Bob Helm with the El Dorado Jazz Band - 1955 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bob James' first Inchbest-ofInch gets the job done right 2 CDs with 27 tracks from 17 albums spanning more than 25 years! Disc one includes his 1974 hit Feel Like Making Love; his famous Taxi theme, Angela; funky, much-sampled tracks like Westchester Lady and Night Crawler, and more. Disc two features his collaborations with David Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Grover Washington, Jr. And many others. Pianist-composer Bob James has been a mainstay on the contemporary jazz scene from the early '70s to today. His bell-like electric piano sound made him a radio favorite and a Grammy Award winner. This two-CD set contains James's greatest hits. There are the hip-hop sampled, snappy CTI tag smashes like InchNautilusInch and InchWestchester Lady,Inch as well as the plaintive InchTouchdownInch and the popular InchAngela (The Theme from Taxi)Inch from his Columbia Records days. But there's also InchHockneyInch and the classical work, InchFarandole,Inch which showcase his beautiful acoustic jazz piano sound and his overlooked arranging skills. This compendium includes a multitude of sideman and collaborators, including Hubert Laws, Jon Faddis, Earl Klugh, Ron Carter, and David Sanborn. InchBrighton by the SeaInch with Grover Washington Jr. (originally appearing on James's H album), is rhythmically revamped with a zesty 21st-century drum & bass remix, showing that the music of Bob James is melodic, moving, and modern.

Bob Stewart - First Line [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/05/2002

Bob Brookmeyer - The Brookmeyer Bands Early Years 1954-56 - Bob Brookmeyer, born in 1929, was a jazz trombonist, a renowned exponent of the valve trombone, who came to the fore during the 1950s with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra and in the Stan Getz group, before starting his career leading his own bands, as well as playing with the likes of Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry and others. His compositional style drew on contemporary classical writing, incorporating atonality, chromatic harmony and other techniques to develop distinctive themes and structures. This 32-track 2-CD set comprises the titles from several of his early albums, on which he is leader, co-leader or featured perfomer. They comprise InchTeddy Charles New Direction Quartet feat. Bob BrookmeyerInch on Prestige (later released on the Prestige LP InchThe Dual Role Of Bob BrookmeyerInch), InchBob Brookmeyer Featuring Al CohnInch on Storyville, InchThe Bob Brookmeyer QuartetInch on Pacific Jazz, InchBob Brookmeyer Plays Bob BrookmeyerInch on Clef and InchThe Bob Brookmeyer QuintetInch on Prestige (also part of InchThe Dual Role Of Bob BrookmeyerInch). It features performances with Teddy Charles, Teddy Kotick, Ed Shaughnessy, Al Cohn, John Williams, Bill Anthony, Frank Isola, Henri Renaud, Jimmy Gourley, Red Mitchell, Jimmy Rowles, Buddy Clark, Mel Lewis and Jimmy Raney. Capturing him in the early years of his career, it's an enlightening introduction his music and an enjoyable showcase for distinctive style of playing and composing.