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AS SEEN ON TV 2 Programs on Each DVD of the Acclaimed AD LIB SERIES PRE-ORDER DATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 STREET DATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

“Reeves can wrap her voice around a melody like few other current jazz singers, hitting the high notes, the low notes, and everything in between as she caresses every phrase Artists Featured in with palpable warmth and joy.” the Ad Lib Series: —Billboard Magazine

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Z Dorothy Donegan O.C. Smith Freda Payne Stanley Turrentine Count Basie A Red Norvo About The Series SONG SELECTION Clora Bryant The Ad Lib Series is a collection of 46 concert TV programs Show # 38: Show # 5: Jimmy Witherspoon presentingJ the best Jazz, Pop and Blues artists showcasing their Love for Sale – Dianne Reeves Lady Be Good – Snooky Young Linda Hopkins I’ll Understand – Dianne Reeves On A Clear Day – Dianne Reeves Lionel Hampton skills with a Jazz flair. Seen on TV internationally, Ad Lib (filmed Marilyn McCoo Answer Me – Dianne Reeves Everything Must Change– Dianne Reeves in 1980) was the first musical television series recorded in Stereo. Kenny Burrell The Homes – Billy Childs & A Fine Madness I Cried For You – Count Basie & Helen Humes Ernie Andrews F Welcome to My Love – Dianne Reeves St. Louis Blues – Dianne Reeves & Snooky Young George Shearing Paul Smith DIANNE REEVES: THE EARLY YEARS 1 Hour plus Bonus Features Billy Childs With special guests Billy Childs and Snooky Young, and a DVD BONUS FEATURES: Marshall Royal classic perO formance from Count Basie and Helen Humes Dianne Reeves Biography Jerome Richardson Ad Lib Highlights Reel (16 min.) Willie Bobo Digitally Mastered Audio & Video Cab Calloway Carrying the legendary torch of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Ester Phillips Dolby Stereo Audio Vaughan, Dianne Reeves embodies the long Jazz tradition while Blossom Dearie Instant Access to Songs Damita Jo remaining S distinctive and original. She has won copious acco- DVD Recommendations Bill Henderson lades, Critics and Readers polls, as well as numerous Grammy Kenny Rankin Awards. With this historic DVD, we witness the birth of a future MARKETING TIPS: Terry Gibbs star and a genuine musical icon. ■ Enjoy the many legends of yesteryear that are no longer with us, and witness the Freddie Hubbard Tanya Maria N birth of today’s brightest musical stars. Both inside and out of the Jazz world, Reeves is in the most Helen Humes elite category of vocalists. She spent stints performing with Billy ■ Features musical icons from various genres, making the Series an appealing choice for Laurindo Almeida Childs (who is featured in the DVD) and Sergio Mendes, before a wide variety of music fans. Charles Brown Mundell Lowe spending 3O years working for Harry Belafonte. A Jazz icon in ■ These DVDs are important historic records as they feature classic performances from Mark Murphy every sense of the word, Reeves is a fearless singer, unafraid to the musical vaults, from artists such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Pete & Conte Condoli break the I mold by performing in several different genres. Her George Shearing, Helen Humes, Cab Calloway, and more. And many more! expansive range, precise pitch, rhythmic and instinctual timing, Other Arkadia DVDs Include: and powerful yet graceful style have created an intoxicating Benny Golson: The Whisper Not Tour

sound for S the singer who enchants and fascinates everyone Dueling Guitars 1: Paul Bollenback and John Hart ARKADIA DVD #72031 $19.98 lucky enough to witness her beautiful voice and passionate Billy Harper in Concert: Live from Poland performanI ce. Nigel Clark in Concert: Live from Scotland ISBN 0-8030-7031-4 V

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