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Evan Parker Electroacoustic Ensemble (c. Caroline Forbes)
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RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Hasselt Evan Parker Electroacoustic Ensemble Three open improvisations recorded in concert at Kunstencentrum Belgie Hasselt, Belgium in 2010 by sub-groups from the Electrocacoustic Ensemble, plus an extended performance by the whole ensemble: Richard Barrett, Peter van Bergen, Lawrence Casserley, Peter Evans, Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy, Ishikawa Ko, Paul Lytton, Paul Obermayer, Evan Parker, Walter Prati, Ned Rothenberg, Joel Ryan, Marco Vecchi. The ElectroAcoustic Ensemble was formed in 1990 as a sextet to explore the possibilities of real time signal processing in an improvising context. It has since grown to an astonishing eighteen piece chamber orchestra. Each stage of the evolution of the group has been documented by ECM records working with producer Steve Lake. Hasselt is the first release by the group on Parker's own Psi label. "Luscious, alien stuff, and utterly beautiful." BBC.com (review of Memory/Vision)
Label: Psi Recordings File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: Psi12.03 Barcode: 5030243120321 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
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In His Good Time Chris McGregor Ogun is extremely proud to present, for the first time on CD, this solo outing by the renowned South African band leader and composer Chris McGregor, recorded live in his adopted homeland of France in 1977. Best known as a member of the Blue Notes and leader of the international big band the Brotherhood of Breath, McGregor rarely recorded solo; his two recitals for the French Musica label have long since disappeared, and “In His Good Time� has been unavailable for many years. This long-awaited reissue comes directly from the original unedited analogue tapes and boasts a wealth of bonus material, restoring in its entirety the first set of the evening, a continuous performance of original works and arrangements of traditional South African folksongs. Five tracks edited from the second set complete the collection. CONTAINS 5 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS
Label: Ogun Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: OGCD038 Barcode: 5020675572355 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
tracks 1 Green Hymn 7'04 2 Kwa Tebugo 9'25 3 Sonia 8'48 4 Call 7'41 5 Raincloud 3'06 6 Umhome 9'28 7 Burning Bush 4'51 8 Shekele 4'44 9 Yikiti 4'13 10 Mngqusho 4'07 11 In His Good Time 4'17 12 The Bride 2'09 13 Ududu Nombambula 2'54
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Wonderful! Wonderful! Joey DeFrancesco Joey DeFrancesco has come a long way from All of Me, his recording debut as a leader made in 1989 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old. From the get-go, the Philadelphia native established his credentials with virtuoso technique and an innate soulfulness that he brought to bear on the Hammond B-3 organ. Throughout his early career, Joey was widely recognized as spearheading a renewed interested in the Hammond organ, and building a bridge from the instrument's golden period of the 1960s and early 70s to the modern vocabulary and usage that it enjoys today. With jazz guitar great Larry Coryell and legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb, Joey imbues the venerable genre with new life, vigor and a modern sensibility which is at once of the moment and, at the same time, respectful of its roots and soulful history.
Label: High Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: HCD7241 Barcode: 632375724122 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Joey DeFrancesco - organ & trumpet Larry Coryell - guitar Jimmy Cobb - drums
Track Listing: Wonderful! Wonderful! • Five Spot After Dark • Wagon Wheels • Solitude • Joey D • Love Letters • Old Folks • JLJ Blues
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Woody Plays Woody Woody Shaw Woody Shaw is widely revered across the globe as the last major innovator to significantly revolutionize modern jazz trumpet playing. Shaw's innovations vastly extended the harmonic and technical vocabulary of the instrument and his achievements, both as a stylist and as a master craftsman, remain largely unparalleled in the world of music. Woody Shaw is also remembered as one of the great, modern jazz composers to have developed a distinct musical sound and identity through his original compositions. His work is currently studied all over the world and his instrumental breakthroughs are venerated by musicians of all levels, ages, styles, and nationalities.
Label: High Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: HCD7243 Barcode: 632375724320 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Woody Shaw, trumpet & flugelhorn with Steve Turre, Mulgrew Miller, Stafford James, Carter Jefferson, Victor Lewis and Larry Willis
Shaw's eclectic range of musical and cultural interests served to shape an artistic sensibility that was both distinct and uniquely personal. Throughout his musical career, Shaw traveled to such regions as India, Persia, Egypt, Japan, and all over Western and Eastern Europe. His encounters with the varied cultures of the world influenced his approach to music as well his outlook on life. Here is a collection of Woody Shaw performing a suite of his own compositions together with some of his favored sidemen, giving ample proof that when the future jazz history books are written, Woody Shaw will be remembered as a performing-composer of the highest level of excellence. Track Listing: Little Red’s Fantasy • Rahsaan’s Run • Stepping Stone • Organ Grinder • OPEC • Ginseng People
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The Queen of the Party The Uptown Blues of Irene Reid
Irene Reid From her days singing with the Count Basie band as a replacement for Joe Williams, to her Indian summer of renewed popularity, Irene Reid always lived up to her moniker, The Queen of Uptown Blues. Like Dinah Washington and Esther Phillips, Irene had a church background and never lost that divine intensity or power to convey the emotions in a lyric. Moving to New York from her native Savannah in 1947, Irene tried out for the Apollo Theater's Amateur Contest and ended up winning it five consecutive times. With Basie in the early '60s, Irene toured Sweden, Switzerland, France and Australia and recorded some albums with her own group, Irene Reid and Company. She went on to record two big-band albums for Verve but her most visible appearance in those post-Basie years was in the cast of the Broadway show, “The Wiz,” as the wicked witch Evillene, the role originated by Mabel King.
