and subsequently won the Grammy award for Best World Music Album. The Living Room Sessions Part 2 is no less noteworthy and masterly, with three of the last session recordings made by Maestro Ravi Shankar before his death in December 2012. Mishra Kafi introduces the set with a beautiful Alaap and Gat in medium tempo Deepchandi Taal. Sindhi Bhairavi, with its Gat in Dadra and Teen Taal, highlights the in-depth facility with rhythm and improvisational flow which he and Bose have built over their years performing together. And during the Teen Taal of Bhairavi, Shankar's playing is characterized by such intensity, clarity, and delight that it reveals, once more, the Maestro's musical genius as something to reckon with, even in his tenth decade. Ravi Shankar was nominated in the Best Artist category of the Songlines World Music Awards 2013 Also available EMWM1000 Nine Decades Vol.1 EMWM1002 Raga DVD EMWM1004 Nine Decades Vol.2 EMWM1005 Nine Decades Vol.3 EMWM1006 Living Room Sessions Part 1 EMWM1007 Tenth Decade In Concert DVD
Track listing: 1. Raga Mishra Kafi 18:11 2. Raga Sindhi Bhairavi 22:11 3. Raga Bhairavi 10.55 All music composed by Ravi Shankar
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Dia IBRAHIM MAALOUF Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanon-born but a Paris-resident since age seven, is THE trumpet star of the contemporary French jazz scene. His first three albums revealed an eclectic approach to composition wherein Arabic maqams would nestle comfortably alongside Led Zeppelin-esque riffs, an approach to music that has won him many fans from outside the confines of jazz. This box set presents these first three albums - Diasporas (CD 2007); Diachronism (2CD 2009); Diagnostic (CD 2011) in their original digipack sleeves, now packaged together at a new reduced price.
"A startling new voice in contemporary jazz has arrived." John Fordham, The Guardian, Feb 2013
Label: Mi'ster Productions File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: IBM5 Barcode: 3149028037227 4 for 1.5 Format: 4 CD Packaging: box set
also available IBM4 Wind
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Entertaining Tyrants COMPASSIONATE DICTATORSHIP Showcasing the formidable writing talents of co-leaders Jez Franks and Tori Freestone, Entertaining Tyrants is the third album from this powerhouse quartet who have been playing together as Compassionate Dictatorship since 2007. This record marks their debut for Jellymould and cements the band as one of the most impressive ensembles on the scene today. Franks and Freestone have been working together since ’93 and Entertaining Tyrants demonstrates a real maturity in their writing. From the edgy opening of “Anger Management” to the chilled out vibes of the final track “Loop” this is a collection of nine extremely well crafted and beautifully played pieces. But this is a band in which all four members have an equal voice.
Label: JellyMould File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JM-JJ011 Barcode: 5029385994365 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Jez Franks - guitar Tori Freestone - tenor saxophone Jasper Høiby - bass James Maddren - drums
Tori Freestone is increasingly in demand for her eloquent, melodic sax playing which demonstrates both dexterity and melodic sensitivity on tenor saxophone, whilst her co-leader Jez Franks with his characteristic punchy sound and fluent lines shares the front-line work and supports with meaty chordal harmonies. Jasper Høiby is the bass man-of-the-moment with his band Phronesis gaining an international reputation and he doesn’t disappoint on this record with dazzling bass lines and melodic interceptions that are becoming his trademark sound. James Maddren’s drums are much more than just a rhythmical base on which the rest of the band is supported, and when he grooves he really lays it down with authority. Track listing: 1. Anger Management 2. In The Chophouse 3. Bubble and Squeak 4. Sit Tight 5. Universal 4 6. Ratios 7. Pottering Around 8. Precious 9. Loop
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Thrill Box VINCENT PEIRANI This young French accordionist played alongside Ulf Wakenius (on Vagabond) and Youn Sun Nah (on Lento), and the logical step was to record his debut album for ACT. Peirani belongs to a growing number of outstanding young talents who no longer are merely jazz, classical or rock musicians, but rather universal musicians who use and benefit from the huge spectrum of musical expression that has not yet been discovered. In addition to compositions of his own - the mysteriously whirring “Hypnotic”, the rhythmically playful musette tune for Michel Portal “3 Temps Pour Michel P” and the deeply moving ballad "Air Song" inspired from Indonesia - the album contains a variety of different stylistic identities: North-American traditional music, with the folk songs “Goodnight Irene” and "Shenandoah", dismantled bebop of “I Mean You” form Thelonious Monk, bluesy “Waltz For JB” by Brad Mehldau, the enigmatic, almost South American version of Abbey Lincoln’s “Throw it Away” and wild Balkan sounds on “Balkanski Cocek”. All this is framed by two extraordinary solos, the album opens with Joseph Canteloube’s “Bailero” and closes with Peirani’s own “Choral”.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9542-2 Barcode: 614427954220 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Vincent Peirani - accordion, accordina (4), vocals (3, 7) Michael Wollny - piano, Fender Rhodes Michel Benita - bass Guests: Michel Portal - bass clarinet (5), bandoneon (7) Emile Parisien - soprano sax (6, 11)
Peirani keeps excellent company; his trio incudes the dynamic German pianist Michael Wollny and the highly esteemed French bassist Michel Benita, with guest appearances by the veteran Michel Portal and the up and coming saxophonist Emile Parisien.
Track listing: 1.Baïlero - 03:40 (Canteloube, Joseph) 2.Waltz For JB - 05:37 (Mehldau, Brad) 3.Hypnotic - 05:14 (Peirani, Vincent) 4.Goodnight Irene - 03:12 (Traditional) 5.B&H - 03:54 (Peirani, Vincent) 6.Air Song - 03:28 (Peirani, Vincent) 7.3 Temps pour Michel'P - 03:29 (Peirani, Vincent) 8.Shenandoah - 04:13 (Traditional) 9.I Mean You - 02:45 (Monk, Thelonious) 10.Throw It Away - 05:32 (Lincoln, Abbey) 11.Balkanski Cocek - 03:13 (Sisic, Alexandar) 12.Choral - 06:42 (Peirani, Vincent)
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Gimme The Boots MO' BLOW More and more young German musicians, primarily from jazz backgrounds, are discovering the appeal of heavy grooves, earthy sounds and driving rhythms in funk and soul. Swede Nils Landgren has been the European calling card for funk for 20 years with his Funk Unit, and we can now count representatives of the ACT series "Young German Jazz" among the pioneers of the next generation: The Berlin quartet Mo’ Blow astonished the scene two years ago with their snappy ACT debut "For Those About To Funk".
