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RELEASE DATE5th NOVEMBER 2012

CALL OFF: 26th OCTOBER 2012

JAZZ & WORLD MUSICNEW RELEASES

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Vinicius Cantuaria

RELEASE DATE5TH NOVEMBER 2012

Label: NAÏVEFile Under: World musicCatalogue No: NJ621811Barcode: 3298496218116Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackWorld music: BRAZIL

Vinicius Cantuaria - guitars, vocals, keyboards,drums, percussionJesse Harris - vocals (track 7)Ryuichi Sakamoto - piano (2, 4)Norah Jones - piano (6)Mario Laginha - keyboards (1)Bill Frisell - electric guitar (7, 8, 10)Liminha - electric bass (7)Dadi - electric guitar (10)Olivier Glissant - electric piano (5)

Indio do ApartamentoVINICIUS CANTUARIA

Since his 1990s relocation to New York from his native Brazil, Vinicius Cantuaria has quietly imposed himself at the veryforefront of his country's music. A singer-songwriter of versatility and grace, Cantuaria has over the course of ten albumsadopted the mores of the downtown NY scene into his craft with intriguing and beguiling results. Never losing sight of thebossa nova and Brazilian jazz, his involvement with the likes of Bill Frisell, Brian Eno, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay, RyuichiSakamoto etc has created a unique style and sound.

With « Indio De Apartamento » (Indian in the Apartment), his newest album, he confirms this trend and goes even furtherin brevity and purity, while maintaining an exemplary singularity towards the Bossa Nova world. Dedicated to the memoryof his mother, who died last year, this solemn and serious album, recorded between New York and Rio de Janeiro, againfeatures an array of special guests; Bill Frisell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jesse Harris and Norah Jones on the piano.Cantuaria himself sings and plays guitars, drums, percussion and keyboards. Again, the result is a magnificent album, ofincredible subtlety and full of contrasts, of great unity and remarkable diversity, with a pure and completed classicism.

VINICIUS CANTUARIA - IN CONCERT AT RONNIE SCOTT'S WEDS 7TH NOVEMBER

1. Humanos / 2 Moça Feia / 3. Purus / 4. Acorda / 5. Um Dia / 6. Quem Sou Eu / 7. This Time / 8. Chove La Fora / 9.Indio De Apartamento / 10. Pe Na Estrada

also available on NaïveNJ621011 Lagrimas Mexicanas (duo with Bill Frisell)"Cantuária has emerged as a fearlessly experimental figure in Brazilian music in the past 20 years and daringly steeredbossa nova towards an undefined stylistic space in which fractured, non-linear electronica, hard-edged rock andunderstated jazz resonances synthesize as if to the manner born." Kevin Le Gendre, BBC onlineWN145181 Samba Carioca"For those yet to claim an aquaintance, Cantuaria is a class act whose gentle songs (in Portuguese) are set to magicalsoundscapes of considerable poetic appeal." The IndependentWN145133 Cymbals"You could trawl through acres of supposedly "sexy" Brazil chill albums without finding tracks as good as the 11 songs onthis entirely delightful album from singer-songwriter-guitarist Cantuaria." FOUR STARS, Guardian


Label: World VillageFile Under: World musicCatalogue No: 479069Barcode: 3149026007727Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackWorld music: PORTUGAL

António Zambujo - voice, acoustic guitar José Manuel Neto - portuguese guitar Bernardo Couto - portuguese guitarCarlos Manuel Proença - acoustic guitar Ricardo Cruz - portuguese bass, double bass José Miguel Conde - bass clarinet, clarinet Jon Luz - ukulele, guitar André Conde - trombone Mário Delgado - electric guitar Alexandre Frazão - drums

Quinto

ANTONIO ZAMBUJO

António Zambujo is revolutionizing Fado with amazing finesse. With a rustling clarinet and cavaquinho here and there,his velvety voice sparkles across the sensual music on this new album dominated by the guitar and led by the contrabassof Ricardo Cruz, Zambujo's faithful producer.

Quinto with its fifteen refreshing new titles reflects cozy light and cool jazz mixed with soft Bossa. More than everconsidered the guarantor of a tradition and an innovative pioneer, Zambujo is as much an heir to Amália Rodrigues as heis to Chet Baker and João Gilberto.

1 Fado desconcertado 1'48 / 2 A casa fechada 2'56 / 3 Algo estranho acontece 3'34 / 4 Rua dos meus ciúmes 4'32 /5 Flagrante 3'29 / 6 Não vale mais um dia 5'08 / 7 Lambreta 2'24 / 8 Madrugada 3'22 / 9 Milagrário pessoal 3'08 /10 Só pode ser amor 4'18 / 11 Noite estrelada 3'01 / 12 Queria conhecer-te um dia 3'24 / 13 Fortuna 4'22 / 14 Oque é feito dela ? 2'15 / 15 Maré 2'43

also available:479049 Guia479058 Por Meu Cante

“Unusual rendering of Portugal’s normally melancholy fado tradition, drenching it here in honeyed vocals and playfultinkling little tunes, turning out a set that’s bright and lovely, graced by jazzy instrumentation and bouncy rhythms. It’s aquiet little dazzler.”Traveller Magazine


Label: OcoraFile Under: World musicCatalogue No: C560236Barcode: 3149028002324Price: UPPER MID PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackSixto Sigado Paito - female gaita & soloist voiceUrian Sarmiento - male gaita, maracas & chorusMartin Oullié - llamador drumDaniel Silgado "el Nane" - allegre drumJoanis Sigado "el Corzo" - tambora & chorus

Colombia - Sixto Silgado 'Paito' & Los Gaiteros de Punta BravaSIXTO SILGADO 'PAITO' & LOS GAITEROS DE PUNTA BRAVA

Sixto Silgado 'Paito' represents the "gaitas" ensemble (flutes accompanied by alegre, llamador and tambora drums) at itsmost lively and dynamic, preserving its original expressiveness and revitalising it with his own sensibility. Now recognisedas a direct descendant of the interaction of Colombia's three major peoples (Whites, Blacks and Indians), gaitas music isenjoying a remarkable rebirth.

