Series 4 of the instant-classic Jazz Icons DVDs is here, and in stock. This wonderful series includes DVDs from Jimmy Smith and Art Farmer,
legends whose careers have not been adequately documented on DVD. Art Blakey is the first to be honored with a second Icon DVD,
and this new one features a lesser-known band of his with Freddie Hubbard, Jaki Byard, and Nathan Davis. Erroll Garner, Anita O'Day,
Woody Herman, and Coleman Hawkins round out the lineup. As with Series 2 and 3, the Box Set for Series 4 contains a bonus disc unavailable
separately. Rounding out the month, we also have a new DVD featuring Bela Fleck;
a great new retrospective on the career of John Lee Hooker;
Motown: The DVD,
which has definitive performances from many of that historic label's giants; and, as always, we have several new educational DVDs as well.
ALL NOVEMBER 2009 DVDs
ALL OCTOBER 2009 DVDs
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TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI JAZZ ORCHESTRA: STRIVE FOR JIVE
Finally available on DVD! This live, full-length DVD concert performance of the 16-piece Big Band, which includes Frank Wess and Lew Tabackin,
provides an additional dimension by infusing the concert with interviews from Akiyoshi and Tabackin. The definitive record of the world's foremost modern Jazz orchestra,
this DVD is contemporary Big Band music at its best.
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MADELEINE PEYROUX: SOMETHIN' GRAND
Following on the success of her 2009 studio album,'Bare Bones,' comes Madeleine Peyroux's first-ever live concert DVD, with an hour-long documentary about her
life and career, plus five exclusive, never-before-seen, acoustic performances. The concert, 'Live in Los Angeles,' was filmed in a club setting in Los Angeles in January,
2009 and captures the distinctive jazz chanteuse and stellar band performing a mixture of Madeleine's uniquely-styled covers alongside the very personal songs she has written for her recent album.
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MARCO BENEVENTO & FRIENDS: LIVE IN NYC
At the outset of 2008, Marco Benevento set up shop at New York City's Greenwich Village music space,
Sullivan Hall, for a month-long residency. Calling it home for five Thursday nights in January, Benevento invited a who's who in modern jazz and improvisational
rock music to perform with him each week in various configurations. Each night he'd lead his musical co-conspirators through two sets of consistently breathtaking improvisations.
Whether it was the Bitches Brew-esque sonic explorations of the Benevento-Steven Bernstein-Bobby Previte-DJ Olive collaboration, or the glorious post rock ferocity of Benevento-Brad Barr-Joe Russo,
or Benevento's own trio with Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr celebrating the release of their debut album Invisible Baby, each performance took on a life completely its own.
As the sold out crowds from week to week will attest, these shows were the stuff of legend.
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JACK WILKINS: JAZZ GUITAR WORKSHOP
Wilkins performs featured tunes with an upright bassist and a rhythm guitarist. Solos and examples are primarily of the single-line type, with fine improvised sections and lightning-fast runs.
Topics include: soloing over 2-5-1 progression; through circle of 5ths; tritone substitution; arpeggios that fit chord progressions; starting from any finger in any position; and the concept of contrary motion.
On-screen numbers help correlate examples with monologue and performance.
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BRIAN CULBERTSON: LIVE FROM THE INSIDE
On June 3rd, 2009, Brian Culberston and a small army of well-respected musicians in the Smooth Jazz community descended upon the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood to film and record a LIVE career retrospective of well loved tunes from his GRP and other labels' catalogs.
The resulting session is presented in full on a DVD directed by filmmaker Joey Castro and on a CD with 12 of the songs they performed including the brand new song "Go."
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BILLY DANIELS: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
American singer-showman Billy Daniels was one of the most successful vocalists to come out of the Big Band Era, sharing the stage with legends such as Nat King Cole,
Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey and Charlie Parker. When he released 'That Old Black Magic,' the song, paired with Daniels' signature voice and dance style,
became a massive hit, selling more than 12 million copies.
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In addition to the below, November's highlights include the new revised edition of
Sammy Nestico's classic The Complete Arranger.
The new version is a beautiful hardcover book with two CDs.
Hal Leonard has just released Louis Armstrong: Original Keys for Singers
as well as an extremely interesting book of interviews with
Pat Metheny.
Alfred's newest is Singin' With the Big Band, Volume One, for vocalists to hone their chops.
Finally, in addition to the C edition of The Real Christmas Book, B flat and bass clef editions are now also available.
ALL NOVEMBER 2009 BOOKS
ALL OCTOBER 2009 BOOKS
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THELONIOUS MONK CLASSICS PLAY-ALONG: 10 TIME-HONORED TUNES
This new Monk play-along features: Ask Me Now; Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues): Brake's Sake; Coming On The Hudson; Evidence; Green Chimneys; Monk's Dream; Reflections; Straight, No Chaser; and Think Of One.
