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SCCD 31407 Hear Me One / Stanley Cowell Quartet “… A supremely gifted player who bridges Bud Powell with the free movement of the 1960s …” (Penguin Guide to Jazz) “… Hear Me One reveals that Stanley Cowell’s exceptional imagination and keyboard skills are converging to produce improvised music of taste, substance, feeling and lasting …
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SCCD 31406 Dearly Beloved / Lee Konitz Quartet “ In Lee Konitz’ 70 th year and his 50 th as a recording artist, comes another new CD album that reinforces all the musical values to which this distinctive saxophonist has always adhered – spontaneity, purity of line, logical solo development, tonal certainly and rhythmic fluidity …
SCCD 31405 Dark Side, Light Side / George Cables Trio “… this entire programme underlines just why Art Pepper called George “Mr. Beautiful” because beauty infuses all his music .” – Mark Gardner 1. Dolphin dance (Herbie Hancock)2. Dark side, light side (George Cables)3. Ruby my dear (Thelonious Monk)4. Alone together (Arthur Schwartz)5. In a …
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SCCD 31404 New York, NY / Boulou Ferré Quintet In the autumn of 1996 legendary French gypsy guitarist bothers Boulou & Elios Ferré took a short trip to New York to make this new recording after a 10-year absence from recording studios. “… So this is their playing ‘postcard from Manhattan’ and a brief meeting …
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SCCD 31403 My Romance / Don Friedman The latest performer of SteepleChase’s Fazioli solo piano series is the veteran Don Friedman who during his European tour in November 1996 stopped over in Denmark and recorded this lyrical, romantic album. “… it is a recital to cherish for the unalloyed creative beauty it contains .” (Mark …
SCCD 31402 Moonscape / Vic Juris Quartet Vic Juris is one of the most sought after guitarists in New York today. This is his third CD on SteepleChase which features the writing and playing of Juris’ working quartet. The piano-less format affords Juris the opportunity to experiment with different textures. The result is an exemplary …
SCCD 31401 Get Out Of Town / Richard Wyands Trio Veteran pianist Richard Wyands worked with Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae in the mid 50s. His sensitive playing was highly appreciated by the luminaries of jazz such as Charles Mingus, Freddie Hubbard, Zoot Sims, Roy Haynes, Gigi Gryce, Oliver nelson Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell to …
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SCCD 31184 Nardis / Jimmy & Doug Raney “… (Jimmy) Raney’s partnership with his, Doug, has been one of the most productive and sympathetic of his career. Their duos are masterpieces of guitar interplay …” (The Penguin Guide To JAZZ) 1. There'll never be another you (Harry Warren)2. I can't get started (Vernon Duke)3. All …
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SCCD 31183 I've Got The World On A String / John McNeil Quartet Recorded during McNeil’s European tour in 1983 with a fellow American Doug Raney and the best Danish rhythm section, this album caught the trumpeter at his top form. 1. I remember you (Johnny Mercer)2. Yours is my heart alone (Franz Lehar)3. I've …
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SCCD 31153 Boston Concert, vol. 2 / Tete Montoliu Here’s at last the long-waited CD issue of the legendary live recording of the first ever concert hall appearance of Tete Montoliu in USA! What 700 Bostonian and Tete Montoliu, one of the world’s most talented pianists shared on the night of March 17, 1980 is …
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