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JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Charles Lloyd

Arrows Into Infinity - A film by Dorothy Darr & Jeffery Morse

3780649 602537806492 DVD ECM £11.99 JAZZ Arrows Into Infinity chronicles Charles Lloyd’s life, moving through time with memories, archive footage and music, lots of music. The film, directed and

produced by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse, includes interviews with Lloyd’s current quartet of Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland, and tabla

master Zakir Hussain from his Sangam trio. Among others who contribute their

thoughts to this remarkable documentary are Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Robbie Robertson, Jack DeJohnette, Don Was, John Densmore, Jim

Keltner, Geri Allen, Larry Grenadier, Stanley Crouch and Manfred Eicher.

Charles Lloyd’s story is a special one, and it intersects with important moments in jazz history. Lloyd grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and had early contact both to masters of an increasingly sophisticated jazz tradition and the raw voices of the blues. Booker Little was a childhood friend, Phineas Newborn a mentor. In his teens Lloyd hit the road with Howlin’ Wolf. He befriended Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Billy Higgins in a period when blueprints for musical freedom were redrawn, and replaced Eric Dolphy in Chico Hamilton’s band, building a reputation as an exceptional saxophonist and a composer of strikingly original melodies. His own groups drew together some of the day’s most exciting players, and his late 60s quartet with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette made a huge impact, playing opposite Hendrix and Janis Joplin at the Fillmore Auditorium, touring Europe’s festivals to great acclaim, making a now-legendary foray into the Soviet Union, and selling a million copies of their Forest Flower album, a massive FM radio hit. Then Lloyd retreated from the limelight, preferring to play his flute in the mountain forests of Big Sur. For almost two decades sightings of him in jazz contexts were rare. A tentative return was made in the company of pianist Michel Petrucciani; the 1989 ECM recording Fish Out Of Water, with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen signalled a new beginning. Since then he’s led a succession of outstanding bands including the recent quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland. “Arrows gives a rare insight into the life of one of contemporary music’s giants. The film finds a satisfying balance between documentary and exquisite live performance. There were times when I felt like clapping.” - Mike Figgis, film director DVD specifications:

Region: 0 (All Regions) Rating: E (Exempt from Certification) Running time: 113 minutes Language: English Audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 Picture Format: 16:9, NTSC Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish Disc Type: 9 Promotion includes advertising in Jazzwise. Email marketing includes ECM

Newsletter & ECMPlayer

Feature in Jazzwise & reviews confirmed in The Guardian and other national

newspapers, BBC Music Magazine, Jazzwise + Jazz Journal






Charles Lloyd

Arrows Into Infinity - A film by Dorothy Darr & Jeffery Morse

3780650 602537806508 BLU-RAY ECM £13.79 JAZZ Arrows Into Infinity chronicles Charles Lloyd’s life, moving through time with

memories, archive footage and music, lots of music. The film, directed and produced by Dorothy Darr and Jeffery Morse, includes interviews with Lloyd’s

current quartet of Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland, and tabla master Zakir Hussain from his Sangam trio. Among others who contribute their

thoughts to this remarkable documentary are Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Robbie Robertson, Jack DeJohnette, Don Was, John Densmore, Jim

Keltner, Geri Allen, Larry Grenadier, Stanley Crouch and Manfred Eicher.

Charles Lloyd’s story is a special one, and it intersects with important moments in jazz history. Lloyd grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and had early contact both to masters of an increasingly sophisticated jazz tradition and the raw voices of the blues. Booker Little was a childhood friend, Phineas Newborn a mentor. In his teens Lloyd hit the road with Howlin’ Wolf. He befriended Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Billy Higgins in a period when blueprints for musical freedom were redrawn, and replaced Eric Dolphy in Chico Hamilton’s band, building a reputation as an exceptional saxophonist and a composer of strikingly original melodies. His own groups drew together some of the day’s most exciting players, and his late 60s quartet with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette made a huge impact, playing opposite Hendrix and Janis Joplin at the Fillmore Auditorium, touring Europe’s festivals to great acclaim, making a now-legendary foray into the Soviet Union, and selling a million copies of their Forest Flower album, a massive FM radio hit. Then Lloyd retreated from the limelight, preferring to play his flute in the mountain forests of Big Sur. For almost two decades sightings of him in jazz contexts were rare. A tentative return was made in the company of pianist Michel Petrucciani; the 1989 ECM recording Fish Out Of Water, with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen signalled a new beginning. Since then he’s led a succession of outstanding bands including the recent quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland. “Arrows gives a rare insight into the life of one of contemporary music’s giants. The film finds a satisfying balance between documentary and exquisite live performance. There were times when I felt like clapping.” - Mike Figgis, film director Blu-ray specifications: Region: A+B+C (All Regions) Rating: Exempt from Certification Running time: 113 minutes Language: English Audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 Picture Format: 16:9, NTSC Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish Disc Type: 9 Promotion includes advertising in Jazzwise. Email marketing includes ECM Newsletter & ECMPlayer

