April 2007

April 2007 Newsletter

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Hello again from ejazzlines!

Our April newsletter has some outstanding features, led off by a phenomenal selection of rare Toshiba Blue Note CD titles from 1985-2000, all in very small quantities and priced to go! The majority of these titles are sample copies that we're selling on behalf of the producer. We have also added the entire series of Contemporary Jazz Improvisation and Rhythm Studies books by noted educator David Berger.

April's DVD offerings feature classic performances by Oscar Peterson and Jaco Pastorius. We also have a great new DVD, loaded with info and interviews, which is a must for all trumpet players: Trumpet Secrets Revealed.

As with most of our newsletters, this month we're featuring some great re-issues from Japan, including a new King Jazz series of titles formerly released on the Kudu label. Titles include: Ron Carter: Anything Goes; Joe Beck: Beck; Idris Muhammad: House of the Rising Sun; Grant Green: The Main Attraction; Johnny Hammond: Wild Horses; and more. Also featured are titles by Toshiko Akiyoshi [Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals]; Stanley Turrentine [West Side Highway]; Paul Chambers [Chambers' Music]; and Helen Merrill [The Nearness of You].

Our new book section is bountiful as always, featuring new guitar books from Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, Alfred, and others. We encourage you to check everything out, and please let us know what you found most interesting and helpful this month.

In our ceasless effort to present all that is new and interesting, as of this newsletter we have added 142 new CDs for the month of April 2007 and 121 for the month of March 2007; 44 new DVDs for April 2007 and 26 for March 2007; 86 new music books for April 2007 and 76 for March 2007; 30 new big band and combo arrangements for the months of April 2007 and 35 for the month of March 2007.

We maintain a special and regularly updated section on our site dedicated to the imports and hard to find CDs that we stock. You may want to bookmark our Imports and Rarities section. You can find this link on the top of our homepage and left-hand margin of each page. These pages don't list everything we have in stock, but present a healthy selection of titles that you may not already be familiar with.

In our DVD section, we now carry more than 1,300 jazz DVDs!

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 3 weeks.

We thank you all again very sincerely for your continued support, and we look forward with all of you to the onset of spring!

Rob and Doug at ejazzlines

FEATURED NEW BOOKS:
ALL BLUES FOR JAZZ GUITAR Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz guitar settings from big band to small combos to a solo context.	SOLO JAZZ GUITAR Step-by-step lessons on topics such as chord substitution, contrary motion, back cycles and walking bass lines, plus 20 top standards in notes & tab, with 57 demo tracks on the CD. Tunes studied include: Giant Steps; Here's That Rainy Day; In a Sentimental Mood; My Favorite Things; Stella By Starlight; There Will Never Be Another You; and more.
AN APPROACH TO JAZZ IMPROVISATION This book/CD pack explores the styles of Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell and others for a comprehensive guide to jazz improvisation. Topics include: scale choices, chord analysis, phrasing, memorization, transposition of solos, melodies, harmonic progressions, and much more. The CD includes 99 tracks for play-along and demonstration.	FRETLESS BASS An ideal supplement to any bass method, this book/CD pack uses 18 songs in various styles to teach key elements of the electric fretless bass, such as intonation; harmonics; keys, scales and intervals; and more. You'll learn to play in the style of Jaco Pastorius, Flea, Jack Bruce, Will Lee, Sting, Gary Willis, Tony Franklin, Jeff Ament and many others via 18 great songs. Includes tablature.
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FEATURED NEW CDs:
RON CARTER: ANYTHING GOES Recorded for Kudu 1975, this new 24-bit edition features Don Grolnick; organist Richard Tee; and drummers Steve Gadd and Jimmy Madison.	JOE BECK: BECK This new 24-bit issue by King was originally recorded in 1975 and features the guitarist along with David Sanborn; Don Grolnick; Will Lee; and Chris Parker.
PAUL CHAMBERS: CHAMBERS' MUSIC Recorded in 1956, this was Paul Chambers' first leader session. Featured are John Coltrane, Kenny Drew, and Philly Joe Jones.	VINCENT GARDNER: GOOD BOOK, CHAPTER ONE Trombonist Vincent Gardner leads this recently recorded SteepleChase date featuring pianist Marc Cary and saxophonist Walter Blanding.
JOHNNY HAMMOND: HIGHER GROUND Johnny Hammond led this 1974 date for Creed Taylor. Featured are Joe Henderson, George Benson, and Bob James.	HANK CRAWFORD: HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT This fantastic 1972 groove session, with arrangements courtsey of Don Sebesky, features Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, Grover Washington, Jr., Pepper Adams, Snooky Young, and Richard Tee. This is an outstanding session by alto saxophonist Hank Crawford.
IDRIS MUHAMMAD: HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN This legendary soul-jazz album, recorded in 1976 for Kudu, features a who's-who of brilliant musicians including: Don Grolnick, Eric Gale, Will Lee, Roland Hanna, Joe Beck, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Hugh McCracken, Bob Berg, and more. This is now being released in glorious 24-bit sound!	TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI: MEETS HER OLD PALS Recorded in 1961 and released on CD for the first time here, Toshiko is in fine form working through standards So What; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes; Donna Lee; and more.
STANLEY TURRENTINE: WEST SIDE HIGHWAY Recored for Fantasy in 1977, this soul-jazz date features the legendary tenor saxophone master Stanley Turrentine along with guitarists Eric Gale and Cornell Dupree, Ron Carter, and Grady Tate.	ARI AMBROSE: WHATEVER HAPPENS Tenor saxophonist Ari Ambrose is featured here on this SteepleChase date along with pianist George Colligan, bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and drummer Billy Drummond. Several originals here plus killer renditions of No More and Don't Blame Me.
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FEATURED NEW DVDs:
JACO PASTORIUS: LIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS Jaco is in peak form with a top notch band of hand picked musicians in this full concert performance on DVD -- a must have for jazz fusion fans. Features Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Don Alias, Othello Molineaux, and Peter Erskine.	OSCAR PETERSON: THE BERLIN CONCERT This fantastic performance by Oscar Peterson and his trio, filmed live at the Berlin Philharmonie in 1985, features standards: Who Can I Turn To; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Skylark; Perdido; Caravan; and more. Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen and Martin Drew round out the trio.
TRUMPET SECRETS REVEALED This sensational DVD covers topics including: forming your embouchure, warming up, three kinds of air, how and what to practice, singing through your horn, mutes, cleaning and much more. Also features interviews with Snooky Young, Maria Schneider, Wayne Bergeron, Ingrid Jensen and Bob Reeves, plus a tour of the Calicchio Trumpet Factory.	SOUL OF THE FUNKY DRUMMERS The legendary drummers for James Brown, funk masters Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab'O" Starks focus on the grooves they made famous, in the songs: Cold Sweat, Funky Drummer, I Got the Feelin', Mother Popcorn, Give It Up or Turnit a Loose, Licking Stick, Sex Machine, Super Bad, Make It Funky, and Doing It to Death. They demonstrate these patterns and rhythm combinations, and analyze their performances and techniques while looking back and discussing their activities in the James Brown era. Features exclusive reunion performances with special guests and former band members, including Fred Wesley, Fred Thomas, John Scofield and John Medeski.
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