ARTA jazz - New Releases

1. Dunaj - traditional, arr. Jiri Stivin 6:38
2. Summertime - George Gershwin 5:31
3. Bazalicka - traditional, arr. Jiri Stivin 6:45
4. So What - Miles Davis 7:38
5. Balada pro W.L. - Jiri Stivin 5:12
6. Work Song - Nat Adderly 5:37
7. St Thomas - Sonny Rollins 7:29
8. Modra ruze - Jiri Stivin 2:42
9. Memphis Underground - Herbie Mann 8:12

Jiri Stivin - flute, clarinet, alt saxophone, pipe Jaroslav Sindler - guitars Zdenek Tichota - bass guitar Michal Hejna - drums

When the Prague International Jazz Festival was being organized in 1988, I was asked to open for Chick Corea and his Electric Band. Together with Jarda Sindler, Frantisek Uhlir, and Cyril Zelenak, I put together a quartet and arranged some traditional songs for the occasion. Because bringing together these musicians and the performance seemed to work well, I continued to give concerts with the quartet in jazz clubs in Prague and abroad, and later also at international jazz festivals. Over the years the Quartet has gone through several changes. Drums: Cyril Zelenak, Josef Vejvoda, Jiri Zelenka, Jiri Stivin Jr, and, most recently, since 1996, Michal Hejna. Bass: Frantisek Uhlir, Ales Dusa, and Zdenek "Wimpy" Tichota since 1998. Only Jaroslav Sindler has stuck with the group since the very beginning. The album tak co… (so what…) is the third CD in the history of the Quartet. The repertoire has not changed much, because "only wimps rehearse". Thanks, however, to the new musicians in the band, the style has shifted and new compositions are being born from the old standards.

I hope you enjoy the CD!

Jiri Stivin

1. Follow the Whales (Matej Benko) 8:53
2. Evening Prelude (Matej Benko) 5:32
3. Dreamer (Vit Svec) 5:13
4. Smilla (Matej Benko) 5:46
5. Information No.5 (Matej Benko) 2:41
6. Information No.6 (Matej Benko) 2:33
7. Information No.7 (Matej Benko) 4:33
8. Blues for Michael (Vit Svec) 6:42
9. Beneath a Storm Surge (Matej Benko) 6:27
10. Fishtail Tale (Matej Benko) 5:20
11. Monkfish (Matej Benko) 2:10

VIT SVEC TRIO Matej Benko - piano Vit Svec - double bass Jan Linhart - drums

1. Sun-ka-tu-dup-cek 5:04
2. More 6:45
3. Vinyl 6:17
4. Tangola 6:01
5. Days 4:52
6. Podajida 5:43
7. Kolonada Eger 3:46
8. 13 4:17
9. Nights 3:25
10. Ooom 1:32
11. Termix ...

All compositions by Jakub Zitko, except Termix by Ivan Acher and Sun-ka-tu-dup-cek by Jakub Zitko and Marcel Barta.

Jakub Zitko keyboards, bandleader
Marcel Barta alto sax, soprano sax
Pavel Hruby tenor sax, bassclarinet
Oskar Torok trumpet
Jan Jirucha trombone, euphonium
Jiri Simek guitars
Jakub Vejnar bass
Milos Dvoracek drums, percussion
Vladan Maliniak violin & viola (7)
Katarina Karasova flute (9)
Ivan Acher fonovox

CD 1
roman pokorny trio - live at "U stare pani"

1. red hair woman (Roman Pokorny) 13:20
2. east of eden (Roman Pokorny) 6:37
3. pressure (Roman Pokorny) 13:30
4. again together (Roman Pokorny) 6:00
5. dreams about caroline (Roman Pokorny) 8:10
6. will be better (Roman Pokorny) 5:27
7. reugin (Roman Pokorny) 7:26
8. magic night (Roman Pokorny / Jonathan Ramirez) 5:15

including video song and a PC/Mac little game ROBOX (you can compose your own song)

CD 2
Roman Pokorny Blues Box Heroes

1. stormy monday (T. Bone Walker) 7:49
2. all your love (Otis Rush / Willie Dixon) 7:00
3. blew me clean away (Roman Pokorny / Jamie Marshall) 4:20
4. complication (Roman Pokorny) 3:26
5. it ain't right (Walter Jacobs) 5:18
6. huchie chuchie man (Muddy Waters) 6:37
7. black bird woman (Roman Pokorny / Jonathan Ramirez) 4:33
8. one good reason (Roman Pokorny) 3:14
9. i loved another woman (Peter Green) 7:00
10. cocaine (J. J. Cale) 5:17
11. i got ramblin (Robert Johnson) 8:04
12. all down to you (Roman Pokorny / Jamie Marshall) 3:03

