Diana Krall live in Moscow tonight!

Tonight, November 30th, jazz diva Diana Krall, voted Best Female Singer of the Year in the 2009 DownBeat Readers Poll, brings her artistry to the Great Hall of the Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 13, Moscow, RU 125009), in Russia.
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It's the last concert of the triumphant "Quiet Nights World Marathon 2009." DK will be back on the road in February 2010, taking the beautiful repertoire of both the "Quiet Nights" CD (Verve) and the "Live in Rio" DVD (Eagle/ST2) to Australia and New Zealand.

Press-release:
The Great Hall of the Moscow Peter Ilitch Conservatory is one of the most famous concert venues not only in Moscow and Russia but in the world – thanks to its wonderful decoration, comfortable location and – which is the most important for the musicians – perfect acoustics.
It was opened on April 7, 1901.

The building was made under the project of architect V. Zagorsky. The Hall’s famous façade was a feature of the building previously staying there – a house of Russian princess Ekaterina Dashkova which was built on this place in the end of the 18th century.

A big part of the whole work – from the furniture and carpets to the organ of Paris «А. Cavaille-Coll» company (1899) presently staying in the Hall – was funded by Russian patrons of arts. The organ of the Hall was regarded as one of the best organ in the world during the Paris exhibition of 1900. Great Hall for Moscow is much bigger then a concert hall only. During the First World War (1915 – 1917) it was a hospital here, and in a period of 1924 – 1933 at daytime the Hall was used as a popular movie theatre.

Since 1940 the Conservatory was named after Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and in 1954 the monument to him was opened in front of the Great Hall.

The best soloists, orchestras and ensembles of the world play their concerts here. A number of international festival and competitions take place at the Great Hall, and among them there is the most famous in the world Tchaikovsky Competition. And it is considered as the most favorite hall in Moscow.

Now the Great Hall building is known as the Nikolay Rubinstein building (formerly the Fourth study building of the Moscow conservatory).
Capacity: 1737 seats.

Eliane Elias live, tonight, in Poland

The NY-based Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias performs tonight, November 29, at the Kalisz in Poland, leading a group with her husband Marc Johnson (bass), Rafael Barata (drums) and Rubens De La Corte (guitar).
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Eliane Elias - fortepian, śpiew; Marc Johnson - kontrabas, Rubens De La Corte - gitara, Rafael Mendes Barata - perkusja
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Upcoming 2010 Tour Dates
January 23 2010 - Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO
February 12 2010 - Scullers, Boston, MA
February 13 2010 - Scullers, Boston, MA
February 14 2010- The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
February 17 2010 - Zankel Hall, New York, NY
February 19 2010 - Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, IL
March 23 2009 - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA
March 24 2009 - Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA
March 25 2009 - Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ

Дайана Кролл: two concerts in Russia

Дайана Кролл (Diana Krall) does two eagerly awaited concerts in Russia, tonight, November 28 at the Opera & Ballet Conservatory (Saint Petersburg), and next Monday, November 30, at the Moscow Conservatory. The deluxe 2-CD set of "Quiet Nights" was released in the Russian Federation on October 12, and the special edition of the "Live in Rio" DVD is coming out this week.

The official press-release by Universal Music Russia follows:

Дайана Кролл (ф-но, Канада)
джаз/блюз/соул
30 ноября на сцене Концетного зала П.И. Чайковского Дайана Кролл представит российской публике свой 12 альбом Quiet Nights.

Этот альбом – настоящий праздник босса новы. В нем соединились вдохновение Бразилией и профессиональная и личностная зрелость Дайаны Кролл, превосходная работа всей ее творческой команды. «Дайана поет три классических бразильских мелодии, четыре переработанных в этом стиле джазовых стандарта и три баллады. Так что получается на альбоме 10 песен, из которых 7 исполнены как чистая босса нова», - говорит продюсер Дайаны Томми ЛиПума. Сама Дайна считает альбом очень личным и не стесняется признаваться в том, что Quiet Nights - это ее любовное письмо к мужу.
30 ноября в Концерный зал им. П.И. Чайковского едет Дайана Кролл — едва ли не единственная белая женщина, умеющая петь джаз.

Когда Барбра Стрейзанд решила после двенадцати лет перерыва выпустить новый альбом Love is the Answer, вопросов с выбором продюсера у нее не возникло. Барбра предпочла Дайану Кролл: «Это лучшее музыкальное сердце из поколения сорокалетних!» С ней полностью солидарен муж Дайаны, культовый рокер Элвис Костелло: «Это единственная женщина, которая знает о джазе все!»

Три «Грэмми», премия «Биллборд» — для кого-то это главные критерии успеха миссис Кролл. Затраты на визажистов, массажистов, японских поваров и корейских телохранителей, которые вдвое превышают суммы, потраченные на запись последнего альбома, — эти факты убеждают других.

Девочка из Найамо, забытого богом канадского городка, с раннего детства не признавала никакой музыки, кроме джаза. В то время как ее сверстницы сходили с ума по входящим в моду бойз-бэндам и панк-рокерам, она внимательно слушала Эллу Фитцджеральд и Луи Армстронга, на худой конец, бабушкину коллекцию Фрэнка Синатры. Когда ей исполнилось двенадцать, в классическом джазе не осталось мелодии, которой она не смогла бы напеть или наиграть на рояле.

«Можно научиться извлекать ноты — нельзя научиться играть» — эти слова Дайаны к ней самой не относятся. За пианино певица села в четыре года — вопреки воле родителей, считавших музыку не более чем забавой. Однако когда в пятнадцать девушка начала зарабатывать в клубах Лос-Анджелеса (куда перебралась практически нелегально) больше мамы и папы вместе взятых, те призадумались. Не беда, что Дайане пришлось приписать себе несколько лет, чтобы не иметь проблем с налоговой службой. Она планомерно покоряла Америку, а ее музыканты — профессионалы, годившиеся ей в деды, — смотрели на Кролл, как на богиню.

