AGGREGATE DISTRIBUTOR NAMED

Physical CDs will be sold at Amazon on January 2, 2017
The “limited edition” physical CDs will be sold at Amazon, but CD Baby will handle digital distribution.

We are pleased to announce that CD Baby, Inc. has been selected as our primary aggregate digital distribution solution provider for the “Echoes of Europe” recording project. The “limited edition” physical CDs will be sold at Amazon on January 2, 2017. At a predetermined point in our business plan, after the Jan 2 release, the complete digital album and select digital single track(s) will be available for download at all of the major digital music stores like iTunes and Amazon. Visit our STORE.

 

Physical CDs will be sold at CD Baby on January 2, 2017
The “limited edition” physical CDs will be sold at CD Baby.

 

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“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680)

"Echoes of Europe" (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!
“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide at Amazon, January 2, 2017!

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PRE-SALE DATE

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"Echoes of Europe" (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!
“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!

Pre-Sale Date is December 5, 2016

We are offering the pre-sale option to give you the opportunity to reserved your copy of “Echoes of Europe” securely through one of our trusted retailers.

Our motivation to offer the pre-sale on December 5th is also due to the fact that this special physical CD product is a limited edition – only 1,000 are being manufactured from the glass master by Disc Makers.

Arts / Music + Design + Photography

"Echoes of Europe" (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!
“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!

The music and performances are stellar. It is a great sounding professional recording; and, as you also see, a convergence of the arts – the music is surrounded by a gorgeous product package and beautiful photography.

How It Works

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Details about Amazon pre-sales
Any album CD Baby delivers to Amazon with a Future Release Date will be made available for pre-order. Once our actual release date arrives, all pre-sales will be fulfilled. Amazon customers can then download this music.

Seattle-based Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer. Their MP3 store sells DRM-free downloads to the largest audience anywhere. They also offer streaming music to Amazon Prime customers.

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Details about iTunes pre-sales
Any album CD Baby delivers to iTunes with a Future Release Date will be made available for pre-order. Once our actual release date arrives, all pre-sales will be fulfilled. iTunes customers can then download this music.

iTunes™ is the premier destination for digital downloads. They offer high quality DRM-free MP3s and command over 80% of the download marketplace revenue. Our distributor will deliver “Echoes of Europe” to iTunes™ and that delivery includes all iTunes™ stores worldwide.

Where To Buy “Echoes of Europe”

DISK_UNION

The music of “Echoes of Europe” is only available at select online digital music retail stores and also in compact disc format through the CD Baby Store online; or, other quality brick and mortar retail store partners offline around the world, like Disk Union in Japan. At this time, the recording will not be available at streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, etc.

"Echoes of Europe" (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!
“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!

The pre-sale date for “Echoes of Europe” recording is December 5, 2016. The recording will be available to buy then and you will be able to securely purchase your copy. Music delivered on the release date of January 2, 2017.

8-page booklet with Liner Notes by journalist David R. Adler (New York)
FREE DOWNLOAD: 8-page booklet with Liner Notes
by journalist David R. Adler (New York)

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TWO FOR THE SHOW MEDIA

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"Echoes of Europe" (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!
“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017!

Publicity for the Dino Massa Kansas City Quintet “Echoes of Europe” project will be by Chris DiGirolamo’s company, Two For The Show Media (New York).

Chris will begin our publicity campaign in July 2016. Start looking for reviews of the “Echoes of Europe” project and artist interviews soon.

If you are a journalist or publication who wishes to receive a copy for review, please contact Two For The Show Media today!

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What they are saying!

“Chris DiGirolamo is a top-notch publicist while keeping his soul intact. Thank you Chris for being who you are.”

-Ellis Marsalis

“I recently used the services of Chris DiGirolamo, and his company Two For The Show Media, to promote my new cd “The Third Quartet”, and a tour supporting it. The work that was done exceeded my expectations by far!! The interviews, and the press coverage that he got for me was instrumental, in vastly improving cd sales and attendance at the concerts. I recommend Chris, and Two For The Show Media highly.”

-John Abercrombie

“Two for the Show Media transformed our kitchen table-top operation into something more relevant and grand. Our product is being noticed and our music is being written about and heard like never before. Chris DiGirolamo is tenacious, amiable and conscientious. We are very happy with his work and the results, and we’re looking forward to doing more with him in the future.”

