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January 20, 2011

“Diana | Queen Of Motown” by Ian Phillips (New Book)

New Diana Ross Book Gets Back to Reality

New hardcover title concentrates on
the achievements and work of superstar and Motown legend, Diana Ross.
Track by track, album by album and movie by movie, her prodigious output
is examined and evaluated in a celebration of five decades of stardom.

Kent, England (PRWEB) January 20, 2011


During a career spanning half a century in which a skinny little girl
from Detroit’s Brewster Projects came to be a byword for style,
professionalism and artistic integrity, Diana Ross has also become an
icon for women, for black people, for disenfranchised individuals
throughout the world.

Millions of words have been written about her – some of them true –
as writers, commentators and fantasists have scrambled to define,
package and fictionalise the person behind the achievements – to find
some mystic shorthand explanation for it all. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

CTI Records Continues 40th Anniversary Celebration with The Release of 6 More Classic Reissues

CTI Records 40th Anniversary Celebration Continues!
 

 

SONY MASTERWORKS JAZZ RELEASES CLASSIC REISSUES FROM GEORGE BENSON, DEODATO, MILT JACKSON, PAUL DESMOND, JIM HALL AND RON CARTER

Available January 25, 2011

Also
available, critically acclaimed CTI Records: The Cool Revolution deluxe
4-CD box and California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium 2-CD set
featuring previously unreleased tracks

NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — Masterworks Jazz continues the celebration of the 40th
anniversary of CTI Records, the beloved jazz label founded in 1970 by
producer Creed Taylor with the release of 6 more classic reissues
available on January 25th, 2011. They include: White Rabbit by George Benson, All Blues by Ron Carter (first time on CD in the U.S.), Prelude by Deodato, Pure Desmond by Paul Desmond, Concierto by Jim Hall, and Milt Jackson‘s Sunflower.
The reissues are packaged in eco-friendly softpack sleeves that
replicate the original gatefold LP design and their iconic covers most
with photos by Pete Turner.

White Rabbit is perhaps George Benson‘s
finest album for CTI, featuring the signature title track arrangement
of the Jefferson Airplane classic – a 1972 Grammy® nominee for Best Jazz
Performance by a Group. To continue, Please click “MORE”!