GA Russell

Thanks! It looks like your recommendations are out of print, but I'll keep my eye out.

Lon, I gather from the Amazon reviews that the Cool & Lam Hard Case books aren't very good. Can you recommend one?

Duane, this too is a favorite of mine. Have you thought of nominating it for an Album of the Week thread?

I might be in the market soon for new computer speakers. Mine are Creative, and I'd like to move up a notch or two. Any recommendations for a good value?

JOS - 5OA - $14.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079229SL9/ (By the way, is there a story about why his later Blue Note albums had regular color cover photos?) ***** Surf - The Absolutely Essential 3 Cd Collection - GBP 3.59 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0141UDASS/

BRAND NEW MUSIC FROM WILLIE NELSON “OUR SONG” WRITTEN BY CHRIS STAPLETON FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM FIRST ROSE OF SPRING DUE OUT APRIL 24 VIA LEGACY RECORDINGS One of the key tracks on First Rose of Spring is Willie's heartfelt interpretation of "Our Song," a never-before-recorded composition by contemporary country music hitmaker Chris Stapleton. Willie Nelson & Family will appear as special guests on Chris Stapleton's "All-American Roadshow" on two big dates this year: Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on March 14 and "A Concert for Kentucky" at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky on April 25.

1. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Wondering 07:20 2. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Angular Blues 05:55 3. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Hüttengriffe 05:15 4. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Camino 07:42 5. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Ride 03:50 6. Cole Porter - Everything I Love 06:52 7. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Kanon in 6/8 07:41 8. Wolfgang Muthspiel - Solo Kanon in 5/4 03:34 9. Gene de Paul, Don Ray, Patricia Johnston - I'll Remember April 05:40 ECM Wolfgang Muthspiel Angular Blues Wolfgang Muthspiel: guitar Scott Colley: double bass Brian Blade: drums Release date: March 20, 2020 ECM 1655 B0031787-02 UPC:  6025 081 4506 3 Wolfgang Muthspiel Scott Colley and Brian Blade on tour: April 14-15 New York, NY Jazz Standard April 16 Cambridge, MA Regattabar April 17-18 Los Angeles, CA Blue Whale April 19 Berkeley, CA Freight and Salvage April 20 Santa Cruz, CA Kuumbwa Jazz Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called “a shining light” among today’s jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, his fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut. Like Driftwood – the 2014 trio disc that JazzTimes dubbed “cinematic” and “haunting” – Angular Blues finds the Austrian guitarist paired with long-time collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of Larry Grenadier on bass, this time it’s Scott Colley, whose especially earthy sound helps imbue this trio with its own dynamic. Muthspiel plays acoustic guitar on three of the album’s tracks and electric on six more. Along with his characteristically melodic originals – including such highlights as the bucolic “Hüttengriffe” and pensive “Camino” – he essays the first standards of his ECM tenure (“Everything I Love” and “I’ll Remember April”), as well as his first-ever bebop rhythm-changes tune on record (“Ride”). Angular Blues also features a single guitar-only track, “Solo Kanon in 5/4,” with Muthspiel’s electronic delay imbuing the baroque-like rounds with a hypnotic glow. Muthspiel, Colley and Blade recorded Angular Blues in Tokyo’s Studio Dede after a three-night run at the city’s Cotton Club. The album was mixed with Manfred Eicher in the South of France at Studios La Buissonne, where Muthspiel had recorded his two previous ECM albums, Rising Grace and Where the River Goes (both of which featured pianist Brad Mehldau and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire). Each of the groups that Muthspiel has put together for his ECM recordings has had a special rapport. About his new trio, the guitarist says: “Scott and Brian share my love of song, while at the same time there is constant musical conversation about these songs.” The Louisiana-born Blade has been a member of the Wayne Shorter Quartet since 2000, along with recording with artists from Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Daniel Lanois and Norah Jones to Charlie Haden, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Joshua Redman. Since the mid-’90s, Blade has also co-led the gospel-infused Fellowship Band. Regarding the subtly virtuoso drummer, Muthspiel says: “Brian is famous for his sound and touch, that floating way of playing, how he creates intensity with relatively low volume. It’s also a great pleasure for me to witness how sensitively Brian reacts in his playing to whether I play acoustic or electric guitar. I've done a lot of concerts and productions with him over the years, including in our guitar-drums duo, Friendly Travelers, as well as on Driftwood and Rising Grace. He always offers complete interaction and initiative, as well as his individual sound. To play uptempo swing on something like ‘Ride’ with Brian was really luxurious, a gift.” After being mentored by Charlie Haden, Colley was the bassist of choice for such jazz legends as Jim Hall, Andrew Hill, Michael Brecker, Carmen McRae and Bobby Hutcherson, along with appearing on albums by Herbie Hancock, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Chris Potter and Julian Lage. Colley, a native of Los Angeles, has released eight albums as a leader. “Scott and Brian have also played a lot together over the past few years, so they know each other well,” Muthspiel notes. “I performed with Scott in New York in the ’90s, and I’ve always felt that he was an extremely giving musician, who – with his warm tone and his flexible, dancing rhythm – simultaneously animated and supported the music. I wrote the bass melody of the new album’s first tune, ‘Wondering,’ especially for him. His sound develops a flow and harmonic movement that is inviting to play on.” After “Wondering” – which includes extended soloing by Colley that embroiders on Muthspiel’s melody beautifully – comes the album’s title song, the highly trio-interactive “Angular Blues,” so titled for its “rhythmic modulations and strange breaks,” the guitarist explains. “Somehow Chick Corea's album Three Quartets was an association, but so was Thelonious Monk.” Those first two tracks, as well as the album’s third, “Hüttengriffe,” feature Muthspiel on acoustic guitar, his sound on the instrument both warm and extraordinarily fluent. After that – on “Camino,” “Ride,” “Everything I Love,” “Kanon in 6/8,” “Solo Kanon in 5/4” and “I’ll Remember April” – he plays electric. Muthspiel’s ever-liquid electric phrasing buoys both an emotionally rich original such as “Camino” and the two different turns on his kaleidoscopic “Kanon,” the trio version in 6/8 and the solo, mostly improvised rendition in 5/4. About his first-time inclusion of jazz standards on one of his ECM albums, Muthspiel says: “I was inspired to record standards with this trio because everything about the way the group plays feels so free, open and far from preconceived ideas, but at the crucial moment a jazz language is spoken, what we do does justice to these tunes. I learned ‘Everything I Love,’ the Cole Porter song, from an early Keith Jarrett album, and I first came to know ‘I’ll Remember April’ from a Frank Sinatra recording. In that latter song, I hardly play solo. It’s more about the head and the vamp-like atmosphere that prevails from the start and is savored again in the end. As in many moments with this trio, it’s about playing with space: leaving it, creating it, filling it.”

