HBDirect Jazz Music News: May 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Only Three Days Left In The May Sale!

The HBDirect May jazz sale will end on Sunday at Midnight! Only three days remain for discounts on six complete labels and select new releases. You can click any logo in this newsletter to browse all of a label's available titles.

Time Out Turns 50!

"It's the bonus discs that warrant the attention here. First there's a second audio CD that contains previously unreleased concert recordings from 1961, 1963, and 1964 with the classic quartet of Brubeck... In sum, this package adds tremendously to the value of the original album." -All Music Guide

New 50th Anniversary Sets On Sale!

Miles Davis: Sketches Of Spain

Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Melody Gardot's Latest

"My One and Only Thrill is the spellbinding follow up to Gardot's compelling debut, Worrisome Heart, and eloquently confirms her as a supreme songwriting talent possessed of a truly sublime voice... this is already one of the outstanding albums of 2009. Talents like Melody Gardot come along all too infrequently. Now that she's here, she is to be treasured." -BBC Music

New Releases From Verve

Luciana Souza: Tide

Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island - $8.98

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Soul Finger - $8.98

New on SACD!

"Lee-Way boasts a vivid piano that doesn't exhibit the blurry softness [of] some Rudy Van Gelder recordings, and bass that doesn't go particularly deep but is well defined... Original Blue Note mono LPs are commanding increasingly ridiculous prices, and even the prices of Japanese reissues are creeping upwards... Get them now while you can, or regret it later." -Soundstage

APO Reissues Blue Note in Super Audio

John Coltrane: Blue Train

Jackie McLean: Capuchin Swing

Kenny Dorham: Whistle Stop

Sale Highlights & More!

New Releases!

Sonny Rollins: Reel Life

Gary Burton/Pat Metheny/Steve Swallow/Antonio Sanchez: Quartet Live!

Eric Dolphy: At the Five Spot, Vol 2

Eddie Harris/Ellis Marsalis: Homecoming

Freddie Hubbard: Without A Song - Live In Europe 1969

New Sets On JSP

Various Artists: Paramount Jazz

Fats Waller: 1940-1942: Complete Recorded Works Vol.6

Django Reinhardt: Postwar Recordings 1944-1953

New From Capitol!

Frank Sinatra: Classic Sinatra II

Dave Koz: Greatest Hits

Harry Belafonte: The Early Years At Capitol Records

From Saydisc

Rusty Rags: Ragtime, Cakewalks and Stomps From the Original Recordings 1900-1917

Foursome For Brass: Foursome For Brass: Music For Brass Quartette

Pianola Ragtime: Early Piano Jazz & Ragtime Played on Pianola

World Music on Piranha

A great label to explore international music with!

Watcha Clan: Diaspora Hi-Fi

Mahmoud Fadl: For Oriental Dancers From Cairo With Love

Boban Markovic Orkestar: Go Marko Go! Brass Madness

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The May Jazz Sale Has Already Begun!

As part of the HBDirect May jazz sale, we've discounted six complete labels and select new releases! You'll save up to 20% on the complete catalogs of Verve, APO, JSP, Capitol, Saydisc & Piranha and you can click any logo in this newsletter to browse their available titles.

The #1 National Best-Seller

"An achingly pretty tribute to the spirit, pace, and sound of the bossa nova." -Boston Phoenix
"Sexy is not the adjective to describe this recording. A word deeper and more dense, where the physical and spiritual mingle, is necessary; a word not yet invented." -All About Jazz

New Reissues From Verve - $8.98 Each!

Freddie Hubbard: The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard

Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island

Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy On The French Riviera

New on SACD!

"Without reservation, Blue Train can easily be considered in and among the most important and influential entries not only of John Coltrane's career, but of the entire genre of jazz music as well." -All Music Guide
"Those with SACD players will appreciate the high-resolution layer; it's warmer and sweeter and shows off the rhythm section quite well." -All About Jazz

APO Reissues Blue Note in Super Audio

Lee Morgan: Leeway

Jackie McLean: Capuchin Swing

Kenny Dorham: Whistle Stop

Post-War Django

After WWII Django faced a couple of new challenges: Swing and Bebop. Myth has it that Django was engulfed by Swing and bewildered by Bop. This box set tells a different story. On these newly remastered recordings, Django appraches the new movements with virtuoso enthusiasm - while never losing his ability to entertain.

Box Sets From JSP

George Shearing: The Early Years

Fats Waller: 1940-1942: Complete Recorded Works Vol.6

Paramount Jazz: King Oliver's Jazz Band, Lovie Austin, Ida Cox, Charles Pierce, Trixie Smith, Harlem Harmony Kings, etc.

Sale Highlights & More!