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Vinicius Cantuaria
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RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Indio do Apartamento VINICIUS CANTUARIA Since his 1990s relocation to New York from his native Brazil, Vinicius Cantuaria has quietly imposed himself at the very forefront of his country's music. A singer-songwriter of versatility and grace, Cantuaria has over the course of ten albums adopted the mores of the downtown NY scene into his craft with intriguing and beguiling results. Never losing sight of the bossa nova and Brazilian jazz, his involvement with the likes of Bill Frisell, Brian Eno, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay, Ryuichi Sakamoto etc has created a unique style and sound. With « Indio De Apartamento » (Indian in the Apartment), his newest album, he confirms this trend and goes even further in brevity and purity, while maintaining an exemplary singularity towards the Bossa Nova world. Dedicated to the memory of his mother, who died last year, this solemn and serious album, recorded between New York and Rio de Janeiro, again features an array of special guests; Bill Frisell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jesse Harris and Norah Jones on the piano. Cantuaria himself sings and plays guitars, drums, percussion and keyboards. Again, the result is a magnificent album, of incredible subtlety and full of contrasts, of great unity and remarkable diversity, with a pure and completed classicism.
Label: NAÏVE File Under: World music Catalogue No: NJ621811 Barcode: 3298496218116 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack World music: BRAZIL Vinicius Cantuaria - guitars, vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion Jesse Harris - vocals (track 7) Ryuichi Sakamoto - piano (2, 4) Norah Jones - piano (6) Mario Laginha - keyboards (1) Bill Frisell - electric guitar (7, 8, 10) Liminha - electric bass (7) Dadi - electric guitar (10) Olivier Glissant - electric piano (5)
VINICIUS CANTUARIA - IN CONCERT AT RONNIE SCOTT'S WEDS 7TH NOVEMBER 1. Humanos / 2 Moça Feia / 3. Purus / 4. Acorda / 5. Um Dia / 6. Quem Sou Eu / 7. This Time / 8. Chove La Fora / 9. Indio De Apartamento / 10. Pe Na Estrada also available on Naïve NJ621011 Lagrimas Mexicanas (duo with Bill Frisell) "Cantuária has emerged as a fearlessly experimental figure in Brazilian music in the past 20 years and daringly steered bossa nova towards an undefined stylistic space in which fractured, non-linear electronica, hard-edged rock and understated jazz resonances synthesize as if to the manner born." Kevin Le Gendre, BBC online WN145181 Samba Carioca "For those yet to claim an aquaintance, Cantuaria is a class act whose gentle songs (in Portuguese) are set to magical soundscapes of considerable poetic appeal." The Independent WN145133 Cymbals "You could trawl through acres of supposedly "sexy" Brazil chill albums without finding tracks as good as the 11 songs on this entirely delightful album from singer-songwriter-guitarist Cantuaria." FOUR STARS, Guardian
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Quinto ANTONIO ZAMBUJO António Zambujo is revolutionizing Fado with amazing finesse. With a rustling clarinet and cavaquinho here and there, his velvety voice sparkles across the sensual music on this new album dominated by the guitar and led by the contrabass of Ricardo Cruz, Zambujo's faithful producer. Quinto with its fifteen refreshing new titles reflects cozy light and cool jazz mixed with soft Bossa. More than ever considered the guarantor of a tradition and an innovative pioneer, Zambujo is as much an heir to Amália Rodrigues as he is to Chet Baker and João Gilberto.
Label: World Village File Under: World music Catalogue No: 479069 Barcode: 3149026007727 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack World music: PORTUGAL António Zambujo - voice, acoustic guitar José Manuel Neto - portuguese guitar Bernardo Couto - portuguese guitar Carlos Manuel Proença - acoustic guitar Ricardo Cruz - portuguese bass, double bass José Miguel Conde - bass clarinet, clarinet Jon Luz - ukulele, guitar André Conde - trombone Mário Delgado - electric guitar Alexandre Frazão - drums
1 Fado desconcertado 1'48 / 2 A casa fechada 2'56 / 3 Algo estranho acontece 3'34 / 4 Rua dos meus ciúmes 4'32 / 5 Flagrante 3'29 / 6 Não vale mais um dia 5'08 / 7 Lambreta 2'24 / 8 Madrugada 3'22 / 9 Milagrário pessoal 3'08 / 10 Só pode ser amor 4'18 / 11 Noite estrelada 3'01 / 12 Queria conhecer-te um dia 3'24 / 13 Fortuna 4'22 / 14 O que é feito dela ? 2'15 / 15 Maré 2'43
also available: 479049 Guia 479058 Por Meu Cante “Unusual rendering of Portugal’s normally melancholy fado tradition, drenching it here in honeyed vocals and playful tinkling little tunes, turning out a set that’s bright and lovely, graced by jazzy instrumentation and bouncy rhythms. It’s a quiet little dazzler.” Traveller Magazine
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Colombia - Sixto Silgado 'Paito' & Los Gaiteros de Punta Brava SIXTO SILGADO 'PAITO' & LOS GAITEROS DE PUNTA BRAVA Sixto Silgado 'Paito' represents the "gaitas" ensemble (flutes accompanied by alegre, llamador and tambora drums) at its most lively and dynamic, preserving its original expressiveness and revitalising it with his own sensibility. Now recognised as a direct descendant of the interaction of Colombia's three major peoples (Whites, Blacks and Indians), gaitas music is enjoying a remarkable rebirth. In recent decades, gaita has become an integral part of the concept of Colombian identity. It represents "the encounter of three peoples who formed into one, with the birth of Colombian music." Although the term gaita is used for bagpipes in Spain and Bulgaria, and for an oboe in North Africa, the Colombian name applies to a straight flute. About 90cms long, the Colombian gaita is made from the heart of a cactus, with a head made from a mixture of beeswax and charcoal. Gaitas are female (five apertures) and male (two apertures), the two of which are played together.
