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JAMES, ETTA	Etta James	LP	WAX LOVE	WLV 82140LP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/27/2020 Wax Love present a reissue of Etta James's self-titled album, originally released in 1962. After the huge success of the first two albums, At Last! (1961) and The Second Time Around (1961), Etta James in 1962 suddenly became the queen of soul music and this record, originally released on Argo Records, shored up her fame, paving the way to her ascent to stardom.

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COLTRANE, JOHN	Africa	LP	WAX LOVE	WLV 82142LP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/27/2020 "Recorded on June 24, 1958 at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, these sessions feature original compositions by Wilbur Harden (best known for his work with Yusef Lateef and John Coltrane) and hard-bop trombonist Curtis Fuller (best known for his work with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and appearance on the classic Blue Trane album).The 32-year-old John Coltrane had only just recorded Blue Trane a year earlier and it is interesting to hear his style beginning to stretch out, as he makes his musical transition from strict hard bop to the groundbreaking style that would become legendary the following year on Giant Steps, making Coltrane one of the biggest names in jazz."

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SANDERS, PHAROAH	Live in Paris (1975): Lost ORTF Recordings	LP	TRANSVERSALES DISQUES	TRANSVERS 015LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/20/2020 Transversales Disques presents Pharoah Sanders Live in Paris (1975). A never-before released ORTF recording performed live at studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris. First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the National Audiovisual Institute. Deluxe edition in classic Tip-On gatefold jacket, including exclusive liner notes and pictures. Mastered from the original master tapes.

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DAVIS, MILES	Kind Of Blue	LP	WAX LOVE	WLV 82137LP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/28/2020 Wax Love present a reissue of Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue, originally released in 1959. One the most beautiful and essential albums of all times. The 1959 Miles Davis masterpiece is one of those rare pieces of art beyond ages and genres. A must have for any musically sensitive human being on earth. Personnel: Miles Davis - trumpet; John Coltrane - tenor sax; Cannonball Adderley - alto sax; Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly - piano; Paul Chambers - bass; Jimmy Cobb - drums.

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DE LOOZE, BRAM	Colour Talk	CD	SDBAN ULTRA	SDBANU 013CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2020 Bram De Looze is a Belgian pianist and composer whose distinct musical vision has found its way through both solo projects and collaborations. His unique technical skill and musical maturity have earned him considerable critical acclaim back home -- from traditional classical piano music, to solo improvisations that have often been compared to Keith Jarrett and Jason Moran. Sdban Ultra release his highly anticipated new solo album, Colour Talk. De Looze made his entrance onto the national jazz scene with LABtrio, formed in 2007 with Anneleen Boehme and Lander Gyselinck, and he immediately impressed, flirting with urban jazz, electronics, and hip hop. After a period of studying abroad at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, where he studied with Uri Caine and Marc Copland, in 2014, De Looze launched the international septet, Septych, that once again stressed his affinity for jazz, classical music, and improvisation. Over the past few years, De Looze could frequently be heard with kindred spirits like Stéphane Galland, Dre Hocevar, and Antoine Pierre but it was a visit to the historical collection of pianofortes of Chris Maene that inspired De Looze to release his first solo album, Piano é Forte (2017). He would garner further acclaim working alongside fellow Belgian Robin Verheyen and American rhythm painter Joey Baron with whom he recorded MixMonk (2019), a tribute to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. The switch to the Chris Maene Straight Strung Grand Piano for Switch The Stream (2018) indicated a renewed search for movement, evolution, and introspection. His latest solo project Colour Talk, continues this trajectory with another revolutionary piano model, designed by lauded architect Rafael Viñoly, and a continued attempt to renew from within. On Colour Talk, what you hear is a musician who has freed himself from stylistic constraints and limitations. While still rooted in jazz, classical music, and free improvisation he has found a new balance, a coexistence that enables the pianist to express himself with a new vigor. Colour Talk is an ode to (re)invention in the grey zone were the classical idiom and improvisatory urges meet, with the 13-minute tour-de-force of "Hypnosis" as one of several undisputed highlights.

