Unpack This: 70 CDs Of Miles Davis

Just in time for the holidays comes a backbreaking load for St. Nick — all of trumpeter Miles Davis’ Columbia recordings in a single, 70-CD collection. Along with a DVD of a 1967 live performance, there’s enough music here to keep a listener busy right into the new year

Anita O’Day: Revisiting A Classic Voice

When jazz singer Anita O’Day died in 2006, the music world lost her unique sound. A biographical documentary, Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer , is now out on DVD.

DVD/VIDEO: Inakustik’s “Paris Concert” Series Released on Blu-Ray Today: Jose Feliciano Band, Stanley Jordan, Larry … (All About Jazz)

Inakustik and MVD Visual are pleased to announce the release of “The Paris Concert” Series on Blu-ray disc for worldwide distribution on July 14, 2009. As one of the largest independents in Germany, Inakustik is at the forefront of filming music content for DVD and now Blu-ray

Hurricane Sam to play at concert series (Marin Independent Journal)

Hurricane Sam and the Hotshots will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 3 as part of the city of Sausalito’s concert series, Jazz & Blues by the Bay.

Akron trumpeter Josh Rzepka takes on classical and jazz (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Josh Rzepka doesn’t discriminate when it comes to classical and jazz. The Akron-born trumpeter plays both, and he’s in the midst of recording compact discs in each genre.

Jazz for the Fourth of July; plus Nugent (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

This column preceding Independence Day kicks off with two more MVD CDs in their great series of essential jazz albums, then touches base with a local band’s debut album before wrapping up with a DVD chronicling the 6,000th concert from All-American guitar hero Ted Nugent.

Chicago-style jazz comes to downtown Ripon (Fond du Lac Reporter)

RIPON Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin Altar Boys will perform Chicago-style blues Friday in downtown Ripons summer concert series.

Local takes Glenwood jazz stage (The Aspen Times)

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Ashton Taufer got an early appreciation for jazz music growing up in Glenwood Springs and going to the Summer of Jazz concerts with his family.

DVD/CD concert packs aim for a targeted audience (Philadelphia Daily News)

Watching the video discs of two new DVD/CD concert packs drove home the point how “targeted” (or divisive) musical performers have become in the post- Michael-Jackson age.