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Will St Peter: Honestly
by Dan McClenaghan
Henry Mancini's song “Days Of Wine and Roses" is a classy bit of music. Written for the 1962 movie of the same name, it was much recorded, most successfully by vocalist Andy Williams. And, for jazz aficionados, guitarist Wes Montgomery served up a superb version on his Boss Guitar (Riverside Records, 1963). The album ...
Simone
Album: Blueprints Figure Two: New Designs
By Markus Rutz
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 6:16
Charlie Porter: Hindsight
by Hrayr Attarian
Trumpeter Charlie Porter has proved himself to be an inventive composer whose works are simultaneously thought-provoking and mellifluous. His third and perhaps most immediately relevant release, Hindsight, draws inspiration from the events that came to public attention in 2020. Musically, the nine originals are fluid yet complex and are peppered with sounds from other genres such ...
Rich Pellegrin: Solitude
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Rich Pellegrin teaches at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. But, when he is not teaching, he flies diagonally across the country to land in Seattle. Then he catches a ferry to Whidbey Island--his retreat from the daily hubbub of making a living. His CD release Solitude was recorded there, at the Langley Methodist Church, ...
Improvisation I
Album: Solitude: Solo Improvisations
By Richard Pellegrin
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 1:45
Unicorns and Innocence
Album: Mai-Liis on Life
By Mai-Liis
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 04:52
Idit Shner: Live at the Jazz Station
by Jack Bowers
Alto saxophonist Idit Shner is a professor of saxophone and jazz studies at the University of Oregon. On Live at the Jazz Station, she offers her students (and others) a master class in how to translate academic theory into performance art—and she does it live, without a net, at Portland's Jazz Station. The ...
Charlie Porter: Hindsight
by Paul Rauch
Portland based trumpeter/composer Charlie Porter is back, and following the trend industry wide over the past year, has released a finely crafted collection of pieces attached to a social narrative. Hindsight examines how we act in hindsight dealing with the long term societal struggles of racism, corruption and inequality. While two of the pieces feature the ...
Are You Ready?
By Jihee Heo
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Are You Ready?; Blurring the Blues; Dancing in the Sorrow; Dark and Light; Streams in the Desert; Trust; Oh,
New York; Letter to a Little Girl.
Gentle Beacons
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Old Haven in the Waves; Hearts Aligned; Neukölln; Flying Hat; My Foolish Heart; Monument; Unrest; Picture of a Dream; Friendship in the End (For Julia); Writing Desk.
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