For Immediate Release

RadioASB Partner releases Jazz Icons™ DVD Series

San Diego, CA – September 26, 2006 - Syntarus Corporation, a global telecommunications, radio broadcast programming and information management technology firm based in San Diego, CA today formally announced the official release of the first nine titles of the Jazz Icons™ DVD Series by liaison partner Reelin’ In The Years Productions LLC.

According to RadioASB Executive Vice President, Richard F. Burrell, “The announcement marks the initiation of a nation-wide promotional and marketing campaign implemented for Jazz Icons™ by Syntarus subsidiary, RadioASB (American Songbook Radio), as the result of our recently formed liaison with Reelin’ In The Years Productions LLC.” He adds, “The release of the first nine titles heralds the beginning of an on-going Jazz Icons™ DVD Series featuring full length concerts and in-studio performances by the greatest legends of jazz. The series is comprised of never before released video footage filmed all around the world during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, and all of the footage has been meticulously transferred from the original masters.”

The initial Jazz Icons™ DVD Series release consists of nine titles:

• Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Live in 1958
• Dizzy Gillespie - Live in 1958 and 1970
• Louis Armstrong - Live in 1959
• Quincy Jones - Live in 1960
• Thelonious Monk - Live in 1966
• Buddy Rich - Live in 1978
• Ella Fitzgerald - Live in 1957 and 1963
• Count Basie - Live in 1962
• Chet Baker - Live in 1964 and 1979

Each Jazz Icons™ DVD features a 16-page booklet with an essay written by an authoritative jazz historian as well as rare and unseen photographs. All Jazz Icons™ DVD’s are produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates, who in most cases are contributing rare personal photographs, memorabilia and forewords.

To commemorate the Jazz Icons™ DVD Series release renowned American music impresario, Mr. Quincy Jones, issued the following quote, “The release of the Jazz Icons™ DVD Series is like the unearthing of a musical time capsule, an audio-visual treasure trove of the music that changed the world. From Big Band and Bebop to Dixieland and Cool, it’s all here and it all swings. These jazz legends, from Dizzy and Count to Louis and Ella, are the Bachs and Beethovens of our generation. From an educational standpoint this series is a gift to our culture.” He adds, “I’m honored to be a featured part of it, but I’m more thrilled just to sit down and watch it with my grandkids.”

The multi-talented Mr. Quincy Jones, who is featured in the initial Jazz Icons™ DVD Series release, is also an internationally recognized bandleader, composer, solo artist, producer, arranger, film composer and record label executive.

The Jazz Icons™ DVD Series release heralds a major milestone in the world of Jazz for several reasons.

According to David Peck, President of Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC, “The Jazz Icons™ DVD Series features concerts and in-studio performances by the most pivotal and influential jazz artists of the 20th century. This footage, filmed in Europe between 1957 and 1978, captures the greatest legends of jazz in their prime, accompanied by some of the most legendary side-musicians of the day.”

Tom Gulotta, Art Director at Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC, relates, “This priceless footage was literally lost in the vaults of European television studios, in some cases for nearly 50 years.” He continues, “Each of the nine Jazz Icons™ DVD’s feature one or more concerts filmed live in television studios and concert halls throughout Europe during one of the most creative periods in jazz history. None of these performances has ever been officially released, and in many cases the material was never originally broadcast. In addition, every performance in the Jazz Icons™ DVD Series has been re-transferred and re-mastered from the best-quality, original masters yielding excellent sound and video.”

To quote noted jazz writer and historian, Ira Gitler (author of “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz”), “These nine historic DVD’s are among the most important visual and aural documents to be discovered in the history of Jazz. Most importantly, they are now available to the entire world.”

Phil Galloway, Vice President of Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC, notes, “Among the wealth of highlights in the Jazz Icons™ DVD Series are two incredible Quincy Jones concerts filmed in 1960 and featuring an 18-piece band comprised of some of the finest musicians in jazz.”

The band, which Quincy later described as his “dream band”, included Phil Woods, Clark Terry and Sahib Shihab.

Another highlight is a staggering one hour Art Blakey concert with what many jazz historians consider to be his most important ensemble, the legendary 1958 Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt.

The Jazz Icons™ DVD Series also features two exceptional concerts of Ella Fitzgerald including the earliest known complete Ella show (filmed in Belgium in 1957) and an intimate in-studio appearance from 1963 taped in Sweden with pianist Tommy Flanagan. Also featured in the series are two superb Thelonious Monk concerts from 1966 filmed just three days apart in Norway and Denmark.

Additional concerts included in the Jazz Icons™ DVD Series include a riveting hour-long Count Basie show from Sweden taped in 1962 and featuring the phenomenal drumming of Sonny Payne. Dizzy Gillespie is represented by two historic concerts, the first from 1958 in Belgium with a quintet including saxophonist Sonny Stitt, and the second from 1970 in Denmark fronting the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band. The Buddy Rich DVD boasts a thunderous 1978 concert taped in Holland and featuring members of Buddy’s “Killer Force,” the group he would later call “the best band I ever had.” Chet Baker is represented by two concerts filmed 15 years apart, including a haunting 1964 show in a Belgian TV studio and a soulful 1979 set from Norway (together they provide an overview of Baker’s career.) Rounding out the DVD series is one of the only known complete Louis Armstrong concerts from the 1950’s to be captured on film. This 1959 concert, filmed in Belgium and backed by his stellar band the All-Stars, captures the great man in all his glory as both a jazz pioneer and an entertainer without peer.

Scott Chatfield, Vice President of Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC, says, “Each Jazz Icons™ DVD in the series is produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates. In addition, each musician on stage is being paid, either directly or through the American Federation Of Musicians.”

Each Jazz Icons™ DVD also includes a 16-page booklet with an extensive essay written by illustrious and established jazz writers and music historians such as Ira Gitler, Michael Cuscuna, Will Friedwald, Rob Bowman and others. Each booklet also includes previously unseen photos and memorabilia. In many cases the actual artists, or heirs to their estates, have either provided rare, never before seen artifacts or actively contributed to the forewords.

In the words of Jazz Icons™ DVD Series co-producers David Peck and Phil Galloway of Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC, “We are very proud to be able to share this historic and previously unseen footage with the world at large, and we are looking forward to releasing additional titles in the future.”

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About Reelin’ in the Years Productions

Founded in 1992 with the goal of preserving music performance footage from around the globe and making it available to the entertainment industry and the public through all forms of media, Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC is the largest music footage library in the world, housing over 10,000 hours of performances from all genres of music covering the last 50 years. Most of the footage in their library has never been seen or heard by the world at large. For additional information about Reelin’ In The Years Productions LLC please visit them on the Internet at www.reelinintheyears.com. For information related to licensing footage please telephone (619) 281-6725. Please note that Reelin' In The Years Productions LLC does not supply material to fans, collectors or other private entities. Their material is restricted exclusively to use by clients for projects within the entertainment industry.

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