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.
WYNTON MARSALIS
From The Plantation To The Penitentiary
ELVIS COSTELLO AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT (“Two-SAHN-t”)
The River in Reverse
EVA CASSIDY
– Somewhere
CCM Jazz Orchestra
In Search Of Garaj Mahal
GAIL DAVIES
SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU
PETE ESCOVEDO
LIVE FROM STERN GROVE
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