Clare Teal - Live At Ebenezer Chapel

Size: 124,4 MB
Time: 54:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009/2013 USA
Styles: Vocal Jazz
Art: Front

01. Tea For Two (4:19)
02. Mountain Greenery (3:06)
03. Brave Face (5:00)
04. Teach Me Tonight (3:54)
05. Heber, The Receiver (3:11)
06. Circle Moon (4:43)
07. Shiny Stockings (3:40)
08. I Loves You Porgy (5:25)
09. Night And Day (3:05)
10. Blues In The Night (5:41)
11. In The Still Of The Night (5:28)
12. The Road Less Travelled (6:23)

Recorded in front of an intimate live audience at The Ebenezer Chapel one snowy night in February 2009. This album has a wonderful vibe and captures perfectly the joyous atmosphere of a very special evening.

Having developed an obsession with her grandmother's old Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday 45s at a young age, critically acclaimed vocalist Clare Teal went onto become one of the biggest names on the U.K. contemporary jazz scene. Born in Kildwick, a tiny village near Yorkshire, in 1973, Teal learned to play the piano, clarinet, and electronic organ before studying music at Wolverhampton University, where she discovered her vocal abilities during an impromptu exam. After stints writing jingles and selling advertising space, she signed a deal with jazz specialty label Candid Records, where she released three albums, That's the Way It Is, Orsino's Songs, and The Road Less Travelled. In 2004, she landed the biggest-ever record contract by a U.K. jazz artist with Sony, and scored a Top 20 album with her major-label debut, Don't Talk. In 2005, she became a regular DJ on BBC Radio 2, hosting both the Big Band Special and Friday Night Is Music Night shows, and a year later, won the BBC Jazz Vocalist of the Year. Teal has since released three LPs, 2007's Paradisi Carousel, 2008's Get Happy, and 2009's Live at the Ebenezer Chapel, appeared on Helmut Lotti's Time to Swing, and is set to release her new studio album, Clare Teal Sings the Great British Songbook, in 2011. ~ Jon O'Brien

Live At Ebenezer Chapel

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Tony Monaco, Yosuke Onuma & Gene Jackson - Live At Cotton Club Japan

Size: 169,8 MB
Time: 74:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hammond B3 Jazz
Art: Front

01. Answering Service ( 8:48)
02. Nice To Be With You ( 9:49)
03. Happy Play Ground ( 9:09)
04. Aglio E Olio ( 9:35)
05. Happy Sergio ( 9:55)
06. Called Love ( 7:49)
07. Slow Down Sagg (10:24)
08. I'll Remember Jimmy ( 8:28)

Tony Monaco is a leader in a modest revival of the Hammond B3 organ in jazz. As he has been with so many fledgling jazz organists, Jimmy Smith played a significant role in attracting Monaco to jazz and retaining his interest in the music. Monaco was 12 years old when he first heard Smith and, as a 16th birthday present, got a phone call from the organ giant. The culmination of this association came when Smith invited the young performer to join him at Smith's club. Monaco has also been fortunate to spend time with other jazz organ masters, including Hank Marr and Dr. Lonnie Smith. He started subbing for players, like Marr, in and around Columbus, OH, when he was just 16. Monaco has also been helped along by one of his peers, Joey DeFrancesco, who produced Monaco's first album, Burnin' Grooves, and joined the session on piano. Monaco added horns to his second album, Master Chops T, released in 2002, giving the Hammond organ player much more flexibility to the arrangements. It also allowed him to take full advantage of the rhythmic invention the electric organ allows its players to engage in. A live follow-up, Intimately Live, followed later that year. In addition to his albums as leader, Monaco has recorded with Eric Neymeyer and neo-bop guitarist Mark Elf. Monaco doesn't rely entirely on his jazz work to support his family. He and his brother run and own a concrete construction business. When not performing or building, Monaco listens to other masters of the organ, including Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes, and Larry Goldings.

Live At Cotton Club Japan

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George Masso Sextet - C'est Magnifique!

