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
THE BIG THREE TRIO
We Got Rhythm
Tin Hat
The Sad Machinery of Spring
JOEY DEFRANCESCO
40
NATE NAJAR TRIO
I’m All Smiles
SAXOPHONE SUMMIT-(Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano)
SAXOPHONE SUMMIT
Matt Flinner Quartet
Walking on the Moon
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