Heart to Speak and Perform at SXSW 2012

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The South By Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival proudly

announces that Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart will appear as featured

speakers on Thursday, March 15 in the Austin Convention Center. Heart will

also perform at SXSW 2012 as showcasing artists, with date and venue

information to be announced soon.

Songs like "Crazy On You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda" and "Straight On"

established Heart in the DNA of classic rock. Ann and Nancy Wilson were

among the first women who worked as writers, performers and leaders of the

band. Heart proved their staying power in the MTV era, topping the charts

through the 80s and 90s. The sisters have branched out to solo efforts while

continuing to tour and record together. Their most recent album, Red Velvet

Car, debuted at 10* on the Billboard Top 200 LPs in 2010. In 2012, they will

be releasing their follow-up to that album, a career-spanning box set as

well as an autobiography. In addition to their first-ever appearance at

SXSW, they will also be installing their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

in 2012.

Artists who have participated as featured speakers previously at SXSW Music

include Yoko Ono, Morrissey, Elvis Costello, DEVO, Cheap Trick and Emmylou

Harris. The SXSW Interview with Heart will be a highlight among over 150

conference sessions currently being planned, which includes the previously

announced keynote speaker Bruce Springsteen. All SXSW Music Conference

events are open to Music and Platinum registrants as well as registered

showcasing artists. Conference registrations are now being accepted.

For more information on every aspect of SXSW, please go to sxsw.com.

Elvin Bishop Rocks Redwood City at The Club Fox on December 17 at 8:00 p.m.

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Patented New Technology by Venmundi Streams Live Music and Concert Magic to Fans Worldwide

Redwood City, CA.......Elvin Bishop, renowned and popular Blues artist, records his first and only live DVD at a one-time-only performance at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.). A limited number of tickets are on sale for $25 advance/$30 at the door at http://tickets.foxrwc.com/orderticketsarea. This concert marks a world-wide first: VenMundi is breaking down geographic barriers to make this rare show available to fans around the world by streaming the concert live, and on-demand, around the globe on sale now for $10 advance through www.venmundi.com . This is the first public demonstration of VenMundi’s patented capabilities.

VenMundi was created when software developer and entertainer Ron Parks was traveling in London, listening to Jazz artists in numerous clubs. He reflected on how great it was to hear the music and how sad it was that the world could not be there. With the new capabilities in streaming and technology, he wanted to provide a way for the artists to reach fans wherever they are, whenever they want it on their desktop, laptop computers, home entertainment systems and mobile devices.

Ron Parks, VenMundi Founder explains, “VenMundi lets musicians reach their fans live and in- person, and simultaneously via streaming video on the Internet, with a level of visual quality and audio clarity rarely found online. Better still; fans can soon queue up concerts from their favorite artists on-demand so they get what they want, when and how they want it with uncompromised quality and an experience that is almost as good as being there.”

Venmundi.com is a portal, providing live and video on-demand content on the Internet for a price per event through laptops, Smartphones, tablets and home entertainment centers. Although the initial focus is on the entertainment industry, the possibilities are endless. VenMundi’s patented process, includes the workflow and the documents that allow the artist, the venue and the viewer to participate in a VenMundi broadcast.

Barbra Higgins, COO, VenMundi adds, “We are excited to launch our company with this great partnership with Elvin Bishop. We know he has a dedicated following around the world, and while only 200 patrons will be in the theatre, through VenMundi’s platform, thousands more can see and be part of the show. Comments from our recent test events indicate patrons are excited to have access to the music they love from the artists they have followed for years when, where and how they want it through VenMundi’s unprecedented live and on-demand streaming capabilities.”

VenMundi’s patented process enables the uninterrupted transmission of the content, which by using our methodology is of the highest quality and manages the revenues and customer base in an efficient, accessible, easy-to-use format. Every aspect of the licensing and contractual complexities of the music and entertainment industry is addressed effectively. VenMundi is not only poised to be the de-facto destination for live entertainment on the web, but also the Internet equivalent of a lecture/seminar hall, auditorium, theater, stadium, fundraiser event, house of worship and much more.

Elvin Bishop comments, "We're doing a show at the Club Fox in December with VenMundi. They're really nice people and they do a great job. We'll be streaming our show on line and I'm really excited about getting involved in the new technologies."

About Elvin Bishop: Mr. Bishop has been traveling the Blues road longer than most. A founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues, Elvin has recordings with Clifton Chenier, John Lee Hooker, and The Allman Brothers. He achieved true Pop success with his own 1976 smash hit “Fooled Around and Fell in Love.”

From deep down gutbucket Blues played in smoky South Side Chicago taverns, to raucous roadhouse R&B, he’s instilled all of his music with passion, creativity, and a healthy helping of wisdom, wit and good humor. http://www.elvinbishopmusic.com/

About VenMundi (VM) is an early stage company that has developed a proprietary process and the technology to stream “live” entertainment onto all three screens including mobile devices, laptops, and the living room entertainment system. The patented process, includes the workflow and the documents that allow the artist, the venue and the viewer to participate in a VenMundi broadcast. The technology enables the uninterrupted transmission of the content and manages the revenues and customer base in an efficient, accessible, easy-to-use format. Every aspect of the licensing and contractual complexities of the music and entertainment industry is addressed effectively. www.venmundi.com

About the Club Fox and Fox theatre: Located in the heart of Redwood City; the Fox Theatre and the Club Fox are a premier location on the Peninsula for live shows, concerts, private events and corporate events. The Fox theatre with a capacity of over 1,348 amongst its three floors and its sister venue the Club Fox with 240 capacity, the possibilities are endless for private and corporate events.

The Fox Theatre opened its doors to the public on January 2, 1929 as The New Sequoia Theater by Ellis John Arkursh to show motion pictures. Touring Europe Arkursh gathered all of his favorite architectural details from various venues to create the Moorish feel and style on the inside and the gothic feel on the exterior, which was executed beautifully by the Reid Brothers of San Francisco. http://www.foxrwc.com/

TOBY KEITH NAMED "ARTIST OF THE DECADE" AT ACAs "Red Solo Cup" Runneth Over; Featured On Glee

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(LAS VEGAS, Nev.) Singer, songwriter and entertainer Toby Keith was named "Artist Of The Decade" on Monday night's American Country Awards, which aired live from Las Vegas on FOX. The honor is based on Mediabase airplay data from 2001 to 2010 which shows Keith as the No. 1 artist at country radio during that span.

After receiving the honor, Toby closed the show with a performance of his unexpected new smash "Red Solo Cup," which was only officially named a single last week after the video went viral on the internet to the tune of more than five million views (Click here to view: http://youtu.be/BKZqGJONH68). The song is the No. 1 iTunes country download and No. 10 (and climbing) in the all-genre iTunes Top Songs download, most added at country radio and already No. 22 on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart.

So complete is the Cup's cultural impact, it was covered by the cast of the FOX-TV hit Glee – perhaps the fastest release-to-Glee-rendition of any song yet featured on the show.

"Red Solo Cup" is the second single from Keith's recently-released No. 1 album Clancy's Tavern following the No. 1 smash "Made In America." Keith recently completed the European leg of his Locked & Loaded tour, where international fans were quick to pick up the new custom of waving the iconic red Solo cups.

PROJECT GRAND SLAM RELEASES NEW COVER OF THE HOLLIES HIT, “HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER” TO BENEFIT VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE

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New York, NY. November 30, 2011

Project Grand Slam (PGS), the contemporary electric jazz group, has today released their version of the classic Hollies hit, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”, with Special Guest Vocals by Joye Hennessey. The song is dedicated to the victims of child abuse, relating to the Penn State sexual abuse scandal.

Like millions of people across the United States and the world, the members of PGS were horrified to learn of the sexual abuse allegations connected with Jerry Sandusky in the Penn State University football program. PGS was completing its new album when they realized that “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” was particularly appropriate to the Penn State scandal. The song’s title was the motto for Father Flannigan’s Boys Town charity, which was created in the early 1900s to help disadvantaged and abused children. The song’s message of support for victims and the abused is consistent with Penn State’s healing efforts following the sexual abuse scandal. Therefore, PGS decided to immediately release “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” as a single, and to donate proceeds from the song to benefit the victims of child abuse.

