The Rippingtons - Life in the Tropics
Pete Levin Band - Certified Organic
Larry Vuckovich Trio - High Wall
various - 40 Years, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Cal Tjader - Cuban Fantasy
Donny McCaslin Trio - Recommended Tools
Spyro Gyra - Wrapped in a Dream
Yellowjackets - Four Corners
Dan Cray Trio (live) - Over Here Over Heard
Among the new arrivals: Sean O'Bryan Smith - Tapestry
No disrespect toward trios intended, but it seems like every other new release I've gotten since mid summer was a trio of one kind or another. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it really is excellent music. But I'm more of a band man, thus my favor of groups like Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets, Rippingtons. I can only hear so many piano/organ-bass-drum sets before my eyes start to gloss over. So when I heard the funky electric bass at the start of Sweet, the opening track of Sean's album, I was like - Yesssssssssss! A badly needed change of pace. I'm only to track 2, Fresh Cup, so far, but I'll say this is the kind of recording I want when it comes to "smooth" jazz. Catchy, perhaps, but not clicheish.
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And when he cut open the shark, there was a leg.
- Missy, "Uncle Bob's Leg" (unedited)
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