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:04
Size: 167.3 MB
Styles: Trombone jazz, Dixieland
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[ 9:40] 1. It's De-Lovely
[10:46] 2. It's All Right With Me
[ 4:48] 3. Why Shouldn't I
[ 7:05] 4. What Is This Thing Called Love
[ 5:47] 5. I Love You, Samantha
[ 9:38] 6. Get Out Of Town
[ 8:40] 7. C'est Magnifique
[ 4:51] 8. Night And Day
[ 7:16] 9. Just One Of Those Things
[ 4:28] 10. Ballad For A Friend

Recorded live at the Hanse-Merkur Auditorium, Hamburg, Germany on March 6, 1999. The fine swing trombonist George Masso leads a top-notch sextet through seven Cole Porter songs on a spirited live date recorded in Hamburg, Germany. Masso has long been a valuable sideman but he also excels as a leader and is generous in allocating solo space. Trumpeter Lou Colombo (long a legend in the Northeast) is heard on one of his best showcases, tenor saxophonist Harry Allen (who sounds quite close to Stan Getz in spots) swings hard, and the rhythm section (pianist Johnny Varro, bassist Phil Flanigan, and drummer Jake Hanna) sounds as good as they look. Easily recommended to swing, trad, and classic jazz collectors. ~ Scott Yanow

George Masso (leader, trombone); Harry Allen (tenor saxophone); Lou Colombo (trumpet, flugelhorn); Johnny Varro (piano); Phil Flanigan (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).

Recording information: Hanse-Merkur Auditorium, Hamburg, Germany (03/06/1999).

C'est Magnifique!

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Trijntje Oosterhuis - For Once In My Life: Songs of Stevie Wonder Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:40
Size: 177.8 MB
Styles: Pop-soul
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[ 0:47] 1. You Will Know
[ 4:00] 2. I Wish
[ 4:04] 3. I Was Made To Love Her
[ 3:48] 4. Pastime Paradise
[ 3:37] 5. Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing
[ 2:38] 6. Lately
[ 1:31] 7. Overjoyed
[ 3:18] 8. For Once In My Life
[ 5:01] 9. All I Do
[ 5:05] 10. Higher Ground
[ 5:02] 11. Living For The City
[ 5:31] 12. These 3 Words
[ 4:59] 13. Love's In Need Of Love Today
[ 4:49] 14. Sir Duke
[ 3:14] 15. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
[ 3:28] 16. Superstition
[12:38] 17. Do I Do
[ 4:02] 18. My Cherie Amour

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE is a Stevie Wonder tribute album by Dutch pop singer Trijntje Oosterhuis.2008 release from the lead singer of Total Touch. On For Once In My Life, Trijntje pays tribute to the songwriting talents of Stevie Wonder. 18 tracks including 'Overjoyed', 'My Cherie Amor', 'Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing' and many more.

Trijntje Oosterhuis (vocals); Berget Lewis, Keith John (vocals); Leendert Haaksma (guitar); Peter Lieberom (tenor saxophone); Jan Van Duikeren (trumpet); Thomas Bank (keyboards); Cyril Directie (drums); Anthony Tolsma (percussion).

Recording information: Bacchus, Leiden, The Netherlands (09/21/1999/09/28/1999); Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (09/21/1999/09/28/1999).

For Once In My Life

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Peter Beets - New York Trio

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:01
Size: 135.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[5:52] 1. Beets' Beat
[7:20] 2. The Game
[4:31] 3. First Song
[7:01] 4. It's Happening
[8:43] 5. The Nearness Of You
[6:12] 6. The Best Thing For You
[5:29] 7. Admirable
[7:21] 8. The Way You Look Tonight
[6:30] 9. Blues For The Apple

"The title of one of Beets' originals -"Admirable"- is an appropriate metaphor for all of them. Stylistically, he's a lineal descendant of such quintessential boppers as Bud Powell, Hampton Hawes, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Kelly and is closely attuned to their modern progeny but with a lyrical outlook and rhytmic conception of his own underscored by tasteful, cogently structured lines that always swing and a technique that rivals anyone this side of vintage Oscar Peterson." ~Cadence

On his debut album for Criss Cross, award-winning Dutch piano virtuoso Peter Beets links up with A-list American bass/drums pair Rodney Whitaker & Willie Jones III for a swinging, meaty program of six Beets originals & three timeless standards. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York on May 22, 2001.

Peter Beets (piano); Willie Jones III (drums). Liner Note Author: Ted Panken.

Recording information: Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY (05/22/2001).

New York Trio

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Roy Orbison - 16 Biggest Hits

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:10
Size: 94.2 MB
Styles: Rock
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:23] 1. Only The Lonely
[2:49] 2. Blue Angel
[2:41] 3. I'm Hurtin'
[2:09] 4. Running Scared
[2:44] 5. Crying
[2:42] 6. Candy Man
[2:31] 7. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
[2:22] 8. The Crowd
[2:37] 9. Leah
[2:24] 10. Workin' For The Man
[2:47] 11. In Dreams
[2:20] 12. Falling
[2:23] 13. Mean Woman Blues
[2:29] 14. Blue Bayou
[2:46] 15. It's Over
[2:55] 16. Oh, Pretty Woman

