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| Don Scaletta
| The Jazz Project Salutes Stan Kenton, Vol. 2
| $15.00
| This is Volume 2 by The Jazz Project Salutes Stan Kenton. This an exciting CD led by Don Scaletta. It is daring in its execution. For Stan Kenton lovers, this CD is a must have. |
| ARSNova1
| Don Scaletta
| The Jazz Project Salutes Stan Kenton
| $15.00
| This is music that has the Kenton flavor and drama and is superbly played. This is the first CD by this band. If you are a Kenton fan, this is very worth having. |
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| 0-FIN101
| 1991 Triangle Jazz Partyboys
| 1991 Triangle Jazz Partyboys
| $15.00
| The musicians donated their services so that all of the proceeds benefit "Friends in Need", a non-profit , charitable organization serving the chronically ill, poor, and the jazz drummer, Gus Johnson, JR. |
| ARCD19316
| Aaron Weinstein
| A Handful Of Stars
| $15.00
| This is a wonderful debut CD by the 19 year old swinging violinist, Aaron Weinstein. His choice of tunes and his playing are both with excellent taste. |
| 19355
| Aaron Weinstein and John Pizzarelli
| Blue Too
| $15.00
| Here are two masters having a marvelous musical conversation. A lot of swinging standards. |
| 19338
| Allan Vache
| With Benny In Mind
| $15.00
| For this CD Allan gathered a talented group of musicians, all of whom show an understanding of the Goodman Legacy. This CD should appeal to one and all. |
| 19288
| Allan Vache and Friends
| Ballads, Burners and Blues
| $15.00
| "A rip-roaring album that not only proves Vache's versatility as a clarinetist, but also asserts the continuing vitality of creative mainstream jazz. Vache ranges from leading a sextet with a classic trad jazz front line of cornet, clarinet and trombone plus rhythm section all the way down to drumless duo and trio tracks. And along the way he finds creative ways with arrangements and repertoire ranging from New Orleans classic style to New Orleans R&B shuffle, uptempo swing to slow ballads, as welll as songs ranging from pop and jazz standards to a Mexican song and a chart-topping pop hit from the Sixties." - George Kanzler, contributing editor, Hothouse Jazz Magazine; member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; retired jazz and arts edito for the Newark Star Ledger |
| 19171
| Allen Vache Sextette
| Swing and Other Things
| $15.00
| "For lovers of the clarinet a new record by Allan Vache is a jazz event. Allan is a unique player. He is absolutely fearless as an improvisor. He is one of the very few clarinetists who can play to the top of the range - high "C" and even a "D" -- without piercing the listener's ears. His middle and low registers reveal a lush tone that lends his playing great warmth. He makes a sport out of improvisation. Allan's playing is as inventive -- and exciting -- as any clarinetist on the scene, today." -- Rick Fay, musician and columnist for The Mississippi Rag |
| 19180
| Andy Fielding
| Playing For Keeps
| $10.00
| "Andy's style, rooted in ragtime and stride piano (there are only a handful of pianists on the planet who can play Carolina Shout as cleanly and creatively as he does on this disc), also incorporates some modern heroes: The right-hand filigree of Art Tatum; the swaggering left-hand groove of Dave McKenna; the luscious harmonies of Keith Jarrett; Dick Hyman's left-hand counterpoint." -Tom McDermott, noted pianist, composer, arranger and journalist |
| 19181
| Andy Fielding and Rick Fay
| Tunes for Tommy
| $10.00
| "Jazz is a great leveler. National origins, language hurdles, stylistic differences - none of these are important when there is spontaneous blending of musical minds in a jazz setting. Rick and Andy, though separated in age by decades, are as naturally at home together as fraternal twins. However, I think it's obvious that Rick the elder takes pride in helping to present a pianist who is (to steal a line from Down Beat magazine) deserving of wider recognition. For Andy Fielding, the best may be yet to come. But, judging from this gratifying session, the present is very good indeed." - Richard Hadlock (Author of Jazz Masters of the Twenties and Host of The Annals of Jazz, on KCSM-FM San Mateo, California.) |
| 19200
| Ben Aronov
| The Best Thing for Me
| $10.00
| "An intoxicating jazz cocktail comprised of solos, duos, trios and quartets....interpreting the repertoire, embellishing the music as the jazz creators meant it to be." - Arnold Jay Smith, former editor of Down Beat, celebrating during 1998-9 the XXth season of his "Jazz Insights" lectures at the New School in N.Y.C. |
| 19322
| Bernd Lhotzky
| Piano Portrait
| $15.00
| As you will hear quite clearly, Bernd's playing has gained complete maturity. His command of the keyboard is impressive, the touch and the nuances totally under control. His ideas are fresh and evocative, his execution flawless. |
| 19271
| Bix Beiderbecke
| Celebrating Bix! On the Centennial of His Birth
| $15.00
| An outstanding collection of jazz all stars pay their respects to a great master, Bix Beiderbecke, on the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth on March 10, 1903, by faithfully presenting his immortal solos and leads in a new and creative setting, scored variously for a variety of instruments from Dick Hyman's solo piano, to 3 cornets, 3 C-melody saxes, 3 clarinets, a brass choir, and a brass and woodwind group. They help answer the question as to why Bix still retains the power to inspire us 72 years after his death. |
| 19305
| Bob Dorough
| Sunday At The Iridium
| $10.00
| "Bob Dorough rise to national fame as the music director and composer of many of the songs heard on Schoolhouse Rock...Now he is enthraliing a whole new generation of admirers at the midtown Manhattan jazz boite at 51st Street and Broadway called Iridium, singing his songs and leading a stellar quartet there most Sundays." - Paul Blair |
| 19266
| Bob Haggart
| The Piano Giants at Bob Haggart's 80th Birthday Party
| $15.00
| "Recorded at the first of Arbors' memorable March of Jazz parties, in tribute to Bob Haggart on his 80th birthday, each of these three peerless participating pianists is a stylist, but each also knows how to adapt to the demands of the duo... This memento of a truly memorable piano party is dedicated to the three great gentlemen performing there who have left us, Hag, Milt and Ralph, but who would want us to remember them on the happy kind of note they brought to this and so many other joyful gatherings." from the album notes by Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University |
| 19265
| Bob Haggart's Swing Three
| The All Stars at Bob Haggart's 80th Birthday Party
| $15.00
| "The 1994 March of Jazz was a first in more ways than one. It kicked off what has become one of the foremost annual jazz events, combining the best elements of the festival and party genres, and it was the first in a series of birthday tributes to senior jazz greats. There could hardly have been a better choice than Bob Haggart for first celebrant. Universally respected as a bassist and arranger of the first rank and greatly admired as a man by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, he was indeed someone about whom not a bad word was ever spoken. And the warm feelings his colleagues had for him infuse the fine sounds captured herin." from the album notes by Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University |
| 19156
| Bob Haggart's Swing Three
| Hag Leaps In
| $10.00
| "Acclaimed clarinetist Kenny Davern, effortlessly spinning out brilliantly articulate lines that often nudge the outer limits of his horn's tonal range, has brought a very select group of fine jazzmen to the studio to carry out his musical designs."
- Floyd Levin (Award winning jazz writer, producer, lyricist and contributor of oral history interviews to the Jazz Archive at Tulane University)Bob Haggart, bass; John Bunch, piano; Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar |
| 19145
| Bob Wilber
| Nostalgia
| $10.00
| "This is music to dream by." - Bob Wilber |
| 19144
| Bob Wilber
| Bean: Bob Wilberﾒs Tribute to Coleman Hawkins
| $10.00
| "Bob Wilber, in company with tenor saxophonists Harry Allen, Antti Sarpila and Tommy Whittle, demonstrate their mutual love and affection for the master, Coleman Hawkins, performing a series of arrangements and original tunes aimed at capturing the Hawkins sound with a sax section." - Producer's note |
| 19135
| Bob Wilber
| Horns A-Plenty
| $10.00
| "Bob Wilber stretches out on clarinet, curved and straight soprano, tenor and alto, creating a variety of sounds and feelings, while performing a varied repertoire expressing his love of melody, including three original compositions." |
| 19193
| Bob Wilber and Dick Hyman
| A Perfect Match
| $10.00
| Two jazz masters, Bob Wilber on alto sax and Dick Hyman on the Hammond organ, collaborate in a loving musical tribute to Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis. |
| 19183
| Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern
| Reunion at Arbors
| $10.00
| This "Reunion at Arbors" unites Wilber and Davern for their first studio recording in many years, in the tradition of the great series of Soprano Summit and Summit Reunion recordings.