Feature in Jazzwise & reviews confirmed in The Guardian and other national

newspapers, BBC Music Magazine, Jazzwise + Jazz Journal





JAZZ/CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Jacques Loussier

My Personal Favorites: The Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Bach

TEL3531902 888072353190 CD2 TELARC £8.49 JAZZ/CLASSICAL In a career that spans more than a half century, pianist and composer Jacques

Loussier has built an enormous body of work by blurring the lines between

classical and jazz and selling more than six million albums worldwide in the process. Telarc celebrates Loussier’s 80th birthday (on 26 October 2014) with

the release of two collections that provide a cross section of his masterful fusion of classical tradition with the jazz idiom.

‘My Personal Favorites: The Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Bach’ and ‘Beyond Bach: Other Composers I Adore’ are two specially priced 2CD sets, each with tracks chosen by Loussier as personal favourites. Beginning in 1959 with his Play Bach Trio, and later with alternate lineups that explored numerous other classical artists, Loussier and his various collaborators forced musicians and audiences of both jazz and classical music to re-evaluate the boundaries - and indeed the similarities - between their respective genres. The Bach collection principally features the trio that Loussier formed in 1985. “His personal selection of pieces from his Bach repertoire looks back on the one hand to his earliest triumphs, but also shows how the trio has developed and responded to the music over time,” says jazz historian Alyn Shipton, author of the liner notes for both collections. Personnel: Jacques Loussier (piano), Vincent Charbonnier, Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac (bass), André Arpino (drums) Disc 1: 1. Air on a G String 2. Fugue No. 5 in D major 3. Pastorale in C minor 4. Prelude No. 1 in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier 5. Toccata and Fugue in D minor 6. Italian Concerto: Allegro 7. Italian Concerto: Andante 8. Italian Concerto: Presto 9. Partita in E major 10. Chorale No. 1 Sleepers Awake 11. Toccata and Fugue in C major: Overture 12. Toccata and Fugue in C major: Adagio 13. Toccata and Fugue in C major: Fugue

Disc 2: 1. Siciliana in G minor 2. Concerto in C minor: Allegro 3. Little Fugue in G minor 4. Concerto in F minor: Allegro 5. Concerto in F minor: Largo 6. Concerto in F minor: Presto 7. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major: Allegro 9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major: Affettuoso 10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major: Allegro 11. Goldberg Variations: Aria 12. Goldberg Variations: Variation 2 13. Goldberg Variations: Variation 5 14. Goldberg Variations: Variation 25 Reviews confirmed in The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail, Jazz

Journal, BBC Music Magazine, Hi Fi News + Record Collector

Airplay confirmed on BBC Radio 3 (Jazz Line Up & In Tune), RTE Lyric FM (Blue of the Night), Jazz FM (Sarah Ward’s Dinner Jazz + Jazz Travels)





JAZZ/CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Jacques Loussier

Beyond Bach: Other Composers I Adore

TEL3534202 888072353428 CD2 TELARC £8.49 JAZZ/CLASSICAL In a career that spans more than a half century, pianist and composer Jacques Loussier has built an enormous body of work by blurring the lines between

classical and jazz and selling more than six million albums worldwide in the process. Telarc celebrates Loussier’s 80th birthday (on 26 October 2014) with

the release of two collections that provide a cross section of his masterful fusion of classical tradition with the jazz idiom.

‘My Personal Favorites: The Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Bach’ and ‘Beyond Bach: Other Composers I Adore’ are two specially priced 2CD sets, each with tracks chosen by Loussier as personal favourites. Beginning in 1959 with his Play Bach Trio, and later with alternate lineups that explored numerous other classical artists, Loussier and his various collaborators forced musicians and audiences of both jazz and classical music to re-evaluate the boundaries - and indeed the similarities - between their respective genres. ‘Beyond Bach’ includes Loussier’s interpretations of pieces by Vivaldi, Satie, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin and others. The Vivaldi concerto here demonstrates how successfully Loussier applied his jazz approach to a classical composer. Instead of the strong harmonic development of J.S. Bach, with its affinities to jazz structure, Vivaldi deals in songlike melodies. The Debussy album, meanwhile, remains “the masterpiece of the latter-day trio,” says jazz historian Alyn Shipton, author of the liner notes for both collections. “Listen to ‘Clair de Lune,’ and revel in its liquid beauty as you join Jacques in celebrating his 80th birthday.” Personnel: Jacques Loussier (piano), Vincent Charbonnier, Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac (bass), André Arpino (drums) Disc 1: 1. Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor Summer: Allegro con Molto 2. Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor Summer: Adagio 3. Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor Summer: Presto 4. Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1, Variation 1 5. Satie: Gnossienne No. 1 6. Handel: Passacaglia 7. Scarlatti: Sonata No. 22 in B minor 8. Ravel: Bolero 9. Debussy: Clair de lune 10. Debussy: Arabesque