All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. Roy Orbison scored 20 consecutive Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965, all but the last of them on the Monument Records label. This compilation presents 16 of the first 17 of those hits (missing is the 1963 Christmas song "Pretty Paper"), from the 1960 gold-seller "Only the Lonely" to the 1964 chart-topper "Oh, Pretty Woman," with Orbison's seven other Top Ten hits of the era in between. Technically, a few of Orbison's singles of 1965 and 1966 did a little better in the charts than a few of the ones here, and, of course, he scored a final, posthumous Top Ten hit with "You Got It" on Virgin Records in 1989. But this collection presents the music from the hottest part of his career in chronological order, with standards like "Crying" sharing space with lesser, but still worthy songs like "I'm Hurtin'." Aficionados know Orbison's Sun works, and his later recordings earned him a new audience, but the Monument hit singles of the early '60s are what he is best remembered for, and they're all here. ~ William Ruhlmann

16 Biggest Hits

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T.J. Graham - Small Day Tomorrow

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:30
Size: 113,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:06)  1. Lullaby of Birdland
(5:17)  2. Small Day Tomorrow
(3:05)  3. Senor Blues
(4:19)  4. Skylark
(2:38)  5. Mean to Me
(3:55)  6. Memphis In June
(2:00)  7. In Love In Vain
(3:55)  8. Sugar
(5:46)  9. God Bless the Child
(3:15) 10. Agua de Beber
(5:13) 11. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(3:18) 12. Too Marvelous for Words
(3:39) 13. Find Your Love

T.J.'s infectious style and remarkably natural stage presence might come as a surprise to those who only know her as Dr. Graham. Currently a professor of Teacher Education in a local institution of higher education, T.J. has been a leader in the Midsouth education system for several years. Although she loves her status as an educator, she says that she feels most comfortable on stage, especially when she is performing with master musicians such as those local and nationally recognized musicians playing on the "Small Day Tomorrow" project, which includes traditional jazz swing, ballads, and Latin songs. For this brilliant album, producer John Lightman has assembled some of the finest musicians in the world to support and showcase T.J.'s sensual voice. Many of the songs on this CD were not so well known jazz tunes such as the stunning title ballad. Graham's and Lightman's musical partnership has produced a debut album which is certain to become a future classic.

Born in Buffalo, New York, T.J. Graham knew early in her life that jazz was her true passion. Growing up in an era when pop sounds of musicians such as Michael Jackson, the Commodores, Jeffrey Osborne, etc. were all the rage among her peers, T.J. found herself drawn to such jazz greats as Betty Carter, Shirley Horn, Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Al Jarreau, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Johnny Hartman and Nat "King" Cole. While T.J. cites these and other jazz greats as her major influences, she credits Ella Fitzgerald(her mother's favorite jazz vocalist) as being her initial inspiration.

T.J. has performed and/or sat in with many of Memphis' most notable jazz artists such as, Gene Rush, Donald Brown, Rene Koopman, Herman Green, Calvin Newborn, Joyce Cobb, Renardo Ward, John Lightman, Barry Johnson, Dom Fosco, Chris Ward, Mark "Dr. Scat" Weiss, Carl Wolfe, Charlton Johnson, Billy Gibson, the late James Austin (of the Platters), Irving Evans, the VA Swing Big Band and the Bill Jordan Big Band, to mention a few. She has also had the opportunity to study with nationally recognized jazz vocal greats Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton. T.J. is most proud of the fact that she has acquired a wealth of musical knowledge from her music teacher, Irving Evans (pianist), whom she fondly refers to as "The Maestro." She feels that studying with "Maestro" Evans has elevated her to a higher level of musicianship. Beginning in the summer of 2003, upon her return from the Vermont Summer Jazz Workshop where she studied with Ms. Jordan and Ms. Clayton, she began performing regularly on Friday and Saturday nights with Evans.

If you were at one of T.J.'s live performances, you would at once be drawn to her magnetic and infectious style. Her elegant manner of delivering a song makes her a favorite among jazz vocalists. Those on the receiving end of T.J.'s performances are never disappointed; they are always in for a real treat, because she never fails to draw them in, making them as much a part of the show as possible. Able to perform tunes from various musical genres as well as having a vast repertoire of jazz standards, T.J. is able to take requests and to deliver almost always. She has adopted the motto of her mentor, Irving Evans, "Always play pretty for the people" and she always does just that!

T.J. is definitely a songstress who will make lovers of female jazz vocalists sit up and take notice. She reminds listeners of all that was authentic, sultry, sensual, and sincere in the music of such jazz greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Carmen McCrae, Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Nancy Wilson, June Christie, Betty Carter, etc. She is definitely one to watch on the jazz scene!  