Label: Savant File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SCD2125 Barcode: 633842212524 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
In 1997, after two decades spent largely under the show-business radar, Irene re-emerged on Savant records at the recommendation of B-3 organist Charles “The Mighty Burner” Earland. She recorded a number of albums for Savant before her passing in 2008, with each release winning her a legion of new fans. Here is a program featuring Irene, the Mighty Burner, Eric Alexander and the rest of the crew doing what Irene did best the Uptown Blues. With her all-star Band, Irene's wit, sassy delivery and love of life is evident in every track. Track listing: Million Dollar Secret • I'm Getting Tired • If I Never Get To Heaven • I'm Walkin' • Aiming at Nothing • Once There Lived a Fool • Long John Blues • One Eyed Man • I Took the Backdoor Out • I Ain’t Doing Too Bad • I'll Take You Back • Big Fat Daddy
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Owls Talk Alexandra Grimal / Lee Konitz / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian A superb encounter for the young French saxophonist, leading this date with three venerable masters of the genre. The album was recorded in New York in 2009 and originally released in France on Marge but now sees a proper international release. Grimal, playing more accessibly (though hardly mainstream) than on her other recordings, composed or co-composed nine of the 15 tracks and the excellent sound provides a rewarding listening experience. "An incredible encounter. A moment suspended in time. I don't have the words to describe what happened on those cold days in December 2009. Singular emotions, beyond anything language can express. A waking dream‌ or the awakening of a dream?" Alexandra Grimal
Label: ApartĂŠ File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AP037 Barcode: 3149028016727 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Alexandra Grimal - tenor & soprano saxophones Lee Konitz - alto saxophone Gary Peacock - bass Paul Motian - drums
1 Awake 4'05 2 Horus 3'13 3 Breathing Through 2'20 4 If This Then 4'24 5 Owls Talk 4'57 6 Petit Matin 4'38 7 Moor 4'27 8 Melodie Pour Joao 3'55 9 Blows Ll 4'25 10 December Green Wings 4'21 11 A. H. 3'53 12 Dance 5'20 13 Awake 3'24 14 Indicible 2'28 15 Eclipse 4'00
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Dell Westergaard Lillinger feat. John Tchicai John Tchicai John Tchicai, the Afro-Danish saxophonist who was born in 1936, is one of the few remaing active players whose roots lie in the New Wave of Jazz in the sixties. He formed the New York Art Quartet, and later the New York Contemporary Five with Archie Shepp and Don Cherry, and recorded with Coltrane, Ayler and many more. Tchicai met vibes player Christopher Dell in Berlin in 2010, as part of a memorial concert to Johnny Dyani with whom he had played in the Brotherhood of Breath. Three tracks (30 mins) of the material presented on this album is from that duo concert. The other nine tracks (42 mins) were recorded three days later in a Berlin studio with a young rhythm section. The inter-generational project works supremely well, with genuine empathy between the musicians who emerge as a collective rather than Old Master and backing band. Tchicai's playing is restrained and lyrical, the mood one of serenity and probing thoughtfulness.
Label: Jazzwerkstatt File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JW128 Barcode: 4250317419620 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal John Tchicai - saxes, flutes Christopher Dell - vibes Jonas Westergaard - bass Christian Lillinger - drums
Tracks: 1 Fortune At Zou Feet 3'34 2 Traveller 10'44 3 Share 2'53 4 Fond 5'18 5 Wet 3'37 6 A Double Mescal 5'20 7 Double Exposure 14'34 8 Intangible Doorman 5'39 9 Minor Or Major 3'07 10 New!!! 4'01 11 Transparency 6'34 12 Venus 6'56
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Day and Night Gerd Dudek Gerd Dudek came to London early in 2012 to give a concert at the Vortex. The next day the quartet went to Curtis Schwartz’s studio deep in the English countryside to record. Gerd and Hans Koller between them chose a programme of some of their favourite jazz tunes. Dudek is a German saxophonist who played in the early line-up of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and later with Alex Von Schlippenbach, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff and many others. His origins are in free jazz but his playing has adopted a somewhat gentler tone in recent years. Although recordings have been infrequent Dudek remains one of Germany's best jazz musicians.
