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Cat. No.: 532 1622 |
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Various Artists | Blues in the Night
Various Artists
TRACK LISTING CD 1
SBS TV advertised Fantastic compilation showcasing the greatest female jazz/blues voices of all time… Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone to the ‘new’ jazz voices of Karrin Allyson, Natalie Cole and Dianne Reeves. |
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Cat. No.: 723 0705 |
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The Gabe Dixon Band | The Gabe Dixon Band
The Gabe Dixon Band
TRACK LISTING 1. Disappear
The Gabe Dixon Band's new self-titled album is in fact the group's third release, following the 2002 album On a Rolling Ball and the 2005 EP Live at World Café. But there's good reason Dixon, the band's writer/singer/pianist, considers it the GDB's debut. Formed nine years ago by Dixon - then a classical piano major - and his two college roommates, bassist Winston Harrison and drummer Jano Rix, the group added a sax player and spent several years specializing in jazz-inflected, heavily improvised excursions, showcasing the virtuosity of the players. Dixon's elevated piano chops subsequently led to performances with Alison Krauss, O.A.R. and no less than Paul McCartney who tapped Dixon to play keyboards on his Driving Rain album and back McCartney and others on the internationally broadcast 9/11 tribute "Concert For New York City." Offered the keyboard slot for McCartney's world tour, Dixon respectfully declined to focus on his own band and its then-yet-to-be-released debut album. But after a bout of cutbacks and regime changes at Warner Bros., the band's original label, the band reinvented itself as a three-piece song-based unit. The band's rededicated attention to arrangement, classic song-craft, and performance can be heard on the band's eponymous new album, The Gabe Dixon Band. The trio cut the album live off the floor during ten days at Nashville's renowned Blackbird Studios with co-producer/engineer mixer Neal Cappellino (Alison Krauss, Mindy Smith, Jonny Lang) and with bassist Harrison doubling on "mandotar," a modified guitar he created whose sound somewhat resembles that of an electric mandolin. The album embeds vividly detailed, intensely personal and universally relatable songs in elegant yet muscular settings that draw, unabashedly and expertly, on classic rock. |
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Cat. No.: 723 0364 |
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GEORGE BENSON | Songs and Stories
George Benson
TRACK LISTING Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Appreciated as both a musician and performer by millions, George Benson has always had the dual role of expert improviser and vibrant entertainer. He has consistently placed his keenly discerning art in the service of a rousing good time. Rounding out his singular approach with sly, seductive rhythm and blues, he’s earned himself an impeccable reputation as one of music’s most enterprising and engaging stars. Watch the making of Songs and Stories here… |
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