"This eminently satisfying CD is a prime example of that special chemistry that has always existed between Kenny Davern and Bob Wilber....This particular recording, which was made after Bob and Kenny played together at the March of Jazz festival at Clearwater Beach, Florida in the Spring of 1997, is among their best and certainly one of their most distinctive." - Ross Firestone, author of the award-winning Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. |
| 19202
| Bob Wilber and the Int'l March of Jazz All Stars
| Everywhere You Go There's Jazz
| $10.00
| Bob Wilber, a master interpreter of classic jazz reed styles, has brought together for this session some giants of small band swing who performed in Florida at the 1998 International March of Jazz weekend jazz party. Carrying out the "international" theme, the all-star group, including world-class musicians from Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, Canada and, of course, The United States, proves once again that "Everywhere You Go There's Jazz." |
| 19282
| Bob Wilber and The Tuxedo Big Band
| The Tuxedo Big Band, Volume Two
| $15.00
| In this Volume Two follow up to the critically acclaimed Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman (*****- Down Beat), Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band of Toulouse, France tackle more unrecorded arrangements by Henderson and by 14 more of Goodman's best writers, in addition to a Wilber original. They once again capture the essence of Goodman's style and sound but with their own fresh interpretations, making for the ultimate in big band swing. |
| 19229
| Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band
| Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band of Toulouse, France
| $15.00
| "A lot of good records come out every year, but very few of them could be called an event. This one can. An unearthed treasure trove of arrangements written by Fletcher Henderson for Benny Goodman but never previously recorded now brought to life by Bob Wilber and a swinging big band filled with first-rate soloists -- well, that's not the sort of thing that happens every day." - Ross Firestone, author of the award-winning Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. |
| 0-ARVHS-3
| Bob Wilber Big Band
| Live at the March of Jazz '96 - Bufadora Blowup
| $20.00
| Bob Wilber's first big band recording of his own music, live on video, in concert, at the 1996 March of Jazz. The concert is presented exactly the way it was performed by vocalist Joanne "Pug" Horton and a hand-picked group of all-stars. Sixteen selections including eleven of Bob's originals.
The concert is presented exactly the way it was performed by vocalist Joanne "Pug" Horton and a hand-picked group of all-stars. Sixteen selections including eleven of Bob's originals. |
| 19352
| Bobby Gordon
| Plays Joe Marsala: Lower Register
| $15.00
| This being Joe Marsal's centennial year, Bobb Gordon pays a special tribute to his mentor and friend. A wonderful CD. The liner notes are by Eleisa Marsala Trampler the daughter of Joe Marsal and Adele Girard, and who better to know about Joe, Adele and Bobby. |
| 19172
| Bobby Gordon
| Bobby Gordon Plays Bing
| $10.00
| Bobby Gordon leads an outstanding group of musicians, featuring arrangements by Keith Ingham, in a tribute to Bing Crosby, reintroducing to today's audiences and giving a jazz feel to 19 cream-of-the-crop songs that were propelled to popularity by Crosby years ago. - Producer's note |
| 19277
| Bobby Gordon and Bob Wilber
| Yearnings
| $10.00
| In their first pairing on record, the two Bob's, joined by John Sheridan, David Stone and Tony DeNicola, demonstrate their affinity for the nostalgic, in a program of beautiful tunes performed with elegance and grace. With quiet missionary resolve, they are helping to guarantee that the kind of inventive, melodic, swinging jazz associated with the jazz masters of the past continues to reach the ears of 21st Century audiences. |
| 19223
| Bobby Gordon and Dave McKenna
| Clarinet Blue
| $15.00
| The quintessential Bobby Gordon, performing a program of his special favorites in a small group setting, abetted by the remarkable pianistics of Dave McKenna and a swinging rhythm section of Frank Tate and Joe Ascione. "This happy encounter is very much in the tradition of clarinet teamed up with just piano and maybe a couple of rhythm and shows how satisfying this format continues to be and how many new pleasures it still has to offer." - Ross Firestone, author of Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. |
| 19112
| Bobby Gordon Quartet
| Don't Let It End
| $10.00
| With Special Guest Adele Girard Marsala. A recording to be treasured. Graceful and elegant classic jazz featuring the mellow clarinet of Bobby Gordon with Adele Girard Marsala, the premier jazz harpist, and with widow of Bobby's teacher, Joe Marsala,in her final performance.
"When I heard these ethereal sounds, I thought I had died and gone to heaven" -- Floyd Levin, jazz writer for numerous publications. |
| 19216
| Brian Ogilvie
| For You
| $10.00
| Brian Ogilvie's first recording as leader is a blazing debut on reeds in company with John Sheridan, his former mate in Jim Cullum's Jazz Band, Dan Barrett, Phil Flanigan and Jeff Hamilton. - Producer's note. |
| 19159
| Bryan Shaw
| Night Owl
| $10.00
| Highlighting the talents of a refreshingly individual trumpet player from California, Bryan Shaw, "who has unobtrusively played his way into the front rank of distinguished contemporary mainstream musicians, backed here by an all-star cast, including Dan Barrett, Scott Robinson, Dave Frishberg, Bucky Pizzarelli and the song stylings of Rebecca Kilgore... Were this recording made in 1945 as several Keynote albums, it would surely occupy space in my collection alongside sets by Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, Joe Thomas and Benny Carter. I can think of no higher praise than that." -- Richard Hadlock: Author of Jazz Masters of the Twenties & host of The Annals of Jazz on KCSM-FM San Mateo, CA |
| ARCD19345
| Bucky and John Pizzarelli
| Generations
| $15.00
| Father and son, two masters, playing a bunch of great tunes. "Generations" is a very apt title. Two great guitarists playing some wonderful tunes we all know. |
| 19344
| Bucky Pizzarelli
| 5 For Freddie, Tribute to Freddie Green
| $15.00
| Bucky and Pals pay tribute to the master of the rhythm guitar, Freddie Green. A swinging recording from beginning to end. |
| 19306
| Bucky Pizzarelli
| Flashes - A Lifetime in Words and Music
| $15.00
| Bucky Pizzarelli reminisces about his 60+ years as a professional guitarist in a CD that could have been titled "The Art Of The Ballad." In it he demonstrates the myriad ways that lovely songs belonging to "The Great American Songbook" can be reworked, distilled and reharmonized, often as his moving inner voices, his bass lines, all devices that breath new life into these American popular classics - Marty Grosz |
| 19254
| Bucky Pizzarelli
| One Morning in May
| $15.00
| A second masterpiece by Bucky Pizzarelli exploring classic jazz guitar. A must addition for any jazz album collection. "Jazz guitarists come and go, usually in a flurry of flying fingers, but Bucky Pizzarelli has been with us for nearly six decades. A meticulous craftsman and elegant stylist, Pizzarelli is a living link to such guitar pioneers as Django Reinhardt, George Van Eps, and George Barnes; there's not a standard or swing tune his seven-string instrument hasn't spun into pure gold." -- The New Yorker, December 18, 2000. |
| 19227
| Bucky Pizzarelli
| April Kisses
| $15.00
| "Sometimes it is strange the way things happen. In January of this year (1999), I reached my friend Bucky in London for an interview. Shortly after we exchanged greetings he began to play for me some compositions by Eddie Lang and Carl Kress on his new Benedetto 7-string guitar. I knew the original recordings, but while he was playing I had a very clear feeling. I was listening to the most important heir of a tradition that we could define as "archtop guitar music." A tradition founded by Lang and Kress and then continued by artists like George Van Eps, George W. Smith and Bucky himself, but which has been kept in the shadows for too long. This unique blending of classical harmony and jazz language is the real American answer to European classical guitar. On this precious recording, Maestro Bucky Pizzarelli plays wonderfully some of the best of these compositions. Listening to them, many people will want to know why such beautiful music has been, until today, so overlooked. It seemed quite obvious to suggest to Bucky the idea of recording this material alone, on the acoustic archtop. When I told him, he had a sparkle in his eyes. As a guitar player and jazz lover I now thank him for realizing it." - Michele Ariodante, jazz guitarist and regular contributor to Axe magazine. Rome, Italy, March, 1999 |
| 19349
| Buddy DeFranco
| Charlie Cat II
| $15.00
| Buddy DeFranco shows us he still knows how to swing in this exciting session backed by all stars Lou Soloff, Rufus Reid, Joe Chon, Howrd Alden and Ed Metz, Jr. Dare we say this is a tribute to Buddy's cat Charlie? If so, it is a swinging tribute to the Charlie. |
| 19298
| Buddy DeFranco with John Pizzarelli Trio and Butch Miles
| Cookin' the books
| $15.00
| Buddy DeFranco joins with the popular John Pizzarelli Trio and Butch Miles to prove that he is still "Mr. Clarinet." Swinging from start to finish, DeFranco shows that same dexterity and musica passion that made him a pioneer in exploring the clarinet for be-bop and one of the all time clarinet greats. The John Pizzarelli Trio, another paragon of swing, and Butch Miles, who has swung the Count Basie Orchestra for many years, provide the rhythmic base, and John Pizzarelli adds two vocals in his crowd-pleasing way. |
| 19350
| Carol Sloane
| With Ken Peplowski and Brad Hatfield: Dearest Duke
| $15.00
| Carol Sloane is one of the finest jazz singers, respected by all musicians. Here the three of them pay a marvelous tribute to Duke. You will not miss the bass and drums, guaranteed! |
| 19357
| Chris Flory
| For You
| $15.00
| The tasteful guitarist Chris Flory in a swinging session with some fine musicians. Chris' debut CD with Arbors. 11 Tracks of beautiful tunes. Swings throughout! |
| 19235
| Chris Hopkins
| Daybreak
| $10.00
| Introducing to American audiences a brilliant young German pianist, Chris Hopkins, whose swing-oriented and stride-inspired piano playing finds its roots in Earl "Fatha" Hines, Teddy Wilson and Jess Stacy, as well as in the stridemasters of Harlem, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Willie "The Lion" Smith. "Chris Hopkins," Dan Barrett enthuses, "is one of the most talented young piano players I've heard. I just flipped when I first heard him because he's not yet out of his twenties and, although his playing reflects his study of the men who created jazz piano, he brings his own ideas to the table." -Producer's Note |
| 19117
| Chuck Folds
| Hitting his Stride
| $10.00
| Solo piano by a master of stride and all-around player.
