09 Jul
Makin Time by Scott Steen
Best known as a featured player in the neo-swing outfit Royal Crown Revue, trumpeter Scott Steen displays solid jazz chops in a variety of styles on his first release as a …
09 Jul
Alabastro by Age Garcia Trio
At first pass, Brazilian pianist Age Garcia's North American Debut, "Alabastro," seems like a pleasant enough exercise in background jazz with a subtle new-age flavor. That…
07 Jul
Solo by Oscar Peterson
From his early tenure as the house pianist at Verve Records through more than half a century as a leader of his own sessions on a variety of labels, Oscar Peterson has has …
Jeff Kaiser had substantial help with this music, considering that his Ockodektet is a seventeen piece ensemble, but he composed, arranged, conducted, recorded, mastered an…
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This disc pairs two of the giants of Chicago jazz offering a variety of settings that could serve as the soundtrack for a seminar in jazz styles. Marshall Vente has been pr…