Rippers - Honesty - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered reissue of the previously obscure 1983 album by the Red Rippers. Written and recorded by Navy pilot Edwin Banks ton, the album's nine battle-scarred country-boogie dispatches chronicle the experiences of Banks ton and his fellow vets in Vietnam and back home. First-ever reissue of this rare collector's item, featuring fully remastered audio and restored artwork. Vinyl edition housed in a thick 24 pt matte jacket, including a coupon.

Marc Jordan has always been about uncompromising quality. He has a way of not doing the obvious, and that's what makes a great songwriter you say it or play it differently than everybody else. - David FosterWaiting for the Sun to Rise sees Jordan turning his gaze outward, writing from a place of weathered wisdom. InchRio Grande,Inch is the album's centerpiece, is a hymn to what's left of the world. Squandered potential and abiding hope live side by side, and a soaring solo by Grammy-winning trumpeter Randy Brecker tops off producer Lou Pomanti's arrangement. The stunning InchColtrane Plays the BluesInch continues Jordan's penchant for mid-century jazz references. Like his thematic cousin Paul Buchanan of the Blue Nile (whose InchThe Downtown LightsInch is covered here), Jordan sets his stories in an after-hours netherworld populated by lonely lovers and disappointed dreamers. Jordan is a Juno Award and Genie Award winner, and in 2019 was Juno-nominated for his last album Both Sides.

While attending a show at the Village Vanguard in 2006, it occurred to Christian McBride that he hadn't played there in nearly 9 years, as he'd been touring the world over. In June of 2007, Christian returned to the Village Vanguard with a group consisting of Steve Wilson, Eric Reed, Carl Allen and a young vibraphonist whom he'd recently met, Warren Wolf. Due to prior commitments, Reed could no longer be in the group, but pianist Peter Martin joined the group immediately upon the of Christian McBride & Inside Straight's first Mack Avenue recording, Kind of Brown, and Peter's been in the piano chair ever since. The Village Vanguard has been McBride and Inside Straight's home for one to two weeks every December. Although many iterations of his groups have played there, Inside Straight was birthed at the Village Vanguard. This particular set was recorded in December of 2014, titled Live at the Village Vanguard.