Disc 2: 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7: Allegretto, Theme 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7: Allegretto, Variation 2 3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7: Allegretto, Variation 5 4. Mozart: Concerto No. 23 in A major: Allegro 5. Mozart: Concerto No. 23 in A major: Adagio 6. Mozart: Concerto No. 23 in A major: Allegro assai 7. Schumann: Of Foreign Lands and Peoples 8. Schumann: Dreaming 9. Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 10. Chopin: Nocturne No. 11 11. Chopin: Nocturne No. 14 12. Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 Reviews confirmed in The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail, Jazz

Journal, BBC Music Magazine, Hi Fi News + Record Collector

Airplay confirmed on BBC Radio 3 (Jazz Line Up & In Tune), RTE Lyric FM (Blue of the Night), Jazz FM (Sarah Ward’s Dinner Jazz + Jazz Travels)





WORLD NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Various Artists

The Rough Guide to the Music of Palestine

RGNET1317CD 605633131727 CD2 WORLD MUSIC NETWORK £4.45 WORLD Palestine is a beautiful ancient land of faith where conflict appears to overshadow its creative voices. This unique Rough Guide explores the diverse

and wonderful array of music that springs out of adversity and expresses the deep roots of Palestinian identity.

Bonus CD: Ramzi Aburedwan - ‘Reflections of Palestine’

Born and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp, Ramzi Aburedwan only began to play music in his late teens and is now a world-class solo musician and leader of the Palestine National Ensemble of Arabic Music. Enjoy the gentle sounds of Ramzi’s bouzouk, accompanied by oud, accordion and percussion on this evocative instrumental album. Disc 1: 1. Sanaa Moussa - Wea'younha 2. Le Trio Joubran - Nawwâr 3. DAM feat Amal Murkus - If I Could Go Back In Time 4. Toot Ard - Ash-Sham 5. Momken Band - Ya Ktabna 6. Jowan Safadi - Tayran Ababil 7. Hosam Hayek - Give Me The Flute 8. Amal Murkus - Doq 9. Awan Group - Nahawand 10. Haya Zaatry & Ghanni 3an Ta3rif - Manakir 11. Shadi Zaqtan - Fi Balad 12. Michel Sajrawy - Tojann 13. Walaat Music Band - Alla Shiklo Shakshiklo 14. Khalas - Badek Zafi 15. Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler - Al-Shaatte' Al-Akhar Disc 2: 1. Rahil 2. Sans Adresse 3. Sodfa 4. Bahar 5. Raja 6. Tahrir 7. Samai Farah Faza 8. Bordeaux 9. Andalus 10. Gitans En Orient Review confirmed in Songlines magazine






Various Artists

The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara (Second Edition)

RGNET1325CD 605633132526 CD2 WORLD MUSIC NETWORK £4.45 WORLD Almost as big as the USA, the vast Sahara spans Africa from the Atlantic Ocean

to the Red Sea. Despite being the hottest desert on earth, it is home to millions of people whose diverse cultures and traditions create a vivid cultural

landscape. This Rough Guide features the region's best-loved artists as well as exploring beyond the arid sandscapes to reveal hidden Saharan sounds.

Bonus CD: Introducing Mamane Barka

As a nomad of the Toubou tribe, Malam Mamane Barka is the indisputable son of the desert and the world’s only remaining master of the biram. He maintains the tradition single-handedly, bringing the boat-shaped instrument to world’s attention with his own unique blend of desert blues. Disc 1:

1. Etran Finatawa - Kel Tamasheck (Niger) 2. Mariem Hassan - Legneiba (Western Sahara) 3. Samba Touré - Jingarr Hinné (Mali) 4. Ali Hassan Kuban - Mabruk (Egypt) 5. Bammo Agonla & Tankari - Wodaabe Blues (Niger) 6. Toureg De Fewet - Chetma (Libya) 7. Wodaabe Women - Drumming And Singing The Baggou (Niger) 8. Anansy Cissé - Sekou Amadou (Mali) 9. Mahmoud Fadl - Jibal Al Nuba (Egypt) 10. Moudou Ould Mattalla - Oh My Mother Leila (Mauritania) 11. Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal - Ya Salam (Sudan) 12. Djimé Sissoko & Djama Djigui - Bazani (Mali) 13. Tuareg Women - Tendé Drumming (Niger) 14. Salamat - Samara (Egypt/Sudan) Disc 2: 1. Mashi 2. Alhadj 3. Bulanga 4. Kiota 5. Tchidim 6. Buni 7. Doro Lelewa 8. Banané 9. Wo Kuru 10. Malloumi 11. Pitti Kori Review confirmed in Songlines magazine