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9671-2 Barcode: 614427967121 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Felix F. Falk - saxes, didgeridoo, perc Matti Klein - rhodes Tobias Fleischer - bass André Seidel - drums
And now, "Gimme The Boots" proves all the more that Mo’ Blow really is the successful hybrid of sounds of the seventies with the contemporary. With its own high energy, the very first track "Call Me Milroy" grabs you by the ears and legs, from the slap sounds, cool phrases and reverberating sax played by Mo’ Blow founder Felix Falk to the perfect round-off with a percussive solo by Matti Klein on the Fender Rhodes. The distinctive theme of "Winter Came Early" glides past lightly and easily, while the shouts of "Papa's Pancakes" are nervous and driven. Sonorous soul dominates on "Ray", minimalistic but all the more engendering "good vibrations". Pure funk with the slapped bass of Tobias Fleischer and rapid, sharp syncopations by the entire band bring "Slingshot" to the boil. The mixture is the key. “Master of Funk” Nils Landgren couldn't resist: he produced this second album just as he did the ACT debut. Together it all makes up a dynamic, thrilling, feel-good album. The young German guns – causing an ever-growing international furore.
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Stepping Out LP ANTHONY STRONG The vinyl LP version of the acclaimed first international album release by the UK's up and coming jazz crooner. The album features standards (Cole Porter's Too Darn Hot, Irving Berling's Stepping Out With My Baby, My Foolish Heart, My Ship), covers (L-O-V-E, Stevie Wonder's Overjoyed), and new compositions by Anthony. His band on Stepping Out has serious jazz credentials, featuring UK musicians of the calibre of Brandon Allen, Callum Gourlay, Nigel Hitchcock and more, but Strong's potential audience stretches way beyond the normal jazz vistas. With Michael Bublé firmly ensconced in TV chat show land, the road is open for a successor. With his characterful vocals and superb skills at the keyboard, Strong's future looks as shiny as his shoes. Press coverage: Independent on Sunday, Jazzwise, Jazz Journal, Jazz UK, HI-Fi News Radio coverage: interviews on BBC Radio London Robert Elms, BBC Radio 5 Live Up All Night, and Jazz fm, plus local BBC Radio.
Label: NAÏVE File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: NJ622861 Barcode: 3298496228610 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP Anthony Strong VOICE, PIANO with: Tom Farmer BASS; Sebastian de Krom DRUMS & PERCUSSION; Calum Gourlay BASS; Matt Skelton DRUMS; Chris Allard GUITARS; James Morrison TRUMPET SOLO (3); Brandon Allen TENOR SAX SOLO (7); Nigel Hitchcock TENOR SAX SOLO (1, 2, 13) The Horn Section: Alex Garnett; Brandon Allen; Quentin Collins; Alistair White The String Section: Daniel Pioro; Paloma Deike; Charlotte Bonneton; Glensi Roberts; Jenny Ames; Robert Ames; Magda Pietraszewska' Tristan Horne
ANTHONY STRONG in concert: 18 April London Hippodrome 10 August Brecon Jazz Festival “A new, genuine jazz singer” JAZZ HOUSE, BBC RADIO 3 “Great singer, great pianist” JAMIE CULLUM SIDE A 1. Too Darn Hot (Cole Porter) / 2. Change My Ways (Anthony Strong - Guy Mathers) / 3. Luck be a Lady (Frank Loesser) / 4. Stepping Out With My Baby (Irving Berlin) / 5. L-O-V-E (Bert Kaempfert - Milt Gabler) / 6. Falling In Love (Anthony Strong - Adam Sopp/Anthony Strong) / 7. Someone Knows (Anthony Strong - Guy Mathers) SIDE B 8. My Foolish Heart (Victor Young - Ned Washington) / 9. My Ship (Kurt Weill) / 10. Witchcraft (Cy Coleman - Carolyn Leigh) / 11. When I Fall In Love (Victor Young - Edward Heyman) / 12. Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder) / 13. Earlybird (Anthony Strong - Adam Sopp/Anthony Strong) / 14. Learning To Unlove You (Anthony Strong - Guy Mathers)
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Jee MOPO Mopo are already a force on Helsinki’s vibrant jazz scene and are making inroads into the international scene. Coming on like a cross between the madcap experimentalism of Matthew Bourne and the ferocious heads down improv of post-free groups like Led Bib, Mopo play punk jazz like they mean it. And in Linda Fredriksson they have a new star in the sax firmament – a slight figure with a big sound; she’ll be making waves for years to come. Founded in a club in Helsinki’s industrial Vallila quarter Mopo are Linda Fredriksson (sax), Eero Tikkanen (double bass) and Eeti Nieminen (drums) – a group of friends who’s close relationships allow the high levels of musical understanding (and the occasional tensions leading to fights “where instruments are frequently being thrown at fellow band members”). Raw energy and excitement marked their early gigs and enabled the band to quickly develop a following.
Label: Edition Distribution File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: TEXCD116 Barcode: 6417698121162 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Linda Fredriksson - saxophones, glockenspiel & jingles. Eero Tikkanen - double bass & referee whistle. Eeti Nieminen - drums, cowbell & flute.
It seems that there’s always a surprise around the corner with Mopo, and the evolution of musical dynamics is always high on the trio’s agenda. The band themselves offer the best summary of their sound: “Mopo is a combination of humour, speed, melacholy, darkness, pranks and anarchy”.
