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Release date: 9th MARCH 2015
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RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
Dawar The Universal Rhythm
TRIO CHEMIRANI In 2015, harmonia mundi will launch Latitudes, a new series dedicated to ‘world classical music’. Just as in the recent decades there has been a new approach towards the early music and baroque repertoires, Latitudes will be dedicated to recording musicians who, though they operate within the framework of traditional music, bring a new light to their art. Not so much that they adapt traditional music instruments to world music rhythms; rather that they open the repertoire up in a way similar to avant-garde composers in the western tradition: their intention is not to challenge the musical traditions of their own countries, on the contrary, they wish to enrich it with their invention and endless creativity. Not only are they bringing something new, they are allowing us to find a new meaning in the universal quest for absolute artistic integrity and a poetic vision with universal appeal which reaches beyond the barriers of language and genre - an awakening!
Label: harmonia mundi File Under: World music / Iran Catalogue No: HMC905273 Barcode: 3149020527320 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Djamchid Chemirani - zarb, voice Keyvan Chemirani - zarb, santur Bijan Chemirani - zarb, saz
40 years after his first solo recording for harmonia mundi, Djamchid Chemirani (born in Tehran in 1942) has continued to develop his career, aided by his two sons, Kevyan and Bijan. They have each nourished their craft as musicians by exploring a variety of sound worlds and introducing different cultural and life experiences to the mix. However, they always return to their common goal: to create a universal rhythmic language. Dawâr is the pinnacle of this journey; never have the Chemirani’s had such a limpid sound, born from the close fusion of their drum beats; it is through the jubilant awareness of the work they create together, that they achieve the spiritual transcendence so highly regarded within Iranian culture. Track listing: 1. Dawâr 2'56 / 2. Attar 6'14 / 3. To Bandégui 2'27 / 4. Mochaéré 2'59 / 5. Kam Kam 4'35 / 6. Shékasté 4'32 / 7. Sahar 1'48 / 8. Dar e Omid 7'18 / 9. Yâdé Saman 2'31 / 10. Adjab 2'56 / 11. Haft Rang 6'35 / 12. Ärézoust 3'20 / 13. Reng e Kyân 2'08 / 14. Reng e Elijah 5'09 / 15. Raqsé Dastan part 1 2'24 / 16. Bâ namak part 2 3'21 / 17. Rodâdad Kodjâst part 3 2'24 / 18. Dawâr 2'12
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Burundi - Traditional Music VARIOUS ARTISTS A classic of African ethnomusicology and a cornerstone of the Radio France Ocora catalogue - although bewilderingly out of print for many years - the original LP release in 1968 has long been a favourite in the blogosphere. "Part of Ocora's extensive traditional music line, this album of music from Burundi attempts to present some of the salient examples of musical traditions in the old Kingdom. Some of the music is really quite amazing in the way that it can be both incredibly simple, but at the same time mesmerizing. There are demonstrations of native inanga zithers, ubuhuha vocal techniques, drum troupes, whispered singing techniques, musical bows, & ritualized greetings." Nothin' Sez Somethin' blog
Label: Radio France File Under: World music / Burundi Catalogue No: C582003 Barcode: 3149028060522 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
Track listing: 1. Chant avec Cithare 2. Chant de Femmes 3. Ubuhuha pt. 1 4. Ubuhuha pt. 2 5. Complainte avec Vièle Monocorde 6.Chant et Arc Musical 7. Chant et Sanza 8. Solo de Flûte 9. "Akazéhé" par Une Jeune Fille 10. "Akazéhé" par Deux Jeunes Filles 11. Solo de Cithare 12. Tambours Royaux Ingoma 13. Suite de Cithare Inanga avec Voix Chuchotee 14. Sanza Ikembe avec Voix 15. Tambours Ingoma avec Choeur d’hommes 16. Groupes de Tambours royaux avec appels de Trompes 17. Chant d’Enfant Accompagne d’un Arc Musical Umuduri
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Colombia - El Vallenato VARIOUS ARTISTS European accordion, African percussion and indian scraper: essential ingredients for vallenato, a fertile music from Colombia's melting pot, filled with festive improvisations and poetic contests. This album, recorded in 1994 and originally released in 1996, includes the key exponents of true vallenato: Francisco ''Pacho'' Rada, Nicolas ''Colacho'' Mendoza, Lorenzo Morales Herrera, Alberto ''Beto'' Murgas, Emiliano Zuleta Baquero, Antonio ''Tono'' Salas, Leandro Diaz, Samuelito Martinez Munoz, Ivan Zuleta and Victor Camarillo.
