Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus PWR27241 >> 8436028694006 >> CD

NEW RELEASES Jazz & World 20th September 2010 call-off: 10th September

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479048 >> 794881956029 >> CD

1. Intro 0’55 2. Makaan 4’17 3. Matrah interlude 1’00 4. Bada al Fajr 2’01 5. Muwashar Ozkourini 3’43 6. River man 5’39 7. Batkallim 5’57 8. Mounqaliba 3’39 9. Le cor, le vent 3’43 10. Direct solutions interlude 1’38 11. Lahazat nashwa 3’04 12. La nuit est sur la ville 3’35 13. Fresco’s interlude 2’08 14. Ghoroub 2’24 15. Evening interlude 1’09 16. Taalet 3’11 17. Egypt interlude 2’13 18. Nafourat el anwar 2’57

Live dates: Globally celebrated singer Natacha Atlas has been building 7th Oct - Cadogan Hall, London towards the subtle beauty of her brand new album ever since 9th Oct - Turner Sims, Southampton 2008’s internationally acclaimed acoustic, orchestral album Ana Hina. Recorded with guests including pianist Zoe Rahman, Press coverage: a 20-piece Turkish ensemble and a chamber orchestra inte- Reviews confirmed in Guardian, Daily Tele- grating western and Arabic styles, Mounqaliba – ‘being in a graph, Independent, Independent On Sunday, state of reversal’ in classical Arabic - is a stunning set of origi- Sunday Express, Times, Sun, Daily Mirror, nal new songs, evocative interludes, and a limpid, lucid reading Daily Express, Daily Mail, Morning Star, New of Nick Drake’s The Riverman. Internationalist, Uncut, Q, Mojo, Songlines, R2 (Rock N Reel), fROOTs The music spans a broad range of styles and sounds; Riverman nestles snugly alongside classical arabic standard Muwashah Features confirmed in Middle East magazine Ozkourini, the utopian epic sweep of Makaan (tempering wist- and R2; tbc in Guardian and Independent. fulness with a fragile sadness) and the post-modern glitchiness of Batkallim (the most electronic sounding song on the album, Natacha will record a session for BBC Radio 3 a scathing denunciation of the growing tide of hypocrisy that “World on 3” seems to have stricken the world’s media and politics). UK PR by John Crosby / Press Promotions

ADVERTISED IN FROOTS AND SONGLINES

harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] PRIORITY NEW RELEASE 20th September File under: World / France Moussu T e lei Jovents Putan de Cançon

2741877 >> 794881972920 >> CD digipack

1. Putan De Cançon 3.28 2. Empêche-moi 2.45 3. Lo Dintre 3.43 4. Mon Ouragan 2.38 5. Ciutat De L’Ersa 3.25 6. Alba 7 3.01 7. Bon Baisers De Marseille 3.14 8. La Marraine 3.58 9. Quand Je La Vois, Je Fonds 1.35 10. L’Horloge 3.54 11. Dins La Nuech De Mon Astre 3.56 12. Seradas De La Mar 5.14 13. Comme 2 Mouches 2.04

Tatou - vocals, bronzinaire Blu - guitars, banjo, berimbau, vocals Jamilson - drums, percussion Zerbino - drums, percussion Deli K - percussion Moussu T e lei Jovents consists of the founder of Massilia Sound System together with its guitarist and a famous Brazilian percussionist. The group takes its inspiration from Marseille in the thirties, a veritable musical melting pot, where Provençal songs could be heard alongside local operettas by Vincent Scotto or the black music bursting onto the scene at the time (i.e. blues and jazz, with music from the West Indies and Brazil too). This provides the background for the group’s new, up-to-the minute songs, sea and harbours shanties that reek of the briny air, shipyard cranes and rocky inlets. A new also available: repertoire to match the coastline of this part of the world, from 2741325 Mademoiselle Marseille Marseille or La Ciotat, a true blend of old and new, local and 2741441 Forever Polida universal, full of nostalgia and foot-tapping rhythms ! “Surely the year’s quirkiest release, this artfully crafted set blends primitive blues with guttural Marseilles dialect, throwing in a range of under- stated global references and all the Gallic roman- ticism you could possibly want. Poignant, funny and surprisingly tuneful.” Daily Telegraph Top 10 world albums of the year 2741549 Inventé à La Ciotat CD/DVD 5741576/78 Complete Collection (incl. three albums above) 2741600 Home Sweet Home

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468105 >> 713746810528 >> CD

1. Embale tiene la llave 4’19 2. El plato roto 3’47 3. Bella criolla 3’57 4. Arrolla Cubano 4’22 5. Recapacita 3’39 6. La Rumba no es como ayer 4’38 7. Mueve la cintura 5’26 8. En tus ojos yo veo 3’38 9. La Mulata rumbera 3’36 10. El Discreto 4’32 11. Me dieron la clave 4’21 12. Se te acabo la pared 3’44 13. Donde andabas anoche 2’21 14. La fiesta de los animales 3’48

Cast : Eugenio Rodríguez Rodríguez “Raspa” - lead vocals, direction Francisco David Oropesa Fernándes “El Cuba’s Septeto Nacional was formed in 1927 by the Matador” - bongos, administration legendary bassist/singer/composer Ignacio Piñeiro. Enrique Collazo Collazo - tres Now composed of its fourth generation of players, Dagoberto Sacerio Oliva - guitar, vocals Agustín Someillan García - trumpet, vocals the Grammy-nominated ensemble remains a sophis- Raúl Acea Rivera - bass ticated, arrestingly inventive exponent of son haban- Crispín Díaz Hernández - maracas, vocals ero, as can be heard on this new recording of rum- bas, boleros and guarachas.

Sin Rumba, no hay Son! - Without Rumba there is no Son! The opening tune, Embale tiene la llave, cuts to the chase with lead singer Eugenio Rodríguez Rodríguez, who is known as “Raspa” for the agreeably rough timbre of his voice, trading close-harmony licks with his cohorts. Number six, La Rumba no es como ayer, a percussive beauty, finds all hips in motion. The ninth tune, La Mulata rumbera, spotlights guest artist Bertha Portuondo’s plangent tone, high spirits and exquisite phrasing; she often toys with the beat, playfully lagging a touch behind while kicking up her heels in joyous abandon. On the eleventh track, Me dieron la clave, another great rumbero, Emilio Moret wields his lustrous tenor with a youth’s directness and a master’s subtlety. Each of the 14 selections unfurls like rum-tinged cigar smoke, swooning, exuberant, sexy and plaintive; as intricate as chamber-music, as liltingly sensual as a slow-dance, as sweetly guileless as a lullaby, as primal as the throbbing heart of a conga drum.

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SABOR DE GRÀCIA Sabor Pa’ Rato World Village 498037 8427592001338 CD World/Spain/Catalan The Catalan rumba is a popular musical current of Gypsy roots which arose in Barcelona in the mid-fifties. It emerged as the confluence of two western music traditions: flamenco and Afro- Cuban. It was combined by Catalan Gypsies into a new style of urban folklore through the assimilation of Afro-Latin patterns into their flamenco musical tradition. Sabor de Gràcia comes up as the Catalan rumba band most abreast of its time thanks to this magic formula. After moving closer to Latin American traits in later years, it wishes now to go back home to the roots of this crossbred, provocative and hedonist style that used to set everybody dancing wherever it was played. The town of Gràcia is now a genuine Gypsy quarter. This is indeed where the true nature of the Catalan rumba represented by Sabor de Gràcia (Taste of Gracia) is to be found. They are a young though experienced band who know how to connect with a faithful public eager to enjoy the rumba. Sabor pa’rato is their fourth album, a vibrant recording that marks the first collaboration with World Village.

JOÃO BOSCO & NDR BIG BAND Senhoras Do Amazonas Yellowbird YEB77162 767522771626 CD digipack World/Brazil First discovered by Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, the brilliant composer/vocalist/guitarist Joao Bosco is one of the main figures of MPB (Música Popular Brasileira). His 2006 release Obrigada Gente! Ao Vivo (Universal Brazil) has sold over 100,000 copies in his homeland. In Europe he is one of the “secret pearls” of Brazilian singer-songwriter music still to be discovered by a larger audience. Admired as a versatile vocalist and a dynamic performer, Bosco has been noted for his singular fusion of Arab culture, Afro-American music and Brazilian styles bossa nova influenced by American jazz. This studio album with Germany’s NDR Big Band stemmed from a joint Brazilian tour in 2007.

