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ABSTRACT LOGIX
| PAUL HANSON / FROLIC IN THE LAND OF PLENTY (9) |
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What Paul
Hanson does on bassoon is akin to what other innovators like guitarists
Charlie Hunter, banjoist Bela Fleck and bassist Jaco Pastorius have
done with their respective instruments. Like those musicians, Hanson
has created a vibrant new, expansive vocabulary through a combination
of virtuosity, vision and soul, as he (read more...)
[Item Code:
62066 CD:
$17.00]
 Track 02: Parallax |
ART OF LIFE RECORDS
| CHRIS VADALA / OUT OF THE SHADOWS (1031) |
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Saxophonist & woodwind artist Chris Vadala is now added to the roster of recording artists which includes saxophonists Bob Mintzer, Denis DiBlasio, Tubby Hayes and Ryan Oliver.
Joining Chris on his debut recording are Mark Cook on keyboards, Steve Fidyk on drums and Pepe Gonzalez on acoustic bass. Best known for
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[Item Code: 62124 CD:
$16.00]
Track 02: Club Contrafact |
AVID JAZZ
| BARNEY KESSEL / THE FIRST FOUR ALBUMS (921) |
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2-CD Set. Barney Kessel was a self taught guitarist whose main influence was the legendary and tragic jazz guitarist Charlie Christian. After playing in local bands Barney relocated to Los Angeles where he freelanced for such great band leaders as Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Les Brown and Benny Goodman (read more...)
[Item Code: 62126 2-CD: $19.00]
Track 01: Easy Like |
BGP
| JAMES TAYLOR / IN THE HAND OF THE INEVITABLE (191) |
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Reissue of the 1993 UK hit record from one of the best Acid Jazz bands of the era, also includes the Extended Play EP. The album's sounds stretched from the deep and heavy funk of 'Haitian Breakdown' and a cover of Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' through incredible fusion workouts that (read more...)
[Item Code: 61970 CD: $21.00]
Track 03: Free Your Mind |
CANDID
| DAVID 'FATHEAD' NEWMAN / BLUE HEAD (79041) |
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For this freewheeling session, recorded live at the 5th Annual Riverside Park Arts Festival in New York in 1989, David's regular quintet expanded with the addition of the estimable Clifford Jordan, who struck up a happy partnership with Newman. The supporting cast are four experienced and considerate players who would (read more...)
[Item Code: 62366 CD: $11.00]
Track 01: Strike Up The Band |
| CORMAC KENEVEY / THIS IS LIVING (79846) |
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Captivating audiences and critics alike, Cormac has fast built a hard earned reputation as a leading performer of the popular songbook and his own unique originals."This Is Living" is Kenevey's sophisticated debut album and a result of his collaboration with U.K. pianist, Phil Ware and his trio which present (read more...)
[Item Code: 62368 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Tell Me The Truth |
| SHEILA COOPER / TALES OF LOVE AND LONGING (79849) |
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Singer, alto saxophonist, composer and arranger, Sheila Cooper is, as saxophone legend Lee Konitz has noted "a singer on her horn and with her voice, and that's the best playing for me." Like fellow-Canadian Diana Krall, Cooper is as acclaimed an instrumentalist as she is a singer. Cooper charms with (read more...)
[Item Code: 62369 CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Winter Moon |
CAPITOL
| STANLEY TURRENTINE / LOOK OUT! (14377) |
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Stanley Turrentine's heartfelt, soulfull sound is instantly recognizable. His Blue Note debut from from June 1960 finds him with the Horace Parlan trio of the time, which was one of the busiest rhythm sections of the New York club and recording scene of the time. Few of Turrentine's contemporaries were (read more...)
[Item Code: 62267 CD: $13.00]
Track 02: Journey Into Melody |
FREMEAUX
| BOB LENOX / SEASON OF SOULS (493) |
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Bob Lenox presents a rare synthesis of blues-folk music passed down from the seventies with a contemporary musical aspect. The artist goes to the source of his creativity and soul in order to offer twelve tracks of rare potency, placing Bob Lenox in the front line of America's best blues (read more...)
[Item Code: 61900 CD: $16.00]
Track 01: That's Not Me |
| MARCIA MARIA / BRASIL NATIVO (495) |
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A truly interesting album by Marcia Maria with a blend of various forms of culture, the fusion of popular and refined music, the merging of jazz and world music. Marcia Maria created her style combining the musical heritage upheld by Fremeaux. Her 'samba-funk' ranked her among the top artists and (read more...)