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Small Day Tomorrow

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Anita Wardell & Benn Clatworthy - If You Never Come To Me

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:02
Size: 128,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:29)  1. If You Never Come To Me
(6:15)  2. Spring Is Here
(5:55)  3. I Wish You Love
(3:42)  4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(7:13)  5. I Get Along Without You Very Well
(4:22)  6. I'll Be Seeing You
(7:38)  7. I'm A Fool To Want You
(4:22)  8. Love Came On Stealthy Fingers
(6:54)  9. Weaver Of Dreams
(4:08) 10. Falling In Love With Love

Anita Wardell's singing is exciting and breathtaking. She is noted for her mesmerizing and captivating vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos. Anita is a musician who uses the voice as her instrument, displaying precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion. Singer Norma Winstone praised her “unexpected vulnerability, which makes her reading of the ballads both beautiful and touching. Her honesty shines in this well-chosen collection of songs.” Bebop pioneer, Mark Murphy, proclaimed Anita, “a gift from Australia”, adding “What hits me, is how expressive her ballad singing is. Then she has the courage to scat a ballad or two, not unlike a young lady disciple of the Ben Webster school.” Born in Guildford, UK, Anita moved to Australia with her family as a child. Anita's formative years were spent soaking up the Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter classics. She also explored her father's collection of big band albums by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many more. During her teens, she started to get to grips with the complexities of modern Jazz when she discovered Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. At the same time she learned her vocal craft from greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Jon Hendricks and Eddie Jefferson. 

After attending secondary School she completed her degree in Music at the Adelaide University. In 1990, Anita relocated back to the UK where she studied at the Guildhall school of music and drama.  Anita's recording career began in 1995 with her CD,Why do you Cry? featuring pianist Liam NobleIn 1998 she released Straight Ahead with international star pianist Jason Rebello. Japan's most popular jazz publication, Swing Journal, gave its endorsement, writing, “she's the real thing who can fluently scat and vocalese!” Her longstanding musical relationship with pianist Robin Aspland started with the release of Until The Stars Fade in 2001 also featuring the exciting US drummer Gene Calderazzo and Jeremy Brown on bass. Jazzwise Magazine called her “energetic and inventive” while The Guardian proclaimed her “a model of the Jazz singer’s art”, highlighting her clarity, improvisational skills and emotional resonance. In 2004 she teamed up with tenor saxophonist, Benn Clatworthy, and recorded If You Never Come to Me. Anita was signed to Proper Records in 2006 and recorded Noted (2006) and Kinda Blue (2008). Her latest album, The Road, is due for release in summer 2013. Anita received the prestigious BBC Jazz Award for Best of Jazz category in 2006. This, coupled with the release of Kinda Blue has propelled Anita into the major artist arena. She has guested on many local and international recordings.  http://m.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=2420

If You Never Come To Me

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Paul Young - Rock Swings

Styles: Adult Contemporary
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:41
Size: 109,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:24)  1. Tainted Love
(4:05)  2. Bennie And The Jets
(4:29)  3. Enter Sandman
(4:10)  4. Why Does It Always Rain On Me
(4:26)  5. Isn't It A Pity
(4:15)  6. The Boys Of Summer
(5:13)  7. Lose Yourself
(4:01)  8. Hungry Heart
(3:06)  9. I'd Better Get My Coat
(3:07) 10. In The Ghetto
(3:24) 11. The Jean Genie
(3:56) 12. Walk On The Wild Side

For much of the '80s, Paul Young rivaled Simply Red's Mick Hucknall as the top blue-eyed soul/pop singer in the U.K. In America, Young was known primarily for his lone chart-topper "Every time You Go Away," but was able to sustain his commercial success at home for much of the decade. He was chiefly an interpretive singer, and although he did write some of his own material, his greatest strengths lay in covering R&B classics and rescuing forgotten chestnuts from obscurity. Unfortunately, Young's career was interrupted periodically by difficulties with his voice, and those health problems substantially curtailed his activities in the '90s.

Paul Young was born in Luton, north of London in Bedfordshire, on January 17, 1956. He started his music career playing bass and guitar in several local bands, gradually working his way up to lead singer posts. Young first made a splash as frontman of new wavers the Streetband, who scored a national U.K. hit with 1978's "Toast." When they disbanded in 1979, Young and several bandmates quickly regrouped as the Q-Tips, a retro-minded soul outfit with a jones for classic Motown. With a self-titled album on Chrysalis and a relentless touring schedule, the Q-Tips generated significant interest in Young's solo potential, and in 1982 he signed with CBS, hastening the Q-Tips' breakup.