The song is currently available for download on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/he-aint-heavy-hes-my-brother/id482770139. The song will also shortly be available for online streaming from Spotify, Napster, Amazon and others.

About Project Grand Slam

PGS’s debut album, Play, released in 2008, garnered rave critical reviews. A track from the album, “The Captain Of Her Heart”, with guest vocals by Judie Tzuke, was a Top 20 radio hit. In addition, PGS and five tracks from Play were prominently featured in an episode of the hit NBC series, “Lipstick Jungle”, starring Brooke Shields.

The core members of PGS are Robert Miller (Electric Bass, Composer), Ron Thaler (Drums, Percussion), and Gilad Ronen (Saxophones, Composer). Each has significant and extensive musical credentials. “He Ain’t Heavy” also features guest artists Mike Eckroth (Keyboards), Danny Lerman (Saxophones), Justin Smith (Strings) and Joye Hennessey (Special Guest Vocals).

PGS’s follow up album containing “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” and seven other original tunes, will be released in early 2012.

To find PGS on the web:

Official Website: http://projectgrandslam.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/projectgrandslam

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/projectgrndslam

SONY MUSIC’S POPMARKET.COM PRESENTS COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTIONS BY THE GREATEST NAMES IN JAZZ

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Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz,

Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, The Original Mahavishnu Orchestra,

Wynton Marsalis, Return To Forever, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter,

Nina Simone, Grover Washington Jr., and Weather Report

Each box set contains the artist’s complete album output for Columbia or RCA, or focuses on a particular period of the artist’s output for the labels; All albums are packaged in replica mini-LP sleeves with vintage front and back cover artwork, plus new booklet with liner notes, discographical information, photography, and more

Perfect box set gifts for the holiday season, available NOW

through Sony Music’s PopMarket.com

Call it the Ultimate Jazz Festival, as Sony Music’s PopMarket.com website presents Complete Album Collections on Columbia Records and RCA Records (spanning the 1950s to the ’00s) by the greatest names in modern jazz – the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Return To Forever, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Grover Washington Jr., and Weather Report (all on Columbia); and Paul Desmond and Nina Simone (on RCA).

Newly assembled and affordably priced, the first wave of jazz titles in the Complete Albums box set series is available now at the PopMarket.com website – http://complete.popmarket.com through Columbia/Legacy and RCA/Legacy, divisions of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

Each multi-disc box set contains the artist’s entire album output during their Columbia or RCA tenure, or focuses on some aspect of it. Each album is packaged in a replica mini-LP sleeve reproducing that LP’s original front and back cover artwork. Where applicable, the albums in each box include the bonus tracks that have been released on the expanded CD editions over the years.

Several of the box sets in this first wave of jazz titles contain bonus discs that build on the artists’ LP catalog. The Dexter Gordon bonus CD, for example, contains a full program of material not on his original Columbia LPs. The Wayne Shorter box set contains two bonus CDs of his compositions as recorded by Weather Report during his years with the group. The Stan Getz bonus CD includes selections from the Woody Herman Carnegie Hall 40^th Anniversary Concert (1976), Montreux Summit (1977), and Havana Jam (1979), all featuring Getz. The original Mahavishnu Orchestra bonus CD contains live tracks from their Central Park (NYC) summer 1973 show. And the Woody Shaw Stepping Stones bonus CD contains additional live tracks from his August 1978 dates at the Village Vanguard.

The box sets in the series have been produced by long-time Grammy Award®-winning and Grammy Award®-nominated Legacy producers Richard Seidel, Michael Cuscuna, Michael Brooks, Didier Deutsch, and Bob Belden. All packaging has been supervised by Grammy Award®-winning former Legacy Vice President of Jazz Marketing Seth Rothstein, and art directed by award-winning designer Edward O’Dowd,.

Virtually all of the CDs in these box sets have been mastered by respected Sony Senior Mastering Engineer Mark Wilder. He has received seven Grammy Award® nominations and 3 Grammy Awards® in his nearly 25 years at Sony.

As the dominant jazz record label for most of the 20^th century, Columbia was home to a myriad of leading jazz figures during the LP era, and into the digital age. Forthcoming titles in the Complete Albums series will include the music of Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Thelonious Monk, Shakti with John McLaughlin, Charles Mingus, The Brecker Brothers, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and more.

Welcome to the first wave of jazz titles in the Complete Albums series:

MILES DAVIS - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 52 albums on 70 CDs, with previously unreleased material and bonus DVD; Available now; Selection # 88697 55852 2)

Perhaps the ‘granddaddy’ of the Complete Albums series (released in 2009), this deluxe oversized box contains the entire Columbia output of Miles Davis (1926-1991) from 1949 to 1985, a total of 52 album titles (CDs and double CDs) comprising 70 CDs in all. From the 1949 recording In Paris Festival Int’l De Jazz May, and 1957’s ’Round About Midnight, all the way through 1985’s Aura, this box set occupies a special place in jazz history. Bonus discs include the previously unreleased full-length audio version of the Isle Of Wight performance from 1970; and a bonus DVD, Miles Davis Quintet: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Live In Europe '67, filmed in Stockholm and Karlsruhe, Germany, the only video of this Miles Davis Quintet lineup ever to be officially commercially released.

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION (Columbia/Legacy, 19 CDs, 1954-67; Available December 6^th; Selection # 88697 93881 2)

The 17 core years that Dave Brubeck spent at Columbia Records (from 1953 to 1970), saw this complex musician and compassionate bandleader develop into a multi-talented composer, arranger, producer, conductor, orchestrator, and ultimately a father figure for at least two generations of third through fifth stream jazz players. The Dave Brubeck Quartet, in its early lineup (with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, drummer Joe Dodge, and a succession of bassists) was signed to Columbia in 1953, by the renowned George Avakian. He followed the pianist’s early lead (of live concert recordings on Fantasy) and also recorded him live for his Columbia debut. But this 19-album box set focuses on the Quartet’s studio LPs, which actually began with their second album, Brubeck Time (1954). The so-called ‘classic’ Dave Brubeck Quartet took shape with the entrance of drummer Joe Morello in 1956 and bassist Eugene Wright in 1958. They staked their claim to jazz immortality in 1959 with the Time Out album, the first million-selling LP in jazz history, featuring the single that changed all the rules, “Take Five” b/w “Blue Rondo A La Turk.” There are stories and backgrounds to be told of every Brubeck Columbia LP, for example, 1961’s Brandenburg Gate: Revisited, with its 10-part, 20-minute title suite, written by Dave and orchestrated and conducted by his brother Howard, a follow-up to their 1960 Leonard Bernstein project. Likewise, the Quartet’s “Jazz Impressions” series – Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A. (1957), Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia (1958), Jazz Impressions Of Japan (1964), and Jazz Impressions Of New York (1965). The Quartet was disbanded in 1967, the year of their final Columbia studio LP, The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter - Anything Goes!, a swingin’ affair.

1. Brubeck Time (1955)

2. Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A. (1956, first time on CD in U.S.)

3. Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia (1958, first time on CD in U.S.)

4. Dave Digs Disney (1957)

5. Gone With The Wind (1959, first time on CD in U.S.)

6. Time Out! (1959)

7. Southern Scene (1960, first time on CD in U.S.)

8. Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1961, including for the first time on CD in U.S., “Dialogue For Jazz Combo And Orchestra” with New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein)

9. Time Further Out (1961)

10. Countdown: Time In Outer Space (1962)

11. Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963, first time on CD in U.S.)

12. Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1963)

13. Time Changes (1964)

14. Jazz Impressions Of Japan (1964)

15. Jazz Impressions Of New York (1965, first time on CD in U.S.)

16. Angel Eyes (1965, first time on CD in U.S.)

17. My Favorite Things (1966, first time on CD in U.S.)

18. Time In (1966)

19. Plays Cole Porter - Anything Goes! (1967, first time on CD in U.S.)

PAUL DESMOND - COMPLETE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(RCA/Legacy, 6 CDs, 1961-65, 50^th anniversary box set from Dave Brubeck saxophonist; Available now; Selection # 88697 93941 2)

After ten years as a pivotal voice in the Dave Brubeck Quartet (starting in 1951), alto saxophonist Paul Desmond (1924-1977) signed to RCA Records as a solo artist in 1961, even as he continued with Brubeck through ’67. So this volume serves as a 50^th anniversary celebration of Desmond at RCA, where he was mostly heard in quartet settings with guitarist Jim Hall plus bass and drums. The exception was Desmond Blue, his RCA debut, an orchestral session of standards arranged by Bob Prince (with a memorable “My Funny Valentine”). Take Ten and Bossa Antigua revealed Desmond’s interest in the bossa nova, and Brazilian music in general. Desmond and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan proved a perfect match on Two Of A Mind. His final RCA releases, Glad To Be Unhappy and Easy Living presented an artist who had developed a solid identity and, just a few years later, would be able to venture out as a leader on his own. This box set, which includes a total of 24 bonus tracks over the course of the six albums, includes liner notes by Grammy Award®-winning producer Richard Seidel.

1. Desmond Blue (1961)

2. Take Ten (1963)

3. Bossa Antigua (1964)

4. Glad To Be Unhappy (1963-1965)

5. Easy Living (1963-1965)

6. Two Of A Mind with Gerry Mulligan (1962)

STAN GETZ - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 8 CDs, 1972-80, with bonus disc of ’70s live material; Available now; Selection # 88697 88058 2)

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (1927-1991) spent nearly a quarter century becoming one of the best known of all jazz musicians before his arrival at Columbia in 1972. There was his apprenticeship in the Swing era (notably with the Woody Herman Orchestra), his time on the post-war Bebop and Cool Jazz scenes of the ’50s, and his penultimate introduction of bossa nova to American ears in the early ’60s. Like Miles Davis, Getz (who was mainly self-produced at Columbia) thrived in the presence of younger, adventurous players. His label debut of 1972, Captain Marvel (with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Tony Williams), remains a jazz benchmark. The Best Of Two Worlds was a reunion with Brazil’s João Gilberto; likewise, The Peacocks with pianist (and sometime singer) Jimmy Rowles was a long overdue collaboration by the two veterans. Four of the albums in the box set have never been on CD in the U.S.: The Master, Another World, Children Of The World, and Forest Eyes, a rare soundtrack to a Dutch film. As previously noted, the bonus CD includes selections featuring Getz from the Woody Herman Carnegie Hall 40^th Anniversary Concert (1976), Montreux Summit (1977, unavailable on CD outside Japan), and Havana Jam (1979, also unavailable on CD outside Japan).

1. Captain Marvel (1972) with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams

2. Stan Getz/ João Gilberto: The Best Of Two Worlds (1975)

3. The Master (1975)

4. Stan Getz/ Jimmy Rowles: The Peacocks (1975)

5. Another World (1977)

6. Children Of The World (1980)

7. Forest Eyes (music composed, arranged & conducted by Jurre Haanstra) (CBS Holland, 1979)

8. Bonus Disc: selections from Woody Herman Carnegie Carnegie Hall 40^th Anniversary Concert, Montreux Summit, and Havana Jam.

DEXTER GORDON - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 7 CDs, 1976-80, with bonus disc compilation of non-LP material; Available now; Selection # 88697 91891 2)

Initially influenced by the Swing era’s two greatest tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) made his mark in the bebop era, adapting alto saxophonist Charlie Parker’s idiosyncratic rhythms and harmonies to the tenor sax. ‘Long Tall Dexter’ became a regular in the Blue Note stable, but his battles with drugs took their toll, and he was forced to relocate to Europe in 1962. At a rare New York club appearance in 1976, expatriate Gordon was signed to Columbia Records by Bruce Lundvall. Gordon soon thereafter made headlines with his live double-LP, Homecoming: Live At The Village Vanguard. It was the start of a wonderful five year stand at the label, where Gordon was heard with younger players like trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist George Cables, and others. Of special note is the rhythm section on 1980’s Gotham City – Cedar Walton on piano, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Art Blakey – with guest shots from Shaw and guitarist George Benson. The additional bonus disc contains rarities from Montreux Summit, Havana Jam, and a rare studio single. This box set was produced by Grammy Award®-winner Michael Cuscuna, co-directed by Woody Shaw III, and includes liner notes by Cuscuna and Gordon's widow and long-time manager, Maxine Gordon.

1. Homecoming: Live At The Village Vanguard [2 CDs] (1976)

2. Sophisticated Giant (1977)

3. Manhattan Symphonie (1978)

4. Live At Carnegie Hall (1978)

5. Gotham City (1980)

6. Bonus Disc: selections from Montreux Summit, Havana Jam, and a rare studio single.

LADY DAY: THE COMPLETE BILLIE HOLIDAY ON COLUMBIA (1933-1944)

(Columbia/Legacy, 10^th Anniversary reconfiguration of historic 10-CD 2001 box set; Available November 21^st; Selection # 88697 93036 2)

2011 marks the 10^th anniversary of this 10-CD release, produced by Michael Brooks and Michael Cuscuna, which won the Grammy Award® for Best Historical Album. This reconfigured package contains the same 230 tracks on 10 CDs, including Billie Holiday’s 153 masters released on the Columbia, Brunswick, Vocalion, OKeh, and Harmony labels, plus 77 ‘Alternate Sides, Radio Air-Checks and Rarities.’ Here are her two premiere Columbia recordings of November-December 1933, backed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra and produced by John Hammond (“Your Mother’s Son-In-Law” and “Riffin’ The Scotch”). 151 songs follow, starting with her July 1935 session with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (including “I Wished On The Moon,” “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” and “Miss Brown To You”), through some 42 sessions culminating in February 1942 (with “It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie” and “Until The Real Thing Comes Along”). Nearly half of the 77 rarities that follow (from 1934 to ’44) were previously unreleased in the U.S. when this box set was issued in 2001. Lady Day leads her own band or is accompanied by orchestras led by Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Eddie Heywood (and, on one historic track, Duke Ellington) – and sings in the company of such giants as Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa, Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Johnny Hodges, Artie Shaw, Jonah Jones, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones, Charlie Shavers, Harry James, Hot Lips Page, and dozens of others. This new box set reprises Gary Giddins liner notes essay from the 2001 edition. 70 years after Billie Holiday’s signature recording of “God Bless the Child” in May 1941, her original body of work continues to fascinate generations of fans

THE ORIGINAL MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION (Columbia/Legacy, 40^th Anniversary Celebration includes

5 CDs, 1971-74, with bonus CD of previously unreleased live concert material; Available November 21^st; Selection # 88697 93034 2)

Forty years after their debut, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra lineup is celebrated on this box set. Their truly international lineup may have contributed to their immediate global popularity: John McLaughlin (guitar, born in England, 1942), Jan Hammer (piano and keyboards, b. Czechoslovakia, 1948), Jerry Goodman (violin, b. Chicago, 1949), Rick Laird (bass, b. Dublin, 1941), and New Yorker Billy Cobham (drums, b. Panama, 1944). Mahavishnu was formed by McLaughlin in 1971, after he had spent his first two years in the U.S. at the dawn of the jazz-rock fusion movement, playing with the Tony Williams Lifetime, and on Miles Davis’ studio sessions (starting with In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew in 1969). At Miles’ suggestion, McLaughlin finally formed his own group. Mahavishnu’s legend played out on three LPs over the course of three years, during which time they played 530 shows around the world before their farewell concert of December 31, 1973. Sessions for (what was to be) their third studio LP, recorded in London in June 1973, were shelved until their discovery by producer Bob Belden in 1999, when they were released as The Lost Trident Sessions. Most of the same music from those sessions showed up on Between Nothingness And Eternity, the original band’s final LP, and was also performed live at Central Park in August ’73. The bonus CD here includes over an hour of music from Central Park, completely different songs from the original Between Nothingness album, including the only authorized live versions of tunes from both Inner Mounting Flame and Birds Of Fire. One more bonus track, the rare “Noonward Race” (originally recorded on Inner Mounting Flame), was released on the soundtrack of Mar y Sol (Atco), a legendary rock festival in Puerto Rico, 1972.