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GUANTINI, MASSIMO	Diapositive	LP	LONEOS EDITIONS	LON 002LP
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2020 Loneos present a reissue of Massimo Guantini's Diapositive, originally released in 1977. Beside the telluric year in pop music and culture, 1977 was still ranked as the future for Italian leftfield composers. Published by roman imprint Gemelli and credited to the elusive Massimo Guantini (none else than influential jazz player and composer Sandro Brugnolini), Diapositive is a fully cinematic journey in the realm of sci-fi and cool jazz. Fully produced at famous Roman Emmequattro Studios (home of many fascinating recordings by piano player Enrico Pieranunzi), the album is deeply rooted in the coolness of Italian libraries, showing an incredible musicianship. Fully adorned by a vibrant rhythm section, an acoustic piano, a clavinet, a Fender Rhodes, and proper "acid jazz" guitar-playing, this album will lift your mind and soul for good. 180 gram vinyl; obi; edition of 400.

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ABRAMS, MUHAL RICHARD	Celestial Birds	LP	KARLRECORDS	KR 070LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2020 The compilation Celestial Birds reveals and focuses on the widely unknown electronic compositions of the Association for the Advancement Of Creative Musicians (AACM) founder and jazz pianist, Muhal Richard Abrams. The fifth release in KarlRecords' Perihel Series, curated by zeitkratzer director, Reinhold Friedl. Anybody interested in jazz knows that Chicago has always been an impressive hot spot for new talents -- and still is. One essential landmark in the history and development of jazz was the founding of the AACM in May 1965. This non-profit organization was a melting pot (and starting point) for artists like Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, or Lester Bowie and his Art Ensemble of Chicago but one of its actual founding members is known only to the deep connoisseurs: Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017). The autodidact pianist and composer left music school and university, deciding to learn music by himself. From 1961 on, the Experimental Band was his first ensemble, but it soon turned out that Abrams's interests went beyond jazz and that he was open to the avant-garde and new music and most of all: electronic music. Which led to a double problem: On the one hand, black musicians had almost no access to the rare electronic music studios located in and funded by universities or broadcasting corporations. On the other hand, there were strong reservations regarding electronic music in the black music community. In his important book A Power Stranger Than Itself: The A.A.C.M. and American Experimental Music, (2007) George Lewis wrote that "the use of electronics . . . proved controversial and widely misunderstood in a world of jazz in which acoustic instruments became conflated with musical, and eventually, cultural and even racial authenticity." Abrams's response was to actually "hide" his electronic pieces on the B-sides of his albums, and this compilation focuses on some of his best electronic experiments: the 22-minute long epic "The Bird Song" from 1968 in its original version incl. the reverb that was removed on the later CD reissue on Delmark, the synthesizer compositions "Conversations With The Three Of Me" (1989) and "Think All, Focus One" (1995) plus "Spihumonesty" (1980) with a second synthesizer played by George Lewis and Yousef Yancey on theremin. Celestial Birds casts a new light on the underrated experimenter Muhal Richard Abrams, his innovative approach to composition and pieces that lay dormant for way too long. 180 gram vinyl; includes download code.

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LAST DREAM OF THE MORNING (BUTCHER/EDWARDS/SANDERS)	Crucial Anatomy	CD	TROST	TROST 196CD
$17.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2020 Last Dream Of The Morning is the new band from three UK masters of contemporary improvised music -- they released a trio CD under this title in 2017 (Relative Pitch), now choosing it for their band name for continuing activities. Crucial Anatomy is their follow-up album which was recorded live at Cafe Oto in 2018. Personnel: John Butcher - tenor and soprano saxophones; John Edwards - double bass; Mark Sanders - percussion. Recorded by Shaun Crook, live at Cafe Oto, London on August 8, 2018. Mixed and Mastered by John Butcher. "With players of this calibre -- all working at the very pinnacle of European improv -- it hardly matters: the level of rapport and collective virtuosity is astonishing." --Jazzwise