Label: Radio France File Under: World music / Colombia Catalogue No: C561093 Barcode: 3149028060621 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
1. Matilde Lina 4'05 2. Serenita 6'09 3. La Enfermedad De Emiliano 3'03 4. La Negra 3'07 5. Improvisation 6'08 6. A Mí No Me Consuela Nadie 2'11 7. El Tigre De La Montaña 4'42 8. La Carta Escrita 2'36 9. Catalina Daza 5'39 10. El Gallo Viejo 2'36 11. El Malino 1'05 12. La Lira Plateña 3'13 13. Improvisation 1'24 14. El Errante 6'01 15. La Hechicera 3'02 16. La Piquería 1'41 17. La Malena 1'54 18. La Creciente Del Cesar 4'26 19. El Amor-Amor 0'39 20. La Despedida 3'05 21. Cantos De Vaquería 1'15
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Sirventes Occitan Protest Songs
Manu THÉRON / Youssef HBEISCH / Grégory DARGENT Provençal singer Manu Théron, founder of the polyphonic group Le Cor de la Plana, has here convened a new assembly for an album of Occitan protest songs based in the historic Thirteenth century poetic art of Trobar, the lyrical exultation of which reflects the vitality of Occitan society of yore. Grégory Dargent (from L'Hijaz' Car) displays his musical acumen on the oud, while the Palestinian percussionist Youssef Hbeisch (Trio Joubran, Ibrahim Maalouf, Bratsch) once again dazzles with his propulsive rhythms.
Label: Accords Croisés File Under: World music / France Catalogue No: AC158 Barcode: 3149028064223 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. La cieutat dei fòus 4'16 2. Introduction Ar mi puesc ieu lauzar d'amor 1'37 3. Ar mi puesc ieu lauzar d'amor 4'35 4. Farai un vers de dreit nien 5'21 5. S'anc fui bèla ni prezada 5'58 6. Non m'agrada invern ni pascor 10'29 7. Tartarassa ni vautor 4'35 8. Introduction Per espassar l'ira e la dolor 1'44 9. Per espassar l'ira e la dolor 6'25 10. Un sirventés novel vuelh comensar 7'48
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Unexpected THE bLUE INFINITY ANCIENT TRANCE SOUNDS - A MEDITATIVE SONIC EXPERIENCE It is hard to pigeonhole the music of The blue Infinity into any one category. The quartet - Sudesh Gaikwad, Vishesh Kalimero, Vadim Batura, Vertal Kolesikov - embrace an array of instruments (yayli tambur, santoor, hang drum, guitar) to create ancient trance sounds that are meditative, contemplative, infused with dissonance and a joyous drive. "Unexpected" is a compilation of spontaneous live improvisations by The blue Infinity recorded in Goa, India in January-March 2012.
Label: Amarrass File Under: World music / India Catalogue No: AMAR010 Barcode: 888295170918 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. Simplicity In Abundance 7:18 2. From This To That 14:05 3. One 7:29 4. Forces 12:58 5. What To Do 20:13
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Louisiana - Cajun Music BOBBY MICHOT A re-issue of the "Gone Back" album originally released in the USA in 2012. Bobby Michot, from Lafayette, Louisiana, was a member of Les Freres Michot and the Mamou Prairie Band, and has toured the UK several times with The Cajun Voyageurs, Eddie LeJeune and others. "When Cajun musicians often talk about playing it the old way, they mean music played in an accordion-fiddle or accordion-fiddle-guitar configuration. Bobby Michot’s solo debut is a good example of this ilk, because it legitimately feels like it’s from 1929-1930 without the distracting pops and scratches time leaves on old 78s. He plays both sides of the accordion, especially the challenging left-hand side where all the honking, funky bass notes reside. Additionally, he loves screechy fiddle drones that, along with the squeezebox’s bass side, are techniques not prevalent in today’s music that add a vibrant, rhythmic thrust.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music / USA Catalogue No: SA141262 Barcode: 3700089412622 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
Nearly all of the selections were first waxed during Cajun music’s recording infancy, and a few originated with obscurer practitioners Adam Trahan, Slim Doucet and Freres Guidry. Two tracks were recorded in France, where Michot summers, and feature a hurdy-gurdy in the arrangement that nudges old-time Cajun and old world, medieval French music closer together. Michot also plants two originals in the proceedings—“Empty Bottle Revolution,” which feels more like a Celtic rock anthem with Michael Barney’s uilleann pipes, and the wheezy, rollicking “Gone Back Shuffle,” where Michot’s protagonist yearns for home." Dan Willging, Offbeat magazine Track listing: 1. Galop du Roi 3:28 2. Elle M'a Oublie 4:20 3. Sunset 3:40 4. A La Kentoque 4:03 5. Z'yeux Noir One-Step 3:46 6. Blues de Tracas 3:45 7. Valse de Grand Bois 4:27 8. Voyageurs Speciale 4:10 9. La Belle et Le Capitaine 3:17 10. Empty Bottle Revolution 6:32 11. Valse de Cyriaque 3:06 12. Gone Back Shuffle 4:48
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Hungary - Gypsy Music MALJAKI LULUDI GROUP The five-strong group Maljaki Luludi (Wild Flower in Romani) was formed in 1991 in Sostofurdo, Hungary, by the ethnologist Dr Balazs Guszlav, who has been collecting documentation on Gypsy customs and folklore since 1972. This 16-track album includes music, ballads and dance songs from different Roma communities in Hungary and Romania. Guitar, drum and double bass are heard, as well as more primitive instruments such as the clay pitcher and wooden spoons.
