We have a few new items this month, four from Arbors Records and one from a new "Private Musicians" label called Open Mind Jazz. All are excellent. Don't forget, Christmas is right around the corner.


From Arbors Records there are four great new CDs:
	From the great Ruby Braff, his final recording before his passing on February 9, 2003. He is backed by sme fine musicians, The Pizzarellis, Jim Gwinn and the Ooh-La-La Singers. After this there will be no more recording by Ruby. Our loss! Arbors, ARCD19270. ...read more and listen to it now!
	Two great artists, Howard Alden and Ken Peplowski playing thirteen great tunes as only they can do. This is a swinging CD from beginning to end. A definite keeper. Arbors, ARCD19340. ...read more and listen to it now!
	The fantastic Buddy DeFranco paying a beautiful tribute to his cat Charlie. Here he is backed by some fine musicians, Lou Soloff, Howard Alden, Joe Cohn, Derek Smith, Rufus Reid and Ed Metz, Jr. It doesn’t get much better than this. Shall we say it is purrfect! Arbors, ARCD19349. ...read more and listen to it now!
	The wonderful Bobby Gordon plays a loving tribute to his mentor and friend, Joe Marsala as only Bobby could do. Backed by some great musicians, Randy Reinhart, Keith Ingham, Russell George, James Chirillo, Vive Giordano , Arnie Kinsella and Steve Little. All the tunes were written or co-written ny Joe Marsala with 6 tunes never before recorded. Arbors, ARCD19352. ...read more and listen to it now!

A new label for us, Open Mind Jazz, can be found under the "The Musicians Private Label" listings. Boston jazz!
	The marvelous bass player, Bruce Gertz has released this CD backed by Jerry Bergonzi, Ken Cervenka, Gabriel Guerro and Tim Horner, playing eight originals. This is a fine swinging CD. Open Mind Jazz, OMJ-001. ...read more and listen to it now!

In our next newsletter we will be announcing another concert in Venice sponsored by Arbors Records. This will be a fantastic concert with a bunch of All Stars. Don’t miss it.

This concludes the news for now. Don’t forget, this is a good time to order CD's for Christmas gifts.

To order any of these CDs, visit http://puppyjazz.com or you can order by mail from: Puppy Jazz Distribution PO Box 18311 Sarasota, FL 34276-2311 U.S.A.

To order any of these CDs, visit http://puppyjazz.com or you can order by mail from:
Puppy Jazz Distribution PO Box 18311 Sarasota, FL 34276-2311 U.S.A.