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DE LOOZE, BRAM	Colour Talk	LP	SDBAN ULTRA	SDBANU 013LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2020 LP version. Bram De Looze is a Belgian pianist and composer whose distinct musical vision has found its way through both solo projects and collaborations. His unique technical skill and musical maturity have earned him considerable critical acclaim back home -- from traditional classical piano music, to solo improvisations that have often been compared to Keith Jarrett and Jason Moran. Sdban Ultra release his highly anticipated new solo album, Colour Talk. De Looze made his entrance onto the national jazz scene with LABtrio, formed in 2007 with Anneleen Boehme and Lander Gyselinck, and he immediately impressed, flirting with urban jazz, electronics, and hip hop. After a period of studying abroad at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, where he studied with Uri Caine and Marc Copland, in 2014, De Looze launched the international septet, Septych, that once again stressed his affinity for jazz, classical music, and improvisation. Over the past few years, De Looze could frequently be heard with kindred spirits like Stéphane Galland, Dre Hocevar, and Antoine Pierre but it was a visit to the historical collection of pianofortes of Chris Maene that inspired De Looze to release his first solo album, Piano é Forte (2017). He would garner further acclaim working alongside fellow Belgian Robin Verheyen and American rhythm painter Joey Baron with whom he recorded MixMonk (2019), a tribute to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. The switch to the Chris Maene Straight Strung Grand Piano for Switch The Stream (2018) indicated a renewed search for movement, evolution, and introspection. His latest solo project Colour Talk, continues this trajectory with another revolutionary piano model, designed by lauded architect Rafael Viñoly, and a continued attempt to renew from within. On Colour Talk, what you hear is a musician who has freed himself from stylistic constraints and limitations. While still rooted in jazz, classical music, and free improvisation he has found a new balance, a coexistence that enables the pianist to express himself with a new vigor. Colour Talk is an ode to (re)invention in the grey zone were the classical idiom and improvisatory urges meet, with the 13-minute tour-de-force of "Hypnosis" as one of several undisputed highlights.

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MITCHELL WITH OSTRAVASKA BANDA, ROSCOE	Distant Radio Transmission	CD	WIDE HIVE RECORDS	WH 347CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/21/2020 "Roscoe Mitchell With Ostravaska Banda Performing Distant Radio Transmission Also Nonaah Trio, Cutouts For Woodwind Quintet, And 8.8.88 The first Piece 'Distant Radio Transmission' was first recorded as an improvisation by Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn, and Kikanju Baku in 2013 and released as the third composition on Roscoe Mitchell Conversations I (Wide Hive Records WH-0317). It was then transcribed by Stephen P. Harvey in 2016 with further Transcription and Orchestration of air sounds for Strings by John Ivers in 2017 and finally then fully Orchestrated by Roscoe Mitchell in 2017. Here it is performed in 2019 by Mr Mitchell on soprano saxophone and the influential Czech Orchestra Ostravaska Banda. 'Nonaah Trio' was recorded in Oregon with Roscoe Mitchell on soprano saxophone, Dana Reason on piano, John C Savage on flute, and Catherine Lee D. Mus on oboe. 'Cutouts for Woodwind Quintet' was rewritten for five instruments by Mr. Mitchell in 2019 and recorded in New York before his Park Avenue Armory performance in March of 2019. August 8, 1988 Roscoe wrote three compositions for piano intended for the great concert pianist Mr. Joseph Kubera. Since this work was not subject to the constraints associated with commissioned work Roscoe spent ten years finalizing the first movement. In 1998 The Mutable Music Foundation commissioned the composition's remaining movements. 8/8/88 consists of three sections. The first movement is 35 measures long, divided asymmetrically into uncommon time signatures such as 15/8, 11/8, 17/8 etc. The second movement has 17 measures and the third movement 44 measures. Here it is performed on a disklavier by Seth Horvitz."

