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Dave Grusin: Now Playing
by Mark Sabbatini
Pianist Dave Grusin built much of his reputation composing and playing scores for movies like On Golden Pond during the 1970s and '80s. His latest album is, depending on your point of view, either a trip down memory lane or another round of milking the cash cow. Now Playing features fifteen solo performances ...
Paul Brown: Upfront
by Brian Soergel
You probably should have seen this coming, but it’s still somewhat of a surprise. When the king of smooth jazz producers decides to make an album, you figure it’s a vanity project. But what you get instead is one of 2004’s early surprises, top-to-bottom smooth jazz stunner brimming with bright melodies, good picking by Brown on ...
Here
By David Benoit
Label: GRP Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Linus And Lucy -
2. Charlie Brown Theme
3. Pebble Beach
4. Linus Tells Charlie
5. Freda
6. Christmas Time Is Here
7. Getting Ready
8. Blue Charlie Brown
9. Red Baron
10. Happiness
Swingsation
By Count Basie
Label: GRP Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf/Waller) - 2:58
2. Swinging at the Daisy Chain (Basie) - 2:48
3. Roseland Shuffle (Basie) - 2:32
4. Boogie Woogie (Basie/Rushing) - 2:48
5. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) - 3:00
6. John's Idea (Basie) - 2:53
7. Time Out (Durham) - 3:01
8. Topsy (Durham) - 3:12
9. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come... (Durham/Rushing) -
2:56
10. Every Tub (Basie/Durham) - 3:13
11. Swingin' the Blues (Basie/Durham) - 2:45
12. Blue and Sentimental (Basie/David/Livingston) - 3:10
13. Doggin' Around (Battle/Evans) - 3:02
14. Texas Shuffle (Evans) - 3:07
15. Jumpin' at the Woodside (Basie) - 3:08
16. Shorty George (Basie) - 2:44
17. Jive at Five (Edison) - 2:49
18. Oh Lady Be Good (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 3:10
David Benoit: Here
by AAJ Staff
For his barely posthumous second tribute to long-time friend and inspiration Charles Schulz, pianist David Benoit gathers the talents of Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, producer Tommy LiPuma--and (through the wonders of technology) the late originator Vince Guiraldi--taking the famous Peanuts" scores in authentic but subtly new directions. Though Guiraldi himself contributes to his ...
Count Basie: Swingsation
by AAJ Staff
Known for his wide and wild orchestral arrangements, William Count" Basie also demonstrates a calmer, more concentrated attitude on this first volume of GRP’s new Swingsation" series (which also features classic collections of Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmie Lunceford and Lionel Hampton, among others). From a liliting take on Fats Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose" (featuring sax man Lester Young, ...
Groovology
Label: GRP Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Old School Jam (Albright) - 4:25
2. Groovology (Albright/McQuitty) - 4:47
3. Bring a Li'l Love (Curtis/Walker) - 3:42
4. Ain't No Stoppin' (Albright/Lorber) - 4:19
5. Change the World (Kennedy/Kirkpatrick/Sims) - 5:02
6. I Will Always Love You (Albright/Hammond/Hanes) - 5:09
7. The Next Level (Albright) - 4:43
8. I Need You (Carter/Cymone) - 3:59
9. Don't Hold Back (Albright) - 4:22
10. We Fall Down (Matthews) - 5:49
Gerald Albright: Groovology
by Mike Perciaccante
Saxophonist extraordinaire Gerald Albright is back with his smooth grooves, hence the name of this, his ninth album. Chock full of passionate, fresh tracks and hooks that grab the listener and don't let go, Groovology delivers on every level. Albright has brought in a top-flight roster of sidemen who bring on the funk, and ...
Daylight Express
By Clark Terry
Label: GRP Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Caravan;Candy; Clark's Expedition; Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues; Phalanges; Blues For Daddy-O's Jazz Patio Blues; Basin Street Blues; Daylight Express; Taking A Chance On Love; Festival; Clark's Bars;Daddy-O's Patio; Blues; Impeccable; Paul's Idea;Phat Bach; Milli Terry; Funky; The Girl I Call Baby. (9 compositions written by or co-written by Clark Terry).