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The Last Recording

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Misty (radio edit); I Thought About You (radio edit); Waltz for Diane (take two); Misty; I Thought About You; Waltz for Diane (take one).

Album

The Church of the Little Black Dog

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; Invitation; Straight Life; Laura, The Windup; My Funny Valentine; T & G; Tombo In 7/4.

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Osland Saxophone Quartet: Commission: Impossible

Read "Commission: Impossible" reviewed by Edward Blanco


The saxophone is probably the one musical instrument that we most associate with this thing we call jazz, yet it is perhaps the last instrument that comes to mind when we think of classical music. The Osland Saxophone Quartet bridges the gap between those genres, playing a repertoire of rich classical jazz in groupings of suites ...

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Full Spectrum Jazz Big Band: Pursuits

Read "Pursuits" reviewed by Jim Santella


Based in California's Silicon Valley, the Full Spectrum Jazz Big Band enjoys a wide variety of music, from bebop to Latin Jazz, fusion and swing, playing with feeling. Featuring talented soloists who openly share their adventures, the band has many strengths. The musicians are cohesive and they balance each other well. The band's arrangements are designed ...

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Doug MacDonald: Gentle Rain

Read "Gentle Rain" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The long tradition of the mellow jazz guitar established by Barney Kessel, Johnny Smith, Herb Ellis, Billy Bauer, Jim Hall and others, and carried forward by Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Ed Bickert, Howard Alden and their peers, remains in the capable hands of (relatively) younger players such as John Pizzarelli, Chris Flory and Joe ...

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Frank Rosolino: The Last Recording

Read "The Last Recording" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Trombonist Frank Rosolino, as brilliant musically as he was troubled personally, led this studio date on August 1, 1978, roughly four months before he took his own life--as well as that of one of his two sons--and seriously wounded the other. Whatever demons haunted Rosolino, they were never visible when he was playing; what came out ...

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Rick Culver Trio: I'm Old Fashioned

Read "I'm Old Fashioned" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Trombonist Rick Culver, now based in Michigan, is a seasoned musician who has spent twenty years playing West Coast Jazz with the big bands of Kim Richmond, Bob Florence, Bill Holman, Gordon Brisker and many others. He has also toured with Buddy Rich, Glenn Miller and the Buddy De Franco big bands. His second album as ...

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Gene Burkert: The Jazz Palette

Read "The Jazz Palette" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A colorful masterpiece of an album, Gene Burkert's second recording as a leader (1996's The System was the first) contains new material in the form of five originals, along with fresh interpretations of a few old standards in one fine, attention-grabbing session. A veteran musician whose credits include playing with some of the biggest names in ...

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Ryan Haines Big Band: New Horizons

Read "New Horizons" reviewed by Edward Blanco


I just can't help but feel that the outlook for big band jazz keeps improving with every new release that hits the shelves these days. This new album by the Ryan Haines Big Band confirms my perception. With nine tasteful charts ranging from contemporary to swing, from blistering to mellow, there's plenty of heart and heat ...

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The Tony Gairo-Gary Rissmiller Jazz Orchestra: Treacherous

Read "Treacherous" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A working big band performing Tuesday nights at the Indulge Restaurant and Night Club in Allentown, Pennsylvania since 2003, the Tony Gairo-Gary Rissmiller Jazz Orchestra debuts with this album sculpted in the finest big band jazz tradition. Led by saxophonist Tony Gairo and drummer Gary Rissmiller, this sixteen-piece ensemble of local players lays down eight tracks ...


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