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.
STEFON HARRIS
African Tarantella
Bill Charlap Trio
Somewhere: The Music of Leonard Bernstein
DANIEL SMITH
Bebop Bassoon
MSMW
Out Louder
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Friday the 13th The Micros Play Monk
T-Bird And The Breaks
Harmonizum
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