In recent decades, gaita has become an integral part of the concept of Colombian identity. It represents "the encounter ofthree peoples who formed into one, with the birth of Colombian music."

Although the term gaita is used for bagpipes in Spain and Bulgaria, and for an oboe in North Africa, the Colombian nameapplies to a straight flute. About 90cms long, the Colombian gaita is made from the heart of a cactus, with a head madefrom a mixture of beeswax and charcoal. Gaitas are female (five apertures) and male (two apertures), the two of whichare played together.

1 La que se pega 5'14 2 El porro en Paris 6'39 3 La pegajosa 6'02 4 El sapo 5'54 5 La acabacion 6'34 6 La pata'e neque 8'13 7 Llorando 5'13 8 La dormilona 7'49 9 La maquina 5'52


Label: Air Mail MusicFile Under: World musicCatalogue No: SA141237Barcode: 3700089412370Price: BUDGET PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalWorld Music: MADAGASCAR

Madagascar - Traditional MusicVOAHANGY

This album aims to present traditional Malagasy music, highlighting the various trends in its performance today. Themusic ranges from traditional pieces from Antandroy (the hostile, arid region in the far south) to the joyful, breezy rhythmsof the horija betsileo (from Fianarantsoa), and to the nostalgic vakodrazana music from the Central Highlands. The albumis a reissue of the Playasound release Gasigasy Acoustik (2008).


Label: Air Mail MusicFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: SA141238Barcode: 3700089412387Price: BUDGET PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalWorld Music: ITALY

Eugenio Sartini - vocals, bassBarthy Raffo - guitar, mandolinAngelo Armani - drums, Percussion

Italy - La CanzonettaThe Very Best of ItalyEUGENIO SARTINI

Eugenio Sartini is an exceptional singer. Here he presents some of the finest Italian songs and ballads, some old somemore recent. A rare treat of nostalgia and emotion.


Label: Edition RecordsFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: EDN1036Barcode: 5065001530395Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalStan Sulzmann - saxophonesKit Downes - piano, hammond organJim Hart - vibesTim Giles - drums

Subjekt

NEON QUARTET

Neon Quartet is made up of four extraordinary musicians equipped with strong personalities and individual sounds but it’swhen the four play together that the magic really happens. Led by legendary British saxophonist Stan Sulzmann, thisbass-less quartet combine values of experience with the freshness and vitality of youth. Featuring three of the mosttalked about and in demand players of their generation - Kit Downes, Jim Hart and Tim Giles - Subjekt looks set to firmlyroot this formidable band as one of the most exciting and leading chamber jazz ensembles in the UK scene.

Neon Quartet’s first album Catch Me was described by the Guardian as ‘purposefully hip and vibrant’, while the IrishTimes praised their use of harmony, imaginative interplay and rhythmical flexibility. With Subjekt, it’s all this and more –there’s a clearer vision, stronger ensemble sound and greater collective spirit than ever before. Subjekt is a giant step upand looks set to take them to levels beyond the imagination.

1. Maison Musique (Jim Hart) 7.302. Mother Hen (Kit Downes) 9.013. Busters New Tail (Kit Downes) 7.374. New Balls (Stan Sulzmann) 9.355. Springs and Neaps (Jim Hart) 8.076. Bye Ya (Thelonius Monk) 8.487. Ruskins Retreat (Stan Sulzmann) 5.15

also availableEDN1024 Catch Me

“A delightful surprise….purposefully hip and vibrant…”. GUARDIAN ****

“Neon’s sheer concentration of talent, enhanced by its singularity of purpose, makes every moment of Catch Mespellbinding… Serious music vibrating with energy and beauty… Don’t miss it.” ALL ABOUT JAZZ (Chris May)


Label: JellyMouldFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: JM-JJ009Barcode: 5029385993733Price: 2xMID PRICEFormat: 2 CDPackaging: digipackTommy Evans - conductorRuby Wood, Anna Stott, Kari Nergaard-Bleivik -vocalsMatt Roberts, Simon Beddoe -trumpet/flugelhornRuss Henderson, Simon Kaylor, Rob Mitchell -saxophonesNick Tyson - guitarJami Smith - pianoDave Kane - bassKris Wright - drums

The Green SeagullTOMMY EVANS ORCHESTRA

The Green Seagull is a mesmerising jazz suite inspired by the life of the composer’s uncle, a parish priest who investeddecades building spiritual, cultural and political bridges. At the helm is composer and conductor Tommy Evans. As one ofthe most prolific and original young musicians in the UK, Evans is the founder of Submotion Orchestra and is also inGentleman’s Dub Club. But it is this suite (for which he was awarded the 2011 BASCA Award for Contemporary JazzComposition) that is his most cherished project to date.

The tremendous breadth of influences in the music - jazz, dubstep, Indian, classical - acts as a fitting vehicle toshowcase some of the finest young jazz talent in the UK. The result is a vibrantly modern big band jazz sound of lushsoundscapes and hypnotic grooves which create an epiphany of music that is accessible, unconventional and deeplymoving.

