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.
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
THEIR LAST TIME OUT
IVAN "FUNKBOY" BODLEY
PIGS FEET & POTTED MEAT
CHRISTIAN HOWES
Southern Exposure
SEAN SULLIVAN
Hereafter
Bob James & Nathan East
The New Cool
THE DEAD KENNY G'S
Bewildered Herd
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