Label: Psi Recordings File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: Psi12.05 Barcode: 5030243120529 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack GERD DUDEK (soprano & tenor saxophones) HANS KOLLER (piano) OLI HAYHURST (double bass) GENE CALDERAZZO (drums)
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Fume of Sighs Bark! On their third CD BARK! again take their group virtuosity to new areas, creating beautiful jagged, sharp edged textures propelled by some of their tightest, strangest, most powerful rhythmic designs yet. Recorded in London, 2009.
Label: Psi Recordings File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: Psi12.04 Barcode: 5030243120420 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack REX CASSWELL (electric guitar) PHILLIP MARKS (percussion) PAUL OBERMAYER (samples)
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Evocaci贸n Raynald Colom Following rapidly on from Rise, the first international release by this up and coming French-Catalonian trumpeter which came out earlier this month, Jazz Village now release Colom's 2009 album Evocaci贸n. Neatly splicing the two mainstays of his musical experience - jazz and flamenco - Colom presents a coherent and balanced work that genuinely, and thrillingly, reflects his origins. The album showcases the talents of two of flamenco's stars, the guitarist Chicuelo and the singer Rosaria La Tremendita, alongside his international ensemble of jazz musicians, Cuban pianist Aruan Ortiz, Israeli bassist Omer Avital, and New York drummer Eric McPherson.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570004 Barcode: 3149027000420 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Raynald Colom - trumpet Juan Gomez 'Chicuelo' - guitar Aruan Ortiz - piano Omer Avital - bass Eric McPherson - drums Roger Blavia - percussion Special guests: Rosaria Guerrero 'La Tremendita' - vocals; Gabriel Amargant saxophones; Isaac Vigueras - cajon; Marcelo Mercadante - bandoneon
Track listing: 1. Evocacion #1 10.13 2. Toulouse 5.31 3. Intro De Ida 2.37 4. De Ida 4.22 5. Y Vuelta 4.59 6. Zyriab 8.23 7. Sanctuary 8.11 8. Como El Cielo, Las Estrellas 3.48 9. Evocacion #2 11.21
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Jazz at Storyville + Konitz Lee Konitz 2 LPS ON 1 CD ! Lee Konitz’s complete original LPs Jazz at Storyville (Storyville LP901) and Konitz (Storyville LP313). The first is a live performance recorded at the Storyville Club in Boston (presented by local radio MC John McLelland), while the second is a studio album. Both LPs present Konitz in a quartet setting with pianist Ronnie Ball. Includes 12-page booklet. ALL MUSIC GUIDE (Printed edition, 2002): Jazz at Storyville “This excellent album gives one a definitive look at altoist Lee Konitz at a period of time when he was breaking away from being a sideman and a student of Lennie Tristano, and asserting himself as a leader. With pianist Ronnie Ball, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Alan Levitt, Konitz explores a variety of his favorite chord changes, some of which were disguised by newer melodies such as ‘Hi Beck’, ‘Subconscious Lee’ and ‘Sound Lee’. Among the other highpoints of this well-recorded set are ‘Foolin’ Myself’ and a lengthy exploration of ‘If I Had You’.” (Scott Yanow)
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99052 Barcode: 8436542010177 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal 1-10: JAZZ AT STORYVILLE LEE KONITZ - alto sax; RONNIE BALL - piano; PERCY HEATH - bass; AL LEVITT, drums. Live at the Storyville Club, Boston, January 5, 1954. 11-18: KONITZ LEE KONITZ - alto sax; RONNIE BALL - piano; PETER IND - bass; JEFF MORTON, drums. New York, April/May 1954 (tracks 11, 13-15 & 17-18) & Boston, August 6, 1954 (tracks 12 & 16).
01 Introduction by John McLellan 0:53 / 02 HI BECK 7:38 / 03 IF I HAD YOU 11:19 / 04 SUBCONSCIOUS LEE 5:31 / 05 SOUND LEE 6:38 / 06 FOOLIN’ MYSELF 6:01 / 07 Introduction by John McLellan 0:45 / 08 ABLUTION 4:43 / 09 THESE FOOLISH THINGS 4:10 / 10 Final announcement 0:36 / 11 BOP GOES THE LEESEL 2:13 / 12 EASY LIVING 3:08 / 13 MEAN TO ME 3:49 / 14 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 5:39 / 15 317 EAST 32nd 4:01 / 16 SKYLARK 3:05 / 17 NURSERY RHYME 3:16 / 18 LIMEHOUSE BLUES 3:05 TT: 76:39
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Blues Cross Country + If You Go + 4 bonus tracks
Peggy Lee & Quincy Jones 2 LPs ON 1 CD! Peggy Lee’s two classic 1961 albums with the Quincy Jones orchestra. Jones’ arrangements are featured prominently throughout the two LPs: Blues Cross Country (Capitol ST1671) and If You Go (Capitol ST1630). The singer and arranger had not recorded together before, and following these marvelous LPs, they would only collaborate on a short 1966 session. As a bonus, the label has added three tracks that complete the aforementioned albums’ sessions (but were not included on the original LPs) as well as Peggy Lee’s classic rendition of “Fever”. Includes an 8-page booklet.
