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518655 BRAD MEHLDAU HIGHWAY RIDER John Boy • Don’t Be Sad • At the Tollbooth • Highway
Rider • The Falcon Will Fly Again • Now You Must Climb Alone • Walking the Peak • We’ll Cross the River
Together • Capriccio • Sky Turning Grey • Into the City • Old West • Come With Me • Always Departing
• Always Returning (Personnel: Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Matt Chamberlain, Joshua Redman) [2009]
2-CD set. Eight years ago, Mehldau and Los Angeles-based producer Jon Brion collaborated on the groundbreaking
Largo album. Highway Rider reunites Mehldau with Brion in an even more ambitious setting, with
a broader instrumental palette. This two-disc, 15-track song cycle was written, orchestrated, and arranged
by Mehldau and features his long-time rhythm section of drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier,
along with old friends drummer Matt Chamberlain and saxophonist Joshua Redman as well as a chamber
orchestra conducted by Dan Coleman. Highway Rider reflects Mehldau’s recent experience writing longform
pieces, including the Carnegie Hall-commissioned Love Songs for mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
[Item Code: 65534 2-CD: $20.00]
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135 WAYLON JENNINGS THE DARK SIDE OF FAME Don’t Play The Game • Delia’s Game • MacArthur Park • Love Of The Common People
• Destiny’s Child • The House Song • Games People Play • Grey Eyes You Know • (I’d Be) A Legend In My Time • The Chokin’ Kind • Sunday
Mornin’ Comin’ Down • Where Love Has Died • The Days Of Sand And Shovels • The Road • Beautiful
Annabel Lee • Julie • Yes, Virginia • Singer Of Sad Songs • Six Strings Away • Cedartown Georgia • Just To
Satisfy You • For The Kids • Another Bridge To Burn • Just Across The Way • I’ve Been Needing Someone
Like You • Rock, Salt And Nails (With Lee Hazlewood) • Life Goes On • The Dark Side Of Fame [1965-
1971] Conventional wisdom holds that in the era of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s Waylon Jennings was a
tethered beast, shackled in the straight jacket of the Nashville Machine’s conformity. Indulge for a moment
and really listen to the 28 brooding, blistering sides collected here. Witness the barely controlled menace
of Don’t Play The Game, the sublime quasi-psychedelia of MacArthur Park or the eye-gouging fuzz-tone of
Six Strings Away. This magnificent collection of pre-’outlaw’ cuts proves that ‘conventional wisdom’ never
got it more wrong and that Waylon Jennings never lived far from the wrong side of the tracks. [Item Code:
65368 CD: $17.00]
136 FRANKIE LAINE ROCKS AND GRAVEL Rocks And Gravel • That Lucky Old Sun • The Wayfaring
Stranger • The 3:10 To Yuma • Gunfight At The O.K. Corral • Wanted Man • Bowie Knife • The Hanging Tree
• Lonely Man • Old Virginny • Cherry Red • On A Monday • Careless Love • Beyond The Blue Horizon
• Song Of The Open Road • The Swamp Girl • Journey’s End • Dead Man’s Hand • The Hard Way • El
Diablo • The Moment Of Truth • Sixteen Tons • Miss Satan • Horses And Women • The Girl In The Wood • Riders In The Sky • Lonely Days Of
Winter • I’m Gonna Live Till I Die [1956-1964] Welcome to the husky, devil-may-care world of Frankie Laine. A place where hammers strike
rocks, bullets find vengeance and the sweat of the working man and the embrace of the great outdoors are
lauded above all. Born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio, ‘Frankie’ inherited all the gusto and big-chested burl of
his Italian antecedents and would go on to sell over 100 million records worldwide at his peak (the 1950s
and early ‘60s). ‘Mr. Leather Lungs’ belted out tough but tender blue-collar tales (‘That Lucky Old Sun’) and
stirring western odes (‘The 3:10 To Yuma’) with equal aplomb over powerful arrangements (many by John
Williams - later of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Superman’ fame). [Item Code: 65369 CD: $17.00]
ORIGIN RECORDS
82554 EEA THE DARK The Dark • Keystone • Improvisation 1 • African Flower • Palhaco • Polar
• Improvisation 2 • Time Falls (Like Snow) • Improvisation 3 • Birthday Boy • Heaven (Personnel: Peter
Epstein, Larry Engstrom, David Ake) [2008] The Dark marks the debut release of EEA, a newly formed ensemble
consisting of saxophonist Peter Epstein, Larry Engstrom on trumpet, and pianist David Ake. Whether
performing original compositions, collective improvisations, or overlooked gems from the jazz repertoire,
The Dark explores the full range of moods and textures afforded by this unusual instrumentation. EEA allows
all of their varied experiences to make its way into their music. [Item Code: 64932 CD: $15.00]
82555 SCENES RINNOVA Chariots For Anthony • Ambleside • Behind The Scenes • Leviathan • Art Of Falling • Fun With Fruit • Virtual
52nd Street • Little Church • Laughing River • Clues (Personnel: John Stowell, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop) [2009] From its inception in 2001,
Scenes has added a distinctive voice to the classic guitar trio lexicon through the creative group aesthetic
applied by guitarist John Stowell, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop. For their latest release, the
trio presents a set of compelling originals as they also explore varying sonic textures with Stowell’s use of
nylon string guitar, and even the fretless-guitar on the closing track. With a stirring intent, the harmonic and
rhythmically unfettered world of ‘Rinnova’ unfolds to each listener at a unique pace, always challenging, and
always delighting. [Item Code: 64933 CD: $15.00]
82556 BOB SNEIDER PAUL HOFMANN SERVE AND VOLLEY Warm Welcome • Grace • Inception •
Samba Getz • High Peaks • Peri’s Scope • I Remember Bill Evans • Serve And Volley: The Arrival • Baselines
And Backhands • The Sweet Spot • Passing Shots • The Tiebreaker [2008] Through their first two
releases, 2004’s ‘Interconnection’ & 2006’s ‘Escapade,’ guitarist Bob Sneider and pianist Paul Hofmann have
developed a masterful and imaginative creative duo dynamic that coalesces here in their finest effort to date.
The 66-minute program features original music by Hofmann and Sneider as well as covers of two classic
jazz piano compositions - ‘Peri’s Scope’ by Bill Evans and ‘Inception,’ McCoy Tyner’s rollicking minor blues.
‘Serve and Volley’ is a swinging, accessible and highly rewarding peek into a very creative relationship.
[Item Code: 64934 CD: $15.00]
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