"Chuck Folds is my favorite pianist. He plays great stride, and he does it his own way. And Chuck knows a lot of tunes. He has a feeling for melody - you hear that all the time in his solos. And he�s a good accompanist. I'm glad Chuck has made a solo record. He should be much better known." -- Doc Cheatham, July 1993, the incomparable trumpet legend in whose quartet Chuck has played Sunday brunches at Sweet Basil since 1980. |
| 19208
| Chuck Folds and his Sweet Basil Friends
| Remember Doc Cheatham
| $10.00
| "Of all the musicians I've played with, none has touched people's hearts more than Doc Cheatham. His humanity charm and good naturedness rode on every note. . . . I was lucky beyond words to play so many, many gigs - for nearly a quarter of a century - with that extraordinary guy. And to be his close friend, as was my wife, Jane. Doc's spirit will be with me all the way down the road." - Chuck Folds. |
| 19273
| Chuck Hedges
| Just Jammin' The Milwaukee Connection
| $10.00
| "The genre is swinging chamber jazz, possibly what the pioneering Benny Goodman sextet might sound like today, if BG, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, et al, were still alive and playiing. Amazingly, nothing here sound dated. These cats have stayed current." - Mike Drew, jazz critc, lecturer and write for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| 19239
| Chuck Hedges
| Just For Fun
| $10.00
| "Ever since hearing the 1993 Arbors release of No Greater Love (ARCD 19121) and reinforced by recordings for the Delmark label and live performances at the Montreaux-Detroit Jazz Festival, this writer has remained firmly convinced that Chuck Hedges is likely one of the greatest living clarinetists active on the American jazz scene. His fluent dexterity, wealth of ideas and unflappable swing make him a target for others to shoot for, but hte loft is quite high indeed. For all the years plying his trade on a brand of Dixie-to-swing that personifies the core values of jazz, it is unbelievable to note that Chuck Hedges has made no more than a handful of recordings. That Arbors has afforded him another opportunity to document his music elevates this CD to major event status." Michael G. Nastos, who writes for The All Music Guide and Cadence Magazine and hosts a jazz show on WEMU, 89.1 FM, Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| 19121
| Chuck Hedges Quartet
| No Greater Love
| $10.00
| Chuck Hedges, long considered one of the finest jazz clarinetists with a trio of friends, performing with great beauty and harmonic subtlety.
"An inspired performance: swinging, fluid and articulate." - Eddie Higgins, one of the premier jazz pianists. |
| 19314
| Chuck Redd
| Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All The Time
| $15.00
| Chuck Redd with an all-star group paying a loving tribute to the great Barney Kessel. |
| 19257
| Chuck Redd
| All This and Heaven Too
| $15.00
| "Timeless music! An album to prove worng those who say, 'They don't make 'em like that anymore.'" - Chip Deffaa, the jazz critic of The New York Post for the 15 years and author of numerous books about jazz. |
| 19191
| Dan Barrett
| Melody in Swing
| $10.00
| "Melody in Swing finds trombonist and arranger Dan Barrett returning to the classic small band jazz setting we heard on his previous critically acclaimed Jubilesta! This time Barrett is leading a quintet - a perfect theater for his imaginative arrangements, his warm tone and lyrical sound' . It's all here: (a) testimonial to how jazz's musical past has woven its way into the musical present of this gifted trombonist." -- John Breckow, Former host of Smoke Rings on radio station KPFK-FM Los Angeles, California |
| 19158
| Dan Barrett and his Extra-Celestials
| Dan Barrett and his Extra-Celestials
| $10.00
| "Dan Barrett has once more put together a swing session which is neither buried in the past nor draped over today's trendy jazz clich's. Rather, it just glows in the light of a timeless and inspired musicianship....Rebecca Kilgore has gradually refined her vocal gifts and stands now, I believe, as a leading interpreter of America's classic popular songs. Her easy, musicianly way of bringing forth each tune's best qualities is very special, carefully nurtured artistry." - Dick Hadlock, author of Jazz Masters of the Twenties and host of The Annals of Jazz, on KCSM-FM San Mateo, California. |
| 19143
| Dan Barrett and Tom Baker
| In Australia
| $10.00
| "Jazz is obviously now an International music. What a joy it is to be associated with such remarkable talents as are on the Dan Barrett/Tom Baker session. There's still plenty of inspiration and creativity to be heard in this celebration of the rich tradition of jazz of a golden era." - Jim McLeod, whose "Jazztrack" on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, is the only national radio show in that country. |
| 19107
| Dan Barrett Trio and Quartet
| Jubilesta!
| $10.00
| "On this latest disc, only Dan's second as sole leader, his playing is to the fore. I can't think of very many recent offerings with trombone as the only horn, or of many trombonists who could meet such a challenge, but Dan Barrett comes through with flying colors. What is striking here is not just his secure technique, consistently superb intonation, and mastery of mutes (the plunger in particular), but the maturity of his conception and the beauty of his sound. And all this is at all times at the service of the music; the message is always there." -- Dan Morgenstern, jazz editor and producer and the Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. |
| 19124
| Dan Barrett, featuring Al Jenkins
| Reunion with Al Featuring Al Jenkins
| $10.00
| This recording introduces trombonist Al Jenkins, a long overlooked hero of the jazz scene and a strong influence on the developing talents of the teen-aged Dan Barrett, to a new generation of listeners. As Dan has written about his first meeting with Al, "His ensemble playing was different than any I had heard up to that time. He literally had his own way of swinging. He found just the right notes to impart the fullest harmony, and delivered them with that utterly relaxed, irresistible swing. I felt I was in the presence greatness." And, as listeners to this recording will find, the stunning vibrancy of his trombone still possesses the power to accelerate the pulse. -- Producer's Note |
| 19232
| Dan Barrett, featuring Rebecca Kilgore
| Blue Swing
| $15.00
| After having played concerts, festivals and parties as a soloist in recent years with many of the top jazz players in the world, Dan Barrett has hand picked a band out of his favorites among them. The result is Blue Swing, a collection of brilliant individuals who have developed the cohesion and that rare combination of relaxation and precision achieved only by the great jazz organizations. "If this CD doesn't earn them a solid place on the new-millennial jazz scene, we're in trouble." -- Jim Leigh, a novelist & journalist whose monthly column "West Coasting" appears in the Mississippi Rag. |
| 19341
| Daryl Sherman
| Guess Who's In Town
| $15.00
| Whenever Daryl performs, whether in person or on a CD, something special is bound to happen and it most certainly does on this CD, 15 tunes of exceptional quality. |
| 19279
| Daryl Sherman
| A Hundred Million Miracles, The Music of Richard Rodgers
| $15.00
| "As the man says, no sobs, no sorrows, no sighs, simply swing, as Daryl and her fellows tak on some of the brightest songs by Richard Rodgers." - Max Wilk, author of They're Playing Our Song and OK! The Story of Oklahoma who writes frequently about the Broadway theatre |
| 19154
| Daryl Sherman
| Look What I Found
| $15.00
| Cole Porter's lyric "flow sweet music" sums up the spirit of this album by the sophisticated yet swinging song stylist Daryl Sherman, making her Arbors Records debut with a choice potpourri of non-hits from hit films and shows, quality pop and jazz tunes in need of rediscovery, Sherman originals and two or three evergreens. In the company of ten of New York's most accomplished players, under the direction of trombonist Dan Barrett and featuring a bevy of his witty and inventive arrangements, Daryl again demonstrates, in the words of The New Yorker, that she "has yet to meet a standard whose charms she couldn't extract."
