Featured Artist: Bruce McKenzie

Record Label: JDBMCK Records

Style: Smooth Jazz

- MP3

Track Description: Smooth Jazz from independent jazz guitarist Bruce McKenzie. The track, "Special Moments" is the title track of his upcoming release due late November 2002.

Artist's Website: http://www.brucemckenzie.com

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Featured Artist: Marian McPartland

CD Title: Piano Jazz: Steely Dan

Song Title: Various Tracks

Record Label: Jazz Alliance

Style: Straight-Ahead / Classic

Listen: Various Tracks - Quicktime

Artist's Website: http://www.npr.org/programs/pianojazz/

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Featured Artist: Laurent Medelgi

CD Title: Circles

Song Title: What's your name?

Record Label: Indie

Style: Contemporary Jazz

What's your name? - MP3

Track Description: Swing, Medium-up tempo original piece recorded live at 55 Bar, in NYC, November 2000. Features beautiful strong bass playing by Steve LaSpina and frisky drumming by Bob Meyer. Medelgi's guitar playing expresses his neo-bop approach in this tune.

Artist's Website: http://www.jazzserver.org/artists/laurent.medelgi

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Featured Artist: Medeski Martin & Wood

CD Title: Uninvisible

Song Title: Uninvisible (Entire CD)

Record Label: Blue Note

Style: Soul / Funk Jazz

Uninvisible (Entire CD) - Real Audio

Track Description: Like a journey – some kind of road trip shared by variety to weird, crazy or dangerous hitchhikers – Uninvisible takes listeners past, through and under many sites of interest, all of them characteristically dreamlike. Unlike some of MMW’s previous groove fests, this trip moves along at a speedy clip, leaving you wanting to linger longer at each stop instead of looking ahead to what’s next.

Perhaps one reason this disc moves so well is the circumstances under which it was recorded: The trio got together in a studio in Brooklyn, N.Y., and just jammed, laying down loads of tracks from which they selected 14 pieces to develop with producer/engineer Scotty Hard (The Word, Prince Paul, Deltron 3030, Wu-Tang Clan). - Richard Anderson

Artist's Website: http://www.BlueNote.com/MMW

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Featured Artist: Brad Mehldau

CD Title: Day is Done

Song Title: Various Artists

Record Label: Nonesuch

Style: Straight-Ahead / Classic

Listen: Various Artists - Quicktime

Artist's Website: http://bradmehldau.com

Purchase: Click here for buying information

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Featured Artist: Brad Melhdau

CD Title: Live in Tokyo

Song Title: Various Tracks

Record Label: Nonesuch Records

Style: Free Jazz / Avante Garde

Listen: Various Tracks - Quicktime

Artist's Website: http://www.bradmehldau.com/mehldau/

Purchase: Click here for buying information

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Featured Artist: Metalwood

CD Title: The Recline

Song Title: U.B. The Monster

Record Label: Telarc

Style: Soul / Funk Jazz

U.B. The Monster - MP3

Track Description: For a point of reference, this track is very reminiscent of Bill Bruford’s Earthworks. U.B. the Monster is lead off again by bassist Tarry. I am impressed by every note he plays. He not only has the groove, but he has an ear for picking the right notes and making music. Too many fretless bass players wallow in “Jacoisms” or try to be some sort of bass god at the expense of the music. Chris Tarry is the real deal. - Michael Bettine

Artist's Website: http://www.metalwood.com

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Featured Artist: Hitoshi Metamorphosis-One

Song Title: My Music Life

Style: Traditional / New Orleans

My Music Life - MP3

Track Description: When I'm absentminded, My jukeBox is playing in my ear. This melody makes my happy music life!

Artist's Website: http://www.mp3.com/stations/metamor1_english

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Featured Artist: Pat Metheny

CD Title: Speaking Of Now

Song Title: As It Is

Record Label: Warner Bros.

Style: Contemporary Jazz

As It Is - Real Audio

Track Description: Out of the plethora of Pat Metheny Group albums that have been released, Speaking Of Now has been one of the most widely anticipated. This is undoubtedly due to many factors: the signifcant addition of a distinct new generation of players (Richard Bona, Antonio Sanchez and Cuong Vu), the marker in the timeline of the Group's existence as one of the most acclaimed ensembles of its time, and the expectations of legions of fans who have accompanied the PMG on its long journey (some since inception). - Fred Gerantab

Artist's Website: http://www.patmethenygroup.com/

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Featured Artist: Jesus Meza

CD Title: La Bruja

Song Title: Camarada

Record Label: Independent

Style: Latin Jazz / Latin Funk

Camarada - MP3

Track Description: A powerful strong bass groove from a mexican musician!!!!. Enter and listen to this first independent recording.

Artist's Website: http://www.geocities.com/labrujahonguera/index.html

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Featured Artist: Marcus Miller

CD Title: M2

Song Title: 3 Dueces

Record Label: Telarc

Style: Smooth Jazz

3 Dueces - MP3

Track Description: With M2 ("M-squared"), his first studio recording since 1994, Marcus Miller deepens the groove of jazz in the new century. Featuring an all-star cast and Marcus Miller's distinctive, creative vision, M2 liberates crossover jazz from its conventional form and tonality.

Artist's Website: http://marcusmiller.com

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Featured Artist: Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabel

CD Title: Buena Vista Social Club Presents

Song Title: Various Tracks

Record Label: World Circuit/Nonesuch

Style: Latin Jazz / Latin Funk

Listen: Various Tracks - Quicktime

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Featured Artist: Wolfgang Mitschke

CD Title: Sundance

Song Title: Song for Anja

Record Label: TMK

Style: Smooth Jazz

Song for Anja - MP3

Track Description: Relaxing Smooth-Jazz from Berlin, Germany. Enjoy !

