The Music Pages | August 2007

Cat. No.: 171 6747
Barcode: 0602517167476
Label: Emarcy CD
Release Date: 4 August

JEF NEVE TRIO | Nobody is Illegal

TRACK LISTING

1 Airplane

2 Nothing But A Casablanca Turtle Slide-Show Dinner

3 Abschied

4 Astra

5 Nobody Is Illegal

6 Unprepared

7 Second Love

8 Goldfish

9 Together At Last

10 Until Now

11 Delayed

On his major label debut Nobody Is Illegal , Jef Neve's highly personal approach to the piano trio announces the arrival of a young musician of enormous promise who has the potential to become a major voice on the European jazz scene.Together with bassist Piet Verbist and drummer Teun Verbruggen they create music that is sharply focussed yet broad in its appeal.

Tracks such as "Nothing but a Casablanca Turtle Slideshow Dinner," "Second Love" or "Together at Last," reveal the group's youthful sense of adventure with improvisations that seem to grow organically from the thematic material at hand.

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Cat. No.: 530 0986
Barcode: 0600753009864
Label: Verve 2CD
Release Date: 25 August

ELLA FITZGERALD | LOUIS ARMSTRONG | Ultimate Duets

TRACK LISTING

CD 1

Can’t We Be Friends?

Isn’t This A Lovely Day?

Moonlight In Vermont

They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Under A Blanket Of Blue

Tenderly

A Foggy Day

Stars Fell On Alabama

Cheek To Cheek

The Nearness Of You

April In Paris

Don’t Be That Way

Makin’ Whoopie

They All Laughed

Comes Love

Autumn In New York

Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You?

CD 2

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)

Stompin’ At The Savoy

I Won’t Dance

Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off

These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You

I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

Willow Weep For Me

I’m Puttin’ All My Eggs In One Basket

A Fine Romance

Ill Wind

Love Is Here To Stay

I Get A Kick Out Of You

Learnin’ The Blues

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

It Ain’t Necessarily So

Ella and Louis. No last names are necessary, and no explanation for why this was a musical match made in heaven. There’s been nothing like it in vocal jazz since these memorable mid-1950s Verve recordings which showcased Ella’s plush voice and Louis’ deep rumble. Satin meets sandpaper. It was the perfect chemistry. Now collected together are their complete records, Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again, plus two duets from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and their 1950 classic, Dream A Little Dream Of Me. Nearly two hours and forty minutes of pure jazz heaven on one double album.

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Cat. No.: 312 1172
Barcode: 0013431211723
Label: Concord 2CD
Release Date: 11 August

SCOTT HAMILTON | From the Beginning

TRACK LISTING

CD1
( Originally released as Scott Hamilton Is A Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill )

1. That's All
2. Indiana
3. Stuffy

4. Exactly Like You
5. Ill Wind
6. Broadway
7. Blue Room
8. Sometimes I'm Happy

CD2

(Originally released as Scott Hamilton 2 )

1.    East Of The Sun
2.    There Is No Greater Love
3.    Rough Ridin'
4.    These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
5.    I Want To Be Happy
6.    Everything Happens To Me
7.    Love Me Or Leave Me
8.    Blues For The Players

9. The Very Thought Of You

10. It Could Happen To You

In 1977--at a time when most young jazz musicians were busy trying to emulate John Coltrane's "sheets of sound" or Miles Davis's fusion experiments--tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton emerged with his debut Concord Jazz release, launching the revival of swinging, mainstream jazz. While echoing the influences of swing-era masters such as Ben Webster, Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, as a young man in his early twenties, Scott Hamilton had already distilled these appealing essences through his own original voice. Concord Jazz is proud to make Hamilton's first two Concord recordings--' A Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill' and ' Scott Hamilton 2' -- available in this special 2-CD set.

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Cat. No.: 173 4686
Barcode: 0602517346864
Label: Verve CD
Release Date: 11 August

ETTA JAMES | Jazz

TRACK LISTING

1 Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)

2 Fool That I Am

3 Don't Get Around Much Anymore

4 Dream

5 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

6 Don't Take Your Love From Me

7 Don't Blame Me

8 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
9 Prisoner Of Love

10 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can He Be?)