- Paraphrased from the album notes by James Gavin, whose profiles of pop and jazz personalities appear in the New York Times and the Village Voice. |
| 19224
| Daryl Sherman and Dave McKenna
| Jubilee
| $10.00
| "Jubilee" is a package bursting with good ideas. The simple act of getting Daryl Sherman and Dave McKenna together in the studio is, for my dough, concept enough to sustain an album. McKenna is a category unto himself and Daryl is a perfect bridge between the not so dissimilar worlds of cabaret and jazz, a brilliant interpreter who treats the melody as something to have fun with. - Paraphrased from the album notes by Will Friedwald, the author of Jazz Singing and Sinatra! The Song Is You, and
co-author with Tony Bennett of The Good Life. |
| 19334
| Dave Frishberg
| at the Jazz Bakery: Retromania
| $15.00
| In front of a live audience Frishberg examines his "pathological involvement" with sports heroes of yesterday. |
| 19291
| Dave Frishberg
| Do You Miss New York?
| $15.00
| "Once you immerse yourself in Frishbergiana, the constant astonishment can tire you out if you're not careful. This is how to be careful with Frishberg: don't listen to one of his discs more than once a day, even though you're inclined at times to listen to nothing but. Frishberg, who dazzles with word play, exemplifies the high ground of wit, craft and musical imagination, displayed here so generously." - Daniel Okrent, writer and editor who has written about jazz for Esquire, Time, Fortune and other publications and was for several years a senior editorial executive at Time, Inc. |
| 19185
| Dave Frishberg
| By Himself
| $15.00
| "It has been a couple of decades since Dave Frishberg made a mostly piano album. A few years ago, the cornetist and author Richard Sudhalter wrote of his friend and collaborator: "David and his songs have amassed such a cult following that people often forget he's one of the very best jazz pianists we have. I sometimes wonder whether even he has to be reminded once in a while.' Something reminded him. Four of the 14 pieces here have vocals; you can't expect a guy with his singing habit to go cold turkey. Two of them are brand new Frishberg songs. But in this collection, he concentrates on the keyboard." - Doug Ramsey, celebrated author and contributor to the leading jazz periodicals. |
| 19118
| Dave Frishberg & Jim Goodwin
| Double Play
| $10.00
| The incomparable pianist and entertainer Dave Frishberg and the exceptional cornetist Jim Goodwin are partners in a program of unique and unusual jazz performances.
"Here is high-risk but wonderfully spontaneous jazz, bristling with untested and daring ideas, last-second saves and a few out-and-out fluffs. And here are unique dialogues involving two remarkably talented instrumentalists, each listening with obvious pleasure to the other from the first note to the last." -- Richard Hadlock, critic, radio host and author of Jazz Masters of the Twenties. |
| 19264
| Dave McKenna
| An Intimate Evening with Dave McKenna
| $15.00
| Dave McKenna again shows his understated technique, as well as his love of melody from which he seldom strays too far. The audience at the concert was filled with musicians, something which usually happens at his appearances. They always come to hear his wonderful way of phrasing; how he often re-writes the song without losing the melody; his many medleys (he perhaps knows more medleys than any other living pianist today); his marvelous left hand, always unpredictable, ranging from single notes, through full chords and stride and everything in between. Some of the songs he plays here he has recorded before but it really doesn't matter because every time Dave plays a song it is totally different. A change in keys, tempo and phrasing, all of which makes it very exciting to hear Dave play. - from the album notes by Producer, Gunnar Jacobsen, who recently retired as President of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. |
| 19247
| Derek Smith
| High Energy
| $15.00
| "Throughout, one is impressed by the nimbleness of Derek's fingers - and his mind. With the virtuosity of Art Tatum, the sophistication of Teddy Wilson, and audacious boppishness of Bud Powell, Derek is a man for all seasons, an artist and entertainer whose musical genius transcends categories. He also possesses the now seemingly rare ability to make his musical points within the compass of three or four minutes. With Derek, less is more! High Energy is a gas! -Dr. Chuck Berg, University of Kansas, is a contributor and reviewer for JazzTimes, Down Beat and Jazz Educators Journal; a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Jazz and The Gramophone Guide to CD Jazz, and a Voting Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Science |
| 19132
| Dick Cary and His Tuesday Night Friends
| Playing Dick Cary Originals
| $10.00
| "The release of this wonderful material finally makes available a portion of a great body of Dick Cary's music that has never before been accessible to the public. These are the orchestral sounds previously heard only by his "Tuesday Night Friends," a dedicated rehearsal band assembled from the vast community of talented musicians in Southern California. The weekly performances of the rehearsal band continue to this day and will go on so long as these wonderful musicians are able to play. They estimate it will take ten years to play through the stockpile of great material that Dick Cary left behind on his death in 1994." -- Floyd Levin, award winning jazz writer whose oral history interview of Dick Cary is in the Jazz Archive at Tulane University in New Orleans |
| 19253
| Dick Cary's Tuesday Night Friends
| Got Swing ?
| $10.00
| A rousing 19-number compilation of Cary originals and arrangements that is a true celebration of his unique musical personality, humor and, of course, genius, as performed by an all-star big band of his Tuesday Night Friends. |
| 19310
| Dick Hyman
| Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke: Now and Again
| $15.00
| Two Masters at work here. How well they blend with each other is something you will have to hear for yourself. A masterful production! |
| 19197
| Dick Hyman and Derek Smith
| Dick (Hyman) and Derek (Smith) at the Movies
| $15.00
| "There is really nothing that can prepare one for the effervescence that erupts after they sit down at their respective pianos and start sending shock waves and undulations of beautiful, seamless chords and runs. You know that years of practice and work have gone into what each brings to the table, and yet it all seems so fresh and of the moment... The amazing thing is, no matter how many times you've heard them play the same number, it's always different, never mechanical One time Dick will take the melody, the next it'll be Derek. Sometimes they don't know themselves until they're into it, creating new ideas, taking new chances, never losing the story line but building more subplots than Tolstoy. And swinging better than Tolstoy. Boy, do they swing!" - Jim Lowe, long-time New York and national radio personality and musicologist. |
| 19248
| Dick Hyman and John Sheridan
| Forgotten Dreams
| $15.00
| " 'Novelty Piano' These beautiful, often haunting, piano pieces performed by Dick Hyman and John Sheridan come to us like a forgotten dream we may struggle to recall. They were once at the center of American popular culture, but memories of this anomaly now barely flicker on a horizon blurred by the passing years. Dick Hyman and John Sheridan are veteran sages who have been drawn together over and over to perform dual piano programs, and their abilities to play two pianos as one have been steadily refined over a period of almost fifteen years. Much of the music on this CD is laced with a bittersweet flavor which will charm the listener, and, while all selections are period pieces, all have upon renewed listening a freshness that is timeless." - From the album notes by Jim Cullum, the proprietor of the famous San Antonio restaurant, The Landing, which is the home of his renowned Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the site of the weekly PBS radio show Riverwalk, Live From The Landing. |
| 19283
| Dick Hyman and Tom Pletcher
| If Bix Played Gershwin
| $15.00
| "Bix Beiderbecke and George Gershwin were musical geniuses. Both admired and greatly benefitted from hearing the works of the early 20th century European impressionist composers...Whole tones, the keystone of impressionis, gave jazz a very important ingredient which innovators like Bix and George used to great advantage." - |
| 19155
| Dick Hyman Trio
| Cheek to Cheek
| $15.00