Label: American Jazz Classics File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: AJC99060 Barcode: 8436542011785 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal 1-13: BLUES CROSS COUNTRY Featuring: Jack Sheldon, Pete Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Benny Carter, Buddy Collette (as), Plas Johnson, Bill Perkins (ts), Jimmy Rowles (p), Max Bennett (b), Stan Levey (d), Chino Pozo (cga, bgo), among others. Quincy Jones (cond, ldr). 14-27: IF YOU GO Featuring Ted Nash (flute), Benny Carter (as), Victor Feldman (p, vib), Stan Levey, Shelly Manne (d), Chino Pozo (cga, bgo), among others. Quincy Jones (arr, cond).
1 KANSAS CITY 2:29 / BASIN STREET BLUES 3:04 / 3 LOS ANGELES BLUES 2:38 / 4 I LEFT MY SUGAR (IN SALT LAKE CITY) 2:53 / 5 THE GRAIN BELT BLUES 1:52 / 6 NEW YORK CITY BLUES 3:21 / 7 GOIN’ TO CHICAGO BLUES 2:37 / 8 SAN FRANCISCO BLUES 2:37 / 9 FISHERMAN’S WHARF 3:11 / 10 BOSTON BEANS 2:05 / 11 THE TRAIN BLUES 2:42 / 12 ST. LOUIS BLUES 2:15 / 13 HEY! LOOK ME OVER 1:53 / 14 AS TIME GOES BY 2:52 / 15 IF YOU GO 2:43 / 16 OH LOVE HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME 2:37 / 17 SAY IT ISN’T SO 2:58 / 18 I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO 2:49 / 19 MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE (I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH) 2:04 / 20 I’M GONNA LAUGH YOU OUT OF MY LIFE 2:48 / 21 I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL 2:49 / 22 (I LOVE YOUR) GYPSY SOUL 2:30 / 23 WHEN I WAS A CHILD 3:16 / 24 HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY 2:49 / 25 SMILE 2:21 / 26 DEEP PURPLE 2:57 / 27 FAREWELL TO ARMS 3:08 / 28 FEVER 3:19 TT 75:49
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Focus + Cool Velvet Stan Getz 2 LPs on 1CD! The complete Stan Getz album Focus (Verve V6-8412), which presents the great saxophonist backed by strings, playing music composed and arranged by Eddie Sauter. This set presents the original album in its entirety (two 45-rpm versions that are listed in discographies are in fact edited versions of the tracks included on the LP). As a bonus, the label has added another entire Getz album: Cool Velvet (Verve MGVS68379), which features the tenor player again backed by strings, this time performing standards arranged by Russell Garcia. Includes 12-page booklet
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27303 Barcode: 8436542011457 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal STAN GETZ, tenor saxophone on all tracks, plus: 1-7: FOCUS Hershey Kay and His Orchestra. New York, July-October 1961. 8-17: COOL VELVET Russell Garcia’s Orchestra. Baden-Baden, Germany, March 1960.
01) I’M LATE, I’M LATE 8:11 / 02) HER 6:13 / 03) PAN 3:58 / 04) I REMEMBER WHEN 5:04 / 05) NIGHT RIDER 3:58 / 06) ONCE UPON A TIME 4:49 / 07) A SUMMER AFTERNOON 5:59 / 08) THE THRILL IS GONE 5:04 / 09) IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND 4:07 / 10) EARLY AUTUMN 4:45 / 11) WHEN I GO, I GO ALL THE WAY 4:01 / 12) A NEW TOWN IS A BLUE TOWN 2:42 / 13) ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT 3:07 / 14) BORN TO BE BLUE 3:54 / 15) WHISPER NOT 5:04 / 16) GOODBYE 4:26 / 17) NATURE BOY 2:59 TT: 78:22
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Porgy & Bess + 2 bonus tracks
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong THE COMPLETE CLASSIC VERSION OF GERSHWIN’S PORGY & BESS BY ELLA AND LOUIS, ONE OF THE TRUE GEMS OF JAZZ HISTORY. AS A BONUS, TWO RARELY HEARD DUETS RECORDED LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IN 1956. INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET.
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27304 Barcode: 8436542011464 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal ELLA FITZGERALD - vocals LOUIS ARMSTRONG - trumpet & vocals Orchestra conducted by RUSSELL GARCIA Los Angeles, California, August 18-October 14, 1957.