11 Misty

12 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

Etta James: Jazz reflects some great singing - and the urban lush life aesthetic prominent in the era these were originally released. These are some of the songs that would carry Dinah Washington's torch up high as well as inspire ballad divas Esther Phillips and Aretha Franklin. These are pop standards couched in sophisticated, jazz-like orchestral arrangements (here mostly by the great Riley C. Hampton), embellished by and grounded in soul-gospel-blues-R&B textures and attitudes - a precursor to the crossover dreams of Motown, Stax and, later, Philadelphia International.

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Cat. No.: 173 4687
Barcode: 0602517346871
Label: Verve CD
Release Date: 11 August

JAMES BROWN | Jazz

TRACK LISTING

1 That's My Desire

2 After You're Through

3 Tengo Tango

4 Home At Last

5 All About My Girl

6 There

7 All The Way

8 Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
9 What Do You Like

10 Cottage For Sale

11 Go On Now

12 For Once In My Life

In celebrating the life of the late James Brown, the world has focused on an icon; he was one of the most recognizable faces and voices of our age, the performer of all performers. Amidst the grandeur it's easy to overlook the fact that James Brown was always about music: Long before he was anointed Godfather Of Soul, his childhood nickname was "Music Box." Beyond his native rhythm and blues, Brown appreciated everything from country music to the Gospels he sang as a youngster. As a teenager he developed a fondness for standards - songs that crossed the boundary between "race" music and "pop" music. As an adult, he loved jazz.

"I like Ahmad Jamal, [Dave] Brubeck," Brown told Down Beat 's Ira Gitler in 1968. "But then, if I want to hear a cat drive I like Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, [Brother Jack] McDuff, Jimmy McGriff; I like them because they're real soulful."

Over six decades of recording, Brown touched on jazz in a variety of projects - first, as an organist with his own hard swinging group; then a couple of vocal albums, one with a cocktail trio, another with Louis Bellson's big band. There's also JB's tribute to fellow King Records artist Little Willie John that fired up his jazz influences. Brown's own unit, arguably the most influential funk band ever, also introduced trumpeter Waymon Reed, trombonist Fred Wesley and saxophonists Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis and Maceo Parker, all of whom accumulated enviable jazz credentials. (Parker's rousing performance on "There" is thought to be his first recorded solo.) And they've been a model for countless jazz-funk outfits.

This compilation derives from a wide array of sources yet holds together cohesively; it's a testament to the common thread in all of Brown's records. "I'm not an organ player, that's for sure," he once admitted. "I just try to play soul, that's about all I can do. But that's the way I express me." - Alan Leeds

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Cat. No.: 170 8231
Barcode: 0602517082311
Label: Universal CD
Release Date: Available Now

TILL BONNER | Oceana

TRACK LISTING

1 Bumpin'

2 This Guy's In Love With You

3 Love Theme From Chinatown

4 In My Secret Life - featuring Carla Bruni

5 The Peacocks

6 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - featuring Madeleine Peyroux

7 Subrosa

8 Pra Dizer Adeus - featuring Luciana Souza

9 It Never Entered My Mind

10 River Man

11 Danny Boy

12 A Distant Episode

13 I'll Never Fall In Love Again

14 Tarde

Trumpeter and crooner Till Brönner was the most famous German jazz musician of his generation, updating traditional bebop sensibilities via elements of contemporary R&B and hip-hop.

Born in Viersen, Germany, on May 6, 1971, Brönner discovered the music of Charlie Parker at 13, and later studied jazz trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. After just three semesters, he turned professional as a member of pianist Horst Jankowski's RIAS-Tanzorchester.

In 1993 he cut his debut solo LP, Generations of Jazz, a traditional hard bop homage recorded with guests including bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton. The album won a number of awards, among them the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and the Preis der Deutschen Plattenindustrie.

With his third release, 1996's German Songs, Brönner arranged classic German film themes for jazz quartet and classical orchestra, anticipating the creative detours of sessions to follow. 1998's Love heralded his first release for the venerable Verve imprint as well as his debut as a singer, and two years later he issued Chattin with Chet, a project that cemented his growing debt to the American cool jazz legend Chet Baker.

After scoring the acclaimed 2001 feature Jazz Seen, a documentary spotlighting the influential photographer William Claxton, Brönner resurfaced a year later with the ambitious Blue Eyed Soul, a collaboration with Japanese DJ Samon Kawamura and soul vocalist Mark Murphy that embraced electronica idioms to update the trumpeter's sound into the postmodern era.