Söndörgo Tamburocket - Hungarian Fireworks

TUGCD1084 605633008425 CD RIVERBOAT £6.70 WORLD Fast and furious, fingers flying with a fiery panache, the Hungarian group Söndörgo are one of the most exciting bands in Europe. With their signature

instrument, the tambura, the band brilliantly combines respect for tradition with a desire to innovate and a fizzing virtuosity.

Listening to the band play, you soon hear it’s nothing like traditional violin-led Hungarian music. Söndörgő’s sound is light, springy and delicately plucked. Their signature instrument is the tambura, a mandolin-like instrument, probably of Turkish origin, used by the South Slav (Serbian and Croatian) communities in Hungary. The band is made up of three brothers, Áron, Benjamin and Salamon Eredics, plus cousin Dávid Eredics and Attila Buzás, the only non-family member, on bass tambura. Áron Eredics is also part of the band Vujicsics, winners of Hungary’s most prestigious state-sponsored cultural award, the Kossuth Prize, in 2014. ‘Tamburocket’ is Söndörgő’s second international release and features revived tunes drawn from the rich Hungarian archives and annals of the countries esteemed song-collectors and musicologists of yore. Tracks:

1. Jozo 2. Marice 3. Evo Srcu 4. Hulusination 5. Drago Kolo 6. Hulusi 7. Srpski Madjarik 8. Archive Track 9. Majka Kceru 10. Natrag Dosla 11. Landing Cocek 12. Kolovodja Live dates: Jul 25 Womad, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Jul 26 Walthamstow Garden Party Festival, London

Review confirmed in Songlines + fRoots magazine





EASY LISTENING/SPOKEN WORD NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Various Artists

The Great War - A Portrait in Music, Voices & Sound

GLMY94 5060088441404 CD3 MEMORY LANE £6.30 Easy Listening/Spoken Word ‘The Great War’ is a landmark 100th anniversary collection quite unlike any

other - a unique blend of music, poetry, sound reportage and documentary evoking “the war to end all wars” as it was fought and lived by the British

people - a powerful and moving tribute to the sacrifice of millions. Captured here are the sounds of Britain at a pivotal moment in her history - the songs that the soldiers sang on the march and in the trenches, from “It's a Long Way to Tipperary” to “I Want To Go Home”... recruiting tunes, comic ditties and sweetheart songs from the music halls and theatres... and the reflections of all ranks as they faced apocalyptic shell fire and the horrors of the barbed wire. Original landmark recordings from 1914-18 mingle with readings, reminiscences and sequences from the works of Elgar and Delius to create a panoramic portrait that's poignant, gripping and atmospheric in equal measure. With special features including the whole of the 1961 radio documentary “The Long, Long Trail” that inspired the stage show ‘Oh What a Lovely War’, ‘The Great War’ is a truly historic collection full of breathtaking moments. Disc 1: The Long, Long Trail - The BBC Singers, The BBC Revue Orchestra & Malcolm Lockyer: War Starts - "We Don't Want To Loose You" / The Germans Advance - "His Luggage Labelled 'England" / The Old Contemptibles Hold Fast - "Keep The Home Fires Burning" / Soldiering - "Blame It On The Last Long Mile" / Into Battle - "The Ragtime Infantry" / The Scene Of Battle - "We're 'Ere" / Going Over The Top - "The Bells Of Heaven" / Carrying On - "Pack Up Your Troubles" / Entertainment At The Front And At Home - "Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty" / The Home Front - "Goodbye-ee" / 1915 - 1917: Stalemate - "I Want To Go Home" / Here Come The Yanks - "Over There"

Disc 2: If You Were The Only Girl In The World - George Robey / For Me And My Gal - Bill Murray / Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend - Ted Yorke / Your King And Country Want You - Edna Thornton / Jolly Good Luck To The Girl Who Loves A Soldier - Vesta Tilley / Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Arthur Fields / K-K-K-Katy - Bill Murray / I May Be Gone For A Long, Long Time - The Peerless Quartet / Dear Old Pal Of Mine - John McCormack / The Angel Of Mons - Foster Richardson / They Didn't Believe Me - George Grossmith / Pretty Baby - Bill Murray / I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier - Morton Harvey / I Wonder Whose Kissing Her Now - Henry Burr / How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm - Harry Fay / Boys In Khaki, Boys In Blue - Frederick Wheeler / The Army Of Today's All Right - Vesta Tilley / The Lads In Navy Blue (It's The Navy, The British Navy) - Harrison Latimer / Women Of Britain - George Baker / Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers - Bill Murray / Till The Clouds Roll By - Anna Wheaton / Never Mind The Food Controller - Florrie Forde / What Did You Do In The Great War, Daddy? - Tom Clare / Till We Meet Again - Charles Hart