Label: Air Mail Music File Under: World music / Hungary Catalogue No: SA141263 Barcode: 3700089412639 Price: BUDGET PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
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Ring Road MOHAMED ABOZEKRY & HEEJAZ EXTENDED This Egyptian artist who now lives in France juggles with the musical genres of his eastern birthplace, which his oud takes to fresh heights, breathing into them the inventiveness of jazz and the energy of rock. Abozekry makes the oriental lute sing, introducing a sense of groove as well as flamenco and Latino hints. Ring Road is a fascinating collection in which his love for John Coltrane and Astor Piazzolla lies just under the surface, as well as his desire to nudge tradition towards horizons suffused with sound and the continual murmuring of the world.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: 570044 Barcode: 3149027003223 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Mohamed Abozekry - oud Benoit Baud - saxophone Anne-Laure Bourget - percussion Hugo Reydet - double bass Ludovic Yapaudjian - piano
Track listing: 1. Transit 11'46 2. Messages 10'03 3. Poissson rouge 11'13 4. Ring Road 12'41 5. SĂŠrague 5'29 6. Sabir 10'09 7. African Salad 13'01
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Spiritman STEVE TURRE Steve Turre, one of the world’s pre-eminent jazz innovators, releases Spiritman, his debut recording for Smoke Sessions Records. It’s something of a back-to-basics project for Turre who says, “It’s the first record I’ve done in a long time that really focuses on my trombone playing.” It also employs an ideal foil in saxophonist Bruce Williams whose timbre on soprano and alto is a perfect match for the trombone.
Label: Smoke Sessions File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SSR1502 Barcode: 888295177320 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Steve Turre - trombone & seashells Bruce Williams - alto & soprano saxophones Xavier Davis - piano Gerald Cannon - bass Willie Jones III - drums plus special guest Chembo Corniel - congas on “Nangadef” only
Spiritman features several of Turre’s new compositions including "Trayvon's Blues" a poignant, moving, jazz tone poem; "Bu" the record opener dedicated to his mentor Art Blakey; "Funky Thing" written for the Saturday Night Live Band; and "Nangadef" written for Senegalese percussionist Abdou Mboup and featuring Chembo Corniel on congas. His spirited rendition of Miles Davis’ “All Blues” begins with his own mystical "Spiritman" played on shells. It’s a piece he performed to open the UN's International Jazz Day concert in Osaka, Japan in 2014. This “All Blues” introduction is also the first recording of a newly developed technique where Turre plays into a piano with the pedal down and the strings open. The shell’s sound vibrates the open strings creating an ethereal, mystical, but acoustic sound. The rest of the band, Xavier Davis, Gerald Cannon, and Willie Jones III, know just what Turre wants and needs from a rhythm section and they help deliver this unforgettable music that also includes swinging standards and classic ballads. It’s music designed to make you feel better. Track listing: 1. Bu (Steve Turre) 6:40 2. Lover Man (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, and James Sherman) 6:29 3. Funky Thing (Steve Turre) 5:50 4. Trayvon’s Blues (Steve Turre) 7:07 5. It’s Too Late Now (J. Fred Coots, Matt Furin and Tim Gayle) 9:27 6. With a Song in My Heart (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) 6:16 7. ’S Wonderful (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) 5:30 8. Peace (Horace Silver) 7:51 9. Nangadef (Steve Turre) 5:45 10. Spiritman/All Blues (Steve Turre) / (Miles Davis) 9:07
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Philadelphia Beat Albert 'Tootie' HEATH / Ethan IVERSON / Ben STREET One of Philadelphia’s prominent sons is the fantastic drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath. He, like so many other Philly natives including his brothers Jimmy and Percy, grew up in the music, as the city was ripe with musicians of the first order and an important stop for many of the progenitors of the music. On his new recording – Philadelphia Beat - Heath returns to his native ground to catch the spirit and preserve it. Joining Heath, on their third recording as a trio, are pianist Ethan Iverson and bassist Ben Street. Iverson is best known for his work with the lauded collaborative trio The Bad Plus but has also been an invaluable member of groups led by Billy Hart and Lee Konitz, among others. Street has long been a first call bassist for many of the leading lights in the music, including David Sanchez, Danilo Pérez and Kurt Rosenwinkel, and always joins Iverson in the Billy Hart quartet. For the recording, the trio brought a diverse program of standards and a couple of not so standards. The performances show the ensemble’s ability to draw new concepts from well-loved pieces, being contemporary without ignoring the past.
