On Sunday, April 6 (1-4pm), Eastwind Import will be selling CDs, SACDs and XRCDs at the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society's meeting at Holiday Inn, Buena Park, California. If you are in the area, come join us for an afternoon of great hi-fi. For details, go to LAOCAS's website.

Two premier, influential jazz magazines in Japan announced their 2007 disc awards, and I'm happy to tell you that many CDs featured in our web store were among the winners. We'd like to congratulate all the artists, producers and labels for their great achievements!

1. Swing Journal 2007 Jazz Disc Awards

Jazz Disc Silver Award
Best Engineering Award (New Recording Category)
Eric Alexander / My Favorite Things
Best Reissue Award
Ken Peplowski Quartet/ Memories Of You (Complete Edition)
Eddie Higgins Quintet Featuring Scott Hamilton and Ken Peplowski / It's Magic (Complete Edition)
RCA Female Vocal Selection Series
Dinah Shore / Bouquet Of Blues
Rosemary Clooney / Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie!
Teddi King / To You From Teddi King

Best Production Award
Grant Stewart / Shadow Of Your Smile

New Star Award (Foreign Artist)
Fabrizio Bosso / Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

New Star Award (Domestic Artist)
Akiko Tsuruga / St. Louis Blues

Best Engineering Award (Remastering Category)
Three Blind Mice Hybrid SACD Reissue Series
Hidehiko Matsumoto Quartet / Sleepy
George Kawaguchi / The Big 4
Hideto Kanai Quintet / Concierto de Aranjuez
Isao Suzuki Quartet + 1 / Blue City
Hiroshi Fukumura Quartet
Terumasa Hino Quintet Live!
Shoji Yokouchi Quartet featuring Toru Konishi / Blonde on the Rocks
Yoshiko Goto / Day Dream
Kosuke Mine Quintet / Mine
Masaru Imada Quartet / Now!!
Kimiko Kasai with Kosuke Mine Quartet / Yellow Carcass in the Blue
Kanai Hideto Group / Q

2. Jazz Critique Magazine 2007 Jazz Disc Awards

Best Engineering Awards (Instrumental Category)
"Silver" Award
Robert Lakatos Trio / Never Let Me Go
"Bronze" Award
Grant Stewart / Shadow Of Your Smile
Honorable Mention
Ken Peplowski Quartet / When You Wish Upon A Star
Ray Kennedy / Soft Winds
Eric Alexander / My Favorite Things
Will Bouleware / Summertime

Best Engineering Award (Vocal Category)
"Gold" Award
Emilie-Claire Barlow / The Very Thought Of You
Honorable Mention
Margareta Bengtson / I'm Old Fashioned
Lovisa / That Girl!
Simone / Taking A Chance On Love