George Gershwin composed Porgy & Bess ten years after his success with Rhapsody in Blue. By this time he was already a major figure in American music. Originally conceived by Gershwin as an "American folk opera," Porgy & Bess premiered in New York in the fall of 1935 and featured an entire cast of classically trained African-American singers. It also received ample play by jazz artists, who made countless versions (both vocal and instrumental) of numerous selections from the opera (including those by the Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis with the Gil Evans Orchestra, and the Oscar Peterson trio; “I Loves You Porgy” became one of Billie Holiday’s greatest hits). The most celebrated jazz version of Porgy & Bess, however, is the 1957 recordings by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald reissued here, which contain the most famous version ever recorded of the perennial “Summertime”. Although both Ella and Louis continued their respective careers with great success after 1957, Porgy & Bess would be their last recorded collaboration ever.
01 OVERTURE 10:53 / 02 SUMMERTIME 5:01 / 03 I WANTS TO STAY HERE 4:38 / 04 MY MAN’S GONE NOW 4:03 / 05 I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’ 3:54 / 06 BUZZARD SONG 3:00 / 07 BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW 5:30 / 08 IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO 6:36 / 09 WHAT YOU WANT WID BESS? 2:02 / 10 A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING 4:50 / 11 OH, DOCTOR JESUS 2:01 / 12 MEDLEY: HERE COME DE HONEY MAN / CRAB MAN / OH, DEY’S SO FRESH AND FINE (STRAWBERRY WOMAN) 3:31 / 13 THERE’S A BOAT DAT’S LEAVIN’ SOON FOR NEW YORK 4:56 / 14 BESS, OH WHERE’S MY BESS? 2:37 / 15 OH, LAWD, I’M ON MY WAY 2:56 Bonus tracks: Ella & Louis at the Hollywood Bowl 16 YOU WON’T BE SATISFIED 3:53 / 17 UNDECIDED 3:39 TOTAL TIME: 74:09
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Africa / Brass LP + 1 bonus track
John Coltrane Quartet This was Trane’s first album with a big band. The unique instrumentation included four French Horns, tuba, two euphoniums, two trumpets, three reed players, and a rhythm section including two bassists. The tight arrangements were primarily penned by Trane and McCoy Tyner, and orchestrated by Eric Dolphy. It must be admitted, however, that even though Down Beat published an unenthusiastic review, the original liner notes for Africa/Brass were written by another Down Beat collaborator, Don Cerulli, who praised the work.
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4537 Barcode: 8436542011006 Price: LP PRICE Format: 1 Disque Vinyle John Coltrane - tenor & soprano sax McCoy Tyner - piano Reggie Workman - bass Elvin Jones - drums Plus: Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard, Julian Priester, Charles “Majeed” Greenlee, Julius Watkins, Donald Corrado, Bob Northern, Jimmy Buffington, Robert Swisshelm, Bill Barber, Eric Dolphy, Garvin Bushell, Pat Patrick, Paul Chambers, Britt Woodman, Carl Bowman, Art Davis.
Africa/Brass marks the first collaboration between Coltrane and Eric Dolphy, who on this album played reeds (but didn’t solo), wrote all of the orchestrations and conducted the ensemble. The sessions took place on May 23 and June 7 of 1961. Sandwiched between both sessions, Trane and Dolphy recorded the septet album Olé (on May 25, 1961), again with two bassists (Reggie Workman and Art Davis), and also adding Freddie Hubbard on trumpet to McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones. SIDE A: 1 AFRICA (John Coltrane) 16:29 SIDE B: 1 GREENSLEEVES (Traditional) 9:57 2 BLUES MINOR (John Coltrane) 7:20 3 SONG OF THE UNDERGOUND RAILROAD (Traditional) 6:44 * * BONUS TRACK: From the same sessions. Not on the original LP. All tracks orchestrated & conducted by ERIC DOLPHY
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The Blues and the Abstract Truth LP + 1 bonus track
Oliver Nelson LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY THE WAY THIS MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4538 Barcode: 8436542011013 Price: LP PRICE Format: 1 Disque Vinyle Oliver Nelson - alto & tenor sax Eric Dolphy - alto sax & flute Freddie Hubbard - trumpet (out on B3) George Barrow - baritone sax (out on B3) Bill Evans - piano Paul Chambers - bass Roy Haynes - drums
THE BEST ALBUM EVER BY OLIVER NELSON, INCLUDING HIS PERENNIAL “STOLEN MOMENTS” After recording six albums as a leader for the Prestige label between 1959 and 1961 (with such outstanding musicians as Kenny Dorham, Johnny Smith, Eric Dolphy, Roy Haynes, King Curtis and Jimmy Forrest), Nelson recorded his breakthrough LP The Blues and the Abstract Truth, on Impulse! The album featured jazz luminaries Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes, and contained the tune “Stolen Moments,” now considered a standard. In fact, it had already been recorded by Nelson the previous year as “The Stolen Moment” on an album by the Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis big band titled Trane Whistle. Curiously, this early version (included here as a bonus track) also featured Eric Dolphy and Roy Haynes, as well as George Barrow, featured there playing tenor sax and flute instead of baritone sax. SIDE A: 1. STOLEN MOMENTS 8:47 2. HOE-DOWN 4:44 3. CASCADES 5:31 SIDE B: 1. YEARNIN’ 6:24 2. BUTCH AND BUTCH 4:36 3. TEENIE’S BLUES 6:40 4. STOLEN MOMENTS [first version, aka THE STOLEN MOMENT] 7:51 *
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Jazz Messengers !!! LP Art Blakey LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY THE WAY THIS MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4539 Barcode: 8436542011044 Price: LP PRICE Format: 1 Disque Vinyle Art Blakey - drums Lee Morgan - trumpet Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons - piano Jymie Merritt - bass
The formation heard here marks the third incarnation of Art Blakey (1919-1990) and the Jazz Messengers, with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons and bassist Jymie Merritt, plus the addition of trombonist Curtis Fuller. (The first stable formation, in 1954, consisted of Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver and Doug Watkins, while the second one, in 1957, included Bill Hardman, Johnny Griffin – or Jackie McLean – Sam Dockery and Spanky Debrest.) Benny Golson was the tenor saxophonist for a short while in 1958-59, and also acted as the group’s musical director. He wrote several jazz standards which began as part of the band book, such as “I Remember Clifford”, “Blues March”, “Along Came Betty” and “Are You Real?”. Many of these songs would be revived by later editions of the group.
