New Jazz Releases for 2-1-2011

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New Jazz Releases 2/1/2011

Greeting’s jazz enthusiasts, I’m elated to be back with you on this first day of February. With each visit you’ll discover a montage of new jazz releases featured at Amazon.com that encompasses a generous diet of nuances which includes a wealth of complex and distinctive styles, textures, melodies, and rhythms exalted by a host of definitive and creative voices in the world of jazz.

Due to time constraints, unlike before I will not feature my personal pick of the week per say simply because I might not have one from each weeks listing. With that said, I hope you’ll find the latest albums from Amazon satisfies your thirst for great music!

For more details, please visit Amazon.com for a complete list of this weeks [2/1/2011] latest jazz releases!

The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman -][- Cote D’Azur [Peak Records]

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The Rippingtons - Cote D'Azur

The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman -][- Cote D’Azur – [Peak Records, 2011]

Fans that have followed Russ Freeman and The Rippingtons for any stretch of time over the past quarter century know the versatile award winning and Grammy® nominated guitarist/composer and producer has long had a penchant for naming songs and albums after exotic places (“Aruba,” “Kenya,” “Morocco,” Weekend in Monaco, Sahara, et al). But The Ripps’ latest Peak Records recording Cote D’Azur–inspired by Freeman’s passion for the French people and the storied region of the French Riviera—is more than simply the latest stamp on Freeman’s well traveled passport. Beyond simple wanderlust or a gathering of “musical postcards” from the Southern region of France, it taps into a spirit that’s deeper and more transcendent than any other group project to date.

All of the songs on Cote D’Azur tell stories of Freeman’s extensive travels in France with his wife Yaredt Leon, a hit songwriter in her own right who contributed tracks to the Ripps Latin-themed Wild Card (2005) and Modern Art (2009). Cote D’Azur is bookended with songs they wrote together, the high energy title track and the beautiful “Mesmerized.” Yaredt has been Freeman’s consummate travel partner these past years. For a time, he couldn’t get enough of Italy, but the minute Leon (whose mixed heritage is Colombian-French) introduced him to her father’s homeland of France, Freeman was hooked.