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On Tour April 14-15 New York, NY (Jazz Standard) April 16 Cambridge, MA (Regattabar) April 17-18 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) April 19 Berkeley, CA (Freight and Salvage) April 20 Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa Jazz)

On Tour April 14-15 New York, NY (Jazz Standard) April 16 Cambridge, MA (Regattabar) April 17-18 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) April 19 Berkeley, CA (Freight and Salvage) April 20 Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa Jazz) Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called “a shining light” among today’s jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, the Austrian’s fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut. Like Driftwood – the 2014 trio disc that JazzTimes dubbed “cinematic” and “haunting” – Angular Blues finds Muthspiel paired with longtime collaborator Brian Blade on drums; but instead of Larry Grenadier on bass, it’s Scott Colley, whose especially earthy sound helps give this trio its own dynamic. Muthspiel alternates between acoustic and electric guitar and, along with his characteristically melodic originals – including such highlights as the bucolic “Hüttengriffe” and pensive “Camino” – he essays the first standards of his ECM tenure (“Everything I Love” and “I’ll Remember April”), as well as his first-ever bebop rhythm-changes tune on record (“Ride”). Angular Blues also features a single guitar-only track, “Solo Kanon in 5/4,” with Muthspiel’s electronic delay imbuing the baroque-like rounds with a hypnotic glow.

Best wishes, porcy! And now the North Carolina governor has declared a state of emergency. I cannot guess whether this is medically necessary or mere politics. He is up for re-election this year.

Maybe it has double the secret sauce!

Doctors have found two who have it here in Raleigh. Customers at McDonald's get angry when they are told to use the kiosk. They don't want to touch it.

Go for the food, stay for the ballgame! ***** Here are the ten highest-paid of this year's non-QB free agents. I'm surprised that so many are linemen. https://3downnation.com/2020/03/09/top-10-highest-paid-2020-cfl-free-agents/

RIP Max von Sydow. This brings to mind De Duva.