SIDE A: 1) ALAMODE [À LA MODE] (Curtis Fuller) 6:50 2) INVITATION (Bronislau Kaper-Paul Francis Webster) 7:28 3) CIRCUS (Louis Alter-Bob Russell) 5:14 SIDE B: 1) YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (Don Raye-Gene DePaul) 7:00 2) I HEAR A RHAPSODY (George Frogas-Jack Baker-Dick Gasparre) 6:33 3) GEE BABY, AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU (Don Redman-Andy Razaf) 4:57
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Very Tall LP + 1 bonus track
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY THE WAY THIS MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING Very Tall marked the first recorded collaboration between Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson. The two musicians were both highly regarded and successful jazz figures by 1961. Peterson had recorded innumerable albums with his own trio and backing such stars as Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Ben Webster and Billie Holiday, to name just a few. Jackson had played with most of the great names in modern jazz and had been a founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4541 Barcode: 8436542011105 Price: LP PRICE Format: 1 Disque Vinyle Oscar Peterson - piano Milt Jackson - vibes Ray Brown - bass Ed Thigpen - drums
Very Tall features Jackson as an added member of the legendary Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. After Very Tall, Peterson and Jackson wouldn’t record together again for ten years. They rejoined forces in Villingen, Germany in July 1971, where they made another quartet album, titled Reunion Blues. The album featured the rhythm section of the Oscar Peterson Trio of that period, which included Ray Brown again on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. The pianist and vibraphonist would continue to play together, mostly in live settings, and various albums appeared taken from such performances. Their final collaboration dates back to a November 1998 quartet performance, with Ray Brown on bass, and Karriem Riggins on drums, taped at the Blue Note in New York. Milt Jackson died shortly after on October 9, 1999 at the age of 76. Musically active until the end, Peterson would pass away on December 23, 2007, at the age of 82. Milt Jackson’s original 1957 version of “Heartstrings” has been added here as a bonus. SIDE A: 1 ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (Bronislaw Kaper-Ned Washington) 7:32 2 HEARTSTRINGS (Milt Jackson) 5:43 3 WORK SONG (Nat Adderley-Oscar Brown Jr.) 7:35 SIDE B: 1 JOHN BROWN’S BODY [BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC] (Traditional) 7:49 2 A WONDERFUL GUY (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II) 4:57 3 REUNION BLUES (Milt Jackson) 7:22 4 HEARTSTRINGS (Milt Jackson) [original Milt Jackson version] 4:54 *
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Tanguísimo Astor Piazzolla 8 CD box set with bonus 9th CD. Originally conceived as a Complete Works of the the Argentinian maestro, this set through force of circumstance became an anthology deprived of the 'Complete' tag. The booklet reflects on the inaccessibility of various works, but rather than dwell on what is missing, the set focuses the attention on the period 1945-1961 and includes a whopping 213 tracks, presented in chronological order. The Bonus CD features the American recording sessions of 1958-59 wherein Piazzolla orchestrated and arranged works far removed from his beloved tango.