Label: Sunnyside File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SSC1403 Barcode: 016728140324 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Albert 'Tootie' Heath - drums Ethan Iverson - piano Ben Street - bass
Track listing: 1. BAG’S GROOVE 4:24 2. REETS AND I 3:50 3. I WILL SURVIVE 3:44 4. CONCORDE 4:49 5. MEMORIES OF YOU 6:15 6. CON ALMA 3:04 7. WACHET AUF, RUFT UNS DIE STIMME, BWV 140 3:02 8. BYE-YA 3:30 9. EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE 4:52 10. SPEAK LOW 4:09 11. PENTATONIC ETUDE 3:19 12. BAKAI 5:22
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The Origin of Adjustable Things JOANNA WALLFISCH with DAN TEPFER Hailed by the great Fred Hersch as “a real discovery — a first-rate musician in every way,” British vocalist Joanna Wallfisch has built an impressive profile since her move to New York from London in 2012. She takes a bold step forward in her creative journey with The Origin of Adjustable Things, a stark and expressive duo album with rising piano master Dan Tepfer. In the mysterious poetry of her lyrics, the freshness of her harmonic choices and the expansiveness of her sonic palette, Wallfisch sets a high bar as she and Tepfer explore a musical universe of their own making. While the album’s main focus is voice and piano, there are varied sonic elements—pump organ, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, live-looped vocal harmonies—that bring out the full richness of Wallfisch’s compositional approach. Her 2012 debut, Wild Swan, featured a full band with accomplished jazz players Rob Garcia, Sam Newsome and Joe Martin, yet The Origin of Adjustable Things, with just two musicians, manages to sound as texturally involved.
Label: Sunnyside File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SSC1405 Barcode: 016728140522 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Joanna Wallfisch - vocals (piano on track 8) Dan Tepfer - Yamaha CFX Piano, Mellotron (track 3), Wurlitzer (tracks 6 & 9), Pump organ (track 8)
Track listing: 1. This is How You Make Me Feel 3:34 2. Satin Grey 4:28 3. Satellite 5:10 4. Song to a Siren 4:06 5. Creep 3:50 6. Time Doesn’t Play Fair 5:16 7. Anonymous Journeys 3:48 8. Brighton Beach 2:23 9. The Origin of Adjustable Things 2:01 10. Wild Is the Wind 5:11 11. Rational Thought 3:25 12. Never Let Me Go 5:10
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Over and Out DMITRY BAEVSKY You can hear it loud and clear in his music: Dmitry Baevsky is here! The Russian born alto saxophonist has made quite a name for himself since immigrating to New York from his St. Petersburg birthplace nearly twenty years ago. Now a charter member of the world jazz community, Baevsky has proven himself to be a formidable force to be reckoned with, confirming his prodigious abilities in countless appearances with some of the music’s greatest artists. From his very first recording with NEA Jazz Masters Cedar Walton and Jimmy Cobb the altoist has shown himself to be an important new voice on his instrument. Possessing a robust sound, acute harmonic mind and keen sense of rhythm, the young horn man puts it all together in a manner that is appealing in its lyricism, yet intriguing in its originality. On his four previous efforts as a leader Baevsky has appeared in the traditional jazz quartet/quintet configuration. On this fifth outing he has chosen to expose his talent to the greater scrutiny of the trio format.
Label: Jazz Family File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JF002 Barcode: 3341348158419 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Dmitry Baevsky - alto saxophone David Wong - bass Joe Strasser - drums
1. Poinciana (Nat Simon) 6:39 2. Reflection (Ray Bryant) 5:17 3. Over and Out (Dmitry Baevsky) 4:29 4. Chega de Saudade (Antonio Carlos Jobim) 5:19 5. Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) 5:00 6. The Feeling of Jazz (Duke Ellington) 5:44 7. In the Know (Dmitry Baevsky) 4:48 8. Turquoise (Cedar Walton) 6:04 9. Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face) (Duke Ellington) 7:02 10. Circus (Louis Alter) 5:00 11. Silver Screen (Dmitry Baevsky) 6:51 12. Stranger in Paradise (Robert Wright & G. Forrest) 6:53
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Wild Flower WILD FLOWER SEXTET Wild Flower Sextet brings together a powerful line--up of young UK jazz talent under the leadership of saxophonist Matt Anderson. The group play original music inspired by the sound and approach of jazz legend Wayne Shorter, alongside new arrangements of classic and lesser-known Shorter compositions. Of the musicians in the sextet, Laura Jurd is an award--winning young trumpeter making waves on the UK jazz scene with the Laura Jurd Quartet and with the Chaos Orchestra. Guitarist Alex Munk is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and is currently working with a number of distinguished UK musicians/groups including Stan Sulzmann Big Band, Ivo Neame and Trish Clowes. Pianist Jamil Sheriff is Pathway Leader for Jazz at Leeds College of Music and is well known for his own projects such as his Octet and Big Band. Finally, drummer Sam Gardner and bassist Sam Vicary have built up a rapport playing together in a variety of settings, from appearing with jazz artists such as Jiannis Pavlidis, Tim Whitehead and Krzysztof Urbanski to performing and recording with ambient hip--hop band Ikestra. The group are currently touring to support this release, with an album launch at London's Pizza Express on 9th February.