Young forged a songwriting partnership with Q-Tips keyboardist Ian Kewley, who also joined Young's new backing band the Royal Family (complete with a subset of female backup singers dubbed the Fabulous Wealthy Tarts). His debut solo single, "Iron Out the Rough Spots," was released in late 1982, and was followed by a cover of Nicky Thomas' reggae-pop hit "Love of the Common People." Neither single did particularly well on the charts, but his version of the lesser-known Marvin Gaye number "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" was a roaring success, topping the U.K. charts and pushing his debut album, No Parlez, to the same position later that year. No Parlez gave Young his first Top 40 hit in the U.S. with the Jack Lee-penned "Come Back and Stay" (a U.K. Top Ten), and also drew attention with its left-field cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Young mounted an international tour in support of the album, which sold several million copies worldwide; afterwards, however, he suffered the first of numerous throat ailments which would pop up throughout his career.

Kept out of action for much of the latter-half of 1984, Young nonetheless made a contribution to the Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" single, and returned to the U.K. Top Ten with a version of Ann Peebles' "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down." The latter appeared on his sophomore album The Secret of Association, released in 1985. That year, Young scored the biggest hit of his career with "Every time You Go Away," a previously obscure Hall & Oates album track from 1980. "Every Time You Go Away" topped the pop charts in both the U.K. and U.S., ending up as far and away his biggest success in the latter. Young followed it with another U.K. Top Ten hit in the original "Everything Must Change," and watched The Secret of Association become his second U.K. chart-topping album.

Young concentrated mostly on original material (co-written with Kewley) on his third album, 1986's Between Two Fires. A slicker, less soul-flavored outing, Between Two Fires sold respectably to Young's U.K. fan base, but didn't produce any major hits, and slowed his momentum somewhat. In its wake, Young took several years off from recording, chiefly for personal reasons but also to rest his voice. He didn't return until 1990, when Other Voices restored his commercial standing with a reading of the Chi-Lites' classic "Oh Girl," his only other U.S. Top Ten. He returned to the U.K. Top Five in 1991 with "Senza Una Donna (Without a Woman)," a duet with Italian pop singer Zucchero that appeared on Young's hits comp From Time to Time: The Singles Collection. In 1992, Young's version of Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" rose from the Fried Green Tomatoes soundtrack to top the U.S. adult contemporary charts, even though it missed the pop Top 20.

By this time, health problems were beginning to exact a toll on Young's voice, yet he remained a viable performer. 1993's The Crossing was his final album for Columbia, spawning the U.K. single "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue." In late 1994, Young issued an album of soul covers called Reflections, on the smaller Vision Music label. He then disappeared for several years, giving occasional live performances but mostly resting his voice and procuring new material. Eventually, Young signed with East/West, for whom he released an eponymously titled album in 1997. Displaying a stronger country influence, the record failed to sell well even in the U.K., and Young found himself without a label again. In 1999, he mounted a small-venue tour of the U.K. that earned him solid reviews. He subsequently concentrated on Los Pacaminos, a Tex-Mex/country-rock band he'd started on an informal basis in the mid-'90s; they issued a self-titled debut album in 2002. ~Bio  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paul-young/id892951#fullText

Rock Swings

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Kenny Werner - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 34

Styles: Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@192K/s
Time: 58:49
Size: 81,2 MB
Scans: Front

(13:07)  1. Roberta Moon
( 8:37)  2. Someday My Prince Will Come
(12:09)  3. In Your Own Sweet Way/Naima
( 7:40)  4. Autumn Leaves
( 4:46)  5. Try to Remember/St. Thomas
( 6:42)  6. Guru
( 5:45)  7. A Child Is Born

Kenny Werner's Maybeck recital, volume 34 in the series, wanders even more freely and unpredictably than most, establishing his footing somewhere just outside the periphery of mainstream solo piano. A neo-romantic, free-associative spirit pervades these excursions, which sometimes end up in surprising places. The opening "Roberta Moon" roams in an almost new age-like manner until it reaches a streak of high velocity, while "Someday My Prince Will Come" is more boppish, with some nice abrupt transitions. An attractive voyage through "In Your Own Sweet Way" moves through "Jeepers Creepers," a snatch of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," and finally ends up at the door of "Naima." The way he gets around "Try to Remember" before breaking playfully into "St. Thomas" is especially interesting. A most attractive entry in the long Maybeck line.(by Richard S. Ginell) http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-maybeck-recital-hall-vol-34-mw0000122177

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 34

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