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
DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL STAR BIG BAND
I'm BeBoppin' Too
STEVE SWALLOW with ROBERT CREELY
So There
GNAPPY
Unloaded
Lewis Porter and Phil Scarff Group
Three Minutes to Four
Various Artists
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars
Bob James & Nathan East
The New Cool
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