Rhett Forrester - Sessions - VINYL LP

High Roller Records, When the late great Rhett Forrester left New York's Riot after their well received 1983 »Born In America« album, it did not take too long for him to start work on his first solo record. »Gone With The Wind« was originally issued on French tag Bernett Records in 1984. »Even The Score« from 1988 was the second and last official solo album by Rhett Forrester as the legendary singer was shot and killed in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 22nd 1994 at the age of 37. Although »Even The Score« was not followed by another studio album, Rhett did not stop recording new music, collaborating with various musicians in different bands and projects over a period of six years until his untimely death in 1994. Two of them can be heard on »The Canadian Years«. Dr. Dirty (the group was initially called Mr. Dirty but the name was changed to Dr. Dirty because of the use of two D's for a logo) was the brainchild of guitarist Rob Robins. He explains InchScot Gaines on bass and myself had been writing for almost a year when we ran into Rhett Forrester in Calgary. He had just finished his time with Rick Plester's Black Symphony. We were looking for a singer to do some gigs with. Rhett's name was brought up and we had a meeting with him, and it seemed like a great fit! We immediately played him the songs we had been working on. Rhett was always great in the studio getting his parts down. Totally pro. No matter what we would throw at him, Rhett always delivered a great performance.Inch The actual demo sessions for Dr. Dirty took place from 1992 through to early 1993. Rob Robins InchWe did four songs in Calgary 'Red Bone Rock', 'Smoking Gun', 'In And Out' and 'Coming Home'. In LA we did 'Rescue Me', 'Hold On', 'Love Song' and 'Too Little Too Late'. Originally we had some interest from a tag just when the project split up.Inch Probably one of Rhett Forrester's most unusual co

On a cold November evening in 1980, 3000 jazz fans filled the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier Hall of Place des Arts in Montreal, Quebec to attend what promised to be, a swinging evening featuring six of the biggest names in bebop. Billed The Concert of the Century - A Tribute to Charlie Parker, and under the direction of Dizzy Gillespie - one of the best jazz trumpeters of all time - the event featured legendary performers Hank Jones - piano, Ray Brown - bass, Milt Jackson - vibes, Philly Joe Jones - drums and James Moody on tenor sax and flute. Local club owner Roue Doudou Boicel, who produced the concert, had the foresight to record the concert in it's entirety. A limited quantity bootleg LP of the concert soon appeared and then disappeared from the marketplace, those tapes lay dormant for over 30 years. This historic recording opens with rapturous applause that sets the tone with Dizzy's own InchBlues 'N' Boogie. InchAlso featured are several classic standards - some more well known then others - including InchDarben The Redd Foxx, Inch InchTime On My Hands, Inch InchGet Happy, Inch InchThe Shadow Of Your SmileInch and InchStardust.Inch All the players are at the top of their game and having a blast, as evidenced by the banter and repartee between songs. Concert of the Century, pristinely restored and remastered, features two tracks that weren't on the original pressing from the early '80s - Ralph Rainger's InchIf I Should Lose YouInch and an incredible eight minute bass solo by Ray Brown.

Ivan Klansky - Complete Piano Works, vol. 6 [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/1999