Tracks from the album have received airplay on BBC Radio 3 Jazz on 3. PR by Edition PR
Track listing: 1 Mokkula 01:30 2 Metsärukkanen 04:14 3 Jäähyväislaulu 06:15 4 Hullun valssi 03:56 5 Liskojen yö 04:55 6 Pappatunturi 01:14 7 Vesiklosetti 02:41 8 Meikän kissa 02:24 9 Totaali 04:48 10 Kaukokaipuu 05:31
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Tables and Chairs KEVIN FIGES QUARTET Kevin Figes returns with his fourth album as leader, producing a set of strikingly original and forward-looking pieces. Continually developing as a player and composer, this album produces his best work to date and further establishes Figes as a major force on the UK scene. On this album Figes returns to the quartet format with long-standing collaborator and brilliant improviser Jim Blomfield (piano) and, relatively new to the Bristol scene, Will Harris (bass) and Mark Whitlam (drums) who have rapidly become the most in-demand musicians in the South West and beyond. Together with the leader's assured alto and baritone saxophones they bring the compositions to life with empathy and energy, feeding on the experience they have had as a unit over the last two years.
Label: Edition Distribution File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PIG04 Barcode: 5024545652925 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Kevin Figes - saxophones and flute Jim Blomfield - piano Will Harris - bass Mark Whitlam - drums
This album represents an exciting new phase in the writing and performance of Figes' compositions, and the formidable skills of the other band members join to produce a remarkable recording. The release of this album is followed by a Jazz Services UK tour from April to August.
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
First Time Out + Jazz CLARE FISCHER 2 LPs on 1 CD First Time Out (Pacific Jazz PJ52) received the maximum five-star rating in Down Beat magazine and presents Fischer in a trio format with the splendid Gary Peacock on bass. Our companion LP, Clare Fischer –Jazz (RCA Victor Mexicana MKL-1433) marks Fischer’s debut album as a leader. It is a true rarity and appears here ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. The album was recorded in 1961 during Fischer's visit to Mexico, and showcases him backed by competent local musicians. All but three of the eight tracks from this LP feature the pianist in a trio format! Includes 16-page booklet.
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27316 Barcode: 8436542013307 MID Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal 1-8: FIRST TIME OUT CLARE FISCHER, piano GARY PEACOCK, bass GENE STONE, drums 9-16: CLARE FISCHER -JAZZ CLARE FISCHER, piano VÍCTOR “VITILLO” RUIZ PAZOS, bass SALVADOR “RABITO” AGÜERO, drums Plus (added on 14-16 only): Chilo Moran, Nacho Rosales (tp), Jesús Aguirre (tb), Primitivo Ornelas (as), Tomás "La Negrita" Rodríguez (ts) & Juan Ravelo (bar).
Original ***** DOWN BEAT review: FIRST TIME OUT “This is the surprise of the year. Fischer has had trouble enough establishing himself as a major jazz composer-arranger; but hardly anyone knew that he is also an extraordinary jazz pianist. Peacock is worth an extra full star himself. This LP includes two talents of such magnitude that the album is essential listening for anyone interested in unexploited talents. It is ironic that Fischer had to wait almost until his 34th birthday for the first exposure of a talent that probably has been his for 10 or 15 years.” (Leonard Feather) Track listing: 01 NIGERIAN WALK 7:10 / 02 TODDLER 4:42 / 03 STRANGER 4:03 / 04 AFTERFACT 4:10 / 05 FREE TOO LONG 7:32 / 06 PIECE FOR SCOTTY 3:15 / 07 BLUES FOR HOME 5:12 / 08 I LOVE YOU 5:15 / 09 MY MAN’S GONE NOW 4:37 / 10 BESTIAL 2:21 / 11 TENDERLY 3:41 / 12 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 3:54 / 13 POINCIANA 6:13 / 14 FASCINATING RHYTHM 4:02 / 15 THE BLUES 6:05 / 16 ISRAEL 5:08 Total Time 77:26
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Maynard '61 + "Straightaway" Jazz Themes + 2 Bonus Tracks
MAYNARD FERGUSON Two complete consecutive Maynard Ferguson LPs: Maynard ’61 (Roulette SR52064), and “Straightaway” Jazz Themes (Roulette SR52076). Both albums feature a myriad of jazz stars, such as Slide Hampton, Rolf Ericson, Joe Farrell, Don Menza & Jaki Byard.
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99066 Barcode: 8436542013291 MID Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal 1-6: MAYNARD ‘61 Tracks 1-2 & 5: Maynard Ferguson (tp, v-tb, mel), Chet Ferretti, Rick Kiefer, Jerry Tyree (tp), Slide Hampton, Kenny Rupp (tb), Lanny Morgan (as), Joe Farrell (ts, sop, cl, fl ), Willie Maiden (ts, cl, fl ), Frank Hittner (bar), Jaki Byard (p), Charlie Saunders (b), Rufus Jones (d). 7-16 : “STRAIGHTAWAY” JAZZ THEMES Maynard Ferguson (tp soloist), Don Rader, Chet Ferretti, Bill Berry (tp), Ray Winslow, Kenny Rupp (tb), Lanny Morgan (as), Don Menza, Willie Maiden (ts), Frank Hittner (bar), Jaki Byard (p), John Neves (b), Rufus Jones (d).
