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.
NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS
OUROBOROS
FUMOSONIC
– Love is Everything
MELODY GARDOT
Worrisome Heart
CLUTCHY HOPKINS (Meets Lord Kenjamin)
Music is My Medicine
ALON NECHUSHTAN
Words Beyond
Little Charlie And Organ Grinder Swing
Skronky Tonk
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