NEW JAZZ RELEASES

Three Keys Music announces the release of Grown And Sexy, as this new CD showcases various Three Keys roster artists. The CD features Tony Terry, Alyson Williams, Marcus Johnston, Nick Colionne, Yahzarah and Nicole Mitchell.

True Blue Music and Mosaic Records – known for carrying some of the finest jazz LP and CD recordings from all the major labels including Blue Note, Columbia and Verve, plus a bunch of independent labels, is currently offering a flurry of reissued releases for those who are true jazz purists. Here’s a sampling of what they have available this month:

Cannonball Adderly – Cannonball In Europe (recorded at the InternationalJazz Festival in Comblain-La-Tour, Belgium, remastered in 24-bit)
June Christy – Ballads for Night People (from 1959 with five added songs, remixed and remastered in 24-bit)
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis – Live At The Village Vanguard (with three bonus tracks, remixed and remastered in 24-bit)
Stan Kenton – Viva Kenton! (from 1959 with six additional tracks from the 1961 album Artistry In Bossa Nova, remixed and remastered in 24-bit)
Sarah Vaughan – Complete On Mercury: Vol. 1, 1954-56 (99 tracks on 6 CDs)
Sarah Vaughan – Complete On Mercury: Vol. 2, 1956-57 (84 tracks on 5 CDs and including 10 duets with Billy Ekstine)
Bill Evans – Montreux II (from the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival and with bassist Eddie Gomez)
Art Blakely & The Jazz Messengers – Paris Jam Session (from a 1959 concert by the Messengers (Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Walter Davis and Jymie Merritt, plus guests Barney Wilen and Bud Powell)
Red Garland – All Mornin’ Long (from 1957 with John Coltrane and Donald Byrd)
Mose Allison – Local Color (with bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Nick Stabulus)