The two albums were recorded in 1960 and 1961, at the peak of Maynard’s orchestra’s abilities. Maynard ’61 (Roulette SR52064) opens with an amazing performance of Slide Hampton’s “Olé” (not to be confused with the homonymous composition by John Coltrane), which would become one of the band’s most requested tunes. As stated in the original liner notes, “Straightaway” Jazz Themes Roulette SR52076) compiled music written by Ferguson for the “Straightaway” TV show. “Straightaway” was a half-hour drama series which ran on the ABC television channel for 26 weeks during the 1961–1962 season. Includes 12-page booklet Track listing: 01) OLÉ 6:31 / 02) NEW BLUE 5:43 / 03) BLUES FOR KAPP 5:13 / 04) ULTIMATE REJECTION 6:18 / 05) THE PHARAOH 7:44 / 06) GOODBYE 4:49 / 07) STRAIGHTAWAY 2:22 / 08) APPREHENSIONS 4:16 / 09) MAMBO LE MANS 5:12 / 10) COCKY SCOTT 3:44 / 11) UP SHIFT 2:45 / 12) LAST LAP 3:53 / 13) MELANCHOLIA 2:25 / 14) PIT STOP 2:03 / 15) STROKING 5:59 / 16) AFTER THE RACE 2:08 / 17) GO WEST, YOUNG MAN 4:34* / 18) THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY 3:03* Total Time: 78:42
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Panamerican STÉPHANE HUCHARD On this album, Stéphane Huchard has paved his way from Paris "Paname" to the Big Apple, sharing the ride with New York's finest. Out of the heart of Brooklyn, pianist Jim Beard, saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist Matt Penman and guitarist Nir Felder lay the cards flat out on the table playing Huchard's original compositions with subtle elegance. Several tracks step to the beat of the most Parisian of percussionists, the Argentinian Minino Garay while the pianist Éric Legnini, who directed and mixed the album, puts the icing on the cake with his eminently groovy experience.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570019 Barcode: 3149027001823 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Stéphane Huchard - drums Jim Beard - piano Chris Cheek - saxophone Nir Felder - guitar Minino Garay - percussion Matt Penman - double bass
Track listing: 1. Sleepless 5'01 2. Groovy Side 3'34 3. Just An Herbie Vore 5'24 4. Boogaloo King 3'55 5. Bancal Cha-Cha 4'19 6. El Minino 6'18 7. Find A New World 5'04 8. Melodic City 5'27 9. Happy New York 4'15 10. Dream Solo 1'50
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Mother Goose's Melodies FUMIO YASUDA & THEO BLECKMANN Fumio Yasuda and Theo Bleckmann have put new faces on the world famous songs of Mother Goose. The Mother Goose's Melodies are entertaining, humorous verses, learning rhymes, and sometimes even nonsensical poems for children and adults. Like the Brothers Grimm Charles Perrault has collected and documented this oral tradition of poetry and his work has made it possible that the Mother Goose songs are still amazingly popular three hundred years later in the 21st century.
Label: Winter&Winter File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 910195-2 Barcode: 025091019526 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Fumio Yasuda - piano, arrangements, musical director Theo Bleckmann - vocals, electronics, toys Akimuse - vocals Caleb Burhans - viola, violin, electric violin, electric and acoustic guitars Drew Gress - acoustic bass, pedal steel guitar Bohdan Hilash - clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophones John Hollenbeck - drums, percussion, vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales Rubin Kodheli - violoncello Jo Lawry - vocals, violin
The producers Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter have had for many years the wish to record new and colourful versions of Mother Goose's Melodies. Nursery rhymes for adults. Stefan Winter asked the composer and pianist Fumio Yasuda to adapt and arrange these nursery rhymes for a carefully selected ensemble around the voice of Theo Bleckmann. The primary idea was to create a record with quite different musical influences performed by one group of musicians. »Mother Goose's Melodies« present a total new side of Theo Bleckmann who is able to slip into very different roles. Fumio Yasuda's arrangements and Theo Bleckmann's performance have put new faces on the Mother Goose characters.
1. Blue Tail Fly [Trad.] 2. Mary Had A Little Lamb [Lowell Mason; Lyrics: Trad.] 3. Three Blind Mice [Trad.] 4. Sing A Song Of Sixpence [Trad.] 5. Hush-A-Bye Baby [Trad.] 6. Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep [Trad.] PIANO SOLO 7. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush [Trad.] 8. Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son [Trad.] 9. Polly Wolly Doodle [Trad.] 10. Camptown Races [Stephen Collins Foster] 11. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star [Trad., Lyrics: Jane Taylor] 12. Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be [Trad.] 13. Old Folks At Home [Stephen Collins Foster] NO LYRICS 14. Skip To My Lou [Trad.] 15. Row, Row, Row Your Boat [Trad.] 16. Hey Diddle Diddle [Trad.]
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Samba, Jazz and Love CRISTINA BRAGA Cristina Braga is considered one of the most important harpists in South America – showing the world a harp with Brazilian soul, spreading out the possibilities of her instrument and introducing listeners worldwide to the sound of the Latin American jazz harp. At home in both popular and classical music, Cristina has won many important prizes, is principal harpist with the Rio de Janeiro Symphony and has worked as a soloist with many symphony orchestras. She is also professor of harp at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a member of the directors’ board of the World Harp Congress. She has worked and recorded with such singers as Marisa Monte, Lenine and Nando Reis and regularly tours the USA, Europe and Japan. In 2008 she was invited by Andy Summers (guitarist of The Police) and Roberto Menescal to record on their DVD United Kingdom of Ipanema. Tárik de Souza says: “She gave a new swing to this heavy instrument.”
Label: Enja/MW File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ENJ95932 Barcode: 063757958826 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Cristina Braga – voice, harp Ricardo Medeiros – doublebass Jessé Sadoc – trumpet, flugelhorn Joca Moraes – alfaia drums, tambourin Arthur Dutra – vibraphone
Mixing well known Bossa Nova chestnuts with fine originals that give room for her warm, sultry voice and her virtuosic harp playing (that got her an invitation from Sting to join him in concert). A surprise is the addition of a vibraphone which gives a light, airy quality to the music. The excellent young trumpet player Jessé Sadoc has clearly listened to Chet Baker’s lyrical music. Track listing: 1. LOVE PARFAIT (Ricardo Medeiros/Bernardo Vilhena); 2. O BARQUINHO (Roberto Menescal/Ronaldo Bôscoli); 3. SAMBA E AMOR (Chico Buarque); 4. DESAFINADO – (Tom Jobim); 5. RIO PARAISO (Alberto Rosenblit/ Paulinho Tapajós); 6. TRISTE DE QUEM (Moacir Santos/Vinícius de Moraes); 7. SÓ DANÇO SAMBA (Tom Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes); 8. PRECISO ME ENCONTRAR (Candeia); 9. CANTA MAIS (Tom Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes); 10. CHOVENDO NA ROSEIRA (Tom Jobim); 11. DESDE DE QUE O SAMBA É SAMBA (Caetano Veloso)
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Viva V.E.R.D.I. GIOVANNI MIRABASSI TRIO & STRINGS Giovanni Mirabassi, an Italian pianist, but adopted Frenchman, makes his debut on CAM JAZZ. This trio album, accompanied by a string orchestra, was recorded live in the Goyang Aram Concert Hall in Goyang, South Korea, on November 27, 2011. On the bandstand with Mirabassi are Gianluca Renzi on double bass and Lukmil Perez Herrera on drums, backed up by the 31 members of the Bee String Orchestra, directed by Lorenzo Pagliei. The trio and strings create a perfect alchemy for generating themes of intense beauty and airy melodies. The principal creators of these themes are Mirabassi and Renzi, the latter of whom also arranged the entire album, apart from the two last tracks, “Bebè” (by Hermeto Pascoal) and the traditional “Arirang”, a kind of non-official South Korean national anthem. The arrangements of the string orchestra arouse dreams of romantic scenes for cinema, as if studied for imaginary soundtracks.
