Prior Releases - Arbors Records

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2008-2009 Catalog
CLASSIC JAZZ LIVES ON
“Best Jazz Record Label,” The Mississippi Rag, August 1999
Selected as one of best Jazz Record Labels 2003 – 2006
in Down Beat polls and for 2005 by All About Jazz
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Previews of coming attractions
(Visit web site www.arborsrecords.com for updated release information.)
Eddie Erickson Live with His International Swing Band: I’m Old Fashioned
Fast Eddie leads and sings with an all-star group of Menno Daams (trumpet, Holland), Bill Allred (trombone, USA), Antti Sarpila (reeds, Finland), Rossano Sportiello (piano, Italy), Henning Gailing (bass,
Germany), Moritz Gastreich (drums, Germany) on 15 tunes, including Pick Yourself Up, That’s a Plenty, My
Honey’s Lovin’ Arms, Little White Lies and Sweet and Slow. ARCD 19373 (Available winter 2009)
Johnny Varro Featuring Ken Peplowski: Two Legends of Jazz
Two premier jazz artists, Johnny Varro and Ken Peplowski joined by Frank Tate and Joe Ascione are in
fine form as they swing through Bluesette, You’re a Sweetheart, Secret Love, Out of Nowhere, Someday You’ll Be
Sorry and ten more. ARCD 19363 (Available winter 2009)
The Antti Sarpila Quartet: We’d like New York … in June!
“This truly international quartet of Antti Sarpila, Rossano Sportiello, Nicki Parrott and Ed Metz Jr. –
its members hailing from Finland, Italy, Australia and the US – has four distinctly personal soloists having
their say while creating some festive jazz, casual yet polished, on From This Moment On, Lesterity, Everything
Happens to Me, Revolutionary Jump, Swing ala Chopin, Just One of Those Things and 12 more. ARCD 19375
(Available early winter 2009)
Shelly Berg: The Nearness of You • Arbors Piano Series Volume 19
Shelly performs an absolutely beautiful tour-de-force for his first solo CD and his debut on Arbors. Titles
include a My Fair Lady Medley, The Touch of Your Lips, Dreamsville, a Guys and Dolls Medley and four more.
ARCD 19378 (Available early winter 2009)
Duke Heitger and Bernd Lhotzky: Doin’ the Voom Voom
Ohio-born trumpeter Duke Heitger and Bavarian pianist Bernd Lhotzky find mutual links in stride and
swing jazz on Doin’ the Voom Voom, Fascination, Saturday Night Function, Embraceable You, Blue Because of
You, You’ve Got to Be Modernistic and eleven others. ARCD 19382 (Available early winter 2009)
Lew Green and Joe Muranyi: Together
Cornetist Lew Green and Louis Armstrong’s longtime clarinetist Joe Muranyi join forces with Jeff
Barnhart, Bob Leary, Vince Giordano and Danny Coots to present a CD of traditional favorites including
Oriental Man, Four or Five Times, Storyville Swing, Take Me to the Land of Jazz, Piggly Wiggly, Rockin’ Chair
and seven more. ARCD 19377 (Available winter 2009)
John Allred, Jeff Barnhart and Danny Coots: The ABC’s of Jazz
Three awesome swingers get together with bassist Dave Stone to strut their stuff on You Must Be Losing Your
Mind, Valse Hot, Pick Yourself Up, Some of These Days, My One and Only Love, Just One of Those Things, High
Society and seven others. ARCD 19371 (Available spring 2009)
Dick Hyman: A Century of Jazz Piano
From Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Jelly Roll Morton to Art Tatum, Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, Dick
Hyman illustrates more than 100 years of jazz piano on 5 CDs and an instructional DVD, newly remastered
from his award winning CD-ROM. ARCD 19348. (Available spring 2009)
Randy Sandke’s Jazz For Juniors
With original book, words and music by Randy Sandke, with musical contributions by an all star cast of
Randy, John Riley, Jay Leonhart, Ted Rosenthal, Wycliffe Gordon, Wayne Escoffery, Ken Peplowski
and Howard Alden and with the singing of Allan Harris and Carolyn Leonhart, Jazz For Juniors is
designed for children of all ages from six months to sixty years. ARCD 19385 (Available late spring 2009)
Previews of coming attractions
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The Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet Perform Music from South Pacific
Featuring Special Guests Rebecca Kilgore and Eddie Erickson
The award-winning music from this beloved Broadway classic recast with a jazz feeling, performed by the
Quartet and beautifully sung by Rebecca and Eddie. Heard among the 15 selections are A Cock-eyed
Optomist, I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair, There Is Nothing Like a Dame, Some Enchanted
Evening, Younger Than Springtime and Happy Talk. ARCD 19380 (Available late spring 2009)
DVD release since 2007/2008 catalog
The Kenny Davern & Bob Wilber Summit at the March
of Jazz, 1994-1996.
Soprano Summit was a surefire showstopper at the March of Jazz and, for
that matter, whenever Kenny and Bob joined forces with a good support
team. They are supported here by an all star cast including George Van Eps,
Milt Hinton, Ralph Sutton, Jack Lesberg, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jake Hanna, Dick
Hyman, Derek Smith, Jackie Williams, Tony DeNicola, Joe Ascione and Phil
Flanigan. For good measure there is a hot Flip Phillips, Dick Hyman and
Howard Alden Cottontail in which Kenny and Bob join in. ARDVD - 3
CD releases since the 2007/2008 catalog
Dave Bennett Celebrates 100 Years of Benny With Special
Guests Dick Hyman and Bucky Pizzarelli
“May 30, 2009 is the centennial of Benny Goodman’s birth. Still a household name more than two decades after his death and nearly 75 years after
he became known as ‘The King Of Swing,’ Goodman not only launched the
swing era when his band caused a sensation at the Palomar Ballroom in 1935,
but arguably he still ranks as the greatest jazz clarinetist of all time. Despite
his admiration of Benny, Dave Bennett has his own voice and only sounds
like Goodman when he wants to. ‘When Benny was playing his music,’ says
Dave, ‘he wasn’t playing recreated solos. He was coming up with new ideas.
If he were alive today, he would want me to be myself, do my own thing, and not copy him.’” Scott Yanow,
author of ten jazz books including The Jazz Singers, Trumpet Kings, Swing, Jazz On Record 1917-76 and Jazz
On Film. Selections include Benny’s Bugle, In a Sentimental Mood, If I Had You, Moonlight in Vermont, Poor
Butterfly and five others. ARCD 19389
Jessica Molaskey: A Kiss to Build a Dream On
“Wouldn’t it be great to make a CD like this?” I thought. There were no
set lists, no rehearsals, just four musicians (husband John Pizzarelli, Bucky
Pizzarelli, Aaron Weinstein and Jerry Bruno), with various sized pieces of
wood, with strings attached and two sets of vocal chords, a family, calling tunes
that we loved, and existing for sixty minutes to create a joyful noise. This
CD is as close to that experience as you can get in the confines of a recording
studio.” Jessica Molaskey, Broadway star, most recently in Sunday in the Park
With George. Selections include Happy Habit, You Must Have Been a Beautiful
Baby, Hello Sunshine Hello, Everybody Loves Louie, Bye Bye Blues, Heart’s Desire
and nine others. ARCD 19384
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Five Play: What the World Needs Now
Five Play was created from the world renowned Diva Jazz Orchestra as a
vehicle to feature some of its foremost players. Heard here are Sherrie Maricle,
Jami Dauber, Janelle Reichman, Tomoko Ohno and Noriko Ueda. “This
CD features a most appealing combination of popular song standards and jazz
originals all endowed with innovative and imaginative arrangements. A new
album by this highly accomplished and superbly integrated quintet is decidedly
what the world needs now. And this is it. –” From the album notes by Mike
Hennessey, jazz writer, critic, producer, broadcaster and pianist who has covered the international music scene for Billboard magazine for 27 years. Among
the ten selections are I Want to Be Happy, What the World Needs Now, Groove Merchant, Old Folks and I Am
Woman. ARCD 19381
The John Bunch Trio With Guest Frank Wess Plays the
Music of Irving Berlin (except one)
“Where do I begin? I’ll start with the leader of this aggregation--John Bunch.
