Mike Frost Project - Comin Straight at Ya - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Outstanding Drummer Mike Clark unites with Blue Note trumpeter Eddie Henderson, fellow Headhunter Bill Summers, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz and Blackjazz Records legendary bassist Henry Franklin for an amazing new on Wide Hive Records. Kosen Rufu is 10 well crafted compositions that are drawn together by awesome musicianship and a classic version of Erik Dolphy's Hat and Beard. Mike Clark is one of the most sampled drummers in history. Here he reunites with Bill Summers; both were in many bands together and most notably Herbie Hancock's Thrust and Man Child. Joining the rhythm section is Henry Franklin on stand up Bass; known for his work with Hugh Masekela, Stevie Wonder and his eponymous on Blackjazz Records. Also is the band are Skerik on saxophone (Galactic) and virtuoso pianist Wayne Horvitz.

The moving performances on Mike Clark and Michael Zilber's Mike Drop show that kindred spirits can be found no matter the distance. Though both Clark and Zilber came from the West Coast, they found their connection in a love of the serious soul of one of New York City's distinctive styles a seriously swinging, free range jazz. Album Tracks 1. Barshay Fly 2. Sonny Monk 3. Passion Dance 4. You Know I Care 5. Blackbird 6. Norwegian Wood 7. Miyako 8. Monk's Dream 9. Falling in Love

2020 . Trombonist, composer, and arranger Mike Fahie merges classical and jazz idioms with the debut from the Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra. Album Tracks 1. Prélude, Op. 28 No. 20 - Frédéric Chopin 2. InchNessun DormaInch from Turandot - Giacomo Puccini 3. Excerpts from the Firebird - Igor Stravinsky 4. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin from Préludes, Book 1 - Claude Debussy 5. String Quartet No. 1, III. Allegro Vivace - Béla Bartók 6. Symphony No. 6, II. Allegro Con Grazia - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 7. InchSeufzer, Tränen, Kummer, NotInch from Cantata, BWV 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach