Chris Calloway - Live at Espiritu - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

EPMD (Erick & Parish Making Dollars) closes out the century with the Final Chapter, Out of Business. The album is a collaboration by the super-producer Erick Sermon (Redman, David Hollister, Method Man, Mary J. Blige) and Parish, where once again, the dynamic duo create an explosive set of pioneering rap/funk tracks. The streets are heating up with InchCheck 1, Check 2Inch; 1st single/video InchRight Now.Inch

A great jazz vocalist who first rose to prominence with Stan Kenton's band in the early 1950's, Chris Connor is featured here performing live in New York City with a trio consisting of Steve LaSpina (bass); Fred Hersch (piano) and Tony Tedesco (drums) at Sweet Basil night club on September 25, 1981. This classic live recording has been newly remastered.

BEING is pianist Chris Rottmayer's fourth album. It's a collection of original music, written as part of a study of pianist Mulgrew Miller and his recordings with the Woody Shaw Quintet. Joining him on this album are Russ Johnson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Matt Endres on drums, and jazz master Rufus Reid on acoustic bass. The skillful compositions and virtuosic performances on BEING weave an exotic and mysterious tapestry that explores Miller and Shaw's harmonic and modal concepts.