Label: Ocora File Under: World music Catalogue No: C560236 Barcode: 3149028002324 Price: UPPER MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Sixto Sigado Paito - female gaita & soloist voice Urian Sarmiento - male gaita, maracas & chorus Martin OulliĂŠ - llamador drum Daniel Silgado "el Nane" - allegre drum Joanis Sigado "el Corzo" - tambora & chorus
1 La que se pega 5'14 2 El porro en Paris 6'39 3 La pegajosa 6'02 4 El sapo 5'54 5 La acabacion 6'34 6 La pata'e neque 8'13 7 Llorando 5'13 8 La dormilona 7'49 9 La maquina 5'52
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Madagascar - Traditional Music VOAHANGY This album aims to present traditional Malagasy music, highlighting the various trends in its performance today. The music ranges from traditional pieces from Antandroy (the hostile, arid region in the far south) to the joyful, breezy rhythms of the horija betsileo (from Fianarantsoa), and to the nostalgic vakodrazana music from the Central Highlands. The album is a reissue of the Playasound release Gasigasy Acoustik (2008).
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music Catalogue No: SA141237 Barcode: 3700089412370 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal World Music: MADAGASCAR
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Italy - La Canzonetta The Very Best of Italy
EUGENIO SARTINI Eugenio Sartini is an exceptional singer. Here he presents some of the finest Italian songs and ballads, some old some more recent. A rare treat of nostalgia and emotion.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SA141238 Barcode: 3700089412387 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal World Music: ITALY Eugenio Sartini - vocals, bass Barthy Raffo - guitar, mandolin Angelo Armani - drums, Percussion
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Subjekt NEON QUARTET Neon Quartet is made up of four extraordinary musicians equipped with strong personalities and individual sounds but it’s when the four play together that the magic really happens. Led by legendary British saxophonist Stan Sulzmann, this bass-less quartet combine values of experience with the freshness and vitality of youth. Featuring three of the most talked about and in demand players of their generation - Kit Downes, Jim Hart and Tim Giles - Subjekt looks set to firmly root this formidable band as one of the most exciting and leading chamber jazz ensembles in the UK scene. Neon Quartet’s first album Catch Me was described by the Guardian as ‘purposefully hip and vibrant’, while the Irish Times praised their use of harmony, imaginative interplay and rhythmical flexibility. With Subjekt, it’s all this and more – there’s a clearer vision, stronger ensemble sound and greater collective spirit than ever before. Subjekt is a giant step up and looks set to take them to levels beyond the imagination.
Label: Edition Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: EDN1036 Barcode: 5065001530395 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Stan Sulzmann - saxophones Kit Downes - piano, hammond organ Jim Hart - vibes Tim Giles - drums
1. Maison Musique (Jim Hart) 7.30 2. Mother Hen (Kit Downes) 9.01 3. Busters New Tail (Kit Downes) 7.37 4. New Balls (Stan Sulzmann) 9.35 5. Springs and Neaps (Jim Hart) 8.07 6. Bye Ya (Thelonius Monk) 8.48 7. Ruskins Retreat (Stan Sulzmann) 5.15 also available EDN1024 Catch Me “A delightful surprise….purposefully hip and vibrant…”. GUARDIAN **** “Neon’s sheer concentration of talent, enhanced by its singularity of purpose, makes every moment of Catch Me spellbinding… Serious music vibrating with energy and beauty… Don’t miss it.” ALL ABOUT JAZZ (Chris May)
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
The Green Seagull TOMMY EVANS ORCHESTRA The Green Seagull is a mesmerising jazz suite inspired by the life of the composer’s uncle, a parish priest who invested decades building spiritual, cultural and political bridges. At the helm is composer and conductor Tommy Evans. As one of the most prolific and original young musicians in the UK, Evans is the founder of Submotion Orchestra and is also in Gentleman’s Dub Club. But it is this suite (for which he was awarded the 2011 BASCA Award for Contemporary Jazz Composition) that is his most cherished project to date. The tremendous breadth of influences in the music - jazz, dubstep, Indian, classical - acts as a fitting vehicle to showcase some of the finest young jazz talent in the UK. The result is a vibrantly modern big band jazz sound of lush soundscapes and hypnotic grooves which create an epiphany of music that is accessible, unconventional and deeply moving.
Label: JellyMould File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JM-JJ009 Barcode: 5029385993733 Price: 2xMID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Tommy Evans - conductor Ruby Wood, Anna Stott, Kari Nergaard-Bleivik vocals Matt Roberts, Simon Beddoe trumpet/flugelhorn Russ Henderson, Simon Kaylor, Rob Mitchell saxophones Nick Tyson - guitar Jami Smith - piano Dave Kane - bass Kris Wright - drums
This hugely anticipated album will be released as a double CD, the first CD featuring the main suite and the second CD containing remixes by some of the top names in the electronic and underground music scenes including Phaelah, ioi, Planas, Jack Sparrow, SYNKRO, Ruckspin, Eddie Ranking and LAXX. A live version of The Green Seagull (from Scarborough Jazz Festival) was broadcast over successive weeks on BBC Jazz Line-up in September. Toddla T played a remix from the album on his Radio One show.