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SNEKKESTAD/FERNANDEZ/GUY	The Swiftest Traveler	LP	TROST	TROST 187LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 LP version. An exciting new international trio initiated by Scandinavian saxophonist Torben Snekkestad, accompanied by two esteemed international players in the field of improvised music: the Spanish pianist, Agustí Fernández, and the British double bass player, Barry Guy. The music they create together is situated somewhere between free improvisation, free jazz, and contemporary classical music and it's executed with lightning fast interaction and explorative, innovative sounds and textures. Personnel: Torben Snekkestad - tenor and soprano sax, trumpet, clarinet; Agusti Fernández - piano; Barry Guy - double bass. Cover design by Lasse Marhaug. Recorded at "LOFT" in Cologne, June 2018 by Stefan Deistler. Mixed and mastered by John Fomsgaard at Karmacrew.

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LABORATORIO DELLA QUERCIA	Laboratorio Della Quercia	2LP	ALTERNATIVE FOX	FOX 023LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Alternative Fox present a reissue of Laboratorio Della Quercia's self-titled released, originally released in 1979. In the summer of 1978, an ambitious twelve-day experimental jazz project was undertaken at the ancient amphitheater, Tasso della Quercia, on the slopes of Rome's Gianicolo Hill. The idea was to assemble the leading players from Italy's avant-garde jazz scene, revolving around members of Grande Elenco Musicisti (or GEM), such as saxophonists Tommaso Vittorini, Eugenio Colombo, and Maurizio Giammarco, trumpeter Alberto Corvini and trombonist/composer Danilo Terenzi, together with visiting American players such as saxophonists Steve Lacy, Steve Potts, and Evan Parker, trombonist Roswell Rudd, pianist Frederick Rzewski, and drummer Noel McGhee, among others. Different group configurations were enacted each day and the final gala concert formed the basis of this super rare and highly playful double album, which captures the delightfully messy proceedings. In keeping with the openness of the Roman jazz scene of the day, the project sought to push the boundaries, aiming to break big-band traditions whilst still emphasizing the collective nature of the experience. Enrico Rava's opening "Tromblues" emphasizes the disparate approaches of these trans-Atlantic teams and Terenzi's "Dialogando" uses dual trombones to heighten musical discord; in mutated big-band mode, Giammarco's thrillingly complex "Vortex Waltz", and Vittorini's "La Legge E Uguale Per Tutti" both speak to the limitless potential that the project was aiming for.

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VA	The Jazzy Side Of Porgy & Bess	CD	DELTA	D 10017CD
$10.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Porgy & Bess is the opera by the US-American composer George Gershwin, and tells the story of Porgy, a disabled black street-beggar living in the slums of Charleston. It deals with his attempts to rescue Bess from the clutches of Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and Sportin' Life, her drug dealer. Porgy & Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935. It was adapted as a film in 1959. Some of the songs in the opera, such as "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necessarily So", became popular and frequently recorded songs. The Jazzy Side Of Porgy & Bess presents crucial recordings by the biggest names and finest artists in jazz like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Miles Davis & Gil Evans, Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong, André Previn, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Potts, Grant Green, and more in an over 72 minutes adventure not to be missed!

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BAKER/PIERO UMILIANI, CHET	Italian Movies	LP	SURVIVAL RESEARCH	SVVRCH 011LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Italian film composer Piero Umiliani began working with the trumpeter and actor Chet Baker during the late 1950s. Of part Norwegian and Anglo-Saxon origins, Chesney Henry Baker Jr. was born into a musical family in the small town of Yale, Oklahoma in 1929. After singing in the local church choir, he began playing trombone but soon switched to the smaller and more manageable trumpet. He joined the US Army just after the end of World War II and played in the 298th Army Band while stationed in Berlin and began studying music theory at El Camino College in Los Angeles, following his discharge, but re-enlisted to play in the Sixth Army Band while stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco. Out of the Army for good in 1951, he played with saxophonists Vido Musso and Stan Getz before joining Charlie Parker for a series of West Coast live dates. He then joined the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, becoming a mainstay of the Los Angeles jazz scene, until Mulligan's drug bust forced Baker to form a quartet of his own. Chet Baker & Strings (WLV 82069LP) was issued by Columbia in 1954 and he began recording for Pacific Jazz the following year; cast in the film Hell's Horizon (1955), Baker turned down a Hollywood studio contact to travel to Europe, touring the continent for eight months, which resulted in the album Chet Baker In Europe. Heroin became a significant part of the picture in this era and when he began working with the arranger and conductor Ezio Leoni (aka Len Mercer) in Milan in 1959, Baker was arrested for drugs and jailed in Pisa, temporarily disrupting the proceedings. Baker and Umiliani first joined forces in 1958 for the crime film I Soliti Ignoti (AKA Big Deal on Madonna Street, Persons Unknown or Le Pigeon), reportedly the first instance of jazz being used for an Italian comedy film; Il Paradiso dell'Uomo and Smog (FOX 010LP) followed. Italian Movies draws from the best of Baker and Umiliani's cinematic collaborations, the atmospheric compositions backed by a group of session players centered on drummer Ralf Ferraro, acoustic bassist Berto Pisano, guitarist Enzo Grillini, tenor saxophonist Livio Cervellieri, and Franco Ciari on vibraphone, along with Baker's expressive trumpet leads and composer Umiliani on piano.

