Results for "Chesky Records"

Entre Amigos

By Rosa Passos

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Bahia Com H; Insensatez; Desafinado; Sorriu Para Mim; A Primeira Vez; Garota de Ipanema; Por Causa de Voce; Caminhos Cruzados; Feitio de Oracao; Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar; O Grande Amor

Take This Journey

By Christy Baron

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Happy Together (Bonner/Gordon) - 2:57 2. Gentle Journey (Finck) - 4:20 3. Not While I'm Around (Sondheim) - 3:47 4. I'm All Smiles (Leonard/Martin) - 3:46 5. A House Is Not a Home (Bacharach/David) - 5:45 6. Bitter With the Sweet (King) - 2:23 7. That Old Devil Moon (Harburg/Lane) - 3:52 8. The Lies of Handsome Men (Blumenthal) - 3:52 9. You Are There/Why Did I Choose You? (Frishberg/Leonard/Mandel/Martin) - 5:07 10. The Way He Captured Me (Finck) - 4:20 11. Overjoyed (Wonder) - 3:52 12. Stand Behind Me (King) - 3:22 13. First Day in August (King/Larkey) - 3:10

Rosa Passos and Ron Carter: Entre Amigos

by Alexander M. Stern
August 25, 2003

The bossa nova's not so new anymore. It's been forty years since Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd brought its gentle pulse north of the border. Getz and Byrd's version of “Desafinado was a surprise hit, and a Grammy winner to boot. Getz and Joao Gilberto's recording of “The Girl From Ipanema was an even bigger hit, ...

Larry Coryell/Badi Assad/John Abercrombie: Three Guitars

by Joshua Weiner
August 25, 2003

The “guitar summit" genre is densely populated these days, but few of these multiple-guitar, multiple-ego records are terribly inviting. There is a difference between good playing and good music, the latter being more difficult to produce than the former. The new Chesky release Three Guitars, combining jazz guitarists Larry Coryell and John Abercrombie with the Brazilian ...

Christy Baron: Take This Journey

by Mike Perciaccante
January 15, 2003

All too often jazz singers think that "covering" popular music means singing old Broadway hits from the '20s, '30s and '40s. Sure, these songs were popular once -- and many of them may even still be popular today, however the "truly" popular music genres of today (as evidenced by the Billboard chart listings) are rock and ...

Friendship

By Clark Terry

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2002

All There Is

By Chuck Loeb

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2002

The Conga Kings

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Tumbando Ca

4 Generations Of Miles

By George Coleman

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: There is No Greater Love; All Blues; On Green Dolphin Street; Blue In Green; 81; Freddie Freeloader; My Funny Valentine; If I Were a Bell; Oleo.

George Coleman, Mike Stern, Ron Carter, and Jimmy Cobb: 4 Generations of Miles

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2002

In terms of star power, this record's got no shortage. Every player in this quartet is a great musician--not just good, but great. That and the fact that 4 Generations of Miles was recorded live should make it exciting just to open the case. Unfortunately, that excitement dissipates not long after you press play. The group ...