OQUESTRADA Tasca Beat, O Sonho Portugues JARO Medien JARO4295-2 4006180429521 CD digipack World/Portugal Marta Miranda - voice; Jean Marc Pablo - double bass; João Lima - portuguese guitar, percussion, keyboards; Zeto Feijão - guitar, voice, violin; Donatello Brida/Marina Henriques - accordion, keyboards; Sandro Manuel - trombone OqueStrada spent seven years on the road honing their chops before recording this debut album (which spent four months in the Portuguese Top 30). The wait was well worth it. ‘Tasca-Beat, The Portuguese Dream’ is a sound that celebrates a vibrating Portugal in an intimate place where party and melancholy meet each other. A sound that winks to fado and listens to a forgotten countryside, that sings with proletarian glamour the streets of Lisbon and the suburban neigh- bourhoods. The music of a harbor where several languages fulfilled with the dream of departing to later return are heard, where we toast to a reinvented Portuguese heart.

Reviewed in Songlines (October 2010)

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DIOGAL Urban Spirit Playasound PS66417 3700089664175 CD World/Senegal For his fourth album Diogal Sakho has again produced a folk-pop gem infused with the salty tang of his coastal home of Lebou in Senegal, but with an urban sensibility imbued by his ten years as a resident of Paris. Diogal has written, arranged, recorded and produced the album in his own studio and sees it as a summit in his career. His warm crooning voice reflects the sheer musicality of the Wolof language, with easy-paced guitar and percussion backing. Above all, he has refined his style around the simple idea of combining the acoustic guitars of his folk heritage with composite, Afro-European rhythms, while working on his very pure vocal style. Now he finds himself compared to his former idols, Ismaël Lô and Cheikh Lô and was recently voted ‘Best artist of the Senegalese diaspora’ at the Sunu Music Awards in Dakar.

PEPPE VOLTARELLI Ultima Notte A Malá Strana Le Chant du Monde 2741883 794881975327 CD digipack World/Italy Voltarelli is a highly successful singer-songwriter and film and stage actor from Calabria in Southern Italy, who for many years led the folk rock group Il Parto Delle Nuvole Pesanti before embarking on a solo music career. His new album (his third solo release) contains 12 new Voltarelli songs sung in Italian and Calabrian dialect and a cover of Leo Ferré’s “Gli Anarchici”, with lyrics concerning cultural iden- tity, immigration and such social issues.

VARIOUS ARTISTS Rajasthan Traditional Music Playasound Airmail SA141202 3700089412028 CD World/India This album, bringing together pieces representative of the popular music of Rajasthan, performed by professional musicians in the various districts of this large Indian state, provides an opportunity to discover some exceptional instruments: dhol, thali, satara, narh, sarangi, khartal ...

J.C. OLLIER UFER / J.T. HUMMEL / WILLI Tyrol - Jodler Songs Playasound Airmail SA141203 3700089412035 CD World/Austria/Alps A tribute to the difficult art of yodelling, which alternates high falsetto and low chest notes. A tradition associated with the Alpine peoples of Switzerland, the Austrian Tyrol and the Bavarian Alps. Songs accompanied by cowbells, a zither, an accordion.

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File under: Jazz Roberto Fonseca Live in Marciac ENJ95652 >> 063757956525 >> CD+DVD

1. Fragmento De Misa 0:41 2. Consumatum Est 9:14 3. Lo que me hace vivir 15:11 4. Siete Potencias (Bu Kantu) 6:01 5. Se te va la Vida 18:22 6. Llego Cachaito 10:08 7. Triste Alegria 6:38

DVD - 73 mins

Roberto Fonseca piano, voice Javier Zalba flute, reeds Omar González bass Ramsés Rodriguez drums Joel Hierrezuelo percussion

Recorded at the Marciac Jazz Festival, France, in August 2009

ENJA RECORDS presents the new album by Cuban pianist/composer Roberto Fonseca. Live in Marciac was recorded at that town’s festival in South West France. Within just 20 years this small town has developed the most impressive jazz festival in France. For this unique event, every summer, a tent holding 5,000 people is constructed and the village comes impressively to life. The pianist and his group have been perennial favorites in Marciac and have been invited back for an unprecedented fourth time in August of 2010. Says Fonseca, “Each concert I play in Marciac, I prepare with special enthusiasm and respect. The festival and its audience deserve the very best than I can offer. I will always be grateful to belong to the great Marciac family.”

The ensemble plays with incredible power and unprecedented joie de vivre clearly inspired by the enthusiastic audience in the sold out tent. It’s the kind of music that you cannot produce under studio conditions. Live in Marciac is Fonseca’s third album for ENJA. It follows Akokan from 2008 and Zamazu from 2007. With the two previous releases and worldwide tours through Europe, the USA / Canada, Japan and Australia Roberto Fonseca reached the international stages and is now recognized as one of the most charismatic musicians of recent years.

Born in 1975 into a musical family, Roberto Fonseca was a revelation at Havana’s “Jazz Plaza” International Festival when he was fifteen. After taking a degree in musical composition he recorded his first album which was awarded “Best Jazz Album” at the Cubadisco Festival in 1999. Roberto’s life changed when he became Rubén González’ successor in the Orquesta de Ibrahim Ferrer. After more than 400 concerts with Ferrer he also arranged and co-produced the singer’s last album, “Mi Sueno” which was nominated for a Grammy in 2007. Regarded as “the most promising and important talent in Cuban music”, Roberto has also performed with such musicians as Omara Portuondo, Bebo and Chucho Valdéz, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Wayne Shorter.

This new album also includes a DVD of the full, unedited concert, produced by the specialist studio Futur-Acoustic, Paris, using six cameras in HD quality.

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File under: Jazz Robert Mitchell’s Panacea The Cusp EDN1023 >> 5065001530166 >> CD

1. Essence 5.36 2. Aura 5.14 3. Mio Inamorato 3.56 4. Fortunately So 6.57 5. The Blessing 7.09 6. The Cusp 4.56 7. Lucid Dreamt 7.06 8. A Map of the Sky 8.32 9. Quantum 6.48 10. Flawless 5.54

Robert Mitchell - piano, keyboards; Deborah Jordan – vocals; Tom Mason – bass; Shaney Forbes - drums; Hammadi Valdez – percussion; Julian Ferraretto – violin; Ben Davis – cello; HKB Finn - spoken word

Robert Mitchell is interviewed in Jazzwise and Jazz UK

The Cusp is the third album from Robert Mitchell’s Panacea and the group’s first on EDITION RECORDS, after previous releases on 33, F-ire and Dune.

The title track with fine Fender Rhodes and lyrics from Mitchell and spoken word from HKB Finn cries out for social and ecological transformation while finding solace in the emotional renewal that comes from parenthood. Aura’s angular strings and piano auger a lyric that calls for the transcending of all those things that divide us, not just racially, ethnically or sexually but interpersonally as well, while Mio Inamorato with just voice and piano is about the determination to rescue a relationship gone stale. These songs are an antidote to rock bombast, the misogyny and misandry of R&B and the tired reliance on the Great American Songbook. Hardly surprising then that Mitchell finds inspiration for his adult themes and concerns in the lyrics of such diverse and distinctive writers as Prince, Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout and singer Norma Winstone.

The Cusp is simultaneously modern jazz and contemporary soul music. In Mitchell’s piano one hears echoes of the harmonies of Bill Evans and the warm, Caribbean melodies of Andrew Hill, while his skilled deployment of strings suggests the intriguing influence of European art music. In the gentle and expressive tones of singer Deborah Jor- dan, Mitchell has found the perfect voice for his words of healing, while his rhythm team move between jazz, rock and soul with accomplished ease.

You will hear nothing else like The Cusp this year. Literate, articulate and authoritative – The Cusp is a work of pride, integrity and remarkable maturity.

Album Launch: 13th Sept - Pizza Express, Soho, London Robert Mitchell’s Panacea will be on tour Oct-Dec 2010

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File under: Jazz Tamco Don’t Think Twice EDN1022 >> 5065001530173 >> CD

1. I Put a Spell on You [Jalacy J Hawkins] 2. Henry Lee [Trad.] 3. River Deep Mountain High [Spector ,Barry, Greenwich] 4. Jolene [Dolly Parton] 5. I Want You [Elvis Costello] 6. Stranger Song [Leonard Cohen] 7. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right [Bob Dylan] 8. Summer Wine [Lee Hazelwood] 9. In the Port of Amsterdam [Jaques Brel] 10. 1000 Kisses Deep [Leonard Cohen]

Tammy Payne - vocals Jim Barr - bass Dan Moore - hammond organ Neil Smith - guitar Dylan Howe - drums

‘Don’t Think Twice’ is the powerfully evocative debut album from Bristol-based vocalist, Tammy Payne, and her new project Tamco. Payne, who is probably best known for her work with legendary drum ‘n’ bass and trip-hop pioneers Smith & Mighty but can also be found writing psychedelic folk with Jukes or collaborating with the likes of John Parish has drawn upon her home town’s vibrant music scene to create a unique new band. Drawing on influences from Tom Waits to Nick Cave and Julie Driscoll to Roberta Flack, Tamco was born out of late night whiskies and a shared love of ‘50s and ‘60s jazz. The band features some of Bristol’s most creative and innovative musicians, maverick bassist Jim Barr (Portishead, Get The Blessing), guitarist Neil Smith (Liftmen), keyboardist Dan Moore (Andy Shepperd) and drummer Dylan Howe (Nick Cave, Damon Albarn, Portishead and Robert Wyatt).

