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Cat. No.: 173 3732 |
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FEATURING MICHAEL BUBLÉ!
TRACK LISTING 1 A Tisket A Tasket - Natalie Cole 2 Lullaby Of Birdland - Chaka Khan 3 The Lady Is A Tramp - Queen Latifah 4 Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Diana Krall 5 (You'll Have To Swing It) Mr. Paganini - Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan 6 Oh Lady Be Good - Dianne Reeves 7 Reaching For The Moon - Lizz Wright 8 Blues In The Night - Ledisi 9 Miss Otis Regrets - Linda Ronstadt 10 Someone To Watch Over Me - Gladys Knight 11 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Etta James 12 Angel Eyes - k.d. lang 13 Too Close For Comfort - Michael Buble 14 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Live (1977/New Orleans) - Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder 15 Cotton Tail - Dee Dee Bridgewater 16 Airmail Special - Nikki Yanovsky
A star-studded album from legendary Producer, Phil Ramone, pays tribute to one of the most celebrated female vocalists of all time, Ella Fitzgerald. The album features tracks performed by Dianne Reeves, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, K.D. Lang, Queen Latifah, Lizz Wright, Etta James, Gladys Knight and many more... The release of this album will signal the start of a celebration of Ella Fitzgerald catalogue with many titles to be re-released and re-profiled. |
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Cat. No.: 1726351 |
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TRACK LISTING 1 The Mean Time 2 Five Months from Midnight 3 Anagram 4 Tumbleweed 5 When Can I Kiss You Again? 6 Cardinal Rule 7 Half Moon Lane 8 Loose Threads 9 Pilgrimage
Next to John Coltrane, Michael Brecker - a 13-time GRAMMY winner in a career that spans more than three decades - is unquestionably the most influential tenor player in the history of jazz. As a result of his stylistic and harmonic innovations, he is the most studied contemporary jazz musician in music schools throughout the world today. Sadly, after a two-and-a-half-year battle with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and leukemia, Brecker passed away on January 13, 2007. While in the midst of his debilitating illness, however, Brecker persevered. His work in the studio at the time of his death includes some of the finest music he has ever recorded. Pilgrimage features the all-star lineup of pianists Herbie Hancock and Brad Mehldau, guitarist Pat Metheny, drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist John Patitucci. Pilgrimage, chronicles Brecker's final journey - one in which the music itself served as a sustaining force. Those present in the studio recall moments when the rigors of recording were so physically taxing - nearly to the point of collapse - for the leader whose health was compromised. In the end, it was Brecker's sheer will, and a dedication to completing the recording, that pushed him, his colleagues and the project as a whole across the finish line. While the artist himself may be gone, the passion of life burns in the recording that survives him. "Mike just left us some of the greatest music of his career - and of his life," says Metheny. "Mike's efforts to get his final message out to all of us - which is really what it is, a message - will go down as one of the great codas in modern music history. What happened in the studio during those few days in August is impossible to describe. It's one of the most amazing, powerful, unbelievable things that I - and all who were there - have ever experienced or will ever see." And yet, for all of the extraordinary moments that gave birth to Pilgrimage, this recording almost didn't happen. "There was the only the briefest of intervals in which this recording was possible, and in the end, Mike created the possibility," says Darryl Pitt, Brecker's longtime friend and manager. "We didn't know until the first day of rehearsal whether Mike would feel up to the task that lay before him - and we never knew what tomorrow would bring. Almost immediately following the sessions, Mike again became quite ill." As is often the case, the adversity working against the creator only makes the creation that much stronger and richer - and all the more sublime. Every one of the nine tracks composed by Brecker on Pilgrimage is a portrait of an artist at the peak of his creative powers. The album is the first in Brecker's stellar discography which consists solely of his original compositions. Each tune is compelling in this 75-minute set, and there are moments within each that are absolutely transcendent. |
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Cat. No.: 7230050 |
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TRACK LISTING If You Went Away Surrender Rio De Maio - with Ivan Lins Like A Lover Só Tinha De Ser Com Voc? So Many Stars - with Sergio Mendes Moon River Overjoyed Caminhos Cruzados - with Toots Thielemans A Time For Love
Renowned as one of the world's most beloved and accomplished song stylists and one of the highest touted female talents in jazz, Jane Monheit presents her debut release on Concord Records, Surrender ; a showcase of more contemporary material than her previous outings and with a decidedly strong Brazilian undercurrent. For Monheit, Surrender also marks an artistic 'coming home' of sorts, since the evocatively intimate title track was penned by masterful composer, arranger and vocalist Peter Eldridge (of New York Voices and Four Brothers fame), Jane's first and only vocal coach, with whom she studied at the Manhattan School of Music while still in her teens. |
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Cat. No.: 723 0138 |
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KURT ELLING | Night Moves
TRACK LISTING 1 Nightmoves 2 Tight 3 Change Partners/If You Never Come To Me 4 Undun 5 Where Are You, My Love? 6 And We Will Fly 7 The Waking 8 The Sleepers 9 Leaving Again/In The Wee Small Hours - 10 A New Body And Soul 11 I Like The Sunrise
With seven Grammy nominations already to his credit, vocalist Kurt Elling has attained elite status in the jazz world before reaching the age of 40. Riding to international prominence on the strength of his critically acclaimed performances, the perennial poll-winner has become the voice of a new generation of jazz fans. On Nightmoves , his brilliant debut for Concord Records and seventh outing overall, Elling artfully blends his rich baritone voice with signature scatting and virtuosic vocalese in a wide-ranging repertoire of tunes associated with such greats as Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Irving Berlin, Betty Carter, Duke Ellington, Dexter Gordon and Keith Jarrett
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Cat. No.: 170 8231 |
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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 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. A concert tour with soul singer Joy Denelane followed, setting the stage for Brönner's biggest mainstream hit to date: 2004's That Summer, which reached number 16 on the German pop charts and made him the nation's biggest-selling jazz artist of all time. Two years later he re-emerged with the Larry Klein-produced Oceana, an all-star effort featuring contributions from singers spanning from Madeleine Peyroux to model Carla Bruni. |
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