«Канада, что ни говори,—- провинция по сравнению со Штатами. Во всем, кроме хоккея». Когда для помощи в записи дебютной пластинки Only Trust Your Heart юная джазвумен обратилась к знаменитому продюсеру Томми Липума, он поначалу даже не хотел слушать демо-материал: «Белые не умеют играть джаз!» А в результате не только дал свое согласие, но и работал с Дайаной долгие годы. Злые языки утверждают, что она гораздо охотнее переделывает классику жанра, чем сочиняет собственные песни, потому что ей просто некогда. И куда больше времени проводит в фитнес-клубах и спа-центрах, чем за роялем. Певица действительно выглядит, как преуспевающая кинозвезда, но ни в коем случае не стесняется своей эффектной внешности: «Я — женщина!»

С этим утверждением солидарен и экс-президент США Билл Клинтон, большой ценитель всего прекрасного, отправивший ей персональное поздравление после второго «Грэмми». И назвавший ее лучшей джазовой певицей современности. Кстати, в борьбе за заветную статуэтку Дайана в тот раз обошла самого Сантану!

Ее последний на сегодняшний день альбом Quiet Nights — посвящение великому бразильскому композитору Антонио Карлосу Жобиму. Изобретатель босса-новы и автор, возможно, самых популярных мелодий века, Жобим всегда был любимейшим джазменом Дайаны. «Тихие ночи» — английское название одного из его хитов, который благодаря певице обрел современное звучание. Так же, как и самая известная его мелодия — «Девушка из Ипанемы»: в интерпретации Кролл она превратилась в The Boy from Ipanema.

Критики будущего обязательно упомянут Quiet Nights, когда будут говорить о джазе начала третьего тысячелетия. С этим альбомом Дайана Кролл и едет в Москву, про которую знает, что здесь холодные зимы и горячие сердца поклонников самой честной на свете музыки. «Я занимаюсь любимым делом. Джаз — это музыка моего сердца, которая позволяет мне выразить себя».

Билеты: самые бюджетные места на галерку Концертного зала имени Чайковского можно приобрести за 2200 р. А чтобы попасть в партер, откуда первую красавицу джаза можно будет не только услышать, но и разглядеть, на билетных сайтах придется выложить минимум 11000 р.

SHM-CD of the Day: "Deodato & Os Catedráticos: Ataque"

SHM-CD of the Day
Os Catedráticos: "Ataque" - Bomba Records SHM-CD BOM 24176 (2009)

SHM-CD Reissue Produced by Eumir Deodato & Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Release Date in Japan: November 28, 2009
Digitally Remastered at Sound Way Studios (LA, CA, USA)

MINIATURE LP STYLE PAPER SLEEVE
SHM-CD (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL CD) was developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan
HIGH QUALITY SOUND CD, PLAYABLE ON REGULAR CD PLAYER
Uses a different polycarbonate plastic (Material used for LCD panel) for the disc surface
which has improved transparency and superior optical characteristics
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Executive Producer: Oswaldo Cadaxo
Liner Notes by Carlos Pingarilho
Recorded at CBS Studios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) by Eugenio P. de Carvalho, in 1965
Coordination: Toni Vestane
Digitally remixed by Mike Henderson from the original 3-track master tapes, June 1997

Musicians
Eumir Deodato - Hammond organ & acoustic piano
Sergio Barroso - acoustic bass
Wilson das Neves - drums
Rubens Bassini - congas, tambourine
Humberto Garin - guiro
Jorge Arena - congas
Geraldo Vespar - electric guitar
Maurílio Santos - trumpet
Edson Maciel - trombone
Walter Rosa - tenor sax
Aurino Ferreira - baritone sax
Arranged & Conducted by Eumir Deodato

Tracks
1. Ataque (Eumir Deodato)
2. Os Grilos (Marcos Valle-Paulo Sergio Valle)
3. É Bom Parar (Rubens Soares)
4. Feitinha Pro Poeta (Baden Powell-Lula Freire)
5. Terra de Ninguém (Marcos Valle-Paulo Sergio Valle)
6. Razão de Viver (Eumir Deodato-Paulo Sergio Valle)
7. Tristeza (Haroldo Lobo-Niltinho)
8. Samba do Dom Natural (Pingarilho-Marcos Vasconcellos)
9. O Sol Nascerá (Cartola-Elton Medeiros)
10. Samba de Rei (Pingarilho-Marcos Vasconcellos)
11. Até de Cavaquinho (Luiz Bonfá-Maria Helena Toledo)
12. Porque Somos Iguais (Durval Ferreira-Pedro Camargo)
Bonus Tracks - Original LP stereo mix
13. Os Grilos (Marcos Valle-Paulo Sergio Valle)
14. Ataque (Eumir Deodato)

R.I.P.: Hale Smith

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/arts/music/28smith.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries

Hale Smith, Who Broke Borders of Classical and Jazz, Is Dead at 84
By WILLIAM GRIMES, NY Times
A version of this article appeared in print on November 28, 2009, on page D6 of the New York edition.

Hale Smith, a classical composer who also worked as a performer and arranger with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Ahmad Jamal and Chico Hamilton, died Tuesday at his home in Freeport, L.I. He was 84.

The cause was complications of a stroke, said his wife, Juanita.