John is one of the greatest jazz pianists the instrument has ever known. I have
played with John Bunch around the globe for almost forty years and I know of
what I speak. Next there is the irrepressible Frank Vignola on guitar. Frank
expresses more guitar history in one jazz chorus than most of us even know
about. Then we come to John Webber on the bass. John has firmly established himself among the top rank of New York bassists. The great Frank
Wess plays flute on six tracks of this Irving Berlin tribute. Jazz listeners cannot
help but hear Basie’s band every time Frank picks up the flute.” From the album notes by Jay Leonhart,
celebrated bassist who often works with John Bunch in the New York Swing Trio. Selections are Soft Lights
and Sweet Music, How Deep Is the Ocean?, I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Isn’t This a Lovely Day?, Change
Partners and seven more. ARCD 19376
The Eddie Metz Jr. Trio: Bridging the Gap
A great musical journey through a variety of musical eras and a cross section of
classic song writing. Destined to rank as one of the most musical drummer-led
projects ever recorded. Eddie has truly ‘Bridged the Gap’ between jazz and
contemporary classics, creating a classic of his own with Rossano Sportiello
and Nicki Parrott. From the album notes by Danny Gottlieb, himself a great
drummer and teacher at Rollins College and the University of North Florida.
Included in the 13 selections are Falling in Love With Love, Overjoyed, Count
Your Blessings, One Less Bell to Answer, Crazy Life, Gotta Get a Hold of Myself,
More Than You Know and The More I See You. ARCD 19374
Theo Croker: In the Tradition
Carrying on “In the Tradition” of his Grandfather, Doc Cheatham, Theo
Croker presents his debut album on Arbors Records. “Theo is honoring his
lineage as the grandson of the legendary Doc Cheatham..... On first hearing
his trumpet on this immediately distinctive recording, I was struck by his
“signature sound”- personal and indeed “in the tradition,” but also contributing to its future. It’s a voice speaking directly to the listener.’” Nat Hentoff,
the dean of jazz critics, was an Associate Editor of Down Beat from 1953 to
1957 and currently writes about jazz for JazzTimes, The Village Voice and the
Wall Street Journal as well as being the author of numerous books on jazz, most
recently American Music Is, DeCapo, 2004. Joining with Theo are Joe Sanders, Sullivan Fortner, “Tootie”
Heath and guest Benny Powell on Black and Blue, Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You, I Cover the Waterfront, New
Orleans, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues and eight others. ARCD 19372
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Bucky Pizzarelli and Strings: So Hard to Forget
“Isn’t the magic of this remarkable set of treasured memoirs that it provides us
with the joy of listening to one of our greatest musicians, as he is joined with
some of the best musicians of today by Sara Caswell and Aaron Weinstein
on violin, Valerie Levy on viola, Frank Vignola on guitar, Jesse Levy on
cello and Jerry Bruno and Martin Pizzarelli on bass, with arrangements by
Dick Lieb. We can spend hours enjoying the memories Bucky has brought
us. Hasn’t this succession of rich performances from his life provided us with a
remarkable journey? One which should perhaps be called... what else? (courtesy of Larry Hart) “So Hard To Forget.” Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter
and author of numerous books, including, most recently, They’re Playing Our Song. Conversations with
America’s Classic Songwriters (Easton Studio Press, 2008). Performed are Laura, Slow Burning, It’s Easy to
Remember, Sonatina by Torraba, My One and Only Love, Prelude to a Kiss, Last Night When We Were Young and
an additional six. ARCD 19370
The Warren Vaché-John Allred Quintet Live in Bern,
Switzerland at Marians Jazzroom: Jubilation
“Vaché, Allred and company have created a gem that is both high art and sheer
joy to listen to. As Warren puts it: ‘I would be a very happy man if we could
keep this band together for the next twenty years. This is serious playing!’”
Ed Berger, Associate Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University.
Warren and John are joined by Tardo Hammer, Nicki Parrott and Leroy
Williams on Old Devil Moon, My One and Only Love, Caravan, Song for My
Father, Strollin’, Jubilation and five more. ARCD 19369
Ruby Braff For the Last Time: His Historic Final
Performance at Nairn, Scotland With Scott Hamilton
A musical treasure for the ages. “This recording brings you Ruby Braff’s
final performance, a wonderful concert at the Nairn Jazz Festival on August
7, 2002. Due to health problems these were the last notes Ruby ever played,
nevertheless, Ruby was still performing at the top of his game, joined with
wonderful musicians who allow him to reach the heights he always strived to
attain, Scott Hamilton, John Bunch, Jon Wheatley, Dave Green and Steve
Brown. ...Ruby wanted to be remembered for his music. Performance was
his passion. It is fitting that this final recording proves that he never reduced
his standards and always gave his all to pleasing his audiences. He was a consummate artist who loved to
play nice tunes and create beauty for those who listened.” From the album notes by Thomas P. Hustad,
Professor of Marketing in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and the author of a forthcoming book about Ruby Braff to be published by Scarecrow Press titled Born to Play: The Ruby Braff Discography
and Directory of Performances. Selections include Sometimes I’m Happy, Just You, Just Me, I Want a Little Girl,
Yesterdays and five others. A Specially Priced Double CD. ARCD 19368
Larry Ham: Just Me, Just You Arbors Piano Series Volume 17
As Nat Hentoff puts it in his album notes, Larry Ham “breathes with the
music and allows it to find its natural swing, in this program ranging from
romantic standards to originals by Bud Powell and Duke Pearson and an
Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration with Shakespeare (The Star-Crossed
Lovers). Larry creates a kaleidoscope of what he has absorbed in his multidimensional education as one of jazz’s indispensable sidemen.” Nat Hentoff,
the dean of jazz critics who currently writes about jazz for JazzTimes, The
Village Voice and the Wall Street Journal. Larry performs My Romance, You
Know I Care, Ridin’ the Blues, My Shining Hour, The Star-Crossed Lovers, Don’t
Mess With Nobody But Me, It Could Happen to You and eight others. ARCD 19367
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Tom McDermott and Connie Jones: Creole Nocturne
The two men on this disc are poets of sound, one a native New Orleanian and
the other a transplant from upriver, both New Orleans musicians through and
through. Tom McDermott, from St. Louis (always a great piano town), is
not just one of the finest and most versatile pianists working currently in the
Crescent City but one of the best composers working in American vernacular
music today. His partner, here, trumpeter and cornetist Connie Jones, is one of
New Orleans’ greatest and most undersung musical treasures. Selections include
Just a Little While to Stay Here, Creole Nocturne, Satchmo Speaks, Tishomingo
Blues, Kermit’s Rag, King Porter Stomp and nine more. ARCD 19366
Randy Sandke: Unconventional Wisdom*
Randy Sandke, one of jazz’s most respected “mainstream” artists, has mastered
a wide range of musical idioms – from traditional jazz to his own intriguing
“metatonal” theory. In more traditional contexts such as this, Sandke manages to create music that is widely appealing while remaining true to himself.
Unconventional Wisdom represents perhaps the most successful convergence to
date of the metatonal with the mainstream and should appeal to both of Sandke’s
audiences. And musical theory aside, it reaffirms the fact that Randy Sandke is
one hell of a trumpet player! Among the 14 selections performed with Howard
Alden, Nicki Parrott and John Riley are Just One of Those Things, Ev’rytime We
Say Goodbye, Meta Blue, New Orleans, Django’s Dream, Little Bix, For All We Know and Nicki’s Journey.
ARCD 19365  Cashbox, Oct 2008.
Johnny Varro Swing 7: Ring Dem Bells
Johnny Varro’s Swing 7 with Randy Sandke, Dan Barrett, Scott Robinson,
Ken Peplowski, Frank Tate and Joe Ascione honestly lives up to its name.
It is a true band, jazz synergy in action, so much more than four horns and
a rhythm section. Each performance unfolds according to its own satisfying
logic, each track has its own surprises, all melded together by Varro’s imaginative arrangements. Performed are Corner Pocket, Stompy Jones, Ring Dem Bells,
Only a Rose, Buddy Bolden’s Blues, Suddenly Its Spring and nine others.