1. The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

2. Birds Of Fire (1972)

3. The Lost Trident Sessions (rec. 1973, rel. 1999)

4. Between Nothingness and Eternity (1973)

5. Bonus Disc: Between Nothingness And Eternity [Disc 2], previously unreleased.

RETURN TO FOREVER - COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 5 CDs, 1976-77, includes entire 3-CD RTF Live concert of 1977; Available now; Selection # 88697 88319 2)

Return To Forever was initially built on the shoulders of keyboardist Chick Corea (b. 1941), a seasoned veteran of jazz and Latin bands for nearly a decade (including his stint with Miles Davis from 1968 to 1970), by the time he formed the first RTF in ’71. After several personnel shifts over five years and five LPs, the classic lineup of the second more electric version of RTF included Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola (b. 1954), bassist Stanley Clarke (b. 1951), and drummer Lenny White (b. 1949). Their Columbia debut, Romantic Warrior was the third RTF album to break the Top 40, and the first to earn RIAA gold. Corea (with Clarke) then completely reorganized the lineup again, adding four horns to record Musicmagic, another Top 40 success. Their live album of 1977 (recorded at the Palladium in New York City) turned into a 4-LP box set – and this new release marks the first time that the entire two and a half hour concert (unavailable for some 20 years) has been released on CD in the U.S. (Highlights include extended takes on the Musicmagic material plus Corea’s “Spanish Fantasy” suite, and the jazz standards “Green Dolphin Street” and “Come Rain Or Come Shine.”) As evidenced by their recent 70-date reunion world tour (Corea, Clarke and White, plus violinist Jean Luc Ponty and guitarist Frank Gambale), RTF has never lost its mystery and appeal. This box set, remastered by Mark Wilder, with liner notes by producer Bob Belden, is a fitting tribute to the legend of Return To Forever.

1. Romantic Warrior (1976)

2. Musicmagic (1977)

3. Return To Forever Live [3 CDs] (1977)

WOODY SHAW - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 6 CDs, 1977-81, with Stepping Stones: Bonus Tracks; Available now; Selection # 88697 91890 2)

Miles Davis said of Newark’s Woody Shaw (1944-1989), “Now there's a great trumpet player. He can play different from all of them.” In his 20s, Shaw learned from and worked alongside an eclectic and dazzling array of musicians, from Eric Dolphy and Bud Powell, to Larry Young and Horace Silver. Like Dexter Gordon, nearly 20 years his senior, Shaw gathered momentum as a regular in the Blue Note stable starting in the late ’60s, so it was no surprise when he joined Gordon on his Homecoming album of 1976. Shaw’s own Columbia debut came the following year, Rosewood, a program of sextet and concert ensemble pieces voted Best Jazz Album of the year in the Down Beat Readers’ Poll, which also named Shaw Best Trumpeter. A year later, Shaw followed Gordon’s lead with his own Village Vanguard live album, Stepping Stones, and this box set includes a bonus CD of live tracks from those August 1978 dates. Younger players openly expressed their admiration for Shaw, among them Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett and Steve Turre. Shaw’s death from medical problems at age 45 robbed jazz of a trumpet giant. This box set was co-produced and co-directed and designed by his son, Woody Shaw III, who also contributed liner notes along with Shaw's long time friend and producer, Michael Cuscuna.

1. Rosewood (1977)

2. Stepping Stones (1978)

3. Stepping Stones: Bonus Tracks

4. Woody III (1979)

5. For Sure! (1979)

6. United (1981)

WAYNE SHORTER - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 6 CDs, 1974-88, with 2 bonus CDs of Weather Report compositions; Available now; Selection # 88697 92024 2)

The odyssey of Wayne Shorter (b. 1933) from the mean streets of Newark to worldwide respect and recognition as a musician, composer and bandleader is one of the great stories in modern jazz. He was 26 in 1959, when he joined Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers on tenor saxophone for a five year stint as music director that propelled him into the front ranks. Like many others (including Dexter Gordon and Woody Shaw in this series), Shorter became a regular in the Blue Note stable, on the label’s blowing sessions and on his own albums starting in 1964. That same year, Shorter became a member of Miles Davis’ so-called ‘second great quintet’ (joining Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams). Over the course of a dozen LPs, he established himself as both instrumentalist (adding soprano saxophone to his arsenal) and as composer of some of the group’s signature tracks, “Footprints,” “E.S.P.,” and “Nefertiti” among them. At Miles’ In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew sessions in 1969, Shorter crossed paths with Joe Zawinul, and in 1971, they formed Weather Report with bassist Miroslav Vitous. (This box set includes two bonus CDs comprising all of the compositions that Shorter wrote for Weather Report, 23 tracks totaling 90 minutes). In 1974, Shorter brought U.S. attention to the celebrated Brazilian artist Milton Nascimento on the Native Dancer LP. Upon Weather Report’s dissolution in 1985, Shorter commenced his solo career at Columbia with three CDs over the next three years, Atlantis, Phantom Navigator, and Joy Ryder, hard-to-find rarities until now, newly remastered for this collection.

1. New bonus disc: Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 1

2. New bonus disc: Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 2

3. Native Dancer with Milton Nascimento (1974)

4. Atlantis (1985)

5. Phantom Navigator (1986)

6. Joy Ryder (1988)

NINA SIMONE - THE COMPLETE RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(RCA/Legacy, 9 CDs, 1967-74, pinnacle of Simone’s recording career; Available now; Selection # 88697 93890 2)

Singer and songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003) holds a special position of honor in the grand hierarchy of great African-American female vocalists of the 20^th century – Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, and Aretha Franklin among them. Simone’s music encompasses a broad palette, ranging from 1920s blues and the jazz of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, to the standard songbook of Berlin and the Gershwins. There is traditional American balladry and the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the folk rock of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, Richie Havens, Sandy Denny, Jimmy Webb (and many others). Simone brought the Beatles, the Byrds, the Bee Gees, and Hair into her repertoire, as well as Olatunji and the exciting new strains of Afro-pop and World Music before the genre even had a name. It is all here, and much more on her nine RCA albums recorded between 1967 and 1974, considered the pinnacle of her recording career. All of the bonus tracks that have been added to expanded editions of the albums over the years around the world – a total of 35 – are included here. All of the albums have been re-mastered by Mark Wilder, seven of them for the first time ever in the U.S. As with Desmond (above), liner notes are written by producer Richard Seidel, who also produced the expanded versions of Silk & Soul and Nina Simone Sings The Blues in 2006, and compiled Legacy’s three-disc, multi-label Grammy Award®- nominated anthology of 2008, To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story.

1. Nina Simone Sings The Blues (1967)

2. Silk & Soul (1967)

3. ’Nuff Said (1968)

4. Nina Simone And Piano! (1969)

5. To Love Somebody (1969)

6. Black Gold (1970)

7. Here Comes The Sun (1971)

8. Emergency Ward (1972)

9. It Is Finished (1974)

GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. - COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 9 CDs, 1986-2000, with rare Cosby Show CD, Christmas CD, and classical CD; Available now; Selection # 88697 92448 2)

The multi-instrumental alto, tenor and soprano saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999) enjoyed a career that spanned all musical boundaries, from swing to funk, from big city R&B and soul to smooth pop. Underneath it all was a grounding in jazz that infused every note he played. He spent most of the ’70s at CTI/Kudu, leading his own LP sessions and appearing as sideman on many others. After a brief stay at Motown, he moved to Elektra for five albums, where he recorded his signature, “Just The Two Of Us” with vocalist Bill Withers. GW arrived at Columbia in 1986, with House Full Of Love (Music from The Cosby Show), a very rare, out-of-print album that opens this box set. At Columbia, he virtually invented the Smooth Jazz genre, showing off his diversity by alternating R&B-jazz-pop albums (Strawberry Moon, Time Out Of Mind, Next Exit, and Soulful Strut) featuring Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, B.B. King, Levi Stubbs, and others – with straight ahead jazz sessions (Then And Now, All My Tomorrows) with Herbie Hancock, Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, and Eddie Henderson, among other top jazz luminaries. Grover consistently placed his albums in the Top 5 of both the Top Jazz and Top Contemporary Jazz charts. His eclectic nature was underscored by a beautiful Christmas album (Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection); and Aria, a set of classical pieces adapted for saxophone.