Label: CAM Jazz File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: CAMJ7860-2 Barcode: 8052405140845 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Giovanni Mirabassi - piano Gianluca Renzi - double bass Lukmil Perez Herrera - drums Bee String Orchestra
Most of Giovanni Mirabassi’s career was formed in France (he has been living in Paris for years), but the title “Viva V.E.R.D.I.” was chosen quite intentionally. It is a reference to Italian culture (in which the composer Verdi is an icon) but also to the spirit of unanimity that the acronym “V.E.R.D.I.” (Vittorio Emanuele Re d’Italia) kindled in the Carbonari (members of a secret revolutionary society founded in early 19th-century Italy), who were ready to fight for a unified country. This CD, intense and dreamy, will enrapture you from the first track to the last.
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Monk 'n' Roll FRANCESCO BEARZATTI TINISSIMA 4tet Francesco Bearzatti is, without doubt, one of the top musicians of Italian jazz, with certainly the most creative and abundant projects. After tributes to Tina Modotti and Malcolm X, which were widely acclaimed by critics and public alike, in Italy and abroad, he now celebrates the musical genius of Thelonious Monk with a project of pure adrenalin, where all the energy and power of renowned rock pieces (by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Michael Jackson, Police, Aerosmith...) intersect with those famous themes from the composer who passed away 30 years ago; one of the most extraordinary characters that jazz has ever known. Over recent years, Monk has been the subject of a careful re-evaluation by the critics, while the "new wave" of jazz, based primarily on improvisation, places him ideally as its reference point.
Label: CAM Jazz File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: CAMJ7859-2 Barcode: 8052405140937 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Francesco Bearzatti - sax, clarinet, electronics, vocals Giovanni Falzone - trumpet, human effects, vocals Danilo Gallo - electric & acoustic bass, double bass, vocals Zeno De Rossi - drums, whistle, vocals
Alongside Francesco Bearzatti, who plays saxophones, clarinet and live electronics on this record, is the highly-proven Tinissima 4et including Giovanni Falzone on trumpet and human effects, Danilo Gallo on double bass and electric bass, and Zeno De Rossi on drums and percussion. "It's a project, a dream - explains Bearzatti – made by four forty-somethings who grew up with rock and roll, but who then became devoted to jazz, to Monk ". And so now they have decided to put them together, merge them, as we often try to do with the things we love‌ to take them always with us.
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
New York Reflections / Live at Birdland LP ENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO with STEVE SWALLOW and PAUL MOTIAN Goodfellas is proud to announce: a brand new series of VINYL ONLY jazz releases in joint venture with CAM Jazz! The title of Enrico Pieranunzi’s latest album, Live at Birdland, opens the collective mind to times past and to those great musicians who wrote jazz history within the walls of this famous New York club. Suffice it to say that not only was pianist Pieranunzi the only Italian ever to be given carte blanche in that magical place on W 44th Street, but on this particular occasion (30 October 2008) was also accompanied by two giants of jazz: bassist Steve Swallow, and—the greatest among drummers—Paul Motian, who has been performing the music of our Roman pianist for over twenty years.
Label: Goodfellas/Cam Jazz File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: CAMJ7838-1 Barcode: 8052405140180 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP Enrico Pieranunzi - piano Steve Swallow - bass Paul Motian - drums
The first five minutes of this unique record is all you need to know for certain that the chemistry between these three musicians definitely worked, and that magic was made on this CAM Jazz LP. The powerful pianism of Pieranunzi ranges between free improvisations, original compositions, and a few songs borrowed from the great book of jazz standards. This album is like a three part conversation, an incredible interplay between artists who know how to listen, interact and perform in front of an enchanted audience who, within the four walls of Birdland, witnessed the writing of a new page in piano trio history. Track listing: SIDE A: 1. PS1 2. This Is New 3. Blue Waltz 4. Sofy Night Song SIDE B: 1. Suspension Points 2. Reflections 3. End Of Diversions 4. Intro/outro
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Birth & Rebirth LP MAX ROACH and ANTHONY BRAXTON Cam Jazz and Goodfellas are proud to announce a new series of reissues from the historic Black Saint and Soul Note catalogues. Through a very careful selection, some of the most historically representative and significant albums will now be available once again on 180 gram deluxe virgin vinyl. All albums, in addition to maintaining the original artwork and content, will include a bonus CD. This album documents the historic meeting, (dated 1979) between Max Roach and Anthony Braxton, or rather the encounter between the tradition and the avantgarde in modern jazz. A profound dialogue between two major figures, the father of modern drumming and the young lion of creative music. A milestone in the evolution of African-American creative music. Track listing:
Label: Goodfellas/Black Saint File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: BS520001 Barcode: 8033706211069 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP+CD ANTHONY BRAXTON alto, soprano, sopranino saxes, clarinet MAX ROACH drums
SIDE A: 1. Birth 2. Magic And Music 3. Tropical Forest SIDE B: 1. Dance Griot 2. Spirit Possession 3. Soft Shoe 4. Rebirth
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Old and New Dreams LP DON CHERRY / DEWEY REDMAN / CHARLIE HADEN / ED BLACKWELL Cam Jazz and Goodfellas are proud to announce a new series of reissues from the historic Black Saint and Soul Note catalogues. Through a very careful selection, some of the most historically representative and significant albums will now be available once again on 180 gram deluxe virgin vinyl. All albums, in addition to maintaining the original artwork and content, will include a bonus CD. The first album by the legendary Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Ed Blackwell and Charlie Haden quartet. “Old and New Dreams”, recorded in 1976 and produced in 1977, spans the entire Post-Free universe with passion and lucidity. From the fast phrasing of Ornette Coleman’s “Handwoven”to the deep lyricism of Charlie Haden’s “Chairman Mao”. This is timeless music performed at maximum energy and with profound inspiration.
