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CD RELEASE: CATCH THE GROOVE – LIVE AT THE PENTHOUSE 1963-1967 BY CAL TJADER

Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Milt Jackson, Terry Gibbs, Roy Ayers, Bobby Hutcherson, Peter Appleyard, Jay Hoggard, Gary Burton, Joe Locke, Steve Nelson, Stefon Harris, Warren Wolf, Joel Ross. The list of major jazz vibraphonists is brief, but their jazz contributions to the instrument’s status progressed through the generations as their …

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CD RELEASE: MAXIMUM SWING – THE UNISSUED 1965 HALF NOTE RECORDINGS BY THE WES MONTGOMERY/WYNTON KELLY TRIO

This release represents quite the event, even for Resonance Records, which has produced six previous Wes Montgomery albums. The excitement of all the professionals involved in this newly released and painstakingly engineered recording is evident in producer Zev Feldman’s essay within the CD package, which describes this album’s uniqueness within …

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CD RELEASE: THE GENNETT SUITE BY THE BUSELLI/WALLARAB JAZZ ORCHESTRA

The Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra’s recording of The Gennett Suite is a remarkable event. Not only because of co-founder Brent Wallarab’s imaginative interpretations of influential early jazz recordings at Gennett’s studios. But also because of his vision for developing an eleven-part suite of four movements, lavishly produced, that honors the importance …

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