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
CONRAD HERWIG
THE LATIN SIDE OF HERBIE HANCOCK
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
THEIR LAST TIME OUT
FOUR FINGER FIVE
Enormous Pocket
STEVE TURRE
Bones of Art
Jay Geils, Duke Robillard and Gerry Beaudoin
New Guitar Summit
NOAH BAERMAN, WAYNE ESCOFFERY, AMANDA MONACO, VINNIE SPERRAZZA, HENRY LUGO
Playdate
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