Arguably the biggest jazz breakout story of 2003, The Bad Plus is back with Give, the avidly anticipated successor to These Are The Vistas, the renegade power piano trio's debut album on Columbia Records. Upping the ante on the promise of their debut record Vistas, Give delivers the group's most challenging and satisfying collection to date. Pre-order Give now for the awesome price of $9.98 and get a signed copy, while supplies last.
DUKE ELLINGTON
Three new Expanded Editions pay homage to the heyday of the Columbia LP era in the '50s, commemorating the 30th anniversary of The Duke's passing. In stores now:
Masterpieces By Ellington (1951) with modern concert length arrangements of “Mood Indigo,""Sophisticated Lady," plus new compositions.
Ellington Uptown (1952) standards including “Take The 'A' Train" vocal, “Perdido,"Louis Bellson's “Skin Deep," plus 14-minute “Harlem Suite"
Festival Session (1959) classic album of premiere recordings of festival season favorites, plus three previously unissued tracks
DAVE BRUBECK
New box set -- For All Time -- in stores March 2! Pre-order your copy here. Contains 5 Expanded Edition albums, including 3 on CD for the first time, newly remastered and only available in this box!
More than any other improvising artist during the past 45 years, the pianist/composer/bandleader Dave Brubeck has expanded the rhythmic horizons for the general public, essaying with ever-increasing assurance time signatures like 5/4, 7/4 and even 13/4 while creating a body of work that is notable for its consistent levels of melodic content and harmonic invention. Recorded between 1959 and 1965, this set captures the Brubeck quartet featuring the floating alto saxophone of Paul Desmond (composer of the million-selling “Take Five"), at the peak of their powers.
Dave Brubeck - piano; Paul Desmond - alto sax; Eugene Wright - bass; Joe Morello - drums.
BRANFORD MARSALIS
The Steep Anthology -- the first career-spanning collection of Branford's most rich and impassioned recordings for Columbia Records -- will be in stores March 2. Pre-order your copy here.
Featuring 10 expansive tracks (over an hour of music), this stellar collection also includes one previously unreleased live recording.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