Label: Goodfellas/Black Saint File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: BS520002 Barcode: 8033706211076 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP+CD DON CHERRY trumpet DEWEY REDMAN tenor sax, musette CHARLIE HADEN bass ED BLACKWELL drums
Track listing: SIDE A: 1. Handwoven 2. Dewey’s Tune 3. Chairman Mao SIDE B: 1. Next To The Quiet Stream 2. Augmented 3. Old And New Dreams
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Ming LP DAVID MURRAY OCTET Cam Jazz and Goodfellas are proud to announce a new series of reissues from the historic Black Saint and Soul Note catalogues. Through a very careful selection, some of the most historically representative and significant albums will now be available once again on 180 gram deluxe virgin vinyl. All albums, in addition to maintaining the original artwork and content, will include a bonus CD. A key work in Murray’s discography and his debut as leader of his historic Octet - a great ensemble featuring some of the most important voices in avant-garde jazz. George Lewis, Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris and Steve McCall. Produced at the turn of the decade between the seventies and the eighties, “Ming” displays a dense and mature repertoire, clear arrangements, and a series of breathtaking performances!
Label: Goodfellas/Black Saint File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: BS520003 Barcode: 8033706211083 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP+CD DAVID MURRAY tenor sax HENRY THREADGILL alto sax OLU DARA trumpet BUTCH MORRIS cornet GEORGE LEWIS trombone ANTHONY DAVIS piano WILBER MORRIS bass STEVE MCCALL drums
Track listing: SIDE A: 1. The Fast Life 2. The Hill SIDE B: 1. Ming 2. Jasvan 3. Dewey’s Circle
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One Time Out LP PAUL MOTIAN TRIO Cam Jazz and Goodfellas are proud to announce a new series of reissues from the historic Black Saint and Soul Note catalogues. Through a very careful selection, some of the most historically representative and significant albums will now be available once again on 180 gram deluxe virgin vinyl. All albums, in addition to maintaining the original artwork and content, will include a bonus CD. A truly unique trio in the history of modern jazz, the legendary Paul Motian (drums), along with the magnificent Bill Frisell (guitar) and Joe Lovano (tenor sax), represent the perfect balance between tradition and innovation. The trio’s music expands along an angular rhythmic flow, that is open to areas of pure electricity and marked by a lyricism that is both dense and abstract. Recorded on 21–22 September 1987 at Barigozzi Studio in Milan.
Label: Goodfellas/Soul Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SN521001 Barcode: 8033706211090 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP+CD Paul Motian - drums Bill Frisell - guitar Joe Lovano - tenor sax
Track listing: SIDE A: 1. One Time Out 2. If You Could See Me Now 3. For The Love Of Sarah 4. The Storyteller 5. Portrait Of T. SIDE B: 6. Morpion 7. Monk’s Mood 8. Good Idea 9. Circle Dance
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Deep Down LP ENRICO PIERANUNZI / MARC JOHNSON / JOEY BARON Cam Jazz and Goodfellas are proud to announce a new series of reissues from the historic Black Saint and Soul Note catalogues. Through a very careful selection, some of the most historically representative and significant albums will now be available once again on 180 gram deluxe virgin vinyl. All albums, in addition to maintaining the original artwork and content, will include a bonus CD. Recorded on 26-27 February 1986 at Barigozzi studio in Milan, Deep Down is the second album by the great Italian pianist, Enrico Pieranunzi, and his trio, comprised of the rhythmwise Marc Johnson (bass) and Joey Baron (drums). Pieranunzi’s deeply rooted affinity for Bill Evans is expanded and developed throughout the album by the acute sensitivity and vibrant interplay of one of the greatest piano trios in contemporary jazz.
Label: Goodfellas/Soul Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SN521002 Barcode: 8033706211106 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP+CD Enrico Pieranunzi - piano Marc Johnson - bass Joey Baron - drums
Track listing: SIDE A: 1. Don’t Forget The Poet 2. Ev’rything I Love 3. We’ll Be Together Again 4. Someday My Prince Will Come SIDE B: 5. Dee Song 6. Our Romance 7. TTT (Twelve Tone Tune) 8. Antigny 9. Evans Remembered
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Change Of Season LP (Music of Herbie Nichols)
MISHA MENGELBERG / STEVE LACY / GEORGE LEWIS / ARJEN GORTER /HAN BENNINK Cam Jazz and Goodfellas are proud to announce a new series of reissues from the historic Black Saint and Soul Note catalogues. Through a very careful selection, some of the most historically representative and significant albums will now be available once again on 180 gram deluxe virgin vinyl. All albums, in addition to maintaining the original artwork and content, will include a bonus CD.
Label: Goodfellas/Soul Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SN521003 Barcode: 8033706211113 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP+CD Misha Mengelberg - piano Steve Lacy - soprano sax George Lewis - trombone Arjen Gorter - bass Han Bennink - drums
Recorded on 2-3 July 1984 at the Barigozzi Studio in Milan, this album represents one of the most important tributes ever made to the music of Herbie Nichols. The eccentric and visionary bop of this great pianist and composer is brought to life once again in all its stylistic originality through this amazing interpretation by Steve Lacy (soprano sax), George Lewis (trombone), Misha Mengelberg (piano), Arjen Gorter (bass), and Han Bennink (drums), a true supergroup in contemporary jazz. Track listing: SIDE A: 1. House Party Standing 2. The Happenings 3. Step Tempest 4. Hangover Triangle SIDE B: 5. Change Of Season 6. Spinning Song 7. Terpsichore
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Stream of Consciousness JIM SNIDERO Playing the saxophone carries with it the heavy load of tradition, and nobody can carry this load with more apparent ease than Jim Snidero. However, there is nothing atavistic about Snidero, who has developed a truly unique voice on his instrument - building on the foundation of the past while pointing the way to the future. With compositions that exploit the full potential of the alto saxophone's expressive range, Snidero has gathered side artists who all seem to be joined at the hip, with each providing sensitive support for the other which seems to shadow or provoke every move. Stream of Consciousness is challenging, thoughtful jazz that draws you in rather than alienates and which reveals no weaknesses in an unforgiving, nowhere-to-hide lineup.