Mr. Smith, who wryly described himself to The New York Times in 1990 as “one of America’s most famous unknown composers,” straddled the two worlds of jazz and classical music as a performer, composer, arranger and teacher. From his early teens, he played jazz piano in the nightclubs of Cleveland, his hometown, but he went on to study classical composition and achieve a national reputation for an eclectic oeuvre and his synthesis of jazz and 12-tone technique.

He composed serial-influenced works like “Contours for Orchestra” (1961) and “Ritual and Incantations” (1974), lyrical works like the song cycle “The Valley Wind” (1952) and jingles and incidental music for radio, television and theater. With the drummer Chico Hamilton, he composed the film score for “Mr. Ricco” (1975), and his skill as an orchestrator led to a series of collaborations with the pianist Ahmad Jamal.

Mr. Smith was born on June 29, 1925, in Cleveland, where his father owned a printing shop. He began studying piano at 7 and played mellophone in his high school band. At 16, he showed enough talent as a composer to attract the interest of Duke Ellington, who, after being shown one of his compositions, sat down with him to offer advice.

After being drafted into the Army in 1943, he arranged the music for shows touring Army camps in Florida and Georgia. Mr. Smith, who was black, told The Times, “I served on the third front, the American South.”

On leaving the service in 1945 he enrolled in the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied composition with the serialist Marcel Dick and theory with Ward Lewis. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1950 and a master’s in 1952. That year his “Four Songs” won the music licensing organization BMI’s first student composer award.

In 1948 he married Juanita Hancock. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Robin, of Manhattan; three sons, Michael, of Freeport; Eric, of York, Pa.; and Marcel, of Harpursville, N.Y.; and three grandchildren.

Mr. Smith moved to New York in 1958 and found work as an editor and consultant at several music publishing houses. He also taught at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, in Brookville, and at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, from which he retired in 1984.

Eclectic in his tastes and interests, Mr. Smith composed works that ranged from the richly dissonant orchestral composition “Innerflexions” (1977) to “Dialogues and Commentary” (1990-91), a witty set of variations for septet on a single motif. His arrangements of spirituals were performed often by the sopranos Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman.

In 2000, Composers Recordings released a survey of his work, “Music of Hale Smith.”

Although Mr. Smith, an adviser for the Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, was routinely listed among the leading black composers of his day, he bristled at the designation. He wanted his work, and that of his black peers, to appear on programs with that of Beethoven, Mozart and Copland.

“We don’t even have to be called black,” he wrote in an article in 1971. “When we stand for our bows, that fact will become clear when it should — after the music has made its own impact.”

A version of this article appeared in print on November 28, 2009, on page D6 of the New York edition.

DVD of the Day - "João Gilberto & Caetano Veloso: Buenos Aires 2000"

DVD of the Day
João Gilberto & Caetano Veloso: "40 Anos de Bossa Nova / Live in Buenos Aires 2000" (Monotone Japan) 2009

ボサノヴァ仙人、ライブ映像をお届けします。2000年ブエノス・アイレスでのライブで、今回も愛弟子＝カエターノとの共演です。アコギのみというシンプルなステージで、前半40分、まずジョアンがソロで代表曲を披露します。続いて20分近くがカエターノのアコギ・ソロライブ。後半は、２人の共演で、ボサノヴァ誕生40周年を記念し、ジョアンの語りを交えて、「べサメ・ムーチョ」などが交互に歌われます。極めつけは「想いあふれて」を歌った後、感極まったジョアンが、小林桂樹ばりに、泣き崩れるところで、カエターノはただ微笑するしかありません。（涙はズボンでしっかり、拭いています）ラストは、もちろん「イパネマの娘」。それにしても5０歳半ばと70歳近い親父のコンビが現役で、セクシーでカッコいいライブを見せるとは。皆さんも一度、ごらんになってください。（前半、何ヶ所かマスターに起因する”パチッ”という音声ノイズがわずかにございますので、ご了承下さい）

Diana Krall live in Prague tonight!

Tonight, at 8pm, Diana Krall brings her "Quiet Nights World Tour" to the Prague Congress Center (Kongresove Centrum Praha) in the Czech Republic. Buy Tickets (Cena: 990 - 2.500 Kč)
Hudební svět ji označuje za „Sinatru v sukních“ a ve svém oboru má jen málo tak skvělých konkurentů.

Tato světoznámá kanadská umělkyně má na kontě nespočet vyprodaných koncertů, každé vydání nového alba je na hudebním poli obrovskou událostí.
Téměř za každé album byla Diana Krall nominována na prestižní cenu Grammy, 2x rovněž tuto cenu získala. V jejím žánru je součet výše jmenovaného opravdu velkou vzácností.

Na konci března vydala své zatím poslední album Quiet Nights, které je ovlivněno stylem bossa nova a baladami. Část z něj představila na konci února v předpremiéře v rámci speciálního koncertu, při příležitosti udělování Gershwinovy ceny Steviemu Wonderovi, coby jeho osobní host a zároveň host prezidenta USA Baracka Obamy, který Wonderovi cenu předával.
Přední jazzová pianistka Diana Krall není jen atraktivní dáma, ale hlavně vynikající muzikantka. Přesvědčit se o tom můžeme 26. listopadu Kongresovém centru Praha.