1. House Full Of Love (Music from The Cosby Show) (1986)

2. Strawberry Moon (1987)

3. Then And Now (1988)

4. Time Out Of Mind (1989)

5. Next Exit (1992)

6. All My Tomorrows (1994)

7. Soulful Strut (1996)

8. Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection (1997)

9. Aria (Sony Classical, 2000)

WEATHER REPORT - THE COLUMBIA ALBUMS 1976-1982 FEATURING JOE ZAWINUL, WAYNE SHORTER AND JACO PASTORIUS (Columbia/Legacy; Available November 21^st; Selection # 88697 93940 2)

The origins and sound of Weather Report in 1971 are credited to the bond created by veterans Joe Zawinul on keyboards (1932-2007) and saxophonist Wayne Shorter (b. 1933). They met while working with Miles Davis on his transitional sessions of 1969, that led to In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. By 1975, the jazzman’s grapevine had gone into overtime with the news that Weather Report (i.e. Shorter and Zawinul) were having a fifth overhaul of the lineup in as many years. Most notable was the decision to change up the rhythm section yet again, with a new drummer (WR fans always looked forward to new drummers and percussion on every LP), and a new bassist. At first, skepticism greeted the choice of 23-year old South Florida’s Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987), who was stepping into the shoes of WR bass heroes Miroslav Vitous and Alphonso Johnson. A teenage bass prodigy around Miami’s eclectic jazz, rock, funk and Latin scenes, Jaco powered his way into the Black Market sessions, and the group soared on his first WR composition, “Barbary Coast.” Onstage, Jaco quickly turned the band’s front-line into a triumvirate, just what WR needed to break through the commercial barriers of jazz-rock fusion and win their first RIAA platinum album, Heavy Weather, with its signature hit (“Birdland”) and Jaco’s brief yet distinctive “Teen Town” (on which he also played drums). Jaco was developing into a daring and innovative instrumentalist as well as composer, getting more groove time on 1978’s Mr. Gone (with “Punk Jazz” and the danceable “River People”), and on the Grammy Award®-winning 8:30, the part-studio and part-live double-LP of 1979, with new drummer Peter Erskine poached from the Maynard Ferguson big band (check out the six-minute live version of “Teen Town,” and Jaco’s five-minute solo piece, “Slang”). He injected an energy and infectious rhythm into Weather Report during his too-brief five-year stay, setting the band in a new direction, and winning himself a devoted following among generations of bassists to come. This box set contains all of the authorized albums (studio and live) that Jaco made with Weather Report during his period with the group.

1. Black Market (1976)

2. Heavy Weather (1977)

3. Mr. Gone (1978)

4. 8:30 (1979)

5. Night Passage (1980)

6. Weather Report (1982)

WYNTON MARSALIS - SWINGING INTO THE 21^st ALBUMS COLLECTION

(Columbia/Legacy, 10 albums of 1999-2002; Available now; Selection # 88697 94428 2)

Back in 1998, Wynton Marsalis began to plan an unprecedented release of nine major album projects – septet sessions, jazz and blues tributes, film music, scores for ballet, modern classical and orchestral works, and of course plenty of bonafide swing. Recorded between 1993 and 2000, they were all released during 1999 and 2000, under the banner “Swinging into the 21^st!” Now, in honor of Wynton’s (ongoing) 50^th birthday celebration [October 18, 2011], those nine albums have been brought together as a box set, along with his career-defining masterpiece All Rise double-CD as the tenth title. Recorded in Los Angeles three days after 9/11, and released in 2002, All Rise is the perfect climax to this look into the musical universe of Pulitzer and 9-time Grammy Award®-winner Wynton Marsalis.

1. A Fiddler's Tale (1999)

2. Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk (1999)

3. At The Octoroon Balls (1999)

4. Big Train (1999)

5. Sweet Release & Ghost Story (1999)

6. Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord (1999)

7. Reeltime (1999)

8. Selections from The Village Vanguard Box (2000)

9. The Marciac Suite (2000)

10. All Rise [2 CDs] (2002)

For further information contact:

Aliza Rabinoff at DKC Public Relations, 212-981-5157, aliza_rabinoff@dkcnews.com

Tom Cording at Legacy Media Relations, 212.833.4448,

Tom.Cording@sonymusic.com

Randy Haecker at Legacy Media Relations, 212.833.4101,

Randy.Haecker@sonymusic.com

ADDRESS TEARSHEETS TO:

Tom Cording or Randy Haecker

SONY MUSIC / LEGACY

550 Madison Avenue, 17^th floor

New York, NY 10022-3211

http://Complete.Popmarket.com

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http://www.LegacyRecordings.com

SOJOURN MUSIC RELEASE HOLIDAY INSPIRED SONGS “A CHILD IS BORN” SET FOR RELEASE ON NOV 22, 2011

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Christmas at Sojourn has always been a unique thing. From the first year in the life of the church, Sojourn have been fascinated by the more gritty side of the Christmas story. The church fathers chose the darkest time of the year to celebrate the dawning of the Light of Lights in the birth of Christ, the entrance of hope into darkness.

The Christmas story itself is one of contrasts – God as a baby. A king in a manger. His birth was welcomed not by crowds and royalty, but by outcasts and foreigners. Because the Christmas story is ultimately a story of hope for the hopeless, healing for the broken, and light in the darkness.

Sojourn Church has sought for many years to capture that emotion in their Christmas music. There’s a place for joy, a necessary and central place for celebration, but that joy and celebration has its most weight when seen in the context of the suffering and longing from which it emerges. So Christmas music at Sojourn has always had a dark edge, a sense of tension and angst, which points us to the darkness of our own hearts that longs for the light of Christ.

This new CD recording, titled “A Child Is Born,” is birthed almost directly out of Sojourn Church’s Christmas worship services. The members of Sojourn recorded this new list of tracks at home, so to speak, at the 930 Arts Center (our Midtown campus) and at Eddy Morris’s, Sojourn’s Production Director and at Ear Candy studios, where Sojourn also recorded the albums, “Before the Throne” and “These Things I Remember.” Sojourn’s own pastor, Mike Cosper, states, “It’s an indie rock record, recorded the indie rock way, piecing together what we could to give fans and music lovers this homemade gift. It’s not perfect, but most home-made things aren’t.”

Sojourn Church also reached out to some friends and borrowed their songs for the making of “A Child Is Born,” including Bifrost Arts’ “Joy Joy,” a song based on a very old melody that perfectly captures that tense, advent joy. They also recorded Bill Mallonee’s “Knocking at Your Door”, a song we sing every Advent season whose gritty and earthy words bring the season home. In addition is Sandra McCracken’s “This is the Christ” a text McCracken reworked from Martin Luther, and was an instant favorite for Sojourn during last year’s holiday sermons.

In addition, Sojourn Church has a number of originals and traditional songs, including a punk-rock inspired “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” the grittiest version of “Go Tell it On the Mountain,” anyone will ever hear and ambient pop versions of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” and “Silent Night,” a John Newton text reworked by Brooks Ritter (“Oh Glorious Hour”) and an ancient anonymous text reworked by Jamie Barnes (“A Voice is Sounding”).

JULES VERNE FESTIVAL HONORS ICONIC FILM LEGEND JOHN WAYNE IN HOLLYWOOD AT THE CINERAMA DOME

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THE JOHN WAYNE TRIBUTE EVENT

Thursday, November 10, 2011 @ 7pm

Cinerama Dome at the Arclight Hollywood

6360 W. Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

Jules Verne Festival creators and film producers Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné will dedicate the 2011 Jules Verne “Legendaire” Award annual presentation to the iconic screen adventurer JOHN WAYNE (www.julesverne.org) on November 10, 2011 at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood CA and host a special screening of the classic film, “True Grit.”

A celebrity event evening will welcome Patrick Wayne and Ethan Wayne to accept the award on their father’s behalf. Special celebrity guests include actress and costar Kim Darby who starred as Mattie Ross in the John Wayne classic, “True Grit,” and legendary harmonica player Tommy Morgan (Rio Bravo, The Cowboys, Dances with Wolves) among other special guests for this special evening. The guests will be treated with an exclusive filmed interview by Glen Campbell for this special tribute to John Wayne.