-Peter Erskine, Fuzzy Music

“Chris DiGirolamo one of the hippest PR person I’ve ever met and worked with. Why? Because Chris explains every step of the way how he plans to work on your project. I remember the first question he asked me, “What do you want to do with this new recording?” He’s always accessible and professional and I’ve learned a lot about the business from him. If anyone knows the jazz world in terms of promo, it’s Chris. I highly recommend his services to anyone.”

– Bobby Sanabria

Awards
13 Grammy nominations and 1 Winner.

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“Echoes of Europe”

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“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017.

Echoes of Europe – Kansas City, Missouri, is often abbreviated as KC (abbreviations often refer to the metropolitan area). It is officially nicknamed the City of Fountains; with over 200 fountains, the city claims to have the 2nd-most in the world, just behind Rome.[51] The fountains at Kauffman Stadium, commissioned by original Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman, are the largest privately funded fountains in the world.[52] The city has more boulevards than any other city except Paris and has been called Paris of the Plains. Soccer’s popularity, at both professional and youth levels, as well as Children’s Mercy Park‘s popularity as a home stadium for the U.S. Men’s National Team has to the appellation as the Soccer Capital of America. Residents are known as Kansas Citians. The city is sometimes referred to as the Heart of America, as it is near both the population center of the United States and the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states.  Source: Wikipedia Article

THE JAZZ TRADITION LIVES ON

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“Echoes of Europe” (ARC2680) available worldwide, January 2, 2017.

Kansas City is world renowned for its rich jazz and blues legacy. Jazz in Kansas City was born in the 1920s and continues today in clubs and events held throughout the city. More than 20 area nightclubs feature jazz on a regular basis.

The roots of Kansas City jazz are quite varied. Blues singers of the 1920s and ragtime music greatly influenced the music scene. Settings such as dance halls, cabarets and speakeasies fostered the development of this new musical style. In the early days, many jazz groups were smaller dance bands with three to six pieces. By the mid-1920s, the big band became the most common. Territory bands also had an influential development on jazz. Many great musicians got their start in these bands, traveling up to 1,000 miles between jobs.

While jazz began in the 1920s with a bang, it flourished in the 1930s, mainly as a result of political boss Tom Pendergast. During prohibition, he allowed alcohol to flow in Kansas City. As an entertainment center, Kansas City had no equal during these dry times.

This “wide-open” town image attracted displaced musicians from everywhere in mid-America. Throughout the Depression, Kansas City bands continued to play while other bands across the nation folded. The city was shielded from the worst of the Depression due to an early form of New Deal-style public works projects that provided jobs, and affluence, that kept the dance-oriented nightlife in town swinging.

Only in Kansas City did jazz continue to flourish. At one time, there were more than 100 night clubs, dance halls and vaudeville houses in Kansas City regularly featuring jazz music. Legends like Count Basie, Andy Kirk, Joe Turner, Hot Lips Page and Jay McShann all played in Kansas City. A saxophone player named Charlie Parker began his ascent to fame here in his hometown in the 1930s.

Kansas City’s 12th Street became nationally known for its jazz clubs, gambling parlors and brothels, earning the city the moniker, “The Paris of the Plains.” At its height, 12th Street was home to more than 50 jazz clubs. Just six blocks to the south, jazz also flourished at 18th & Vine, which became nationally respected as the epicenter of the city’s African-American community.

The 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City
The 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City

Another great outcome of Kansas City jazz was the jam session. After performances, musicians would get together to exchange ideas and experiment with new methods of playing. The best local and out of town musicians would take part in these jam sessions that lasted all night and well into the next day.

Many downtown clubs were the scene of jam activity as well as the Mutual Musicians Foundation. This union hall, which still stands today as a National Historic Landmark, remains open on weekends for all-night jam sessions.

The Pendergast political machine collapsed after Tom Pendergast was indicted on tax evasion, reform elements took over and nightclubs and cabarets shut down. Jobs for musicians dried up and the bands took to the road. By 1942, with the turmoil of World War II, many of the musicians had been drafted. Finally, by 1944, the great Kansas City jazz era slowed down, but it didn’t totally die out. Today, jazz still thrives in Kansas City.

In the history of Kansas City music, blues formed the basic vocabulary for KC-style jazz. The blues originated as a rural Black vocal music with a style improvised to the rhythms of work. That early rhythm evolved and gave birth to the blues, and eventually to Kansas City jazz, a kind of blues that jumps with a jazz sound. In fact, the city’s first jazz recording by Bennie Moten in 1923 was “Evil Mama Blues.” Source: VisitKC.com

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