Disc 1 1 Early Doors 3:54 / 2 Per Mare, Per Terram 6:32 / 3 Cardboard Box 8:20 / 4 The North Dole 8:22 / 5 Seatbelt 6:59 / 6 Last Orders 6:17 / 7 Acceptance 9:01 / 8 Prayers For The Enemy 6:04 / 9 Early Learning Centre 8:25 / 10 Daffodils 2:50 Disc 2 1 Early Doors (Laxx Remix) 5:00 / 2 Cardboard Box (Eddie Ranking Remix) 3:59 / 3 Seatbelt (LeVel Remix) 5:20 / 4 Last Orders (Krendle Massacre 'Ghost' Remix) 4:27 / 5 Acceptance (Toby IOI 'Bass' Mix) 7:01 / 6 Acceptance (Phaeleh remix) 5:37 / 7 Prayers For the Enemy (Planas aka Seemore Productions remix) 3:43 / 8 Daffodils (Synkro remix) 3:50 Live dates 2012: 1st Nov – The Spin, Oxford 9th Nov – Hull Truck Theatre, Hull 10th Nov – Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds 17th Nov – The Barbican (free stage), London Jazz Festival
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
My History of Jazz IIRO RANTALA Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala offers his personal history of the music that captivated him when he was 13. "My history of jazz" takes us from Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, upon which Rantala threads the album like a string of pearls, to George Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Thelonious Monk and the Swedish cool jazz saxophonist Lars Gullin, alongside five original Rantala compositions. With "my history of jazz" Rantala places himself at the head of a new pianist generation that liberates itself from the inflated cult of the "all new" and instead returns to build on the old jazz tradition of studying the great inventors of the genre.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9531-2 Barcode: 614427953124 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Iiro Rantala - piano Lars Danielsson - bass & cello Morten Lund - drums Adam Baldych - violin
Rantala always impressively demonstrates that he is a talented stylist with an unprecedented versatility, one who breaks down styles and reconstitutes them – borne by unrivalled technology. There's baroque, ragtime, bebop and swing to be heard on it, Scandinavian melancholia, ballads with a French character, fusion, smooth jazz and even tango. 1.Aria / Goldberg Variation No. I - 04:42 (Johann Sebastian Bach) 2.Liza - 02:55 (George Gershwin) 3.Goldberg Improvisation I - 00:52 (Iiro Rantala) 4.Caravan - 06:55 (Juan Tizol) 5.Eronel - 04:18 (Thelonious Monk) 6.Goldberg Improvisation II - 01:06 (Iiro Rantala) 7.Americans in Paris - 04:30 (Iiro Rantala) 8.Bob Hardy - 04:36 (Iiro Rantala) 9.Goldberg Improvisation III - 01:27 (Iiro Rantala) 10.September Song - 03:49 (Kurt Weill) 11.Danny´s Dream - 05:06 (Lars Gullin) 12.Goldberg Improvisation IV - 01:29 (Iiro Rantala) 13.Smoothie - 04:35 (Iiro Rantala) 14.Goldberg Improvisation V - 02:44 (Iiro Rantala) 15.What Comes Up, Must Come Down - 04:34 (Iiro Rantala) 16.Uplift - 04:29 (Iiro Rantala) 17.Aria - 02:22 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
The Last Set - Live at the A-Train WALTER NORRIS & LESZEK MOZDZER Walter Norris (born 1931) was a part of the west coast jazz scene from 1954 to 1960 and played with all famous local musicians – Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Charlie Mariano, Herb Geller. In 1958 he appeared on Ornette Coleman’s legendary recording “Something Else!!!”. Two years later Norris went to New York, where he worked at Hugh Heffner’s Playboy club from 1963 to 1970, first as a pianist and then as artistic director. Norris came to Europe with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in the early 70s and recorded several albums including the acclaimed LP “Drifting” with George Mraz. After a short stay in New York with Charles Mingus Quintet, he accepted a job in the Berlin SFB Radio Orchestra in 1977 and moved to Berlin permanently. He later became a professor for jazz piano at the Berlin Music University “Hochschule der Künste” and continued working as a composer and musicologist.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9540-2 Barcode: 614427954022 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Walter Norris - piano Leszek Mozdzer - piano
Polish jazz star Leszek Mozdzer was a Norris fan and they met in Berlin, collaborating once only for a gig in Nov 2008 at Berlin jazz club the A-Train. On the night of October 29, 2011, Walter Norris died in his home in Berlin at the age of 79. After one year, almost to the day, ACT releases “Last Set – Live at the A-Trane”, a recorded dialogue between the two outstanding pianists and extending the legacy of an unjustly unknown artist. As Mozdzer explains, “Walter didn’t have a big career, he just played music. He was a true artist, though he often shone in the background, and it is about time someone drew attention to him”. 01 Tactics (Mozdzer) 5:48 02 From Another Star (Norris) 6:21 03 Head Set Trance (Mozdzer) 6:44 04 Reflective (Norris) 4:18 05 Spider Web (Aladar Pege) 4:29 06 Nefertiti (Shorter) 7:41 07 Postscript Blues (Norris) 9:00 08 Tsunami (Mozdzer) 6:51