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JAMAN	Sweet Heritage	LP	MAD ABOUT RECORDS	MAR 021LP
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Mad About Records present a reissue of Jaman's Sweet Heritage, originally released in 1974. Rare private press jazz-funk with breaks and some spiritual influences reminiscent of Brother Ahh at times. They cover Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" plus play originals that include "Sweet Heritage", "Free Will", "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)", "Serene Beauty", and "In The Fall Of The Year". This is a beautiful sounding record with elements of straight jazz, soul/jazz, and some funky stuff including some free and Afrocentric influences. The main man is Jaman himself (J.E. Manuel) on keyboards, who in the past had worked with R&B bands and many people in the jazz world (Turrentines, Earl Bostic, Sonny Stitt, Joe Farrell, Lenny Welch, Ethel Ennis). Rare private press jazz-funk. Monster '70s spiritual jazz-funk with funky Fender Rhodes. Thick cover; obi; deluxe, numbered limited edition.

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SNEKKESTAD/FERNANDEZ/GUY	The Swiftest Traveler	CD	TROST	TROST 187CD
$17.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 An exciting new international trio initiated by Scandinavian saxophonist Torben Snekkestad, accompanied by two esteemed international players in the field of improvised music: the Spanish pianist, Agustí Fernández, and the British double bass player, Barry Guy. The music they create together is situated somewhere between free improvisation, free jazz, and contemporary classical music and it's executed with lightning fast interaction and explorative, innovative sounds and textures. Personnel: Torben Snekkestad - tenor and soprano sax, trumpet, clarinet; Agusti Fernández - piano; Barry Guy - double bass. Cover design by Lasse Marhaug. Recorded at "LOFT" in Cologne, June 2018 by Stefan Deistler. Mixed and mastered by John Fomsgaard at Karmacrew.

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SYNCRO JAZZ	Live	LP	MAD ABOUT RECORDS	MAR 020LP
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Mad About Records present the first worldwide reissue of Syncro Jazz's Live, originally released in 1982. Recorded Live at S. Paulo in 1982 it was originally issued on Amado Maita's small indie label in the 80s called Poitou. Featuring one of the best Brazilian sax players, the legendary Nestico and his sister composer, piano player Lilu Aguiar. Nestico joined several jazz ensembles in São Paulo, having participated in 1977 in the first Jazz festival held at the Municipal Theater, alongside the musicians Samuel (piano), Nilson (bass), and Caram (drums). He performed several times in São Paulo with Syncro Jazz group. In 1982, with the ensemble he released the LP Live, along with the musicians Lilu Aguiar (piano), Peter Wooley (bass), Vidal (sax, flute), Dagmar (trumpet), and Ronny Machado (drums). In the repertoire, the songs "Pro César", dedicated to pianist César Camargo Mariano, "Winter Knows" and "Black Cock", all by Lilu Aguiar, "For Guzi" (Peter Wooley), "Cruzan" (M. Santamaria) and "Revelation" (S. Fortune). The LP contains amazing Fender Rhodes solos in a heavy modal spiritual and bossa jazz a la Strata-East and Black Jazz Records. Rare Brazilian spiritual jazz. Legendary sessions produced by Amado Maita. Reissued from the original master tapes. Thick cover; obi; deluxe, numbered limited edition.