Diana alby Only Trust In Your Heart, poctou triu Nat King Colea All For You i romanticko-erotickou kolekcí Love Scenes okouzlovala skoro zázračným darem vdechnout znovu život starším jazzovým písničkám. Coby půvabná dívka hrající výtečně na piáno, zpívající živočišně i zadumaně zároveň, jako rozený muzikant, ale opravdově a přitom vzrušivě představila své verze jazzových standardů - Lépe než mnohé zavedené vokální specialistky. Nadšených ohlasů přibývalo. Půda byla připravena pro to, aby její producent Tommy LiPumma, mohl vsadit na sexy, jakoby lehounce nachlazený hlas a vypustit do světa téměř hollywoodsky pojatá alba When I Look In Your Eyes a The Look Of Love, čímž celý tým kolem Krall dosáhl na Grammy a především katapultoval zpěvačku do jiných souvislostí. Její skladby se objevily například v seriálu "Sex ve Městě" nebo ve filmu "Zahrada Dobra a Zla".

V roce 2002 získala znovu Grammy, když její album Live In Paris ocenili akademici v jazzové kategorii. CD potvrzuje její nejryzejší kvality, spočívající v navození nevšední atmosféry, ve které zvolna a po svém odkrývá krásu napůl zapomenutých, napůl obehraných šlágrů minulosti, které v jejím podání zní znovu současně. Hraje bravurně i oduševněle a stejně tak zpívá. S přibývajícími alby se jí daří talent jen rozvíjet, je přesvědčivější, barvitější a osobitější, než kdykoli předtím. Talent, cit a zkušenosti z víc než desetiletí mezi jazzovou smetánkou se asi sčítají, ne-li násobí. Je slyšet každá nuance a zároveň jednota, posluchače strhuje tah kapely a rytmus zpěvaččiných frází, obklopují nálady, jež Diana Krall tak lehce tvoří i proměňuje, když v puse převaluje a přebarvuje slova či jen slabiky.

Odvazuje se při strhujícím i "pouze" šlapajícím, radostném swingu, víc než přesvědčivě sní i teskní v baladách, zjevně ji těší perfektní spoluhráči, kteří s ní vysloveně žijí, a užívá si, že ji publikum miluje. Jedno z jejích posledních CD, které dostalo název The Girl In The Other Room je postaveno na poměrně osobitém "písničkářství" a v případě textů a vydařené balady Almost Blue i na umění zpěvaččina partnera Elvise Costella. Jádro tvořené vlastními kompozicemi vyšperkovala Diana Krall pod dohledem producenta Tommyho LiPumy podařenými verzemi písní Joni Mitchell (Black Crow), Mose Allisona (úvodní bluesová Stop This World) či Toma Waitse (Temptation). Muzikanty má Diana Krall kolem sebe jen ty nejlepší: u kontrabasu se střídají John Clayton a Christian McBride, za bicími Jeff Hamilton, jazzový chameleon Peter Erskine a Terri Lyne Carrington. Kytarista Anthony Wilson vkusně vyplňuje a dotváří atmosféru a kdykoliv má příležitost vyjádřit se sólově, vyždíme v rámci stylových mantinelů nástroj do maxima.

V březnu 2009 přichází kanadská pianistka a zpěvačka Diana Krall se svou studiovou novinkou, již dvanáctou v pořadí. Jedná se o intimní nahrávku balad a bossa nova skladeb od stejného teamu, který připravil Grammy oceněné album "The Look of Love". Dianu doprovází její kvartet a orchestr a mezi skladbami se objevuje taková klasika jako "The Boy from Ipanema" či "Walk on By".

Nové album "Quiet Nights" vydává i u nás Universal Music.
Diana Krall o novém albu (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BBgZP1kRLc
Diana Krall ve slavné Fly Me To The Moon (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCgf6_M7i4

Pořadatel: http://www.1015.cz/

The CTI RVG SHM-CD Series out today!

Legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder (RVG) & the no less legendary producer Creed Taylor were pictured at Van Gelder Studio, in NJ, during the remastering sessions of the CTI albums that are being released today, November 26, in Japan, in the "CTI RVG SHM-CD Series" distributed by King Records.
The above shot (reproduced in all the OBI strips attached to this SHM-CD series) was done by another dear friend, the great NY-based Japanese photographer Takehiro Tokiwa, with whom Arnaldo DeSouteiro had the honor to work some years ago, when Tokiwa-san was invited to do the pics for the Asian issue of Paula Faour's debut album on JSR (Jazz Station Records), "Cool Bossa Struttin'."

For the very first time, 20 CTI titles from the 70s are being released on SHM-CD format (some of the albums from the 60s, from the A&M/CTI era, had appeared before, such as Wes Montgomery's best-selling "A Day In the Life").
AND, also for the first time ever, such albums were digitally remastered, in 2009!, by the man who recorded most of them during the CTI heyday in the early 70s, the wiz Van Gelder, under the direct supervision of Creed Taylor!!!
The liner notes were written by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Ira Gitler, Leonard Feather, Toshio Handa, Shoich Yui and Masa Asanishi.
The booklets preserve the original LP artworks, done mostly by the unmatched team of Pete Turner (front cover photos) and Bob Ciano (album design).

All previous CTI CDs released in Japan in the past 25 years had been remastered at King Studios by such engineers as Seiji Kaneko and Kuniaki Takahashi, sometimes under Arnaldo DeSouteiro's supervision; and all the CTI CDs released in the USA and Europe by Sony had been remastered by experts like Tim Geelan and Mark Wilder, with whom DeSouteiro worked respectively in the first domestic releases of such titles as Deodato's "In Concert - Live at Felt Forum" and Jobim's "Stone Flower."

Btw, albums by both Deodato and Jobim are included in this new state-of-the-art SHM-CD series. And the liner notes for such new reissues of the masterpieces that these two Brazilian geniuses recorded for CTI are signed by Arnaldo DeSouteiro.