[Item Code: 62098 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Desafio |
FUZZY MUSIC
| PETER ERSKINE / WORTH THE WAIT (15) |
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Worth The Wait reunites drummer Peter Erskine with trumpeter Tim Hagans. Erskine and Hagans both shared the stage in the early 70's with the great Stan Kenton & his Orchestra. Hagans is currently the artistic director for the Swedish Norrbotten Big Band. The band's mission is to perform original music (read more...)
[Item Code: 62177 CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Worth The Wait |
INNER CITY RECORDS
| SUSANNAH McCORKLE / THE MUSIC OF HARRY WARREN (1141) |
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Classic Harry Warren tracks sang by the late Susannah McCorkle, an American jazz singer much admired for her direct, unadorned singing style and quiet intensity. Harry Warren has written more hits (a large number of which have become standards) than any other composer except Irving Berlin (read more...)
[Item Code: 62391 CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Lullaby of Broadway |
KATALYST ENTERTAINMENT
| KAHIL EL'ZABAR / OOH! LIVE (10051) |
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A very special recording of Kahil El'Zabars Ritual Trio, which normally features Kahil on drums, Ari Brown on piano and saxophone, and Malachi Favors on bass, this live recording from the Hot House in Chicago includes jazz icon Pharoah Sanders on saxophone as a special guest. It is certainly one (read more...)
[Item Code: 61941 CD: $12.00]
Track 01: Autumn Leaves |
OA2 RECORDS
| TOM TALLITSCH / MEDICINE MAN (22042) |
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A mainstay in Philadelphia jazz clubs for over a decade, composer and tenor saxophonist Tom Tallitsch presents the first recording of his quintet - a forward looking yet mainstream grouping of some of Philly's finest musicians. Performing articulate, modern jazz, Tallitsch's band explores alternate sonorities with its vibes and guitar led (read more...)
[Item Code: 61903 CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Medicine Man |
PORTER RECORDS
| NATURAL FOOD / NATURAL FOOD (1501) |
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A funky, soulful and bluesy jazz record. A unique recording that defies any easy categorization. Great grooves, soulful singing on three tracks (Siren Song, Gin House Blues and See See Rider) by Latifah (Brenda James) and lots of electric piano are liberally spread around on this recording, plus a wide (read more...)
[Item Code: 61908 CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Pendulum |
| HEIKKI SARMANTO / MOONFLOWER (4000) |
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New release from one of Finland's premier jazz pianists who has played with such greats as Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer. An experienced quartet that includes Pekka Sarmanto - bass, Craig Herndon - drums and Juhani Aaltonen - tenor sax. Fans of Bill Evans and Dave Brubeck will find much to their liking (read more...)
[Item Code: 61909 CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Moonflower |
SACKVILLE
| JUNIOR MANCE / GROOVIN' WITH JUNIOR (3070) |
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Junior Mance has been a popular performer in Toronto for more than 40 years. This was a live set recorded in a studio for a selected audience to give the recording more of a club feel. Junior personifies the blues roots of jazz piano and on this set he is (read more...)
[Item Code: 62232 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Ask Me Now |
SENSATION
| RED McKENZIE / VOLUME 1 (29) |
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CD begins with their first recording for Brunswick followed by their Vocalion recordings. In 1924 Red McKenzie (a former jockey and bellhop) formed an unusual novelty trio, the Mound City Blue Blowers, consisting of him playing a comb (covered in tissue or wax paper), Dick Slevin on kazoo, and banjoist (read more...)
[Item Code: 32764 CD: $14.00]
Track 01: Arkansas Blues |
| RED McKENZIE / VOLUME 2 (30) |
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All of Red McKenzie's early recordings have been made available on two Sensation CDs. The second volume starts off with four numbers from 1927-1928 by McKenzie's Music Box, which teams the singer and his comb (which sounds like a kazoo) with violinist Joe Venuti, guitarist Eddie Lang, and (on (read more...)
[Item Code: 32765 CD: $14.00]
Track 01: There'll Be Some Change Made |
SHARP NINE
| GRANT STEWART / YOUNG AT HEART (1041) |
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Grant Stewart, whose 2007 debut (In the Still of the Night) garnered rave reviews, returns for his sophomore Sharp Nine session with "Young at Heart" - another outstanding quartet affair. Supported by a first rate rhythm section led by bebop master Tardo Hammer, Stewart brings his huge tenor sound and boundless (read more...)
