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
DIANNE REEVES
When You Know
RASHIED ALI QUINTET
Judgment Day
MELODY GARDOT
My One and Only Thrill
Greg Merritt Jazz Quartet
New York Sexy
JEFF COFFIN MU'TET
Mutopia
BEN ALLISON AND MAN SIZE SAFE
Little Things Run the World
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