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20th Anniversary

By Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz

Label: Richport Enterprises Recordings
Released: 2010
Track listing: Un Poquito; Linus N' Lucy; Ruma De San Anton; Stirring My Emotions; Lullaby of Birdland; Besame Mucho; Upper Manhattan Medical Group; Lover Man; Get It While You Can; Naked; Bye Bye Blackbird; I Say a Little Prayer for You; Jugo De Pina; Pursuit; Senor Grinch.

Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz: 20th Anniversary

by Woodrow Wilkins
November 23, 2010

A collector's edition is only as good as the source material. In the case of Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz, the source is an eclectic representation of their work. Brun, a native of the Bronx born to Puerto Rican parents, plays congas and a variety of other percussion instruments. His career includes an ...

20th Anniversary

By The Rippingtons

Label: Peak Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: City of Angels; Celebrate; Costa Del Sol; Bingo Jingo; Eternity; Six Four; Rainbow; Twenty; Anything; A Kiss Under the Moonlight; A 20th Anniversary Bonus.

The Rippingtons: 20th Anniversary

by Woodrow Wilkins
October 21, 2006

In 1986, the term “smooth jazz had not made its way into the vernacular. However, the groundwork for what would become a radio format and, to some degree, a genre of music, had been laid. Among those paving the way was Russ Freeman, founder and principal songwriter for the Rippingtons. In the early years, the Rippingtons ...

20th Anniversary

Label: Seabreeze
Released: 2001

20th Anniversary

By Blue Wisp Big Band

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Winding Way; Show-Type Tune; Well, You Needn't; Lament; Tones for Joan's Bones; Funk Dumplin'; Waltz New; Straight Track; Hum; Morning; Forgotten Memories; Just in Time.

Blue Wisp Big Band: 20th Anniversary

by Dave Nathan
September 1, 2001

Perhaps setting a record for longevity among contemporary big bands, the Cincinnati based0Blue Wisp Big Band celebrates its 29th anniversary with a release of exciting arrangements of tunes that, for the most part, are composed by well-known musicians. There are cuts by Steve Allen, Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer among others, wrapped in captivating arrangements by Matt ...

Blue Wisp Big Band: 20th Anniversary

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2001

The program opens with a Matt Harris tune that resembles “All Blues." Big band arrangements by Harris, Al Kiger, Larry Dickson, and Steve Allee provide a format that allows plenty of room for swinging. This ensemble gets together every Wednesday night at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club: the band's weekly gig in Cincinnati. They released five ...

20th Anniversary

By Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts

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Released: 1998
Track listing: Disc 1: Bess, You Is My Woman; Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do; Angel Eyes; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; They Can't Take That Away from Me; Mack the Knife; Speak No Evil; Impressions; Stella by Starlight; Mann Oh Mann; Milestones; Ballad for Mom; Everything Must Change (72:00). Disc 2: Land of Make Believe; Matthew, Gift from the Lord; Birdland; Blue Trane; O.T.H.; Tune Up; Spain; A Night in Tunisia; Jeannine; Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars; Fly Me to the Moon; Lotus Blossom; Dindi (70:42). Disc 3: St. Louis Blues; Afro Blue; Golden Rule; Mood Swing; Too Darn Hot; Recorda Me; Sassy Samba; Route 66; Cotton Tail; Paper Towels; Starting Over; That Jazz; Walkin'/Respect; Movin' Up; Watch What Happens; BeBop (71:33).

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts: 20th Anniversary

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 1998

Three brief observations: first, Houston's Booker T. Washington High School has one of the more impressive Jazz ensembles we've heard at that level; second, far too much of its three-disc 20th anniversary chronicle is given over to vocal groups and various smaller combos or else devoted to funky arrangements that haven't weathered the passage of time; ...