The red carpet award show will be followed with a special presentation of John Wayne’s timeless classic movie, “True Grit,” the film that won him an Oscar Award in 1969.

The profits from the annual Jules Verne Award Charity Event will benefit the children of Los Angeles through the JVF Nature & Education year-round program.

The Jules Verne Festival was created in Paris in 1992 and is dedicated to the spirit of Adventure and of Conservation through Entertainment. This heartfelt and unusual event has been celebrating legendary movies and artists for 20 years in Paris and Los Angeles.

The Jules Verne Award was created in 1992 and was historically presented to accredited actors and actresses and movies symbolizing the spirit of Jules Verne. Some of these classic films include Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Empire Strikes Back, Up!, Star Trek Begins among others. Prior hosted honorees include James Cameron, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Tony Curtis, Roy E. Disney, Omar Sharif, Jacques Cousteau, Jane Goodall and Buzz Aldrin.

John Wayne (1907-1979) was an American actor, director and producer and regarded as a Classic American Legend. Wayne has played the lead in 142 of his film appearances (1926-1976) and is best known for his roles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, Rio Bravo and True Grit. He is the only actor that appears every year on Harris Poll's list of America's Top 10 favorite actors since 1994.

The special one night screening of 1969’s True Grit stars John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper. This Paramount Picture Film was directed by Henry Hathaway and music score by Elmer Bernstein. This years’ Jules Verne Festival is being sponsored by Land Rover.

NOV 10 @ 7pm - General admission: $25 / VIP tickets: $45

INFO & TICKETS AVAILABLE AT WWW.JULESVERNE.ORG

ETHEREAL VOICED SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PIANIST SHAUNA BURNS PUTS A COMPELLING FOLK-ROCK CELTIC TWIST ON SEASONAL FAVORITES WITH HER NEW RELEASE, “A W

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One of the most dynamic and critically acclaimed multi-talents on today’s indie music scene, singer songwriter Shauna Burns continues on a spiritually driven musical adventure that blossomed on her breakthrough 2008 recording The Moon and The Fire Circle and continued on 2009’s Anamnesis EP.

Inviting longtime fans and newcomers alike to celebrate the holiday season, Burns describes her latest musical venture, the Celtic flavored A Winter Gathering, as a new journey for her—a collection of newfangled carols and original songs performed by her with her husband, drummer James Clark (who also co-produces) and guest performers Caroline Kemper (Celtic harp), Rick Kemper (Uilleann pipes & pennywhistle), Lindsey Springer (cello), Ryan Whyte Maloney (guitar, backing vocals) and a five piece vocal choir.

Bringing unique new elements and sounds to her trademark style, Burns offers new twists to classic songs like “Carol of the Bells,” “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” and “Silent Night” and includes three short original “breath point” pieces she calls “Songscapes.” She includes “White Christmas” as a tribute to her mother Joyce (who always played and sang it at holiday times when Burns was growing up) and also a compelling rendition of Clark’s favorite song “What A Wonderful World.”

The singer describes the concept this way: “Winter Star,” the first “songscape,” is the star in the East that the shepherds see in “The First Noel”; Burns sings Gaelic words that speak about this bright new presence. The star travels through the other songs starting with “Carol of the Bells,” descends to earth in “White Christmas” through fire and “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” through desert. “Luma,” the second songscape, is loosely based on “Ave Maria” and represents the “light” breath. Silent Night” holds the grounding axis of the album with its everlasting melody and frequency. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” holds the place of the strong anchor.

“The Gathering,” the third songscape, “gathers” the songs, family and friends near and leads the listener into “What a Wonderful World,” the resolution. Speaking whimsically, Burns considers the instrumental versions of “Carol of the Bells” and “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” as the end as “little cherries on top.”

The Las Vegas based singer’s blend of ethereal vocals and sweeping piano and percussion driven atmospheres launched her early singles “Pink Girl” and “Petunia” to major success in the Triple AAA radio format. “Pink Girl” was also chosen as the #1 indie single from the MAACP Radio show. Burns’ debut album Every Thought, which Smother.net declared “a newfangled fusion that will ignite a spark that will be hard to replicate,” was also selected as one of the Top CDs of 2005 by Collected Sounds, a popular taste making website celebrating independent musicians. It was chosen for “Best of the Batch” from the Music Industry News Network and featured on TowerPod.com, Indie-Music.com, Billboard, VH1, Artist Direct, AOL Music and Fox TV, among other outlets.

The Moon and the Fire Circle, a richly thematic and ultimately healing work that offered an emotional bridge between darkness and light, met with similar success. Its first single “Around You” reached #7 on the FMQB AC Chart, was one of WCH Radio’s “Top Songs for 2008” and hit #1 on “Song Vault Radio.” The collection was selected “Best of 2008” by Collected Sounds and The Promise Live. Radio Crystal Blue also chose Burns as one of the “Top Recording Artists of the Year 2008.” Conceived as an extension of the music on The Moon and the Fire Circle, Burns’ follow-up five track EP Anamnesis included songs that relate in some way to each of the five senses (including “Smell”).

Over the past few years, Burns has enchanted audiences at clubs and Borders Stores across the U.S. and in the U.K. (where she toured early in 2007) with songs from her debut and its follow-up five song EP Desert Tune, which featured songs that overflowed from the first album’s sessions. Her first tour in support of her debut was 40 dates and she embarked on a subsequent jaunt of 20 dates from coast to coast during the summer and fall of 2007. The success of The Moon and the Fire Circle—and its vibe of folk rock with Celtic influences--opened up exciting new opportunities on the festival circuit. She has performed at Renaissance Fairs in Utah and Texas; the Phoenix Faerie Festival; Green Girl Music and Arts Festival in Las Vegas; Celtic Festival in Texas; and Medieval Mayhem in Show Low, Arizona.

Shauna Burns on the web:

Official Artist Website: http://www.shaunaburns.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shaunaburnsmusic

Twitter: http://twitter.com/shaunaburns

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/shaunaburns

TOBY KEITH DECLARES NATIONAL MEZCAL DAY OCT. 21

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Countdown Clock, Drink Specials, Contest, Recipes & More Planned

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Toby Keith recently topped the charts again ... with his signature spirit Wild Shot, which was named the No. 1 premium mezcal in the U.S. So it's no coincidence that Wild Shot is leading the charge for National Mezcal Day, planned for Oct. 21, which just happens to be the Friday prior to his upcoming album release.

The campaign includes a countdown clock posted at www.wildshot.com, and it's all leading up to a big Friday of special drinks, promotions and fun. For those fans who really get into the spirit (pun intended), a contest is offering autographed copies of the new disc, Clancy's Tavern, to the most active Wild Shot Facebook and Twitter contributors. The effort is underway now through Oct. 22.

As for the big day itself, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill restaurants will offer Wild Shot drink specials (Boston excluded because of local ordinance). Many of those beverages are likely to be the Blue Mezcalita, which is the most popular Wild Shot drink offered at Keith's establishments.

More than a few Wild Shot purchasers want to know how the man whose name is on the label takes his mezcal. The answer: Straight from the freezer as Wild Shot takes on a syrupy texture that makes it great for sipping. And, as you'd expect from drinks distilled in different ways from the agave plant, Wild Shot is an excellent substitute in any cocktail that calls for tequila.

While many-a-glass will be raised on National Mezcal Day, you can bet a few toasts will be thrown out the following Monday, too, as Clancy's Tavern hits stores around the world Oct. 24. The collection's first single, "Made In America," recently hit No. 1 on all the major charts and has become one of the fastest rising releases of his career. Keith's international tour in support of the album release kicks off in late October.

JOURNEY’S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 SPANS HIT SINGLES, ALBUM TRACKS AND RARITIES FROM 1978 TO 1996

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Journey’s Enduring Appeal Is Affirmed Everywhere From Rock Band

To The Sopranos, from Broadway’s Rock Of Ages to Television’s Glee

CD and gatefold double 180-gram virgin vinyl edition of GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 – AND gatefold double 180-gram virgin vinyl edition of original GREATEST HITS – available everywhere starting November 1, 2011

GREATEST HITS VOL. 2, a brand-new collection of original recordings by the mega-platinum band Journey will be available as a single CD, digital download, and special gatefold double-vinyl edition (which includes a code for a free digital download of the vinyl remastered album), available starting November 1, 2011. This new package from Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, spans singles and album tracks recorded between 1978 and 1996.