Here's the complete list released today:
KICJ-98501 Jim Hall: "Concierto" (feat. Chet Baker, Paul Desmond, Roland Hanna, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd; arr. by Don Sebesky)
KICJ-98502 Art Farmer & Jim Hall: "Big Blues" (w/ Mike Mainieri, Michael Moore, Steve Gadd; arr. by David Matthews)
KICJ-98503 Eumir Deodato: "Deodato 2" (w/ Stanley Clarke, John Giulino, Rick Marotta, Billy Cobham, John Tropea)
KICJ-98504 Eumir Deodato: "Prelude" (w/ Ron Carter, Jay Berliner, Hubert Laws, Marvin Stamm, John Tropea, Billy Cobham, Airto, Ray Barretto)
KICJ-98505 Freddie Hubbard: "Red Clay" (w/ Lenny White, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter)
KICJ-98506 Bill Evans: "Montreux II" (w/ Eddie Gomez & Marty Morell)
KICJ-98507 George Benson: "In Concert - Carnegie Hall" (w/ Hubert Laws, Ronnie Foster, Wayne Dockery, Marvin Chapell, Will Lee, Steve Gadd, Ray Armando)
KICJ-98508 Ron Carter: "All Blues" (w/ Joe Henderson, Roland Hanna, Billy Cobham)
KICJ-98509 Ron Carter: "Spanish Blue" (w/ Hubert Laws, Leon Pendarvis, Billy Cobham, Ralph MacDonald)
KICJ-98510 Airto: "Fingers" (w/ Hugo Fattoruso, Flora Purim, David Amaro, Ringo Thielmann, George Fattoruso)
KICJ-98511 Antonio Carlos Jobim: "Stone Flower" (w/ Deodato, Ron Carter, João Palma, Airto, Hubert Laws, Joe Farrell, Urbie Green, Harry Lookofsky)
KICJ-98512 Astrud Gilberto: "Gilberto With Turrentine" (w/ Deodato, Ron Carter, Dom Um Romão, Sivuca, João Palma, Gene Bertoncini, Airto, Toots Thielemans)
KICJ-98513 Patti Austin: "End Of Rainbow" (w/ David Matthews, Barry Miles, Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Michael Brecker, Gloria Agostini, Joe Farrell, Jeff Berlin, Chuck Rainey)
KICJ-98514 Nina Simone: "Baltimore" (w/ David Matthews, Eric Gale, Al Schackman, Gary King, Nick Marrero, Andy Newmark, Jim Madison)
KICJ-98515 Hubert Laws: "The Rite Of Spring" (w/ Don Sebesky, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Gene Bertoncini, Bob James)
KICJ-98516 Hubert Laws: "The Chicago Theme" (w/ Bob James, George Benson, Stanley Clarke, Eric Gale, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker)
KICJ-98517 Lalo Schifrin: "Towering Toccata" (w/ John Blair, Joe Farrell, Urbie Green, Ronnie Cuber, Steve Gadd, Sue Evans, Jeremy Steig, Clark Spangler)
KICJ-98518 Fuse One: "Fuse One" (w/ Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Tony Williams, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, Victor Feldman, Jeremy Wall, Paulinho da Costa)
KICJ-98519 Milt Jackson: "Sunflower" (w/ Don Sebesky, Freddie Hubbard, Jay Berliner, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Ralph MacDonald)
KICJ-98520 Stanley Turrentine: "Sugar" (w/ Butch Cornell, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Lonnie Liston Smith, Billy Kaye, Richard "Pablo" Landrum)

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Stay tuned for more details soon on Doug Payne's fabulous CTI website.
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Single of the Day - "Creed Taylor: Musique D'Épouvante"

7" Single of the Day (French issue with pic sleeve)
Creed Taylor et Son Orchestre: "Musique D'Epouvante" (ABC)

Distributed in France by Production VÉGA

Originally Produced by Creed Taylor for ABC-Paramount in 1958

Composed & Arranged by Kenyon Hopkins

Featuring: Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson, Mundell Lowe, Barry Galbraith, Joe Venuto, Brad Spinney, Toni Darnay, Gertrude Warner, Ray Beckenstein, Osie Johnson et al.

Obama: "Happy Thanksgiving"

"Dear Arnaldo:

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.

Our records show that you live in California's 30th congressional district.

American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.

Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve.

So tomorrow, I'll be giving thanks for my family -- for all the wisdom, support, and love they have brought into my life.

But tomorrow is also a day to remember those who cannot sit down to break bread with those they love.

The soldier overseas holding down a lonely post and missing his kids. The sailor who left her home to serve a higher calling. The folks who must spend tomorrow apart from their families to work a second job, so they can keep food on the table or send a child to school.

We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard work of so many Americans who make our country great through their sacrifice. And this year, we know that far too many face a daily struggle that puts the comfort and security we all deserve painfully out of reach.

So when we gather tomorrow, let us also use the occasion to renew our commitment to building a more peaceful and prosperous future that every American family can enjoy.

It seems like a lifetime ago that a crowd met on a frigid February morning in Springfield, Illinois to set out on an improbable course to change our nation.

In the years since, Michelle and I have been blessed with the support and friendship of the millions of Americans who have come together to form this ongoing movement for change.

You have been there through victories and setbacks. You have given of yourselves beyond measure. You have enabled all that we have accomplished -- and you have had the courage to dream yet bigger dreams for what we can still achieve.

So in this season of thanks giving, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you, and my anticipation of the brighter future we are creating together.

