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Vince Guaraldi Trio: Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits

Read "Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
October 1, 1998

This nice little holiday gift is easily confused with the popular soundtrack to the 1964 TV special,A Charlie Brown Christmas. But don't be fooled. Nine of the 14 tracks included here are culled from the 15 Peanuts holiday specials Vince Guaraldi scored before his untimely death at age 47 in 1976--and have never been released on disc before.Some will even startle Vince Guaraldi fans. The lovely, melodic waltzes you can hum along to are all here. But it's ...

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Tom Harrell: The Art of Rhythm

Read "The Art of Rhythm" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 1, 1998

For this session trumpet virtuoso Tom Harrell expands upon his usual small group setting, adding oboes, bassoons, violins and various percussion instruments to the mix. The Art of Rhythm is a lovely 10 song collection of Harrell originals , dominated by the sounds of sambas, bossa novas and exotic Latin rhythms. A quick read of the album credits reveals that Harrell has spotted a couple of “ringers" into his large ensemble. Pianist Danilo Perez (a master of the Latin genre), ...

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Tom Harrell: The Art of Rhythm

Read "The Art of Rhythm" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
May 1, 1998

Tom Harrell's latest release places his lyrical trumpet and flugelhorn in a Latin jazz setting. All the compositions are his own, and the ensembles employ a number of different artists: featuring Greg Tardy on both clarinet and tenor saxophone, the session also includes violinist Regina Carter, drummers Yoron Israel, Duduka Da Fonseca and Leon Parker, bassists Ugonna Okwego, David Finck, and Andy Gonzalez, bassoonist Makanda Ken McIntyre, and David Sanchez on both soprano and tenor saxophones. Tracing the jazz flugelhorn ...