Journey’s original Greatest Hits collection is one of the top-selling American rock albums of all time with worldwide sales in excess of 25 million. In conjunction with the double-LP version of GREATEST HITS VOL. 2, the original Greatest Hits will also be issued as a gatefold double-vinyl edition on the same date, November 1 (which also includes a code for a free digital download of the vinyl remastered album).

Journey, founded by guitar virtuoso Neal Schon in 1973, has achieved iconic pop culture status that has earned the band cumulative sales of more than 62 million albums, singles, and digital tracks in the U.S. alone. Their enduring appeal is affirmed everywhere from Rock Band to Tony Soprano’s musical daydreams on HBO’s The Sopranos, from Broadway’s Rock Of Ages to FOX’s Family Guy. Most notably, the cast of Glee celebrated Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the series premiere episode of 2009. The kids later paid homage with three songs on 2010’s Journey to Regionals (“Faithfully,” the medley of “Any Way You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin’,” and the new Regionals version of “Don’t Stop Believin’”).

When asked about his experience in the remastering back to vinyl of the original recordings of the Journey Greatest Hits and the new GREATEST HITS VOL. 2, Steve Perry replied, “I truly forgot how sonically exciting and just plain better these Journey tracks sound back where they originally lived…on Vinyl. The stereo separation, the center imaging and the sonic depth of the tracks themselves is more true to what we all loved about these original final mixes. All the instruments and voices, to me personally, sound so damn good that all I want to do is reach for the volume and turn it up!”

“I’m very excited to be releasing this compilation,” said Neal Schon. “Many of these songs were written in our earlier days by Steve Perry and myself, and hearing them again brings back great memories. “Little Girl” has an extra special meaning for me because it’s one of the songs my father, who worked with us for many years, worked on with us. All our songs have stood the test of time, and I hope our fans will enjoy this collection.”

Jonathan Cain added, “Escape was my first album with Journey in 1981 and I never looked back. A lot of the songs in those days were in pieces -- like a puzzle to figure out. The connection we had was magic - and like a Super Bowl team - we always found a way to get it right."

Covering 18 central years in the Journey saga, GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 includes tracks from the band’s fourth album, Infinity (1978), produced by Roy Thomas Baker, which marked the entry of Steve Perry’s distinctive lead vocals into the lineup (“Feeling That Way,” “Anytime,” “Patiently”).

Their next album, Evolution (1979) was also produced by Baker and features “Just The Same Way”. Departure (1980) was the first of seven consecutive studio albums by Journey to reach the Top 10, and platinum or multi-platinum, over the next 16 years (“Walks Like A Lady,” “Good Morning Girl,” “Stay Awhile”).

One of the cornerstone bands in radio’s new Album Rock format, Journey’s popularity was so overwhelming that they were able to release a single from their double-LP concert set, Captured (1981). “The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)” broke inside the Top 40, and was the #2 song on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart.

Journey’s hold on the charts continued with Escape (1981), the band’s first #1 album. Escape spent nearly three years on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and produced four hit singles - “Who’s Crying Now,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms” (all on Greatest Hits) and “Still They Ride” along with the rock staples, “Stone In Love,” “Mother, Father” and the title track “Escape” (all on GREATEST HITS VOL. 2).

Escape was produced by Mike Stone (Queen, Kiss, America and others) and Kevin Elson, who went on to produce the next album, Frontiers (1983). Frontiers (“After The Fall,” “Chain Reaction”) debuted the week before Michael Jackson’s Thriller hit #1 – thus the LP had the distinction of being one of many albums to occupy the #2 spot (for nine weeks) during Thriller’s reign at the top.

Raised On Radio was released in 1986, featuring an assortment of top studio musicians including noted jazz-funk-R&B bassist Randy Jackson (of American Idol) who went on to tour with Journey through 1987. Raised On Radio was another double-platinum album for Journey, spending 67 weeks on the album chart, and spinning off the Top 20 hit “Suzanne.”

In 1992, Journey became one of the first American rock bands to release a deluxe multi-CD box set, Time3. Comprised mostly of hit singles and key album tracks from the band’s first dozen albums, Time3 also contained a number of previously unreleased tracks and rarities. Among these was “Little Girl,” from the original motion picture soundtrack of Dream After Dream, an obscure foreign film whose entire score was performed by Journey, issued on Columbia in 1980.

A Journey reunion took place in the ’90s, and the recording of Trial By Fire (1996) was the result, with Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, and Steve Smith all on-board for their first album together since Frontiers. Featuring “When I Think Of You,” Trial By Fire rose to #3 and continued Journey’s platinum streak.

GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 wraps up with a live concert version of “Mother, Father” - a highlight of Live In Houston 1981 - Escape Tour, a Columbia/Legacy archive release in 2005 which featured both video and audio versions of the same 75-minute program.

As Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild wrote, “Whether on the radio or on some stage, these well-built tunes remain sturdy crowd pleasers to this very day, in their second century of airplay. Some DJ is playing a Journey song somewhere right now and many more are out there singing along – you can bet on it.”

GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 by JOURNEY (Columbia/Legacy 88697 77986 2)

Selections:

1. Stone In Love

• 2. After The Fall

• 3. Chain Reaction

• 4. The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)

• 5. Escape

• 6. Still They Ride

• 7. Good Morning Girl

• 8. Stay Awhile

• 9. Suzanne

• 10. Feeling That Way

• 11. Anytime

• 12. Walks Like A Lady

• 13. Little Girl

• 14. Just The Same Way

• 15. Patiently

• 16. When I Think Of You

• 17. Mother, Father (Live In Houston, 1981).

Greatest Hits Vol. 2 vinyl and CD meticulously remastered to vinyl by Robert Hadley and Steve Perry at The Mastering Lab in Ojai, CA.

Greatest Hits Vol. 1 vinyl meticulously remastered to vinyl by Doug Sax, Robert Hadley and Steve Perry at The Mastering Lab in Ojai, CA.

LEGACY RECORDINGS AND POPMARKET.COM KICKSTART HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING WITH THE NEW LINEUP OF THE COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTIONS

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NEWLY CREATED BOXED SETS OF ORIGINAL ALBUMS BY

ELO, EARTH, WIND & FIRE, DEXTER GORDON,

NINA SIMONE, CHEAP TRICK AND MORE

ALL AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT POPMARKET.COM

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is giving music fans early inspiration for the holiday shopping season this year, announcing a great assortment of iconic jazz, pop, rock, blues and soul artists to be showcased in the next round of The Complete Albums Collections, a new product line for serious listeners offering new releases throughout the year available exclusively through PopMarket.com. Newly designed box sets containing the original album catalogs of Sony Music Artists have been created especially for The Complete Albums Collections line and will be available starting September 13, just in time for the 2011 holiday season. The diverse lineup of artists being featured includes: ELO, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dexter Gordon, Woody Shaw, Nina Simone, Paul Desmond, Leonard Cohen, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Holiday, Judas Priest, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Harry Nilsson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather report and Taj Mahal.

Each of the sets offers music fans and collectors the chance to own complete official discographies of classic albums on CD (with many out of print and rare titles finally available). Individual discs come sleeved in 5x5 mini-jacket reproductions of the original album cover art alongside a stand-alone booklet with discographic information and photos, all housed in a beautifully packaged clamshell box. The Complete Albums Collections will showcase a diverse selection of iconic artists each month, offering fans and collectors a rare opportunity to own complete classic discographies on CD (with bonus tracks and rarities).

The Complete Albums Collections are available exclusively on PopMarket.com, the first online daily deals site created for music fans by Sony Music Entertainment. PopMarket offers the hottest daily deals on premium music, rare collectible albums, boxed sets and memorabilia. Free PopMarket.com membership gives music fans unprecedented access to hot deals on the coolest music.