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EDDIE HARRIS PLAY-ALONG: LISTEN HERE
The newest offering from Jamey Aebersold's historic line of play-alongs features favorites from the popular composer, Eddie 'Electrifying' Harris.
This book/CD set features the fantastic rhythm section of Steve Allee (p); Rufus Reid (b); and Jonathan Higgins (d).
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BEBOP LICKS
Available in two new editions for B flat and E flat instruments (the piano edition was previously available), and written for the musician who is interested in acquiring a firm foundation for playing jazz, this unique book/CD pack examines the
phrases of the masters! The book features standard notation, with over 800 licks to help you play like your heroes. The accompanying CD contains helpful note-for-note
demonstrations of every lick to help you hear just how each phrase should sound.
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JAZZ WALTZ PLAY-ALONG: 10 FAVORITE CLASSICS
For use with all Bb, Eb, C, and Bass Clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. This interesting new play-along features jazz tunes in waltz time.
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SCAT SINGING METHOD
This new approach is based on the technique of theme and variation. By using the elements of vocal improvisation: syllables, melody, and rhythm, and applying the following techniques, musical objectives can be met and instant success achieved. In other words, you can learn to improvise right now.
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VOCAL STRENGTH AND POWER
Based on years of teaching and research, this book/CD pack by acclaimed vocal coach Dena Murray provides insightful methods and exercises for attaining vocal mastery. Perfect for all singers beginners to pros who want more power in their voice, better pitch control, and a bigger singing range.
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We've added a new section to our website: Recommended Classic and Newer Works for the Jazz Ensemble.
This new section is designed to assist you in building or adding on to an existing jazz ensemble library. This authoritative list has been assembled by Dr. Mike Parkinson from Ohio University.
We'll be adding more genre sections and associated suggestions in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
November 2009 BIG BAND CHARTS
October 2009 BIG BAND CHARTS
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GIL EVANS: ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology was written by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Evans arranged the line in 1947, and it was recorded by Claude Thornhill for Columbia Records and for radio transcriptions.
The instrumentation calls for 5 saxophones doubling clarinet, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 French horns, tuba, guitar, piano, bass, and drums. Alternate parts are included. This master arrangement,
edited by Jeffrey Sultanof, comes with background and performance notes.
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LOVER, COME BACK TO ME: BILLY BYERS/FRANK SINATRA
Here is a Billy Byers chart that was arranged for the 'Sinatra Live at the Sands' performance and recording with the Count Basie Orchestra.
However, this arrangement was not used for that performance. We know it was written for that show as the date written on the manuscript is June 21, 1965,
which corresponds to dates on other manuscripts that were used (Where Or When is marked June 20, 1965).
And, Byers indicated that is was for 'Basie-Sinatra.' This arrangement has been produced directly from the original manuscript.
This bluesy chart set in a medium swing tempo features some very nice triplet figures throughout. Trombones open with plungers and
go back to them at the end of the arrangement. Similar to the other Sands arrangements there was an optional 5th trumpet part written for
Harry 'Sweets' Edison that just included chord changes for background fills behind the vocal. There are no saxophone doubles or solos. The vocal key is F throughout.
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CHASING THE BIRD: SUPERSAX
Here is Med Flory's arrangement of 'Chasing the Bird' as recorded by Supersax on the 1977 record of the same name.
Charlie Parker's original solo was transcribed in full by Med Flory and then harmonized to be played by a standard big band sax section (2 altos, 2 tenors and 1 baritone) with a trumpet, trombone,
and rhythm section (piano, bass, and drums). This arrangement also features an open solo section ('rhythm changes').
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CHI CHI: SUPERSAX
This Supersax arrangement, from the album 'Supersax with the L.A. Voices, Vol. 3' features the usual saxophone lineup of 2 altos, 2 tenors, 1 baritone with trumpet
and the addition of 5 voices [soprano, 2 altos, tenor and baritone). The original recording featured a trumpet solo by Conte Candoli as well as bass and piano solos.
There is also an open solo section. The vocal parts are optional and have been cued into the sax parts so that they may be played instead.
The arrangement plays fine without using the vocal parts altogether.
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In our all-terrain effort to present the very best selection of interesting new items for you, as of this newsletter we have added
34 new DVDs for November 2009
and 31 for October 2009;
62 new music books for November 2009
and 64 for October 2009;
17 new big band and combo arrangements for the month of November 2009
and 68 for the month of October 2009.
Our constantly growing jazz-related DVD selection now proudly presents over 2150 titles. We have the live performance DVDs, the documentaries, the method DVDs, the personal master classes - we proudly 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 3 weeks.
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