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Vinho do Porto

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2008
Track listing: Vinho do Porto; Satin Doll (Instrumental Version); Pools; Cancao que more no ar; Doce de Coco; Aquarela do Brasil; Footprints; Homage to Tom: Sucedeu assim / So Saudade / Angela; Viva O Rio de Janeiro; Vai de Vez; Who's Smokin'?.

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Swing Out

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2008
Track listing: Swing Out; Each Day; Something Else; Swangalang; Beyond the Limit; Minuano; My Shining Hour; Freedom Song; Someday My Prince Will Come.

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Bob Mintzer Big Band: Swing Out

Read "Swing Out" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


The Manchester Crafsmen's Guild is both an institution that preserves, presents and promotes jazz, and an organization that produces a long-running, Grammy-winning series known as MCG Jazz. One favorite son of this label is Bob Mintzer, who is also a member of the Heads Up group, the Yellowjackets.Mintzer is a versatile artist who plays ...

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New York Voices: A Day Like This

Read "A Day Like This" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


At first listen, the New York Voices may bring to mind another two-man, two-woman quartet: The Manhattan Transfer. Both groups harmonize beautifully, and their members take turns as lead vocalist. However, the Transfer is known mostly for vocalization--adding lyrics to previously recorded instrumental songs. New York Voices also do that, but the group covers more songs ...

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Live at MCG

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2007
Track listing: Stompin' at the Savoy; Just You Just Me; Darn That Dream; All the Things You Are; Laura; Line for Lyons; Body and Soul; (Back Home Again In) Indiana; Come Sunday; Capricious.

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Guitars For Christmas

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2007
Track listing: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town; Christmas Time Is Here; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays; Jingle Bells; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; The Christmas Song; Away In A Manger; Joy; Silver Bells; I Wonder As I Wander; In The Happy Long Ago; Winter Wonderland; I'll Be Home For Christmas; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; The Secret Of Christmas; Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (You Descend From The Stars); Angels We Have Heard On High; Silent Night.

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Joe Negri: Guitars For Christmas

Read "Guitars For Christmas" reviewed by Ken Hohman


Mention the name of guitarist Joe Negri to any Pittsburgh native and you'll invariably be greeted with a smile. Negri is a Pittsburgh jazz legend who has gigged with countless performers and symphonies over the decades. He's also loved by millions of baby boomers through his role as “Handyman Negri" on the renowned PBS TV series ...

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Billy Taylor and Gerry Mulligan: Live at MCG

Read "Live at MCG" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


The typical jazz listener easily tires of hearing standards covered by newer artists. However, it's occasionally good to hear the masters revisit some of these old compositions--a way of staying connected. Jazz legends Billy Taylor and Gerry Mulligan have done that with Live at MCG. The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is a non-profit organization in Pittsburgh, USA ...

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Billy Taylor and Gerry Mulligan: Live at MCG

Read "Live at MCG" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Dr. Billy Taylor has spent so much of the latter part of his nearly sixty-year career in jazz as an educator and broadcaster that it's easy to forget what a brilliant pianist he is. This splendid 1993 date, billed as his first-ever performance with the late baritone sax legend Gerry Mulligan, should serve as a reminder ...

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Bebop United

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Children of the Night; Silhouettes; Tones for Jones Bones; His Eyes, Her Eyes; Sack 'O Woes; Back Burner; Close View; The Song is You.


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