Roy Nathanson - Sotto Voce - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This title is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters/Millennium Collection, featuring digital remastering and distinctive packaging (including biographical liner notes), all at a midline price. The Platters remain one of the most successful groups of this century. From R&B classics and pop standards to early rock & roll, The Platters did it all! Every track here was a Top 10 smash hit. Includes InchThe Great Pretender,Inch InchTwilight Time,Inch InchSmoke Gets in Your Eyes,Inch InchHarbor LightsInch and more.

From the Officer's Club in Selma, Alabama comes this rare live performance of early rock tunes; Walt Smith, the leader of this group eventually formed Kim Records

Discovered by Wynton Marsalis, Hargrove made his solo debut in 1990 on Novus/RCA; he made his Verve Records debut in 1994 and had recorded eight albums for the venerable tag, including 2006's double , DISTRACTIONS featuring the contemporary funk/jazz sounds of the RH Factor, and Nothing Serious, featuring straight ahead jazz by the Roy Hargrove Quintet with special guest Slide Hampton. This new album was recorded by Roy's working quintet, playing a repertoire consisting of songs they play live while on tour, mixed in with a few new originals. Simple melodies moving around luscious chords are to the fore, and Roy gets back to his Jazz roots after the RH Factor releases. Ear Food presents a richly colored snapshot of an artist reaching his prime, a young player once dubbed ubiquitously as the 'Young Lion', is now head of the Jazz Pride. He has nothing left to prove as his current trumpet sound reveals in his total command of tone that's inflected with subtle emotions and, when needed, pure Hard Bop power.