This hugely anticipated album will be released as a double CD, the first CD featuring the main suite and the second CDcontaining remixes by some of the top names in the electronic and underground music scenes including Phaelah, ioi,Planas, Jack Sparrow, SYNKRO, Ruckspin, Eddie Ranking and LAXX.

A live version of The Green Seagull (from Scarborough Jazz Festival) was broadcast over successive weeks on BBCJazz Line-up in September. Toddla T played a remix from the album on his Radio One show.

Disc 11 Early Doors 3:54 / 2 Per Mare, Per Terram 6:32 / 3 Cardboard Box 8:20 / 4 The North Dole 8:22 / 5 Seatbelt 6:59 / 6Last Orders 6:17 / 7 Acceptance 9:01 / 8 Prayers For The Enemy 6:04 / 9 Early Learning Centre 8:25 / 10 Daffodils 2:50Disc 21 Early Doors (Laxx Remix) 5:00 / 2 Cardboard Box (Eddie Ranking Remix) 3:59 / 3 Seatbelt (LeVel Remix) 5:20 / 4 LastOrders (Krendle Massacre 'Ghost' Remix) 4:27 / 5 Acceptance (Toby IOI 'Bass' Mix) 7:01 / 6 Acceptance (Phaeleh remix)5:37 / 7 Prayers For the Enemy (Planas aka Seemore Productions remix) 3:43 / 8 Daffodils (Synkro remix) 3:50

Live dates 2012:1st Nov – The Spin, Oxford9th Nov – Hull Truck Theatre, Hull10th Nov – Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds17th Nov – The Barbican (free stage), London Jazz Festival


Label: ACT MusicFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: ACT9531-2Barcode: 614427953124Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackIiro Rantala - pianoLars Danielsson - bass & celloMorten Lund - drumsAdam Baldych - violin

My History of JazzIIRO RANTALA

Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala offers his personal history of the music that captivated him when he was 13. "My history ofjazz" takes us from Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, upon which Rantala threads the album like a string ofpearls, to George Gershwin, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Thelonious Monk and the Swedish cool jazzsaxophonist Lars Gullin, alongside five original Rantala compositions.

With "my history of jazz" Rantala places himself at the head of a new pianist generation that liberates itself from theinflated cult of the "all new" and instead returns to build on the old jazz tradition of studying the great inventors of thegenre.

Rantala always impressively demonstrates that he is a talented stylist with an unprecedented versatility, one who breaksdown styles and reconstitutes them – borne by unrivalled technology. There's baroque, ragtime, bebop and swing to beheard on it, Scandinavian melancholia, ballads with a French character, fusion, smoothjazz and even tango.

1.Aria / Goldberg Variation No. I - 04:42 (Johann Sebastian Bach)2.Liza - 02:55 (George Gershwin)3.Goldberg Improvisation I - 00:52 (Iiro Rantala)4.Caravan - 06:55 (Juan Tizol)5.Eronel - 04:18 (Thelonious Monk)6.Goldberg Improvisation II - 01:06 (Iiro Rantala)7.Americans in Paris - 04:30 (Iiro Rantala)8.Bob Hardy - 04:36 (Iiro Rantala)9.Goldberg Improvisation III - 01:27 (Iiro Rantala)10.September Song - 03:49 (Kurt Weill)11.Danny´s Dream - 05:06 (Lars Gullin)12.Goldberg Improvisation IV - 01:29 (Iiro Rantala)13.Smoothie - 04:35 (Iiro Rantala)14.Goldberg Improvisation V - 02:44 (Iiro Rantala)15.What Comes Up, Must Come Down - 04:34 (Iiro Rantala)16.Uplift - 04:29 (Iiro Rantala)17.Aria - 02:22 (Johann Sebastian Bach)


Label: ACT MusicFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: ACT9540-2Barcode: 614427954022Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackWalter Norris - pianoLeszek Mozdzer - piano

The Last Set - Live at the A-TrainWALTER NORRIS & LESZEK MOZDZER

Walter Norris (born 1931) was a part of the west coast jazz scene from 1954 to 1960 and played with all famous localmusicians – Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Charlie Mariano, Herb Geller. In 1958 he appeared on OrnetteColeman’s legendary recording “Something Else!!!”. Two years later Norris went to New York, where he worked at HughHeffner’s Playboy club from 1963 to 1970, first as a pianist and then as artistic director.

Norris came to Europe with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in the early 70s and recorded several albums includingthe acclaimed LP “Drifting” with George Mraz. After a short stay in New York with Charles Mingus Quintet, he accepted ajob in the Berlin SFB Radio Orchestra in 1977 and moved to Berlin permanently. He later became a professor for jazzpiano at the Berlin Music University “Hochschule der Künste” and continued working as a composer and musicologist.

Polish jazz star Leszek Mozdzer was a Norris fan and they met in Berlin, collaborating once only for a gig in Nov 2008 atBerlin jazz club the A-Train. On the night of October 29, 2011, Walter Norris died in his home in Berlin at the age of 79.After one year, almost to the day, ACT releases “Last Set – Live at the A-Trane”, a recorded dialogue between the twooutstanding pianists and extending the legacy of an unjustly unknown artist. As Mozdzer explains, “Walter didn’t have abig career, he just played music. He was a true artist, though he often shone in the background, and it is about timesomeone drew attention to him”.