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SEPTEMBER 13 - ELO — The Classic Albums Collection $79.99 England's Electric Light Orchestra, better known to its fans as ELO, went from cult status to arena-level superstardom in the 1970s, evolving from eclectic classically-influenced prog-rockers to state-of-the-art hitmakers. At the peak of their popularity, they were one of the world's biggest-selling recording acts, and also one of the most unusual. Combining rock instrumentation with a full string section, ELO couldn't help but stand out, both musically and visually. Each album features rare bonus tracks, including numerous alternate versions and unreleased tracks, and includes such enduring ELO hits as "Can't Get It Out of My Head," "Evil Woman," "Telephone Line," "Livin' Thing," "Sweet Talkin' Woman," "Mr. Blue Sky," "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Hold on Tight."

SEPTEMBER 13 - EARTH, WIND & FIRE — The Columbia Masters (15 CDs) $119.99

15 newly mastered CD encompassing their astonishing recording career on Columbia Records plus a bonus disc of rarities, instrumentals and unreleased tracks supervised by EW&F’s founder and spiritual guide Maurice White. Earth, Wind & Fire's horn-powered hit machine represents the best in pop melodies, harmonizing voices, funky syncopation and rhythms of the world. The set includes:15 of the band's classic albums, newly mastered for superior sound, original LP jackets, meticulously reproduced, a 40-page booklet with photos and commentary by Maurice White. The Columbia Masters also features a newly compiled bonus disk with two unreleased tracks from the Touch the World sessions, two scintillating live performances ("Getaway" and "In the Stone") recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 1980 and rare instrumental versions of "Let's Groove" and "Boogie Wonderland" (with The Emotions).

SEPTEMBER 13 - The Complete Dexter Gordon Columbia Albums Collection (7 CDs) $55.99

“There are no second acts in American lives” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, a man who never would have put those words to paper had he lived to see Dexter Gordon’s triumphant late career revival. Actually, the great tenor saxophonist had a number of “second acts” during his lifetime. Yet the late 1980’s flourish that found Gordon (1923-1990) an international star and an Oscar nominee could hardly be topped for a dramatic finale. With a remarkable career spanning over five decades, Gordon may have come of age in the Swing Era, but he made his mark during the subsequent rise of bebop, translating Charlie Parker’s revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic language to the tenor saxophone. In 1976, Gordon was signed by Columbia Records following several years in Europe, who documented him on the celebratory Homecoming: Live At The Village Vanguard. Gordon’s ultra hip manner and regal bearing made him a natural for films, and in 1986, he starred in Round Midnight in a role loosely based on both Bud Powell and Lester Young, ultimately garnering a deserving Academy Award nomination.

SEPTEMBER 13 - The Complete Woody Shaw Columbia Albums Collection (6 CDs) $55.99

Encountering the name Woody Shaw (1944-1989) in print or conversation, it’s not uncommon for a phrase much like “ the last original trumpet voice” to follow. For Shaw was just such a player: a daring horn stylist with an utterly personal and technically advanced approach that has yet to be matched since his untimely death. After a memorable stint with the hard bop maestro, Horace Silver, Shaw leaped head first towards the post bop firmament, collaborating with such visionary player/composers as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, and Larry Young. On such landmark Columbia albums as Woody lll and For Sure! -- projects that represented a career peak for Shaw in terms of both personal creativity and commercial exposure -- his impressive compositions and arranging skills for expanded ensembles are brought to the fore. Let Miles Davis have the last word about Shaw: “Now there's a great trumpet player. He can play different from all of them."

SEPTEMBER 22- The Complete Nina Simone RCA Albums Collection (9 CDs) $71.99

As unclassifiable as she was forthright, Nina Simone (1933-2003) went her own way; it was up to her devoted audience to keep pace with her stylistic wanderings. Defiantly outspoken and willfully eclectic in her music, Simone electrified listeners with artfully intense performances.

SEPTEMBER 27 - The Complete Paul Desmond RCA Albums Collection (6 CDS) $55.99

For the bulk of the 1950s and 60’s, Paul Desmond had one of the sweetest gigs in jazz history. As the featured alto saxophonist in the Dave Brubeck quartet, Desmond was a central figure in the most commercially successful jazz ensemble of the time. The sole horn in the group, Desmond attracted considerable critical and public acclaim for his supremely lyrical, sublimely melodic playing. His dulcet phrases couched in what he himself dubbed a “dry martini” tone, Desmond’s alto was a defining sound of the era.

NOVEMBER 22 - The Complete Weather Report / The Jaco Years Columbia Albums Collection (6 CDs) $55.99

Rarely has an individual player so radically transformed an already established band as Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) did upon joining Weather Report in 1976. Not only did the electric bassist set a new direction for the band, leading it to unprecedented commercial success, he also rewrote the rules for his instrumentHis work with Weather Report is among the very finest of his truncated career. It may be a long while before we encounter the likes of a musical unit such as Weather Report, or an audaciously brilliant player akin to Pastorius, again.

NOVEMBER 22- The Complete Original Mahavishnu Orchestra Columbia Albums Collection (5 CDs)

$44.99

The Mahavishnu Orchestra, in its original incarnation, lasted just four years, but in that brief time, the pioneering quintet set both the template and the high-water mark for fusion music. No band ever rocked as hard in a jazzy place as guitarist John McLaughlin’s charging ensemble.

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Hidden Beach Signs Jazz Legend Ramsey Lewis

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Hidden Beach Signs Jazz Legend Ramsey Lewis

“Ramsey, Taking Another Look”

slated for release September 20, 2011

September 8, 2011 (Los Angeles, CA)

Los Angeles based boutique label Hidden Beach Recordings announced earlier this month the signing of legendary jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis. The three time Grammy® winner who rose to prominence in the early 1970’s will release his 80th collection on September 20, 2011 entitled Ramsey, Taking Another Look.,  On the ten song CD  Lewis and his Electric Band breathe new life into many of Lewis’ favorite tunes including a  new rendition of  the Stevie Wonder penned “Living for the City” and a new edit of the original “Sun Goddess” recording featuring Earth, Wind & Fire.

“We are thrilled to have forged this partnership with such a legendary Jazz icon as Ramsey Lewis and his Mapenzi Recording family. From his contemporary Jazz explorations in the seventies all the way to the Orchestral  pieces currently featured on PBS, Ramsey Lewis remains as relevant today as ever. We are excited to be bringing this music to market.” Stated Steve McKeever, Hidden Beach CEO

"I am glad to join Steve McKeever, a fellow Chicagoan, and the Hidden Beach family to release Ramsey, Taking Another Look. Hidden Beach is known for it's commitment to excellence in music and respect for artistry, a unique position in today's music landscape." Stated Ramsey Lewis.

“Living for the City” will be accompanied by a music video created at Chicago’s Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, with Film & Broadcast and Recording Arts students taking the lead on production.  Featuring an energetic performance by Ramsey Lewis and his Electric Band, the clip celebrates the visual vibrancy of Chicago at night time.

A noted advocate for Steinway pianos, Ramsey, Taking Another Look represents Lewis’ first return to playing the Fender Rhodes piano in Fifteen years.

Ramsey Lewis on Ramsey, Taking Another Look

"The idea of the electric quintet came up and having played mostly in an acoustic trio arrangement for twelve-fifteen years, I decided to get together with the guys to see how it felt. The rehearsals went so well that I called in my engineer, Danny Leake and my producer/son, Frayne Lewis to come in and roll tape. I've recorded maybe 65-70 albums, and this album is definitely among the top five."

About Hidden Beach

Hidden Beach is an American independent record label and entertainment company specializing in Urban Alternative, R&B, Soul, Inspirational and Contemporary Jazz music genres. Hidden Beach was formed in 1998 as the vision of its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steve McKeever and currently holds a distribution deal with Universal Music Distribution Group. In addition to a catalog that includes Jill Scott, The Unwrapped series, Darius Rucker, Kindred the Family Soul, Dr. Cornel West and BeBe Winans, artists currently signed to Hidden Beach include Mike Phillips, Naturally 7, Glen Scott, The Tony Rich Project and Ramsey Lewis.

About Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy

Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, a two-year, high-end digital media college in Chicago’s Loop, offers nationally accredited, full-time Associate’s degree programs in five digital media disciplines; Film & Broadcast, Recording Arts, Animation & Visual Effects, Game & Interactive Media, and (newly announced for Fall 2011) Design & Visual Communication.

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