[Item Code: 62055 CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Young At Heart |
SINDROME
| AL MARTINO / COME SHARE THE WINE (8972) |
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Finally, love songs for the experienced lover. In these melodies Al uses the words that will renew and rekindle with songs like "Sweet Angel of Mine," "Come To Me," "You're The Love of My Life," "Here And Now," "Come Share The Wine" and more! This 11-track CD also features (read more...)
[Item Code: 62408 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Come Share The Wine |
| CANNONBALL ADDERLEY / RADIO NIGHTS (9303) |
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Cannonball Adderley's Radio Nights was culled from a series of live radio broadcasts hosted by disc jockey Alan Grant from the fabled Half Note in New York City circa 1967/68. Captured in their prime are two of Cannonball's most celebrated groups, featuring the likes of his brother Nat Adderley (read more...)
[Item Code: 62404 CD: $12.00]
Track 02: Midnight Mood |
| EDDIE HARRIS / A TALE OF TWO CITIES (9304) |
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A Tale Of Two Cities captures the electrifying Eddie Harris "live" in San Francisco and Chicago. It very well might be the definitive documentation showcasing all of the various facets Eddie encompassed in his music. There's his machine gun, hyper speed bebop ("Cherokee"); Eddie's patented electric funk ("Listen Here");his (read more...)
[Item Code: 62406 CD: $12.00]
Track 01: Chicago Serenade |
| BUDDY RICH / WHAM! (9314) |
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Principally recorded live in Detroit, Michigan and Dix Hills, New York in 1977. Includes liner notes by Joel Dorn and Alan Gauvin plus a 1977 interview with Buddy Rich. This curious album was assembled from tapes made by saxophonist Alan Gauvin while with the Rich band from 1977 to 1978 (read more...)
[Item Code: 62409 CD: $12.00]
Track 01: Time Out |
| RAY BRYANT / SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE (9315) |
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Ray Bryant provided the master tape for this live solo piano CD from a personal archive of over 100 cassettes given to him by various soundboard technicians working his concerts over the years. Bryant was unable to identify the tape more specifically than being recorded "Somewhere in France" during 1993 (read more...)
[Item Code: 62405 CD: $12.00]
Track 03: Con Alma |
| FREDDIE HUBBARD / FASTBALL - LIVE AT THE LEFT BANK (9332) |
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Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society is one of the most enduring jazz organizations in this country's history. Beginning in the 1960s, and extending through the present, Left Bank regularly hosts concert performances for jazz's greatest artists. Freddie Hubbard: Fastball documents just such an occasion. Recorded in 1967 at The Famous (read more...)
[Item Code: 62407 CD: $12.00]
Track 02: Echoes Of Blue |
SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR
| THE BOB CATS / THE COMPLETE BOB CATS VOLUME 3 (753) |
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2-CD set) The Bob Cats were the Jazz band within the Bob Crosby Orchestra. they were also the most talented. The Bob Cats recorded eighty four tracks during the period of 1938-1942 if you include The Big Noise From Winnetka which was performed by string bassist Bob Haggart (read more...)
[Item Code: 62233 CD: $13.00]
Track 02: It's All Over Now (1b) |
| ELLIOT LAWRENCE / ELEVATION (755) |
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Had child prodigy Elliot Lawrence (he was leading a band at the age of
twelve) been born ten years earlier he would undoubtedly been a major player on the big band scene. However that did not stop him from pursuing an incredible musical career which has lasted up to the
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[Item Code: 62235
CD: $13.00]
Track 03:
Heat Wave |
WATER
| SHEL SILVERSTEIN / HAIRY JAZZ (214) |
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Shel Silverstein is now best known for his children's books, he first gained notoriety as a cartoonist for Playboy in the late '50s and soon after that was cutting records that spanned the pop spectrum from jazz to folk to country, in addition to penning hits for the likes of (read more...)
[Item Code: 61948 CD: $17.00]
Track 03: Broken Down Mama |
| SHEL SILVERSTEIN / INSIDE FOLK SONGS (215) |
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Originally released in 1962, this is Silverstein's second album and the first to feature only original compositions, off-Beatnik songs about espresso, grass, execution and unicorns, all full of wry humor and Silverstein's charmingly gruff vocals. Always at the forefront of satirical social commentary Silverstein's Inside Folk Songs is a hilarious (read more...)
[Item Code: 61949 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Bury Me In My Shades |
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