Ralph Lalama - Circle LineSwinging, hefty toned tenor saxman tackles the pianoless tenor guitar format, mixing brushfire tempos w. heartfelt ballads, feat. Peter Bernstein guitar, Peter Washington bass & Kenny Washington drums.

but represents a major leap forward in songwriting sophistication and lyrical communication

These are great additions to the very limited double bass literature

The Four Seasons is the first of five releases spread throughout the season celebrating Apollo's Fire's milestone 30th anniversary

either sung in Romani and Russian or only instrumental

an artist with an unmistakably distinctive style and a way with a song whose work transcended the different strands of jazz that emerged during the 20 years or so when he established his reputation and enjoyed all his success as a recording artist

recordings were simply made as a document of something that had been written and rehearsed

with an album written and produced entirely in London with longstanding collaborator Joel Pott

Whispering Bells and Cool Shake along the way

the first release in decades on seminal indie label Car Records (on which Stamey had issued recordings by Chris Bell

violin and piano trios performing today

" Recorded live on the Talk is Cheap Tour at the Hollywood Palladium on December 15th

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