With You On My Side was the first CD among the thirteen albums Bonnie has recorded to date. All the songs were written by Bonnie and arranged by Bonnie and the multi-talented Howard Levy who also produced the CD. The ...

An excellent big-band album from Frank Mantooth that gets off to a stirring start with a Diane Schuur/Kevin Mahogany duet. There's more scatting than words on this cut, which Mahogany is clearly much more comfortable with than Schuur. Mantooth uses ...

Phil Gratteau discography. Recorded at Landmark Sound, Chicago, Illinois. Personnel: Justin Hayford (vocals, piano); Phil Cratteau (drums). Recording information: Landmark Sound, Chicago, IL. Author: Justin Hayford. Photographer: Wendy Keller. Personnel: Justin Hayford (vocals, piano); Jim Cox (bass); Phil Gratteau (drums). Producers: Michael Lapchick, Justin Hayford.

Phil Gratteau albums. Most Beatles tribute albums have performances that are either too close to the originals, or abstract versions that are very far away from the intent of Lennon and McCartney. Singer-pianist Lisa Lauren's tasteful yet adventurous outing is somewhere in between. ...

Phil Gratteau songs. "...Roberts is a sensitive, articulate pianist, with depth and range. Her playing is laced with intense, freshly-voiced chordal passages. Her singing is delicate and breathy or worldly adn sultry in accordance with the mood..." --Downbeat "...blessed with an irrepressible musical imagination ...

Phil Gratteau music CDs. This is the sophomore album from Chicago pianist Tim Green, following quickly on the heels of the surprisingly successful Catching Yourself Gracefully. Here, he's joined again by his trio compatriots (bassist Jim Cox and drummer Phil Gratteau) as well as ...

Phil Gratteau CD discography. It's all Gershwin. It's all instrumental. It's all acoustic. With "By George" virtuoso mandolinist Don Stiernberg and stellar guitarist John Carlini show what those instruments can do in the right hands. Don and John initially set forth George's melodies as written, ...

Phil Gratteau albums. A nice excursion in piano jazz. The songs essentially alternate between new compositions by Green and old standards from various ends of the jazz realm. On the standards end he shows off Cole Porter's "Love for Sale," a Duke Ellington ...

Phil Gratteau discography. Southport Records, to their everlasting credit, continue to put to wax, now metal, the talents of very good, but not necessarily well-known outside the geographic area, Chicago musicians. Composer and educator, as well as performer, Dan McIntyre's maiden album, Hourglass ...

Phil Gratteau CD discography. Irish music from Co. Donegal played by three fiddles which continuously push the boundaries of the instrument and Irish traditional music alike. Liner Note Author: Scott Yanow. Recording information: Morton Grove, IL. Photographer: Bill Klewitz. Personnel: Bill Klewitz (guitar); Bob Centano (saxophone); Bob Ojeda ...

Phil Gratteau music CDs. Like Delmark, Southport has provided a valuable service by documenting talented but obscure Chicago-based jazz artists. In the late 1990s, one such artist was Libby York, who made her recording debut with Blue Gardenia. This CD showed York to be ...

Phil Gratteau CD discography. After ten years away from recording, Jerry Goodman returned at the height of the new age trend of the mid-'80s. The violinist, a former member of the Flock and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, fit right in on the Private Music label, ...

Available with NEW GOODBYES, OLD HELLOS on Flying Fish (70361). Possessed of one of the strongest and clearest voices in contemporary popular music, Claudia Schmidt is at her best on this interesting album. Out of the Dark covers a lot of ...

Maureen Christine is very active musically in the Chicago area, with gigs at jazz and cabaret clubs, engagements with Chicago-based big bands, and other various and sundry activities. While this is not her first album, it is her first with ...

Recorded by Ken Christianson and featuring a whole host of talented musicians including Don Stille and Howard Levy. Contains 14 tracks. Personnel: Bonnie Koloc (vocals, guitar); Elliott Delman (guitar); Howard Levy (mandolin, piano); Steve Eisen (saxophone); Don Stille (piano); John Bany (double ...