During the month of September we will donate 10% of all gross sales to the Salvation Army to go to the Katrina Hurricane Relief Fund.
We have some excellent new releases for you this month, including the first Christmas CD of the year. How time flies. First from Arbors we have the following CDs:
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Kenny Davern Quartet. In Concert at the Outpost Performance Center, in Albuquerque, NM. Recorded on December 12 & 13, 2004, with James Chirillo (g), Greg Cohen (b) and Tony DeNicola (dr). 8 Tracks of outstanding performances. Arbors, ARCD19315. | |
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Aaron Weinstein. A Handful of Stars. Aaron at age 19 has good taste in picking songs and is a swinging violinist. Here, his debut recording, he is in good company: Bucky and John Pizzarelli (g) Houston Person (ts) Micki Parrot (b) and Joe Ascione (dr). Arbors, ARCD19316. | |
| Jack Brokensha does it again with two CDs, one of which is a Christmas CD. | ||
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Jack Brokensha Quartet, Xmazz..., Featuring Jack Brokensha (vib) Bess Bonnier (p) Paul Keller (b) and Jim Ryan (dr). 10 Tracks of wonderful Christmas songs. Bravo 003. | |
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Jack Brokensha Quartet, Boutique.. Jack Brokensha (vib) Matt Michaels (p) Dan Jordan (b) Jerry McKenzie (dr). Here playing an eclectic collection of Standards and some Originals by Matt Michaels. Bravo 009. | |
| From Jazz Connaisseur come two new releases of some swinging Jazz piano: | ||
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Dick Hyman and Bernd Lhotzky, Stridin’ the Classics. Another piano duet CD with Dick Hyman and the German stride pianist Bernd Lhotzky. Here they stride through 14 tracks worth of some of the World’s great classical pieces. Highly Recommended. Jazz Connaisseur JCCD 0347-2. | |
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Rossano Sportiello, Piano On My Mind. The sensational Italian pianist at his finest here. Striding and swinging his way through 18 tracks. If you are not familiar with Rossano’s playing, check him out. He has monster chops. Jazz Connaisseur, JCCD 0345-2. | |
| We have one new recording on the Musician’s Private Label category: | ||
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Nick DeCarlis with the Frank Sullivan Trio, Songs Sinatra Sang. Nick DeCarlis (ct) Frank Sullivan (p) Ali Che’ree (b) Billy Bowker (dr). This is a marvelous CD paying tribute to Frank Sinatra. DJ003. | |
| We want to remind you of some previous CDs that are excellent: | ||
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Greg Abate Quintet "Horace Is Here." A tribute to the great Horace Silver. 8 tunes by Silver and 2 originals by Abate. The CD features Claudio Roditi (tp) Hilton Ruiz (p) Marshall Wood (b) Artie Cabral (dr) and of course Greg Abate on (as, ts & fl). Greg is also the arranger. Koko Jazz Records, KJRCD002. | |
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This is Valerie Gillespie’s third and newest CD titled "LIVE." She plays soprano, alto, tenor, flute, clarinet and sings on this one. Backed by Rick Steuart on keyboards, Tim George on electric bass and Joe Renda on drums. We had the pleasure of hearing her in person recently and we can tell you, this young lady can play! GJRCD003. | |
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Dick Hyman and Dick Wellstood, "Stridemonster." This is a reissue of the Unisson LP DDA1006, with four extra tracks added. When this first came out it was to critical acclaim. Both of these gentlemen tear up the pianos. Sackville SKCD2-2064. | |
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