March 2007

Hello again from ejazzlines!

We greet all of you once again with our March newsletter. We send our warmest regards and gratitude to all of you who we saw at IAJE in NYC January and the MLA/SAM Conference in Pittsburgh last week, who helped make an especially cold winter that much more plentiful and rewarding. We are back to greet the (hopefully soon!) arrival of spring with another round of new and interesting items from across the jazz universe. We are proud to announce that we are now stocking a variety of classic View Video releases, many of which are now available on DVD, including releases by Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Lewis, Benny Golson, and a lot more. Other new DVDs include releases featuring Chick Corea and Sidney Bechet, among others. We have a fine selection of new theory and music books, featuring the just-published B flat and E flat editions of Hal Leonards Volume 3 of their fantastic (and completely legal!) Real Books, which we encourage you to check out. We also have many hard-to-find Venus CDs from Japan in stock.

In our ceasless effort to present all that is new and interesting, as of this newsletter we have added 109 new CDs for the month of March 2007 and 168 for the month of February 2007; 22 new DVDs for March 2007 and 26 for February 2007; 28 new music books for March 2007 and 62 for February 2007; 24 new big band and combo arrangements for the months of March 2007 and 74 for the month of February 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. If you need something before a particular date for the holidays, please email us ahead of time to ensure availability.

We thank you all again very sincerely for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Music Library Conference in sunny Pittsburgh in 2 weeks!

Rob and Doug at ejazzlines

FEATURED NEW DVDs:
SIDNEY BECHET: TREAT IT GENTLE Sidney Bechet's life was like his playing, passionate, robust and competitive. The first jazz soprano saxophonist, Bechet's reputation was such that, when he died in 1959, three thousand mourners attended his funeral in Juan-les-Pins. He composed and recorded many classic songs with artists including Clarence Williams, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington and can be credited, among the many young turks of New Orleans, with inventing jazz. This programme takes us on a journey from Bechet's birthplace near Storyville, New Orleans, to New York, London and Paris where he found stardom. Interviewees include friends, family and fellow musicians including Bob Wilber, who trained under Bechet, Wynton Marsalis, Humphrey Lyttelton, Michael White, Woody Allen and Claude Luter.	SARAH VAUGHAN: LIVE IN PRAGUE 1978 This lively concert in Prague showcases Vaughan with her working trio of the late seventies, which included the celebrated pianist-composer Carl Schroeder and drummer Jimmy Cobb, who gained fame as a long-time member of Miles Davis' legendary quintet with John Coltrane. On half of the numbers, trumpet and flugelhorn player Waymon Reed is added. Vaughan performs 11 tunes including I'll Remember April; East of the Sun; Lover Man; I Remember Clifford; and Send in the Clowns.
LATIN JAZZ ALL-STARS: LIVE AT THE QUEEN MARY JAZZ FESTIVAL This concert performance was recorded while Airto and Flora Purim played at one of the Queen Mary Jazz Festivals. Master percussionist Airto Moreira pours his talents into this mix of Brazilian music that frequently makes audiences jump to their feet and start dancing. Flora Purim, a multi-octave vocalist, provides viewers with a sampling of tunes that fully compliment her voice. Sax great Joe Farrell regularly joins in, further enlivening the percussive sets.	CHICK COREA: ULTIMATE ADVENTURE - LIVE IN BARCELONA Filmed at the historic Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, this special DVD chronicles the spectacular live performance of music from the critically acclaimed CD, The Ultimate Adventure. Corea is together with his band, Touchstone, composed of virtuoso flamenco/jazz musicians from around the world. An exotic blend of passionate flamenco melodies, North African and Middle Eastern grooves, and adventurous improvisations, this performance also integrates Corea's compositions with flamenco dancing, featuring some of Spain's finest dancers. Special features include behind the scenes footage and interviews.
RHYMIC HORIZONS This DVD by acclaimed author Gavin Harrison provides new concepts in rhythmic structure and creative ideas for drumset composition. It includes: lessons on overriding, resolving, and polyrhythmic theory; five full-length performances including a special arrangement of Porcupine Tree's Futile; play-along MP3s and MIDI files; printable PDFs of all lessons; subtitles in German and Italian; and much more.	ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE: HOT 'N' HEAVY - LIVE AT THE ASCENSION LOFT This DVD filmed live features the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble on 5 tunes. Featured are Kahil El'Zabar, Corey Wilkes, Ernest Dawkins, and Fareed Haque.
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FEATURED NEW CDs:
DONALD BYRD: BYRD'S EYE VIEW Recorded in 1955 for the Transition label, this newly remastered date features trumpeter Donald Byrd along with Joe Gordon, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, and Art Blakey.	BILL PERKINS: OCTET ON STAGE Tenor saxophonist Bill Perkins is featured here on this 1956 octet date with Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz, Stu Williamson, Carl Fontana, Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell, and Mel Lewis.
ANDY MARTIN: HOW ABOUT YOU? California trombonist Andy Martin is joined here by pianist Jan Lundgren, bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Joe La Barbera for this 2006 fine set of standards.	BILL EVANS/BOB BROOKEMEYER: IVORY HUNTERS Recorded in 1959, this two-piano date features pianist Bill Evans and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer on piano. The group is rounded out by Percy Heath and Connie Kay.
BOBBY TIMMONS: LITTLE BAREFOOT SOUL Recorded for Prestige in 1964, this rare piano trio date features some excellent soulful piano work by the ex-Messengers pianist.	GERRY MULLIGAN/SHORTY ROGERS: MODERN SOUNDS Previously available as an LP sleeve, this CD features material from 1951 and 1953 sessions co-led by Gerry Mulligan and Shorty Rogers.
FRANK COLLETT: MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES Pianist Frank Collett is joined here by bassist Tom Warrington and drummer Joe La Barbera on this fine collection of movie standards. This is full of great arrangements and terrific playing.	GEORGE BRAITH: LAUGHING SOUL Recorded for Prestige in 1966, reedman George Braith is joined by Grant Green, Big John Patton, and Ben Dixon.
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FEATURED NEW BOOKS:
REAL BOOK, VOL. 3 The great legal Real Book series has now been expanded to include edition of volume 3 for B flat and E flat instruments. The 3 volumes of the real book are indespensible to the student and working jazz musician and vocalist.	DIATONIC MAJOR AND MINOR SCALES FOR ELECTRIC BASS These major and minor scales make frequent use of the shift finger for easy and rapid changes. They also utilize the notes of the upper register to enable each student to learn the entire fretboard. These scales develop the full use of the thumb and three fingers of the right hand. With this fingerstyle approach, you will acquire a more proficient and versatile technique.
FUN WITH CUBAN TRES Beginners and experienced musicians alike will find this comprehensive bilingual method easy to use in learning to play the Cuban tres or three-course guitar. The book addresses everything from appropriate string gauges to creating authentic Latin tumbaos or groove patterns. Numerous diagrams, selections from the tres repertoire in standard notation, plus a companion CD facilitate playing in the authentic Cuban tres style.	JAZZ GREATS GUITAR PLAY-ALONG The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recordings to any tempo without changing pitch!
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