SCCD 31076 Frank-ly Speaking / Horace Parlan Quintet Pianist Horace Parlan flew to New York (he has been a resident of Denmark since 1972) to record this his third album for SteepleChase. The band which Horace put together with his favourite musicians had played the night before the recording at Rigmor’s Storyville Club in Manhattan. […]
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Frank Strozier – Remember Me (SCCD 31066)
SCCD 31066 Remember Me / Frank Strozier Sextet “ It’s almost criminal that a musician and composer as accomplished as Strozier would have to wait fifteen years before getting another chance to record as a leader …” (Cadence) Indeed, Frank Strozier (b. June 13, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee) had quite a career record playing with […]
Walt Dickerson – Peace (SCCD 31042)
SCCD 31042 Peace / Walt Dickerson Trio It has always been SteepleChase’s goal to “re-discover” great jazz talents who for one reason or another have disappeared from the active scene. Walt Dickerson, who was regarded as “Coltrane on vibraphone” chose in the sixties to leave the music scene to become a real estate broker. Produced […]