Paul Bley – Notes On Ornette (SCCD 31437)

SCCD 31437 Notes On Ornette / Paul Bley Trio

This latest recording of Paul Bley is wholly dedicated to the music of Ornette Coleman, with whom Paul was the major participant of that exciting musical experimentation some 40 years ago.

“… here is an intriguing and most stimulating date that does full justice to the writing of Ornette while showcasing the vitality and virtuosity of the creative Paul Bley in full flow with two top notch companions with him all the way …”(Mark Gardner)

1. Turnaround (Ornette Coleman)
2. Lorraine (Ornette Coleman)
3. Crossroad (Ornette Coleman)
4. When will the blues leave (Ornette Coleman)
5. Compassion (Ornette Coleman)
6. Rejoicing (Ornette Coleman)
7. AARP (Paul Bley)

UPC/EAN: 716043143726

Dave Ballou – Amongst Ourselves (SCCD 31436)

SCCD 31436 Amongst Ourselves / Dave Ballou Quartet

“ One of the most interesting trumpet voice on the scene today belong to Dave Ballou ” is the remarks by fellow trumpeter Tim Hagans.

It’s been a while since musicians started talking about this interesting trumpeter and it was a matter of time that Dave Ballou made this his leader album.

“… it is an impressive and highly personal leadership debut as the quartet shapes these performances with considerable imagination …” (Mark Gardner)

1. All about Joey (Dave Ballou)
2. Blake's vision (Dave Ballou)
3. Amongst ourselves (Dave Ballou)
4. Phone Queen (Dave Ballou)
5. Boom boom (Dave Ballou)
6. The great matter (Dave Ballou)
7. 7.5 (Dave Ballou)
8. Line (Dave Ballou)
9. J.W. (Tony Malaby)
10. Bidu (Tony Malaby)
11. Skuds (Dave Ballou)

UPC/EAN: 716043143627

Ron McClure – Dream Team (SCCD 31435)

SCCD 31435 Dream Team / Ron McClure

Veteran bassist/composer Ron McClure calls the collection of players on this session “Dream Team”, because he has long waited to assemble this group. And the wait was worth while. Especially with the addition of tenorman Rich Perry whom McClure describes as “one of the World’s most definitive tenor players in the past few years…”, Dream Team has put together a superb recital of McClure’s new originals.

1. Denial's goat (Ron McClure)
2. Dream team (Ron McClure)
3. One of us (Ron McClure)
4. Darius dance (Marc Copland)
5. A song of love (Ron McClure)
6. Tango (Ron McClure)
7. Gaijin (Ron McClure)
8. Aftermath (Ron McClure)

UPC/EAN: 716043143528

George Cables – Bluesology (SCCD 31434)

1. In your own sweet way (Dave Brubeck)
2. Easy living (Rubin/Rainger)
3. There is no greater love (Symes-Jones)
4. Voodoo lady (George Cables)
5. Come rain or come shine (Harry Arlen)
6. A night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
7. Hi-fly (Randy Weston)
8. Bluesology (Milt Jackson)
9. Ebony moonbeams (George Cables)
10. How deep is the ocean (Irving Berlin)

UPC/EAN: 716043143429

Tete Montoliu – Catalonian Nights, Vol. 3 (SCCD 31433)

SCCD 31433 Catalonian Nights Vol. 3 / Tete Montoliu Trio

Spanish master on keyboard Tete Montoliu passed away at age 64 on August 24, 1997 in Barcelona. In this celebrated series of live recordings from Zeleste, earlier volumes (SCCD 31148 and 31241) were enthused by the critics and audience alike. Here’s the last release from the same recordings which “ capture <Tete> at the peak of his powers, in inspirational company and among a warmly sympathetic audience…. Thanks to tracks like these we can continue to celebrate his diamond bright lines of compelling logic and vivid beauty .” (Mark Gardner)

1. Easy living (Rubin/Rainger)
2. There Is no greater love (Symes-Jones)
3. Jo vull que m'acariciis (Tete Montoliu)
4. Scrapple from the apple (Charlie Parker)
5. When lights are low (Benny Carter)
6. We'll be together again (Fischer/Laine)
7. Joy spring (Clifford Brown)
8. Bags' groove (Milt Jackson)

UPC/EAN: 716043143320

LeeAnn Ledgerwood – Now And Zen (SCCD 31432)

SCCD 31432 Now And Zen / LeeAnn Ledgerwood Quartet

Pianist LeeAnn Ledgerwood has been one of the major jazzwomen in the New York jazz scene in the past 15 years. This is her first leader album on the label, though many SteepleChase listeners have long noticed her powerful and soulful playing from Ron McClure’s album “Sunburst” (SCCD 31306).

“ This recording represents a time in my life that I worked very hard to reach…. As you can tell, we truly had a good time playing together. All of this I had inside as I walked to this date. This music is why we were all together that day, and it is for you .” – LeeAnn

1. Summernite (Harry Warren)
2. Bridges burned (LeeAnn Ledgerwood)
3. Night lake (Richie Beirach)
4. Now and zen (LeeAnn Ledgerwood)
5. I wanna talk about you (Billy Eckstine)
6. Stella by starlight (Victor Young)
7. Water babies (Wayne Shorter)
8. Nardis (Bill Evans)
9. Star eyes (DePaul/Raye)

UPC/EAN: 716043143221

Karen Francis – Little Sunflower (SCCD 31431)

SCCD 31431 Little Sunflower / Karen Francis Sextet

1. The great city (Curtis Lewis)
2. Here's that rainy day (Jimmy Van Heusen)
3. I could have danced all night (Lerner/Loewe)
4. Brown skin gal (Gerry Eastman)
5. Love yourself (Gerry Eastman)
6. Little sunflower (Freddie Hubbard)
7. Learn from your mistakes (Gerry Eastman)
8. Dindi (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
9. You go to my head (Coots/Gillespie)
10. Man, That Was A Dream (Monk's Dream) (Thelonious Monk)

UPC/EAN: 716043143122

Tete Montoliu – Super Solos (SCCD 37043/44)

1. You go to my head (Coots/Gillespie)
2. When I fall in love (Victor Young)
3. Round about midnight (Thelonious Monk)
4. A child is born (Thad Jones)
5. Giant steps (John Coltrane)
6. Imagination (Jimmy Van Heusen)
7. That's all (Brandt/Haymes)
8. Solar (Miles Davis)
1. Airegin (Sonny Rollins)
2. You don't know what love is (DePaul/Raye)
3. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern)
4. Lush life (Billy Strayhorn)
5. Margareta (Perry Robinson)
6. Dia involvidabli (Tete Montoliu)
7. Margareta (Perry Robinson)
8. Willow weep for me (Ann Ronell)
9. Imagination (Jimmy Van Heusen)

UPC/EAN: 716043704323