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Martin Taylor/Tommy Emmanuel: The Colonel & The Governor [Digipak] *

CD / MESA / 2013-05-14

Tracks: I Won't Last a Day Without You; Jersey Bounce; Bernie's Tune; Smooth One, A; True; Heat Wave; One Day; Lullaby of Birdland; Nearness of You, The; Down At Cocomo's; Fair Haired Child, The; Secret Love...
Artists: Martin Taylor/Tommy Emmanuel

Audio Mixer: Kim Person.

Photographer: Allen Clarke.

There's an implicit sense of mutual admiration behind the titling of this album collaboration between two of the world's gifted -- an...continue...

Eric Gale (Guitar): Ginseng Woman/Multiplication

1 CD / BGO Records / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Ginseng Woman; Red Ground; Sara Smile; De Rabbit; She Is My Lady; East End, West End; Oh! Mary Don't You Weep; Thumper; Multiplication; Morning Glory; Gypsy Jello; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ...
Artists: Eric Gale (Guitar)

Originally released as 2 separate LPs.

Liner Note Author: Alyn Shipton.

Photographer: Jim Houghton.

When it comes to smothering a recording with over-production or being much too ...continue...

Willie Nelson: Let's Face the Music and Dance

CD / Sony Legacy / 2013-04-16

Tracks: Let's Face the Music and Dance; Is the Better Part Over; You'll Never Know; Vous Et Moi; Walking My Baby Back Home; Matchbox; Twilight Time; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; I'll Keep on Loving Yo...
Artists: Willie Nelson

Personnel: Billy English (gut-string guitar, snare drum); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Bobbie Nelson (piano); Jim "Moose" Brown (Hammond b-3 organ); Kevin Smith (upright bass); Paul English (snare drum...continue...

Hank Garland: Move! The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland

2 CD / Euphoria Jazz / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Ed's Place; Some of These Days; Secret Love; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Polka Dots and Moonbeams - (alternate take); Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair); Greensleeves; Tammy; Autumn Leaves; Why Not; Ain't ...
Artists: Hank Garland

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

This long-awaited two-disc set features all of Garland's jazz sides for Columbia Records between 1959-1960, including the complete albums Velvet Guita...continue...

Jack Jezzro/Beegie Adair Trio: Jazz on Broadway

1 CD / Green Hill Productions / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Hello Dolly! [From Hello Dolly]; On the Street Where You Live [From My Fair Lady]; Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific]; Anything Goes [From Anything Goes]; They Say It's Wonderful [From Annie...
Artists: Jack Jezzro/Beegie Adair Trio

Personnel: Jack Jezzro (guitar); Beegie Adair (piano); Chris Brown (drums).

Audio Mixer: Brendan Harkin.

Recording information: Wildwood Recording, Brentwood, TN.

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James Blood Ulmer: Blues All Night

1 CD / In & Out / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Blues Allnight; Calling Marry; Peace and Happiness; She Ain't So Cold; Changing Times; Baby Snatcher; Boss Machine; I Don't Know Why
Artists: James Blood Ulmer

Blues Experience.

Personnel: James Blood Ulmer (vocals, guitar); Ronald Drayton, Ronnie Drayton (guitar, background vocals); Winnie Leyh (keyboards, background vocals); Calvin Weston (drums, sn...continue...

Martin Taylor/Tommy Emmanuel: The Colonel & The Governor

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2013-03-12

Tracks: I Won't Last a Day Without You; Jersey Bounce; Bernie's Tune; Smooth One, A; True; Heat Wave; One Day; Lullaby of Birdland; Nearness of You, The; Down at Cocomo's; Fair Haired Child, The; Secret Love...
Artists: Martin Taylor/Tommy Emmanuel

There's an implicit sense of mutual admiration behind the titling of this album collaboration between two of the world's gifted -- and certainly most decorated -- fingerpicking guitarists. Named in re...continue...

Philip Catherine: Côté Jardin *

1 CD / Challenge Records / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Misty Cliffs; Seven Teas; Lost Land; Prima Vera, La; Côté Jardin (feat. Isabelle Catherine, vocals); Hostage, The; Virtuous Woman; Yellow Landscape; Janet; Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit; Gille...
Artists: Philip Catherine

Personnel: Philip Catherine (guitar); Isabelle Catherine (vocals); Nicola Andrioli (piano); Philippe de Cock (keyboards); Philippe Aerts (double bass); Antoine Pierre (drums).

Audio Mixers: Chr...continue...

Stéphane Grappelli Quartet/Stéphane Grappelli: Django [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]

CD / American Jazz Classics / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Django; Nuages; Alabamy Bound; You Better Go Now; Tien, Le; Like Someone in Love; Minor Swing; Daphné; Soft Winds; Makin' Whoopee; How About You?; Pent-Up House; Swing 39; Belleville; Manoir de ...
Artists: Stéphane Grappelli Quartet/Stéphane Grappelli

Personnel: Pierre Cavalli (guitar); Stéphane Grappelli (violin); Daniel Humair (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Frank Ténot; Melba Ritz.

