2004-05-06
Bill Charlap is a relatively young jazz pianist who got his big break in 1994 when Bill Mays recommended him as Mays' replacement in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. He's the son of Broadway composer Moose Charlap and singer Sandy Stewart. He's worked with Benny Carter, Clark Terry and Frank Wess as well as accompanist with singers Tony Bennett and Sheila Jordan.Nice interpretations of Leonard Bernstein classics from On the Town, Candide, Fancy Free and, most notably, West Side Story. Longtime collaborators/brother Kenny & Peter Washington join him on this one.
CONNIE EVINGSON WITH DAVE FRISHBERG
Little Did I Dream
CLAYTON CAMERON AND THE JAZZ EXPLOSION
Here's To The Messengers: A Tribute to Art Blakey
OUT TO LUNCH
Melvin's Rockpile
CONRAD HERWIG
THE LATIN SIDE OF HERBIE HANCOCK
Azar Lawrence & Al Mclean
Frontiers
CATHERINE RUSSELL
STRICTLY ROMANCIN'
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