01 Tactics (Mozdzer) 5:4802 From Another Star (Norris) 6:2103 Head Set Trance (Mozdzer) 6:4404 Reflective (Norris) 4:1805 Spider Web (Aladar Pege) 4:2906 Nefertiti (Shorter) 7:4107 Postscript Blues (Norris) 9:0008 Tsunami (Mozdzer) 6:51


Label: ACT MusicFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: ACT9527-2Barcode: 614427952721Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackNils Landgren - trombone, vocalsSharon Dyall - vocalsJonas Knutsson - saxophonesJeanette Kohn - vocalsEva Kruse - bassJessica Pilnas - vocalsIda Sand - piano, vocalsJohan Norberg - guitar

Christmas With My Friends IIINILS LANDGREN

Trombone player Nils Landgren releases Christmas With My Friends III recorded live in concert over two nights at one ofthe biggest churches in Stockholm, the Storkyrkan, in December 2011. 1,500 guests were in attendance and Landgrennotes, "Everyone was happy and excited and you can feel that energy on the album. That's where I wanted to get backto, towards the first album that we also recorded in the church".

The musicians include [em] bassist Eva Kruse, Ida Sand on piano, Jonas Knutsson on sax, guitarist Johan Norberg, andthe vocal talents of Jessica Pilnäs, Sharon Dyall and Jeanette Köhn. The 14 tracks range from old classics such as"Nativity Carol" and "Gläd dig du kristi brud," to grooving spirituals like "Somebody Talkin" and "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly"also taking in German and Swedish originals, American songs, Stevie Wonder’s "Someday at Christmas", the a cappellapiece "Bethlehem Down", and the ballad "Christmas Is Here" written by Landgren himself.

also available:ACT9454-2 Christmas With My FriendsACT9476-2 Christmas With My Friends II


Label: ACT MusicFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: ACT6010-2Barcode: 614427601025Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CD + DVDPackaging: digipackNils Landgren - trombone & vocalsMichael Wollny - pianoLars Danielsson - bassRasmus Kihlberg - drums

Special Guests (only on CD): Joe Sample -piano; João Bosco - guitar & vocals; RichardGalliano - accordion; Steve Gadd - drums;Cæcilie Norby - vocals; Johan Norberg - guitar;NDR Bigband; Royal Stockholm PhilharmonicOrchestra; and others

The Moon, The Stars and You Collector's Edition CD & DVDNILS LANDGREN

„The Moon, The Stars And You“ is the sequel to Landgren's highly successful “Sentimental Journey” and a is realconcept album. Jazz has always had a certain fascination for the moon. After love, it is one of the more common topicsfor jazz standards, and for Nils Landgren is no exception. “The moon and the stars are just wonderful to look at –especially with someone special. The moon is closely connected with love,” says Landgren, showing his romantic side. “Iknew that there are so many good songs about the moon to choose from.” These songs include jazz standards, such asHenry Mancini’s “Moon River” or Herbie Hancock’s “Stars in Your Eyes”, as well as folk and pop songs like KrisKristofferson’s “Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends” or “Moonshadow” by Cat Stevens, and he also includesSouth American song by Kurt Weill called “Holofotes” alongside his own compositions.

Now the much-loved album is rereleased in a “Collectors Edition” including an exclusive Live-DVD. The original albumgains its particular atmosphere out of a big though still subtle production featuring the NDR Big Band and the StockholmPhilharmonic Orchestra. The live DVD setting is a more intimate affair featuring Landgren and his quartet.

CD: Original Album “The Moon, The Stars And You”01 Moonshadow / 02 The Moon, The Stars And You / 03 Oh You Crazy Moon / 04 Joe’s Moonblues / 05 Angels OfFortune / 06 Moon River / 07 Til’ There Was You / 08 Stars In Your Eyes / 09 Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends /10 The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress / 11 Holofotes / 12 Lost In The Stars

DVD: Nils Landgren Quartet Live At Jazz Club Fasching Stockholm01 Joe's Moonblues / 02 Moonshadow / 03 The Moon, The Stars And You / 04 Oh You Crazy Moon / 05 The Moon’s AHarsh Mistress / 06 Moon River / 07 Til’ There Was You / 08 Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends / 09 Stars InYour Eyes Bonus Material: Song: Fragile (Gordon Sumner), recorded & filmed at Stockholm Konserthus, October 15, 2011Interview: Nils Landgren


Label: Pi RecordingsFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: Pi46Barcode: 808713004625Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackDavid Virelles - piano, harmonium, pump organ,Wurlitzer organBen Street - acoustic bassAndrew Cyrille - drums and percussionRomán Díaz - vocals and percussionAlberto Lescay - artwork; on "Our Birthright"onlyRomán Filiú - alto and tenor saxophonesMark Turner - tenor saxophone and bassclarinetJonathan Finlayson - trumpet

ContinuumDAVID VIRELLES

One of the most in-demand pianists in jazz, Cuban-born pianist David Virelles makes his Pi Recordings debut withContinuum, a collaborative effort with bassist Ben Street (Danilo Perez, Kurt Rosenwinkel), legendary drummer AndrewCyrille (David Murray, Cecil Taylor) and Cuban folkloric percussionist/poet Román Díaz.

Virelles' compositions are inspired by various aspects of Afro-Cuban religious practices; systems that include music,poetry, storytelling, dance, symbols, art, divination, and magic. He draws specifically from the rituals and mythssurrounding the Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban secret society. Helping to bring that tradition to life is Roman Díaz, who spinspoetry that speaks to the multi-layered fabric of Cuban culture.

Upon arriving in New York in 2008 David almost immediately began playing with such established band leaders asSteve Coleman, Mark Turner, Ravi Coltrane and Chris Potter. More recently he has played with ECM recording artistTomasz Stanko, accompanying the trumpet player on his most recent ECM recording. As of late he has become aregular performer at the Village Vanguard. His work as a leader has garnered critical acclaim for its innovation as well asits maturity.