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HYMAN/MARY MAYO, DICK	Moon Gas	LP	ALTERNATIVE FOX	FOX 025LP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Alternative Fox preset a reissue of Dick Hyman and Mary Mayo's Moon Gas, originally released in 1963. Adventurous keyboardist and arranger Dick Hyman worked in radio, film, and television before making a name for himself as a jazz pianist in the mid-1950s with a hugely popular harpsichord rendition of "Mack The Knife". An early experimenter with electronic instruments, including the Moog, his 1963 rarity Moon Gas, produced by Creed Taylor and recorded with Sinatra sidekick and Broadway musical mainstay Mary Mayo, was conceived as "a glimpse of the possible sounds of the 22nd Century". Blasting lounge music and love ballads into the nether regions of outer space, Moon Gas pitted Hyman's organ, mini-organ, and piano riffs against Mayo's ethereal voice -- sometimes singing wordlessly, other times with actual lyrics -- atop a tight studio ensemble, the sounds made more otherworldly through the use of an ondioline, a martinot, oscillators, and Vinnie Bell's customized guitar, which allowed for individualized sound effects. Although improvised opener "Moon Gas" sounds pleasantly jazzy, "Maid Of The Moon" and "Space Reflex" reach the cosmos and there's a one-off rendition of João Gilberto's "Desafinado" too, delivered with skill in Portuguese.

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GIULIANI, ROSARIO	Love in Translation	CD	VIA VENETO JAZZ	VVJ 133CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 Love in Translation marks the return (under the Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz label) of an exciting collaboration between two protagonists of the international jazz scene which started twenty years ago at Umbria Jazz: Italian sax player Rosario Giuliani and US vibraphonist Joe Locke. Coming from different countries and with fairly distinct temperaments, these two artists have cultivated a vibrant and colorful musical style and are definitely bringing something new. They are accompanied by two other renowned artists, bassist Dario Deidda and drummer Roberto Gatto. With this intense and sophisticated album, Rosario and Joe celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their alchemical partnership and friendship. As the album's title itself suggests, Love in Translation is centered around the theme of love, the most powerful and enigmatic emotion. Among the famous standards contained are "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" by Charles Mingus, "Love Letters" by Victor Young and Edward Heyman, and "Can't Help Falling in Love" of Elvis Presley's repertoire. It includes creative and warm original songs as well as tributes to two remarkable musicians: "Raise Heaven" which Joe Locke dedicates to Roy Hargrove and "Tamburo" by Rosario Giuliani to Marco Tamburini. An entrancing, lavish album embodying overwhelming emotions yet with freshness, and which is sure to be a 2020 highlight. Also features compositions by Charles Trenet and Léo Chauliac, Weiss/Peretti/Creatore, and Cole Porter.

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VA	Portraits In Jazz	5CD	PORTRAITS	TRAIT 3769CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 A collection of classic recordings from the brightest stars in jazz. Five-CD collection featuring a disc of material each from: Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk. Charles Mingus recordings are featured on the albums: Pithecantropus Erectus (1956), East Coasting (1957), Blues And Roots (1959), Ah Um (1959), Oh Yeah (1961), and Mingus Dinasty (1959). Bill Evans recordings are featured on the albums: Portrait In Jazz (1960), Explorations (1961), Sunday At The Village Vanguard (1961), and Waltz For Debby (1962). Nina Simone recordings are featured on the albums: Nina Simone at Town Hall (1959), The Amazing Nina Simone (1959), Nina Simone at Newport (1960), Forbidden Fruit (1961), Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962), At the Village Gate (1962). John Coltrane recordings are featured on the albums: Giant Steps (1960), Coltrane Plays The Blues (1960), My Favourite Things (1961), and Olè Coltrane (1961). Thelonious Monk recordings are featured on the albums: Thelonious Monk Trio (1954), Monk's Music (1957), Brilliant Corners (1957), Misterioso (1958), and Thelonious Himself (1957).