Label: JellyMould File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JM-JJ017 Barcode: 5029385998646 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Matt Anderson – tenor saxophone Laura Jurd – trumpet Alex Munk – electric guitar Jamil Sheriff – piano Sam Vicary – double bass Sam Gardner – drums
Track listing: 1. Blues for Wayne 7:32 2. Sfumato 6:54 3. Masqualero 6:37 4. Burning Man 7:49 5. J.G. 9:24 6. Fall 6:09 7. Three Clowns 4:22 8. Lester Left Town 6:26
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Burning Bright TOM McCLUNG Tom McClung's piano style displays a broad spectrum of musical and emotional colors. Whether playing blistering bebop, sizzling salsa, down-home blues, pastoral folk or avant-garde, McClung’s expressive touch and vivid imagination present a unique and exciting musical experience for all who listen. Born in New York in 1957 and later moving to western Massachusetts, McClung quickly established himself as an important force in the New England music scene. His sensitivity and musicianship kept him in-demand as a sideman for a wide variety of bands, as well as accompanist for the region’s leading vocalists. Visiting artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Aaron Neville, James Cotton and Bo Diddley would call on McClung when they were in town. As word of McClung’s talent started to spread, musical luminaries such as Marion Brown, Yusef Lateef, and Archie Shepp began to take notice and employed him for concerts, tours and recordings. Soon he was on the international stage, playing festivals and concerts in Europe, Australia, South America, and throughout the United States.
Label: Archieball File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: RAIN1502 Barcode: 3149028064124 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Tom McClung - piano Matyas Szandai - bass Mourad Benhammou - drums
Now resident in Paris, McClung presents his new album on fellow ex-pat Archie Shepp's label, Archieball. Track listing: 1. Terra 6:20 2. Funny Peculiar 7:14 3. Burning Bright 5:49 4. Noctilucent 5:29 5. La Manzana 6:16 6. Fire Waltz 5:25 7. Last of the Wild 3:35 8. There You Go 5:55 9. In the Woods 8:18 10. The Source 3:54 11. Minor Deeds 5:31
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Don't Worry, Be Harpy ISABELLE OLIVIER “Let me introduce my new project. I am going to compose and perform a jazz-harp-opera. Many years ago I heard Bobby McFerrin and his incredible voice. So, after hearing my idea, he allowed me to use his title, "Don't Worry, Be HaRpy." If you love harp, jazz music, art, civilization, nature, Chicago, Paris, beauty, technology, having fun, imagination, love, we will share a great moment together.“ Isabelle Olivier Olivier has been a professional musician for more than 20 years, performing and recording with many great musicians such as Louis Sclavis, Youn Sun Nah, Beñat Achiary, Michel Bénita, David Binney, Peter Erskine, Didier Lockwood, Monica Passos, Norma Winstone…, and many others in more than 20 countries. She has recorded six albums of her own compositions and has composed music for theater, film, exhibitions, poetry, dance and puppet shows. She has been nominated for the French Victoire de Jazz award and has received an “Outstanding Musicianship“ award from the Berklee School of Jazz in Boston. Olivier is also an educator and has taught in Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Label: Enja/HW File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: ENJ9733 Barcode: 767522973327 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Isabelle Olivier - harp Marc Buronfosse/ Larry Gray- bass Fabrice Moreau/ Paul Wertico - drums Céline Grangey - electronics
Track listing: 1. Intro 2. Lunch 3. Alone in a Tree 4. Tribal Dance 5. Rock It 6. Côme 7. Forest Mood 8. 50/50 9. Waltz 10. Abstraction 11. Blues 12. Côme Back 13. Final Bonus track: Tribal Dance 2
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Nice to Meet You NOEMI NUTI Noemi Nuti has recorded her first album, Nice to Meet You, as part of a sextet with highly respected artists on the British jazz circuit. She is a known jazz and Brazilian singer with considerable musical training, has toured with artists of varied nationalities, and has appeared at premier UK jazz venues (including Ronnie Scott’s and 606 Club,) and in Brazil. Noemi is a gifted linguist, who is able to speak/sing in five languages, including English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Nice to Meet You is a warm yet joyful acoustic album, where Noemi’s natural and honest approach invites the music to speak for itself, while creating a genuine connection with the listener who is taken on a journey into varied musical spaces.
Label: Edition Distribution File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: UBU0001 Barcode: 5070000077208 Price: LOWER FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Noemi Nuti - vocals Quentin Collins - trumpet, flugelhorn Chris Eldred - piano Filipe Monteiro - guitar Tim Thornton - bass Ernesto Simpson - drums Andrew McCormack - piano (tracks 4 & 11)
The album includes original material that is highly influenced by Brazilian music, especially in its rhythmic roots. It also includes several arrangements of Brazilian standards, sung in the native language: ‘Dança da Solidao’, by Paulinho da Viola (for vocals and percussion), and ‘Doralice’, by Dorival Caymmi (recorded by many artists, including Stan Getz and Gretchen Parlato). “A true star in the making. Noemi has grace, style and elegance, but most important of all her voice illuminates any room. A must to see.” Alex Lloyd - Jazz FM Live
Track listing: 1. Infanzia 4:25 2. Echoes of Rio 5:56 3. Doralice 3:40 4. Vista 7:07 5. Charade 4:58 6. The Shell 4:31 7. The Hum 3:41 8. Tidal Surge 6:14 9. Dança da Solidão 3:30 10. Synaesthesia 6:22 11. Rugiada 4:57
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The Great Ray Charles RAY CHARLES ONE OF THE VERY FEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUMS BY RAY CHARLES, SHOWCASING HIM AS A JAZZ PIANIST! The complete original LP The Great Ray Charles (Atlantic 1259), which marks Charles’ first jazz album as well as his first purely instrumental release (devoted entirely to his piano playing). We have completed our set with all other existing songs from the three sessions that produced the LP. As a further bonus, three more instrumental sides by Ray Charles have been added, this time soloing on organ with a big band conducted by Quincy Jones. Includes 12-page booklet.