ARCD 19362
Louis Mazetier: Tributes, Portraits and Other Stories
Arbors Piano Series Volume 18
In the hands of Louis Mazetier the stride piano tradition continues as a living,
breathing organism, and a way of approaching music that can take in a wide
variety of inspiration and interpretation. This album, containing a seamless
continuity between the standards, stride specialities and originals, reflects the
full breadth and range of playing by the mature Mazetier, and it repays careful
listening, for the many layers of subtlety it contains. Mazetier performs 22
selections in all, including The Pearls, Anitra’s Dance, Tango Seville, Keep Off the
Grass, Walking My Baby Back Home, Skylark and Simply the Blues. ARCD 19361
The Ron Hockett Quintet: Finally Ron
After 29 years playing jazz in the Washington, DC area while pursuing a full-time
career in the U.S. Marine Band, after nine years and counting as part of the Jim
Cullum Jazz Band in San Antonio, Ron Hockett at long last finally gets to lead his
own record date. It was a long time coming, but I’m sure you’ll agree it was well
worth the wait. What you’ll find here is a well thought-out, beautifully rendered
program of irresistibly swinging music by a world-class clarinetist (and sometime
soprano saxophonist) who for all his years of experience still has much to tell us
that is fresh and new. He is supported by John Sheridan, James Chirillo, Phil
Flanigan and Jake Hanna. Heard are Too Close for Comfort, Nuages, Hindustan,
My Ideal, Everybody Loves My Baby, Memories of You, Beale Street Blues, Undecided and seven others. ARCD 19360
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The Joe Ascione Quartet: Movin’ Up!
Rhythm, class, style and imagination are key words when describing this lighthearted yet substantive recording by Joe Ascione and some of his favorite
musicians. A collection of well known standards and an original, Movin’ Up
should both bring a smile to your face and make you hum along! Movin’ up
with Joe are Allan Vaché, John Cocuzzi and Frank Tate, performing So in
Love, True Love, I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Love Walked In, The Touch
of Your Lips and six more. ARCD 19359
Nik Payton and Bob Wilber: Swinging the Changes
Bob Wilber studied and played with New Orleans legend Sidney Bechet and
has recorded high-quality jazz for over sixty years. He performs here with his
young protegé Nik Payton in the classic tradition of “on the bandstand mentorship” and Nik, in turn, demonstrates his worthiness to receive and represent
the rich, glorious legacy of this ever-evolving music. From the album notes by
Wynton Marsalis. Joining them are Richard Busiakiewicz on piano and the
rhythm team of Dave Green on bass and Steve Brown, drums. Selections are I
Won’t Dance, The Sage, No More Blues, You Are Too Beautiful, Rabbit Jumped the
Frog, Skybloo, Ode to Pug and nine others. ARCD 19358
Chris Flory: For You
Master guitarist Chris Flory, who first came to the fore as a member of Scott
Hamilton’s groups and later gained experience with such great veterans as
Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Ruby Braff,
Rosemary Clooney and Maxine Sullivan and by gigging with the Benny
Goodman Sextet from1978 until ’83, makes his swinging Arbors Records
debut, performing Swinging at the Daisy Chain, The Lamp Is Low, I Want a
Little Girl, Young and Foolish, Mister Goodbeat, A Beautiful Friendship and five
others. ARCD 19357
Rebecca Kilgore and Dave Frishberg: Why Fight the
Feeling? Songs by Frank Loesser
In this new episode of their long and fruitful collaboration, Rebecca Kilgore
and Dave Frishberg explore the beguiling work of the last great creator in
America’s classic era of popular song, Frank Loesser. Becky’s sunshine voice
and the joy of Dave’s accompaniment make this another of their great gettogethers. They perform Thank Your Lucky Stars, Let’s Get Lost, Can’t Get Out
of This Mood, Somebody Somewhere, Then I Wrote the Minuet in G, On a Slow
Boat to China, Says My Heart, What a Rhumba Does to Romance, Why Fight the
Feeling? and eight others. ARCD 19356
The Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet with Special Guests
John Allred and Scott Hamilton: Stompin’ the Blues *
In sum, this collaborative CD between the Allen-Cohn Quartet, John
Allred and Scott Hamilton is simply ripe with felicitous chemistry. There
are many gem-like moments when the passion is so deep that it conjures
tenacious happy musical memories. Enjoy the blended resonance of jazz
tradition with lusty doses of individuality. From the album notes by Herb
Wong, past president, The International Association for Jazz Education. You’re
Driving Me Crazy, I’ll Get By, My Old Flame, I Only Have Eyes For You, I Would
Do Anything for You and five others. ARCD 19353 It Doesn’t Get Any Better
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Limelight, Oct 2008.
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The Soprano Summit in 1975 and More *
Selected by Dan Morgenstern from the Archives of the New Jersey Jazz
Society • Arbors Historical Series, Volume 6
A Specially Priced Double CD For the Price of One
One would be hard put to find a better performance by Soprano Summit than
the one contained herein with Kenny Davern, Bob Wilber, Dick Hyman,
Marty Grosz, George Duvivier and Connie Kay – when I had the pleasure
of seeing Bob Wilber at the Benny Carter Centennial celebration at Lincoln
Center, his first words, after we hugged, were to ask if I had heard it, and if I
agreed that it was extraordinary. There is also a notable encounter between Ruby Braff and Bob Wilber and
a relaxed and inspired 1979 set by the Blue Three of Davern, Wellstood and Rosengarden, which is a great
find and a precious addition to their recorded legacy. From the album notes by Dan Morgenstern, Director of
the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies. In all there are 24 selections, including Dick Hyman’s famous Jelly Roll
Morton set and The Mooche, Oh Sister Ain’t That Hot, Linger Awhile, Egyptian Fantasy, Sweet Substitute, Sugar
and All of Me. ARCD 19328 ½ Australian Broadcasting Corporation Limelight, Nov 2008.
Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Thad Jones *
Great American Composers Series, Volume 3
Thad Jones, the trumpeter/composer, is truly one of our most unsung treasures in jazz history and fits most comfortably into the lineage of Jazz Royalty
as one of America’s great composers like Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn,
Thelonius Monk, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, and Tadd
Dameron, etc. When you listen to Scott’s rendering of Thad’s beautiful melodies, you too, will agree while becoming a huge fan of Scott Robinson. Scott
Robinson is another truly unique individual that will surprise your senses in
every way. He possesses an immense musical savvy. His creativeness on each tune is abundant, but never
in excess so as to destroy the mood or direction of each piece. His improvisations are clever, witty and
swinging. From the CD notes by Rufus Reid, legendary bassist and educator. Scott is joined by Mike Le
Donne, Richard Wyands, Pat O’Leary, Dennis Mackrel, Klaus Suonsaari and, for one tune, by Hank
Jones. They perform 14 Thad Jones selections, including Quietude, To You, Yours and Mine, Fingers, All My
Yesterdays, A Child Is Born and Greetings and Salutations. ARCD 19276 DownBeat, Oct 2008
Prior releases
Aaron Weinstein and John Pizzarelli: Blue Too
“From now on when I want to put some music on, one of the first CDs
I’ll reach for is this conversation – and that’s what jazz is – between Aaron
Weinstein and John Pizzarelli.....As this session invigoratingly demonstrates,
while a standard rhythm section can be incandescent (with Jo Jones, say, on
drums), a true jazz improviser can be his or her own rhythm section. And
when there are two players for whom swinging is as natural as breathing, you
get the music you have in your hand.” Nat Hentoff, the dean of jazz critics.
Selections include Little White Lies, Don’t Be That Way, Raggin’ the Scales, You Do
Something to Me, Melancholy Lullaby and nine others. ARCD 19355
The Harry Allen – Joe Cohn Quartet Perform Music
From Guys and Dolls *
Featuring Special Guests Rebecca Kilgore and Eddie Erickson
Frank Loesser’s award-winning musical takes on a new musicality in the hands
of this critically acclaimed Quartet of Harry Allen, Joe Cohn, Joel Forbes and
Chuck Riggs and the lyrics are made to order for Eddie Erickson’s rich baritone and Rebecca’s seductive voice, handling with èlan the trials of a woman in
love. They engage in some buoyant improvising on such familiar but surprisingly rewarding melodies from Guys and Dolls as Sue Me, Adelaide’s Lament,
Guys and Dolls, If I Were a Bell, Luck Be a Lady, Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat,
Fugue for Tinhorns and eight more. ARCD 19354 Selected by Tracey Nolan as one of Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008.
Selected by Will Friedwald New York Sun, Dec 30, 2007. Selected by Francis Davis Village Voice, Jan 4 2008. Selected by Bob Porter WBGO
2007 Annual Review. Selected by George Kanzler for 2007. Selected by Raymond Drobko Best of 2007 UMFM.
Prior releases
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Bobby Gordon Plays Joe Marsala: Lower Register *
Commemorating Joe Marsala’s centennial year, Marsala’s protégé Bobby
Gordon brings a number of the bandleader’s compositions to life with fresh
arrangements from pianist Keith Ingham, rendered by a sparkling group of
musicians, including Randy Reinhart, Russell George, James Chirillo, Vince
Giordano, Arnie Kinsella and Steve Little. The music evokes the Hickory
House on that famed 52nd Street of jazz in New York City in the 1930s and
‘40s when the band was hot and Joe Marsala’s clarinet cooked. From the CD
notes by Eleisa Marsala Trampler, the daughter of Joe and Adele Girard
Marsala. Selections include seventeen originals by Joe Marsala. ARCD 19352
Selected by Steve Voce Jazz Journal International, Jan 2008.
