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Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins had one of the longest creative careers in jazz, and this compilation, spanning every decade in which he recorded (and accompanying Ken Burns's 10-part documentary Jazz), emphasizes that his imagination was as enduring as his ruggedly bristling tenor saxophone sound. In the 1920s he was virtually the creator of jazz saxophone playing, freeing it from the mushy sound it had in dance bands. By the time "Bean" recorded his tune "Queer Notions" with Fletcher Henderson in 1933, he was already playing with elements of atonality in his music. 1939's "Body and Soul" is a breakthrough in the development of the jazz solo, a masterpiece of sustained harmonic invention. While many of his generation resisted the bebop revolution of the 1940s, Hawkins was a notable sponsor, among the first to hire its exponents and to record tunes like Dizzy Gillespie's "Woody 'n' You" and Thelonious Monk's "I Mean You." In the later years of his career, he played across a broad spectrum of jazz. There's a sublime meeting here with fellow swing tenor giant Ben Webster over a Latin beat on "La Rosita." Max Roach's "Driva Man" was one of the first works of explicit social protest in jazz. And Duke Ellington wrote the concluding "Self Portrait of the Bean" for Hawkins for a 1962 session in which they belatedly joined forces. --Stuart Broomer

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Most Relaxing Jazz Guitar Music in Universe

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Karl Jenkins Requiem

Karl Jenkins, the mastermind of the Adiemus project and The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) has the gift of composing music that speaks to a very wide audience. This is a highly interesting work that draws on Western and Oriental traditions. Requiem is a mass for the souls of the dead set to texts in both Latin and Japanese, highlighting the cyclical nature of life, death and rebirth. EMI Classics. 2005.

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Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis, Volume One (DVD/CD)

The all-new and critically-acclaimed LEGENDS OF JAZZ with Ramsey Lewis TV series debuted nationally on PBS stations in April 2006 and will continue a solid run weekly throughout the summer. LEGENDS OF JAZZ with Ramsey Lewis - VOLUME ONE (the first of a three volume series) is a dynamic 2-DISC DVD/CD SET presented in one of the most dazzling AUDIO/VISUAL recordings of the year. The DVD features FOUR HALF-HOUR EPISODES from the celebrated music series presenting lively conversations and performances by some of the BIGGEST STARS IN JAZZ. DVD INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FOUR EPISODES: THE GOLDEN HORNS with CHRIS BOTTI, CLARK TERRY, ROY HARGROVE THE JAZZ SINGERS with AL JARREAU, KURT ELLING CONTEMPORARY JAZZ with MARCUS MILLER, GEORGE DUKE, LEE RITENOUR THE ALTOS with DAVID SANBORN, PHIL WOODS

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Jazz in Britain: 1919-1950

This 4CD set is one of the most comprehensive surveys of the evolution of jazz music in the UK, as played by visiting luminaries from the USA as well as those who were inspired by the Americans but born and bred on home turf. Tracing the story from 1919 and the first visits to London by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, this set takes in visits to the UK by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman during the Swing era and then illustrates the influence these musicians had on the likes of homegrown talent such as Harry Parry, George Shearing and Nat Gonella. As the waves from the bebop revolution reached the UK in the '40s, musicians such as Ronnie Scott and John Dankworth took up the baton, their performances included here along with recordings of those who influenced them, such as Dizzy Gillespie. This set was compiled by one of the UK's leading authorities on jazz as it has been performed in the UK, who has also written a companion book on the subject as well as the liners to this set. It includes many rare recordings that have never been issued on CD, or indeed LP, having only surfaced previously on 78s. There will be great press interest in this set and advertising will run in Jazz Journal and Jazzwise.

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