Don’t Think Twice is a collection of well-loved songs encompassing a multitude of genres. At first glance the songs appear disparate but look closer and a theme emerges, these are songs of jealousy, deceit and obsession all chosen by Payne for their emotional content. Songs that she and her band mates are able to inhabit and stylishly make their own, drawing on but never in thrall to their influences, to create a powerful work that’s inspirational in it’s own right. Recorded live in one room as the band were keen to capture ‘a moment rather than a process’. With no song requiring more than two or three takes the whole album took just three days to record. Any mistakes have been left in because, for Tamco, accuracy plays second fiddle to the emotion and chemistry of the moment.

Louche, hip and darkly brooding Tamco find new nuances and meanings in the familiar, drawing us into an alternate history of whisky-fused musical connections, late night bars and crackly old records and in their hands these songs have never sounded better.

Live Dates: 21st Sept – The Cube, Bristol; 22nd Sept – Vortex, London; 6th Nov – Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

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File under: Jazz

Sidney Bechet / Buck Clayton In Concert at the Brussels Fair, 1958 PWR27238 >> 8436028693979 >> CD

01) INTRODUCTION 1:48 02) INDIANA 6:09 03) SOCIETY BLUES 7:52 04) IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD 5:12 05) SWANEE RIVER 3:12 06) ALL OF ME 2:58 07) ST. LOUIS BLUES 7:15 08) WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHINí IN 8:55 09) BLUES AD-LIB 4:40 10) I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU 3:00* 11) THE MAN I LOVE 2:45* 12) EXACTLY LIKE YOU 2:56* 13) THESE FOOLISH THINGS 3:49* 14) ONCE IN A WHILE 2:43* 15) JEEPERS CREEPERS 3:06* 16) I NEVER KNEW 3:00* 17) PENNIES FROM HEAVEN 3:42* TT: 73:10

The complete LP Sidney Bechet in Concert at the Brussels SIDNEY BECHET, soprano sax Fair 1958 (Columbia CL1410), which was Bechet’s last live BUCK CLAYTON, trumpet recording ever and his only collaboration with trumpeter VIC DICKENSON, trombone Buck Clayton. Trombonist Vic Dickenson also shines on GEORGE WEIN, piano this memorable performance. ARVELL SHAW, bass An interesting quartet session with Bechet and pianist KANSAS FIELDS, drums Martial Solal recorded the previous year has been added On track 9: Add SARAH VAUGHAN (vocals) as a bonus. Recorded live at the World Fair, Brussels, Belgium, July 29/August 3, 1958. Includes 12-page booklet * BONUS TRACKS: 10-17: SIDNEY BECHET QUARTET: “To take some of the tired tunes on this LP and make them, Sidney Bechet (soprano sax), Martial Solal (piano), as he did, come alive once more takes more than facility and Lloyd Thompson (bass), Al Levitt (drums). experience. It takes that rare artistic fire that Sidney Bechet, Paris, March 12, 1957. perhaps more than any of his contemporaries (aside from Armstrong) had in such great quantities.” (Ralph J. Glea- son), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Ben Webster / Art Tatum Ben Webster - Art Tatum Quartet PWR27239 >> 8436028693986 >> CD

01 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 7:13 02 GONE WITH THE WIND 4:46 03 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? 4:47 04 NIGHT AND DAY 5:28 05 WHERE OR WHEN 6:25 06 MY IDEAL 7:15 07 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE 6:13 08 GONE WITH THE WIND [alt 1] 4:49 09 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? [alt] 5:02 10 GONE WITH THE WIND [alt 2] 4:48 11 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 3:26* 12 YOU’RE MINE, YOU! 3:10* 13 SOPHISTICATED LADY 3:07* 14 LOVE’S AWAY 3:19* 15 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 6:01* TOTAL TIME: 75:55

BEN WEBSTER tenor sax ART TATUM piano The complete LP The Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet (Verve RED CALLENDER bass MGV-8220), as well as all known alternate takes from that BILL DOUGLASS drums glorious session. The date marked Tatum’s last visit to a re- Los Angeles, California, September 11, 1956. cording studio, for he died less than two months after these tracks were made. *BONUS TRACKS: A complete quartet session by Webster with another cel- 11-14: BEN WEBSTER-TEDDY WILSON Quartet: ebrated pianist, Teddy Wilson, and a beautiful Tatum solo Ben Webster (ts), Teddy piano rendition of the LP’s opening song have been added Wilson (p), Ray Brown (b), Jo Jones (d). New York, as a bonus. March 30, 1954. 15: ART TATUM (solo piano). Los Angeles, Decem- Includes 12-page booklet ber 29, 1953.

“The air of reflection and utterly relaxed poise in the playing of Tatum and Webster permeates the entire album. The glorious Webster tone is soul-filling throughout, as is his maturity of conception, whether on very slow ballad or on a swinger.” (John A. Tynan), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Herb Ellis Nothing But The Blues PWR27240 >> 8436028693993 >> CD

01 PAP’S BLUES 7:09 02 BIG RED’S BOOGIE WOOGIE 5:41 03 TIN ROOF BLUES 3:02 04 SOFT WINDS 6:04 05 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES 4:48 06 PATTI CAKE 6:03 07 BLUES FOR JANET 7:15 08 BLUES FOR JUNIOR 4:51 09 GOOSE GREASE 3:05 10 WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE 5:57 11 REMEMBER 7:40 12 A COUNTRY BOY 5:06 13 YOU KNOW 4:32 14 MY OLD FLAME 3:32 15 PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE 4:49 TT: 79:41

1-8: NOTHING BUT THE BLUES Stan Getz (ts) 2 LPs ON 1 CD! Roy Eldridge (tp) Herb Ellis (g) The complete outstanding album Nothing But the Blues Ray Brown (b) (Verve MGV8252), reuniting the guitarist Herb Ellis with Stan Levey (d). Stan Getz and Roy Eldridge. Hollywood, October 11-12, 1957. As a bonus, the LP Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve MGVS6045), on which Giuffre plays tenor and baritone 9-15: HERB ELLIS MEETS JIMMY GIUFFRE sax, and is also the arranger on the whole album. Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bar, arr) Herb Ellis (g soloist) Art Pepper Includes 12-page booklet Bud Shank (as) Richie Kamuca (ts) Nothing But the Blues Lou Levy (p) “Gather ‘round, children, and listen to the message of the Jim Hall (rhythm g) blues. The whole story is right here in eight, eloquent preach- Joe Mondragon (b) ments by as fine a quintet of wailers as can be assembled. Stan Levey (d). One of the very best jazz albums this year. Don’t miss it.” Hollywood, March 26, 1959. (John A. Tynan), ***** Downbeat Note: the solo guitar track “Patricia”, from the second album, had to be omitted due to time limitations.

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File under: Jazz Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus PWR27241 >> 8436028694006 >> CD

01 SAINT THOMAS 6:42 02 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 6:24 03 STRODE RODE 5:11 04 MORITAT 9:57 05 BLUE SEVEN 11:12 06 THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS 6:15* 07 PARADOX 4:53* 08 RAINCHECK 5:53* 09 THERE ARE SUCH THINGS 9:23* 10 IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME 6:03* Total time: 71:53

SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano DOUG WATKINS, bass MAX ROACH, drums Hackensack, New Jersey, June 22, 1956.