Carol Sloane: Dearest Duke *
With Ken Peplowski and Brad Hatfield • Carol Sloane is a jazz singer.
Vocalists have scatted entire songs, entire sets, without a glimmer of the jazz
feeling that Sloane achieves with three words of a ballad. She is accepted by
the most accomplished musicians as their fully qualified peer. This venture
is unique in Sloane’s long career, being a program of jazz without bass and
drums. We never miss them because Carol Sloane, two sympathetic colleagues, Ken Peplowski on reeds and Brad Hatfield on piano, together with a
menu of Ellington songs provide all that’s needed for an hour of deep satisfaction. Excerpted from the notes by Doug Ramsey, the author of Take Five: The
Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond (Parkside). The all-Ellington program
includes Sophisticated Lady, Solitude, Mood Indigo, Rocks in My Bed, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart and
seven others. ARCD 19350  Limelight, October 2007 Best of 2007, The New Yorker, Jan 2008. #32 for 2007 and by
Owen Cordle, Doug Ramsey and Steve Futterman, JazzTimes, Jan-Feb 2008. Selected by Bill Falconer and Benjamin Franklin V as one of
Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008. Selected by Will Friedwald New York Sun, Dec 30, 2007. Selected by Raymond Drobko Best of 2007
UMFM.
Buddy DeFranco: Charlie Cat II
The 2006 National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master, Buddy DeFranco,
shows us he still knows how to swing in this exciting session backed by all-stars
Rufus Reid, Lou Soloff, Joe Cohn, Howard Alden, Derek Smith and Ed
Metz Jr. In the words of master bassist Rufus Reid “The music was demanding and you couldn’t mess with it or you got messed over.” Buddy is a unique
voice in jazz. As Terry Gibbs put it, “When Buddy came in playing from
Charlie Parker’s school, he scared everybody because nobody could play the
clarinet that way.” And it is just as true today. Selections include All My Life,
What Is This Thing Called Love?, Once More With Feeling, Charley Cat 2, Joy
Spring and five others. ARCD 19349
Jon-Erik Kellso: Blue Roof Blues:
A Love Letter to New Orleans *
Kellso’s lament for the destruction of New Orleans with Evan Christopher
and some of his musical buddies performing some tunes associated with New
Orleans as well as some of Jon’s originals. “This project brought together a
group of hot musicians under the leadership of Jon-Erik Kellso, including,
in addition to Evan, Matt Munisteri, Danton Boller and Marion Felder.
Everybody knows or else should know what an astonishing trumpeter Jon-Erik
Kellso is. He is one of only a handful of living trumpet players who not only
has a distinct voice firmly anchored in tradition but also masterfully negotiates
the constantly changing energies and tensions created by collective improvisation. Jon is also a splendidly
evocative composer, his compositions more than simple lines on top of familiar chord sequences. Kellso’s
originals are each emotionally distinct, and one of them – the title of this CD and its high point, Blue Roof
Blues, has a profound intensity.” Michael Steinman, who teaches literature at Nassau Community College,
writes for The Mississippi Rag, Cadence, Jazz Improv, and All About Jazz. Other selections include Just Like
That, Panama, Weary Blues, Way Way Back, Hindustan and 5 others. ARCD 19346 Selected as Second Best New
Release for 2007 and by Hugh Rainey, Martin Richards and Brian Peerless as Critics Choice in Jazz Journal International, Mar 2008.
½ Australian Broadcasting Corporation Limelight, Jan 2008. Selected by Bob Porter WBGO 2007 Annual Review.
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Bucky and John Pizzarelli: Generations *
Once more father and son explore the joys of performing together. “The result
of this CD, to me, was more interesting than either of us had planned and the
title, GENERATIONS turned out to be perfect. What this CD has become
is a small tribute to those musicians and even in a wonderful way, our family, whose love and support have been the backbone for long trips away from
home, a calming voice during pre-gig jitters and one of the essential things that
keeps the music swinging.” John Pizzarelli. Among the 15 selections are Rose
Room, Midnight Sun, At Sundown, Avalon, Early Autumn, The Way You Look
Tonight and Darn That Dream. ARCD 19345  Down Beat, July 2007
5 For Freddie: Bucky Pizzarelli’s Tribute to Freddie Green *
Playing rhythm guitar is an arcane art, fast dying away. And no one
appreciates the artistry of Freddie Green, whose sound was the Holy
Grail of rhythm thunderers, more than Bucky Pizzarelli. Freddie,
known to his band mates as “Pepper, ” played rhythm guitar for over
fifty years, most notably in Count Basie’s dream rhythm section of
the late ‘30s and early ‘40s that the jazz world named The All-American
Rhythm Section. Bill Basie on piano, Freddie Green on guitar, Walter
Page on bass, and Jo Jones on drums played with restraint, drive,
perfect time, and enough swing to alter the Earth’s orbit. Performing
in their roles, the “Cast” on this recording, Bucky on guitar, John Bunch on piano, Jay Leonhart
on bass, Mickey Roker on drums, plus the added “Sweets” Edison-style mute cornet of Warren
Vaché, account for over 250 years of jazz experience. Every track here abounds with taste,
humor, restraint, witty quotes, invention, and swing. Bucky considers this one of his finest
albums – ever. Album notes by Michael Pettersen, who has written extensively on rhythm
guitar technique and history and authors a web site dedicated to Freddie Green - the Master
of Rhythm Guitar - www.freddiegreen.org.) Selections include Groovin’ High, Corner Pocket, Up in the
Blues, Down for Double, All of Me, Sophisticated Swing and seven more. ARCD 19344 Selected by Bill Falconer as
one of Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008.
Bob Haggart, Yank Lawson and the World’s Greatest
Jazz Band: at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall, 1971 *
A Double CD for the price of one. • A rare opportunity to experience a
live performance by a classic version of the WGJB,. comprising some
of the best improvising jazz musicians of all times, several of whom
had been ground breakers from the Thirties. They were all mature
and at the top of their game at the time the music on this concert was
recorded. As Yank states at the conclusion, “It was a ball!” The WGJB
was at its peak with Yank Lawson, Billie Butterfield, Bud Freeman,
Bob Wilber, Ed Hubbell, Vic Dickenson, Ralph Sutton, Bob Haggart
and Gus Johnson performing Panama, Dogtown Blues, Black and Blue, At Sundown, Wolverine Blues, Big Noise
from Winnetka, I Got Rhythm, Carolina in the Morning and fourteen more jazz classics. ARCD 19343 Selected
as Best New Release for 2007 and by Vic Bellerby, Brian Peerless, Hugh Rainey, Graham Colombé and Steve Voce as Critics Choice in Jazz
Journal International, Mar 2008
Daryl Sherman: Guess Who’s in Town *
There is no doubt who’s in town, as “this recording presents further
proof of Daryl’s great flexibility, musicality and sense of swing, plus
the ability to make herself at home in any musical environment. Her
game, a kind of unspoken covenant with her audience, invites you
to listen well to what she has to say and come along for the ride.”
Richard M. Sudhalter, jazz trumpeter, recording artist and author of Bix:
Man and Legend; Lost Chords; and Stardust Melody: The Life And Music Of Hoagy
Carmichael. In company with Harry Allen, Vince Giordano, Jon Wheatley,
Dave Green and Jay Leonhart, Daryl plays and sings Love You Madly, I Concentrate on You, Guess Who’s in
Town, Tennessee Fish Fry, Angel Eyes, Embraceable You, Dream Awhile and eight more. ARCD 19341 Selected by
Steve Futterman in The New Yorker as one of the Nine Best Jazz Recordings of 2006;  Scotland on Sunday, March 12, 2006
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Howard Alden and Ken Peplowski’s Pow Wow
How can just two guys make so much music? As you listen to the variety and
range and richness of the music produced here by Howard Alden and Ken
Peplowski, you are likely to ask yourself the same question. The answer is it’s
easy if you have the technical wherewithal, quick wits, musical intelligence
and almost telepathic rapport these guys bring to bear when it’s just the two of
them playing together. They have such a long history that they have a common
language and vocabulary that come together very quickly to create a CD filled
with dazzling interplay. From the album notes by Ross Firestone, author of
the award-winning Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman.
