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SCCD 31294 Strike Up The Band / Louis Smith Sextet On this highly acclaimed recording, Louis is joined by the best players both from the younger generation and from his own generation. “ Louis Smith has kept at playing jazz throughout a career as a school teacher. His love of the music that kept him …
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SCCD 31293 Games / Stanley Cowell Trio “… an excellent showcase for Stanley Cowell as composer as well as pianist. …a style rooted in McCoy Tyner’s muscularity with a more measured classical grace added…full of technical virtuosity …” (Jerome Wilson, Cadence) 1. Sienna, welcome to this new world (Stanley Cowell)2. Games (Steve Coleman)3. New picture …
SCCD 31292 You've Changed / Jimmy Heath Quartet The second and the horn section of the Heath Brothers, Jimmy (b. October 25, 1926 in Philadelphia) has long been established himself as composer/arranger contributing memorable tunes for some of the Miles Davis recordings. As a performer Jimmy Heath has been associated with Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, …
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SCCD 31291 Just Cole Porter / Larry Schneider Quartet “… the performances are so consistently good across this entire album that choosing one or two to talk about here is a case of trying to pick a first among equals. So let me simply tell you this. Everyone should have an album of jazz arrangements …
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"… recorded in the early stages of Dexter's residence with the SteepleChase label…This may have been Gordon's great period, surpassing in some ways his earlier years with Blue Note…Dexter is relaxed and confident… " (Krin Gabbard, Cadence) 1. Blue 'n boogie (Dizzy Gillespie)2. What's new (Haggart/Burke)3. Stella by starlight (Victor Young)4. Round about midnight (Thelonious …
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SCCD 31276 Elmo's Fire / Bertha Hope Quintet “… a homage paid by pianist Bertha Hope to her husband Elmo who died in 1967… An ensemble of beautiful coherence, sensitive to its sonority on those arrangements of perfect taste acknowledges its roots in bop…A great listening pleasure .” (Pierre Schavey, The Lion) “ Un très …
SCCD 31288 Tonite Only / Ron McClure Quartet Bassist Ron McClure as a sideman has an impressive career record which reads like Who’s Who in Jazz including Thelomious Monk, Wynton Kelly, Keith Jarrett, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Herbie Mann among others since his professional debut in the early 60s. A few years ago Ron started …
SCCD 31287 Cables Fables / George Cables Trio Though this is the first leader album on SteepleChase, pianist George Cables (b. November 14, 1944 in Brooklyn, NAY.) has been highly estimated especially for his contribution in the Dexter Gorton Quartet and the Art Pepper Quartet. “… splendid Cables’ recording …” (Compact) 1. In walked Bud …
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SCCD 31286 Indian Summer / Paul Bley Quartet " There is probably no other pianist currently active with a stylistic signature as distinctively inscribed as Paul Bley…a fine record by any standards …" ( The Penguin Guide To JAZZ) 1. Black and blue (Fats Waller)2. Blue waltz (Paul Bley)3. Lisbon lights (Paul Bley)4. Long ago …
1. Route 88 East (Eddie Allen)2. Sun showers (Clint Houston)3. Nightfall (Larry Willis)4. Marie Antoinette (Wayne Shorter)5. There's something about you I don't know (T. Allen)6. André (John Stubblefield)7. I waited for you (Gil Fuller)8. The spoiler (Eddie Allen) UPC/EAN: 716043128525