Thanks for the suggestions! I already have the Savoy Live box and the Complete Verve box. I have considered the "Best of Savoy & Dial" disc. If you guys think the fidelity is good enough, I guess that is my best option. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Complete-Savoy-Studio-Recordings/dp/B000067FUO/ Now I see that the box Chuck and Hans mention is available for streaming at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Savoy-Dial-Master-Takes/dp/B00006H6A6/

I am interested in buying CDs of Charlie Parker's master takes for Savoy and Dial. I am not particularly interested in multiple alternate takes and false starts. Can you recommend some things currently available which sound good?

+! Count me as a fan. I would like to hear more of what he did for VeeJay. In my mind I associate Wynton Kelly with Tommy Flanagan and Cedar Walton.

Norm Fieldgate has passed away at 88. RIP. I enjoyed meeting him once at a Grey Cup Week party, probably in '85 when the Lions played the Ticats. https://www.tsn.ca/norm-fieldgate-an-original-lion-from-54-team-passes-away-88-1.1454030 https://3downnation.com/2020/03/06/first-b-c-lion-lb-norm-fieldgate-passes-away/ ***** Team analyses Ottawa https://3downnation.com/2020/03/05/canadian-content-ottawa-redblacks/ Montreal https://3downnation.com/2020/03/07/canadian-content-montreal-alouettes/ Edmonton https://www.cfl.ca/2020/03/04/upon-review-edmonton-eskimos/ ***** Perhaps you have noticed that June Jones' XFL team is undefeated after five weeks. https://3downnation.com/2020/03/07/june-jones-houston-roughnecks-win-fifth-straight-game-sit-atop-xfl-standings/ ***** More on the Argos' new menu. https://3downnation.com/2020/03/05/more-than-a-hot-dog-argos-unveil-new-menu-at-bmo-field/ ***** Brandon Bridge has apparently retired. He has agreed to become a policeman. https://3downnation.com/2020/03/06/rookie-again-brandon-bridge-trading-in-helmet-for-police-badge/ https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-brandon-bridge-planning-to-leave-football-to-pursue-policing-career-1.1453640 ***** Here is the list of the 14 players who have signed with the NFL. https://www.tsn.ca/nfl-workout-watch-former-cfl-players-signed-to-nfl-deals-1.1407931

RIP. The Coltrane Quartet would have been so different without him.

TJ Moore is a Canadian who has played in the NFL for six years. The Argos signed him for $200,000. But according to the union contract, he is a rookie who cannot be paid more than $65,000. Stay tuned. https://3downnation.com/2020/02/26/cfl-cba-language-puts-t-j-jones-argos-deal-on-hold/ https://www.tsn.ca/amendment-for-canadian-rookies-in-cfl-cba-remains-unresolved-1.1451873 https://3downnation.com/2020/03/03/cflpa-rejects-cfl-rookie-canadian-cba-amendment-report/ ***** There is a talk show host in Pennsylvania named RJ Harris who supports President Trump. So Trump tweeted kind words about him. Unfortunately, the Trump tweet went out to the Redblacks' RJ Harris, who did not know why the President was praising him. https://3downnation.com/2020/02/28/us-president-donald-trump-credits-quote-to-redblacks-r-j-harris/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/donald-trump-ottawa-redblacks-rj-harris-tweet-1.5479990 https://www.tsn.ca/american-president-trump-mistakenly-tags-cfl-receiver-harris-in-tweet-1.1450171 https://3downnation.com/2020/03/02/redblacks-r-j-harris-meets-radio-host-r-j-harris-from-presidential-mix-up/ ***** Jovon Johnson has retired as a Bomber. https://3downnation.com/2020/03/03/former-most-outstanding-defensive-player-jovon-johnson-retires/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/03/03/jovon-johnson-signs-one-day-contract-retires-bomber/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/jovon-johnson-contract-retirement-blue-bombers-1.5484383 ***** Team analyses Hamilton https://3downnation.com/2020/03/02/canadian-content-hamilton-tiger-cats/ Toronto https://3downnation.com/2020/03/03/canadian-content-toronto-argonauts/ ***** Attention Jim Sangrey! The Argos have revealed their 2020 menu. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/03/03/good-eats-argos-introduce-new-menu-2020-campaign/