2 LPs ON 1 CD! *Bonus album (6-10): Work Time: SONNY ROLLINS (ts) The complete original LP Saxophone Colossus (Prestige RAY BRYANT (p) PR7079), showcasing Sonny Rollins in a quartet setting GEORGE MORROW (b) featuring Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins and Max Roach. MAX ROACH (d) As a bonus, the complete album Work Time (Prestige Hackensack, New Jersey, December 2, 1955. PR7020) – featuring Rollins and Roach again in a quartet format – has been added as a bonus. Includes 8-page booklet

Saxophone Colossus “Almost as if in answer to the charge that there is a lack of grace and beauty in the work of the New York hard- swingers comes this album in which Rollins displays humor, gentleness, a delicate feeling for beauty in line, and a puck- ish sense of humor. I find this entire album excellent on all counts and for all persons concerned (the recorded sound is a gas, by the way).” (Ralph J. Gleason), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Michel Legrand / Miles Davis Le Grand Jazz / Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud PWR27242 >> 8436028694013 >> CD

01 WILD MAN BLUES 3:22 02 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT 2:59 03 THE JITTERBUG WALTZ 5:17 04 DJANGO 4:13 05 NUAGES 2:23 06 ROSETTA 7:16 07 DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE 2:34 08 BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL 3:25 09 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY 3:47 10 NIGHT IN TUNISIA 5:53 11 IN A MIST 3:20 12 GÉNÉRIQUE 2:50 13 L’ASSASSINAT DE CARALA 2:11 14 SUR L’AUTOROUTE 2:20 15 JULIEN DANS L’ASCENSEUR 2:09 16 FLORENCE SUR LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES 2:52 17 DÎNER AU MOTEL 3:58 18 EVASION DE JULIEN 0:54 19 VISITE DU VIGILE 2:06 2 LPs ON 1 CD! 20 AU BAR DU PETIT BAC 2:54 21 CHEZ LE PHOTOGRAPHE DU MOTEL 3:55 French composer and pianist Michel Legrand’s album Le- TOTAL TIME: 70:48 grand Jazz (Columbia CL1250) in its entirety, this was his first recorded collaboration with Miles Davis. Also featuring 1-11: Legrand Jazz: John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Ben Michel Legrand (arr, cond), Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Webster, Hank Jones & Paul Chambers, among others. Donald Byrd (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Herbie As a bonus, the trumpeter’s complete soundtrack for the Mann (fl), Jerome Richardson (cl, bar), Phil Woods film Ascenseur pour l’echafaud (Fontana 10” LP 660.213). (as), John Coltrane, Ben Webster (ts), Eddie Costa Includes 20-page booklet (vib), Bill Evans, Hank Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g), ***** Downbeat reviews: Paul Chambers (b), Osie Johnson (d). LEGRAND JAZZ New York, June 25, 27 & 30, 1958. “The roster is impressive, covering most of the modern greats and near-greats. The Miles sides are superb. The writing is BONUS TRACKS (12-21): Soundtrack for the film imaginative, tinged with the languid air of Gil Evans at his Ascenseur pour l’echafaud most soulful, and yet with something more.” (Dom Cerulli) Miles Davis (tp), Barney Wilen (ts), René Urtreger ASCENSEUR POUR L’ECHAFAUD (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d). “An absolutely fascinating release. Some of the very best, if Paris, France, December 4 & 5, 1957. not the best, Miles solos are contained on this LP.” (Ralph J. Gleason)

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File under: Jazz John Coltrane Lush Life PWR27243 >> 8436028694020 >> CD

1 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 4:57 2 I LOVE YOU 5:32 3 TRANE’S SLOW BLUES 6:03 4 LUSH LIFE 13:55 5 I HEAR A RHAPSODY 6:00 6 SLOWTRANE 7:19* 7 THE BELIEVER 13:49* 8 NAKATINI SERENADE 11:04* 9 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 8:45* TOTAL TIME: 77:24

Tracks 1-3 & 6: JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax EARL MAY, bass ARTHUR TAYLOR, drums Hackensack, New Jersey, August 16, 1957.

Tracks 4-5 & 7-9: JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax The complete classic album Lush Life (Prestige 7188). DONALD BYRD, trumpet Featuring Coltrane in two contexts: as the only horn in a RED GARLAND, piano pianoless trio, and sharing the frontline with Donald Byrd PAUL CHAMBERS, bass in a quintet setting. ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH, drums As a bonus, the alternate blues that completes the trio ses- Hackensack, New Jersey, January 10, 1958 sion and three extended performances from the session (tracks 4 & 7-9) & May 31, 1957 (track 5). that produced “Lush Life”.

Includes 8-page booklet

“All aspects of Coltrane’s conception during this period are well-illustrated on the album: the classic simplicity and haunting loveliness of the Coltrane ballad technique is here further exemplified by “Someone in Love”; “Trane’s Slow Blues” is another superlative effort in the blues genre. For sheer beauty of approach and execution, Coltrane’s work has rarely been equaled.” (Frank Kofsky), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Mose Allison Back Country Suite / Local Color PWR27244 >> 8436028694723 >> CD

01 NEW GROUND 2:05 02 TRAIN 1:51 03 WARM NIGHT 1:47 04 BLUES 1:28 05 SATURDAY 1:25 06 SCAMPER 2:15 07 JANUARY 1:39 08 PROMISED LAND 2:03 09 SPRING SONG 1:23 10 HIGHWAY 1:39 11 BLUEBERRY HILL 3:01 12 YOU WON’T LET ME GO 3:47 13 I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU 3:54 14 ONE ROOM COUNTRY SHACK 3:05 15 IN SALAH 3:45 16 CARNIVAL 3:04* 17 PARCHMAN FARM 3:21* 18 CREPUSCULAR AIR 3:47* 19 MOJO WOMAN 4:07* 2 LPs on 1 CD! 20 TOWN 3:26* Mose Allison’s complete first and second albums as a lead- 21 TROUBLE IN MIND 3:18* er: Back Country Suite (Prestige LP7091) and Local Color 22 LOST MIND 3:34* (Prestige LP7121). Performed in a trio format, both LP’s 23 I’LL NEVER BE FREE 5:40* presented the title “Suites” composed by Allison on their 24 DON’T EVER SAY GOODBYE 3:16* A Side, while their B sides were a combination of originals 25 AIN’T YOU A MESS 2:41* and old standards. Total Time: 72:14 Allison, who is still alive and has just issued his last album in March 2010 at the age of 82, didn’t go unnoticed in MOSE ALLISON, piano (also vocals on 4 & 14) his time, and both of his initial LPs were highly praised in TAYLOR LA FARGUE, bass Down Beat magazine. FRANK ISOLA, drums Hackensack, New Jersey, March 7, 1957. Includes 16-page booklet. *BONUS ALBUM (16-25): LOCAL COLOR “This is an important record. Not so much because of the MOSE ALLISON, piano (also trumpet on 21 & vo- suite, which in itself is charming, fresh, and rooted in the cals on 17 & 22), blues, but also because Allison is a talent which bears ADDISON FARMER, bass watching. If his subsequent writing has the individuality of NICK STABULAS, drums approach and the same earthy quality as in this excursion, Hackensack, New Jersey, November 8, 1957. jazz will have added another exciting voice to its roster of spokesmen. This deserves hearing.” (Dom Cerulli) ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Art Tatum / Roy Eldridge Art Tatum - Roy Eldridge Quartet PWR27245 >> 8436028694730 >> CD

01 NIGHT AND DAY 6:11 02 I WON’T DANCE 3:31 03 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD 5:04 04 THE MOON IS LOW 4:15 05 MOON SONG 5:08 06 YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME 3:37 07 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE 3:52 08 I SURRENDER DEAR 6:57 09 I WON’T DANCE [alternate take] 3:32 10 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD [alternate take] 4:58 11 NIGHT AND DAY [solo piano version] 3:14 12 I WON’T DANCE [solo piano version] 2:57 13 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD [solo piano version] 6:01 14 THE MOON IS LOW [solo piano version] 4:12 15 MOON SONG [solo piano version] 4:38 16 YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME [solo piano version] 3:16 The complete original LP Art Tatum-Roy Eldridge Quartet 17 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE [solo piano version] 2:36 (Clef MG C-679), pairing the two stars with bassist John 18 I SURRENDER DEAR [solo piano version] 3:51 Simmons and drummer Alvin Stoller. This was to be the Total Time: 77:58 last recorded reunion of the two leaders as Tatum died the following year. As a bonus to the eight tracks on the origi- ART TATUM piano nal album, the only two existing alternate takes from these ROY ELDRIDGE trumpet sessions have been added. JOHN SIMMONS bass Also included are solo piano versions of all of the songs in- ALVIN STOLLER drums cluded on the quartet session with Eldridge (Tatum record- Los Angeles, March 23 & 29, 1955. ed these solo piano tracks for Granz between 1953-1955, which have been organized here in the same song order as *BONUS TRACKS (11-18): the quartet date). ART TATUM, solo piano Los Angeles, December 28, 1953 (tracks 11 & 16- Includes 20-page booklet 17); December 29, 1953 (track 13) & January 19, 1955 (tracks 12, 14-15 & 18). “Roy plays with exciting intensity and the kind of whole- heart-and-body warmth that many of the younger trumpet- ers lack. As for Art, the depth and imaginative consistency of his conception over the years is a subject for debate, but not Art’s dazzling mastery of time and his inimitably personal and influential voice.” (Nat Hentoff), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Jimmy Giuffre The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet PWR27246 >> 8436028694747 >> CD