Disc 3: March From ' Things To Come' - The London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Arthur Bliss / Recruiting Speech At The Mansion House - Sir Charles Wakefield / Forefathers (Edmund Blunden) - Carelton Hobbs / At The Front: On The March (Reminisence) - Sgt Edward Dwyer, VC / Attack (Siegfried Sassoon) - Steve Watts / WWI Recollection - Sargent Percy Reid / Greater Love (Wilfred Owen) - Robert Donat / The Lark Ascending - Jean Pougnet, The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult / In Flanders Fields (John McCrae) - John Kehoe / A Shropshire Lad - The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult / Arms And The Boy (Wilfred Owen) - Carelton Hobbs / WWI Recollection - Major Marmaduke Leslie Walkinton / The Estaminet (Descriptive Sketch) - Some Of The Boys' / Elegy - The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Eduard Van Beinum / For The Fallen (Laurence Binyon) - John Kehoe / The Attack (Descriptive Sketch) - 'Some Of The Boys' / Appeal For One Million Pounds - Harry Lauder / Why Is Britain At War? - Henry Ainley / Nimrod From 'Enigma Variations' - The Halle Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli / WWI Recollection - James Davidson Pratt, NCO / Experiences Of Sinking The SS Arabic (Reminisence) - Kenneth Douglas / Serenade - Sinfonia Of London Conducted & Sir John Barbirolli / Futility (Siegfried Sassoon) - Steve Watts / Christmas In Camp (Descriptive Sketch) - Uncredited / Jupiter (I Vow To Thee My Country) From 'The Planets' Suite - The London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult / Recessional (Rudyard Kipling) - John Kehoe / WWI Recollection - Private Charles Francis Colthup / Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis - Sinfonia Of London & Sir John Barbirolli / The Soldier (Rupert Brooke) - John Kehoe / WWI Recollection - George Ashurst, NCO / The Rear Guard (Siegfried Sassoon) - Steve Watts / Adagio-Moderato (First Movement) From 'Concerto For Cello And Orchestra' - Andre Navarra, Cello, The Halle Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli / Everyone Sang (Siegfried Sassoon) - Steve Watts / The Last Post - Uncredited






The Gascoyne / O'Higgins Quartet

The Real Note Vol. 2

JITCD1461 5032396014618 CD JAZZIZIT RECORDS £6.15 JAZZ Following on from the acclaimed 2012 Jazzizit release ‘Got the Real Note’ bassist Geoff Gascoyne and saxophonist Dave O’Higgins join forces again for

another collection of catchy contrafacts (new compositions based on well known standards). Once again they are joined by Graham Harvey on piano and

Sebastiaan de Krom on drums. The CD opens with the burning minor blues, “Darkness” written by Gascoyne with a sound reminiscent of the Branford Marsalis Quartet. Other songs include the O’Higgins’ composition “Shark Avenue”, a new contrafact written on the jazz standard “Green Dolphin Street” that showcases O’Higgins‘ elegant soprano playing. There is a traditional rendition of Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady” plus a lightning fast “Broadway”. Other highlights include the contrafacts “Embrace” (Embracable You) and “Autopsy” (Topsy). Gascoyne’s beautiful composition “Dedication” displays the delicate touch of pianist Graham Harvey and swinging drummer Sebastiaan de Krom flexes his jazz-chops on the O’Higgins composition “RSVP” (based on Invitation). The album was recorded totally live at Dave’s own JVG studio in Brixton, London, all in one afternoon. Personnel: Geoff Gascoyne (bass) Dave O'Higgins (saxophone), Graham Harvey (piano), Sebastiaan de Krom (drums) Tracks: Darkness / Shark Avenue / Five Moods / Vision / I Got Arrythmia / Sophisticated Lady / RSVP / Embrace / Autopsy / Dedication / Broadway Album Launch - 25th July Wigmore Hall, London

Nighthawks 4

901037HER 4260109010379 LP2 HERZOG RECORDS £11.99 JAZZ The fourth album by German electro-jazz group Nightharks on double 180 gram vinyl.