Team analyses BC https://3downnation.com/2020/02/26/canadian-content-b-c-lions/ Calgary https://3downnation.com/2020/02/27/canadian-content-calgary-stampeders/ Edmonton https://3downnation.com/2020/02/28/canadian-content-edmonton-eskimos/ Sask https://3downnation.com/2020/02/29/canadian-content-saskatchewan-roughriders/ Winnipeg https://3downnation.com/2020/03/01/canadian-content-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ Toronto https://www.cfl.ca/2020/02/22/oleary-cancon-make-interesting-argos-lineups/ Montreal https://www.cfl.ca/2020/02/25/upon-review-montreal-alouettes/ ***** Power Rankings!!!??? https://www.cfl.ca/2020/02/27/way-early-power-rankings/ ***** Paul LaPolice has announced his coaching staff https://www.cfl.ca/2020/02/26/redblacks-round-2020-coaching-staff/ https://3downnation.com/2020/02/26/redblacks-put-finishing-touches-on-their-2020-coaching-staff/

TED POOR’S DEBUT ALBUM YOU ALREADY KNOW OUT TODAY ON NEW DEAL / IMPULSE! LISTEN HERE UPCOMING SHOWS IN SEATTLE AND NEW YORK “Poor’s drumming is remarkably crafty, non-flashy and in support of the tune, using each aspect of the kit when necessary rather than going for explosions of sound.” -GLIDE MAGAZINE Friday, February 28 (New York) - Today, Seattle-based drummer Ted Poor releases his debut album You Already Know (New Deal/Impulse!). Produced by Blake Mills, the 9-track project also features saxophonist Andrew D’Angelo, indie folk-rocker Andrew Bird, and multi-instrumentalist Rob Moose. WATCH “PUSH PULL” LIVE FROM SOUND CITY STUDIOS WATCH: “ONLY YOU” VIDEO LIVE FROM SOUND CITY STUDIOS A chance musical meeting in Seattle three years ago revealed a profoundly organic chemistry between Ted Poor and Andrew D’Angelo, and it was only natural that the two would collaborate on Poor’s debut album You Already Know. Then, as fate would have it, Poor played the record for his friend Blake Mills. Mills found the recordings compelling and proposed finishing work on the album together and releasing the music on New Deal, Blake’s new imprint through Verve/Universal Music Group. “I was really appreciative of how reserved Blake was in his choices as a producer,” recalls Poor. “Blake was very conscious of keeping the listener’s ears on the main two instruments, and to get in and out as quickly as possible with the other stuff.” Ted Poor’s minimalist yet avant-garde approach on You Already Know attracts a diverse audience. “To Rome” features indie fan-favorite Andrew Bird, with whom Poor records and tours (alongside Madison Cunningham, who also featured Poor on her Verve Forecast debut Who Are You Now). “Only You” expands upon a mantra-like motif which Poor feels provides “form and emotion that grows out of that.” “New Wonder” is an improvisational piece for which Poor shadowed Andrew D’Angelo’s sax melody on the piano in Sound City Studio’s fabled echo chamber. When the close mic-ed piano sound was muted it left what Poor calls a “shimmery halo” of reverb and space. The hypnotizing track beautifully reflects the improvisational nature of the album. Although it seems as if You Already Know is on a divergent path from the folk-ish artists and albums Poor has played on and supported, he doesn’t exactly see it that way. Poor unironically believes that it’s still a folk album…not in the sense of the genre classification, but “more the idea of music as oral tradition—music as song.” TRACKLIST 1. Emilia 2. Only You 3. Kasia 4. To Rome 5. New Wonder 6. At Night 7. United 8. Push Pull 9. Reminder UPCOMING U.S. SHOWS March 7 - Columbia City Theater - Seattle, WA April 6 - Rockwood - New York, NY About Ted Poor Seattle-based artist Ted Poor has quickly become one of the most in-demand drummers across genres due to his soulful skillset and eclectic taste. In the ten years after graduating from the Eastman School of Music in 2003 and moving to New York City, Poor appeared on dozens of recordings, is a regular drummer for Chris Thile’s variety show Live From Here, and has shared the stage with many world-renowned artists such as Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Cuong Vu, and more. He later infiltrated the music scene in Los Angeles as well by joining the band of singer / song-writer Andrew Bird and collaborating with producers and artists such as Mitchell Froom, Blake Mills, and Tony Berg. In the fall of 2018, Ted signed with New Deal (Verve/Universal). Now a resident of Seattle, Poor is currently an Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Washington. tedpoor.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Artist Title Time Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo Emilia 04:51 Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo Only You 05:24 Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo Kasia 04:46 Ted Poor To Rome 04:38 Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo New Wonder 04:06 Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo At Night 05:15 Ted Poor ft.Andrew D'Angelo United 03:17 Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo Push Pull 02:48 Ted Poor ft. Andrew D'Angelo Reminder 02:59