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Christmas With My Friends III NILS LANDGREN Trombone player Nils Landgren releases Christmas With My Friends III recorded live in concert over two nights at one of the biggest churches in Stockholm, the Storkyrkan, in December 2011. 1,500 guests were in attendance and Landgren notes, "Everyone was happy and excited and you can feel that energy on the album. That's where I wanted to get back to, towards the first album that we also recorded in the church". The musicians include [em] bassist Eva Kruse, Ida Sand on piano, Jonas Knutsson on sax, guitarist Johan Norberg, and the vocal talents of Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall and Jeanette Köhn. The 14 tracks range from old classics such as "Nativity Carol" and "Gläd dig du kristi brud," to grooving spirituals like "Somebody Talkin" and "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" also taking in German and Swedish originals, American songs, Stevie Wonder’s "Someday at Christmas", the a cappella piece "Bethlehem Down", and the ballad "Christmas Is Here" written by Landgren himself.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT9527-2 Barcode: 614427952721 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Nils Landgren - trombone, vocals Sharon Dyall - vocals Jonas Knutsson - saxophones Jeanette Kohn - vocals Eva Kruse - bass Jessica Pilnas - vocals Ida Sand - piano, vocals Johan Norberg - guitar
also available: ACT9454-2 Christmas With My Friends ACT9476-2 Christmas With My Friends II
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
The Moon, The Stars and You Collector's Edition CD & DVD
NILS LANDGREN „The Moon, The Stars And You“ is the sequel to Landgren's highly successful “Sentimental Journey” and a is real concept album. Jazz has always had a certain fascination for the moon. After love, it is one of the more common topics for jazz standards, and for Nils Landgren is no exception. “The moon and the stars are just wonderful to look at – especially with someone special. The moon is closely connected with love,” says Landgren, showing his romantic side. “I knew that there are so many good songs about the moon to choose from.” These songs include jazz standards, such as Henry Mancini’s “Moon River” or Herbie Hancock’s “Stars in Your Eyes”, as well as folk and pop songs like Kris Kristofferson’s “Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends” or “Moonshadow” by Cat Stevens, and he also includes South American song by Kurt Weill called “Holofotes” alongside his own compositions.
Label: ACT Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ACT6010-2 Barcode: 614427601025 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD + DVD Packaging: digipack Nils Landgren - trombone & vocals Michael Wollny - piano Lars Danielsson - bass Rasmus Kihlberg - drums Special Guests (only on CD): Joe Sample piano; João Bosco - guitar & vocals; Richard Galliano - accordion; Steve Gadd - drums; Cæcilie Norby - vocals; Johan Norberg - guitar; NDR Bigband; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; and others
Now the much-loved album is rereleased in a “Collectors Edition” including an exclusive Live-DVD. The original album gains its particular atmosphere out of a big though still subtle production featuring the NDR Big Band and the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. The live DVD setting is a more intimate affair featuring Landgren and his quartet. CD: Original Album “The Moon, The Stars And You” 01 Moonshadow / 02 The Moon, The Stars And You / 03 Oh You Crazy Moon / 04 Joe’s Moonblues / 05 Angels Of Fortune / 06 Moon River / 07 Til’ There Was You / 08 Stars In Your Eyes / 09 Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends / 10 The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress / 11 Holofotes / 12 Lost In The Stars DVD: Nils Landgren Quartet Live At Jazz Club Fasching Stockholm 01 Joe's Moonblues / 02 Moonshadow / 03 The Moon, The Stars And You / 04 Oh You Crazy Moon / 05 The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress / 06 Moon River / 07 Til’ There Was You / 08 Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends / 09 Stars In Your Eyes Bonus Material: Song: Fragile (Gordon Sumner), recorded & filmed at Stockholm Konserthus, October 15, 2011 Interview: Nils Landgren
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Continuum DAVID VIRELLES One of the most in-demand pianists in jazz, Cuban-born pianist David Virelles makes his Pi Recordings debut with Continuum, a collaborative effort with bassist Ben Street (Danilo Perez, Kurt Rosenwinkel), legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille (David Murray, Cecil Taylor) and Cuban folkloric percussionist/poet Román Díaz. Virelles' compositions are inspired by various aspects of Afro-Cuban religious practices; systems that include music, poetry, storytelling, dance, symbols, art, divination, and magic. He draws specifically from the rituals and myths surrounding the Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban secret society. Helping to bring that tradition to life is Roman Díaz, who spins poetry that speaks to the multi-layered fabric of Cuban culture.
Label: Pi Recordings File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: Pi46 Barcode: 808713004625 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack David Virelles - piano, harmonium, pump organ, Wurlitzer organ Ben Street - acoustic bass Andrew Cyrille - drums and percussion Román Díaz - vocals and percussion Alberto Lescay - artwork; on "Our Birthright" only Román Filiú - alto and tenor saxophones Mark Turner - tenor saxophone and bass clarinet Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet
Upon arriving in New York in 2008 David almost immediately began playing with such established band leaders as Steve Coleman, Mark Turner, Ravi Coltrane and Chris Potter. More recently he has played with ECM recording artist Tomasz Stanko, accompanying the trumpet player on his most recent ECM recording. As of late he has become a regular performer at the Village Vanguard. His work as a leader has garnered critical acclaim for its innovation as well as its maturity.
