2004-05-06
Bill Charlap is a relatively young jazz pianist who got his big break in 1994 when Bill Mays recommended him as Mays' replacement in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. He's the son of Broadway composer Moose Charlap and singer Sandy Stewart. He's worked with Benny Carter, Clark Terry and Frank Wess as well as accompanist with singers Tony Bennett and Sheila Jordan.Nice interpretations of Leonard Bernstein classics from On the Town, Candide, Fancy Free and, most notably, West Side Story. Longtime collaborators/brother Kenny & Peter Washington join him on this one.
EVA CASSIDY
– Somewhere
Bill Charlap Trio
Somewhere: The Music of Leonard Bernstein
TOM GAVORNIK
Acceleration
JEFF HEALEY & THE JAZZ WIZARDS
Its Tight Like That
Michael Gamble And The Rhythm Serenaders
Get Rhythm In Your Feet
ARJUN
Pieces
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