TRACKLISTING
CD1 ... for After Work

1. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
2. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
3. If You Were A Song - Mark Sholtez
4. Bang Bang - Dizzy Gillespie
5. Going Out of My Head - Wes Montgomery
6. Spill The Wine - Jimmy Smith
7. True - Paul Anka
8. Straighten Up And Fly Right - Vince Jones
9. Lovely Day - Bill Withers
10. Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers
11. My One and All - Down to the Bone feat. Hil St. Soul
12. Video - India Arie
13. Cloud 9 - Leo Green
14. Crazy Love - Jeff Golub
15. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
16. Change The World - Gerald Albright
17. Don't You Worry About A Thing - Incognito
18. Para Don Berna - Bernie Williams
19. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones

CD2 ... for After Hours

1. Moonglow - Billie Holiday
2. Dreaming Wide Awake - Lizz Wright
3. Night Train - Oscar Peterson Trio
4. No More - Madeleine Peyroux
5. Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad - Matt Dusk
6. Nearness of You - Norah Jones
7. Let There Be Love - Laura Fygi
8. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Natalie Cole
9. Get Here - Oleta Adams
10. Me & Mrs Jones - Billy Paul
11. Spring in Manhattan - Mark Whitfield
12. Stormy Weather - Ella Fitzgerald
13. I'll Never Smile Again - Sarah Vaughan
14. Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
15. Where Is The Love - Mica Paris & Will Downing
16. Free - Deniece Williams
17. The Colour of the Day - Remy Shand
18. This House Is Empty Now - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
19. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Ultimate Smooth Jazz is a late night escape into the world of jazz. A seamless mix of old and new artists provide the perfect dinner or late night soundtrack. The album features artists such as Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan and Oscar Peterson next to the new breed of jazz artists such as Madeleine Peryoux, Lizz Wright and Matt Dusk, as well as the incredible new Australian talent, Mark Sholtez. Ultimate Smooth Jazz is a collection of timeless classics performed by the smoothest artists. It's jazz for your soul. SBS TV advertised

TRACKLISTING
Eye Of The Tiger
Jump
Everybody Hurts
Wonderwall
Black Hole Sun
It's My Life
It's a Sin
True
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Hello
Eyes Without A Face
Lovecats
The Way You Make Me Feel
Tears In Heaven

From his days spent with the Rat Pack in the 50's, Paul Anka continues to make timeless music. His new CD takes some of the most well known and popular rock tracks of the past 2 decades and re-worked as only Paul Anka can. Rock Swings proves exactly that... Rock can swing, and with Paul Anka at the helm, these track have taken on a new life in a style that you would never have thought you would hear them. Stand out tracks include Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Van Halen's "Jump" and Bon Jovi's "It's My Life".

TRACKLISTING
1. Love Me For The Cool
2. If You Were A Song
3. All I Want Is You
4. Dream About You
5. Not What I'll Be Missin'
6. Home By Now
7. Melita
8. Wanting You
9. Complicated Woman
10. Falling
11. One More Kiss
12. Deeper

Mark Sholtez is the first Australian artist to be released on the prestigious jazz label, Verve. Produced by the world-renowned Tommy LiPuma, Mark Sholtez's debut album, Real Street , is released in April this year. Although Real Street is his first album, Mark Sholtez is already well on his way to becoming a musical presence in Australia. He has built a busy and versatile career as a live act having  recently toured with Madeleine Peyroux, Diana Krall and Missy Higgins and is touring with Jamie Cullum on his upcoming tour. His distinctive blend of youthful energy, urbane lyrical savvy and contagious melody elevates an impressive assortment of material that ranges from tongue-in-cheek humour to breezy rhythms to heartfelt romanticism. Visit www.marksholtez.com for more information

Marketing Highlights
2 week Free to air/ Cable and SBS TV Advertising campaign commencing April 2
Pages Online Full page ad/feature
Music Network Insert and Full page ad
The MAG Half page ad
The Edge Half page ad
Limelight half page ad
½ page ad in Rhythms Magazine
2 week East Coast Café Poster run
Avantcard postcard run
Catalogue advertising
Extensive retail activity and POS material
Instore play competition
Co promotion with Volkswagen
David Jones Wine Club promotion - free sampler distributed with orders in March
Roses Only Valentines Day promotion - 10,000 samplers distributed with Roses orders.
Extensive promotion and publicity plan
Performing on Sunrise April 3
MRR Heritage network Radio advertising campaign
Extensive online campaign

The catholics are one of Australia's most distinguished contemporary groups, and after 15 years on the scene, are virtually an institution in Australian music. Known for their infectious melding of jazz cred with exuberant dance rhythms of the world, they take a more atmospheric approach on Gondola, their fifth album, which looks more to contemporary European influences, without losing their trademark accessibility.

Their leader, composer and bassist, Lloyd Swanton, is best known across Australia and internationally for his work with improvising legends The Necks, but he also appears on over 70 albums for artists including Vince Jones, Wendy Matthews, and boasts production and playing credits on numerous Bernie McGann ARIA Award-winning albums. With The catholics he assembled some of the best musicians in Australia from a wide spectrum of musical backgrounds to produce one of the freshest-sounding new acts in a long time.

Throughout The catholics' beautifully crafted and instantly accessible pieces runs a strong, seductive dance strain found in the band's various African, Caribbean, Latin and Eastern influences.

This 7-piece ensemble is one of Australia's most popular jazz acts and has performed across the country countless times to great response. They have won a Mo Award for Best Jazz Group, and three of their acclaimed albums have been nominated for ARIA Awards.

The catholics have made big waves outside of their home country too, with releases of several of their albums in North America to critical acclaim. The European release of their album Simple earned them a nomination for the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik Award. Overseas performances have included tours of Canada, Europe, and concerts in Thailand as part of the King of Thailand's Silver Jubilee celebrations.

By taking the catchiness of pop music, and combining it with indisputably authoritative jazz blowing and infectious dance rhythms of the world, The catholics are creating a rare thing indeed - a sound with an instant appeal, physical excitement, passion, and critical credibility.

Says Swanton: "The bottom line for me is that people who come to see a catholics show can enjoy us intellectually or emotionally, or they can just get up and dance."

On their fifth album Gondola however, The catholics take a more atmospheric approach which looks more to contemporary European influences, without losing their trademark accessibility. Swanton says: "although we're best known for our joyful groove stuff, this is actually an area that's always been present in the band's collective personality, and I decided it was high time to craft an entire album of pieces in that style. I think we've created a truly exquisite, pristine album, and it will turn a few heads among fans that weren't aware of this side of our personality.

"Gondola had its genesis in an extended period of workshopping in St Scholastica's Chapel, Glebe, NSW. The acoustic in the chapel is stunningly beautiful. You can feel it through your whole body immediately on entering the space. Notes hang in the air like strands of spider webs. An acoustic like this profoundly affects the performance of music within it, and I think listeners will instantly hear the influence of this time on Gondola."

Intriguingly combining traces of the ECM sound, Jon Hassell, Ry Cooder and others in a thoroughly unique way, Gondola shows that after fifteen years at it, The catholics are still pointing the way forward.