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The Complete Miles Davis Columbia Album Collection - Details

Source: Michael Ricci
September 25, 2009

At Last, Comprehensive Super-Deluxe 70-CD Box Set Containing 52 Miles Davis Albums, Recorded 1949 To 1985

Plus Bonus Dvd - Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe '67 - Only Video Of This Group Ever Commercially Released

All Albums - Most Recent Expanded Editions Of '90s And '00s With Bonus Material, Others Heard In Original Form - Packaged In Japanese Style Mini-Lp Cd And Double-Cd Jackets, Replicating Original Artwork

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Celebrate Posi-Tone Records Download Week: Free MP3s by David Binney, Sean Nowell, Mike DiRubbo, Sam Yahel and David Gibson

Source: Michael Ricci
September 25, 2009

Download five free MP3s courtesy of Posi-Tone Record.

For All Intensive Purposes (06:52) Sean Nowell From: The Seeker Posi-Tone Records Nelsonian (07:25) Mike DiRubbo From: Repercussion Posi-Tone Records Everybody's Wonderland (05:34) David Binney/Alan Ferber From: In The Paint Posi-Tone Records Hometown (05:37) Sam Yahel From: Hometown Posi-Tone Records French Press (05:06)

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Alain Mion & Cortex

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2009

Alain Mion & Cortex whose band is internationnally considered as the french jazz funk band (classified near The Cruisaders or the Headhunters).

Their album Troupeau Bleu (Underdog Records), is a cult and is researched by many collectors. After their sold-out gig at the New Morning (Paris), in March 2009, their rebirth is offcialized by their next gig, at Espace Culturel Dispan de Floran (Ha-les-Roses), will be filmed for the TV Channel MEZZO.

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Nheap - "Skymotion" Free Download

Source: Michael Ricci
September 24, 2009

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String Cheese: Trick or Treat

Source: JamBase
September 24, 2009

HULAWEEN SHOWS GET OFFICIAL RELEASE

Michael Kang - SCI - by Dave Vann Fans of The String Cheese Incident will get a chance to relive the group's legendary “Hulaween" shows on the forthcoming live release, Trick or Treat. The two-disc release - set to hit on October 27, 2009 on CD, vinyl, and digitally - is culled from several of these epic SCI shows. An expanded 9-disc deluxe box set edition of Trick or Treat will also be available in ...

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Acclaimed Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and His Trio Set to Release "Reflections" on October 27

Source: DL Media
September 24, 2009

Acclaimed Guitarist Kurt RosenwinkelGets Intimate With “Standards Trio: Reflections" On The Wommusic LabelTrio session with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland set for release October 27“There's this kind of fluidity and architecture in the lines that he plays that I don't think I've heard anybody else do. There's a mystery in it to me. It's not obviously derived from some other player. He's really developed his own language with the musical ...

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"Hot Club Cool Yule": New Hot Club San Francisco CD Due 10/27 from Azica Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 24, 2009

Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli never recorded an album of holiday music, but the Hot Club of San Francisco--who’ve long been inspired by those gypsy-jazz pioneers--always wished they had. “What Would Django Do?,” the Hot Club’s guiding principle, led happily in this case to the creation of Hot Club Cool Yule. It’s the 12th album in the San Francisco quintet’s 20-year career and their second for Azica Records, who’ll release the CD on October 27. “We’d been considering a holiday ...

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Komeda Project Returns with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits For Requiem, a Contemporary Tribute to the Music of Renowned Polish Composer/Pianist Krzysztof Komeda 40 Years After His Death

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
September 24, 2009

"…this is a jazz album, and what matters is how these musicians make Komeda's music their own. Russ Johnson's trumpet work is creative and diverse. Krzysztof Medyna is a powerful, hair-raising reed player. Pianist Andrzej Winnicki plays solos made of sudden shifts that all cohere…" — Thomas Conrad, Stereophile (review of group’s debut Crazy Girl)

“Andrzej's arrangements…are sophisticated and engaging, bringing to mind the warm vibe of such classic recordings as Kind of Blue…" — Michael Gallant, Keyboard

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