| Doctor Dick Hyman (he was granted an honorary degree in 1996 by Wilkes College), one of the master jazz musicians of our time, debuts as a leader on Arbors Records. His playing is a virtual encyclopedia of the history of jazz piano and if there is a pianist, or for that matter a musician on any instrument, who comes close to doing everything best, it is Dick. The sheer scope of his playing amazes musicians, particularly pianists, and it is enhanced on this recording by his interplay with the members of his trio, Howard Alden on guitar and Bob Haggart on bass. Cheek to Cheek contains the most diverse repertoire ever performed by Dick on a single recording, including works by Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, John Lewis, Flip Phillips, Bob Haggart, show tunes by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin and two originals of his own. It is a virtuoso performance whose subtleties bear repeated listening. |
| 19241
| Dick Wellstood
| A Night in Dublin
| $15.00
| "Dick Wellstood was my very close friend and musical soulmate for 25 years. I heard Dick at his best and at his worst and I can guarantee you that at his worst he was better than most players are at their best. I can also tell you that on this night in Dublin, Ireland, Dick was captured on tape at his best." --Kenny Davern |
| 19188
| Dick Wellstood
| Live at the Sticky Wicket
| $25.00
| This double CD is foot-stomping Dick Wellstood, live and in person, preserving all of the atmosphere and bantering with an audience of jazzers, who had braved the elements to hear one of the piano masters at work and at play, on a November night in 1986 at the Sticky Wicket in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. |
| 19286
| Donnie O'Brien Meets Manhattan Swing
| In a Basie Mood
| $10.00
| Donnie O´Brien, a talented drummer who has worked regularly in the New York area since the early 1970s, makes his recording debut on this meeting with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Jay Leonhart, together with saxophone great, Carmen Leggio. The music is very much in a Basie vein with the musicians sounding relaxed, leaving space for each other and swinging lightly, with O´Brien playing with much subtlety and yet with plenty of quiet drive, making for a most enjoyable CD. |
| 19128
| Dottie Dodgion
| Dottie Dodgion Sings
| $10.00
| "Dottie Dodgion, who has carved a fine reputation as a drummer, not only sings, but does it with understanding and a vibrant, singular approach that is infectious and full of surprise-changing the lyric emphasis and taking little turns that are not only pleasing but apropos." -- Stuart Troup (Formerly a jazz critic for New York Newsday and co-author with Woody Herman of his book "The Woodchoppers Ball.") |
| 19320
| Earl May
| The Earl May Quartet, Swinging the Blues
| $10.00
| Earl proves that a tasteful combination of of the three basic elements in music: melody, harmony and rhythm with a fair amount of swing thrown in is always good, no matter what is currently in vogue. |
| 19236
| Eddie Higgins
| Time On My Hands
| $15.00
| "Although the year 2000 marks my 50th year as a professional and I have been recording since 1957, I've never made an entirely solo album. Playing solo piano presents both challenges and opportunities. Obviously, there's no place to hide: you're the rhythm section, the soloist and the arranger all rolled into one, so every note counts. On the other hand, the freedom is complete: if you feel like a change of key, tempo or meter (or even of song!) it's up to you without having to explain anything to anybody. I've been lucky in my career in the sense that I've been able to work solo, duo, trio (a lot), with horns and with singers, one of my favorite formats. All of them have their own delights, but playing solo on a great instrument for an appreciative audience ranks pretty high for me." - Eddie Higgins. |
| 19234
| Engelbert Wrobel's Swing Society
| Sophisticated Swing
| $10.00
| "It's such a wonderful surprise to put on a CD by a group of musicians you've never even heard of before and suddenly find yourself caught up in a program of music that is so imaginatively conceived and performed with such warmth, skill and swing that by the time the performance ends you've come to feel that you've spent the last hour or so in the company of old friends. That's what happened to me upon first listening to this superb CD by Engelbert Wrobel's Swing Society who make their American debut on this recording....Engelbert and his colleagues are joined on about half the tracks by Dan Barrett, who deserves our thanks not only for his sterling contributions on both trombone and cornet but for bringing the Swing Society to Arbors' attention" -Ross Firestone, author of Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. |
| 19325
| Evan Christopher
| Delta Bound. Featuring Dick Hyman
| $15.00
| Evan is a fine young clarinetist who plays in the New Orleans tradition. Pairing him with Dick Hyman is pure genius. Some wonderful tunes emerged from this session. |
| 19111
| Fast Eddie Erickson
| On Easy Street
| $10.00
| "For this first album of his own Eddie, a virtuoso banjo player, has selected a balanced program of dixieland warhorses, lovely forgotten songs, a couple of nutty novelties and solid swing standards.
"Fast Eddie Erickson's debut album is a dandy ﾅ" -- Richard Hadlock, critic, radio host and author of Jazz Masters of the Twenties. |
| 19307
| Five Play
| Five Play... plus
| $10.00
| "As more Listeners in this country and around the world get to hear FIVE PLAY. DIVA, and the growing number of other jazzwomen, the sheer joy and strength of their music will effortlessly bring pleasure - in Duke Ellington liberating phrase - beyond category: This is a CD with swinging joy in the solos and ensembles, ballads that are like overhearing an intimate conversation, one that is full of continual surprises - such is the challenging nature of this music."
From the album notes by Nat Hentoff, celebrated author, journalist and jazz authority who writes about jazz for the Wall Street Journal and Jazz Times |
| 19218
| Five Play
| On the Brink
| $10.00
| Sherrie Maricle, the exciting drummer and leader of the all woman big band, Diva, has assembled a quintet of talented ladies for her band within a band, resulting in a hard driving jazz program with varying moods, rhythms and tempi. But gender has nothing to do with it. As Stanley Kay, the founder of Diva puts it, "if you can play, you can play." And these five can certainly play. - Producer's note. |
| 19281
| Flip Phillips
| Celebrates His 80th Birthday available in CD and DVD
| $15.00
| "There was plenty of hot music served up in the course of Flip's 80th Birthday Party... For those of us lucky enough to have been there, this is a wonderful keepsake, and for those who were not, this might make you feel as though you had. And for all of us, it will remind us that Flip Phillips was a man who loved to play, and made us share that love. Joe - now you're really swinging a melody from the sky!" - Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University |
| 0-ARVHS-2
| Flip Phillips
| 80th Birthday Party - The Friday Sessions
| $20.00
| A two hour VHS tape capturing all of the musical excitement of
one of the greatest gatherings of Jazz All-Stars ever to appear on
video at a single event, as well as a historical interview with Flip
Phillips |
| 19308
| Flip Phillips Quartet
| Live at the Beowulf
| $25.00
| Tom Howard, piano and keyboards; Flip Phillips, tenor; Don MacLean, drums; Joe Reichgott, bass. Flip Phillips, who travelled and worked with the greatest musicians and bands in the world from his days with the first Woody Herman Herd, Jazz at the Philharmonic and Benny Goodman tours, had a wonderful three-year run at a club in Florida named the Beowulf. Although the Beowulf no longer exists, the memories of great music linger on in this double CD, recorded in December, 1977 and October, 1978, with Flip at the top of his form playing with his working quartets. All net proceeds from this recording will be donated to the Flip Phillips Scholarship Fund at the University of Miami Florida. |
| 0-STJC101
| Gene Estes
| In a Sentimental Mood
| $15.00
| "We cherish the warm memories of frequent concerts, club dates and festivals when Gene�s drums and vibes filled the rooms with the sound of his playing and the magic of his arrangements and compositions. That same warmth permeates these final recordings. He was surrounded by fine musicians who acknowledged his skills and felt strong emotional bonds with their ailing colleague. This was, truly, a labor of love."
