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The collaboration between Duke Jordan and SteepleChase in the 70s represents a major body of Duke Jordan’s creative output both as performing artist and as composer. Duke led his regular trio with Wilbur Little and Dannie Richmond during the extensive Scandinavian tour in the autumn of 1978. This release is from the concert at the …
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SCCD 31193 Tivoli Two / Duke Jordan Trio One of the few remaining first generation bebop piano players, Duke Jordan is still active on the scene. This is the second volume from the relaxed live session at Tivoli Gardens’ jazz club “Slukefter” (earlier release Tivoli One SCCD 31189 ). “ The program offers a well …
SCCD 31178 Like Someone In Love / Horace Parlan Trio Trio setting best portrays Horace Parlan’s unique method of piano playing with the strong left-hand technique which he developed to supplement his partially paralysed right hand. Here with bassist Lundgaard who is on his way to the stardom as Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen has archived and …
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SCCD 31189 Tivoli One / Duke Jordan Trio “… This music is timeless .” (Down Beat) 1. Subway blues (Duke Jordan)2. Embraceable you (George Gershwin)3. Night train from Snekkersten (Duke Jordan)4. My heart skips a beat (Duke Jordan)5. If I did – would you? (Duke Jordan)6. Glad I met Pat (Duke Jordan)7. Four (Eddie Cleanhead …
SCCD 31211 Wait And See / Duke Jordan Trio “… The old bopper, Duke Jordan, is another pianist who is perhaps under-appreciated….this man could play and he still can. On Wait And See for SteepleChase, we have the quintessential version of Jordan’s classic along with a lot of fine, not-at-all dated bop lines by the …
SCCD 31124 Blue Parlan / Horace Parlan Trio “… Veteran jazz pianist Parlan displays his talent in this attractive trio setting…this is class modern jazz …” (Billboard, recommended Lp) “… Blue Parlan is superbly recorded with its authentic feeling and the balance among the three instruments is of great finesse …” (Diapason) 1. Goodbye pork …
SCCD 31061 Cunningbird / Jimmy Knepper Quintet When this album was first released as LP in February 1977, the unanimous reaction from the press all over the world was “ .. .at long last, the first leader album by Knepper in 18 years! ….and it was worth waiting for …”. Trombonist Jimmy Knepper (b. Nov. …