"David Virelles arrived in New York in 2008 and seemed to go straight to the top of the class: playing gigs with Steve Coleman, Chris Potter and Mark Turner and generally making himself noticeable, breaking through with strong and hard-to-define patterns and sounds." - New York Times
1. One / 2. El Brujo and the Pyramid / 3. The Executioner / 4. Spectral / 5. Unseen Mother / 6. Royalty / 7. Our Birthright / 8. Short Story for Piano / 9. A Celebration, Circa 1836 / 10. Threefold / 11. Mañongo Pabio / 12. To Know
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Golden Ocean PAUL DUNMALL / SOPHIA DOMANCICH / TONY LEVIN / MILES LEVIN Tony Levin, veteran of the British and European jazz scene since the 1960s, worked extensively with musical soul mate Paul Dunmall for 30 years, recording and performing in various formations (inc. Mujician). Paul is widely recognised as one of the most talented reed players in the world of international jazz and improvised music, a master of his genre. In the 90s Tony recorded 3CDs and toured the Middle East, Europe and South America in trio with the French pianist Sophia Domancich. Sophia is well known throughout Europe as solo pianist, in many ensembles and for 2 years as pianist in the prestigious 'Orchestre Nationale de Jazz'.
Label: Rare Music File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: RM039 Barcode: 5060138615120 Price: UPPER MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Paul Dunmall - tenor & soprano saxophones Sophia Domancich - piano Tony Levin - drums Miles Levin - drums
Tony's son, Miles Levin, is now well established on the UK jazz scene, having worked with Soweto Kinch, Jean Toussaint, Peter King, Simon Spillett, Alan Skidmore and in the Steve Melling Quartet. In 2006 Miles recorded the CD 'The Golden Lake' with his father, Tony, and Paul Dunmall, and in recent years they performed together on many occasions at TLs jazz club. 'Golden Ocean' marks the spiritual coming together of four virtuosic improvisers with life long musical connections, and it was Tony's wish that this CD be released on Rare Music Recordings. 1 Golden Horizon 8'20 2 Deep Blue Waters 13'04 3 Golden Ocean 26'40 4 Sweet Waters of Serenity 16'06
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Landing Ground LAURA JURD An impressive debut CD from trumpeter/ composer Laura Jurd. Conceived as a unified whole, the album with its six pieces and three improvised dialogues reveals a young composer of character and immense promise. The album deals with themes of departure and return. With both a jazz and a string quartet (the Ligeti Quartet), the music is at the increasingly traversed borders of contemporary classical music and jazz. From Kind of Blue era Miles Davis, to echoes of Messiaen, Alban Berg and Shostakovich, a distinctive individual and appealing voice emerges. Three free-improvised dialogues where Laura Jurd responds in real time to the imaginative narratives of pianist (Elliot Galvin) cellist (Ben Davis) and drummer (Corrie Dick) provide the ideal counterweight to the six structured and planned compositions. Nine carefully programmed tracks, which, through thematic and musical connections, build to a satisfying whole.
Label: Edition Distribution File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: CC001 Barcode: 610370589670 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Laura Jurd - trumpet Elliot Galvin - piano Conor Chaplin - double bass Corrie Dick - percussion Mandhira de Saram - violin Patrick Dawkins - violin Richard Jones - viola Ben Davis - cello
Liam Noble: "There is some really extraordinary writing here; music of real warmth and invention, a huge stylistic range held together with meticulous attention to detail and a mature sense of purpose." Mark Lockheart: “This is a stunning debut by anyone's standards but coming from a 21 year old musician it's quite miraculous.”
1. Flight Music 7:19 2. Duet I 2:22 3. The Lady of Bruntál 5:26 4. Happy Sad Song 7:31 5. Duet II 0:53 6. Landing Ground 5:48 7. Tales Of The Old Country 6:57 8. Duet III 0:45 9. The Cross-Atlantic Antics of Madame Souza 5:14
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Café & Alegria Manuel Rocheman meets Toninho Horta Friend and disciple of Martial Solal, Manuel Rocheman is one of the greatest French Jazz pianists, excelling both in his own compositions as those of his favourite pianist, Bill Evans, to whom he just dedicated his last album (NJ 620911). Thanks to a common friend, he met the great guitarist Toninho Horta, legendary Brazilian guitarist who influenced Pat Metheny, and they decided to make a record together. Guitar and piano, Jazz and Brazil, this lively and interactive dialogue between two great musicians from different backgrounds provides great joy and great inventiveness.