The Nighthawks have developed their very own international sound that mixes jazz with electronics. Over the last decade and a half the productive collaboration by trumpet-player Reiner Winterschladen and bassist/producer Dal Martino has resulted in three German Jazz Award-winning albums. ‘4’ includes a number of guest vocalists, such as the hypnotic voice of DePhazz singer Pat Appleton on “Define the Day” and Brazilian singer Patricia Cruz on “Pensando em outro mundo”. On “Here We Are” the American singer Shannon Callahan adds brilliant vocal accents. Also in the studio in Düsseldorf were pianist Jürgen Dahmen (Propaganda, Temptations, Tan), guitar player Markus Winstroer (Lalo Schifrin, Randy Brecker), drummer Thomas Alkier (Dizzy Gillespie, Nigel Kennedy), keyboard player Xaver Fischer, Thomas Kessler on synthesizer and Konstantin Winstroer on bass. Disc 1: Define The Day / Road To Cartagena / Casino / Pensando Em Outro Mundo / Last Call For Passanger W. / Back Where I Belong Disc 2: Hard Nights Day / Sepulveda Blvd. / Musical / Here We Are / Man In The Long Black Coat






ROCK & ROLL NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Park Stickney, Dino Contenti & Gigi Biolcati

Who Is.. The Lion, The Wolf And The Donkey ?

INC163 8015948501634 CD EGEA £7.99 JAZZ Trio recording led by American jazz harpist Park Stickney, alongside Italian

bassist Dino Contenti and percussionist Gigi Biolcati. They perform two original compositions, plus unique interpretations of songs by Miles Davis, Thelonious

Monk, Bill Evans and others as well as The Eagles “Hotel California”. Stickney is constantly in motion, travelling across Europe, the U.S. and Asia, as a soloist and teacher, as well as with a variety of ensembles whose music ranges from jazz to classical to rock. He’s performed and taught in nearly every harp festival that exists, from Adelaide to Zaragoza, often several times has played Wagner with the Berlin Philharmonic (as a jazz harpist disguised as a classical harpist), profiting at the same occasion to play a solo jazz concert for the Philharmonic’s lunchtime series for 1200 people. He’s performed on the QE2, recorded with the Crash Test Dummies, jammed with John Sebastian (of the Lovin’ Spoonful), recorded with the Crash Test Dummies, played with young oud students in the West Bank, given concerts everywhere from a mine in South Tyrol, to a thermal bath in Switzerland and in a New York McDonalds. He’s played Broadway pits in NY, toured with the Fantasticks in Japan, and appears on page 97 of Patricia Cornwell’s novel “From Potter’s Field.” Tracks: Nardis / Swiss Miss / Second Breakfast / Amarcord / Think Of One / Alone Together / Time Remembered / Remembering The Rain / Hotel California

Fats Domino Greatest Hits

600180 4053796001801 CD2 DOCUMENTS £3.75 ROCK & ROLL Forty of the best hits from rock ‘n’ roll legend Fats Domino on 2 CDs, including “The Fat man”, “I’m Walking”, “Blueberry Hill” and “Mardi Gras in New

Orleans”. They demonstrate Domino’s typical pianistic style and approach, which made rock ‘n’ roll history and was hugely influential on 60s and 70s music across a multitude of genres. His relaxed, lolling boogie-woogie piano style and easygoing, warm vocals helped him sell millions of records: nearly two dozen of his songs became golden discs and the best of them are included on these CDs. Disc 1: The Fat Man / Detroit City Blues / Hey! La Bas Boogie / Every Night About This Time / Korea Blues / Don't Lie To Me / Sometimes I Wonder / Right From Wrong / No, No Baby / Rockin' Chair / Careless Love / Goin' Home / Reeling And Rocking / Nobody Loves Me / Going To The River / Mardi Gras In New Orleans / Please Don't Leave Me / Rose Mary / Something's Wrong / Don't Leave Me This Way Disc 2: Don't You Know / Ain't It A Shame / La La / All By Myself / I Can't Go On (Rosalie) / Bo Weevil / I'm In Love Again / My Blue Heaven / When My Dreamboat Comes Home / So-Long / Blueberry Hill / Honey Chile / Blue Monday / I'm Walking / Valley Of Tears / It's You I Love / Wait And See / I Still Love You / The Big Beat / I Want You To Know





SOUL/JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 28/7/2014

Jeff Cascaro The Soul Sessions (180g Vinyl)

