April's newest feature the several fine selections below, including the most recent in the Roberto's Winds Masterclass series, from legendary sax player
Chris Potter. We also have the below new
Chet Baker live DVD and a wonderful compilation of
Mahalia Jackson short performances.
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
is the latest in the thus far 8 volumes of the Masters of American Music re-issue series, which also includes
The World According to John Coltrane,
Thelonious Monk: American Composer,
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker,
Lady Day: the Many Faces of Billie Holiday,
The Story of Jazz, and films featuring
Count Basie and
Sarah Vaughan.
Other highlights include the
Ultimate Drummer's Workout and a brand new live DVD from
Incognito, celebrating their 30th anniversary.
ALL APRIL 2010 DVDs
ALL MARCH 2010 DVDs
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CHET BAKER: IN A MELLOW MOOD
During his long and sometimes tragic career, Chet Baker came to epitomize cool jazz. In this 1985 performance, which also features Red Mitchell and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse,
he allows a rare, insightful glimpse into the artistry that propelled him to fame. As a trumpet player of mythic proportions and a singer with an
extraordinarily sensitive vocal style, Chet Baker gave the world some of the best music put on record. Even today, his sound still has the ability to mystify and enthrall.
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CHRIS POTTER MASTERCLASS
Here's the newest in the Masterclass DVD Series from Roberto's Winds! As Mr. Potter says himself:
"A lot of times I'm working on sound-just sound and articulation. I think I've spent a lot of time on this because this is the first thing people hear.
They just hear the SOUND of the horn. It's a life-long thing. As much as there is to learn about harmony and rhythm and form, there's at least as much to learn about sound and how to get from one note to the next."
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BLUESLAND: A PORTRAIT IN AMERICAN MUSIC
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music explores the blues, with all its poetic irony and sly humor, its eroticism and timeless power.
A uniquely creative and highly visual look at American blues, Bluesland travels the expansive landscape of the music, tracing its roots from the beginning of the 20th century
through the Mississippi Delta to Louisiana, Texas, Kansas City and Chicago. Some artists making appearances in Bluesland: A Portrait of American Music are Bessie Smith, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Son House, Jimmy Rushing, Dinah Washington, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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GOSPEL CALLING: MAHALIA JACKSON SINGS
Available for the first time in this special, two-disc collector's set is the complete collection of Mahalia Jackson Sings, 58 live short performances which aired on NBC in the early '60s. Includes such hits as 'You'll Never Walk Alone,' 'The Lord's Prayer.' 'Go Tell it on the Mountain,' 'Throw Out the Lifeline,' 'Down by the Riverside' and 'When the Saints Go Marching in.'
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We now have many of the Venus CDs which have been issued in the last year either in stock or readily available. The highlights are below.
These discs are available in limited quantities, so we encourage everyone to act quickly if you see something you like!
ALL APRIL 2010 CDs
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LAZY AFTERNOON: GENTLE BALLADS 4 - ERIC ALEXANDER
The Eric Alexander quartet, recorded at The Avatar Studio in New York on August 12, 2008.
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STAR DUST - NY TRIO WITH KEN PEPLOWSKI
Bill Charlap and the NY Trio with Ken Peplowski, Recorded at The Avatar Studio in New York on June 19 & 20, 2008.
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CHIM CHIM CHEREE - ERIC ALEXANDER
The Eric Alexander quartet with Harold Mabern, recorded at The Avatar Studio in New York on October 3, 2009.
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WITH A SONG IN MY HEART - KENNY WERNER
The Kenny Werner Trio featuring Ari Hoenig, recorded at The Studio in New York on September 6 & 7, 2007.
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PORTRAITS OF LOVE - EDDIE HIGGINS
The Eddie Higgins Trio recorded at The Clinton Studio "A" in New York on November 6 & 7, 2008.
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STANDARDS BY REQUEST: 1ST DAY - EDDIE HIGGINS
Eddie Higgins recorded solo at The Audio City Studio in Tokyo on August 29 & 30, 2008. 2nd Day also available, catalog number VHCD-1015.
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BODY AND SOUL - GIANNI BASSO AND RENATO SELLANI
Gianni Basso and Renato Sellani recorded at Fonoprint Studio in Bologna on May 24 & 25, 2008.
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BEATLES IN JAZZ - JOHN DI MARTINO
John Di Martino's Romantic Jazz Trio recorded at Avatar Studio in New York on October 5 & 6, 2009.
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We again feel compelled to make everyone aware of the hottest new book in some time,
The Harmony of Bill Evans Volume 2!
Larger than the first volume, and with a CD, this book expands on the groundbreaking original,
and is a must for the legions of fans of the monumentally popular and influential Mr. Evans. In addition to the below, we have Kendor's latest,
Percussion Essentials, the multi-volume
Jazz Piano Cocktails series, and new biographical portraits of
Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Johnny Winter, and
Eddie Van Halen. As always, there are dozens more instructional, theory, and method books,
as well as many new play-alongs, for vocalists and instrumentalists as well, and several new Latin-themed books from Mel Bay.