"David Virelles arrived in New York in 2008 and seemed to go straight to the top of the class: playing gigs with SteveColeman, Chris Potter and Mark Turner and generally making himself noticeable, breaking through with strong andhard-to-define patterns and sounds." - New York Times

1. One / 2. El Brujo and the Pyramid / 3. The Executioner / 4. Spectral / 5. Unseen Mother / 6. Royalty / 7. Our Birthright /8. Short Story for Piano / 9. A Celebration, Circa 1836 / 10. Threefold / 11. Mañongo Pabio / 12. To Know


Label: Rare MusicFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: RM039Barcode: 5060138615120Price: UPPER MID PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalPaul Dunmall - tenor & soprano saxophonesSophia Domancich - pianoTony Levin - drumsMiles Levin - drums

Golden OceanPAUL DUNMALL / SOPHIA DOMANCICH / TONY LEVIN / MILESLEVIN

Tony Levin, veteran of the British and European jazz scene since the 1960s, worked extensively with musical soul matePaul Dunmall for 30 years, recording and performing in various formations (inc. Mujician). Paul is widely recognised asone of the most talented reed players in the world of international jazz and improvised music, a master of his genre. In the 90s Tony recorded 3CDs and toured the Middle East, Europe and South America in trio with the French pianistSophia Domancich. Sophia is well known throughout Europe as solo pianist, in many ensembles and for 2 years aspianist in the prestigious 'Orchestre Nationale de Jazz'. Tony's son, Miles Levin, is now well established on the UK jazz scene, having worked with Soweto Kinch, JeanToussaint, Peter King, Simon Spillett, Alan Skidmore and in the Steve Melling Quartet. In 2006 Miles recorded the CD'The Golden Lake' with his father, Tony, and Paul Dunmall, and in recent years they performed together on manyoccasions at TLs jazz club. 'Golden Ocean' marks the spiritual coming together of four virtuosic improvisers with life long musical connections, and itwas Tony's wish that this CD be released on Rare Music Recordings.

1 Golden Horizon 8'20 2 Deep Blue Waters 13'04 3 Golden Ocean 26'40 4 Sweet Waters of Serenity 16'06


Label: Edition DistributionFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: CC001Barcode: 610370589670Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackLaura Jurd - trumpetElliot Galvin - pianoConor Chaplin - double bassCorrie Dick - percussionMandhira de Saram - violinPatrick Dawkins - violinRichard Jones - violaBen Davis - cello

Landing GroundLAURA JURD

An impressive debut CD from trumpeter/ composer Laura Jurd. Conceived as a unified whole, the album with its sixpieces and three improvised dialogues reveals a young composer of character and immense promise.

The album deals with themes of departure and return. With both a jazz and a string quartet (the Ligeti Quartet), the musicis at the increasingly traversed borders of contemporary classical music and jazz. From Kind of Blue era Miles Davis, toechoes of Messiaen, Alban Berg and Shostakovich, a distinctive individual and appealing voice emerges.

Three free-improvised dialogues where Laura Jurd responds in real time to the imaginative narratives of pianist (ElliotGalvin) cellist (Ben Davis) and drummer (Corrie Dick) provide the ideal counterweight to the six structured and plannedcompositions. Nine carefully programmed tracks, which, through thematic and musical connections, build to a satisfyingwhole.

Liam Noble: "There is some really extraordinary writing here; music of real warmth and invention, a huge stylistic rangeheld together with meticulous attention to detail and a mature sense of purpose."

Mark Lockheart: “This is a stunning debut by anyone's standards but coming from a 21 year old musician it's quitemiraculous.”

1. Flight Music 7:19 2. Duet I 2:22 3. The Lady of Bruntál 5:26 4. Happy Sad Song 7:31 5. Duet II 0:53 6. Landing Ground 5:48 7. Tales Of The Old Country 6:57 8. Duet III 0:459. The Cross-Atlantic Antics of Madame Souza 5:14


Label: NAÏVEFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: NJ622511Barcode: 3298496225114Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackManuel Rocheman - pianoToninho Horta - guitars, vocalsYuri Popoff - bassMarcio Bahia - drumsChico Amaral - soprano saxCacau Lopes - backing vocals

Café & AlegriaManuel Rocheman meets Toninho Horta

Friend and disciple of Martial Solal, Manuel Rocheman is one of the greatest French Jazz pianists, excelling both in hisown compositions as those of his favourite pianist, Bill Evans, to whom he just dedicated his last album (NJ 620911).

Thanks to a common friend, he met the great guitarist Toninho Horta, legendary Brazilian guitarist who influenced PatMetheny, and they decided to make a record together. Guitar and piano, Jazz and Brazil, this lively and interactivedialogue between two great musicians from different backgrounds provides great joy and great inventiveness.

1. Aquelas coisas (Toninho Horta)2. Amor infinito (Toninho Horta)3. Vertentes (Yuri Popoff)4. Café & alegria (Toninho Horta)5. Yuri’s Song (Manuel Rocheman)6. Meu Canario Vizinho Azul (Toninho Horta)7. Toninho (Manuel Rocheman)8. Pedra da Lua (Toninho Horta)9. Francisca (Toninho Horta)10. Belo Horizonte (Manuel Rocheman)


Label: Jazz VillageFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: 570007Barcode: 3149027000727Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackOrchestre National de Jazz: Daniel Yvinec,conductorEve Risser, piano, extended piano, alto flute /Vincent Lafont, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer,electronics / Antonin-Tri Hoang, alto sax, bassclarinet / Rémi Dumoulin, tenor sax, clarinet &bass clarinet / Matthieu Metzger, soprano, alto& baryton saxophones, systalk box / JoceMienniel, piccolo, flute, bass & alto flutes /Sylvain Bardiau, trumpet, flugelhorn, valvetrombone / Pierre Perchaud, guitar / SylvainDaniel, electric bass / Yoann Serra, drums

Piazzolla !