With warmest wishes for a happy holiday season from my family to yours,

President Barack Obama"

Celebrate Thanksgiving with DJ Tatiana Fontes @ Hyde

HOUSE MUSIC MADNESS "THANKSGIVING EDITION"
WE WILL HELP YOU METABOLIZE ALL THAT TRYPTOPHANE ON THURSDAY
November 26, 1009, at 10PM
HYDE
8029 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CLOCK, AFTER HOURS OF MASSIVE CONSUMPTION OF TRYPTOPHANE(ABUNDANTLY FOUND IN TURKEY) AND RESVERATROL (RICH IN WINE), YOUR BODY GOES IN A HIGHTENED STAGE OF EUPHORIA AND MAXIMUM ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING...YOU WANT A PLACE TO PARTY!!!

SO SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING, THE THANKSGIVING DIET IS THE PERFECT PRE-PARTY FOOD!!! BESIDES, WE FIGURED THAT AFTER LONG HOURS LOUNGING AROUND, CHILLING AND EATING (IT DOES GET A BIT BORING AFTER A WHILE), AND NOTHING SOUNDS BETTER THAN A TRUE "HOUSE MUSIC MADNESS PARTY" AT THAT TIME....BESIDES, THERE IS ALWAYS THAT "SOMEONE" THAT TURNS THE SWITCH AND SAY, 'LET'S CONTINUE TO PARTY"....SO WHY NOT????

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR POST THANKSGIVING DINNER PARTY THIS THURSDAY AT HYDE. WE WILL BE GOING HARD, AND YOU WILL BE COMING WITH US!!!!

MORE INFO TO COME....

Casting: Female model for catalogue shoot

Our good friends at TuTuBlu are looking for a new model to do a small catalogue photo shoot of some of their fabulous pieces.

Please read ALL of the below details BEFORE applying to make sure you are eligible...

CRITERIA:

SEX: Female
AGE: 16-25
RACE: Any
SIZE: 6-8
HEIGHT: 5'7" minimum

PAY: £50 + travel expenses + dress

The casting will be tomorrow afternoon in Stoke Newington (full details will be given to successful applicants). Photo shoot date to be confirmed.

Having read the above, are you still eligible and still interested? If so, then please send the following to enquiries@dynamitemodels.com:

- FULL name
- Email address
- Mobile number
- Date of Birth
- Height
- Bust (incl. cup size)
- Waist
- Hips
- Clear headshot
- Clear full length shot

GOOD LUCK!
PS - You can view their most recent collections at: http://www.facebook.com/l/8660b;www.tutublu.com

"Bossa Nova Singers" at CD Wow

"Bossa Nova Singers," the best-selling compilation produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for Verve, is now also available at CD Wow! To order, please click:

http://www.cdwow.jp/CD/VARIOUS-BOSSA-NOVA-SINGERS-JAZZ-CLUB/dp/715665#bc=095b

R.I.P.: Billy James

Billy James
(born April 20, 1936, Pittsburgh/PA, USA;
died November 20, 2009, Philadelphia/PA)

The drummer Billy James died in Philadelphia at the age of 73. James had played with musicians such as Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Sonny Stitt and had been a longtime mainstay at Philadelphia jazz clubs.
Obituary: In York.

Special Thanksgiving Eve New Media Vault

Wednesday night, November 25, LA Mixers' & Tubefilter's New Media Vault is back for a special Thanksgiving eve networking party at Downtown LA's Crocker Club.

We'll be premiering Mike Prasad's & Hailey Bright's Girl Gamer Rocks Tokyo video complete with all the exciting goings on in video gaming in Japan. We'll also hold a raffle benefiting the Downtown rescue charity, Midnight Mission. http://www.facebook.com/l/f5c3a;www.midnightmission.org/ You just might win a free turkey!
Start your holiday weekend right.
RSVP now: http://www.facebook.com/l/f5c3a;ow.ly/Fmqc
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New Media Vault is the only new media networking event in Downtown Los Angeles. This monthly event draws over 300 people from all levels of the new media world: with top industry leaders in attendance, your company will have the chance to get face time with financiers, talent, celebrities, producers, directors, designers, agents, managers, lawyers, and industry award winners. The New Media Vault draws the attention of working professionals in a comfortable, low-key and casual environment and is housed at The Crocker Club, a brand new spot on the corner of 5th and Spring, that offers a variety of spirits and beers, along with a post-modern vibe, inside the old bank vault of The Crocker Family Tower. Act now to secure your spot — this event always fills up fast!

Dress Code:
Please note a strict dress code enforced: No flip flops, no baseball caps or beanies, no hoodies, no sports logos, no baggy attire, no athletic attire, no windbreakers, no white tennis shoes, basketball or running shoes, if you choose to wear dark sneakers, and/or t-shirts, we will require you to wear a collared jacket.

CD of the Day - "Egberto Gismonti: Nó Caipira"

CD of the Day
Egberto Gismonti: "Nó Caipira" (Carmo)