BRAZILIAN LEGEND SERGIO MENDES, CELEBRATES SIX MAGICAL DECADES OF MUSIC WITH HIS ADVENTUROUS NEW ALBUM IN THE KEY OF JOY Release on Concord Records features an all-star cast of special guests including Common, Cali y El Dandee, João Donato, Buddy, Sugar Joans, Joe Pizzulo, Gracinha Leporace, Hermeto Pascoal, Rogê, Guinga and Sheléa Coincides with spectacular new documentary on Mendes’ remarkable life and career by acclaimed filmmaker John Scheinfeld Watch Trailer https://youtu.be/xV6A0zl0VPo One common thread weaves throughout the staggeringly diverse tapestry of music that producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist Sergio Mendes has created over his remarkable six-decade career: the spirit of joy. From his pioneering contributions to the foundations of bossa nova alongside the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, through the era-defining Latin-pop sound of his iconic group Brasil ’66; his scintillating collaborations with jazz legends like Cannonball Addereley and Herbie Mann to his chart-topping adult contemporary smash “Never Gonna Let You Go;” on through his 21st-century reinvention with the Black-Eyed Peas and John Legend or his Oscar-nominated theme song from the animated hit Rio: an infectious spirit of joy pervades everything Mendes has ushered into the ears of listeners. The Brazilian legend’s new album is no exception. On In the Key of Joy, due out February 28, 2020 from Concord Records, Mendes looks back the only way he knows how – by once again moving forward. Released to coincide with a spectacular new documentary on his life by acclaimed filmmaker John Scheinfeld (Chasing Trane, Who Is Harry Nilsson?), In the Key of Joy melds the classic Brazilian, jazz and pop sounds that have long characterized Mendes’ music with stunningly contemporary inspirations that make the album sound at once utterly timeless and wholly of the moment. As he has throughout his musical life, Mendes thrives on collaboration on In the Key of Joy. The album brings together fellow Brazilian legends with modern-day hitmakers and young rising stars, bringing familiar voices and fresh life to a set of new original songs penned by Mendes and his collaborators. Guests on the album include Common, Hermeto Pascoal, Joe Pizzulo, Cali y El Dandee, Buddy, Sugar Joans, João Donato, Sheléa and Mendes’ wife and longtime singer, Gracinha Leporace. “This album is all about joy and celebration,” Mendes says. “I’m very curious, and I love to work with different people from different cultures, different countries, different generations and different styles.” To accompany the documentary’s wide-angle perspective on Mendes’ sweeping history, the Deluxe Edition of In the Key of Joy includes the soundtrack to the film, a career-spanning overview that encompasses the greatest moments from Mendes’ musical life. From the unforgettable Brasil ’66 classic “Mas Que Nada” to Burt Bacharach’s “The Look of Love,” which Mendes memorably performed on the 1968 Academy Awards telecast; collaborations with will.i.am and the dazzling, soulful “Never Gonna Let You Go,” the disc offers an essential primer on Mendes’ ability to place his indelible imprint on multiple styles of music across the decades. While he’s never been interested in living in the past, the experience of making the documentary and the 60th anniversary of the bossa nova gave Mendes an excuse to look back and take in the scope of his accomplishments. “I’ve been very blessed to have had such a long career,” he says sincerely. “There’s an English word that I love and that I use a lot, which is ‘serendipity.’ I’ve been fortunate to have so many beautiful encounters in my life.” In the Key of Joy provided the opportunity to make some new encounters as well as reunite with old friends. The album was recorded between Mendes’ native Brazil and his adopted home of California, one more way in which he bridges past and present in an eclectic harmony. “There are some sounds that you can only get down in Brazil, that amazing energy, that massive rhythmical wave that you hear underneath everything,” he says. “Then I have all of my wonderful partners and such amazing musicians in Los Angeles, along with all of my special guests. It’s the best of both worlds.” The lilting Brazilian pop of “Sabor Do Rio” opens the album with the instantly recognizable Mendes sound, the lush and sunny blend of voices and horns harking back to Brasil ’66 while Common’s welcoming rap invites in contemporary listeners. Like much of the album, the song was co-written by Mendes with producer and multi-instrumentalist Mika Mutti and woodwind player/arranger Scott Mayo. The propulsive dance-floor pulse of “Bora Lá” is a buoyant backdrop for the vocal pairing of Brazilian samba star Rogê and Mendes’ lifelong muse, Gracinha Leporace. “It’s magical,” Mendes says of working closely with his wife. “I feel so lucky to have her in my life – and beside that, what a great voice.” The Colombian pop duo of brothers Cali y El Dandee take the spotlight on the sultry “La Noche Entera,” co-written by the pair along with Mendes and the great Brazilian musician/producer Carlinhos Brown. The angelic pipes of The Voice alum Sugar Joans aptly grace “Samba In Heaven;” the singer is a second-generation collaborator with Mendes, her father being Joe Pizzulo, who so memorably sang the lead on “Never Gonna Let You Go.” Pizzulo himself rejoins Mendes for “Love Came Between Us,” which evokes the silky sound of that classic hit. Bossa pianist João Donato co-wrote and performs on the percolating “Muganga.” In the liner notes, Mendes refers to Donato as one of his “Three Magi,” along with Hermeto Pascoal and Guinga. The former contributes the party-like atmosphere of “This Is It (É Isso),” also performing an emphatic Portuguese rap. Guinga, meanwhile, wrote and plays guitar on the album’s mesmerizing final cut, “Tangara,” which conjures images of sun-dappled beaches and vibrant forests chiming with birdsong. The upbeat title track features up-and-coming Compton rapper Buddy, who also recently worked with keyboardist Robert Glasper. Singer-songwriter Sheléa dances nimbly around the acoustic guitar lines of Chico Brown on “Catch the Wave” and takes an achingly yearning turn on the ballad “Times Goes By.” Mutti penned the delightfully cheery “Romance in Copacabana,” with its whistling melody and a spotlight for the bandleader’s fleet jazz piano skills. Revealing Mendes’ inability to stand still as music evolved, In the Key of Joy is stunning in the range and beauty of its spectrum of styles and collaborations. “I like to get out of my comfort zone and try things that I’ve never done before,” Mendes concludes. “I feel a great excitement walking into the studio with different people and discovering what happens. That’s what I do. I love the musical adventure that I’ve been on for more than 60 years.” Sergio Mendes on the web: Website: https://www.sergiomendesmusic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sergiomendesmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sergiomendesmusic Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sergiomendes YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sergiomendesmusic Artist Title Time Sérgio Mendes & Common Sabor Do Rio 04:12 Sérgio Mendes ft. Rogê & Gracinha Leporace Bora Lá 03:21 Sérgio Mendes & Cali Y El Dandee La Noche Entera 02:54 Sérgio Mendes ft. Sugar Joans Samba In Heaven 03:56 Sérgio Mendes ft. Gracinha Leporace Muganga 04:13 Sérgio Mendes ft. Buddy In The Key Of Joy 03:14 Sérgio Mendes ft. Joe Pizzulo Love Came Between Us 04:16 Sérgio Mendes ft. Shelea Frazier Catch The Wave 03:12 Sérgio Mendes Romance In Copacabana 02:57 Sérgio Mendes ft. Hermeto Pascoal & Gracinha Leporace This Is It (É Isso) 02:56 Sérgio Mendes ft. Sheléa Times Goes By 04:27 Sérgio Mendes ft. Gracinha Leporace & Guinga Tangara 03:59