01 SO LOW 2:51 02 DEEP PURPLE 4:41 03 THE SIDE PIPERS 5:10 04 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 5:05 05 QUIET COOK 4:20 06 THE SHEEPHERDER 5:25 07 FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM 4:08 08 DOWN HOME 5:46 09 IOWA STUBBORN 4:01* 10 GOODNIGHT MY SOMEONE 2:48* 11 SEVENTY-SIX TROMBONES 3:06* 12 MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN 2:45* 13 MY WHITE KNIGHT 3:33* 14 THE WELLS FARGO WAGON 4:06* 15 IT’S YOU 3:35* 16 SHIPOOPI 2:53* 17 LIDA ROSE (WILL I EVER TELL YOU) 3:32* 18 GARY, INDIANA 2:59* 19 TILL THERE WAS YOU 3:29* TT: 74:20

2 LPs ON 1 CD! JIMMY GIUFFRE, clarinet on all tracks, plus: 1: Giuffre solo clarinet and foot tapping. The complete LP The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic 2: Jimmy Rowles (celeste). 1238), showcasing Giuffre on clarinet on every track. He is 3: Buddy Collette (fl), Bud Shank (alto fl), Harry Klee (bass heard here in a variety of settings ranging from solo clarinet fl), Shelly Manne (d). to a nonet. Featuring Harry “Sweets Edison”, Shorty Rog- 4: Bob Cooper (oboe), Dave Pell (English horn), Maury Ber- man (bassoon), Ralph Peña (b). ers, Jack Sheldon, Bud Shank, Buddy Collette, Bob Coo- 5: Ralph Peña (b), Stan Levey (d). per, Jimmy Rowles and Shelly Manne, among others. 6: Buddy Collette (alto cl), Harry Klee (bass cl). As a bonus, the complete LP Jimmy Giuffre & His Men Play 7: Jimmy Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d). “The Music Man” (Atlantic 1276), featuring a nonet includ- 8: Harry “Sweets” Edison, Shorty Rogers, Jack Sheldon ing Art Farmer and Al Cohn, among others. (tp), Bob Cooper, Dave Pell (ts), Maury Berman (bar), Ralph Peña (b), Stan Levey (d). Includes 12-page booklet Los Angeles, March 21 & 22, 1956. *Bonus album (9-19): JIMMY GIUFFRE & HIS MEN PLAY “THE MUSIC MAN” “The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet is an extraordinary lesson in (Atlantic 1276) how a man with limited technique on an instrument can Collective personnel: Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bar), Art Farm- nonetheless center an entire LP on himself as soloist on that er, Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder, Nick Travis (tp), horn and have it emerge as one of the best of the year.” Al Cohn, Ed Wasserman (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Wendell (Nat Hentoff), ***** Downbeat Marshall (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d). Gunter Schuller, conduc- tor on 10, 13, 15 & 19. Music by Meredith Willson. Arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre. New York, December 31, 1957 & January 2, 3 & 6, 1958.

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File under: Jazz Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners PWR27247 >> 8436028694754 >> CD

1 BRILLIANT CORNERS 7:48 2 BA-LUE BOLIVAR BA-LUES-ARE 13:19 3 PANNONICA 8:53 4 I SURRENDER, DEAR 5:28 5 BEMSHA SWING 7:44 6 PANNONICA [alt tk] 2:34 7 I WANT TO BE HAPPY 7:45* 8 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 5:15* 9 MORE THAN YOU KNOW 10:49* TT: 69:34

THELONIOUS MONK, piano (also celeste on 3 & 6) SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax ERNIE HENRY, alto sax (on 1-3 & 6) CLARK TERRY, trumpet (on 5) OSCAR PETTIFORD, bass (on 1-3 & 6) PAUL CHAMBERS, bass (on 5) MAX ROACH, drums (also tympani on 5) “I Surrender Dear” is an unaccompanied piano solo. The complete Thelonious Monk LP Brilliant Corners (Riv- New York, October 9, October 15 & December 7, erside RLP12-226). Featuring such stars as Sonny Rollins 1956. and Max Roach, as well as some of the pianist/composer’s most creative writing ever on the title tune. *BONUS TRACKS: As a bonus, we have added the only existing alternate take Thelonious Monk (piano), Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), from the sessions (an incomplete version of “Pannonica”) Tommy Potter (bass), Art Taylor (drums). plus Monk’s complete previous session with Sonny Rollins, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 25, 1954. recorded in a quartet format in 1954.

Includes 8-page booklet

“This is really a mood album, the kind of mood that envelops corners that can be called brilliant but are more inimitable than that increasingly indiscriminate adjective might con- note. This is Riverside’s most important modern jazz LP to date.” (Nat Hentoff), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Charlie Byrd Byrd In The Wind / Blues For Night People PWR27248 >> 8436028694761 >> CD

1 SWING 59 3:22 2 YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO 2:50 3 SHOWBOAT SHUFFLE 3:57 4 LOVE LETTERS 3:00 5 CROSS YOUR HEART 2:17 6 KETER’S DIRTY BLUES 4:11 7 YOU’RE A SWEETHEART 2:31 8 STARS FELL ON ALABAMA 3:15 9 YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS 3:30 10 WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER 2:53 11 GEORGIA ON MY MIND 3:08 12 COPACABANA 2:54 13 BLUES FOR NIGHT PEOPLE (MEDLEY): FIRST SHOW/2.00 A.M./4 O’CLOCK FUNK 20:31* 14 BLUES MY NAUGHTIE SWEETIE GIVES TO ME 3:42* 15 BLUE PRELUDE 5:22* 16 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE 2:42* 17 JIVE AT FIVE 5:42* 2 LPs ON 1 CD! Total Time: 75:56 The complete original LP Byrd in the Wind (Offbeat OJ- 3005), Charlie Byrd’s fourth effort as a leader. Recorded at 1 & 7: Wallace Mann (fl), Richard White (oboe), Ken- the beginning of his career, this album clearly shows Byrd’s neth Pasmanick (bassoon), Keter Betts (b), Bertell unique amalgam of jazz, blues and classical music, using Knox (d). the unamplified Spanish guitar as a jazz instrument. 2 & 5: Ginny Byrd (vcl). As a bonus, Byrd’s second album as a leader, Blues for 3 & 6: Buck Hill (ts), Keter Betts (b), Bertell Knox (d). Night People (Savoy MG12116) – added here in its entirety 4 & 10: Wallace Mann (fl), Richard White (oboe), – showcasing the guitarist in a simple trio format with bass Kenneth Pasmanick (bassoon). and drums. 8: Unaccompanied guitar solo by Charlie Byrd. 9 & 11: Ginny Byrd (vcl), Charlie Schneer (p), Includes 12-page booklet. Keter Betts (b), Bertell Knox (d). 12: Buck Hill (ts), Charlie Schneer (p), “Charlie Byrd plays both classical and jazz guitar and has Keter Betts (b), Bertell Knox (d). been identified with the late great Django Reinhardt, who Washington DC, exact date unknown, 1959. also played the same kind of nonamplified guitar but which Arrangements by Charlie Byrd. Byrd plays with a more modern interpretive feeling.” (George Hoeffer), ***** Downbeat *Bonus album (13-17): BLUES FOR NIGHT PEOPLE: Charlie Byrd (g), Keter Betts (b), Gus Johnson (d). New York, August 4, 1957.

