Doug Munro - Big Boss Bossa Nova - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Guitarist Doug Munro's fourth album for CMG, InchBig Boss Bossa Nova,Inch is just what the title implies - bossa nova writ large. It's an ebullient, up-beat affair that features the work of Palmetto recording artists Javon Jackson and Ray Vega who, along with bassist Harvie S. and drummer Richie Morales, lend a distinctive salsa flair to the proceedings. InchStella by Starlight,Inch InchLow Rider,Inch and InchMilestones,Inch along with eight original Munro compositions, are all rendered in what Munro describes as his Inchslightly twisted take on the bossa nova and samba.Inch

A limited edition, ultra rare 1986 doo wop/rock n' roll single from Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll Against Famine featuring the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, featuring two exclusive original vinyl mixes of InchOur Message to The People (For The Children),Inch newly remastered and finally available in the digital domain.

For his third OA2 recording, composer/pianist Rich Pellegrin presents his decade-old quintet performing five enigmatic compositions that range from the raw intensity of InchTrialInch to the mystical, inscrutable hues of the title cut, InchDown.Inch On an added expanded version of InchDown,Inch recorded with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble from the University of Missouri, eleven diverse musicians create a radiant texture of interweaving lines, extending the vital, collaborative focus for which his band is already known. InchPellegrin seems to have multiple influences, displaying at times the density and drive of pianist McCoy Tyner, elsewhere sounding free and unpredictable, like no one but himself.Inch - ALL ABOUT JAZZ.InchStrikingly original music... Phenomenally sensitive and expressive... Pellegrin is clearly an artist to watch.Inch - Earshot Jazz