Selections include Dream Dancing, Panama, Lucky to Be Me, Tempus Fugit, Who Knows, Very Early and Pow
Wow and six more. ARCD 19340
John Sheridan and His Dream Band:
Swing is Still the King
Featuring Rebecca Kilgore
Choosing the repertoire for this album with Randy Reinhart, Dan Barrett,
Russ Phillips, Ron Hockett, Scott Robinson, Dan Block, Eddie Erickson,
Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz Jr. and Rebecca Kilgore was a real labor of joy. Some
of the tunes are immediately identifiable with Benny Goodman—Sometimes
I’m Happy, Don’t Be That Way and Gotta Be This Or That. Most of the rest,
except to truly hardcore BG fans, have been obscured by the passage of time,
or if familiar as standards are not immediately connected with the Goodman
legacy. All, however, are gems that struck me from the first hearing, no matter how long ago. It’s important,
in every case, to point out that this simply is not a collection of transcriptions of the original recordings.
Every chart is an original, and we’re merely paying tribute in our own way to one of the true legends of the
jazz world. John Sheridan. Other selections include Always, Ballad in Blue, Shirley Steps Out, These Foolish
Things, Goodnight, My Love, You Turned the Tables on Me and six more. ARCD 19339
Allan Vaché: With Benny in Mind
“Allan has gathered a talented group of jazz artists, all of whom show
an understanding of the Goodman legacy and contribute performances that are in every respect worthy of Benny’s exacting standards”
Bill Hyland, on behalf of BENNY GOODMAN ESTATE, is the former
Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and the executor of the
Benny Goodman Estate. Allan, Christian Tamburr, Vincent Corrao,
John Sheridan, Phil Flanigan and Ed Metz Jr. perform such Goodman
favorites as Avalon, Moonglow, Air Mail Special, Slipped Disc, Seven Come Eleven
and nine others. ARCD 19338
Ralph Sutton at St. George Church, Brandon Hill,
Bristol, England *
A delightful soirée with Ralph in the most convivial surroundings
for this BBC broadcast. It was so successful that the broadcast was
repeated soon after its first transmission, in response to requests from
listeners. This CD release is another opportunity for those of us who
were there to savour the evening again, and for those who weren’t, to
eavesdrop on Ralph in his prime. A rare chance to hear Ralph speak
on record as he introduces the selections and tells a little about himself. From the CD notes by Alyn Shipton, the jazz critic for The Times in
London, and a frequent broadcaster on BBC Radio 3, who was the presenter for Ralph’s program.
Ralph performs twenty-two of his favorites on this Double CD for the price of one. ARCD 19336
Selected by John Chadwick as Critics Choice for 2007 in Jazz Journal International, Mar 2008.
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Rossano Sportiello and Nicki Parrott:
People Will Say We’re in Love *
Sought after bassist Nicki Parrott and the brilliant pianist Rossano Sportiello
have stepped to the forefront and formed a musical partnership that keeps the
melody squarely in focus while creating an atmosphere of intimate instrumental
interplay. Prepare yourself for a decidedly international take on that all too rare
listening experience, artfully played swing with tender ballads in a romantic
setting. From the album notes of Elliott Simon, who writes about jazz for All
About Jazz. With sixteen selections, including You’d Be So Nice to Come Home
To, Blues for Basie, Let’s Do It, People Will Say We’re in Love, The Man I Love,
Moon River and Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude. ARCD 19335 Best of 2007, The New Yorker, Jan 2008
Selected by Steve Futterman JazzTimes, Jan-Feb 2008.
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John Bunch at the Nola Penthouse Salutes
Jimmy Van Heusen *
A new recording by John Bunch, whose elegant and graceful piano
stylings prompted a critic to describe him as “the Fred Astaire of the
piano,” made with the thoughtful and sensitive bassist Dave Green
and the adroit drummer Steve Brown. As described in the album
notes by Martin Gayford, jazz critic for London’s Daily Telegraph, after
more than a half century of performing with Woody Herman, Tony
Bennett, Benny Goodman and as an international all-star, “Bunch’s
talent is continuing to flower, as proven by this album.” Selections
include All This and Heaven Too, Darn That Dream, But Beautiful, It Could Happen to You, The Second Time Around,
Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Come Fly With Me, Moonlight Becomes You, Last Dance and six others. ARCD 19326
Selected by Sally Ann Worsfold as Critics Choice for 2007 in Jazz Journal International, Mar 2008.
Dave Frishberg at the Jazz Bakery: Retromania
More of Frishberg’s dazzling word play as he “reminisces” about
songs old and new, including such all-time favorites as My Attorney
Bernie, Van Lingle Mungo, Can’t Take You Nowhere, and Zoot Walks
In as well as a host of new ones never before recorded, including
some from his Catbird Seat show. All in all, seventeen Frishberg specials. ARCD 19334
The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet: Hey, Look Me Over *
This is the group that Harry Allen and Joe Cohn work with regularly at Zuni’s in
New York City, together with Joel Forbes and Chuck Riggs. It swings from start
to finish with tunes such as Take Four, Seven Come Eleven, It’s Been a Long, Long
Time, Pick Yourself Up, Hey, Look Me Over and four more. ARCD 19333
 John McDonough and Paul de Barros, Down Beat Hot Box, July 2006, Selected by Bill Falconer and by Peter
Vacher as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2006, January/February 2007; Selected by Bob Protzman and Bob
Porter as a Jazz Journalist’s Association Top 10 for 2006 and by Bob Protzman in Showcase Music News,
January 4, 2007; Selected by Owen Cordle as a JazzTimes top 10, JazzTimes, January 2007
Joe Cohn: Restless *
The exceptional guitarist shines with Hod O’Brien, Dmitry Baevsky, Dennis
Irwin, Chuck Riggs and special guest Harry Allen. “The well-chosen repertoire here is divided among some five classic standards from the fertile 1930s;
two originals from his father, Al Cohn; two more from band members; one
by ‘40s band leader/pianist Buddy Johnson; and one from the masterful Thad
Jones...... I can’t emphasize enough how unaffectedly excellent these musicians
are, individually and collectively. Their love of playing is evident and they make
music they choose to play, from whatever era, their own. As for Joe Cohn, I
don’t think he realizes just how good he is. And getting better all the time.” Ira
Gitler, who has been writing, professionally, about jazz since 1951 in magazines, newspapers, liner and booklet notes and books and is co-author with Leonard Feather of The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oxford).
Selections include Never Look Back, Little Juicy, Comes Love, I Hadn’t Anyone Till You, Woody’s Lament and
six others. ARCD 19329 Selected by Andrew Scott as one of Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008. Selected by Dan Morgenstern
WBGO 2007 Annual Review.
Evan Christopher: Delta Bound *
Featuring Dick Hyman
Evan and Dick Hyman explore the musical traditions of New Orleans with
Bill Huntington and Shannon Powell. “It’s not every day that the jazz scene
witnesses the arrival of an instrumentalist who can combine an ambitiously
fresh perspective with respect for tradition as thoroughly and evenly as Evan
Christopher does. He understands that it’s not the notes but the feeling behind
them and the human connections that result that matter most in New Orleans
jazz. Imbuing each performance with palpable emotional content is what Evan
does best, yet he is also a superb technician. He places himself within this tradition, and it is appropriate that he should do so, because he is advancing it at a time when some might assume
that it is already extinct.” From the album notes by Bruce Boyd Raeburn, the Curator of the Hogan Jazz
Archive, Tulane University. They perform Vieux Carre, New Orleans, While We Danced at the Mardi Gras,
Delta Bound and Rampart Street Ramble along with seven others. ARCD 19325 Selected by John Norris as one
of Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008. DownBeat, Apr2008 Selected by Bob Porter WBGO 2007 Annual Review. Selected by W.
Royal Stokes Jazzhouse for 2007.
Jeff Barnhart: In My Solitude Arbors Piano Series, Volume 16
“An endless variety of styles can emerge whenever ten talented fingers are applied to eighty-eight piano keys. When the fingers belong
to Jeff Barnhart, they create their own sphere of astonishing sounds.
His melodic lines can articulate the casual inventiveness of ballads
or explode with crisp animation on up-tempo choruses. Within the
framework of a single tune, he will often create mellow sensuality, swinging buoyancy, and dazzling ornamental runs. Jeff’s innate
ability to construct an energized piano solo around the harmonic
sequence of a song represents the very essence of jazz.” Floyd Levin,
noted jazz historian and journalist and author of Classic Jazz - A Personal View of the Music and Musicians.