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZDaniel Yvinec

The ingenious artist, Piazzolla who crossed borders to mesh musical style and culture, symbolizes the many values thatDaniel Yvinec holds dear, and that are inherent to the artistic approach he has used with his ONJ since 2009. Piazzolla'sworks are the perfect exploration playground for an orchestra accustomed to in-depth examination of sound, colour,individual and group playing that advocates open jazz far from parochial and stylistic concerns. Daniel Yvinec workedclosely on the conception of this new repertoire with the brilliant musician and arranger, Gil Goldstein. Their work focuseson the melodies and rhythm developed throughout the Argentinean master's works, as much as it does on Piazzolla'sbandoneon playing - the essential components that give this music its very special flavour. Piazzolla! by the ONJcelebrates the diversity of this music, offering a new and audacious reading full of surprise.

1 Intro : El dia que me quieras 1'27 2 Chiquilin de Bachin / Balada para un loco 10'06 3 Libertango 7'51 4 El dia que me quieras / Oblivion 7'50 5 Tres minutos con la realidad 7'39 6 Flores negras 0'43 7 Mi refugio 8'10 8 Adiós Nonino 9'31 9 Soledad / Vuelvo al sur 11'23 10 Pantaléon improvisacion 2'07 11 Sunny's Games 4'29


Label: Jazz VillageFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: 570012Barcode: 3149027001021Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackVirginie Teychené -vocalGérard Maurin - double bass, guitar,arrangementsStéphane Bernard - pianoJean-Pierre Arnaud - drums, trumpet

Bright And SweetVIRGINIE TEYCHENÉ

This album confirms it, Virginie Teychené is a musician with a voice. She strolls through her imaginary museumdedicated to jazz singer-songwriters and brings her own light to each of its rooms. A grazing light in Familiar Dream, abright light in Tight, the light of dawn in I'm Gonna Go Fishing and that of dusk in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. Thecontributions of her co-musicians are intense due to their restraint; Gérard Maurin's weightless double-bassarrangements, Stéphane Bernard's chiaroscuro piano playing, Jean-Pierre Arnaud's dance-like drumming, and last butnot least, Éric Le Lann's inspired trumpet playing, all make Bright and Sweet an exemplary jazz album, where all theminiatures that make it up are in fact merely beginnings.

1 Don't Get Scared 3'37 2 Angel Face 6'02 3 Rat Race 2'20 4 Bless My Soul 3'40 5 Dry Cleaner From des Moines 3'42 6 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 5'10 7 Don't Explain 5'21 8 Tight 4'28 9 Familiar Dream (The Seductress) 2'33 10 Shiny Stockings 4'24 11 Living Room 5'02 12 Pra que discutir com madame 2'42 13 Midnight Fair 4'43 14 Por toda a minha vida 3'51 15 I'm Gonna Go Fishing 3'04 16 I Don't Know Enough About You 4'07 17 La Chanson de Maxence 4'23


Label: Jazz VillageFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: 570009/10Barcode: 3149027001120Price: 2xMID PRICEFormat: 2 CDPackaging: digipackVirginie Teychené - vocalGérard Maurin - double bass, arrangementsStéphane Bernard - pianoThierry Larosa - drumsBenjamin Lecourt - drumsOlivier Bogé - alto & tenor saxophonePatrick Torreglosa - tenor saxophone

Double RainbowVIRGINIE TEYCHENÉ

To celebrate this young French jazz singer's signing to Jazz Village, the label re-releases her first two albums - Portraitsand I Feel So Good - under the collective title Double Rainbow.

"Dark and yet luminous, nostalgic and joyful, Virginie Teychené's voice generates a feeling of elation. In a climate ofexultation, the young singer and the musicians avoid the temptations of a grotesque imitation or on the other hand ofartificial originality.

So this is a Jazz record belonging to an untimely art form rarely given media coverage to. Here, vocal expression isdeliberately cleared of all fioriture so that it can reach the essential and reveal the subtleties of the music. That is whatseduces the most. With a disarming sobriety, tutelary Jazz figures are brought to mind (composers such as BillyStayhorn, Charles Mingus and Antonio Carlos Jobin but also improvisators: Chet Baker, Eddie Jefferson, JamesMoody…) and as an indirect consequence, the sketch of a self-portrait stands out, the one of a Jazz singer."Jean-Claude Rocailleux (from the sleevenotes)

Portraits1 You Make Me Feel So Young 5'18 / 2 Everything Happens To Me 5'29 / 3 Too Marvelous For Words 3'14 / 4You Stepped Out Of A Dream 4'45 / 5 Double Rainbow 5'06 / 6 Portrait 5'01 / 7 The Good Life 5'39 / 8 TakeThe "A" Train 5'24 / 9 Daydream 5'56 / 10 I Was Doing All Right 4'13 / 11 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 7'10 /12 I Just Got Back In Town 3'33 / 13 God Bless The Child 3'12

I Feel So Good 1 Body And Soul (I Feel So Good) 3'35 / 2 Moonlight Serenade 4'03 / 3 Up Jumped Spring 7'02 / 4 You're Drivin'Me Crazy 2'36 / 5 Early Hours 6'28 / 6 Voce e eu 3'44 / 7 Luiza / Fotografia 7'54 / 8 Worry 'bout Me 6'14 / 9Beautiful Friendship 4'07 / 10 Lester Leaps In (I Got The Blues) 4'23 / 11 Prelude To A Kiss 6'42 / 12 Just ASong 3'57 / 13 The Nearness Of You 3'58 / 14 C'est le printemps (It Might As Well Be Spring) 3'06


Label: Winter&WinterFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: 910199-2Barcode: 025091019922Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: digipackCassandra Wilson - vocalsMulgrew Miller - pianoLonnie Plaxico - acoustic bassTerri Lyne Carrington - drums

Blue SkiesCASSANDRA WILSON

With her new album Another Country riding high in the Jazz Charts, here is a timely re-issue of an early work originallyout on JMT in 1989.