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File under: Jazz Stan Getz At the Shrine PWR27249 >> 8436028694778 >> CD

01) FLAMINGO 8:38 02) LOVER MAN 5:21 03) PERNOD 6:35 04) TASTY PUDDING 8:08 05) I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 8:17 06) POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS 3:59 07) OPEN COUNTRY 5:51 08) IT DON’T MEAN A THING 6:16 09) WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN 8:46 10) FEATHER MERCHANT 8:16 11) FLAMINGO [Studio version] 7:29* TT: 77:41

*BONUS TRACK

STAN GETZ, tenor sax BOB BROOKMEYER, valve trombone JOHN WILLIAMS, piano BILL ANTHONY, bass The complete 2-LP collection Stan Getz at the Shrine (Nor- ART MARDIGAN, drums gran MGN2000-2), featuring the leader in a quintet format sharing the front-line with valve trombonist Bob Brook- Recorded live at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, meyer live in Los Angeles on November 8, 1954. Although November 8, 1954. most of it was recorded at the Shrine Auditorium, the last two tracks were actually made in a studio the following day 9-11: Same personnel except Frank Isola (d) with a different drummer. An alternate version of the open- replaces Mardigan. ing song, “Flamingo”, from the November 9, 1954 studio Recorded at a Los Angeles studio, November 9, session has been added here as a bonus. 1954. Includes 12-page booklet

“Stan Getz at the Shrine is Stan’s first concert album. The concert selections are all of considerable worth. Getz’ imaginative improvisational patterns continue to flow with rare taste and a moving emotional pulse. Recorded sound is the best Norgran-Clef has reached.” (Nat Hentoff), ***** Downbeat

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File under: Jazz Donald Byrd Byrd In Hand / Davis Cup PWR27250 >> 8436028694785 >> CD

01) WITCHCRAFT 8:29 02) HERE I AM 8:26 03) DEVIL WHIP 4:42 04) BRONZE DANCE 6:43 05) CLARION CALLS 5:42 06) THE INJUNS 6:09 07) ‘SMAKE IT 5:08* 08) LOODLE-LOT 6:00* 09) SWEETNESS 8:15* 10) RHUMBA NHUMBA 7:01* 11) MINOR MIND 6:28* 12) MILLIE’S DELIGHT 5:07* TT: 78:11

DONALD BYRD, trumpet CHARLIE ROUSE, tenor sax PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax WALTER DAVIS Jr., piano SAM JONES, bass 2 LPs on 1 CD Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 31, 1959.

The complete 1959 LP Byrd in Hand (Blue Note BLP4019), *BONUS ALBUM: Davis Cup presenting the inimitable Donald Byrd in a sextet format Same personnel but Jackie McLean (as) added. with other illustrious jazzmen like Charlie Rouse, Pepper Rouse & Adams out. Adams, Walter Davis Jr., Sam Jones, and Art Taylor. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, August 2, 1959. As a bonus, another complete LP, Davis Cup (Blue Note BLP4019). Originally issued under the name of pianist Wal- ter Davis Jr., it immediately follows Byrd in Hand in the “Byrd soars like a flaming falcon on this release. trumpeter’s discography and presents him in a quintet for- Dipping, spiralling, diving, gracefully gliding, he mat with Jackie McLean and the exact same rhythm sec- turns in a memorable performance. He has a keen tion as the previous album. lyrical ability, which he fuses with a propensity for boiling pyrotechnics. The resulting alloy is one of the Includes 16-page booklet most satisfying brasses in modern jazz. A steaming, swinging, utterly satisfying performance.” (Don DeMichael), ***** Downbeat

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WILLIAM PARKER I Plan To Stay A Believer - The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield AUM Fidelity AUM062/63 642623306222 2xCD digipack William Parker - bass, doson’ngoni, balafon; Hamid Drake - drums; Dave Burrell - piano; Lewis Barnes - trumpet; Darryl Foster - tenor & soprano sax; Sabir Mateen - alto & tenor sax, flute; Leena Conquest - vocals; Amiri Baraka - voice, poetry; with guests: Lafayette Gilchrist - piano; Guillermo E. Brown - drums; New Life Tabernacle Generation of Praise Choir of Brooklyn, NY

I Plan To Stay A Believer / If There’s A Hell Below / We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue / I’m So Proud / Ya He Yey Ya / This Is My Country (Paris) / People Get Ready / The Inside Song / This Is My Country (New York) / It’s Alright / Move On Up / Freddie’s Dead / New World Order Bassist/composer William Parker is among the most active and highly regarded musicians performing today. The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield is the first project in his 35-year career devoted to the music of another composer; here Parker interpolates the mighty Mayfield songbook with an equally mighty 8-piece band. Curtis Mayfield was a prophet, a preacher, a revolutionary, a humanist, and a griot. Words that all apply to William Parker himself. I Plan To Stay A Believer is the definitive document of this project, with fully exuberant performances of each piece drawn from concert recordings spanning the past decade. Included are two pieces from the group’s very first 2001 performance in Paris with a chorus of 90 children, and another pair from New York in 2008 which feature a full gospel choir.

“This is a long set (nearly two and a half hours), but it’s never less than vibrantly alive and utterly suffused with joy.” The Wire (Sept 2010)

DAVID S. WARE Onecept AUM Fidelity AUM064 642623306420 CD digipack David S. Ware - tenor sax, stritch, saxello; William Parker - bass; Warren Smith - drums, tympani, percussion The recording and release of Onecept celebrates David S. Ware’s 50th year of singular and profound saxophone artistry; a studio session specifically arranged for same featuring Ware on three horns: saxello, stritch, tenor along with fellow musical masters William Parker on bass (stalwart fellow prophet) and Warren Smith on drums and tympani (also featured on Ware’s album Shakti). Unlike most every previous album he has made (Corridors & Parallels being another exception), there was no rehearsal for this session; the songs/streams were created fully in the moment of creation, trusting in collective skill to manifest the majesty.

Saturnian (AUM060) reviews: “the three lengthy solos here are by no means morbid and meditative metaphors for a keenly felt mortality. They are kicking, wriggling things, chasing their own tails, snaking sideways off the path, fecund, full of life.” **** review in the Sunday Times

“...the sound of David S. Ware hits you first time and gets better with ever spin.” BBC online

William Parker and David S. Ware have both recorded extensively for the AUM Fidelity label. For a full catalogue listing please go to www.aumfidelity.com

Coming next month - William Parker Organ Quartet (on Centering Records via AUM Fidelity - limited edition of 1,000)

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RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA & BUNKY GREEN Apex Pi Recordings Pi35 808713003529 CD digipack Rudresh Mahanthappa (as); Bunky Green (as); Jason Moran (p); Francois Moutin (b); Jack DeJohnette (d); Damion Reid (d). Apex is a blazing collaboration between alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green that puts on display a fifty-year continuum of state-of-the-art saxophone playing. Featuring an all-star band, Apex shines a much-deserved spotlight on Bunky Green, a hugely influential but under-recognized original in jazz. The two horn men share a similar biting tone, harmonic sophistication, a well-articulated rapid fire attack, and a certain rhythmic elasticity. Perhaps what’s most amazing about Green is that such modern playing is coming from a 75 year old. The album features originals by both Mahanthappa and Green specifically created for this collaboration. The compositions highlight a collective vision of using traditional forms as a launching point for contemporary improvisation and interaction at its highest level. On Apex, Bunky Green and Rudresh Mahanthappa look back over the last fifty years of jazz saxophone playing and together chart its course into the future.

SCOTT COLLEY Empire CAM Jazz CAMJ7828-2 8024709782823 CD Scott Colley (b); Ralph Alessi (tr); Bill Frisell (g); Craig Taborn (p); Brian Blade (d) With “Empire” (the second album Colley records for CAM Jazz, after the success of his “Architect of the Silent Moment”), Colley approaches the highest peak of his production. The narrative sense, the poetic language, the common breadth bestowed upon the essence of his art, are what make this album a fascinating work, one in which a wealth of nuances is fully performed. Accomplice in one of the best line-ups imaginable today, Colley enhances the all-absorbing aes- thetic that Bill Frisell brings out with his guitar, all the magic of that instrument, giving melodic lines to the intense voice of Ralph Alessi, and knowing how to make full use of Craig Taborn’s piano and Brian Blade’s genius—a drummer able to transform into gold all the music with which he comes into contact.

ANTONIO SANCHEZ Live in New York at Jazz Standard CAM Jazz CAMJ7826-2 8024709782625 2CD Antonio Sanchez (d); Scott Colley (b); Miguel Zenon (as); David Sanchez (ts) After the global success of “Migration”, on which Chick Corea and Pat Metheny participated, Antonio Sanchez returns with this splendid live recording for the Italian label CAM Jazz. For the eight tracks (spread over two hours) of “Live in New York at Jazz Standard”, the Mexican drummer surrounds himself with some of the most crystalline talent on the scene today. Starting from bassist Scott Colley, already a guest on “Migration”, who returns the favor for Sanchez’s partici- pation on the album “architect of the silent moment” (also released by CAM Jazz), for which the bassist from Los Angeles was leader. Then he strikes by entrusting the front line of this pianoless group with two saxophones, alto by Miguel Zenon and tenor by David Sanchez. As Antonio states: “I knew this band was going to be something special so I really wanted to document it at its peak.” Job well done.

harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] NEW RELEASES 20th September File under: Jazz WOLLNY / KRUSE / SCHAEFER [em] Live ACT ACT9668-2 614427966827 CD digipack Michael Wollny - piano; Eva Kruse - bass; Eric Schaefer, drums “[em] Live”, recorded at Jazz Baltica Salzau 2010, is definitive evidence of the biggest success story in German jazz in recent years. With their debut release in 2004, and with two more studio albums since, the trio [em] have been showered with awards in several countries. So what exactly is the secret of this trio? On the one hand, it is of course the exceptional individual skills of its members: that unique combination of excellent technique, inexhaustible creativity and instinctive interaction as is embodied by Michael Wollny and which is proven, besides [em], by other duet recordings with Heinz Sauer, Joachim Kühn and Tamar Halperin. On the other hand it is also the ever sonorous and rhythmically driven bass of Eva Kruse – which sprawls from classical to modern music and is in demand from Sweden to Germany. And, of course, the highly precise, unrivalled versatility and extremely percussive drumming of Eric Schaefer.

