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
RACHEL ZAMSTEEN
Bouquet
LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS
MISS SMITH TO YOU
Charlie Watts and the Tentet
Watts at Scott's
Various Blue Note Artists
Somethin’ New
MATTHEW SHIPP
One
Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau
Don't Explain
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