Blue Skies is the third album of Cassandra Wilson, the Mississippi-born New Yorker. In this third production under hername she has dug deeply into the rich mine of jazz standards and brought to the surface tunes that are classic yet notoverstrained. Cassandra moves in the area of jazz standards with the same ease as in her own music represented byher first two albums, never failing to put her own stamp on the music. Her vocals are artful instead of artificial, forcefulinstead of forced, and there is no fooling around with unnecessary ornamentation, every note is sincere and getting downto the point.

Top Jazz Album of 1989 - Billboard, USA»...Blue Skies, is a collection of standards that should find a place in the home of every jazz lover.« - Jazziz, USA» ...the young singer is surely and deftly claiming her own place in jazz with each succesive album. "Blue Skies" isanother step in that process.« - Chicago Tribune, USA (June 1989)».... there is this one by Cassandra Wilson, who owes little of her unique style to any of the artists mentioned but seemsalready to have joined them in top ranks of interpreters of American Song.« – Jazztimes, US (Jan 1989)

1. Shall We Dance (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) 7:172. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (James van Heusen, Johnny Burke) 5:433. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) 5:134. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 4:405. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) 5:016. I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) 3:037. Sweet Lorraine (Clifford Burwell, Mitchell Parish) 5:288. My One And Only Love (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) 5:599. Autumn Nocturne (Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon) 4:5910. Blue Skies (Irving Berlin) 3:07Total Time: 51:09


Label: High NoteFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: HCD7239Barcode: 632375723927Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalLaVerne Butler - vocalsBruce Barth - musical direction/piano Houston Person - tenor saxophoneUgonna Okegwo - bassRudy Royston - drums

Love Lost and Found AgainLAVERNE BUTLER

New Orleans-born Laverne Butler's voice exudes an established confidence and impeccable taste. Eschewingscatological pyrotechnics, she relies instead on nuances, caressing syllables and imbuing all sorts of speculativemeaning into rests in a most sensuous, though never sensationalistic, way. With her accompanist-Music Director BruceBarth, LaVerne turns her attentions to a group of standards and jazz tunes that highlight not just her sexy ribbon of avoice, but which also give her accompanying quartet plenty of space to show their wares. Featuring the deeplyburnished tenor sax of Houston Person floating his patented dark-toned arabesques like filé in the gumbo, and Barth'sinteresting harmonic sense, LaVerne Butler's impressive debut on HighNote Records is a true jazz-vocal record in everysense of the phrase.

TRACKS: Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home • Sweet Pumpkin • I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star • Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool• The Bluest Blues • Travelin’ Light • That’s All • Be Anything • In My Own Little Corner • I’ll Never Be Free • Smile


Label: High NoteFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: HCD7245Barcode: 632375724528Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDPackaging: cristalHouston Person - tenor saxophoneCedar Walton - pianoRay Drummond - bassLewis Nash - drums

NaturallyHOUSTON PERSON

Houston Person, after more time in the recording studio than perhaps any other tenor player, has become something of ajazz institution. Learning his craft at a time when some of the earliest pioneers of jazz saxophone – Coleman Hawkins,Sidney Bechet, Lester Young, Ben Webster – were playing, he was able to develop his own unique sound and voicewhich acknowledged these iconic men without ever resorting to imitation.

Person is an eloquent messenger from a jazz landscape firmly rooted in the blues, church music, the great Americansong composers and the vocalist-like communication of a song's meaning through the saxophone. For his latestHighNote recording Houston has asked legendary pianist Cedar Walton to sit in on the date and the collaborationbetween these two giants results in some of the most genuinely musical playing to come out of the famed Rudy VanGelder studio. If it is ostentatious show that floats your boat, look elsewhere. Though the formidable chops of eachmember of the quartet are evident in every phrase, technique is completely at the service of the music on the set list,never for showboating or cheap effect.

TRACKS: Bag’s Groove • That’s All • How Little We Know • Namely You • My Foolish Heart • Red Sails in the Sunset •Don’ Cha Go ‘Way Mad • It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream • Sunday


Label: Mode RecordsFile Under: JazzCatalogue No: MODEAVANT14Barcode: 764593101420Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CDEli Asher - trumpet, toysJames Hirschfeld - trombone, toysJosh Rutner - tenor sax, bass clarinet, toysRed Wierenga - piano, Hammond organ, toysMalcolm Kirby, Jr. - bassTed Poor, drums - bells

Respect in YuleTHE RESPECT QUARTET

The Respect Sextet is a decade-old jazz group based in New York. They are joined by guests from the new music andimprov world: the JACK String Quartet, Ensemble Signal with conductor Brad Lubman also hitting the tymps, andguitarist Marco Cappelli.