Recording information: Paris, France (03/07...continue...

Grant Green: Seven Classic Albums [Box] *

CD / Real Gone Jazz / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Miss Ann's Tempo; Lullaby of the Leaves; Blues for Willarene; Baby's Minor Lope; Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do; Wee Bit O'Green, A; No. 1 Green Street; Round About Midnight; Grant's Dimensions; Gre...
Artists: Grant Green

Real Gone Jazz reissued seven classic albums by jazz guitarist Grant Green: Grant's First Stand, Green Street, Sunday Mornin', Grantstand, Reaching Out (with the Dave Bailey Quintet), Born to Be Blue,...continue...

Kevin Eubanks: The Messenger *

CD / Mack Avenue / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Messenger, The; Sister Veil; Resolution; Jb; 420; Led Boots; M.I.N.D.; Queen of Hearts; Gloaming, The; Loved Ones; Ghost Dog Blues
Artists: Kevin Eubanks

The Messenger is a project that reflects not only the guitarist's virtuosity on his instrument, but also his impressive compositional skills.

'I wanted to branch

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Personnel: Kevin Eubanks (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).

Audio Mixer: Robert Biles.

Recording information: Spirit Studios, West Hills, CA.

Photographer: Raj Naik.

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Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project [Digipak]

CD / Nonesuch (USA) / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Improvisation #1; Antonia; Entry Point; Expansion; Improvisation #2; 80-81/Broadway Blues; Orchestrion; Soul Search; Spirit of the Air; Stranger in Town; Sueño con Mexico; Tell Her You Saw Me; U...
Artists: Pat Metheny

The Guardian
The orchestrion is a mechanical orchestra, dating back to the early 19th century... at the same time fresh, elegant and surprising.
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Personnel: Pat Metheny (guitar, piano, vibraphone, marimba, drums, cymbals, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Pete Karam.

Liner Note Authors: Pat Metheny; Robert Hurwitz.

Recording inform...continue...

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen/Philip Catherine: The Art of the Duo [Digipak]

1 CD / Enja Records / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Twice a Week; My Foolish Heart; Stella by Starlight; All the Things You Are; Puzzle, The; I Should Care; Janet; Air Power/Dancing Girls
Artists: Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen/Philip Catherine

Full performer name: Philip Catherine & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen.

Personnel: Philip Catherine (guitar), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (acoustic bass).

Personnel: Philip Catherine (g...continue...

Calvin Keys: Shawn-Neeq

CD / Black Jazz / 2013-02-05

Tracks: Be; Criss Cross; Shawn-Neeq; Gee-Gee; B.K.
Artists: Calvin Keys

Personnel: Calvin Keys (guitar); Owen Marshall (flute); Larry Nash (electric piano); Bob Braye (drums).

Liner Note Author: Frank John Hadley.

Photographer: Dorothy Tanous.

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Mimi Fox: Standards, Old and New [Digipak]

CD / Origin / 2013-01-15

Tracks: This Land is Your Land; 500 Miles High; I Can't Get Started; Have You Met Miss Jones; She's Out of My Life; She's Leaving Home; Cry Me a River; Moonlight In Vermont/Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; Four On S...
Artists: Mimi Fox

Solo performer: Mimi Fox (guitar).

Engineers: Celso Alberti, Brian Walker, Scott Adler.

Recorded live at The Jazz School, Berkeley, California on August 8, 1999 and at Moon Dog Studios, ...continue...

Richard Niles: Santa Rita

CD / / 2013-01-01

Tracks: Dessert Suite; Pure Vanilla; Sympathy; Seduction of Art, The; 7, La; It Never Entered My Mind; Your Heart; Dança Do Mamao; How the Mighty Fall; Black 'N' Shiny; Santa Rita (Pray for Me)
Artists: Richard Niles

Personnel: Richard Niles (guitar); Tony Walthers, Hamish Stewart, Harriet Roberts (vocals); Chris Hunter (alto saxophone); Nelson Rangell (flute, piccolo); Kate St. John (oboe); Steve Hamilton (piano)...continue...

Romane: Samois-Sur-Seine

1 CD / / 2012-12-11

Artists: Romane

Romane: Herve Legeay, Frederic Loiseau, Phillipe "Doudou" Cuillerier (guitar); Alice Bassie (bass); Florin Niculsecu (violin).

Recorded in 1997-98....continue...

Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar [Box]

CD / Columbia (USA) / 2012-11-27

Tracks: Flying Home [Master Take] - (take); Rose Room [Master Take] - (take); Stardust [Master Take] - (take); Memories of You [Master Take] - (take); Soft Winds [Master Take] - (take); Seven Come Eleven [Ma...
Artists: Charlie Christian

Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Benny Carter (alto saxophone): George Auld, Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Buck Clayton, Harry James (trumpet); Jack Teagarde...continue...