Gene Estes Quartet - On the Edge - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A Tacoma native, pianist Gene Argel left the Northwest in his early twenties to gig in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and points west, including the island of Maui, where he's lived since 1982. In this big-hearted outing, Gene returned to Seattle to join old friends for his recording debut as a leader - at 76 years old! They create music that is joyful, soulful and funky, as heard on Jay Thomas Baby Gator,' two beautiful tunes from his long time Maui collaborator, guitarist Shiro Mori and compositions inspired by Gene's family heritage InchAnnette,Inch for Metlakatla, a Tsimpshian community in British Columbia, and Inch Haida Welcome Song,Inch Gene's arrangement of an age-old chant. A beloved figure in Hawaiian Island and Northwest music communities for four decades, this debut is a long time coming. 'If a lifetime of soulfulness, joy and good karma could be distilled into a single recording, it would sound exactly like this.Inch Album Tracks 1. Annette 2. People 3. Time Sweet Time 4. Soul Leo 5. Baby Gator 6. Geneology 7. Haida Welcome Song 8. Hermosa 9. If I Loved You

The first album released by the most sought-after tag, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only natural that the tag's debut record featured Russell himself, with the fitting title New Direction. Oft-bootlegged, with original copies commanding princely sums, New Direction, while a fairly straight-ahead piano trio outing, sets the tone for the entire tag with it's modal and soul jazz flourishes, and features such sidemen as double bassist Henry InchThe SkipperInch Franklin and drummer Steve Clover. Real Gone's reissue includes the distinctive original Black Jazz album art along with new liner notes by Pat Thomas, the author of Listen Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975. Remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision... a lost jazz classic sounding better than ever! Album Tracks 1. Black Orchid 2. Hitting the Jug 3. Willow Weep for Me 4. Listen Here 5. On Green Dolphin Street 6. Silver's Serenade 7. My Cherie Amour 8. Making Bread

Portland's Bridge Quartet, an exciting collective ensemble, brings four critically acclaimed musicians together. Known for their adventurous, hard-swinging playing and inventive compositions, pianist Darrell Grant, saxophonist Phil Dwyer, bassist Tom Wakeling, and drummer Alan Jones combine deep swing and lyricism, with harmonic and rhythmic inventiveness to make music that bridges day and night, power and tenderness, past and future, countries and continents, hearts and minds. Album Tracks 1. Wouldn't It Be Loverly [7 37] 2. Exidence [10 28] 3. Angel Street [6 33] 4. Where or When [6 38] 5. Strode Rode [5 48] 6. Italian Sorrow [7 51] 7. Milestones [8 28] 8. Three for Three [6 41]