This album ranges from introspective to ecstatic, from the popular to the obscure, the sacred to the secular. Respect InYule promises to be among the most fun and eclectic holiday albums ever. In choosing the repertoire, Respect wanted topull together some of their favorite holiday music from all genres and view them through Respect-colored glasses.Featuring compositions by Misha Mengelberg, Loudon Wainwright III, Frank Loesser, Robbie Robertson (of The Band),Thelonious Monk, Jule Styne, Sun Ra, and many more, Respect In Yule represents the best of all possible worlds! A trulyunique holiday release that is bound to appeal to new music, jazz, improvisation, and…holiday music audiences alike.

1. Suddenly It’s Christmas (Loudon Wainwright III)2. Let It Snow (Jule Styne)3. A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)4. The Lamb (Sir John Tavener)5. Sevivon / I Have a Little Dreidel (Traditional / Mikhl Gelbart, Samuel Goldfarb)6. Boppin' Around The Christmas Tree (Ted Poor)7. It’s Christmas Time (Alton Abraham, Sun Ra)8. Hypochristmutreefuzz (Misha Mengelberg)9. What Are You Doing New Years Eve? (Frank Loesser)10. Christmas Must Be Tonight (Robbie Robertson)11. A Merrier Christmas (Thelonious Monk)


Label: SoulbeatsFile Under: ReggaeCatalogue No: SBR022Barcode: 4250137233475Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 LP

Pray Fi Di People LP versionU ROY

The Jamaican reggae legend returns to the world stage with a new album: Pray Fi Di People after 10 years absence fromthe studio. This is a musical and cultural event not to be missed! Pray Fi Di People reaffirms the talent of the toaster witha Jamaican roots sound. U-Roy is the man most responsible for putting the DJ (or MC - 'mic chanter') on the map, bothas recording artist in Jamaica and as a major indirect influence on the US rappers. As such his importance is immense.

Born Ewart Beckford, 1942, in Kingston, Jamaica, U-Roy began as a sound system DJ in 1961. Around 1967 he beganto work with King Tubby as DJ for his Home Town Hi-Fi. From this association developed the whole modern DJ style:with U-Roy's gruff tones and distinctive yelp causing a sensation chanting over Tubby's newly conceived dub versions.He then began his recording career in full, recording for Lee Perry, Keith Hudson, Duke Reid and a host of others, acareer which has resulted in over 50 album releases and countless singles. His UK success was assured with asuccession of releases in the 1970s on Virgin's Frontline label.

Today U-Roy returns with Pray Fi Di People which recounts a busy life, and communicates the vision and ideas of amodern man who, for more than 50 years aspires to diversity, pluralism and sharing. New songs, modern sounds, and atop-notch guestlist including reggae stars old and new: Horace Andy, Marcia Griffiths, Bitty McLean, Tarrus Riley, TikenJah Fakoly and more.


Label: SoulbeatsFile Under: ReggaeCatalogue No: SBR020Barcode: 4250137233451Price: FULL PRICEFormat: 1 CD + BONUS DVDPackaging: digipack

Throw Down Your ArmsPROFESSOR

Live album and DVD recorded at the Reggae Sun Ska Festival 2011.

In 2011 Harrison « Professor » Stafford - Groundation’s vocal and spiritual leader - was recording Madness, his first sideproject. This very personal album was the result of meetings and discussions he had during his travels in Israel andPalestine. He tells us : « The idea to record this album came from decisive discussions I had in Ramallah with an Arabicpoet. He told me that he knew reggae music and mentioned Bob Marley particularly. I was surprised to hear that he didn’tlike reggae music because of the negative message it conveyed. I was stunned. I never heard somebody associateMarley’s music to something other than positive vibrations and positive messages. The poet told me : « let me ask yousomething : why reggae music is so Zionist in his message ? » Wahoo, everything became clearest to me ! »

So Harrison Stafford wants to prove that reggae can and should talk to everybody and that it’s an universal languagewhich cross borders and conflicts. He manages it splendidly through this new live album Throw Down Your Arms whichoffers versions of tracks from his first album alongside new tracks.

1 Rockfort Rock 2 Jah Sending Out 3 Roller Coaster 4 Mind of Man 5 Intifada 6 East Jerusalem 7 Madness 8 Right On 9 See Them Come 10 Throw Down Your Arms 11 They Never Love 12 Armagideon 13 There's a Reward


Label: SoulbeatsFile Under: ReggaeCatalogue No: NY006Barcode: 3149028030129Price: 2xMID PRICEFormat: 2 CDPackaging: digipack

Kingston TownBROUSSAÏ

Recognised today as one of the most important French reggae bands, Broussai were in Jamaica in February to discoverthe sacred lands of reggae music and to record a fourth album. “Kingston Town” was produced in the famous Harry JStudio with the precious support of Sam Clayton (Mystic Revelation of Rastafari), Stephen Stewart (Burning Spear),Boppe (Peter Tosh’s guitarist), Daniel “Axeman” Thompson (U-Roy), Uziah “Sticky” Thompson (percussionist of BobMarley), and Steel Pulse’s legendary founders David Hinds and Selwyn Brown.

Ten years since the creation of the group, and with three albums and a live DVD released, Broussai continues tocommunicate positive energy and hope, seducing us again with roots vibrations, conscious lyrics and dynamicinstrumentals. The album is a two disc set: vocal and dub.

1 Contrastes et Couleurs 2 Kingston Town (feat. Dubtonic Kru) 3 Seul Dans La Foule 4 Rebel Music (feat. Ishmel McAnuff) 5 Poing En L'Air6 Live Up (feat. Steel Pulse) 7 A L'Envers 8 Des Racines Et Des Ailes 9 Generation Email 10 Avant De Partir 11 Quelle Logique 12 Tous Africains (feat. Brother Sam Clayton)

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