One of the many masterpieces recorded by Gismonti for the EMI/Odeon label in the 70s, "Nó Caipira" was never reissued on CD in Brazil, where it was recorded in 1979. The master tapes now belong to Gismonti himself and are part of the catalog of his independent Carmo label, distributed in Europe by ECM.
So, guess where I bought a copy yesterday? In Belgrade, Serbia, dear friends!
I'm not kidding. As soon as I walked into MAMUT, a three-floor store that is considered the best record shop of Belgrade, I knew I was going to find some precious things.
There was only one copy available of "Nó Caipira," so I went to the cash immediately and paid 999,00 Dinares for it. What a relief! With this gem saved, I took time to search for other rare CDs and DVDs; the selection at the store was impressive - from a new digitally remastered version of Milton Nascimento's debut US album, "Courage" (featuring Herbie Hancock, João Palma, José Marino, Hubert Laws, Deodato) to many recent sessions by Serbia's top jazzman, Dusko Goykovich, who currently lives in Cologne.
Regarding "Nó Caipira" it sounds as fresh and adventurous as in 1979, with Gismonti on his creative heyday. The CD cover art, however, is completely different of the original LP design, but the CD booklet includes all the data, the complete list of musicians, a long text by Braulio Pedroso (printed both in Portuguese and English), and even a transcription of the lead sheet of the opening track, "Saudações" (coincidently, the title of Gismonti's brand-new project for ECM, raved last Sunday by Ben Ratliff on the New York Times), a fantastic bossa nova dedicated to João Gilberto and performed by EG alone on guitar & vocals, with lovely lyrics by Brazilian poet Paulo Cesar Pinheiro.
There's another song with lyrics, "Canção da Espera" (this time by Geraldo Carneiro), sung by Zezé Motta, but all the remaining tracks are superb instrumental tunes such as the "Frevo" suite, "Dança das Sombras" and "Selva Amazônica" (dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos).
At that time, Gismonti's Academia de Danças group was formed by reedman Mauro Senise, bassist Zeca Assumpção and drummer/percussionist extraordinaire Zé Eduardo Nazário, besides, of course, the leader on acoustic piano, 6- and 12-string guitars, kalimbas (thanks to Airto Moreira), bambuzal, mouth berimbau, whistles, an instrument called "cathedral" (built by Pete Engelhart in California), accordion, pífano etc. Robertinho Silva guested on percussion, and Benito Juarez conducted both the Campinas Symphony Orchestra as well as a studio orchestra led by the late concertmaster Giancarlo Pareschi at Odeon's old studios (at Rua Mena Barreto) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Nivaldo Duarte engineering.
As I said on the first paragraph: a masterpiece! And since Brazil treats his geniuses very well, you can buy it in Serbia...

Diana Krall live @ Sava Center Belgrade, tonight! Celebrating "Elle" story and the victory in "DownBeat"

Tonight, November 21, Diana Krall brings her "Quiet Nights World Tour 2009" to the ultra-modern Sava Center in Beograd (aka Beogradski, aka Beogradu), located in a new beautiful new city area called "New Belgrade," here in Serbia. In a few hours, she will join the stage celebrating the fact that, for the third consecutive year (2007, 2008 and now 2009), she topped the DownBeat Readers Poll, being voted the Best Female Singer ahead of Cassandra Wilson (who won in 2005 and 2006) and Ithamara Koorax (who placed #3 for the second consecutive year).
DK is also featured in the November 2009 issue of the "Elle" mag sold in Srbija, Crna Gora, Bosnia I Hervegovina and Maledonija.
Cheers!!!

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro reading the "Elle" story)

(Diana Krall: Best Female Singer in the 74th Annual Down Beat Readers Poll)

(On our way to the hotel in New Belgrade)

The Sava Center represents a unique architectural edifice, consisting of an imposing congress hall, concert hall, commercial and business area, book store, banks, restaurant, serving national and international cuisine, café-bar’ shopping malls and antique shops, as well as the Hotel Inter-Continental Beograd.

Sava Center has unprecedented reputation in organizing the biggest international congress meetings, as well as art events, for almost three decades. The success history comes from the impressive architectural and infrastructure capacity as well as highly experienced congress organization team. The Sava Center is ranked among the leading European convention and cultural centers. Its membership in ICCA, AIPC, ISPPA, ILMC - the major international associations of convention and cultural centers - is a confirmation of the fact that Sava Center is held in high esteem worldwide.

Sava Center has hosted over 7,000 gatherings and manifestations, national as well as international, with more than 1,500,000 participants, and also some 8,000 cultural events attended by more then 6,500,000 spectators. The Sava Center is a place visited daily by thousands of people from Belgrade , not just for business, but also pleasure, spending time in restaurants and shops.

Within the A and B building complexes , there are 14 assembly rooms suitable for all kinds of meetings and gatherings on different topics and with different number of participants. Sava Center boasts 3.300 m2 of exhibit space (Exibition Area A and Exibition Area B) and additional 29000 m2 of open space, suitable for staging commercial, professional and art exhibitions.

Diana Krall: sold-out concert in Belgrade, Nov 21

Sava Centar je najveći kongresni, kulturni i poslovni centar u našoj zemlji i jedan od najvećih u Evropi, čija delatnost obuhvata organizaciju kongresnih i svih vrsta umetničkih skupova i manifestacija.

Izgrađen 1977. godine, Sava Centar predstavlja moderan kompleks smešten u jednom od najlepših delova Beograda, udaljen svega pet minuta od centra grada i 15 minuta od aerodroma Beograd . U njegovoj neposrednoj blizini nalaze se hoteli deluxe kategorije Hyatt Regency i Hotel Continental Beograd, koji zajedno sa Sava Centrom čini jedinstven arhitektonski prostor sastavljen od tri celine: poslovna zgrada – objekat "A", velika kongresno koncertna dvorana – objekat "B" i Hotel Continental Beograd.

Sava Centar je savremeni centar izuzetne domaće i međunarodne reputacije, koji više od tri decenije uspešno organizuje najveće međunarodne kongresne skupove i umetničke manifestacije. U Sava Centru je do sada održano preko 8.000 domaćih i međunarodnih skupova i manifestacija, sa više od 1.600.000 učesnika, kao i preko 8.000 kulturnih događaja, kojima je prisustvovalo više od 7.000.000 posetilaca. Sava Centar je bio domaćin niza velikih međunarodnih kongresnih skupova kao što su OEBS, Generalna Skupština Svetske banke i Međunarodnog Monetarnog Fonda, Generalna Skupština UNESCO-a, 9. Samit nesvrstanih zemalja, Skupština EBRD, Svetski kongresi rudara, ortopeda, stomatologa, hirurga ... kao i mesto gostovanja najvećih imena svetske umetničke scene. U Sava Centru se već godinama održavaju značajne kulturne manifestacije kao što su FEST, BEMUS, BITEF …

Sava Centar je član značajnih međunarodnih kongresnih i umetničkih asocijacija, kao što su ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association), AIPC (The International Association of Congress Centres), ISPA (International Society of the Performing Arts), ILMC (International Live Music Conference).
Diana Krall Koncert
Velika dvorana - Sava Center
21. novembar, 21:00
Cena ulaznica: 3000, 4000 i 5000 din.

