MVD To Release Five New Jazz DVDs From Disconforme On May 16, 2006

MVD TO RELEASE FIVE NEW DVDs
FROM DISCONFORME ON MAY 16, 2006
JAZZ SHOTS - EAST COAST VOL 1
JAZZ SHOTS - WEST COAST VOL 1
JAZZ VOICE - THE LADIES SING JAZZ VOL 1
JAZZ VOICE - THE LADIES SING JAZZ VOL 1
AMALIA RODRIGUES - SPIRIT OF FADO

MVD and Disconforme are pleased to announce the release of five new DVDs for US distribution. These titles will be released on May 16, 2006 (prebook cutoff of April 11) and each DVD will boast a $19.95 retail price.

JAZZ SHOTS - EAST COAST VOL 1
This DVD series pays homage to the East coast focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements, without any speakers or introducers... Nothing but music! BILL EVANS TRIO - Up With The Lark and Waltz For Debby, AHMAD JAMAL TRIO - Darn That Dream and Ahmad Blues, PHIL WOODS QUARTET - My Old Flame, THELONIOUS MONK TRIO - Blue Monk, JOHNNY GRIFFIN - A Monk's Dream, OSCAR PETERSON - Newport Blues, DUKE ELLINGTON - Moon Indigo, Sophisticated Lady and Take The A Train, KEITH JARRETT - Tagore and Passin' Thru, JIMMY SMITH TRIO - Mack The Knife. BONUS TRACKS: OSCAR PETERSON TRIO - Newport Blues ( Part II ) and ROLAND KIRK - Unknown Theme.

Run Time: 92 minutes
Selection # DVD2869052
UPC: 022891805298

JAZZ SHOTS - WEST COAST VOL 1
This DVD series pays homage to the West coast focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements, without any speakers or introducers... Nothing but music! ART PEPPER - D. Section, CHET BAKER - If I Should Lose You, ZOOT SIMS - On The Trail, PHINEAS NEWBORN TRIO - Lush Life, Theme For Basie and Oleo, TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI - LEW TABACKIN BIG BAND - Hempecked Old Man, SHELLY MANNE QUINTET Feat. Conte Candoli - The Isolate Pawn and Fantan, WES MONTGOMERY - Jingles

Run Time: 60 minutes
Selection # DVD2869055
UPC: 022891805595

JAZZ VOICE - THE LADIES SING JAZZ VOL 1
Volume 1 of this DVD collection features the most important and influential jazz vocalists in the history of the idiom, including such legendary artists as Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, among others. These rare DVD recordings showcase the great ladies of jazz at the height of their considerable talents, performing the finest works from their stellar repertoire. Whether it be the visceral power of Billie Holiday, or the powerfully emotive vocals of Nina Simone, these DVDs uncover the individual brilliance, and unique style of each of the great divas of jazz. This collection focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements, without any speakers or introducers...Nothing but music!

Run Time: 60 minutes
Selection # DVD2869059
UPC: 022891805991

JAZZ VOICE - THE LADIES SING JAZZ VOL 2
Volume 2 of this DVD collection features the most important and influential jazz vocalists in the history of the idiom, including such legendary artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, and Lena Horne, among others. These rare DVD recordings showcase the great ladies of jazz at the height of their considerable talents, performing the finest works from their stellar repertoire. Whether it be the ebullient joy of Ella Fitzgerald, the vocal pyrotechnics of Sarah Vaughan or the tempered sensuality of Carmen McRae, these DVDs uncover the individual brilliance, and unique style of each of the great divas of jazz.. This collection focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements, without any speakers or introducers...Nothing but music!

Run Time: 60 minutes
Selection # DVD2869060
UPC: 022891806097

AMALIA RODRIGUES - SPIRIT OF FADO This insightful documentary tells Amalia's tale and features movie clips of her singing her most famous fados. Amalia was born to sing and she knew it. “If I sing like I sing, it is because of Nature," Amalia said once. Her genius was so evident that she overcame poverty and discrimination and became an icon of her country. With her, an internationally unknown popular music like Portuguese fado became a medium of universal expression known everywhere. For more than half a century, Amalia was the voice of this peculiar sadness. She is regarded as the greatest of all fado singers, or as they are called in Portugal, of all the “cantadeiras". This DVD tells her story in detail, presenting a full amount of complete video and musical clips from her golden years. Bonus Features: 10 Complete Video Clips, 10 Complete Music Clips

Run Time: 65 minutes
Selection # DVD2869063
UPC: 022891806394