901043HER 4260109010430 LP2 HERZOG RECORDS £11.99 SOUL/JAZZ Compilation of the best tracks from German soul/jazz vocalist/trumpeter Jeff Cascaro, taken from the three album’s he has recorded for Herzog Records. Jeff

has been credited with helping to revitalise the Soul Jazz scene in Germany. His albums ‘Soul of a Singer’ (2006), ‘Mother and Brother’ (2008) and ‘The Other Man’ (2012) were all successful in Germany and helped change the musical scene there. Catchy songs following in the tradition of Curtis Mayfield, Wilson Pickett and Marvin Gaye are in vogue again. His music has even crossed over to the UK soul scene. In a review of ‘Mother and Brother’ SoulandJazzandFunk.com stated, “It has neat, tight beats, a warm, husky vocal and a lovely Rhodes sequence courtesy of Ulf Kleiner. Indeed much of this album’s attraction comes from the skill of the players behind the voice. Cascaro has been lucky to find a team that can perfectly deliver his musical message...it's been constructed with respectful devotion to the principles of soul and jazz.” Soul music originates in the vinyl era, so label boss Rüdiger Herzog personally compiled this double 180 gram vinyl album. Classics like “Holler”, “Roots”, “Soul of a Singer” are complemented with cover versions and ballads that show Jeff Cascaro’s creativity in all its facets. Disk 1: Holler / Waiting / Soul Of A Singer / Love Will Find A Way / The Sun Is Shining For Our Love / Follow You, Follow Me / Love Is In The Air / I'll Be Fine Disk 2: Gettin' Started / The Other Man / The Girl Who Got Away / Beale Street / You / Roots / Going Home / Let's Stay Together / Do You Believe






Guo Gan Himalaya

FY8214 885016821425 CD FELMAY £7.99 WORLD A master of the Chinese erhu (a two stringed violin), the virtuoso Guo Gan

presents nine of his own compositions and two arrangements of classics including a new version of his signature piece “Horse Race”, adapted from a

traditional Mongolian song. In this solo recording Guo Gan not only takes on the responsibility of being the sole interpreter but also the role of composing and arranging in the traditional style. Tracks: Himalaya / Shadow Puppets / The Forbidden City / Tea-Girl / Beijing Opera / Northeast Minor / The Lantern Festival / Go / Water Women / Horse Race / Reflections Of The Moon

Various Artists

Compassion - Himalayan Buddhist Mantras

FY3020 885016302023 CD FELMAY £7.99 WORLD ‘Compassion’ features four Buddhist mantras from the Himalayas. The

devotional texts are enhanced by the textures created by the instrumental

backing of drums, cymbals, flute and lute. The voices interact in a deep, evocative manner, despite the simplicity of the repeated phrases. Equally effective is the instrumental dimension that sometimes takes the lead and heightening the sense of ritual inherent in these devotional practices. Personnel: Dorjey Stakmo, Tsering Chorol, Padma Dolkar Wania, Tashi Dolkar, Ven. Jigmed (vocals), Dorjey Stakmo (miniature cymbals), Angchuk Ralam (Tibetan flute), Tsering Chorol (Himalayan lute), Tsering Norphel (percussions) Tracks: Om Tare Tuttare-Ture Swaha / Mantra Of Tara / Om Mani Padme Hum / Mantra Of Avalokitesvara / Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum / Mantra Of Padmasambhava / Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Swaha / Mantra Of Buddha Shakyamuni

Antonio Onorato & Toninho Horta

From Napoli to Belo Horizonte

SUD008 8015948304693 CD EGEA £7.99 JAZZ A true meeting of musical minds between Italian guitarist/composer Antonio

Onorato and leading Brazilian singer-songwriter/guitarist Toninho Horta.

The artistic collaboration between Antonio Onorato and Toninho Horta started in 2000 and their friendship was already sealed in Onorato’s CD ‘Un Grande Abbraccio’. Exactly 10 years later, they begin recording together as a duo, in which the music of Onorato merges with that of Horta and vice versa. The resulting album ‘From Napoli to Belo Horizonte’, includes original pieces by the two artists, but also classic Neapolitan and Brazilian songs, creating a strong link between the two cultures, seemingly so far away, but in music, so close and intimate. Tracks: Ilha Terceira / From Napoli To Belo Horizonte / Peixe Vivo / 'o Marenariello / Amo Te Muito / Palummella / My Romance / Voce Que Nao Vem / Canzone Del Vesuvio / Un Grande Abbraccio






Unavantaluna Isula Ranni

FT59 8018550060698 CD2 FELMAY £7.99 WORLD ‘Isula Ranni’ by the Sicilian folk group Unavantaluna is a collection on two CDs

of traditional and original pieces reflecting their roots in the landscape of the Mediterranean island and the influence of the sea.

The first CD, Ritta (right), is an anthology of traditional pieces reinvented by the group. The second CD, Manca (left), derives from the rich compositional imagination of Unavantaluna; eleven original tracks rooted in the Sicilian musical culture, but which look at a broader dimension.