Label: Le Chant du Monde File Under: World music Catalogue No: 5742200/07 Barcode: 3149024220050 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 8 CD Packaging: box set Francisco Fiorentino, vocal Astor Piazzolla, bandonéon, arrangements & direction Roberto Di Filippo, bandonéon Angel Genta, bandonéon Fernando Tell, bandonéon Hugo Baralis, violin Ernesto Gianni, violin Juan Bibiloni, violin Oscar Lucero, violin Carlos Figari, piano Angel Molo, cello Pepe Diaz or Valentín Andreotta, bass
From the sleevenotes: A prolific period, during which Astor Piazzolla carved out his own musical aesthetic, as personal as it is universal, and raised Tango to the ranks of classical music without causing it to lose any of its force, its character, its originality or its roots. The clear break he brought about by shaking up the musical codes of Tango felt like sacrilege to the older generation, but like a much-needed revolution to those who dreamed of modernity. The second real icon in the history of Argentinian music alongside Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla, like his illustrious forefather, left his imprint on this style of music in spite of its rules, which were anchored in a set of seemingly immutable traditions. "Astor Piazzolla turned Tango into more than just the music of one nation and one people; he made it into a universal art on a par with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Claude Debussy. Like Orpheus descending into the underworld to seek Eurydice, Piazzolla tracked Tango down to the hidden places where the Guardia Vieja were keeping it a jealously guarded secret, and brought it up into the daylight so he could share it with the world…. Except that he never turned around, so his Eurydice is still alive and well!" Juan Esteban Alvarez de Molina
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Corazon De Piel Afuera - Godino Cuarteto Cedron The Paris-based Argentinian tangeros release an album of two halves, or two new albums on one disc: "Corazon..." and "Godino"
Label: Le Chant du Monde File Under: World music Catalogue No: 2742182 Barcode: 3149024218224 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack World Music: ARGENTINA Juan Cedrón, guitar & voice Román Cedrón, bass Miguel López, bandoneon Miguel Praino, viola
"In this album – the part devoted to Miguel Angel Bustos – you will come across some poems where the blend of tenderness, innocence, the unfathomable beauty of a small child, the never-ending sadness of an orphan, cold solitude and at the same time, intense love, warm and soft like the sun will leave you breathless. The embalmed young lady ('La Señorita Muerta') who manages to become a pure beauty and seduces whoever turns up; a lullaby for a serial killer who in turn is also killed himself ('Canción de cuna para Godino') ; the many facets of the utopian city of San Jamás; the wounds, moments of sweetness and illusions of love – is this reality or fiction? The incredible portraits of the prodigious flautist ('Ah la Flauta') and the poet of multiple faces ('el Irlandés'), all generous or coarse, to avoid over-simplification, a religion not professed within the Cuarteto. What year does the action take place in when Juan Cedrón sings a huella ('Colombianas del Ecuador') that sounds like it did a hundred years ago? The only thing we have that has no limits is our imagination. And other stories: the ones from memory and the soliloquies, inevitably every bit as creative! All these stories becoming one with the voice inventing them or recounting them from memory. Juan Cedrón's ample, swelling tone is that of the Cuarteto too, a voice that is both melody and stage for a one-act show, impossible to repeat, yet multiple, where the actor makes us believe he's a real man…or a man who's laughing or suffering his own song and he has us believe he's nothing but a simple actor, whereas the only real thing is his voice, authentic in its pure illusion and the way it feels at the hypnotic moment of the tale." Guillermo Pintos
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Marina Rossell canta Moustaki Marina Rossell Marina Rossell presents her new studio album in Catalan with the title "Canta Moustaki". A tribute album to one of the great French artists of the twentieth century, Georges Moustaki. Marina pays tribute with this selection of his most popular songs, performed exceptionally. Guest Artists include Moustaki himself who sings with Marina on "Marmara", a song unpublished version until today. Roger Mas sings on "El Cartero" and Paco Ibáñez in "El Metec", whose version of which closes the CD. The album was artistically directed by Eduard Iniesta, and from the beginning with the theme "El Metec" we can appreciate the careful work of production and the magnificent voice of Marina Rossell as it flourishes track by track. The booklet includes drawings by George Moustaki.
Label: World Village File Under: Other Genres Catalogue No: 498051 Barcode: 8427592001437 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack World Music: SPAIN Eduard Iniesta: guitarres, tambur, arxillaüt, laghouto, mellotron, charango, theremin, ukalele, baglamas, bouzouki, guitarra a «Màrmara». Xavi Lloses: piano, melòdica. Eduard Navarro: gaida búlgara, tarota, fi dula, baghet i gralles. Antonio Sánchez: bendit, spiral trasch, tabal, pandero quadrat i esponges.
Tracks: 1 El Metec 2'45 2 Ma Llibertat 2'45 3 Hi Havia un Jardí 3'40 4 El Mar M'Ha Donat 2'31 5 Ma Solitud 3'02 6 Balla 3'06 7 Els Amants S'estimen un Temps 3'15 8 En el Mediterrani 4'15 9 El Carter 4'16 10 Hiroshima 2'25 11 Sense Anomenar-la 3'09 12 Màrmara 3'06 13 El Metec (II) 2'52
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Diaspora in Buenos Aires The Linetzky Family Andrés Linetzky’s grandfather José was born in 1916 in Belz, in the heart of Europe. At the time, 6,000 people still lived there, 3,600 of them Jews. Jewish culture is at home in the town. The Linetzkys live in the ‘Street of musicians’. They are ‘Klezmers’, as musicians who play ‘yiddish’ music are referred to, and they own a bookshop. In 1929 – José is eight years old – the Linetzkys emigrate to Buenos Aires, escaping extermination. Among the few things they carry in their luggage, there is José’s mother’s mandolin. Almost a hundred years later, her instrument can be heard on this album. The young Linetzky generation plays ‘Beltz mas Sher’, a tribute to Belz. In their new South American environment, the Linetzkys meet regularly to play music at home. Klezmer is played, cultivated and transmitted from the great-grandfather to the grandfather, from the grandfather to the father, the son and the grandson. Diaspora in Buenos Aires. The tradition lives on!
