Arc (2006)

Multiple Grammy nominee John Di Martino–composer, arranger, pianist–has recorded many albums for Venus Records with his Romantic Jazz Trio. Noted for his versatility, John has performed and recorded with such notables as Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Joe Lovano, David "Fat Head" Newman, Pat Martino, Paquito D'Rivera and Houston Person. John has been described as a "shape-shifter", for his creativity across musical genres.
Here the trio devotes an entire album to jazzing up music by the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Idaho-bred singer/songwriter Josh Ritter's V2 Records debut follows in the footsteps of 2003's Hello Starling only in instrumentation. While he retains his literate tongue and expressive voice, there is far less humor on Animal Years than on his previous two outings. Producer Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse) keeps Animal Years intimate but transient, like a circus train crawling through a small town on a busy Saturday afternoon. Essentially built around two startlingly affecting diatribes on the war in Iraq, Ritter utilizes the voices of Peter and Paul, as well as Laurel & Hardy, to eke some kind of explanation from both the Administration and the Creator.

Pour rendre à Jeanne, au-delà de la place qu'elle occupe dans l'Histoire, un peu son humanité et de sa fragilité, Philippe de Villiers est parti sur ses traces : il a visité et revisité Domrémy, Chinon, Orléans et Compiègne, Le Crotoy et Rouen. Il a longé la Loire, refait la route du Sacre et celle de la capture. Il s'est imprégné de l'air qu'elle a respiré, a renoué avec sa langue, son univers, les saisons de son enfance. Il a relu les dernières minutes du procès et s'est laissé habiter par la force unique de cette guerrière. …

Idaho-bred singer/songwriter Josh Ritter's V2 Records debut follows in the footsteps of 2003's Hello Starling only in instrumentation. While he retains his literate tongue and expressive voice, there is far less humor on Animal Years than on his previous two outings. Producer Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse) keeps Animal Years intimate but transient, like a circus train crawling through a small town on a busy Saturday afternoon. Essentially built around two startlingly affecting diatribes on the war in Iraq, Ritter utilizes the voices of Peter and Paul, as well as Laurel & Hardy, to eke some kind of explanation from both the Administration and the Creator.

Hossam Ramzy & José Luis Montón - Flamenco Arabe 2 (2006) {ARC Music ‎EUCD 2000}
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© 2006 ARC Music ‎| EUCD 2000
Flamenco / Arabian Music / World Fusion / Spanish / Arabian

Following the stellar success of "Flamenco Arabe", we proudly present "Flamenco Arabe 2", a truly exhilarating and captivating album. Flamenco guitar (José Luis Montón) and Arabic percussion (Hossam Ramzy) as well as Egyptian nay, violin, oud, qanun, accordion, palmas, bass and Spanish vocals (Maria Toledo) perfectly complement each other. Very addictive listening! The 28-page colour booklet with photos and lots of information in English, German, French and Spanish plus extra outer slip-case cover round off this beautiful album perfectly.

Lalo Schifrin - The Liquidator (1965) {Film Score Monthly ‎FSM Vol. 9 No. 16 rel 2006}
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© 1965, 2006 Film Score Monthly / TCM Turner Classic Movies Music ‎| ‎FSM Vol. 9 No. 16
Jazz / Classical / Soundtrack / Stage & Screen

The Liquidator (1966) was an MGM spy spoof starring Rod Taylor as "Boysie" Oakes, a cowardly assassin who takes orders from Trevor Howard and falls for Howard's secretary, future "Bond girl" Jill St. John. The film was a black-comic look at the secret agent milieu popularized by the James Bond series, filmed in England and on the French Riviera, directed by noted cinematographer Jack Cardiff, and based on the novel by John Gardner. Scoring The Liquidator soundtrack was Lalo Schifrin - the composer who would become iconic for another '60s spy franchise, Mission: Impossible. The Liquidator was one of Schifrin's first feature-film assignments, which he tackled with his characteristic jazz/symphonic panache, combining eclectic, tuneful source cues with dramatic, avant-garde score - all with a gloriously '60s flair. Schifrin did not attempt to emulate the James Bond scores, but provided his own sense of danger and excitement, making use of many of England's finest jazz players.