Artist's Website: http://www.wolfgang-mitschke.com

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Featured Artist: Gavin Molton

CD Title: The Recliner

Song Title: Light Feet

Record Label: IntoMusic

Style: Folk Jazz

Light Feet - MP3

Track Description: Jazz Fingerstyle Guitarist, combining many different styles to produce a cross over jazz/folk and celtic style. Influences include Martin Taylor, leo kotte, george van epps and Pat Metheny. Full streams of album can be found on the site, with the option buy the CD or download tracks.

Artist's Website: http://www.intomusic.co.uk/scripts/artistpage3.asp?ArtID=312

Purchase: Click here for buying information

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Featured Artist: Marc Mommaas - Global Motion

CD Title: Globalmotiontrio

Song Title: City Walk

Record Label: Calibre

Style: Contemporary Jazz

City Walk - MP3

Track Description: Original Composition by Marc Mommaas, played by Marc Mommaas on Tenor sax and Bass clarinet, Nikolaj Hess on piano and John Hebert on bass. The band is 'Global Motion trio'.

Artist's Website: http://www.mommaas.com

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Featured Artist: Joseph Patrick Moore

CD Title: Soul Cloud

Song Title: Datz It

Record Label: Independent

Style: Contemporary Jazz

Datz It - MP3

Track Description: Funky contemporary jazz with a hard deep bass line to die for. This one will get you in the groove.

Artist's Website: http://www.josephpatrickmoore.com

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Featured Artist: MOTIV

CD Title: MOTIV

Song Title: Various Tracks

Record Label: anotherworldmusic

Style: Soul / Funk Jazz

Listen: Various Tracks - MP3

Track Description: MOTIV due for release November '05. "Exellent jazz meets hiphop collective" - TimeOut "...like listening to Miles Davis and Public Enemy" - Detroit Illharmonic "Funky jazz for the 21st Century" - etherbeat.com

Artist's Website: http://www.anotherworldmusic.org/artists.html

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Featured Artist: N' Touch

CD Title: N' Touch

Song Title: N' Touch

Record Label: N' Touch Music

Style: Smooth Jazz

N' Touch - MP3

Track Description: Rhythmic instrumental track fused with jazz, r&b and latin flavors. This track reached the Semi-Finals for the "makeastar.com" song contest for the week ending August 19, 2002.

Artist's Website: http://n-touchband.com

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Featured Artist: N' Touch

CD Title: N' Touch

Song Title: Time Will Tell

Record Label: N' Touch Music

Style: Smooth Jazz

Time Will Tell - MP3

Track Description: Vocal track with a jazzy pop sound and beautiful melody. Nice vocal and sax exchanges.

Artist's Website: http://n-touchband.com

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Featured Artist: N' Touch

CD Title: N' Touch

Song Title: Hasta Luego

Record Label: N' Touch Music

Style: Latin Jazz / Latin Funk

Hasta Luego - MP3

Track Description: Smooth track with latin and R&B flavors highlighted by the superb play of the band's young drummer.

Artist's Website: http://n-touchband.com

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Featured Artist: Native Tongue

Song Title: Bolivia

Style: Various Jazz Styles

Bolivia - MP3

Track Description: A festive samba by Kam Falk that features a flute melody played over a Tumbao (syncopated bass line).

Artist's Website: http://play.mp3.com/cgi-bin/play/play.cgi/AAIBQp0.HwDABG5vcm1QBAAAAFKcHQUAUQEAAABDu.EvPEsjBn9cF8d6OV

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Featured Artist: Vernon Neilly

CD Title: United By Tone

Song Title: Nassau Nights

Record Label: Boosweet/Duncan

Style: Latin Jazz / Latin Funk

Nassau Nights - MP3

Track Description: This song is the leading song from the CD compilation "United By Tone" which also features Bill Frisell, Jimmy Bruno, and Canadian Bassist Alain Caron, and a host of platinum selling artists. As well as playing on the project Vernon produced and mastered the CD. This CD was well written about in many major trade magazines, and is a steal at $3.50 U.S.

Artist's Website: http://www.vernonneilly.com

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Featured Artist: Chip Newton

CD Title: At Midnight

Song Title: Body and Soul

Record Label: Newtones Records

Style: Straight-Ahead / Classic

Body and Soul - MP3

Track Description: This mp3 features one of the all time great standards, "Body and Soul." It is a tribute of sorts to Gene Bertoncini; the melody is almost always stated but reharmonized in several ways. Rather than meandering around the tune's chord changes (as many jazz solo guitar performances do) this style of playing holds the listener while the the rich, recomposed harmonies create a total web of sound.

Artist's Website: http://mp3.com/jospeh_newton

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Featured Artist: Chip Newton

CD Title: At Midnight

Song Title: Why I Am Not a Painter - by Chris Ozer

Record Label: Newtones Records

Style: BeBop / Hard Bop

Why I Am Not a Painter - by Chris Ozer - MP3

Track Description: This tune features hot bebop from a great band! Seth Carper-alto sax, Chip Newton-guitar, Chris Ozer-piano,Wolfgang Planz-electric bass, and Max Wood-drums. Recorded in April of 2002.

Artist's Website: http://mp3.com/chip_newton

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Featured Artist: O'2L

CD Title: Doyle's Brunch

Song Title: Various Tracks

Record Label: Peak Records

Style: Electronica

Listen: Various Tracks - Quicktime

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