Label: Savant File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SCD2127 Barcode: 633842212722 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Jim Snidero - alto saxophone Paul Bollenback - guitar Linda Oh - bass Rudy Royston - drums
Track listing: 1. Stream of Consciousness 2. Nirvana 3. Fear One 4. Vantage 5. Black Ice 6. Wisdom’s Path 7. K-Town
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
A Sunday Kind of Love BARBARA MORRISON Anybody who has ever heard vocalist Barbara Morrison command a stage knows that she possesses an effervescent singing style that drips with soul and a ribald sense of humor. The Ypsilanti-born singer spent her early career working with the blues legend Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, who gave the young singer a secure grounding in the blues. She has performed at the Montreux, Monterey, Long Beach and North Sea jazz festivals, Carnegie Hall and probably every Southern California jazz venue of the last 40 years. Morrison has been heard with Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith, Dr. John, the Count Basie Orchestra and Doc Severinsen's Big Band, to name a few. For A Sunday Kind of Love, her Savant Records debut, Morrison is joined by that most soulful of tenor players, Houston Person, in a program of standards and bluesy classics that could have been a Dinah Washington set list. Savant is proud to welcome Barbara Morrison's spirited vocals and rich, vibrant tones to their roster.
Label: Savant File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SCD2128 Barcode: 633842212821 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Barbara Morrison - voals Houston Person - tenor saxophone Stuart Elster - piano Richard Simon - bass Lee Spath - drums
Track listing: 1. I’m Just a Lucky So and So 2. Soft Winds 3. The Green Door 4. Good Morning Heartache 5. A Sunday Kind of Love 6. On the Sunny Side of the Street 7. I Cover the Waterfront 8. My Romance 9. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 10. I Love Your for Sentimental Reasons 11. MEDLEY: Smile/Make Someone Happy 12. Let’s Stay Together
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Hadouk Trio 4CD Box Set HADOUK TRIO This specially priced four CD box set includes the original albums Shamanimal (1999), Utopies (2006), Baldamore (2007) and Air Hadouk (2009). Each album comes in jewel case with original artwork. Each one of these three fanciful musicians has been brilliantly managing his own career, yet, more than 15 years ago, they decided to create a group with a pretty odd idea: the 'vegetal groove' (as heard on Shamanimal) – Didier, of Gong fame, a saxophonist who became a real virtuoso with his double reed instrument, the duduk; Loy, a nomadic keyboard who creates groove with a gnawa bass, the hajouj; and Steve, a percussion and rare instruments (such as the hang) sorcerer. Their discography has already captivated a large public; awarded with a Victoire de la Musique in 2008 (France), these three musicians/magicians keep making us travel again and again…
Label: NAÏVE File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: NJ622911 Barcode: 3298496229112 Price: £16.95 4 FOR 1.5 Packaging: box set Didier Malherbe DUDUK, SOPRANO SAX, KHEN, FLUTE Loy Ehrlich HAJOUJ, GUMBASS, KEYBOARDS, KORA Steve Shehan PERCUSSIONS, DJEMBE, HANG
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Shruggy Ji RED BARAAT Formed in 2008, Red Baraat is a pioneering eight-piece band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound -- a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra rhythms with elements of jazz, go-go, brass funk, and hip-hop. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve. And is being returned to them in cities all over the world, as word spreads of the band’s incredibly powerful live performances. Red Baraat’s sound is infused with a soul and energy that bursts through the seams of its songs. “Halla Bol” is a power-to-the-people anthem sung in Hindi, literally translating to “raise your voice.” “Burning Instinct” plays like a Tarantino car chase. The title track sits as a perfect testament to the album and the band itself. Impossible to define by genre, it’s just an incredible party jam that moves your parts. The band's debut UK tour last year went down a storm and they were handpicked to close the London 2012 Paralympic Games gig in Trafalgar Square.
Label: Jaro File Under: World music/USA-India Catalogue No: JARO4311-2 Barcode: 4006180431128 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
also available: JARO4307-2 Chaal Baby "highly infectious riffs" Jazzwise "original and entertaining" Guardian "multi-ethnic cool" Songlines
Track listing: 1. Halla Bol 05:24 / 2. Tenu Leke 04:53 / 3. Shruggy Ji 06:23 / 4. Burning Instinct 03:55 / 5. Dama Dam Mast Qalandar 05:28 / 6. Sialkot 04:46 / 7. Apna Punjab Hove 05:19 / 8. Private Dancers 04:19 / 9. F.I.P. 04:19 / 10. Little Betelnut 00:19 / 11. Azad Azad 04:32 / 12. Mast Kalandar 05:29 / 13. Aarthi 05:04
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
La Pasionaria VALENTINA MONTOYA MARTINEZ & MR McFALL'S CHAMBER This recording brings together two areas of repertoire which McFall's have often combined in performance – Valentina Montoya Martínez’s own songs and music of the tango nuevo, mostly from Ástor Piazzolla's operita 'María de Buenos Aires'. Valentina's songs tell stories of her life in her native Chile, the high life, low life, girls on the town, girls looking for love... Famously told by the great Nadia Boulanger to return to Argentina and embrace its tango culture, Piazzolla nevertheless learned much from his rigorous counterpoint training as evinced by the instrumental music on this recording, notably Fuga y misterio. La Pasionaria was the nickname of Dolores Ibárruri, an inspirational figure to generations of Latin American women, but it also neatly encapsulates the earthy intensity and sultry sensuality of these performances.
"passion, sensuality and musical intelligence … a dazzling performer with a world-class voice" – Sunday Times, June 2010, on Valentina Montoya Martínez
Label: Delphian File Under: World music Catalogue No: DCD34120 Barcode: 801918341205 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
"Mr McFall’s Chamber yet again find themselves triumphantly defining the innovative edge of the Scottish scene" – The Scotsman, June 2010, on the group’s live concerts with Martínez, Victor Villena and Cyril Garac
Track listing: 1 Los paraguas de Buenos Aires [4:59] / 2 Tango de la espera [2:28] / 3 Cartas [3:17] / 4 Adiós Poeta [3:30] / 5 Vardarito [6:06] / 6 Versos [2:25] / 7 Obsérvalo bien [3:14] / 8 Madre selva [3:31] / 9 Tocata rea [4:58] / 10 Guitarra mía [3:09] / 11 Milonga del 2007 [1:55] / 12 Sola [3:22] / 13 Fuga y misterio [3:31] / 14 Allegro tangabile [3:02] / 15 Yo soy María [3:25] / 16 Notango [4:14] Total playing time [57:14]
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Tajikistan-Classical Music and Songs ABDUVALI ABDURASHIDOV Abduvali Abdurashidov, master of the sato (a bowed tambur or long-necked lute held vertically), belongs to a great line of Tajik art music performers. He's joined in this exploration of the beautiful, haunting and little known court music of Tajikistan by one of the most talented of the current generation of Tajik singers, Ozoda Ashurova. With the death of the Soviet Union and decline of Russian influence in the region Central Asian artists are expressing a new sense of cultural geography and re-imagining their cultural heritage.