YOUN SUN NAH Same Girl ACT ACT9024-2 614427902429 CD digipack Youn Sun Nah - vocals, kalimba, music box, kazoo; Ulf Wakenius - guitars; Lars Danielsson - acoustic bass, cello; Xavier Desandre-Navarre - percussion; Special guest on track 11: Roland Brival - narration In Youn Sun Nah, someone with star quality has stepped onto the music scene, someone who is able to forge bridges in a truly unique way. The bridge between Asia and Europe for example, or between jazz, chanson and pop; between the highest technical precision and extreme musical freedom, between minimalism and exuberance and the bridge between the familiar and the unfa- miliar. With her new album “Same Girl” Youn Sun Nah is still on a musical voyage, exploring and experimenting with different musical styles and genres. Again the song material is very diverse, but she is still the same girl the audience has come to know and love, surprising the listener with songs that have been interpreted in highly ndividual and distinctive ways, and which break free from the usual stylistic constraints. Youn Sun Nah’s new album embraces eleven fascinating song interpretations of a very special kind, her distinctive voice building the framework for her multi-faceted musical tastes. Styles and genres may change from tune to tune, but it is always the same girl you are listening to: Youn Sun Nah. Truly unique.

RONNIE LYNN PATTERSON Music Outnote OTN001 3760195730010 CD digipack Ronnie Lynn Patterson - piano; François Moutin - bass; Louis Moutin - drums There is nothing like the “standards” to judge a musician’s skills; he can take the easy route or fail with a sacrilege. Ronnie Lynn Patterson knows how to avoid those traps. An ex-drummer converted to piano; a rock and soul fan that came to jazz; he doesn’t use the master composers (Coleman, Coltrane, Davis, Monk, and the American popular songbook, starting with Rodgers & Hart) to forge a reputation; he is devoted to this repertoire with a passionate respect. Born in Wichita (Kansas), Patterson reveals a musical personality that borrows various influences: Rachmaninov, Morton Feldman, Keith Jarrett. Radiant, he avoids the effects of needless virtuos- ity. On Coltrane’s Lazy Bird, the beat is sustained at an impressive up-tempo. In All Blues and Blue in Green (from Kind of Blue) the mood is nonchalant and emotional. On the paths of this New Label! celestial promenade, this too rare pianist has chosen two road mates, both rich in sensibility and in listening ability. Ronnie Lynn had already recorded with drummer Louis Moutin. Today, he joins forces with Louis’ twin François and their complicity is marvellous.

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EDDIE GOMEZ & CESARIUS ALVIM Forever Plus Loin PL4529 794881976423 CD digipack Bassist Gomez has a recording career stretching back to the mid 60s. Aside from his long stint with Bill Evans, his discography includes a dozen or more albums as leader and works with Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Hugh Masekela, Richie Havens, Tim Hardin, Charles Mingus, Ralph Towner and a host of other luminaries. For this latest duo project, recorded in New York in January 2010, he chose as musical partner the Paris-based Brazilian pianist Cesarius Alvim.

JOEY DEFRANCESCO Never Can Say Goodbye - The Music of Michael Jackson HighNote HCD7215 632375721527 CD Track Listing: Thriller • Never Can Say Goodbye • Beat It • Human Nature • Rock With You • She’s Out of My Life • The Way You Make Me Feel • Lady in My Life • Billie Jean Jazz has a long history of taking popular songs of the day and making them vehicles for improvisation. Joey DeFrancesco’s current exploration of the music associated with Michael Jackson is merely the latest addition to the list. Though this music is linked with the undisputed “King of Pop,” this is jazz at its finest – complex and virtuosic yet easily accessible, at times intense, at others fun-filled, and always with the feeling of the unknown that comes with truly spontaneous and inspired improvisation. Without sacrificing a whit of the popular groove of these tunes, Joey and his cohorts give them fresh color and new and different life. Jackson and his music have become part of the American landscape every bit as much as the singers that preceded him and the songs, as DeFrancesco’s spirited readings bear witness to, give themselves smartly to an improvisatory approach.

BENJAMIN SCHAEFER Beneath the Surface Enja ENJ95562 063757955627 CD The trio of this young German painist is dedicated to a melodic, modern jazz concept, improvising and interacting at a high level of musicianship. On this new album Schaefer displays excellent piano mastery, love of melody, tasteful references to the European tradition and charming original compositions. The five pieces which add clarinets, violin and cello to the trio are a fine proof to this.

PAUL MOTIAN Bill Evans Winter & Winter 910166-2 025091016624 CD digipack Paul Motian (d); Bill Frisell (g); Joe Lovano (ts); Marc Johnson (b). Re-issue with new sleeve and new number for this all-star tribute to the genius of Bill Evans, originally recorded for the JMT label in 1990 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Evans’ death. As drummer in the classic first Bill Evans Trio, Paul Motion is supremely qualified to perpetuate Evans’s musical heritage.

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File under: Rock Marc Ribot Silent Movies Pi34 >> 808713003420 >> CD digipack

1. Variation 1 1.51 2. Delancey Waltz 3.18 3. Flicker 5.19 4. Empty 2.04 5. Natalia in E Major 5.15 6. Solaris 3.47 7. Requiem for a Revolution 5.31 8. Fat Man Blues 4.47 9. Bateau 4.58 10. Radio 4.05 11. Postcard from N.Y. 8.30 12. The Kid 4.15 13. Sous le Ciel de Paris 6.46

Recorded in New York, February 2010

Also available: YEB77072 Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog - Party Intellectuals Pi15 Marc Ribot - Spiritual Unity

Silent Movies, the new release from guitar great Marc Ribot, finds him taking another surprising step in a career filled with unexpected turns. One might expect a program of solo guitar music from Ribot to be filled with bracing atonality or studies in texture. Instead, Silent Movies is filled with performances of gorgeous contemplation that linger on the mind long after they are over. The album reflects Ribot’s fascination with movies and contains pieces intended to function as music for films: some are adaptations of music he has actually written for films, others for classic silent movies that he scored for his personal amusement, still others for films of his own imagination. His goal is to explore, as he says “the strange area between language and spatiality that exists partly in between music and visual image, and partly as a common property of both.”

Whatever the inspiration, Silent Movies is replete with beautiful melodies and quietly wistful playing of a sort sel- dom heard from Ribot. The album is almost a polar opposite of his last release Party Intellectuals with his band Ceramic Dog, a rock power trio going for it in an all-out sonic assault, and nothing like his last solo recital Exercises in Futility, a study in extended technique for the guitar. Given the luxury of three days in the studio, Ribot deliv- ers a program filled with gentle, haunting songs that evoke the feel of a different time. As he says in the CD’s liner notes, the recording project “did indeed have the feeling of having walked backwards into the beautiful frame of a silent movie.”

