Jesse Van Ruller - Here and There - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It's been ten years now since Jesse Van Ruller won the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition (the first European artist to do so), and yet audiences have yet to fully appreciate his immense talents. Criss Cross. 2006. Album Tracks 1. Silk Rush 2. Super Dry 3. Holistic 4. Sway 5. Amsterdam 6. Gladiator Glamour 7. Tear Jam 8. Strung Out

Award winning Dutch guitarist Jesse Van Ruller changes gears on his second Criss Cross outing, fronting a stellar quartet with Seamus Blake on tenor sax, Sam Yahel on organ, and Bill Stewart on drums. His previous album focused mainly on standards and classic jazz vehicles. In contrast, InchCirclesInch showcases the leader's compositional talents first and foremost. In addition to six varied Van Ruller originals and one by tenor man Seamus Blake, the group offers a ballad reading of InchGone with the WindInch and a brisk, odd-metered rendition of the Irving Berlin classic InchCheek to Cheek.Inch with his crisp tone, fluid phrasing, and vibrant imagination, Van Ruller continues to stake his claim as one of the globe's most promising straight-ahead jazz stylists. Album Tracks 1. One 2. Circles 3. Here Comes the Sun 4. Black Dahlia 5. 33 Waltz 6. Zoab 7. Gone with the Wind 8. Secret Champ

Album Tracks 1. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love 2. East Coasting 3. Celia 4. Peggy's Blue Skylight 5. Moanin' 6. Slippers 7. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk 8. So Long Eric 9. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 10. Ecclusiastics 11. Dizzy Moods