Selections include Isn’t This a Lovely Day, Remembering Ralph, Cry Me a River, New Orleans Joys, Solitude, Petite
Fleur, Sweet Lorraine, An Ev’ning in Caroline and eight more. ARCD 19324
Bernd Lhotzky: Piano Portrait Arbors Piano Series, Volume 15
He can boast an impressive musical pedigree and has played with a
long list of jazz greats, including Ralph Sutton and Dick Hyman. His
command of the keyboard is impressive, the touch and the nuances
totally under control. His ideas are fresh and evocative, his execution
flawless. The harmonies and rhythm are varied, the tempos strong
with a gentle swing – everything seems to be so easy and effortless....” Louis Mazetier, himself an accomplished pianist and recording artist - one of the greatest living exponents of stride and classic
jazz piano. Bernd provides a rare opportunity to hear Eastwood
Lane’s Adirondack Sketches as well as Caprice Rag, There Was Nobody Looking, What Is This Thing Called Love,
Passionette, Echo of Spring, Fussin’, I’ll See You in My Dreams and nine others. ARCD 19322
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Rossano Sportiello at the Old Church, Boswil,
Switzerland: Heart and Soul Arbors Piano Series, Volume 14
This new CD by Rossano Sportiello is a worthy addition to jazz
piano’s recorded legacy. This young man from Milan has it all. In
fact, he plays as well as, or better than, just about anyone else you
can name. Be glad, as I am, that his special artistry is captured so
well on this terrific Arbors CD, for you and I – and future generations
– to enjoy. Dan Barrett, renowned trombonist, arranger and producer.
Selections include I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, Some Other Spring, Heart
and Soul, More Than You Know, Laura, You’ve Changed, Who’s Sorry Now?, If I
Should Lose You and nine others. ARCD 19321
Warren Vaché & The Scottish Ensemble: Don’t Look Back *
“Everybody really serious about jazz and about music dreams of making a recording with a string ensemble,” says Warren Vaché. His own
dream came true in a BBC recording studio in Glasgow, Scotland,
on a date with The Scottish Ensemble, a 12-strong virtuoso string
group. For the occasion, Bill Finegan, at age 87, “the dean of arranging,” agreed to do three arrangements, his first in 10 years. Additional
arrangements were by guitarist James Chirillo, Alan Barnes, Warren
himself, and a long lost one by Johnny Carisi originally written for
Charlie Parker. As listeners will discover, the performances are
sublime, full of risk-taking and musical adventure, keeping the recording exciting and its participants enthusiastic. It is so good we think it worthy of a Grammy. Selections include It Was
Written in the Stars, My Love and I, Molly on the Shore, Valse Prismatique, Don’t Look Back, Love Is for the Very Young
and five others. ARCD 19318  Audiophile Audition, June 2006 “Today Vaché’s lyrical, unwaveringly melodic playing has transcended rigid
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The Kenny Davern Quartet: In Concert at the Outpost
Performance Space, Albuquerque, 2004*
“There are other fine clarinetists around, but Kenny is the master jazz musician on this instrument, and has been for a quarter of a century and more. For
evidence, you only need listen to this album which contains some of his finest
playing of recent years. For all these years he’s preserved not just the repertoire
of classic jazz, but – much more important – the wa, the zen, the spirit that
lies at the heart of all living jazz.” Martin Gayford, jazz critic of the Daily
Telegraph, London. The Quartet with James Chirillo, Greg Cohen and Tony
DeNicola join in Ole Miss, Spreadin’ Knowledge Around, Summertime, Careless
Love, Royal Garden Blues and three others. ARCD 19315
 Owen Cordle, Raleigh (NC) Times & Observer Sept 11, 2005. Selected by John Norris and Peter Vacher as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2005, January/February 2006
Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel:
Happy All the Time
Chuck Redd, who performed with Barney Kessel for many years,
remembers his musical hero in company with Monty Alexander, Jeff
Hamilton, Robert Redd, Hassan Shakur, Gene Bertoncini and Howard
Alden. With an album note by Phyllis Kessel. “As you listen to these
performances, observe how the musicians come together to uplift the
Kessel sounds, how they influence each other, how they effortlessly
affect what the music is saying. This is the way the music should
be played. This is the hard driving swing that should accompany Barney Kessel’s music. This
is much the way Barney would have played it.” John Clayton, three time Grammy-nominated
bassist/composer/conductor. Selections include Happy All the Time, Cry Me a River, Swedish Pastry, 64
Bars on Wilshire, Sweet Baby, You’re the One For Me, Tenderly and five others. ARCD 19314
notions of style and itself become classic...Vaché recalls not only Miles Davis of the fifties but another stylistic giant, Ruby Braff; like both of them, he has no use for any but
the most perfect notes.” - Steve Futterman, The New Yorker, August 6, 2006 Selected by Bob Weir as Critics Choice for 2007 in Jazz Journal International,
Mar 2008.
Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski: Dialogues *
This summit meeting of Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski features two of
jazz’s finest reedmen in a series of musical dialogues, joined in their conversation
by the strings of Howard Alden and James Chirillo and the rhythm support
of Nicki Parrott and Tony DeNicola. Making old songs sound fresh and new
is an art at which they excel, featuring easy swing with contrapuntal interplay.
They perform If Dreams Come True, Muskrat Samba, High Society, Comes Love,
Sometimes I’m Happy and five more. Davern passed away in December, 2006
and this was his last studio recording for Arbors. ARCD 19317
 Limelight, August 2007 #43 for 2007 and by Scott Albin and Harvey Siders, JazzTimes, JanFeb 2008. Selected by Bill Falconer as one of Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008.
Aaron Weinstein: A Handful of Stars
A wonderful debut album by the 19 year old violinist, Aaron Weinstein.
Weinstein’s choice of musicians and songs is excellent and he surrounds himself with such stars as Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Nicki
Parrott and Joe Ascione. The songs are After You’ve Gone,
Samba De Orpheu, A Handful of Stars, Swingtime in the Rockies, Dark Eyes,
Dinner With Friends, If Dreams Come True and five others. In addition, Aaron
Weinstein swings! ARCD 19316
Ruby Braff and his Buddies: Controlled Nonchalance at
the Regattabar, Volume 2 *
With Dave McKenna, Scott Hamilton, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood and
Chuck Riggs
More selections from the famous Regattabar session that has become a classic
of swing jazz. Selections include It’s All Right With Me, Pennies From Heaven,
Take the A Train, If You Were Mine, Swinging on a Star and Ain’t Misbehaving.
ARCD 19311 Volume 1 was selected as the top jazz record of 1995 by the
combined critics of Jazz Journal International.
 Down Beat, March 2006; Selected by Frank Rutter as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2005,
January/February 2006, Selected as a Critics’ Choice by Eddie Blackwell and Peter Vacher in Jazz
Journal International, March 2007
Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke: Now and Again *
Two master musicians join forces for an exciting duet program. Selections
include You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To, I Want to Be Happy, Weatherbird,
Thinking About Bix, Wild Man Blues, Dancing in the Dark, Two as One, Makin’
Whoopee and seven more. ARCD 19310
 1/2 Down Beat, August 2005;  ½ Down Beat, January 2006; Herb Wong’s Blue
Chip Jazz Awards for 2006, IAJE Jazz Education Journal, April/May 2007; Selected as a Critics’
Choice by Bob Weir in Jazz Journal International, March 2007
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John Sheridan’s Dream Band: Easy As It Gets Featuring Rebecca Kilgore
This is the fourth CD by the Dream Band and it may be the finest so far.
On every track, they create lovely jazz and dance music laden with inspiring
hot solos, subtle arranged passages, exuberant collective improvisation, and
tender ballads. Dream Banders are Randy Reinhart, Russ Phillips, Ron
Hockett, Scott Robinson, Phil Flanigan, Bob Leary, Joe Ascione and vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, performing on Devil May Care, Easy As It Gets, Spring
Cleaning, You Leave Me Breathless, The Gypsy, Me, Myself and I and nine more.
ARCD 19309
Bucky Pizzarelli: Flashes • A Lifetime in Words and
Music • Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3
Bucky Pizzarelli reminisces about his sixty-plus years as a professional guitarist in
a CD that could have been titled “The Art of The Ballad.” In it he demonstrates
the myriad ways that lovely songs belonging to “The Great American Songbook”
can be reworked, distilled and reharmonized, often as Bucky was recording them.
Aspiring players would do well to study Bucky’s harmonic innovations, his moving inner voices, his bass lines, all devices that breath new life into these American
popular classics. From the album notes by the celebrated guitarist Marty Grosz.