Tracks: A La Surfatara / Ciftiteli - A La Carrittera / A La Gghianisa / La Pampina Di L'alivu / Mi Votu E Mi Rrivotu / Signuruzzu Faciti Bon Tempu / Pirati A Palermo / Abballati / A La Vicariota / A La Santaluciota / 'a Virrinedda / Sant'Antuninu / Disk 2: Isuli / Cumpari / Ora Si Balla / Sonata Per Zampogna - Andante / Sonata Per Zampogna - Allegro / Petra Niura / Putiferiu / Genti Di Na Vota / Chirene / Cala U Suli / Cornamusando

Tammurriata Di Scafati Bum!

FT61 8018550060711 CD FELMAY £7.99 WORLD The legendary folk group Tammurriata di Scafati perform the stories and

sounds associated with the area around Vesuvius which they immortalised in

their 1997 album ‘O Vesuvio’, eight songs of which are re-interpreted on this recording.

The basis of the tammurriata, a folk dance from Southern Italy, is the sound of the tammorra, a giant tambourine/frame drum. This provides the insistent rhythm that urges the singers on as they take turns improvising verses based on traditional songs while the dancers perform a sensual dance. The tammurriata with its music and dance is regarded by many in the region as more important than any of the religious and secular feast days. In addition to the varied repertoire of the tammurriata, this CD also features the tradition of tarantelle from other provinces and serenades from Naples. Tracks: Incenziata / Tarantella D'a Fatica / 'O 'Nnammurato Mio / Tammuriata Smurfiosa / Cilentana / Filastrocca De Sant'Angulo / All'Avvocata / Fronna 'E Limone / Alla Paisana / Tammuriata D'o Piett / Suspiro. Alla Terravecchisa / 'a Caccavella / N'Ata Botta / A Colle Meluccio / E' Scappato 'o Lione / Tammuriata D'O Pepe

Rocca-Benigni Duo Upset.

FT60 8018550060704 CD FELMAY £7.99 WORLD The passionate, virtuosic performance by Paolo Rocca (clarinets) and Fiore

Benigni (melodeon) combines harmonic and rhythmic complexity with diverse musical idioms.

The duo draw on Klezmer, Gypsy, Brazilian and Romanian music and even modern tango-jazz, but always with constant reference to Italian folk tradition. It ranges from Bach to a tarantella as the duo reveals how the same sound unites such apparently disparate music. Such is the creative magic of extraordinary pair of musicians. Tracks: Gnossienne N. 1 / Emilse / Ninna Nanna / Te Possino Da' Tante Cortellate / Wild Turkey / Ex Abrupto / Upset Waltz / Debka Dor/b'libi / Ma-ba / My Favorite Things / Silfineide / Invenzione A Due Voci N.4






Edmondo Romano Missive Archetipe

FY7042 885016704223 CD FELMAY £7.99 WORLD The multi-instrumentalist Edmondo Romano has created twelve compositions that combine ancient and modern acoustic sounds and musical genres mixed in

a personal and expressionistic way. Romano has taken his inspiration from the way words have grown in importance over the centuries drawing on sources as varied as the Roman poet Catullus who died in 54BC and the thirteenth century Sufi poet Rumi. The instrumental tracks, intimate and always linked to images, are accompanied by poems such as Carme - A Lesbia by Catullus, Morite Morite by Jalal al-Din Rumi, Ninna Nanna from Ligurian tradition, Vestire la tua pelle by Charlotte Delbo. Tracks: Petali Di Carne / Parabola / Carme / Ahava / Dato Al Mondo / Ninna Nanna / Il Giardino Degli Animali Eterni / Di Questo Amore Morite / Diluvio / Questa Terra / Vestire La Tua Pelle / Missive Archetipe / Video Track (for Computers Only) "Vestire La Tua Pelle"

Melech Mechaya Strange People

FY8216 885016821623 CD FELMAY £7.99 WORLD Inspired by the klezmer tradition, Melech Mechaya with its line-up of clarinet,

violin, guitar, double bass and percussion, enriches that legacy with a bunch of fresh compositions.

‘Strange People’ shows the maturity of the band and their compositional skills. The audacity and originality of the arrangements, the dialogue and interaction of the instruments, without any loss of freshness and vitality, give evidence of the high level of creativity and confidence that the band has reached. The album features collaborations with the composer and singer Amélia Muge, singer Jazzafari and Deolinda’s lyricist Pedro da Silva Martins. Tracks: Der Nayer Sher / Gente Estranha / Espirito Livre / Khosidi / Malapata / Dromedario / Sr. Xispo / Chegou A Hora / Querubim Barbudo / Deusa Das Calças Amarelas / Interlùdio / Gesundheit / Anachnu Ma'aminim / A Lenda Do Homem-Testa / Tudo Està Iluminado

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