July 20, 2006

More great jazz from Disconforme!

MVD Visual and Disconforme are pleased to announce the home viewing release of four new DVDs for US distribution. This DVD series pays homage to the East and West Coast and focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements, without any speakers or introducers... Nothing but music!

JAZZ SHOTS - EAST COAST VOLUMES 2 AND 3

Volume 2:

MILES DAVIS QUINTET Feat. John Coltrane - So What; ART BLAKLEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - MxB,C; CHARLIE PARKER - Hothouse; LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Someday, When Its Sleepy Time Down South; MODERN JAZZ QUARTET - If I Were Eve, Winter Tale; BEN WEBSTER QUARTET - Cottontail, Chelsea Bridge; BEN WEBSTER SEXTET - Dukes Place; ART FARMER - JIM HALL QUARTET - My Kinda Love; COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA - Dickies Dream. BONUS TRACKS: ART TATUM - Arts Blues; BOBBY HACKETT - Bill Bailey Wont You Please Come Home

Run Time: 74 minutes.

Volume 3:

JOHN COLTRANE - Alabama, Afro Blue; WYNTON MARSALIS WITH THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - My Ship; DIZZY GILLESPIE QUINTET Feat. Lalo Schiffrin - Blues After Dark, Lorraine; THAD JONES - MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA - St. Louis Blues; JIMMY SMITH TRIO - The Champ, Walk On The Wild Side; WOODY HERMAN BIG BAND - Just Squeeze Me, After Youre Gone; SONNY ROLLINS QUARTET Feat. Jim Hall - God Bless The Child; MILES DAVIS & GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA - The Duke, Blues For Pablo, New Rumba; BONUS TRACKS: DUKE ELLINGTON - Newport Stomp; PONY POINTDEXTER - Another Get Together

Run Time: 95 minutes.

JAZZ SHOTS - WEST COAST VOLUMES 2 AND 3

Volume 2:

WES MONTGOMERY - Full House, Round Midnight, Yesterdays; GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET Feat. Bob Brookmeyer - Open Country; GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET Feat. Bob Brookmeyer - Darn That Dream; SHORTY ROGERS QUINTET Feat. Lou Levy - Martians Go Home, Time Was, Greensleeves; PAUL DESMOND QUARTET - Emily; LESTER YOUNG - The Midnight Symphony, On The Sunny Side Of The Street; TEDDY EDWARDS - Sunset Eyes, Afraid Of Love, The Cellar Dweller

Run Time: 67 minutes.

Volume 3:

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Feat. Paul Desmond - Take Five, Castilian Blues, (Its a) Raggy Waltz; JIMMY GIUFFRE TRIO Feat. Jim Hall - The Train And The River; STAN KENTON - Malaguea (Arr. by Bill Holman), Waltz Of The Prophets (Arr. by Dee Barton), Maria (Arr. by Johnny Richards), Limehouse Blues (Arr. by Bill Holman); JIM HALL - Valse Hot; HAMPTON HAWES - Stella By Starlight; FRANK ROSOLINO QUARTET - Lover Man, Well You Neednt, Yesterdays

Run Time: 67 minutes.

These titles will be released on August 8, 2006 and each DVD will boast a $19.95 retail price.

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