ALL APRIL 2010 BOOKS
ALL MARCH 2010 BOOKS
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LATIN JAZZ PIANO
This book is divided into three sections. The first covers Afro-Cuban (Afro-Caribbean) jazz, the second section deals with Brazilian influenced jazz Bossa Nova and Samba, and the third contains lead sheets of the tunes and instructions for the play-along CD. The Afro-Cuban section contains a chapter on some basic concepts of traditional Afro-Cuban music, including the clave, tumbao, and montuno. The reader is encouraged to apply the principles found in this book to other tunes in the Latin jazz repertoire.
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MIKE STERN: GUITAR STYLES AND TECHNIQUES
Discover the magic of guitar wizard Mike Stern with this special edition of Signature Licks that includes an interview and lesson with Stern, exclusive gear info, in-depth analysis of 14 songs, plus an audio CD featuring demos of all the music examples in the book!
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BOSSA NOVA JAZZ PIANO SOLOS
Solo arrangements with chord names of 20 swinging Latin standards. This is the latest in the highly popular Jazz Piano Solos series.
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SCORING FOR PERCUSSION
Scoring for Percussion is a complete manual including availability, ranges, transpositions, techniques, beaters and standardized notation. It provides a guide for arrangers scoring percussion parts for pieces in a variety of styles. This newly revised edition contains an enhanced CD-ROM that provides a comprehensive look at more than 85 percussion instruments, with images of the instruments, sound samples, and typical patterns associated with each instrument.
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We're very pleased to announce the availability of two great Gerry Mulligan arrangements: If You Were the Only Girl (in the World) from the Gene Krupa book
and the previously mentioned Jeru from the Claude Thornhill book. Both of these arrangements have been published from the original scores: these are not transcriptions.
In the next few weeks we'll have the rest of Gerry's arrangements from the Birth of the Cool album.
APRIL 2010 BIG BAND CHARTS
MARCH 2010 BIG BAND CHARTS
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IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD): GENE KRUPA/GERRY MULLIGAN
This is one of the few arrangements from the Gene Krupa book that has survived in its original form (not including published stock arrangements). Mulligan wrote this for Krupa's 1958 recording date featuring Gerry's arrangements.
The arrangement showcases harmon-muted trumpet on the melody. Substitute harmonies are tasteful, and Gerry was already showing his mastery of linear writing.
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JERU: CLAUDE THORNHILL/GERRY MULLIGAN
The period from 1948-9 was a time of experimenting and discovering for the young Gerald Mulligan. Encouraged by Gil Evans to move to New York, Mulligan not only became a mainstay at Evans' 55th Street apartment, but acquired a mentor in Evans, who encouraged Mulligan by getting him work writing for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. Mulligan was one of the group of musicians who developed and wrote for what would become the Miles Davis Nonet. Except for Venus De Milo, Mulligan not only arranged his own compositions for the small ensemble, but wrote versions of them for big bands led by Thornhill or fellow Philadelphian Elliot Lawrence. This is Gerry's fantastic chart of his tune Jeru as recorded by Claude Thornhill.
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HAVEN'T MET YOU YET: MICHAEL BUBLE
Extended from the original version to full big band, with strings on synth part, as well as a separate keyboard. This chart will work with 3 front line (alto, tenor, tpt) and 4 rhythm.
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EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK): CHARLIE BARNET/ANDY GIBSON
This is a transcription of Charlie Barnet's original version (recorded in Hollywood in 1947), which also featured Bunny Briggs doing a scat vocal solo over the band in the first chorus.
A vocal part for this scat has NOT been included preferring instead to have the chart as a band vocal feature. Barnet's tenor solo is written out in full (on the tenor 1 part), along with the little soprano sax lick at the end, though this can be played on tenor instead.
The trumpet solo is written out on the trumpet 2 part. There are no sax doubles.
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As of this newsletter we have added
34 new DVDs for April 2010
and 32 for March 2010;
59 new music books for April 2010
and 79 for March 2010;
23 new big band and combo arrangements for the month of April 2010
and 42 for the month of March 2010; and
and 96 new CDs for the month of April 2010.
Our world-renowned DVD selection is now just a few discs away from 2250 titles! Please check it out today-we have jazz, blues, funk, and soul, live and documentary, method and master class, and much more - we are proud to offer a selection of jazz and jazz-related DVDs that is truly second to none.
As always, please keep in mind that many of our new releases are available in limited quantities. We do our best to predict demand and fill orders as quickly as possible, but we do run out of new releases. Even if we run out of stock, everything featured in this newsletter should be available to ship within 1 to 2 weeks.
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