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Buy Now	Return to Forever (more) »rank: 5076 by: Chick Corea :Album Description:Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008. essential recording:The soul of fusion lies not in the barrage of note clusters played through overdriven amplifiers but in the arresting beauty of Return to Forever's lucid vision of music without boundaries. The stunningly virtuosic pianist Chick Corea had already gone through an exploration of free jazz with Circle, tutelage in the Miles Davis Academy of New Electric Music and the soul-searching of 'Piano Improvisations' when he arrived at his most brilliant conception. Corea and bassist Stanley Clarke fly through the proceedings, supporting Joe Farrell's ...	Buy Now	The Mancini Project (more) »rank: 5980 by: Ted Nash : :Best known for his associations with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Jazz Composers Collective, and his own inventive groups, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ted Nash enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator, receiving high praise from both critics and audiences worldwide. DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE recognized Nash as a Rising Star in the Alto Saxophone category in 2004, 2005, and 2006 as well as a rising star in the Tenor Saxophone category in 2003, 2004, and 2005.Ted's farther and uncle are musicians and during their career in Los Angeles, played on almost every Henry Mancini film score and recording ...
Buy Now	Days of Wine and Roses: Song of Johnny Mercer (more) »rank: 9165 by: Beegie Adair :Album Description:Best-selling jazz pianist, Beegie Adair, returns with her debut recording for the Village Square Music label. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES features 13 classics written by legendary, American composer, Johnny Mercer and delivered with Adair’s usual style, elegance and grace. Produced by Adair’s long time producer, Jack Jezzro and accompanied by her musical partners, bassist Roger Spencer and drummer, Chris Brown, Adair has once again created an instant classic and a must-have recording for fans of her timeless catalog.	Buy Now	Nocturne (more) »rank: 14042 by: Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba : 's Best of 2001:Charlie Haden has a long-standing interest in Cuban music, first touched on with his Liberation Music Orchestra over 30 years ago. Nocturne expands on that affinity and on the bassist's relationship with Cuban piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who introduced Haden to the tradition of the Cuban ballad, or bolero. The result is this very unusual mix of slow- to medium-tempo pieces, limpid, sometimes almost somber songs that are filled with yearning romanticism, wistful lyricism, and an inner light. The program includes five Cuban ballads, including 'Tres Palabras,' almost a jazz standard after recordings by Coleman Hawkins and Joe Henderson, and ...
Buy Now	Marian Mcpartland's Piano Jazz (more) »rank: 30646 by: Bill Evans : 's Best of 2001:Charlie Haden has a long-standing interest in Cuban music, first touched on with his Liberation Music Orchestra over 30 years ago. Nocturne expands on that affinity and on the bassist's relationship with Cuban piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who introduced Haden to the tradition of the Cuban ballad, or bolero. The result is this very unusual mix of slow- to medium-tempo pieces, limpid, sometimes almost somber songs that are filled with yearning romanticism, wistful lyricism, and an inner light. The program includes five Cuban ballads, including 'Tres Palabras,' almost a jazz standard after recordings by Coleman Hawkins and Joe Henderson, and ...	Buy Now	Jacknife (more) »rank: 14400 by: Jackie Mclean : 's Best of 2001:Charlie Haden has a long-standing interest in Cuban music, first touched on with his Liberation Music Orchestra over 30 years ago. Nocturne expands on that affinity and on the bassist's relationship with Cuban piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who introduced Haden to the tradition of the Cuban ballad, or bolero. The result is this very unusual mix of slow- to medium-tempo pieces, limpid, sometimes almost somber songs that are filled with yearning romanticism, wistful lyricism, and an inner light. The program includes five Cuban ballads, including 'Tres Palabras,' almost a jazz standard after recordings by Coleman Hawkins and Joe Henderson, and ...
Buy Now	Underground (more) »rank: 5559 by: Thelonious Monk : :Underground was recorded in 1967, about 20 years into the career of this wholly distinctive and unorthodox pianist-composer. Whenever the understated saxophone talents of Charlie Rouse accompany Thelonious Monk, one is assured of an invigorating set of music--and this collection is no exception. Supported by Larry Gales on bass and the inimitable Ben Riley on drums, Monk and Rouse elaborate on immortal compositions like 'Ugly Beauty.' On 'In Walked Bud,' the quartet is joined by vocalist Jon Hendricks. With jagged themes and unusual variations of meter and key, Underground showcases an aging Monk's still-brilliant eccentricity on the piano. A good bit looser than ...	Buy Now	The Nat King Cole Collection (more) »rank: 21357 by: Beegie Adair :Album Description:Light jazz arrangements of classic Nat King Cole hits are presented with intimate elegance. Jazz radio stations nationwide have this recording on their playlist. Twelve unforgettable hits
Buy Now	As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (more) »rank: 13719 by: Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays :Album Description:Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008. essential recording:Guitarist Pat Metheny and his longtime keyboard collaborator/alter ego Lyle Mays saw in their rural American roots a mystical connection to an entire world of sounds, and with As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, they began the process of fashioning an idiomatic folk expression all their own. With the help of master percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, they create a whistlestop tour of musical outposts on the extended title track that is at once gothic and atmospheric in the manner of Weather Report, bucolic and ...	Buy Now	The Best of Bobby McFerrin (more) »rank: 15254 by: Bobby McFerrin :Album Description:The highlights of vocal acrobat Bobby McFerrin's Blue Note releases are featured on this collection, which includes Chick Corea, Manhattan Transfer and Bob Mintzer. This collection features the selections are 'Spain,' 'Blue Bossa' and Bobby's international hit 'Don't Worry, Be Happy.' Bobby McFerrin: Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Producer and Vocal Arrangement. Herbie Hancock: Piano Manhattan Transfer: Vocals Bob Mintzer: Clarinet (Bass) and Saxophone Jimmy Haslip: Bass Chick Corea: Piano Russell Ferrante: Synthesizer, Piano Tim Hauser: Vocals Jon Hendricks: Vocals Paul Jackson Jr.: Guitar William Kennedy: Drums Judd Miller: Synthesizer, Programming Alan Paul: Vocals Scott Wendholt: Trumpet Paulinho DeCosta: Percussion