Bucky performs and introduces 22 selections including This Nearly Was Mine, Twilight Time, Willow Weep for Me, Flashes,
Last Night When We Were Young, Down Memory Lane, Lonesome Lake and the Second Movement from Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar
Concerto in D. ARCD 19306
Sara Caswell: But Beautiful *
“A gifted starbright violinist talent of the first magnitude, Sara is a top tier
member of the young generation of major voices – regardless of instrument.
Her prodigious technique permits beautiful intonation begetting a beautiful
sound and shaded emotions. An exquisite recording where every single golden
note from front to back is simply…beautiful.” Dr. Herb Wong, broadcaster,
educator and past president of the International Association for Jazz Education.
She performs with Lynne Arriale, an outstanding rhythm section and her
sister Rachel on such tunes as The Way You Look Tonight, Moon and Sand, But
Beautiful, Shenandoah, Black Nile, And So It Goes, Bye Bye Blackbird and four
others. ARCD 19304 Selected by Bill Falconer as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2005, January/February 2006
Buddy DeFranco: Cookin’ the Books *
With The John Pizzarelli Trio and Butch Miles
When the legendary Buddy DeFranco and The John Pizzarelli Trio, augmented
by the propulsive drumming of Butch Miles, join forces you can be assured of a
swinging session and this one will not disappoint. This is their first appearance on
record together and the results sizzle with such selections as What Is This Thing Called
Love?, Scrapple From the Apple, East of the Sun, Dancing in the Dark, Cookin’ the Books and five
others. ARCD 19298
*  DownBeat 2003. Bob Protzman’s Best CDs of 2004; Top 10 of 2004 in Blue Lake Public Radio.
Ralph Sutton: Wondrous Piano: The Private Family
Recordings – 1961 • Arbors Historical Series, Volume 4
“The master tapes to this session have been locked away for the past 42 years
in the family archives of Barbara Sutton Curtis, Ralph Sutton’s sister. Most of his
selections are tunes he had either never recorded or were only recorded once.
Barbara, who had been listening to Ralph since the very beginning, feels that these
are among the happiest, most swinging things she has ever heard him play. And
after hearing this CD I think you’ll agree. What a talent Ralph was! He played
wondrous piano and he is sadly missed.” Hal Curtis, Ralph’s brother-in-law. On
drums is Hugh Cregg, Huey Lewis’ father. Among the 15 selections are At Sundown,
Cattin’ on the Keys, Hobson Street Blues, Eccentric, Avalon and LuLu’s Back in Town. ARCD 19297
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The Kenny Davern Quartet at the Mill Hill Playhouse:
Celebrating 50 Years of Recording with James Chirillo,
Greg Cohen and Tony DeNicola*
Kenny Davern, an icon of jazz clarinet, celebrates his fiftieth year of jazz recording
with a swinging album of some of his favorite tunes performed with three of his
favorite musicians, James Chirillo, Greg Cohen and Tony DeNicola. For the occasion he chose the historic Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton, New Jersey, noted for its
fine acoustics, and the atmosphere was relaxed, permitting the music to flow and
the musicians to stretch out. The result is one of Kenny’s finest performances in recent years - hot jazz from start
to finish. Selections include Tight Like That, I Want to Be Happy, Wabash Blues, My Gal Sal and five more. ARCD 19296
* Selected by Will Friedwald in the New York Sun as one of the finest reed records of 2003 and one of the finest of Davern’s career. Selected by Jim Love “Best
CDs” of 2004 in Inverness (Scotland) Courier.
Johnny Varro Trio: Pure Imagination
“On the evidence of the music on Pure Imagination and his notable series of
Arbors recordings, Johnny Varro is still very much in his musical prime, ranking
at the top of swing pianists and consistently succeeding at keeping the vintage
music he loves alive and infectious.” Scott Yanow, noted jazz critic and author
of 8 books on jazz including the upcoming Jazz on Film. Varro is joined by Mark
Neuenschwander on bass and Ed Metz Jr. on drums in a program that includes A
Beautiful Friendship, Pure Imagination, Love Walked In, Nobody Else But Me, This Masquerade, Two
For the Road and nine others. Recorded with new technology SRS Circle Surround ®
(also playable without surround sound). ARCD 19293
Johnny Varro Solo: The Two of Us
Arbors Piano Series, Volume 13
Johnny Varro regales us with twenty great melodies he has enjoyed over the years.
No elaboration is needed in the presence of his piano artistry and the melodies
speak for themselves. They include If I Love Again, Lullaby of Birdland, This Time the
Dream’s on Me, Where Is Love?, Blame It on My Youth, Yesterday, Pieces of Dreams and For All We
Know. ARCD 19292
The Warren Vaché Quartet with Bill Charlap and Special
Guest Harry Allen: Dream Dancing *
“Taken singly, Warren Vaché and his horn, muted or not, provide a dazzling treat.
Add the superb piano fireworks of Bill Charlap, and the duets these two bring us
are more than listenable, they are positively joyful. And now, should you bring
on the elegant drumming of Eddie Locke, the subtle bass beat of Dennis Irwin,
and finally, drop into this mix the lush tones of Harry Allen’s sax, brace yourself,
friends, you are now in for an hour or so of superb music, elegant jazz provided
by some of the best of our composers.” Max Wilk, author of They’re Playing Our Song
and OK! The Story of Oklahoma who writes frequently about the Broadway theatre. Exciting small group jazz from
first note to last featuring such tunes as Close Your Eyes, Lover Come Back to Me, Quasimodo, It’s Too Late Now, Some Other Time,
I’m Shooting High and six more, ARCD 19289 * Selected as Critics Choice new record of 2004 by the combined critics of Jazz Journal International;
Selected by Jim Love “Best CDs” of 2004 in Inverness (Scotland) Courier; Selected by Tim Dorset, Mike Rogers and Brian Morton as a Best Record of 2004 in Jazz Review
(GB); First Place Winner of Fats Waller Prize of French Academie du Jazz for best CD of 2004; Selected by Bill Falconer and Peter Vacher as a Top 10 of 2004 in Coda;
Awarded the Grande Prix du Disque du Jazz for 2004 by the Hot Club of France.
Allan Vaché and Friends: Ballads, Burners and Blues *
“An album that not only proves Allan Vaché’s versatility as a clarinetist, but also asserts
the continuing vitality of creative mainstream jazz.” George Kanzler, well-known jazz
critic. Allan is joined by friends Ed Polcer, Dan Barrett, Mark Shane, Phil Flanigan and
Ed Metz Jr., as well as by wife, Vanessa, who performs a clarinet duet with him on a
beautiful piece written by Allan, A Minor Majority. Other selections include I’m Glad There
Is You, It Could Happen to You, Lazy Mood, Besame Mucho, The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me, It’s
All Right With Me, Our Day Will Come and four others. ARCD 19288 Selected by Jim Love “Best CDs”
of 2004, Inverness (Scotland) Courier; Rated 5 5 5 by O’s Place for 2004.
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Tom Pletcher and Dick Hyman: If Bix Played Gershwin *
A musical fantasy about Bix Beiderbecke and George Gershwin from the fertile imagination of Dick Hyman, with the authentically Bixian playing of Tom
Pletcher. Aided by an all-star cast of Dan Levinson, David Sager, Vince Giordano,
Bob Leary and Ed Metz Jr. they perform a program of musical speculations about
how Bix might have performed various Gershwin songs, mostly contemporaneous
with his career, but a few of which were composed after his death in 1932, but
of which Bix ever recorded. Among the selections are I Got Rhythm, Somebody Loves
Me, ‘S Wonderful, Sunny Disposish, I’ve Got a Crush on You, Kongo Kate, Rialto Ripples, But Not for Me
and Yankee Doodle Rhythm. ARCD 19283
* Second Place Winner of Fats Waller Prize of French Academie du Jazz for best CD of 2004; Selected by Anthony Troon as a Best Record of 2004 in Jazz Review (GB).
Flip Phillips Celebrates His 80th Birthday
At The March of Jazz 1995 *
“There was plenty of hot music served up in the course of Flip’s 80th Birthday
Party. For those of us lucky enough to have been there, this is a wonderful keepsake, and for those who were not, this might make you feel as though you had.
And for all of us, it will remind us that Flip Phillips was a man who loved to play,
and made us share that love.” Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz
Studies at Rutgers University. Joining Flip here are those among the party musicians who performed with him on the CD selections, Scott Hamilton, Phil Woods,
Buddy DeFranco, Bob Wilber, Randy Sandke, Carl Fontana, Dick Hyman, Derek
Smith, Ralph Sutton, Herb Ellis, Howard Alden, Billy Bauer, Bob Haggart, Milt Hinton, Sean Smith, Butch Miles
and Jake Hanna. Selections include Great Scott, Spanish Eyes, Poor Butterfly, Sweet and Lovely, The Claw, Hashimoto’s Blues, Perdido,
and four others. ARCD 19281.