- Floyd Levin (Award winning jazz writer, producer, lyricist and contributor of oral history history interviews to the Jazz Archive at Tulane University) |
| 19173
| George Masso
| That Old Gang of Mine
| $10.00
| George Masso fulfills a long-held dream by bringing together for a spirited session of swinging music "that old gang" of his, including such musical stalwarts as Dave McKenna, Dick Johnson and Lou Colombo. He is a master at blending the resonance of jazz tradition with a healthy dose of individuality and is a song player of the first rank. This joyous collaboration with his musical friends can best be described as poetry in motion. |
| 19249
| George Masso Tentet
| At Long Last Love
| $10.00
| "The musicians must have really enjoyed playing these brilliant charts and they stand as a shining lesson for anyone interested in the arranger's craft. Masso's work fits snugly into the category bounded by the John Kirby band at one end and by the Marty Paich Dektette at the other. In his settings for the horns he shows the foresight of an Al Cohn or a Gerry Mulligan in his awareness of how best to catapult a man into his solo." --Steve Voce, Jazz broadcaster for the BBC and columnist for Jazz Journal International for more than fourty-five years. |
| 19268
| George Wein
| Wein, Women and Song and More, George Wein Plays and Sings
| $10.00
| "As a kid of six or seven years old, I used to sing popular songs with my mother playing the piano... I soon gave up vocalizing for the more instrumental approach to the music, which became my life. I never gave up the thought that I could actually sing a song that people might like. George Frazier's album notes will tell you the story of how I happened to make a vocal album for Atlantic Records... Ruby Braff, Sammy Margolis and Bobby Hackett play brilliantly and the trumpet work of Warren Vache Jr. shines throughout." - George Wein, producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival and numerous festivals all over the world as CEO of Festival Productions, Inc., as well as an accomplished pianist, record producer and entrepreneur. |
| ARCD 19301
| Hanna Richardson and Phil Flanigan
| Simply... with Spirit
| $10.00
| The excellent singer Hanna Richardson has done again with her husband Phil Flanigan. This time they are backed by a solid swinging group. As Ruby Braff said "That's the way to sing - simply and with spirit". |
| ARCD19333
| Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet
| Hey Look Me Over
| $15.00
| The Harry Allen - Joe Cohn band is a high caliber working band, a rarity today. As a result you have some of the finest music on a CD as you can get. |
| 19354
| Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet
| Featuring Special Guests Rebecca Kilgore and Eddie Erickson: Perform Music From Guys And Dolls
| $15.00
| The movie was great, this CD is equally great. With these musicians and vocalists it couldn't be anything but. A marvelous CD with 15 tacks of Frank Loesser's music and lyrics. |
| 19353
| Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet
| Stompin' The Blues
| $15.00
| This is Harry's and Joe's sixth CD and they just keep getting better and better. The special guests only made this CD more special. A marvelous CD. |
| 19176
| Herb Pomeroy and Donna Byrne
| Walking on Air
| $10.00
| "Donna and Herb have drawn on the legacy of their enshrined forebears' musicality and togetherness. They have absorbed the social and musical changes since those days. And they "and their four long-time colleagues on this disc" have found a new and refreshed but still classic and still wonderfully listenable jazz . . . There's a oneness as well as twoness in marriages and in music, when a voice and a horn are always there for each other, in today's clich', and also give each other space. Think of Lee Wiley and Bobby Hackett. Think of Billie Holiday and Lester Young. Then think again. It's half a century later. When Billie sings No More she's a woman turning from a no-good man with aching resignation. In Donna's No More you know this woman is going to slam the door and have a life." - Roderick Nordell |
| 19340
| Howard Alden & Ken Peplowski
| Pow-Wow
| $15.00
| Two Masters of their instruments produce more music that a full band. Dazzling interplay by these two fine musicians. |
| 19280
| Howard Alden - Dan Barrett Quintet
| Live in '95
| $10.00
| "A standout performance which for the first time captures the vitality and surprise of the ABQ's live dates; diverse material performed in a fresh manner with a breathtaking blend of swing, melody and harmony. Guest vocalist Terrie Richards Alden is a definite plus" - Zan Stewart |
| 19280
| Howard Alden-Dan Barrett Quintet
| Live in 1995
| $15.00
| A standout performance which for the first time captures the vitality and surprise of the ABQ'a live dates, diverse material in a fresh manner with a breathtaking blend of swing, melody and harmony. |
| 19225
| International All-Star Band
| A Portrait of Duke
| $10.00
| "The Ellington Centennial ... focused new attention on the maestro and inspired a welcome flurry of releases -- both reissues and newly recorded tributes. In the wake of this activity, one would be hard-pressed to conceive a fresh approach for another Ellington project. Yet this truly international ensemble of accomplished players has managed to do just that through its varied repertoire (covering four decades of Ellingtonia), imaginative arrangements and inventive solos." -- Ed Berger, Associate Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. |
| 19199
| Irvin Stokes
| Just Friends
| $10.00
| "This recording gives long overdue recognition to Irvin Stokes, the superb jazz trumpeter, who is at his best now. In his seventies, he only gets better with age. His solos make sense, convey passion and are well placed over good harmonic knowledge. His playing has been hailed by his colleague, the late Doc Cheatham, and if Doc was the Eubie Blake of the late 20th century, then perhaps Irvin Stokes is to be the Doc Cheatham of the 21st." - From the album notes by Phil Schaap, multi-Grammy winning jazz historian and the host of a popular radio show on WKCR in New York City. |
| 19150-51
| Jack Teagarden, featuring Jackie Coon
| The Club Hangover Broadcasts featuring Jackie Coon
| $25.00
| "This is Jack Teagarden and his 1954 band - warts, goosebumps and all. It's live stuff, remember, not controlled studio music. But in these four vintage programs there are enough splendid moments of major league jazz to suggest that issuing them at last is more than merely a pleasing proposition. And let's not forget that exciting new guy in the group, trumpeter Jackie Coon." - Richard Hadlock (Author, Jazz Masters of the Twenties) |
| ARCD 19119
| Jackie Coon
| The Joys of New Orleans
| $10.00
| Arbors Records is donating 100% of the proceeds from sales of this recording to the JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA for the benefit of New Orleans musician's relief. Please spread the word about this recording. |
| 19110
| Jackie Coon
| Jazzin' with Jackie
| $10.00
| "Jackie Coon, at his best, playing relaxed but swinging music with some old friends. Whether it be called New Orleans jazz, dixieland, small group swing or straightahead, Jackie Coon's variety of melodic jazz is very easy to enjoy and extremely difficult to resist. Although he emphasizes the middle register of his horn and has a soft and mellow tone, Jackie's subtle solos are full of inner fire, effortless swing and surprising twists." - Scott Yanow, regular contributor to numerous jazz publications for more than 15 years. |
| 19162
| Jackie Coon and his Pals
| Softly
| $10.00
| Jackie Coon's relaxed, lyrical jazz is again front and center in a swinging program of jazz classics.
"Jackie Coon is a master of the fluegelhorn. The seemingly effortless, fast-flowing and beautifully lyrical inventions Jackie evokes from his fluegelhorn border on the miraculous. In Jackie's hands, the music - the melody or the variations on it - is astonishingly lovely. He and his pals have created a quite special jazz sound, gentle, light on its feet, creative, exciting and wonderfully satisfying." - From the album notes of Charles Champlin, retired arts editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times, and a noted jazz critic and writer. |
| 19189
| Jane Jarvis
| Atlantic - Pacific
| $10.00
| Jane Jarvis swings with all-stars from the Atlantic and the Pacific. "The New York session emphasizes Jane's and Benny's composing, while the West Coast date has a Hoagy Carmichael/Cole Porter theme. Each side has a stray composer or two thrown in for good measure. The unifying element is the lovely Ms. Jarvis (who loves colors), and her adaptable swinging fingers." - Sunsh Stein, freelance writer and contributor to jazz publications. |
| 19152
| Jane Jarvis Jams
| Jane Jarvis Jams
| $10.00
| "This recording brings to the fore the piano talents of a remarkably accomplished artist, joined by three master musicians who can invent, seemingly, at will, and think as one while retaining their own musical personalities and identities. The result brings to mind John Hammond's famous definition of jazz: Collective improvisation, rhythmically integrated. - Producer's note |
| 19332
| Jay Geils - Gerry Beaudoin
| The Kings Of Strings
| $10.00
| Two veteran guitarists, Jay Geils and Gerry Beaudoin, also known as "The Kings Of Strings", welcome the phenomenal youngster Aaron Weinstein. Beaudoin is the Grammy nominated guitarist and Jay Geils is the founder of the R&R band J. Geils Band. A swingin collecton of tunes. |
| 19324
| Jeff Barnhart
| In My Solitude
| $15.00
| The talented Jeff Barnhart plays in a variety of piano styles. |
| 19213
| Jerry Jerome
| Something Borrowed, Something Blue
| $25.00
| Jerry Jerome is fondly remembered as the jazz tenor man in the first Glenn Miller orchestra and in the top-of-the-line big bands of Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw in the late '30s and early '40s, but that is only part of the story. To the great pleasure and wonderment of all, Jerry was still going strong and, in many ways, playing better than ever as the Something Blue portion of this 2-CD set, made shortly before his 89th birthday, so eloquently attests. In the Something Borrowed CD, Jerry is showcased on a treasure trove of rare recordings spanning the period from 1939 to 1964 in the company of some of the outstanding musicians of the period. Adding to the enjoyment are Jerry's spoken introductions to each group of historic selections making this a unique autobiographical document.
-Producer's Note |
| 19168
| Jerry Jerome
| Something Old, Something New
| $25.00
| Jerry Jerome is fondly remembered as the jazz tenor man in the first Glenn Miller orchestra and the top-of-the-line big bands of Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, until he left the big bands in 1941 to pursue studio work and a sucessful jingles business. The "Something Old" part of this set brings together a batch of rarities made by Jerry between 1939 and the early '60s, providing a generous sampling of Jerry's marvelous LesterYoung-inspired tenor saxophone, contributions from such stellar friends and associates as Charlie Christian, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Shavers, Yank Lawson, Bobby Hackett, Red Allen and Tyree Glenn, and Jerry's spoken introductions, making this a unique autobiographical document. The "Something New" CD was recorded in 1996 with a first-rate supporting cast of Randy Sandke, George Masso, Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob Haggart and Joe Ascione and reveals that Jerry is playing better than ever. Together, the two CDs form a musical portrait of a splendid musician who has never lost his enthusiasm for jazz and has never stopped swinging. - Producer's note. |
| 19359
| Joe Ascione
| Movin' Up!
