2006-01-30
For those programmers who pine for another Vince Guaraldi experience after watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas," here's another set of simple but pleasing piano-bass-drums trio music. Other than yet another ill-fated rendition of "Autumn Leaves" (arrrrgggh! enough already!), Roger and his pals competently handle these arrangements and the rhythm section actually gets to pop out into the spotlight with some regularity.1/06 MJVD Jazz-Contemporary
STEVE SWALLOW with ROBERT CREELY
So There
THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA
Rising Sun
BILLY BANG QUINTET FEATURING FRANK LOWE
Above & Beyond: Live in Grand Rapids
L. ZIADE
Project Chill: Memoirs of a Jazz Band
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO
Pacific Premieres
Michelle Coltrane
Awakening
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