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Contrasts with Jon Gordon / Voyage with Phil Woods

By Bill Charlap

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Contrasts: Stardust; Young At Heart; Bye Ya; For Sue; These Foolish Things; Contrasts; I Fall In Love Too Easily; Compensation; Over The Rainbow. (Total Time: 53:14).

Voyage: A Beautiful Friendship; Hey There; "Philly" Twist; These Foolish Things; Smitty Ditty; Trouble Is A Man; I'll Be Around; Voyage; I'll See You Again.. (Total Time: 76:50).

Bill Charlap: Contrasts with Jon Gordon / Voyage with Phil Woods

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 2002

A precocious, well- studied pianist, trading eights with two alto giants.  The common denominator in both of these recent releases would at first glance appear to be pianist Bill Charlap. However, the relationship goes much deeper. Alto saxophonist Jon Gordon was a school chum of Charlap's at New York City's High School for the Performing. Phil ...