Sjajna kanadska džez pijanistkinja i pevačica Dajana Krol /Diana Krall/, jedna od najvećih zvezda moderne džez muzike prvi put gostuje u Beogradu, u okviru svetske turneje na kojoj promoviše novi album „Quiet Nights”.

Dajana Krol rodjena u britanskoj kolumbiji počela je sa prvim nastupima u svojoj 15. godini kao džez pijanista, da bi u 17.godini, dobivši stipendiju Vankuverskog džez festivala, započela studije na Berkli koledžu/ Berklee College of Music/ u Bostonu. PreselivšI se u Los Andželes, počinje da nastupa sa poznatim pijanistom Džimi Roulsom /Jimmy Rowles/, što joj je omogućilo kontakte sa utucajnim profesrorima i producentima.

Dajana Krol 1993, izdaje svoj prvi album, “Stepping Out”, a zatim slede ”Only Trust Your Heart” (1995), “All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio” (1996), album koji je bio je nominovan za Grammy, “Love Scenes” (1997), “Jazz Vocal Album” (2000), “The Girl in the Other Room” i poslednji “Quiet Nights", objavljen marta ove godine.

Ovih dana je u centru pažnje i kao producent novog albuma Barbre Strajsend /Barbra Streisand/. Ploča „Love is the Answer” je debitovala na prvom mestu „Bilbordove” liste albuma, i u prvoj nedelji je prodata u čak 180.000 primeraka. Kritičari se bukvalno utrkuju ko će više pohvaliti album na kome se nalazi i nekoliko pesama koje je Strajsendova otpevala u pratnji Dajane Krol i njenog kvarteta.

- Odlično smo se zabavljali na snimanju. Igrale smo karte, razmenjivale tračeve i... mnogo jele! Dajana je veoma talentovana, a najviše sam uživala dok sam snimala pesme sa Dajaninim kvartetom. To me je podsetilo na vreme kada sam kao tinejdžerka pevala po klubovima - izjavila je Barbra Strajsend.

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro arriving at the Belgrade Airport)

Diana Krall : I posle jazz festivala dobar jazz u Beogradu

Ako vam je jazz oduvek izgledao kao muzika rezervisana za zrelo doba i dosadne bradate muškarce koji obožavaju šah, koncert Diane Krall poslužiće da zauvek razbijete predrasude i zaljubite se u modernu verziju jednog od najlepših muzičkih stilova na planeti. Centar „Sava", 21. novembar u 20.30

U jednom se svi slažu: Diana Krall jeste ime vredno poštovanja u svetu muzike. Ova Kanađanka norveškog porekla počela je da svira klavir sa svega četiri godine. Zahvaljujući ocu i njegovoj zaista velikoj kolekciji albuma lako je povukla njegov jazz gen, a zahvaljujući podršci porodice i napornom radu, svojoj odlučnosti i viziji, ona je žena za koju danas kažu: Ona ima sve!
I možemo reći da je baš tako. Sa četrdeset četiri godine, deset uspešnih ploča u diskografiji i karijeri dugoj šesnaest godina, ona je majka dvogodišnjih blizanaca, supruga Elvisa Costella i producent albuma najvećih zvezda savremene muzike. Uz njenu muziku najčešći pridev je moderan jazz. Kao naprodavaniji izvođač izdavačke kuće Verve, ona je dobitnica mnoštva Grammy i Juno nagrada, zna da je izuzetno fotogenična i svoj život opisuje kao „trenutno savršeni balans profesionalnog i personalnog".

Novi album Quiet Nights Diana Krall promovisaće i na koncertu u Beogradu. Biće to spoj novog i starog, autorskog, modernog i jazz standarda. Pored savršeno izbalansiranog života, Diana Krall redak je primer odličnog balansa u muzici kada su sviranje i pevanje u pitanju. Jedinstvena duboka nota u njenom glasu i preciznost klavira, dobra melodija i nežni tekstovi garantuju zamišljen pogled i osmeh koji nećete moći da kontrolišete posle koncerta u Centru „Sava".

Ulaznice za beogradski koncert, po cenama od 3000, 4000 i 5000 dinara, mogu se kupiti na blagajni Centra „Sava", i u prodajnim mrežama Bilet servisa, Eventima i servisa Card.

- Tanja Bogdanov

Dajane Krol in Serbia - "Urban Flash"

"Bartoldijeva baklaja Dajane Krol" - Story about Dajane Krol, ie, Diana Krall in Serbian, mentioning arranger Klausa Ogermana (Claus Ogerman) published yesterday on "Urban Flash" magazine.

Tatiana Fontes DJing tonight @1-OAK in Manhattan

The most charming, beautiful and, let's say, electrifying DJ of the world, Tatiana Fontes will be DJing @ 1oak tonight in Manhattan! Victoria Secret Fashion Show After After Party! ;)
1-OAK
453 West 17th St., NYC, NY
Ph: (212) 242-1111
RSVP@1OAKNYC.COM