Phil Norman leads his critically acclaimed Tentet (the cream of the crop of LA-based session men; Carl Saunders, Andy Martin, Ron Stout, Roger Neumann, Larry Koonse, Rusty Higgins, Scott Whitfield, Tom Rizzo, Christian Jacob, Kevin Axt, Dick Weller, and Brad Dutz) through ten incredibly well-written charts including the Alan Broadbent original, Mendocino Nights† and the Carl Saunder’s penned tribute, Dear Mr. Florence. Since 1995 the group’s ongoing mission remains transforming the sounds of cool modern west coast jazz for the new millennium. Their previous MAMA release stayed, which was ‘live’, stayed on jazz radio’s Top 50 chart for 24 straight weeks.

Dave Miller’s first recording on Summit reached #12 on the JazzWeek radio chart, here he brings the vocals of Rebecca Dumaine and the ‘great American songbook’ for an absolute wonderfully performed, very enjoyable recording! Traditional standards from the Great American Songbook never grow old and are indeed given new life on this marvelous outing!

An extremely powerful performance from Chuck Owen and his ‘mighty’ Jazz Surge! ‘Spawned’ from an arranging competition in honor of the great Michael Brecker’s extraordinary compositional skill, this recording is very special!….with performances by Randy Brecker, Danny Gottlieb, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano , Mike Mainieri, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Stern and Rob Thomas…

Combine a renowned, acclaimed, brilliant trumpeter with a Grammy-finalist brilliant piano player, and a richly experienced bassist and percussionist and you have: BM4!