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Recorded in New Orleans in 1987, this two-disc live set by the Wynton Marsalis Quartet (featuring the trumpeter's brother Delfeayo) shows that Marsalis is more inventive and less conservative than his detractors claim. Weaving multiple interludes ... Full Descriptionof the tunes "Knozz-Moe-King" and "Juan" around bebop-flavored originals like "Chambers of Tain" and oddly-accented reinterpretations of standards like "Cherokee" and "Autumn Leaves," Marsalis and cohorts obviously hold jazz traditions in the highest respect. Nevertheless, Marsalis' uncommonly graceful, classically-tinged trumpet work is unique and inspired. LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY is one of Wynton Marsalis' best works.
Recorded live at Blues Alley, Washington D.C. on December 19 & 20, 1986. Includes liner notes by Stanley Crouch.
Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Marcus Roberts (piano); Robert Leslie Hurst III (bass); Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums).
Hide Description Live At Blues Alley Music Live At Blues Alley Music Wynton Marsalis Live At Blues Alley Songs | | Live At Blues Alley CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | Knozz-Moe-King |
| 2. | Just Friends |
| 3. | Knozz-Moe-King (Interlude) |
| 4. | Juan |
| 5. | Cherokee |
| 6. | Delfeayo's Dilemma |
| 7. | Chambers of Tain |
| 8. | Juan (E Mustaad) |
| | Live At Blues Alley Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Au Privave |
| 2. | Knozz-Moe-King (Interlude) |
| 3. | Do You Know What It Means to Miss Orleans? |
| 4. | Juan (Skip Mustaad) |
| 5. | Autumn Leaves |
| 6. | Knozz-Moe-King (Interlude) |
| 7. | Skain's Domain |
| 8. | Much Later |
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Buy Live At Blues Alley CD Purchase Live At Blues Alley CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Boz Scaggs Speak Low CD (2008)
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From his late 1960s days as the lead singer of the Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs has always had an undercurrent of jazz influence in his phrasing. Therefore, SPEAK LOW should come as no surprise to longtime fans. No mere raid on the Great American Songbook in the manner of Rod Stewart's adult contemporary albums, SPEAK LOW is a personal, canny follow-up to 2003's collection of standards, BUT BEAUTIFUL. These 12 tracks offer less familiar tracks like Duke Ellington's "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" and Chet Baker's "She Was Too Good To Me," given abstract, cerebral arrangements in the manner of 1950s Gil Evans charts.
Programmer: Steve Rodby.
Audio Mixers: Danny Kopelson; Michael Rodriguez .
Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio Ca.
Arranger: Gil Goldstein.
Personnel: Boz Scaggs (vocals, guitar); Carol Robbins (harp); Joyce Hammann, Laura Seaton (violin); Lois Martin (viola); Richard Locker (cello); Bob Sheppard (flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Lawrence Feldman (alto flute); Aaron Heick, Lou Marini (bass flute); Gil Goldstein (accordion, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano); Mike Mainieri (vibraphone, marimba); Scott Colley (bass guitar); Alex Acuna (drums, percussion); Shane Shanahan (tabla).
Additional personnel: Eric Crystal (tenor saxophone).
| | Tony Bennett Swingin' Christmas CDs (2008) Bonus DVD; Deluxe Edition; Snyc; Digipak
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Tony Bennett reigns as one of the finest-ever jazz-oriented pop singers. Count Basie's Big Band reigns as one of the hippest-ever orchestral jazz organizations. Put them together and how could you not have one of the coolest Christmas discs ever? With Bennett's classy, heartfelt phrasing and the Count's brassy, classy, earnestly swinging large jazz band (with ace-of-the-88s Monty Alexander sitting in for the late Basie), this platter will have listeners swingin' through whatever holidays they might celebrate well into the New Year.
This DVD/CD set includes a CD of 13 holiday classics performed with the Count Basie Big Band plus a DVD featuring live performances and in-studio footage.
| | Frank Sinatra Nothing But The Best CD (2008) Remastered
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"The Chairman of the Board" died in May of 1998, yet his music sounds as vital and relevant today as ever. Released on the 10th anniversary of his death--in coordination with a slew of DVD releases commemorating the singer's acting career as well as an official U.S. Postal Service stamp--NOTHING BUT THE BEST provides an excellent look at Sinatra's tenure at the Reprise label. Among the album's 22 vintage cuts are classics such as "The Way You Look Tonight," "Luck Be a Lady," "Strangers in the Night," and "My Way." The disc also contains a bonus track in the previously unreleased recording of "Body and Soul." Diehard Sinatra fans will likely own most of this material, yet as a greatest hits set (albeit covering the Reprise years only) NOTHING BUT THE BEST lives up to its title.
| | Dave Holland Pass It On CD (2008)
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Dave Holland: Dave Holland (upright bass); Antonio Hart (alto saxophone); Alex Sipagin (trumpet); Robin Eubanks (trombone); Mulgrew Miller (piano); Eric Harland (drums).
| | Season's Greetings From Perry Como CD (1990)
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Track Listing of songs: Home For the Holidays,; Winter Wonderland; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Christmas Song, The; Santa Claus Is Commin' to Town; White Christmas; Here We Come A-Caroling / We Wish You A Merry Christmas; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; O Holy Night; The Story of the First Christmas: O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Come, Come, Come To The Manger / W...;
| | Julia Hulsmann Trio End Of Summer CD (2008)
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Julia Hulsmann Trio: Julia Hulsmann (piano); Marc Muellbauer (double bass); Heinrich Kobberling (drums).
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