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	Cat. No.: 171 6747 Barcode: 0602517167476 Label: Emarcy CD Release Date: 4 August			JEF NEVE TRIO \| Nobody is Illegal TRACK LISTING 1 Airplane 2 Nothing But A Casablanca Turtle Slide-Show Dinner 3 Abschied 4 Astra 5 Nobody Is Illegal 6 Unprepared 7 Second Love 8 Goldfish 9 Together At Last 10 Until Now 11 Delayed On his major label debut Nobody Is Illegal , Jef Neve's highly personal approach to the piano trio announces the arrival of a young musician of enormous promise who has the potential to become a major voice on the European jazz scene.Together with bassist Piet Verbist and drummer Teun Verbruggen they create music that is sharply focussed yet broad in its appeal. Tracks such as "Nothing but a Casablanca Turtle Slideshow Dinner," "Second Love" or "Together at Last," reveal the group's youthful sense of adventure with improvisations that seem to grow organically from the thematic material at hand. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 530 0986 Barcode: 0600753009864 Label: Verve 2CD Release Date: 25 August			ELLA FITZGERALD \| LOUIS ARMSTRONG \| Ultimate Duets TRACK LISTING CD 1 Can’t We Be Friends? Isn’t This A Lovely Day? Moonlight In Vermont They Can’t Take That Away From Me Under A Blanket Of Blue Tenderly A Foggy Day Stars Fell On Alabama Cheek To Cheek The Nearness Of You April In Paris Don’t Be That Way Makin’ Whoopie They All Laughed Comes Love Autumn In New York Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You? CD 2 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) Stompin’ At The Savoy I Won’t Dance Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Willow Weep For Me I’m Puttin’ All My Eggs In One Basket A Fine Romance Ill Wind Love Is Here To Stay I Get A Kick Out Of You Learnin’ The Blues Dream A Little Dream Of Me Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) It Ain’t Necessarily So Ella and Louis. No last names are necessary, and no explanation for why this was a musical match made in heaven. There’s been nothing like it in vocal jazz since these memorable mid-1950s Verve recordings which showcased Ella’s plush voice and Louis’ deep rumble. Satin meets sandpaper. It was the perfect chemistry. Now collected together are their complete records, Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again, plus two duets from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and their 1950 classic, Dream A Little Dream Of Me. Nearly two hours and forty minutes of pure jazz heaven on one double album. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 312 1172 Barcode: 0013431211723 Label: Concord 2CD Release Date: 11 August			SCOTT HAMILTON \| From the Beginning TRACK LISTING CD1 ( Originally released as *Scott Hamilton Is A Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill* ) 1. That's All 2. Indiana 3. Stuffy 4. Exactly Like You 5. Ill Wind 6. Broadway 7. Blue Room 8. Sometimes I'm Happy CD2 (Originally released as *Scott Hamilton 2* ) 1. East Of The Sun 2. There Is No Greater Love 3. Rough Ridin' 4. These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You 5. I Want To Be Happy 6. Everything Happens To Me 7. Love Me Or Leave Me 8. Blues For The Players 9. The Very Thought Of You 10. It Could Happen To You In 1977--at a time when most young jazz musicians were busy trying to emulate John Coltrane's "sheets of sound" or Miles Davis's fusion experiments--tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton emerged with his debut Concord Jazz release, launching the revival of swinging, mainstream jazz. While echoing the influences of swing-era masters such as Ben Webster, Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, as a young man in his early twenties, Scott Hamilton had already distilled these appealing essences through his own original voice. Concord Jazz is proud to make Hamilton's first two Concord recordings--' A Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill' and ' Scott Hamilton 2' -- available in this special 2-CD set. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 173 4686 Barcode: 0602517346864 Label: Verve CD Release Date: 11 August			ETTA JAMES \| Jazz TRACK LISTING 1 Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time) 2 Fool That I Am 3 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 4 Dream 5 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 6 Don't Take Your Love From Me 7 Don't Blame Me 8 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 9 Prisoner Of Love 10 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can He Be?) 11 Misty 12 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Etta James: Jazz reflects some great singing - and the urban lush life aesthetic prominent in the era these were originally released. These are some of the songs that would carry Dinah Washington's torch up high as well as inspire ballad divas Esther Phillips and Aretha Franklin. These are pop standards couched in sophisticated, jazz-like orchestral arrangements (here mostly by the great Riley C. Hampton), embellished by and grounded in soul-gospel-blues-R&B textures and attitudes - a precursor to the crossover dreams of Motown, Stax and, later, Philadelphia International. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 173 4687 Barcode: 0602517346871 Label: Verve CD Release Date: 11 August			JAMES BROWN \| Jazz TRACK LISTING 1 That's My Desire 2 After You're Through 3 Tengo Tango 4 Home At Last 5 All About My Girl 6 There 7 All The Way 8 Why (Am I Treated So Bad) 9 What Do You Like 10 Cottage For Sale 11 Go On Now 12 For Once In My Life In celebrating the life of the late James Brown, the world has focused on an icon; he was one of the most recognizable faces and voices of our age, the performer of all performers. Amidst the grandeur it's easy to overlook the fact that James Brown was always about music: Long before he was anointed Godfather Of Soul, his childhood nickname was "Music Box." Beyond his native rhythm and blues, Brown appreciated everything from country music to the Gospels he sang as a youngster. As a teenager he developed a fondness for standards - songs that crossed the boundary between "race" music and "pop" music. As an adult, he loved jazz. "I like Ahmad Jamal, [Dave] Brubeck," Brown told Down Beat 's Ira Gitler in 1968. "But then, if I want to hear a cat drive I like Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, [Brother Jack] McDuff, Jimmy McGriff; I like them because they're real soulful." Over six decades of recording, Brown touched on jazz in a variety of projects - first, as an organist with his own hard swinging group; then a couple of vocal albums, one with a cocktail trio, another with Louis Bellson's big band. There's also JB's tribute to fellow King Records artist Little Willie John that fired up his jazz influences. Brown's own unit, arguably the most influential funk band ever, also introduced trumpeter Waymon Reed, trombonist Fred Wesley and saxophonists Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis and Maceo Parker, all of whom accumulated enviable jazz credentials. (Parker's rousing performance on "There" is thought to be his first recorded solo.) And they've been a model for countless jazz-funk outfits. This compilation derives from a wide array of sources yet holds together cohesively; it's a testament to the common thread in all of Brown's records. "I'm not an organ player, that's for sure," he once admitted. "I just try to play soul, that's about all I can do. But that's the way I express me." - Alan Leeds RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 170 8231 Barcode: 0602517082311 Label: Universal CD Release Date: Available Now			TILL BONNER \| Oceana TRACK LISTING 1 Bumpin' 2 This Guy's In Love With You 3 Love Theme From Chinatown 4 In My Secret Life - featuring Carla Bruni 5 The Peacocks 6 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - featuring Madeleine Peyroux 7 Subrosa 8 Pra Dizer Adeus - featuring Luciana Souza 9 It Never Entered My Mind 10 River Man 11 Danny Boy 12 A Distant Episode 13 I'll Never Fall In Love Again 14 Tarde Trumpeter and crooner Till Brönner was the most famous German jazz musician of his generation, updating traditional bebop sensibilities via elements of contemporary R&B and hip-hop. Born in Viersen, Germany, on May 6, 1971, Brönner discovered the music of Charlie Parker at 13, and later studied jazz trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. After just three semesters, he turned professional as a member of pianist Horst Jankowski's RIAS-Tanzorchester. In 1993 he cut his debut solo LP, Generations of Jazz, a traditional hard bop homage recorded with guests including bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton. The album won a number of awards, among them the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and the Preis der Deutschen Plattenindustrie. With his third release, 1996's German Songs, Brönner arranged classic German film themes for jazz quartet and classical orchestra, anticipating the creative detours of sessions to follow. 1998's Love heralded his first release for the venerable Verve imprint as well as his debut as a singer, and two years later he issued Chattin with Chet, a project that cemented his growing debt to the American cool jazz legend Chet Baker. After scoring the acclaimed 2001 feature Jazz Seen, a documentary spotlighting the influential photographer William Claxton, Brönner resurfaced a year later with the ambitious Blue Eyed Soul, a collaboration with Japanese DJ Samon Kawamura and soul vocalist Mark Murphy that embraced electronica idioms to update the trumpeter's sound into the postmodern era. RETURN TO THE TOP