| $15.00
| What can you say about Joe Ascione that hasn't been said before. Joe is one of the prenier drummers on the scene today. He is axceptionally fast, has impeccable taste and always swings. To make it even better, he has picked some fine sidemen for the CD. |
| 19329
| Joe Cohn
| Restless
| $15.00
| Joe Cohn is one of the finest guitarists on the scene today, his playing is always impeccable. Here is Joe with some mighty fine company, playing eleven great tunes. |
| 19161
| Joel Helleny
| Lip Service
| $10.00
| "For a number of years now, Joel "Hell" Helleny, the astonishing trombone player at the head of this sparkling, swinging, hand-picked little group, has been earning unambiguous admiration from his circle of fellow musicians in New York and jolting hard-boiled jazz club audiences into actual attention as soon as he gets a few bars into his solo. A natural jazz player like Zoot Sims or Roy Eldridge, Helleny brings a vast, roomy imagination, an instinctive concentration, an absolute freshness of conception and a great melodic gift to whatever he is playing." - Peter Straub, Author of Ghost Story, Koko, The Hellfire Club, and other novels. |
| 19261
| John Allred & Wycliffe Gordon
| Head To Head
| $15.00
| "Still in their 30s, John Allred and Wycliffe Gordon may just be the next great trombone team. They combine youth and experience to bring both a fresh eye to the music and a healthy respect for the mainstream jazz tradition. The melodies may be familiar, but the performances are continually challenging, exciting and deeply felt. Once you've listened to this CD once, the best thing to do is go back and listen to it again, all the way from the start. This time, notice that extra something that only the finest musicians can give their music. "It's about playing from the heart, playing with real feeling," says Allred. "You can't teach someone to play with soul." from the album notes by Matt Schudel, jazz writer for the (Fort-Lauderdale) South Florida Sun Sentinel |
| 19115
| John Allred Quartet
| In The Beginning ...
| $10.00
| John Allred, the famous trombone-playing son of a famous trombone-playing father, Bill Allred, performs a swinging blend of jazz standards, some seldom-heard tunes and his own originals, in his first album as leader.
"This is an excellent CD. Not only every trombonist, but every musician should listen to John Allred and his fine quartet. Once you hear John, you will never forget him. He is on his way to greatness." - Louie Bellson, described by Duke Ellington as "the world's greatest drummer." |
| 19184
| John Bunch
| John Bunch Solo
| $10.00
| "It seems to me that John Bunch is, among his many other qualities, a melodist of the first order. Surely he reaches a delightful detente between melody and imagination with the 18 mostly familiar tunes on this CD and he does it in the most demanding way possible, solo and without discarding the melodies. Running the chords will not do here." -- John McDonough (John McDonough's jazz writing can be regularly found in Down Beat and often in the Wall Street Journal.) |
| 19272
| John Bunch with Dave Green and Steve Brown
| A Special Alliance
| $15.00
| "John Bunch is a man who was once dubbed 'The Fred Astaire of the piano' and it goes without saying that these performances swing. Few pianists possess a surer grasp of rhythm, and every piece here is marked with a knowing sense of restraint. The result is a devastating performance, full of wit power and grace. And there are constant surprises in the programming." - Clive Davis, who writes on the arts for The London Times |
| 19157
| John Bunch With Phil Flanigan
| Struttin'
| $10.00
| "Before he discovered Bud Powell, as many pianists did in the mid-'40s, John grew up admiring Teddy Wilson and Fats Waller. His marvelous touch and overall grace at the keyboard still reflect the Wilson heritage while the felicitous lines and sophisticated harmonies of bebop continue the Powell influence. He was old enough to appreciate the old masters, young enough to make the transition to the new music of the time, and endowed with the artistic intelligence to forge a cogent expression of his own ... There are ways to swing at virtually any tempo, and Bunch knows them all." -- Ira Gitler (Internationally renowned author, jazz journalist and encyclopedist, author of Jazz Masters of the '40s, and Swing to Bop.) |
| 19226
| John Bunch, Jay Leonhart, Bucky Pizzarelli
| Manhattan Swing - A Visit With the Duke
| $15.00
| "When we are playing together as a trio, Bucky and John and I will occasionally play an entire set of Ellington / Strayborn songs. The set goes on and on, gently winding through the famous and not as famous compositions of these two brilliant composers. Very often a quiet comes over the audience as the songs roll along, and soon you'd think you were at a service in church. And we actually are, honoring the Archangel of American music, Duke Ellington." -- Jay Leonhart |
| 19339
| John Sheridan
| and his Dream Band. Swing Is Still King
| $15.00
| Another exciting recording from Sheridan's Dream Band Series. No weak sisters here! |
| 19309
| John Sheridan
| John Sheridan (ldr, p & voc [Tr.8], Randy Reinhart (ct) Russ Phillips (tb) Ron Hockett (cl) Scott Robinson (ts) Phil Flanigan (b) Bob Leary (g) Joe Ascione (dr) Becky Kilgore (v0c - Tr 3,5 7,10,11,13,14,15)
| $15.00
| This is the fourth CD by the Dream Band and the finest to date. John's band is always superb and when you add Becky Kilgore, you have a winner! |
| 19214
| John Sheridan
| They Can't Take That Away From Me
| $15.00
| "His solo style is his own, often sophisticated, sometimes rambunctious, thoroughly grounded in swinging mainstream jazz. He has excellent keyboard command, incorporating a powerfully rhythmic left hand and swinging, fluid ideas coming from his right." - Ted des Plantes, whose articles appear frequently in The Mississippi Rag, from his album notes describing John Sheridan, the brilliant pianist and arranger with Jim Cullum's Jazz Band, heard on the National Public Radio show "Riverwalk." |
| 19182
| John Sheridan and his All-Star "Dream Band"
| Something Tells Me
| $15.00
| A trip down memory lane as John Sheridan and his hand-picked all-star musical friends explore his arrangements of swing era classics by Richard Whiting and Harry Warren, with a few bonus treats added. |
| 19215
| John Sheridan and his Dream Band
| Dream Band, Make Me Dream Some More
| $15.00
| "This is small-combo swing at its best: tight but informal, alluding to earlier times, styles, stylists and recordings, yet fresh as the next century." - Philip Elwood, a long-time respected writer on jazz, is the Lively Arts Critic and a columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. |
| 19262
| John Sheridan and His Dream Band featuring Becky Kilgore
| Get Rhythm In Your Feet
| $15.00
| "The Dream Band's third release, Get Rhythm In Your Feet, is on the same high level as the first two, and in some ways is the best of the trio...John Sheridan's Dream Band looks back towards The Swing Era and the classic groups of that era without directly copying any of them. Mixing together written and jammed ensembles with concise solos and Becky Kilgore's joyful vocals, the Sheridan Dream Band is carving out its own legacy within the current classic jazz scene." - Scott Yanow, the Editor of the 3rd edition of The All Music Guide to Jazz and author of six jazz books including Trumpet Kings, Swing and Classic Jazz |
| 19278
| John Sheridan Trio
| Artistry 3
| $15.00
| John Sheridan, piano; David Stone, bass; Tony DeNicola, drums.
The scope of this CD's selections is astonishing and Sheridan displays his great sensitivity on this excellent collection of vintage tunes, with superb arrangements, bass and drum work, and elegant engineering. Sheridan has a light keyboard touch which he punctuates with firm emphasis; and being able to slide smoothly from pianissimo to fortissimo gives him a chance to shade his harmonies, emphasize or de-emphasize rhythms, and swing effortlessly. From the album notes by the noted jazz writer Philip Elwood |
| 19258
| Johnny Frigo
| Johnny Frigo's DNA Exposed!
| $15.00
| "To me Johnny Frigo is a bit of a miracle. Here he is, an octogenarian - heﾴll be 85 in December - he still plays technically perfectly and with undiminished energy, enthusiasm and inventiveness - at an age when most fiddlers, and musicians in general, have long ago hung up their instruments in the nearest closet. Indeed, when Johnny plays with other (almost always much younger) musicians, it is he who galvanizes the group, who never lets their energy flag, who always picks up the next tune, who leads the background riffing, and who never wants to stop playing." - Gunther Schuller,both classical and jazz musician, musicologist, educator, music publisher, composer and conductor and the author of Early Jazz: Its Roots and Early Development (Oxford) and The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 (Oxford). He has the unusual distinction of performing on the french horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as well as the Miles Davis "Birth of the Cool" nonet. |
| 19292
| Johnny Varro
| The Two Of Us
| $15.00
| Arbors Piano Series, Volume 12 |
| 19178
| Johnny Varro
| Say Yes
| $15.00
| Johnny Varro, one of the jazz piano greats, performs some of his old favorites and a few rarely played anywhere in his first solo piano album in many years. |
| 19138
| Johnny Varro
| Swing 7
| $15.00
| "The music has a propulsive, swinging, lilting charm that is the hallmark of great chamber jazz. Johnny's charts have an intricacy that can be thrilling, ever witty now and again, and that confirms a devout conviction that most of us share that, among its many enchantments, jazz can be beautiful." - Charles Champlin, the longtime and now retired arts editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times. |
| 19114
| Johnny Varro
| Everything I Love
| $15.00
| One of the piano masters demonstrates what piano jazz is all about in a program of swinging improvisations.