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27330 Barcode: 8436542018029 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal RAY CHARLES, piano. Plus: Oscar Pettiford (b), Joe Harris (d), Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt (tp), David "Fathead" Newman (as, ts), Emmett Dennis (bar; out on 13), Roosevelt Sheffield (b), William Peeples (d).
Track listing: 1. THE RAY 4:02 2. MY MELANCHOLY BABY 4:22 3. BLACK COFFEE 5:34 4. THERE’S NO YOU 4:49 5. DOODLIN’ 5:56 6. SWEET SIXTEEN BARS 4:09 7. I SURRENDER, DEAR 5:10 8. UNDECIDED 3:42 9. DAWN RAY 5:06 10. THE MAN I LOVE 4:29 11. MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC 2:58 12. HORNFUL SOUL 5:32 13. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 5:43 14. JOY RIDE 4:42 15. MOANIN’ 3:21 16. STRIKE UP THE BAND 2:39 17. BIRTH OF THE BLUES 5:10 Total Time: 77:30
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
To Whom It May Concern + Every Time I Feel the Spirit + 4 Bonus Tracks
NAT 'KING' COLE Nat “King” Cole’s original 1959 album To Whom It May Concern (Capitol SW-1190) in its entirety, featuring the singer backed by an orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle. As a bonus, we have added four extra tracks that complete the sessions, as well as Cole’s complete original LP Every Time I Feel the Spirit (Capitol SW1249), which showcases Nat singing a collection of spirituals. INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27331 Barcode: 8436542018357 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal NAT “KING” COLE, vocals with orchestra conducted by NELSON RIDDLE BONUS ALBUM: Every Time I Feel the Spirit Nat King Cole (vocals), with The First Church Of Deliverance Choir. Gordon Jenkins (arranger, conductor).
Track listing: 01 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN 3:00 / 02 LOVE-WISE 3:58 / 03 TOO MUCH 3:22 / 04 IN THE HEART OF JANE DOE 3:04 / 05 A THOUSAND THOUGHTS OF YOU 3:00 / 06 YOU’RE BRINGING OUT THE DREAMER IN ME 3:11 / 07 MY HEART’S TREASURE 2:58 / 08 IF YOU SAID NO 2:58 / 09 CAN’T HELP IT 3:41 / 10 LOVESVILLE 2:41 / 11 UNFAIR 1:56 / 12 THIS MORNING IT WAS SUMMER 4:00 / 13 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE 2:12 / 14 COO COO ROO COO COO PALOMA 3:06 / 15 NON DIMENTICAR 2:52 / 16 BEND A LITTLE MY WAY 2:25 / 17 EVERYTIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT 1:51 / 18 I WANT TO BE READY 1:49 / 19 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER 1:52 / 20 AIN’T GONNA STUDY WAR NO MORE 2:41 / 21 I FOUND THE ANSWER 2:02 / 22 STANDIN’ IN THE NEED OF PRAYER 2:15 / 23 OH, MARY, DON’T YOU WEEP 2:00 / 24 GO DOWN, MOSES 1:53 / 25 NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN 2:48 / 26 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE 1:57 / 27 I COULDN’T HEAR NOBODY PRAY 1:56 / 28 STEAL AWAY 2:49
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
Jazz Party DUKE ELLINGTON Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie made their only serious collaboration on February 19, 1959, when Diz participated on Duke’s Columbia album Jazz Party (Columbia CS 8127), reissued here in its entirety. It also includes one of the few appearances of singer Jimmy Rushing with the Ellington band. As a bonus, we have added a live version of “Toot Suite” and a medley of Rushing vocals backed by the Ellington band, both recorded at the Plaza Hotel, in New York, the previous year. INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27332 Barcode: 8436542018364 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal
Track listing: 01 MALLETOBA SPANK 3:39 02 TOOT SUITE 21:37 a RED GARTER; b RED SHOES; c RED CARPET [Part 1]; d RED CARPET [Part 2]; e RED CARPET [Part 3]; f READY GO! 03 SATIN DOLL 2:45 04 U.M.M.G. [UPPER MANHATTAN MEDICAL GROUP] 4:31 05 ALL OF ME 2:31 06 TYMPERTURBABLY BLUE 4:24 07 FILLIE TRILLIE 2:43 08 HELLO LITTLE GIRL 7:50 09 TOOT SUITE [Live] 22:07 a RED GARTER; b RED SHOES; c RED CARPET; d READY GO! 10 GO AWAY BLUES/ HELLO LITTLE GIRL / LOVE TO HEAR MY BABY CALL MY NAME [Live] 7:16
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
More of the Greatest Piano of Them All + Still More of the Greatest Piano of Them All + 1 Bonus Track
ART TATUM The complete original LP More of the Greatest Piano of Them All (Verve MGV-8347), showcasing the brilliant pianist unaccompanied. This album, which includes original liner notes by André Previn, was part of the marathon sessions jazz producer Norman Granz planned for Tatum, who at that time was seriously ill and neglected by record companies due to stylistic changes in the music industry. He would die on November 5, 1956 at the age of 47. As a bonus, we have added the complete album Still More of the Greatest Piano of Them All (Verve MGV-8360), which includes original liner notes by Teddy Wilson, plus one extra track, all recorded during the same sessions. INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET
Label: Poll Winners Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: PWR27333 Barcode: 8436542018371 Price: MID PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Art Tatum - solo piano
Track listing: 01 SWEET LORRAINE 4:23 / 02 CRAZY RHYTHM 2:58 / 03 ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? 4:35 / 04 INDIANA 3:05 / 05 HAPPY FEET 2:38 / 06 MEAN TO ME 2:58 / 07 BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS 5:21 / 08 MOONLIGHT ON THE GANGES 2:16 / 09 MOON SONG 4:40 / 10 S’POSIN’ 3:23 / 11 I WON’T DANCE 2:59 / 12 I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYYHING BUT LOVE 3:37 / 13 LULLABY IN RHYTHM 3:10 / 14 OUT OF NOWHERE 3:46 / 15 SO BEATS MY HEART FOR YOU 5:18 / 16 MOONGLOW 2:56 / 17 I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES 3:54 / 18 IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON 2:40 / 19 ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET 3:06 / 20 DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME 4:56 / 21 PRISONER OF LOVE 4:16
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
Sings + 2 Bonus Tracks
CHET BAKER LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD The music on this LP put Chet Baker on the scene not just as a brilliant trumpeter, but also as a talented singer. The original 10” LP Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz JLP-11) was a revelation at the time and won Baker new fame and a new audience, which was more familiar with pop music than jazz. The reasons are quite clear: Chet’s voice is tender and beautiful, and at the same time his phrasing always swings and surprises. This release presents the cover from the original Brazilian LP edition of Chet Baker Sings (Musidisc Jazz-101).
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4561 Barcode: 8436542017770 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP
Track listing: Side A: 1 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 2:18 2 THAT OLD FEELING 3:01 3 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 2:23 4 MY BUDDY 3:17 5 IT’S ALWAYS YOU 3:32 6 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 3:01 7 DAYBREAK 2:40* Side B: 1 BUT NOT FOR ME 3:01 2 LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING 2:38 3 I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL 2:56 4 I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY 3:18 5 THE THRILL IS GONE 2:49 6 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU 2:57 7 TIME AFTER TIME 2:43* * bonus tracks
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
New Vibe Man in Town + 2 Bonus Tracks
GARY BURTON LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4562 Barcode: 8436542017787 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP GARY BURTON vibraphone GENE CHERICO bass JOE MORELLO drums *BONUS TRACKS (A5 & B5): Gary Burton (vib), Hank Garland (g), Joe Benjamin (b), Joe Morello (d).
While Gary Burton would become one of the preeminent jazz vibraphonists, his career was just getting started at the time this album (his debut LP as a leader) was made, Burton was just 18! But make no mistake, these recordings prove that the vibraphonist had already accomplished the most difficult task for any jazz musician –the attainment of a wholly individual voice. While he cited Milt Jackson as his favorite vibraphonist at this stage of his career, Burton never sought to imitate him, and his style is considerably different from the already established giants of the instrument: Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo and Milt Jackson. Even at such an early age, Burton displays his remarkable four-mallet technique on these recordings. The technique allows Burton to fully express his modern harmonic sense and frequently results in the vibraphonist sounding like two or three players at once. His ability for ceaseless melodic invention is also plainly evident throughout these recordings as is his strong sense of swing and advanced rhythmic concept. Track listing: SIDE A: 1 JOY SPRING 3:43 2 OVER THE RAINBOW 4:24 3 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 3:08 4 MINOR BLUES 5:33 5 THREE-FOUR, THE BLUES 4:01* SIDE B: 1 OUR WALTZ 4:33 2 SO MANY THINGS 4:17 3 SIR JOHN 4:13 4 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM 4:31 5 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 4:29 * * bonus tracks
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
Jazz Party in Stereo DUKE ELLINGTON LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL – AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD Ellington and Gillespie made their only serious collaboration on February 19, 1959, when Diz participated on Duke’s Columbia album Jazz Party, reissued here, and which also includes one of the few appearances of singer Jimmy Rushing with the Ellington band. Dizzy and Duke would share the stage on many other occasions over the following years, although they would be recorded together on just one other occasion, during the September 18, 1965 concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival, when Dizzy again joined Ellington’s orchestra.