Label: Radio France File Under: World music/Tajikistan Catalogue No: C560254 Barcode: 3149028035124 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: CD BOOK Abduvali Abdurashidov - tanbur, sato (lutes) Sirojiddin Jurayev - dotar (lute) Ozoda Ashurova - vocals Bekhruz Naim - doyra (drum)
RELEASE DATE 29TH APRIL 2013
Safar GYPSIES OF RAJASTHAN Safar (meaning Journey) takes us to the villages of Rajasthan, in Western India, with Latif Ahmed Khan as our guide, accompanied by the most talented nomadic musicians of Rajasthan. Produced in Jaipur, this is one of the finest recordings of Indian songs, with music that is colourful and festive, its roots delving deep down into the history of this land and of the nomadic peoples who have travelled its length and breadth, and who are said to be ancestors of the Gypsies.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music/India Catalogue No: SA141245 Barcode: 3700089412455 MID Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
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Tahiti-Manureva POLINE Poline has a very special place in the history of Tahitian music: not only is she a talented singer, but she has also made three films, including Manureva by Claude Pinoteau in 1961. Endowed with an exceptional vocal timbre, as well as uncommon beauty, she remains one of the greatest Tahitian stars of all time.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music/Tahiti Catalogue No: SA141246 Barcode: 3700089412462 MID Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
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Your Turn MARC RIBOT / CERAMIC DOG Sophistication has many faces. Certainly among guitar players. Marc Ribot is known to be one of his kin's most unusual protagonists since his brash trashy trademark sound and stubborn intonation enriched Tom Waits' classic Rain Dogs album (1985). With Your Turn, second effort from his power trio Ceramic Dog, the multifunctional guitarist from New York has succeeded to produce a gorgeously dirty sounding album. An exceptionally nasty free-funk-psych-electro-punk-bastard, feedbacking with self conscience, withdrawing from the jazz policemens' pull.
Label: YellowBird File Under: Rock Catalogue No: YEB77352 Barcode: 767522773521 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Marc Ribot – guitars, vocals, trumpet, E-flat horn, melodica Shahzad Ismaily – bass, synthesizers, vocals Ches Smith – drums, vocals Guests: Arto Lindsay, Ezter Balint, Keefus Ciancia
Ribot's reference list is merely endless. A garage rocker in various bands while simultaneously taking classic guitar lessons as a youngster, Ribot (*1954) has played with Wilson Pickett, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithful, Caetano Veloso, James Carter, Alain Bashung, Marisa Monte, Madeleine Peyroux, Allen Toussaint, David Sylvian, Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, The Black Keys plus countless others in the last 30 years. He is a longtime contributor for John Zorn's records and has released 19 albums of his own featuring the music of Albert Ayler, cuban pop music and punk-noise-fusion with band projects such as Rootless Cosmopolitans or Shrek. Other than Ceramic Dog which, as Ribot is eager to point out, is NOT a project but a REAL band. Right on. Track listing: 1 Lies My Body Told Me 5'30 2 Your Turn 3'59 3 Masters of the Internet 4'05 4 Ritual Slaughter 4'04 5 Avanti Populo 0'58 6 Ain't Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round 3'54 7 Bread and Roses 5'17 8 Prayer 5'39 9 Mr Pants Goes To Hollywood 4'31 10 The Kid Is Back! 3'07 11 Take 5 5'26 12 We Are The Professionals 3'54 13 Special Snowflake 1'39
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Your Turn LP MARC RIBOT / CERAMIC DOG VINYL LP VERSION OF THE NEW ALBUM Sophistication has many faces. Certainly among guitar players. Marc Ribot is known to be one of his kin's most unusual protagonists since his brash trashy trademark sound and stubborn intonation enriched Tom Waits' classic Rain Dogs album (1985). With Your Turn, second effort from his power trio Ceramic Dog, the multifunctional guitarist from New York has succeeded to produce a gorgeously dirty sounding album. An exceptionally nasty free-funk-psych-electro-punk-bastard, feedbacking with self conscience, withdrawing from the jazz policemens' pull.
Label: YellowBird File Under: Rock Catalogue No: YEB77351 Barcode: 767522773514 NORMAL Price Format: 1 LP Marc Ribot – guitars, vocals, trumpet, E-flat horn, melodica Shahzad Ismaily – bass, synthesizers, vocals Ches Smith – drums, vocals Guests: Arto Lindsay, Ezter Balint, Keefus Ciancia
Ribot's reference list is merely endless. A garage rocker in various bands while simultaneously taking classic guitar lessons as a youngster, Ribot (*1954) has played with Wilson Pickett, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithful, Caetano Veloso, James Carter, Alain Bashung, Marisa Monte, Madeleine Peyroux, Allen Toussaint, David Sylvian, Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, The Black Keys plus countless others in the last 30 years. He is a longtime contributor for John Zorn's records and has released 19 albums of his own featuring the music of Albert Ayler, cuban pop music and punk-noise-fusion with band projects such as Rootless Cosmopolitans or Shrek. Other than Ceramic Dog which, as Ribot is eager to point out, is NOT a project but a REAL band. Right on. Track listing: SIDE A 1 Lies My Body Told Me 5'30 2 Your Turn 3'59 3 Masters of the Internet 4'05 4 Avanti Populo 0'58 5 Ain't Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round 3'54 SIDE B 1 Bread and Roses 5'17 2 Prayer 5'39 3 Mr Pants Goes To Hollywood 4'31 4 The Kid Is Back! 3'07 5 We Are The Professionals 3'54