"The pianist is the star of this well-balanced team whose warm rapport makes this trio exceptional. Varro swings urgently, is never at a loss for ideas, and exhibits an extraordinary gift for making everything sound as easy as falling off a log, something that communicates very agreeably to the listener." - Stanley Dance, jazz producer, critic and author of seven books, including "The World of Duke Ellington" and "The World of Swing." |
| 19243
| Johnny Varro Quartet
| All That Jazz With Jon-Erik Kellso
| $10.00
| "Varro resuscitates the jam combo tradition of the '30s and '40s and here fronts what could have been, in 1945, a major attraction on the 52nd Street jam scene. All of the ingredients are present. One of a small handful of contemporary trumpeters who posesses a close affinity to the giants of the pre-bop era, Jon-Erik Kellso was the perfect choice for this session. With a style chiseled from the Louis Armstrong of the 1920's and '30s, Kellso sought even further to find other related sources of inspiration. On the performances heard here, with his readily identifiable, burry tone and characteristic mastery of lyrical, thematically based improvisations, Kellso effortlessly, and perhaps even unconsciously, incorporates fleeting allusions to many of his predecessors." - Jack Sohmer, record and book reviewer for such publications as The Mississippi Rag, Down Beat, JazzTimes and Cadence |
| 19242
| Johnny Varro Swing 7
| Swingin' On West 57th St.
| $10.00
| "The Johnny Varro Swing Seven has set standards of imaginative repertoire and musical prowess which are high, indeed. The listener new to this band will treasure the eclectic tune list (including composers from Frederic Chopin to Johnny Hodges) as well as the freshness and verve of the players. Those who are already fans of this septet will be thrilled anew as the musical surprises unfold, and will join this writer in replaying this album and savoring each moment." - Duncan Schiedt, a veteran jazz photographer, archivist and author since 1939. |
| 19198
| Johnny Varro Swing 7
| Afterglow
| $15.00
| "This musical program recalls the Swing Era at its finest. For many jazz lovers, the small bands of that period represented the finest flowering of the genre, and it is to these vital little groups that Varro and his colleagues pay homage." - Duncan Schiedt, veteran writer and photgrapher of jazz since 1939. |
| 19293
| Johnny Varro Trio
| Pure Imagination
| $15.00
| "On the evidence of the music on Pure Imagination and his notable series of Arbors records, Johnny Varro is still very music in his musical prime, ranking at the top of swing pianists and consistently succeeding at keeping the vintage music he loves alive and infectious." - Scott Yanow |
| 19346
| Jon-Erik Kellso
| Blue Roof Blues. A Love Letter To New Orleans
| $15.00
| A joy to listen to Jon-Erik, both on familiar tunes and his own original compositions. We especially single out "Blue Roof Blues". A loving tribute to New Orleans and its rich history. |
| 19160
| Jon-Erik Kellso Chapter 2
| The Plot Thickens
| $15.00
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| ARCD19315
| Kenny Davern
| Kenny Davern Quartet: Live in Concert at the Outpost Performance Space
| $15.00
| The naster Clarinettist does it again with a magnificient live performance. An outstanding recording. |
| 19238
| Kenny Davern
| A Night with Eddie Condon
| $15.00
| "Good music never goes out of fashion as this concert of nearly thirty years ago proves. The irreplaceable Eddie Condon was a man, who with the right guys, could make it happen for both the musicians and the audience as he did that night in Syracuse. We'll not see his like again. Thank you Eddie for your integrity and taste, all the music and all opportunities you tenaciously pursued to bring jazz to a wider audience." --Brian Peerless, British jazz writer, producer and promoter; contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and long-time friend of Kenny Davern. |
| 19207
| Kenny Davern
| Smiles
| $15.00
| "This is music for living with, easy listening jazz (with none of the pejorative connotations of that phrase) from the Irish/Jewish soul of a story-telling reedman. If it doesn't put smiles on your face each time you play it, tatela, I'll be very surprised begorrah." - Ira Gitler (Ira Gitler teaches Jazz History at the Manhattan School of Music. His weekly column appears on the Internet at Jazz Central Station. He also contributes to JazzTimes and Down Beat. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, by Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler will be published in the Fall of 1999 by Oxford University Press.) |
| 19170
| Kenny Davern
| Breezinﾒ Along
| $10.00
| "The Davern clarinet - one of the signature sounds in the jazz of our time ' has never sounded better than in this fresh and stimulating setting of two guitars, bass and drums . . . a happy session of collective music-making at its best." - Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. |
| 19328
| Kenny Davern and Bob Wilber
| The Soprano Summit in 1975 and More
| $15.00
| The pairing of Davern and Wilber was absolute sheer genius! These are recordings that have never been released before. Thanks to Dan Morgenstern, the NJ Jazz Society and Doug Pomeroy we are now able to hear these recordings from live performances. These are an absolute treat! |
| 19137
| Kenny Davern and his Jazz Band
| East Side, West Side
| $10.00
| "Acclaimed clarinetist Kenny Davern, effortlessly spinning out brilliantly articulate lines that often nudge the outer limits of his horn's tonal range, has brought a very select group of fine jazzmen to the studio to carry out his musical designs." - Floyd Levin (Award winning jazz writer, producer, lyricist and contributor of oral history interviews to the Jazz Archive at Tulane University). |
| ARCD19317
| Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski
| Dialogues
| $15.00
| The late great Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski is a summit meeting of two of the best clarinetists in the business. Add the rest of the musicians and you have a great CD. |
| 19246
| Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski
| The Jazz KENNection
| $10.00
| "The warmth and guile that the two Kens show underline the fact that they both possess that elusive quality that jazz musicians call "time" - the ability to impart a swinging impetus to every phrase they play. Great though the solos are on these recordings, it is the interplay between the two K's that elevates the session to heights way above the norm. The surging chases they create are filled with a spirit and invention that is guaranteed to restore the faith of anyone who feels that swinging jazz is losing ground. The music that this group plays has a blend of feeling, rhythm and spontaneity that will never date." - John Chilton, British trumpeter who divides his time between leading his own touring band, The Feetwarmers, and writing about jazz. His books include The Who's Who of Jazz, and biographies of Louis Armstrong, Henry Allen, Sidney Bechet, Bob Crosby, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday and Louis Jordan. |
| 19147
| Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men
| Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men
| $10.00
| "There are musicians who can play some jazz, then there are the real jazz musicians. Clarinettist Kenny Davern is most decidedly one of the latter. A more dedicated performer and enthusiast would be difficult to find. His conviction and passion are amply demonstrated on this recording, which not only illustrates the art of small group, no frills jazz playing, but gives the listener sixty minutes of undiluted musical pleasure with Davern and his friends in peak form." - Brian Peerless, British jazz writer, producer and promoter, contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and friend of Kenny Davern for more than 20 years. |
| 19296
| Kenny Davern Quartet
| at the Mill House Playhouse
| $15.00
| Celebrating 50 years of recording with Chirillo, Cohen and DiNicola |
| 19267
| Kings of Jazz featuring Kenny Davern
| Live In Concert 1974
| $10.00
| This recording, taped for posterity in Sweden by Leif Karlsson, makes it possible nearly thirty years later for the world to enjoy some of the scintillating performances by the Kings of Jazz, a group hand-picked by Pee Wee Irwin not only for their outstanding ability as soloists but also for their team playing to form an excellent ensemble. It also gives us the chance to hear Kenny Davern at the peak of his powers on soprano saxophone, an instrument that lamentedly he no longer plays, in performances that he considers some of his best ever on record. Producer's Note |
| 19220
| Larry Eanet Quartet featuring Ron Hocket
| Sunset Stomp
| $10.00
| "Larry Eanet is, as Barbara Lea has called him and your ears will confirm, "a world class pianist." He is also one of the best kept secrets in jazz, though this wonderful CD should go a long way to changing all that. Lucidity, elegance, a highly developed sense of form and, above all, a swinging lyricism and contagious joyfulness are the hallmarks of his playing. Featured on reeds is the brilliant multi-instrumentalist, Ron Hockett, who is equally compelling on clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophones. He has an approach to his instruments that I find utterly irresistible and leaves me saying "Ron, I want to hear some more, man!" - From the album notes of Ross Firestone, author of the award winning Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. |
| 19367
| Larry Ham
| Just Me, Just You
| $15.00
| In the words of Nat Hentoff: Larry creates a kaleidoscope of what he has absorbed in his multi-dimensional education os one of jazz's indispensible sidemen. |
| 19361
| Louis Mazetier
| Tributes, Portraits and Other Stories
| $15.00
| The remarkable French stride pianist cuts loose 22 swinging tracks. One of the best stride pianists on the scene today. If you like stride piano, this is a must. |
| 19129
| Magnificent VII
| The Newport Beach Session
| $10.00
| The Magnificent VII shares |
