SCCD 31330 Passage / Dave Stryker Quintet Here’s the third album of Dave Stryker (b. March 30, 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska) on SteepleChase. “… Stryker plays strong, swinging neo-bop guitar with a clear, luminous, ringing tone, and can handle a range of styles. …The result is somewhat slick, but never boring neo-bop. Lovers of jazz …
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Ron McClure – Inner Account (SCCD 31329)
SCCD 31329 Inner Account / Ron McClure Quintet “ It is with his vast experience acquired in the past 20 years in the different lines of evolution of jazz… that McClure synthesises in this album his 7 original compositions which are rich in harmonic ideas and rhythmically well-balanced …” (F.C., Compact) 1. Inner account (Ron …
Stanley Cowell – Bright Passion (SCCD 31328)
SCCD 31328 Bright Passion / Stanley Cowell Trio “ Further developing the poignant harmonic contributions of Art Tatum, Cowell is a well-tempered, thoughtful and inventive force at the keyboard. ….This, Cowell’s fourth trio recording on SteepleChase, rings throughout with glad tidings and an effervescent maturity which bears the allure of a studied and calm passion …
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Kenny Werner – Meditations (SCCD 31327)
SCCD 31327 Meditations / Kenny Werner “ Working from a solo piano idiom perhaps most deftly defined by Bill Evans, Werner has set into motion an album of intelligently pacific meditations that plumb the resources of his heart. …” (Scot Hacker, Cadence) 1. Meditations no. 1 (Kenny Werner)2. The contemplation suite (Kenny Werner)3. Stella by …
Bob Rockwell – Light Blue (SCCD 31326)
SCCD 31326 Light Blue / Bob Rockwell & Jesper Lundgaard “… sense of fun and playfulness can be felt throughout ….Easily recommended ..” (Larry Hollis, Cadence) “ This is a set which listeners will find themselves returning to again and again for it offers a wealth of moods, crisp and creative performances …” (Mark Gardner) …
Richie Beirach, Andy LaVerne – Universal Mind (SCCD 31325)
SCCD 31325 Universal Mind / Richie Beirach & Andy LaVerne “… Richie and Andy lay before us a positive feast of keyboard collaboration. …Universal Mind will be providing many rewarding hours of enjoyment as a wonderful example of the specialised art of four hands interaction …” (Mark Gardner) 1. Solar (Miles Davis)2. All the things …
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Kevin Hays – Crossroad (SCCD 31324)
SCCD 31324 Crossroad / Kevin Hays Quintet For his third CD here, Kevin Hays leads a quintet with outstanding New York musicians. “ Kevin Hays shows on this set that he is not an overbearing leader but he exhibits a happy knack of drawing out the best from those in his company….No wonder he is …
Steve Slagle – The Steve Slagle Quartet (SCCD 31323)
SCCD 31323 The Steve Slagle Quartet / Steve Slagle Quartet “… Slagle is an exceptionally clever and erudite improviser…Slagle’s new CD richly repays careful listening .” (Cadence) “… He’s a developed soloist, with smooth phrasing and an affinity for speed…..fine record .” (Down Beat) 1. Leadbelly sez (Steve Slagle)2. Mondo (Steve Slagle)3. Dream life (Steve …
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Eddie Harris – For You, For Me For Evermore (SCCD 31322)
SCCD 31322 For You, For Me, For Evermore / Eddie Harris As the composer of the famous “Freedom Jazz Dance” and with the million seller success of his recording of “Exodus” , Eddie Harris (b. Oct. 20, 1934 in Chicago) is probably the most prominent Chicago tenor. This Copenhagen recording, however, will be the most …
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Billy Harper – Live On Tour In The Far East, Vol. 2 (SCCD 31321)
SCCD 31321 LIVE on tour in the far east Vol. 2 / Billy Harper Quintet “… captures Billy Harper on tour, at the top of his game, accompanied by what is clearly a working group …” (Cadence) “.. .In this concert in Taiwan in April 1991, Harper is at his best in the past few …
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