Label: NAÏVE File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: NJ622511 Barcode: 3298496225114 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Manuel Rocheman - piano Toninho Horta - guitars, vocals Yuri Popoff - bass Marcio Bahia - drums Chico Amaral - soprano sax Cacau Lopes - backing vocals
1. Aquelas coisas (Toninho Horta) 2. Amor infinito (Toninho Horta) 3. Vertentes (Yuri Popoff) 4. Café & alegria (Toninho Horta) 5. Yuri’s Song (Manuel Rocheman) 6. Meu Canario Vizinho Azul (Toninho Horta) 7. Toninho (Manuel Rocheman) 8. Pedra da Lua (Toninho Horta) 9. Francisca (Toninho Horta) 10. Belo Horizonte (Manuel Rocheman)
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Piazzolla ! ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ Daniel Yvinec The ingenious artist, Piazzolla who crossed borders to mesh musical style and culture, symbolizes the many values that Daniel Yvinec holds dear, and that are inherent to the artistic approach he has used with his ONJ since 2009. Piazzolla's works are the perfect exploration playground for an orchestra accustomed to in-depth examination of sound, colour, individual and group playing that advocates open jazz far from parochial and stylistic concerns. Daniel Yvinec worked closely on the conception of this new repertoire with the brilliant musician and arranger, Gil Goldstein. Their work focuses on the melodies and rhythm developed throughout the Argentinean master's works, as much as it does on Piazzolla's bandoneon playing - the essential components that give this music its very special flavour. Piazzolla! by the ONJ celebrates the diversity of this music, offering a new and audacious reading full of surprise.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570007 Barcode: 3149027000727 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Orchestre National de Jazz: Daniel Yvinec, conductor Eve Risser, piano, extended piano, alto flute / Vincent Lafont, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, electronics / Antonin-Tri Hoang, alto sax, bass clarinet / Rémi Dumoulin, tenor sax, clarinet & bass clarinet / Matthieu Metzger, soprano, alto & baryton saxophones, systalk box / Joce Mienniel, piccolo, flute, bass & alto flutes / Sylvain Bardiau, trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone / Pierre Perchaud, guitar / Sylvain Daniel, electric bass / Yoann Serra, drums
1 Intro : El dia que me quieras 1'27 2 Chiquilin de Bachin / Balada para un loco 10'06 3 Libertango 7'51 4 El dia que me quieras / Oblivion 7'50 5 Tres minutos con la realidad 7'39 6 Flores negras 0'43 7 Mi refugio 8'10 8 Adiós Nonino 9'31 9 Soledad / Vuelvo al sur 11'23 10 Pantaléon improvisacion 2'07 11 Sunny's Games 4'29
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Bright And Sweet VIRGINIE TEYCHENÉ This album confirms it, Virginie Teychené is a musician with a voice. She strolls through her imaginary museum dedicated to jazz singer-songwriters and brings her own light to each of its rooms. A grazing light in Familiar Dream, a bright light in Tight, the light of dawn in I'm Gonna Go Fishing and that of dusk in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. The contributions of her co-musicians are intense due to their restraint; Gérard Maurin's weightless double-bass arrangements, Stéphane Bernard's chiaroscuro piano playing, Jean-Pierre Arnaud's dance-like drumming, and last but not least, Éric Le Lann's inspired trumpet playing, all make Bright and Sweet an exemplary jazz album, where all the miniatures that make it up are in fact merely beginnings.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570012 Barcode: 3149027001021 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Virginie Teychené -vocal Gérard Maurin - double bass, guitar, arrangements Stéphane Bernard - piano Jean-Pierre Arnaud - drums, trumpet
1 Don't Get Scared 3'37 2 Angel Face 6'02 3 Rat Race 2'20 4 Bless My Soul 3'40 5 Dry Cleaner From des Moines 3'42 6 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 5'10 7 Don't Explain 5'21 8 Tight 4'28 9 Familiar Dream (The Seductress) 2'33 10 Shiny Stockings 4'24 11 Living Room 5'02 12 Pra que discutir com madame 2'42 13 Midnight Fair 4'43 14 Por toda a minha vida 3'51 15 I'm Gonna Go Fishing 3'04 16 I Don't Know Enough About You 4'07 17 La Chanson de Maxence 4'23
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Double Rainbow VIRGINIE TEYCHENÉ To celebrate this young French jazz singer's signing to Jazz Village, the label re-releases her first two albums - Portraits and I Feel So Good - under the collective title Double Rainbow. "Dark and yet luminous, nostalgic and joyful, Virginie Teychené's voice generates a feeling of elation. In a climate of exultation, the young singer and the musicians avoid the temptations of a grotesque imitation or on the other hand of artificial originality.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570009/10 Barcode: 3149027001120 Price: 2xMID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Virginie Teychené - vocal Gérard Maurin - double bass, arrangements Stéphane Bernard - piano Thierry Larosa - drums Benjamin Lecourt - drums Olivier Bogé - alto & tenor saxophone Patrick Torreglosa - tenor saxophone
So this is a Jazz record belonging to an untimely art form rarely given media coverage to. Here, vocal expression is deliberately cleared of all fioriture so that it can reach the essential and reveal the subtleties of the music. That is what seduces the most. With a disarming sobriety, tutelary Jazz figures are brought to mind (composers such as Billy Stayhorn, Charles Mingus and Antonio Carlos Jobin but also improvisators: Chet Baker, Eddie Jefferson, James Moody…) and as an indirect consequence, the sketch of a self-portrait stands out, the one of a Jazz singer." Jean-Claude Rocailleux (from the sleevenotes) Portraits 1 You Make Me Feel So Young 5'18 / 2 Everything Happens To Me 5'29 / 3 Too Marvelous For Words 3'14 / 4 You Stepped Out Of A Dream 4'45 / 5 Double Rainbow 5'06 / 6 Portrait 5'01 / 7 The Good Life 5'39 / 8 Take The "A" Train 5'24 / 9 Daydream 5'56 / 10 I Was Doing All Right 4'13 / 11 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 7'10 / 12 I Just Got Back In Town 3'33 / 13 God Bless The Child 3'12 I Feel So Good 1 Body And Soul (I Feel So Good) 3'35 / 2 Moonlight Serenade 4'03 / 3 Up Jumped Spring 7'02 / 4 You're Drivin' Me Crazy 2'36 / 5 Early Hours 6'28 / 6 Voce e eu 3'44 / 7 Luiza / Fotografia 7'54 / 8 Worry 'bout Me 6'14 / 9 Beautiful Friendship 4'07 / 10 Lester Leaps In (I Got The Blues) 4'23 / 11 Prelude To A Kiss 6'42 / 12 Just A Song 3'57 / 13 The Nearness Of You 3'58 / 14 C'est le printemps (It Might As Well Be Spring) 3'06
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Blue Skies CASSANDRA WILSON With her new album Another Country riding high in the Jazz Charts, here is a timely re-issue of an early work originally out on JMT in 1989. Blue Skies is the third album of Cassandra Wilson, the Mississippi-born New Yorker. In this third production under her name she has dug deeply into the rich mine of jazz standards and brought to the surface tunes that are classic yet not overstrained. Cassandra moves in the area of jazz standards with the same ease as in her own music represented by her first two albums, never failing to put her own stamp on the music. Her vocals are artful instead of artificial, forceful instead of forced, and there is no fooling around with unnecessary ornamentation, every note is sincere and getting down to the point.
