Flute Bass-ics – Chip Shelton
8 July 2014 Darby
Flute Bass-ics is an ear-friendly accessible collection of originals and standards, with moods varying from traditional to reggae to funk to contemporary _ it speaks knowingly to ‘Jazz enthusiasts’ as well as the ‘Jazz initiate’.
Whatever Bubbles Up – The Bob Florence Limited Edition
8 July 2014 Darby
Multi-talented, Grammy-Award-winner Bob Florence has garnered national and international acclaim as a jazz composer, arranger, band-leader, keyboardist, accompanist and educator.
White Men Can’t Monk – Chuck Marohnic Jazz Trio
8 July 2014 Darby
A dynamic live performance (with two studio tracks) captured in the most intimate of settings finds these two long-time friends on top of their playing-A wonderfully recorded scintillating set!
No Turning Back – Fred Hughes
8 July 2014 Darby
…this album is exciting with its fresh approach to the music and is the way a piano trio should sound. Highly recommended. -All About Jazz
When Cooler Heads Prevail – Bill Anschell Trio
8 July 2014 Darby
…what a trio it is…beautifully recorded album…Anschell’s relaxed and fluid playing can become powerful and intense when called upon…Anschell has cataloged some of the best talents in jazz from (the South)…
…joined by drummer and percussionist Woody Williams, who is explosive on drums and hand percussion – including bata, bongo, cajon, cowbell, koto, pandero, rattle, shaker, and tan-tan – and by top-notch bassists, Rodney Jordan…and Neal Starkey…
-Ed Trefzger, editor of the Yellow Dog Jazz Report
Quiet – Phillip Strange
8 July 2014 Darby
Quiet, Phillip Strange’s personal solo piano recording, provides an intimate look into the artistic center of a musical mind that approaches every composed or improvised note of these performances with sincerity, modesty, and honesty.