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4563 Barcode: 8436542017794 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP
Track listing: SIDE A: 1 MALLETOBA SPANK 3:40 2 TOOT SUITE 21:37 a RED GARTER; b RED SHOES; c RED CARPET [Part 1]; d RED CARPET [Part 2]; e RED CARPET [Part 3]; f READY GO! SIDE B: 1 SATIN DOLL 2:44 2 U.M.M.G. [UPPER MANHATTAN MEDICAL GROUP] 4:30 3 ALL OF ME 2:30 4 TYMPERTURBABLY BLUE 4:24 5 FILLIE TRILLIE 2:44 6 HELLO LITTLE GIRL 7:47
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
Sinatra's Swingin' Session + 1 Bonus Track
FRANK SINATRA LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD
Label: Jazz Wax File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: JWR4564 Barcode: 8436542017800 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 LP Frank Sinatra - vocals with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
On the same day that his album Nice ‘n’ Easy first entered the Billboard chart, Frank Sinatra was back in the Capitol Tower recording the first session of what would become one of his most celebrated albums, Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session (Capitol SW1491). It would prove to be the fastest paced and hardest swinging LP in his discography. Half of the album consists of a re-recording of six of the eight songs from his Columbia album, Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra, rearranged here by the great Nelson Riddle (these songs consist of “It’s Only a Paper Moon”, “My Blue Heaven”, “It All Depends on You”, “You Do Something to Me”, “Should I” and “When You’re Smiling”). Of the remaining six songs, “Always” and “S’posin’” were first recorded in 1946 and 1947, respectively, and issued as singles, and “I Concentrate on You” was first recorded in 1950 and released on the album Songs by Sinatra, while “Blue Moon”, “September in the Rain”, and “I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love with Me” were recorded by Frank for the first time ever during the sessions for this LP. Track listing: SIDE A: 1 WHEN YOU’RE SMILING (THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU) 2:02 2 BLUE MOON 2:52 3 S’POSIN’ 1:48 4 IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU 2:03 5 IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON 2:20 6 MY BLUE HEAVEN 2:04 SIDE B: 1 SHOULD I 1:31 2 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN 2:59 3 ALWAYS 2:17 4 I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME 2:25 5 I CONCENTRATE ON YOU 2:23 6 YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME 1:34 7 NIGHT AND DAY 4:03
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
The Day After PUSH UP The story continues… the fictitious character Quincy Brown is back courtesy of the crazy soul rock French coalition Push Up. The vocals of jazz singer Sandra Nkaké and Karl the Voice join with Allonymous the slam poet, Jean-Phi Dary’s hypnotic keyboard rhythms and Jî Drû’s bewitching flute. Following "The Grand Day of Quincy Brown" (Discograph, 2010) the album continues the story of Quincy, whose doubts, hopes, anger are emerging... Push Up travel through soul, rock and spoken word with effervescent energy and aplomb - a musical crucible somewhere between Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley, Fishbone and Funkadelic.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Rock Catalogue No: 570060 Barcode: 3149027004527 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Track listing: 1. Turn it off 3'58 2. Kiss From The Devil 3'53 3. I Try 4'12 4. Talking To You 3'42 5. Check Your Back 3'58 6. The Same 3'47 7. You Never Got A Smile 5'14 8. Will You Make It 3'48 9. Quincy's Interlude 1'43 10. The Day After 3'52 11. The Pushaz 8'02 12. A Dreamer 5'35
RELEASE DATE 9TH MARCH 2015
The Day After 2LP PUSH UP DOUBLE 180g LP VERSION WITH TWO BONUS TRACKS AND DOWNLOAD CODE The story continues… the fictitious character Quincy Brown is back courtesy of the crazy soul rock French coalition Push Up. The vocals of jazz singer Sandra Nkaké and Karl the Voice join with Allonymous the slam poet, Jean-Phi Dary’s hypnotic keyboard rhythms and Jî Drû’s bewitching flute. Following "The Grand Day of Quincy Brown" (Discograph, 2010) the album continues the story of Quincy, whose doubts, hopes, anger are emerging... Push Up travel through soul, rock and spoken word with effervescent energy and aplomb - a musical crucible somewhere between Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley, Fishbone and Funkadelic.
Label: Jazz Village File Under: Rock Catalogue No: 33570060/61 Barcode: 3149027002776 Price: FULL PRICE Format: 2 LP
Track listing: Side A 1. Turn it off 3'58 2. Kiss From The Devil 3'53 3. I Try 4'12 Side B 4. Talking To You 3'42 5. Check Your Back 3'58 6. The Same 3'47 7. You Never Got A Smile 5'14 Side C 8. Will You Make It 3'48 9. Quincy's Interlude 1'43 10. The Day After 3'52 Side D 11. The Pushaz 8'02 12. A Dreamer 5'35 Bonus tracks: 13. Flash Up! 4'38 14. After Dub 4'45