Label: Winter&Winter File Under: World music Catalogue No: 910196-2 Barcode: 025091019625 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack World Music: JEWISH / KLEZMER / ARGENTINA Andrés Linetzky - piano Bruno Linetzky - clarinet Matías Linetzky - trumpet, mandolin Lucila Linetzky - vocals Guillermo Linetzky - drums Leonardo Linetzky - flute José Linetzky - viola
FURTHER RELEASES BY ANDRÉS LINETZKY ON W&W »Tango Vivo!« CD 910 011-2 »Tango alla Baila« CD 910 025-2 »Músicas de Noche« CD 910 083-2 »Live at La Viruta« CD 910 155-2 "...its got a gorgeous, wonderfully evocative feel to it. Album of the week." Mark Coles - The Shed
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Tibet - Spirituality The Nuns and Monks of the Urgyen Do Ngak Choling Monastery These sacred rituals belong to the Essential Practices of the Dharma of the Nyingmapa (TheOld Order), founded by the legendary Indian Buddhist mystic Padmasambhava, who in the eigth century was invited by King Trisongdetsen to spread the Buddhist religion in Tibet. Performed by the nuns and monks of the Urgyen Do Ngak Choling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music Catalogue No: SA141233 Barcode: 3700089412332 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
The Dervishes of Turkey - Sufi Music Various Artists Music of the Sufis. A dervish ceremony recorded over thirty years ago in a mosque in Istanbul. Accompaniment on the bendir and the ney. Instrumental & vocal. Liner notes by Kudsi Erguner.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music Catalogue No: SA141234 Barcode: 3700089412349 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Collector's Edition Vol.1 Howard Shore Howe Records is pleased to announce the inaugural release of their new Collector’s Edition Series from the vaults of Grammy Award-winning composer Howard Shore. Album series producer Jonathan Schultz has uncovered thousands of recordings documenting Shore’s career of composing original scores, concert pieces, chamber music and songs. Access to some of this material requires expert restoration of analog tapes in which reels are carefully baked and calibrated, splices are repaired and original balances are replicated or adjusted as needed to make this music available.
Label: Howe Records File Under: Classical Catalogue No: HWR1003 Barcode: 899158002031 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal SOUNDTRACKS
Volume one launches the series with a collection of unreleased recordings, some from films and many pieces that have never been heard in any form. The first four tracks are from the score to the Martin Scorsese film After Hours and the last track is from the Diane Keaton documentary Heaven. These five tracks showcase Shore as both musician and performer. The middle tracks of the disc (tracks 5-11) have never been heard before. These compositions are unique, jazz influenced pieces with captivating solos for guitar and harmonica with orchestra. Collector’s Edition Volume 1 is just the beginning - there is much more to explore. Tracklisting: 1. 9 PM 2. Midnight 3. 3 AM 4. 6 AM 5. Espresso 6. Macchiato 7. Robusta 8. Decaf 9. Turkish 10. Instant 11. Cream & Sugar 12. Heaven
RELEASE DATE 30TH JULY 2012
Soul of the Ultimate Nation Collector's Edition Vol.2
Howard Shore Howard Shore began writing the score for the massive multiplayer online role-paying game, Soul of the Ultimate Nation (SUN) in the summer of 2004. In November of that year, Shore was in Moscow conducting The Lord of the Rings Symphony at the Kremlin with the National Philharmonic of Russia and Victor Popov’s Academy of Choral Arts. Following the Moscow concerts he traveled with the orchestra and chorus for another three concerts in Tokyo. “I was still composing the music for SUN at this time and while in Japan I decided I wanted to write the piece specifically for this orchestra and chorus,” said Shore. “I wanted the chorus to sing in ancient Korean as a way to express the world of SUN. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to bring together the western and eastern concepts at play. The pieces were composed as tone poems to express the different characters, cultures and the world of this wonderfully detailed game.”
Label: Howe Records File Under: Other Genres/Original soundtrack Catalogue No: HWR1006 Barcode: 899158002062 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
The game SUN has gradually made its way around the world although the music has only been released in parts of Asia. Now for the first time, as the second Collector’s Edition series of the Composer’s work, Howard Shore’s original score for SUN is available to a worldwide audience.