J A ZZ / W O R L D / POP / A LTER NATIV E PHYSICAL ONLY PHYSICAL ONLY CHALLENGE RECORDS MARUTYRI DOUBLE MOON HABERECHT 4 INNER MOVEMENTS ESSENCE CR 73423 | 608917342321 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Various • Marutyri is a Rotterdam based, instrumental fusion band. They got their start in 2014 and have since performed on North Seas Jazz 2015 and won the Radio 6 Soul & Jazz award for best talent. DMCHR71176 | 608917117622 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Various • Kerstin Haberecht outshines the entire performance on her debut release with her, at times, softly flowing, even gnarled dabbling sound, at times questioning in a melancholic manner and at times, a nervously rough and enormously changeable. • Nothing should indicate whether a woman or a man is wielding power here. “Something like that would distract from the essential,” the alto and soprano saxophonist belives. “I want to avoid having people only seeking the group from this point of view. I’d prefer simply to be judged by my music.” ARTIST: Marutyri ARTIST: Haberecht 4 • All of the compositions on this album are original to the band and composed by it’s members. The band consideres Inner Movements to be a “funky jazzy album with solid grooves”. PHYSICAL ONLY DOUBLE MOON ANNE HARTKAMP NAVONA SONGS & DANCES A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CHORAL MUSIC LET ME FLY DMCHR71169 | 608917116922 1 CD | SRP US $16.99 CA $20.99 COMPOSER: Various • Songs & Dances is Anne Hartkamp’s dream project. The woman, who in the opinion of BR Jazz editor Roland Spiegel “underlays texts with irony and makes them sparkle, combines syllablecascades in fast-paced improvisation, cane make lyrical melodies quietly glitter”, now presents a bunch of unorthodox as well as charming, passionate, powerful songs and dances. • The bulk of works on this release were composed by Hartkamp herself and are a distillate of her eventful career, the essence of her vocal talent in her very best years, who only sings what she likes and which tantilizes her tongue and heart. • Let Me Fly showcases the extraordinary NV6060 | 896931003605 1 CD | SRP US $14.99 CA $17.99 COMPOSER: Stephen Chatman • Jocelyn Hagen • Jonny Priano • Z. Randall Stroope talents of the University of South Dakota Chamber Singers in a compilation of America choral music under the direction of Dr. David HOldhusen. The album, recorded from 2014 to 2016, primarily draws on two mainstays of contemporary American choral repertoire - traditional folk song and spiritual arrangements and new works featuring a lyrical, lush harmonic language. ARTIST: Anne Hartkamp (voice) ARTIST: The University of South Dakota Chamber Singers • Mickey McGrann • Autmn Simunek • Seth Pierce • Eldon Warner • Daniel Bellis • Kristen Wahl • Hannah Lambertz • DeShonté Helm • David Holdhusen (conductor) • It is the traditional works which form the true heart of the collection. Beloved favorites like Elijah Rock, Shenandoah, Dixie, Windham and Go, Tell it on the Mountain are given fresh interpretations through expert arrangements. 115 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE GUIDE