This album is Marc Ribot’s 19th release, and in addition to his own works he has recorded and/or performed with the likes of Tom Waits; Elvis Costello; Lounge Lizards; John Zorn; Arto Lindsay; Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; McCoy Tyner; Medeski, Martin & Wood, Wilson Pickett; David Sylvian, Madeleine Peyroux, Marianne Faithfull and many more.

harmonia mundi UK Ltd, 45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ (tel) 020 8709 9500 (email) [email protected] NEW RELEASES 20th September File under: Rock DOMINIC MILLER November Q-rious QRM113-2 4260027621138 CD digipack “November” adds another highlight to Dominic Miller’s impressive artistic biography. Miller has released several solo albums (“First Touch”, “Second Nature”, “Third World”, “Fourth Wall”) and since the late 1980s has also been a much coveted session musician. The list of his collabora- tions is endless – to name but a few: The Chieftains, Eddi Reader, Manu Dibango, Paul Young, Bryan Adams, Luciano Pavarotti, Peter Gabriel, Pat Metheny, Tina Turner, The Pretenders, Boyzone and The Backstreet Boys. Ever since “The Soul Cages” from 1991, Miller has been involved in every album by Sting; he has played more than a thousand concerts with the former member of The Police and was involved in the composition of hit songs such as “Shape Of My Heart.” With “November,” Miller yet again proves that he is a top-notch guitarist. The exceptional musician plays with an ease and somnambulistic confidence that words simply cannot express appro- priately. His willingness to move beyond his artistic skills is what distinguishes him from other virtuoso contemporaries – Dominic Miller has moved on from the level of ’mere’ skillful performance and perfected craft. These days, he is more focused on expression, on the beauty of a certain sound and the truth of the moment. His transcendence of the physical is a trait that singles him out as one of the chosen few. Miller found session partners in drummer Ian Thomas (Eric Clapton, Seal, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones), bass player Mark King (Level 42; uncontested master of the slap bass) and keyboarder Mike Lindup (equally known through Level 42). To this core of musicians he added Israel-born pianist Yaron Herman, as well as keyboarder Jason Rebello (Sting), flautist Dave Heath and sax player Stan Sulzmann (Kenny Wheeler, Michael Brecker, NDR Big Band) – all of them well- versed top professionals who put their distinctive musical personalities on the back burner and devoted their skills uniquely to Miller’s compositions. UK press by AirMTM

MOP MEUCHIINE Plays Robert Wyatt Le Chant du Monde 2741869 794881957521 CD digipack A French tribute to the genius of Robert Wyatt, nicely timed as a precursor to the relase of the new Wyatt album in October. You get nine Wyatt “covers”, counting songs/melodies Robert has done as covers. All of them done with respect, but thankfully not too much respect, and some of them even turn out a bit noisy, like the fine instrumental version of “Sea Song”, “Gharbzadegi” and Offenbach/Wyatt´s (!) “Five black notes and one white note”. This is a must-have for Robert Wyatt completists, since the album also has two short interviews, and the band added music to Robert´s voice on “Locomotive”. (info from the blog Robert Wyatt and Stuff)

“A cheering, askance look at his compositions. It’s a pleasure to hear his tunes flourishing within hefty arrangements and unrelentingly serious intent.” Jazzwise Airplay on Jazz FM (Mike Chadwick)

EDDIE COCHRAN C’mon Everybody Le Chant du Monde 2741769/70 794881930128 2CD digipack Latest volume in the label’s ongoing Rock ‘n’ Roll Latitudes series, with 64 tracks of chronologi- cally collated Cochran from 1955-60.

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1. Dry fear 2.12 2. The tide has changed 11.10 3. And so have we 5.07 4. Bolero at sunrise 8.49 5. London to Gaza 9.45 6. We lament 5.56 7. In the back seat of a yellow cab 5.42 8. All the way to Montenegro 4.58 9. We laugh 1.41

Gilad Atzmon - alto & soprano saxophone, clarinet, accordion and vocals Frank Harrison - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, xylophone and vocals Yaron Stavi - double bass and vocals Eddie Hick - drums and vocals

Guests: Gilad Atzmon formed The Orient House Ensemble (OHE) in Tali Atzmon - vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9) London in 2000. The quartet was named in honor of the Derek “The Draw” Hussey - Master of Ceremo- national headquarters of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem. nies (track 1)

In the last decade Gilad Atzmon and the OHE have toured con- ADVERTISED IN JAZZWISE AND JAZZ UK sistently across Europe and the UK, recorded six albums, won many awards and received world-wide critical acclaim. They 10th Anniversary Tour: are recognized as one of the hardest working, most successful The band will be touring extensively in the UK bands on the scene. through September-November 2010 - posters and flyers available To celebrate their 10th anniversary Gilad and the ensemble release what is possibly their greatest masterpiece so far - The EXTENSIVE PRESS COVERAGE TO BE Tide Has Changed. This is an album of sustained musical bril- CONFIRMED liance, warmth, passion and intrigue, and is set to be the artist’s biggest commercial success to date. WYATT, ATZMON, STEPHENS - FOR THE GHOSTS WITHIN The new Robert Wyatt album - a collaboration with Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephens, and produced by Gilad Atzmon - is out on 11 October on Domino.

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“A formidable improvisational array...a local jazz giant steadily drawing himself up to his full height...”-John Fordham, The Guardian

“…Atzmon is an astonishing musician.” John Lewis, Metro, September 07

“An avid Charlie Parker disciple...” Evening Standard March 2009

“Atzmon is surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz...” The Times

“Atzmon is a loose cannon: a larger than life figure with an almost overpowering musical personality... it’s as perfect a jazz marriage as you could wish for” Phil Johnson, Independent on Sunday

“Atzmon sends his soprano sax and clarinet soaring over complex rhythms from all points of the globe with a poetry that never forfeits control.”- Nina Caplan, Metro

“His flow of ideas and coherent marshalling of them makes for solos that are as exhilarating as they are impassioned fantastiK”The Herald Sunday Tribune

“In Loving Memory of America” (TIP8888502):

“Atzmon’s fluid lyricism is in full flow on songbook classics and worldly originals. But as sweet romance morphs to modernist uncer- tainty, the bittersweet balance and rich emotional palette equally impress.” Financial Times *****

“Gilad Atzmon, the expat Israeli saxophonist/clarinetist, combines thrilling jazz musicianship with a maverick political intelligence” Guardian ****

“Like the best of albums” Jazzwise ****

“Atzmon always manages to tell a story” Uncut ****

“One of the finest alto players around, Gilad pays his respects to Bird ...It’s striking how similar Gilad’s sweet, open-throated sound is to Parker’s, but as you’d expect from the fiery philosopher-turned-Blockhead, this is no tribute album.” BBC Music Magazine March 2009

“Maybe because he’s such a wild card himself, saxophonist Atzmon plays Charlie Parker with a perfect mix of bluster and vulnerabil- ity.” The Independent March 2009

“Atzmon is surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz...the music here is subtle, ambiguous, often beautiful - and features a saxophonist playing deep from the heart.” The Times **** March 2009

“This is an outstanding album.” Allaboutjazz March 2009

“is almost like a suite, with one track leading into the next” Scotland on Sunday**** March 2009

“A genuine expression of love” Scotsman**** March 2009

“The fiery Atzmon took his show from a demure chamber-music lilt to a Coltrane-inspired roar and back, and the crowd was right there through it all.” Guardian Live Review ****

“A delightful evening of artfully crafted music that was rich with emotional complexity.” Financial Times March 2009

“Musical genius and comic” Leicester Mercury March 2009

“Work of beauty, power and intense sonic vision” Morning Star April 2009

“Atzmon is a hell of a talent...essential listen for all contemporary music fans. Atzmon has done what all the best jazzers do and put his own stamp on his chosen material. This may be loving tribute to a mythic past but it is one with an unmistakably contemporary edge” The Jazz Man **** PRIORITY NEW RELEASE Re-release

File under: World / Portugal Ana Moura Leva-me aos Fados 468099 >> 713746809928 >> CD

“This disc is an excellent introduction to her art and her reinterpretation of fado. The first thing that hits you is her voice: textured, powerful, possessed of extraordinary clarity.” **** Songlines (July 2010)

To celebrate the first UK concert appearances by one of the finest up and coming fadistas from Portugal,Ana Moura, World Village is re-releasing her latest album. Ana’s rise to prominence in her homeland is in part due to her phenomenal vocal talent, but to a wider public con- ciousness it is her patronage by two of the world’s greatest musical names that has so boosted her status - none other than The Rolling Stones and Prince! Ana has been invited to share a stage with both acts, and graciously accepted both times. With Prince she guested recently at the Super Bock Super Rock Festival in Lisbon before a crowd of 30,000:

“The only time Prince smiled much was when he invited the young fado singer Ana Moura on stage and sang “A Sos com o Noite” and “Vou dar de Beber a Dor”, the drowning-your-sorrows anthem by the great queen of fado Amalia Rodrigues. The songs were only semi-rehearsed and Prince was inventively improvising on his guitar and looked like he was genuinely enjoying himself. As for Ana Moura, she will be touring the UK this autumn and has a wonderful, expressive voice and real star quality. You will be hearing a lot more about her – from me, anyway.” Peter Culshaw, The Arts Desk Ana Moura UK Tour : October 30th Southampton Turner Sims; 31st Bracknell South Hill Park; November 2nd Gateshead Sage; 3rd Shrewsbury Theatre Severn; 4th London Union Chapel

UK PR by Gerry Lyseight

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