including two videos of BBH playing in the Ungelt club at Prague

1. Touches / Gabriel Jonas 3:47
2. Waves / Antonio Carlos Jobim 5:08
3. Far, And Yet Near / Gabriel Jonas 5:41
4. Waltz For Atka / Matus Jakabcic 4:34
5. Oleo / Sonny Rollins 3:47
6. Whisper Not / Benny Golson 5:07
7. Little Song For My Mother / Robert Balzar 4:10
8. Tail / Gabriel Jonas 5:06
9. Some Day My Prince Will Come / Larry Morey, Frank Churchill 4:13
10. Song For Sandra / Gabriel Jonas 4:49
    bonus tracks
11. Little Bossa (Take 2) / Matus Jakabcic 4:18
12. Little Bossa (Take 1) / Matus Jakabcic 4:20

Touches, Far And Yet Near, Little Song For My Mother, Tail, Song For Sandra published by ARTA Music.
Remastered reissue of CD album "Far And Yet Near" by Jonas, Jakabcic, Balzar (cat.no. F10011, ARTA Records 1991) supplied with two unreleased bonus tracks.

1. Blue Point (Roman Pokorny) 6:21
   Roman Pokorny - guitar, Petr Dvorsky - double bass, Pavel Zboril - drums
   
2. Wild Roses (Jan Hala) 5:27
   Rostislav Fras - tenor saxophone, Jiri Kovar - guitar, Jan Hala - keyboards, Zdenek Tichota - bass guitar, Michal Hejna - drums
   
3. Dewey (Frantisek Kop) 4:14
   Frantisek Kop - tenor saxophone, Petr Malasek - piano, Martin Lehky - bass guitar, Pavel Zboril - drums
   
4. Adamek (Bryan Charette) 3:54
   Laco Deczi - trumpet, Bryan Charette - keyboards, Steve Clarck - bass guitar, Andrea Valentini - drums
   
5. Caravan (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) 4:13
   The Veleband Big Band: Martin Plachy - alt saxophone, Stepan Markovic & Rostislav Fras - tenor saxophones, Jiri Hala - bariton saxophone & flute, Vaclav Tyfa & Frantisek Tomsicek - trumpets, Premysl Tomsicek & Svatopluk Kosvanec - trombones, Jan Hala - keyboards, Jiri Kovar - guitar, Zdenek Tichota - bass guitar, Michal Hejna - drums
   
6. Bear's Trail (Karel Ruzicka) 4:33
   Karel Ruzicka - piano, Josef Feco - double bass, Milos Dvoracek - drums

   premiere recordings:
   

7. Smile Of Amaranta (Zuzana Dumkova) 6:45
     Zuzana Dumkova Group
   Zuzana Dumkova - vocal & acoustic guitar, Marcel Barta - soprano saxophone, Rene Parez - guitar, Jakub Vejnar - bass guitar, Dalibor Hocko - drums, Elvis Kititti - percussion
   
8. Devil's Stones (Radek Krampl) 4:53
   Vibe Fantasy
   Radek Krampl - vibraphone, Marcel Barta - alt saxophone, Vit Svec - double bass, Pavel Razim - drums
   
9. Sambamba (Mark Aanderud) 7:09
   Mark Aanderud Trio
   Mark Aanderud - piano, Vit Svec - double bass, Pavel Razim - drums
   
10. Call Me Again (Bedrich Smarda) 5:12 
    Saxtime
    Bedrich Smarda - tenor saxophone, Martin Lehky - bass guitar, Pavel Zboril - drums
    
11. Dream Place (Marcel Barta) 7:27
    Marcel Barta & Muff
    Marcel Barta - tenor saxophone, Beata Hlavenkova - Fender piano, Jiri Simek - guitar, Jakub Vejnar - bass guitar, Roman Vicha - drums

    unique bonus track
    

12. Agharta '91 (Zdenek Zdenek, Peter Binder) 11:21
    Naima
    Zdenek Zdenek - keyboards, Frantisek Kop - soprano & tenor saxophones, percussion, Peter Binder - guitar, vocal
    total time - 72:03
     
    All songs published by ARTA Music except Caravan by EMI Mils Music Inc.
    

Why You Definitely Have to Own This CD:
1. You'll get a superb selection of the best modern Czech jazz bands regularly performing at the AghaRTA Jazz Centrum.
2. You'll find out the complete history of the AghRTA Prague Jazz Festival.
3. You'll be celebrating the tenth anniversary of the AghaRTA Jazz Centrum, the most popular jazz club in Prague.
4. You'll receive the CD originally designed by Jiri Votruba.