Label: Winter&Winter File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 910199-2 Barcode: 025091019922 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Cassandra Wilson - vocals Mulgrew Miller - piano Lonnie Plaxico - acoustic bass Terri Lyne Carrington - drums
Top Jazz Album of 1989 - Billboard, USA »...Blue Skies, is a collection of standards that should find a place in the home of every jazz lover.« - Jazziz, USA » ...the young singer is surely and deftly claiming her own place in jazz with each succesive album. "Blue Skies" is another step in that process.« - Chicago Tribune, USA (June 1989) ».... there is this one by Cassandra Wilson, who owes little of her unique style to any of the artists mentioned but seems already to have joined them in top ranks of interpreters of American Song.« – Jazztimes, US (Jan 1989) 1. Shall We Dance (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) 7:17 2. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (James van Heusen, Johnny Burke) 5:43 3. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) 5:13 4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 4:40 5. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) 5:01 6. I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) 3:03 7. Sweet Lorraine (Clifford Burwell, Mitchell Parish) 5:28 8. My One And Only Love (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) 5:59 9. Autumn Nocturne (Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon) 4:59 10. Blue Skies (Irving Berlin) 3:07 Total Time: 51:09
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Love Lost and Found Again LAVERNE BUTLER New Orleans-born Laverne Butler's voice exudes an established confidence and impeccable taste. Eschewing scatological pyrotechnics, she relies instead on nuances, caressing syllables and imbuing all sorts of speculative meaning into rests in a most sensuous, though never sensationalistic, way. With her accompanist-Music Director Bruce Barth, LaVerne turns her attentions to a group of standards and jazz tunes that highlight not just her sexy ribbon of a voice, but which also give her accompanying quartet plenty of space to show their wares. Featuring the deeply burnished tenor sax of Houston Person floating his patented dark-toned arabesques like filé in the gumbo, and Barth's interesting harmonic sense, LaVerne Butler's impressive debut on HighNote Records is a true jazz-vocal record in every sense of the phrase. TRACKS: Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home • Sweet Pumpkin • I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star • Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool • The Bluest Blues • Travelin’ Light • That’s All • Be Anything • In My Own Little Corner • I’ll Never Be Free • Smile
Label: High Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: HCD7239 Barcode: 632375723927 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal LaVerne Butler - vocals Bruce Barth - musical direction/piano Houston Person - tenor saxophone Ugonna Okegwo - bass Rudy Royston - drums
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Naturally HOUSTON PERSON Houston Person, after more time in the recording studio than perhaps any other tenor player, has become something of a jazz institution. Learning his craft at a time when some of the earliest pioneers of jazz saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Sidney Bechet, Lester Young, Ben Webster – were playing, he was able to develop his own unique sound and voice which acknowledged these iconic men without ever resorting to imitation. Person is an eloquent messenger from a jazz landscape firmly rooted in the blues, church music, the great American song composers and the vocalist-like communication of a song's meaning through the saxophone. For his latest HighNote recording Houston has asked legendary pianist Cedar Walton to sit in on the date and the collaboration between these two giants results in some of the most genuinely musical playing to come out of the famed Rudy Van Gelder studio. If it is ostentatious show that floats your boat, look elsewhere. Though the formidable chops of each member of the quartet are evident in every phrase, technique is completely at the service of the music on the set list, never for showboating or cheap effect.
Label: High Note File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: HCD7245 Barcode: 632375724528 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Houston Person - tenor saxophone Cedar Walton - piano Ray Drummond - bass Lewis Nash - drums
TRACKS: Bag’s Groove • That’s All • How Little We Know • Namely You • My Foolish Heart • Red Sails in the Sunset • Don’ Cha Go ‘Way Mad • It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream • Sunday
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Respect in Yule THE RESPECT QUARTET The Respect Sextet is a decade-old jazz group based in New York. They are joined by guests from the new music and improv world: the JACK String Quartet, Ensemble Signal with conductor Brad Lubman also hitting the tymps, and guitarist Marco Cappelli. This album ranges from introspective to ecstatic, from the popular to the obscure, the sacred to the secular. Respect In Yule promises to be among the most fun and eclectic holiday albums ever. In choosing the repertoire, Respect wanted to pull together some of their favorite holiday music from all genres and view them through Respect-colored glasses. Featuring compositions by Misha Mengelberg, Loudon Wainwright III, Frank Loesser, Robbie Robertson (of The Band), Thelonious Monk, Jule Styne, Sun Ra, and many more, Respect In Yule represents the best of all possible worlds! A truly unique holiday release that is bound to appeal to new music, jazz, improvisation, and…holiday music audiences alike.