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COLTRANE, ALICE	Africa, Live At The Carnegie Hall 1971	LP	ALTERNATIVE FOX	FOX 026LP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2020 The musician and spiritual seeker Alice Coltrane was much more than just John Coltrane's second wife. One of the few harpists to feature prominently in jazz, she was also a renowned pianist and composer and her interest in spiritual matters greatly helped steer her husband deeper into Krishna consciousness, which had significant bearing on his music, most notably evident on A Love Supreme (1965). This mesmerizing performance, held at Carnegie Hall four years after John's untimely passing as part of a benefit event for Swami Satchidananda's Integral Yoga Institute, comprised a stunning and largely improvised rendition of Coltrane's "Africa," with Alice's subtle piano and harp expressions excellently framed by the wailing saxes of Pharaoh Sanders and Archie Shepp, Cecil McBee and Jimmy Garrison trading non-standard bass lines, a dual drum onslaught from Clifford Jarvis and Ed Blackwell, along with members of the Institute on harmonium and tamboura.

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OSLENDER, SIMON	About Time	2LP	LEOPARD	D 78076LP
$25.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/7/2020 Double LP version. Debut album for Germany's shooting star on the keyboards, Simon Oslender. A mature feeling for time and how to use it in the right way, when to strike a note or a chord and -- even more importantly --when to refrain from doing so. The usage of rests and space as a creative, dramatic element. All this is usually expected from top-level musicians, qualities that -- and this seems to be the consensus --develop over the years and need a large amount of performance practice; in short: they are a result of "age". But sometimes this does not happen. We all know the sayings: "feeling" -- you either have got it or you don't; or: virtuoso but without any feeling; or: lots of feeling but technically rather inexperienced. Considering his youthful age, it might come as a surprise that Simon Oslender already combines all these qualities in his performance. The 21-year-old Oslender, a steady member of Wolfgang Haffner & Band and Bill Evans & Spykillers, shows his talent on this incredible good debut album. Beside his regular band members Bruno Müller (guitar), Hanno Busch (guitar), Claus Fischer (bass), Hendrik Smock (drums), and Roland Peil (percussion), this album features Wolfgang Haffner on drums, Bill Evans on saxophone, Randy Brecker on trumpet, and the very special guests Cosmo Klein and Peter Fessler on vocals. Great grooves and melodies combined with a soulful playing -- it's about time for Simon Oslender. Also features Christopher Dell.

