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Old Friends / New Music

Label: Cornerstone Records Inc.
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ray's Idea; There's Been Too Many Changes; Pannonica; Greenhouse; Friends Again; All The Best; Simple Samba; Countless Blues.

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The Rob McConnell Sextet: Old Friends / New Music

Read "Old Friends / New Music" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Rob McConnell was a valve trombonist, arranger, composer and leader of the big band called the Boss Brass, which set a new standard for jazz writing through the use of complex passages and close section harmony, and in 1983 won a Grammy. In this digital-only release by Cornerstone Records, McConnell leads a sextet comprised of Guido ...

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Fraser MacPherson: From The Pen Of...

Read "From The Pen Of..." reviewed by Jack Bowers


The late tenor saxophonist Fraser MacPherson was well-known in western Canada and elsewhere for his brilliance—but as player, not a writer. In fact, according to MacPherson's son Guy, who wrote the excellent liner notes to From the Pen of..., his father wrote barely a dozen or so original compositions, almost all of which are included on ...

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Mike Murley: Taking Flight

Read "Taking Flight" reviewed by Don Phipps


Mike Murley's Taking Flight is a candlelight romance of well-chosen covers and two original compositions. At times, Murley's sax sound is slightly reminiscent of Ben Webster while, when he plays ballads, one can hear echoes of John Coltrane. In short, his sound is sweet and warm. Combining this sound with the elegant contributions of his bandmates ...

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Six on Cellar Live

Read "Six on Cellar Live" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Cory Weeds' record label Cellar Live has become a welcome home to straight-ahead mainstream jazz in the same way that Arbors Records has been the beacon for traditional jazz and swing. Think Norman Granz's Pablo label tele-transported deep into the 21st Century. Six recent releases illuminate Cellar Live's importance to jazz as a whole and to ...

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Dog's Breakfast

Label: Cornerstone Records Inc.
Released: 2017
Track listing: Little Sunflower; Dog's Breakfast; Terminal 2; Beautiful Love; Pierre Berton's Pig; Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most; Right As Rain; Katie's Blues; Sonar

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P.J. Perry Quartet: Alto Gusto

Read "Alto Gusto" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Scanning an album that bears the name Alto Gusto, a prospective listener may be forgiven for assuming that it consists of a series of upbeat themes designed to cause toes to tap, fingers to snap and the heart rate to soar. And once it becomes clear that that is not what Canadian alto saxophonist P.J. Perry's ...

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Different Voices

Label: Cornerstone Records Inc.
Released: 1997
Track listing: DISC ONE: Fleur Du Cap; Forest Flower; Wilma's Walk; Patron Saint; How My Heart Sings; Cutie; Ellehco. DISC TWO: The Getaway; In Your Own Sweet Way; The Blue Room; Apache (Love Theme); C.P. Blues; Easy To Love; Fleur Du Cap (reprise)

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East West

Label: Cornerstone Records Inc.
Released: 1993
Track listing: Tofino in May; Grooveyard; Blue Jerome; Devilette; De Souza; Tin Tin Deo; Bye-Ya; Quintessence; Flat Rock; Slow Boat to China


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