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Latest Album Releases
From Jazz at Lincoln Center:
 Higher Ground CD Release
Blue Note Records releases the Higher Ground CD on November 22 featuring Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, Bette Midler, Art & Aaron Neville, Dianne Reeves, James Taylor, Cassandra Wilson & Buckwheat Zydeco. The CD documents Jazz at Lincoln Center's Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, a landmark evening of musical offering produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center and its Artistic Director, Blue Note recording artist, and New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis on September 17, less than three weeks after Hurricane Katrina imparted its devastation upon the Gulf Coast. All profits will benefit the Higher Ground Relief Fund.
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Don't Be Afraid. . . the music of Charles Mingus, in stores now, features six compositions by the legendary bassist and composer. Former Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra member and current member of the Mingus Big Band, trombonist Ron Westray, arranged the music for the recording, which was produced by Delfeayo Marsalis.
As Stanley Crouch comments in the album's liner notes:
"...the band has the uncanny ability and the scope to live up to its credo: all jazz is modern. This means that all great jazz music, like all great drama, is as contemporary as the vitality of its performance.... That is exactly what this recording represents because it is one of the finest gatherings of music by Charles Mingus and achieves what some once thought was impossible—truly powerful performances without Mingus himself playing bass and exhorting the musicians."
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 The GRAMMY® Nominated Una Noche Inolvidable (An Unforgettable Night)
"This concert was a perfect vehicle for our first experience in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater," said Mr. O'Farrill. "The 'golden sound' and the natural warmth in the theater's acoustics generates the beauty of the pure sound of percussion, trumpets, saxes, and vocals all intermingling in a big, brassy explosion of pure timba (groove). For this celebration we gathered the finest singers in Latin jazz today. We are blessed to have such great vocalists in our ranks, and the music we picked represents the heart and soul of Latin jazz vocals." Mr. O'Farrill continued, "This night was una noche inolvidable, literally a night we should remember, a night in which we acknowledge our roots, a night of reconciliation, a night of pure joy and beauty, a night of deep groove and even deeper pride."
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From Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Members:
 Ryan Kisor
One Finger Snap: Incredible Ryan
On Video Arts Music.
Released February 6, 2007
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 Joe Temperley
A Portrait
On Hep Records.
Released November 24, 2006
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 Marcus Printup
Peace in the Abstract
On Steeplechase.
Released October 10, 2006
Featuring Marcus Printup, trumpet; Gregory Tardy, tenor saxophone, Marc Cary, piano; Kengo Nakamura, bass; Shinnosuke Takahashi, drums.
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 Sean Jones
Roots
On Mack Avenue.
Released September 12, 2006
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 Dan Nimmer Trio
Kelly Blue
On Venus.
Released September 5, 2006
Featuring Dan Nimmer, piano; John Webber, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
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 Ted Nash & Still Evolved
In the Loop
On Palmetto Records.
Released August 22, 2006
Featuring Ted Nash, tenor saxophone; Marcus Printup, trumpet; Frank Kimbrough, piano; Ben Allison, bass; Matt Wilson, drums.
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 Sherman Irby
Organ Starter
On Black Warrior Records.
Released August 15, 2006
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 Sherman Irby
Black Warrior
On Black Warrior Records.
Released April 18, 2006
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