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OSLENDER, SIMON	About Time	CD	LEOPARD	D 77076CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/7/2020 Debut album for Germany's shooting star on the keyboards, Simon Oslender. A mature feeling for time and how to use it in the right way, when to strike a note or a chord and -- even more importantly --when to refrain from doing so. The usage of rests and space as a creative, dramatic element. All this is usually expected from top-level musicians, qualities that -- and this seems to be the consensus --develop over the years and need a large amount of performance practice; in short: they are a result of "age". But sometimes this does not happen. We all know the sayings: "feeling" -- you either have got it or you don't; or: virtuoso but without any feeling; or: lots of feeling but technically rather inexperienced. Considering his youthful age, it might come as a surprise that Simon Oslender already combines all these qualities in his performance. The 21-year-old Oslender, a steady member of Wolfgang Haffner & Band and Bill Evans & Spykillers, shows his talent on this incredible good debut album. Beside his regular band members Bruno Müller (guitar), Hanno Busch (guitar), Claus Fischer (bass), Hendrik Smock (drums), and Roland Peil (percussion), this album features Wolfgang Haffner on drums, Bill Evans on saxophone, Randy Brecker on trumpet, and the very special guests Cosmo Klein and Peter Fessler on vocals. Great grooves and melodies combined with a soulful playing -- it's about time for Simon Oslender. Also features Christopher Dell.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
THOLLEM/PARKER/CLINE	Gowanus Sessions II	LP	ESP-DISK	ESPDISK 5038LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2020 LP version. Gowanus Session II was seven years in the planning. Thollem McDonas, Nels Cline, and William Parker convened at Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn on January 3rd, 2012 and recorded two complete albums. The first was Gowanus Session I, released by Porter Records in April of 2012. GS II was put aside to eventually complete the five-album palindromic cycle of trio albums Nels and Thollem ambitiously set out to realize. The albums in between include Radical Empathy with Michael Wimberly (Relative Pitch, 2015), Molecular Affinity with Pauline Oliveros (ROAR 042LP, 2016), and Reality and Other Imaginary Places, with Michael Wimberly (ESPDISK 5035CD/LP, 2019). William Parker debuted on ESP-Disk' in the mid-70s on Frank Lowe's classic album Black Beings (ESPDISK 3013CD) and has returned to the label this decade on the Black Beings sequel, The Loweski (ESPDISK 4066CD) and with Mat Walerian's group Toxic (ESPDISK 5011CD, 2017) and in a quartet with Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, and Bobby Kapp (ESPDISK 5036CD, 2019), while being highly prolific as a leader, notably with a series of brilliant albums on AUM Fidelity. Nels Cline has spent decades changing people's ideas about the role of the electric guitar in multiple contexts, ranging from Wilco to Anthony Braxton (think about that!) as well as many projects as a leader, earning a spot on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists list. Thollem is a perpetually traveling pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author, and teacher. He's spent most of his adult life living on the road throughout North America and Europe. His work is ever-changing, evolving and responding to the times and his experiences, both as a soloist and in collaboration with hundreds of artists across idioms and disciplines. Thollem is known internationally as an acoustic piano player in the free jazz and post-classical worlds, as the lead vocalist for the Italian agit-punk band Tsigoti, and as an electronic keyboardist through a multitude of projects. Personnel: William Parker - bass; Nels Cline - electric guitar/effects; Thollem McDonas - piano. All compositions by Thollem McDonas, William Parker, Nels Cline.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
THOLLEM/PARKER/CLINE	Gowanus Sessions II	CD	ESP-DISK	ESPDISK 5038CD
$12.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2020 Gowanus Session II was seven years in the planning. Thollem McDonas, Nels Cline, and William Parker convened at Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn on January 3rd, 2012 and recorded two complete albums. The first was Gowanus Session I, released by Porter Records in April of 2012. GS II was put aside to eventually complete the five-album palindromic cycle of trio albums Nels and Thollem ambitiously set out to realize. The albums in between include Radical Empathy with Michael Wimberly (Relative Pitch, 2015), Molecular Affinity with Pauline Oliveros (ROAR 042LP, 2016), and Reality and Other Imaginary Places, with Michael Wimberly (ESPDISK 5035CD/LP, 2019). William Parker debuted on ESP-Disk' in the mid-70s on Frank Lowe's classic album Black Beings (ESPDISK 3013CD) and has returned to the label this decade on the Black Beings sequel, The Loweski (ESPDISK 4066CD) and with Mat Walerian's group Toxic (ESPDISK 5011CD, 2017) and in a quartet with Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, and Bobby Kapp (ESPDISK 5036CD, 2019), while being highly prolific as a leader, notably with a series of brilliant albums on AUM Fidelity. Nels Cline has spent decades changing people's ideas about the role of the electric guitar in multiple contexts, ranging from Wilco to Anthony Braxton (think about that!) as well as many projects as a leader, earning a spot on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists list. Thollem is a perpetually traveling pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author, and teacher. He's spent most of his adult life living on the road throughout North America and Europe. His work is ever-changing, evolving and responding to the times and his experiences, both as a soloist and in collaboration with hundreds of artists across idioms and disciplines. Thollem is known internationally as an acoustic piano player in the free jazz and post-classical worlds, as the lead vocalist for the Italian agit-punk band Tsigoti, and as an electronic keyboardist through a multitude of projects. Personnel: William Parker - bass; Nels Cline - electric guitar/effects; Thollem McDonas - piano. All compositions by Thollem McDonas, William Parker, Nels Cline.

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