Label: Mode Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: MODEAVANT14 Barcode: 764593101420 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Eli Asher - trumpet, toys James Hirschfeld - trombone, toys Josh Rutner - tenor sax, bass clarinet, toys Red Wierenga - piano, Hammond organ, toys Malcolm Kirby, Jr. - bass Ted Poor, drums - bells
1. Suddenly It’s Christmas (Loudon Wainwright III) 2. Let It Snow (Jule Styne) 3. A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells) 4. The Lamb (Sir John Tavener) 5. Sevivon / I Have a Little Dreidel (Traditional / Mikhl Gelbart, Samuel Goldfarb) 6. Boppin' Around The Christmas Tree (Ted Poor) 7. It’s Christmas Time (Alton Abraham, Sun Ra) 8. Hypochristmutreefuzz (Misha Mengelberg) 9. What Are You Doing New Years Eve? (Frank Loesser) 10. Christmas Must Be Tonight (Robbie Robertson) 11. A Merrier Christmas (Thelonious Monk)
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Pray Fi Di People LP version U ROY The Jamaican reggae legend returns to the world stage with a new album: Pray Fi Di People after 10 years absence from the studio. This is a musical and cultural event not to be missed! Pray Fi Di People reaffirms the talent of the toaster with a Jamaican roots sound. U-Roy is the man most responsible for putting the DJ (or MC - 'mic chanter') on the map, both as recording artist in Jamaica and as a major indirect influence on the US rappers. As such his importance is immense. Born Ewart Beckford, 1942, in Kingston, Jamaica, U-Roy began as a sound system DJ in 1961. Around 1967 he began to work with King Tubby as DJ for his Home Town Hi-Fi. From this association developed the whole modern DJ style: with U-Roy's gruff tones and distinctive yelp causing a sensation chanting over Tubby's newly conceived dub versions. He then began his recording career in full, recording for Lee Perry, Keith Hudson, Duke Reid and a host of others, a career which has resulted in over 50 album releases and countless singles. His UK success was assured with a succession of releases in the 1970s on Virgin's Frontline label.
Label: Soulbeats File Under: Reggae Catalogue No: SBR022 Barcode: 4250137233475 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP
Today U-Roy returns with Pray Fi Di People which recounts a busy life, and communicates the vision and ideas of a modern man who, for more than 50 years aspires to diversity, pluralism and sharing. New songs, modern sounds, and a top-notch guestlist including reggae stars old and new: Horace Andy, Marcia Griffiths, Bitty McLean, Tarrus Riley, Tiken Jah Fakoly and more.
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Throw Down Your Arms PROFESSOR Live album and DVD recorded at the Reggae Sun Ska Festival 2011. In 2011 Harrison « Professor » Stafford - Groundation’s vocal and spiritual leader - was recording Madness, his first side project. This very personal album was the result of meetings and discussions he had during his travels in Israel and Palestine. He tells us : « The idea to record this album came from decisive discussions I had in Ramallah with an Arabic poet. He told me that he knew reggae music and mentioned Bob Marley particularly. I was surprised to hear that he didn’t like reggae music because of the negative message it conveyed. I was stunned. I never heard somebody associate Marley’s music to something other than positive vibrations and positive messages. The poet told me : « let me ask you something : why reggae music is so Zionist in his message ? » Wahoo, everything became clearest to me ! »
Label: Soulbeats File Under: Reggae Catalogue No: SBR020 Barcode: 4250137233451 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD + BONUS DVD Packaging: digipack
So Harrison Stafford wants to prove that reggae can and should talk to everybody and that it’s an universal language which cross borders and conflicts. He manages it splendidly through this new live album Throw Down Your Arms which offers versions of tracks from his first album alongside new tracks.
1 Rockfort Rock 2 Jah Sending Out 3 Roller Coaster 4 Mind of Man 5 Intifada 6 East Jerusalem 7 Madness 8 Right On 9 See Them Come 10 Throw Down Your Arms 11 They Never Love 12 Armagideon 13 There's a Reward
RELEASE DATE 5TH NOVEMBER 2012
Kingston Town BROUSSAÏ Recognised today as one of the most important French reggae bands, Broussai were in Jamaica in February to discover the sacred lands of reggae music and to record a fourth album. “Kingston Town” was produced in the famous Harry J Studio with the precious support of Sam Clayton (Mystic Revelation of Rastafari), Stephen Stewart (Burning Spear), Boppe (Peter Tosh’s guitarist), Daniel “Axeman” Thompson (U-Roy), Uziah “Sticky” Thompson (percussionist of Bob Marley), and Steel Pulse’s legendary founders David Hinds and Selwyn Brown. Ten years since the creation of the group, and with three albums and a live DVD released, Broussai continues to communicate positive energy and hope, seducing us again with roots vibrations, conscious lyrics and dynamic instrumentals. The album is a two disc set: vocal and dub.
Label: Soulbeats File Under: Reggae Catalogue No: NY006 Barcode: 3149028030129 Price: 2xMID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack
1 Contrastes et Couleurs 2 Kingston Town (feat. Dubtonic Kru) 3 Seul Dans La Foule 4 Rebel Music (feat. Ishmel McAnuff) 5 Poing En L'Air 6 Live Up (feat. Steel Pulse) 7 A L'Envers 8 Des Racines Et Des Ailes 9 Generation Email 10 Avant De Partir 11 Quelle Logique 12 Tous Africains (feat. Brother Sam Clayton)