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SCCD 31413 Closer To Your Tears / Ron McClure Quintet On his seventh leader album on SteepleChase Ron McClure expands his dream rhythm section from his last CD “Concrete Canyon” (SCH 31391) with former Spyro Jyra guitarist Jay Azzolina and Wheather Report percussionist Manolo Badrena. With this colourful ensemble, McClure created a not-so-typical jazz album. …
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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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MID-PRICE SERIES SCCD 37031/32 Guitar Moments / Jimmy Raney & Doug Raney Previously issued on SCCD 31118 & SCCD 31134 “… one of the loveliest recordings of this or any other year …” (Larry Kart, Chicago Tribune) “… filled with excellent performances this album will satisfy you completely …” (Takashi Kubota, Swing Journal) “… highly …
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SCCD 31399 Bud's Beautiful / Andy LaVerne Trio Plays the music of Bud Powell Andy LaVerne’s 1993 dedication to Bud Powell (SCCD 31342 “In The Mood For A Classic) was a solo rendition of Bud’s compositions. Here in his second appraisal of the great bop pianist/composer LaVerne produces most attractive and thoughtful set of trio …
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SCCD 31398 It's You / Lee Konitz Trio " …Lee radiates ample warmth for every listener, and in this setting his evolvement and sense of adventure are shown to be undiminished….In this intimate, informal situation Lee Konitz thrives with boundless imagination. " (Mark Gardner) 1. Thingin' (Lee Konitz)2. Angel eyes (Matt Dennis)3. Boo doo (Lee …
SCCD 31391 Concrete Canyon / Ron McClure Quartet Bassist and composer McClure put his dream quartet on his latest recording for SteepleChase. “.. .Being in the studio with Tim Hagans, Marc Copland and Billy Hart playing this music was glorious…The excitement of spontaneous, collective improvisation with players of this level is a high with no …
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SCCD 31160 Easy To Love / Buck Hill Quartet Buck Hill of Washington, D.C. had spent most of his life as the prominent ‘local’ musician until the highly acclaimed debut album from SteepleChase “This Is Buck Hill” (SCCD 31095) in 1978 changed the situation. Buck took the European audience by storm at the prestigious Northsea …
SCCD 31154 Clean Sweet / John McNeil Quintet Three years after the remarkable debut album “Embarkation” (SCCD 31099), on this his 5 th release on SteepleChase John McNeil put together an exciting group. “…. He seems to have the trick of drawing the best from his sidemen ….” (Melody Maker) 1. Early flight (John McNeil)2. …
SCCD 31128 Look To The Sky / Tom Harrell & John McNeil Here at last the CD release of that much acclaimed recording of the two Silver trumpeters! “.. .it’s never a duel of trumpets here but it’s the duet of trumpets… When the two trumpeters share technique and inspiration, one cannot but enjoy the …
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