Anthony DeMare Liaisons Mar 3 Williamstown, MA (Williams College – Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall) Mar 14 Highland Park, IL (Ravinia Festival – Bennett Gordon Recital Hall) Mar 27 New York, NY (92Y) Mar 29 New York, NY (92Y) – with Conrad Tao Elina Duni Mar 12-13 New York, NY (Joe’s Pub) Vijay Iyer Mar 14 Ft. Worth, TX (Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth) Ethan Iverson / Tom Harrell Mar 15 Buffalo, NY (Kleinhans Music Hall) Sir András Schiff Mar 22 Vancouver, BC (The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts) Mar 24 Vancouver, BC (Vancouver Playhouse) Mar 26 San Francisco, CA (SF Performances – Herbst Theatre) Mar 29 Chicago, IL (Chicago Symphony Center) Mar 31 Chicago, IL (Chicago Symphony Center) Big Ears Festival – Knoxville, TN (Mar 26-29) Anja Lechner, Meredith Monk,, Areni Agbabian, Andrew Cyrille Kristjan Randalu March 26-27 Toronto, ON (Jazz Bistro) Mar 28 Hamilton, ON (Cotton Factory) Apr 2 New York, NY (Soapbox) Jörg Widmann Mar 28 New York, NY (Carnegie Hall) Mar 29 New York, NY (Weill Recital Hall) Dénes Várjon Mar 29 St. Paul, MN (Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center) Mar 31 Philadelphia, PA (Kimmel Center) © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.