* Selected by Bill Falconer as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda. Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda
Daryl Sherman: A Hundred Million Miracles: The Music
of Richard Rodgers • With Special Guests Ruby Braff,
Bob Dorough and Houston Person
Simply swing, as Daryl and her fellows, Joe Cohn, James Chirillo, and Boots
Maleson, joined by guests Ruby Braff, Bob Dorough and Houston Person, take
on some of the brightest songs by Richard Rodgers, including Getting to Know You,
Everything I’ve Got Belongs to You, Do I Hear a Waltz?, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, This Can’t Be
Love, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, A Hundred Million Miracles and seven others. The
selections with Bob Dorough are in a class by themselves. ARCD 19279
The Music of Bob Haggart: Featuring his Classic ‘Porgy
and Bess’ Arrangements and Other Greatest Hits: Under
the Musical Direction of Randy Sandke*
“To Bob Haggart, that most modest of greatly gifted men, arranging (or rather, recasting)
some of George Gershwin’s greatest themes from Porgy and Bess in l958 was ‘by far the best
writing I ever did.’ When you hear this wonderful score, brought back to life here by
an equally stellar cast, abetted by some dedicated behind-the-scenes detective work and
archival restoration, you will agree that Bob Haggart more than earned his bragging rights.
It was evident from the start of the sessions that the musicians were committed to doing
their very best for Bob Haggart’s fine music. For everyone involved, it was a labor of love--for a master musician and
fine gentleman. At last, Bob Haggart’s Porgy and Bess is no longer an unknown masterpiece.” Dan Morgenstern, Director
of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University and one-time editor of both Metronome and Down Beat. Performed by an
all star group including Randy Sandke, Jon-Erik Kellso, Byron Stripling, John Allred, Wycliffe Gordon, George Masso, Scott
Robinson, Ken Peplowski, Jack Stuckey, Howard Alden, Derek Smith, Ed Metz Sr., Greg Cohen, Joe Ascione, selections
include It Ain’t Necessarily So, I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’, Summertime, Bess, You is My Woman Now and 6 others from Porgy and Bess, plus 5
Haggart originals including What’s New?, Dogtown Blues and My Inspiration. For good measure, Bob and Tony DeNicola perform
Big Noise From Winnetka. ARCD 19274 (CD only)
*Selected by Will Friedwald as one of top 10 records of 2002 in Dec 3, 2002 New York Sun; selected by Gary Giddins as number 3 of 20 of best of 2002 in Jan
6, 2003 Village Voice. Selected by Patricia Myers on the Jazz Journalists Association website as one of the top ten 0f 2003.
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Celebrating Bix! The Bix Beiderbecke Centennial All
Stars Celebrate His 100th Birthday*
“Musicians today are still in awe of Bix Beiderbecke. They still learn from him
and in some strange way, across the eight intervening decades, they still connect
with the man, love him and want to be his friend. In celebration of Bix’s 100th
birthday, this CD presents his leads and solos as the focal point of all the pieces,
scored for a variety of instruments from Dick Hyman’s solo piano to 3 cornets,
3 C- melody saxes, 3 clarinets, a brass choir, and a brass and woodwind group.
The purpose is to give the listener an idea of how all sorts of instrumentalists
and arrangers absorbed Bix’s influence and to capture the harmonic richness that
underlies all of Bix’s playing, with plenty of room for improvisation.” Doug LaPasta, Dan Levinson, David White,
Producers. An outstanding collection of jazz stars celebrate the 100th birthday of Bix Beiderbecke, one of the
most influential musicians in the entire history of jazz, born March 10, 1903, and help answer the question as to
why this musician still retains the power to inspire us 74 years after his death. Among the jazz stars heard on this
CD are Randy Sandke, Randy Reinhart, Jon-Erik Kellso, Dan Barrett, Howard Alden, Mike Peters, Vince Giordano,
Greg Cohen, Mark Shane, Scott Robinson, Jack Stuckey, Dick Hyman, Harvey Tibbs, Pete Martinez, Matt Munisteri
and Peter Ecklund, with vocals by Barbara Rosene, James Langton and The Manhattan Rhythm Kings. The 19
selections include, At the Jazz Band Ball, Deep Harlem, Riverboat Shuffle, Davenport Blues, Jazz Me Blues, I Need Some Pettin’, I’m
Coming Virginia, Clementine, Singin’ the Blues and Borneo. ARCD 19271 * Joe Klee’s Record of the Year 2003 in The Mississippi Rag. Selected by
George Kanzler on the Jazz Journalists Association website as one of top ten of 2003. Selected as Number 3 new record of 2003 by the combined critics of
Jazz Journal International. Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda.
Ruby Braff and the Flying Pizzarellis: C’est Magnifique! *
Ruby’s final studio appearance for Arbors Records made with John Pizzarelli
and his Trio of Ray Kennedy and Martin Pizzarelli, joined by Bucky
Pizzarelli and Jim Gwinn on drums. Shortly after making this recording,
he took sick while touring in Scotland in August 2002 and passed away on
February 9, 2003. “Ruby left us a legacy represented by his uncompromising standards, musical taste, creative imagination and consummate artistry
– nice tunes, beautifully played. He achieved what only some musicians ever
accomplish by developing a unique and immediately recognizable style. His
standards and dedication were legend. After all, he wanted to be remembered
for his music, not for his life.” From the album notes by Tom Hustad, author of Born to Play: The Ruby
Braff Discography and Performance Directory, to be published by Scarecrow Press. Among the eleven tunes are
You’re a Lucky Guy, I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, As Time Goes By, They Can’t Take That Away From Me,
C’est Magnifique and Dancing on the Ceiling. ARCD 19270
Best of 2007, The New Yorker, Jan 2008. Selected by Benjamin Franklin V and Frank Rutter as one of Coda Top 10 for 2007, Jan-Feb 2008.
Selected by Steve Futterman JazzTimes, Jan-Feb 2008. Selected by Steve Voce Jazz Journal International, Jan 2008. Selected by John McDonough for
2007. Selected by Paul Blair for 2007 Hot House.
The Piano Giants at Bob Haggart’s 80th Birthday Party:
Dick Hyman, Derek Smith and Ralph Sutton
“Recorded at the first of Arbors’ memorable March of Jazz parties, in tribute to Bob Haggart
on his 80th birthday, each of these three peerless participating pianists is a stylist, but each
also knows how to adapt to the demands of the duo.... This memento of a truly memorable piano party is dedicated to the three great gentlemen performing there who have left
us, Hag, Milt and Ralph, but who would want us to remember them on the happy kind
of note they brought to this and so many other joyful gatherings.” From the album notes
by Dan Morgenstern. Three giants of jazz piano performing at Bob Haggart’s 80th birthday party as soloists and in various
duet combinations produce a performance that each has called one of his finest on record, performing such selections as
Love for Sale, In a Mist, I’m Through With Love, Honeysuckle Rose, Fascinating Rhythm, The Jitterbug Waltz and 7 more. ARCD 19266 (CD only)
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The All Stars at Bob Haggart’s 80th Birthday Party*
The 1994 March of Jazz was the first in what has become one of the foremost annual jazz
events, combining the best elements of the festival and party genres, and it was the first
in a series of birthday tributes to senior jazz greats. There could hardly have been a better choice than Bob Haggart and this 2-CD set of musical highlights celebrates the 80th
birthday of the legendary bassist, arranger and composer. Celebrating with Bob were a
hand picked group of his musical friends and associates over the years including such first
magnitude stars as Yank Lawson, Ruby Braff, Flip Phillips, Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton,
Milt Hinton and George Van Eps, who were joined by eighteen other all stars. The musical results are an outstanding 147 minutes of the finest in jazz. Album notes are by Dan
Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Selections include Oh, Lady Be Good!, Symphony,
Limehouse Blues, Nobody’s Sweetheart, Old Man Time, The Mooche, Wolverine Blues, Three Little Words, Air Mail Special and 10 more. ARCD 19265
(A Double CD for the Price of One) (CD only)
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 2002 Writer’s Choice in Jan/Feb 2003 Coda; selected by Hugh Rainey and Bob Weir as 2002 Critics Choices in Feb 2003 Jazz
Journal International.
An Intimate Evening With Dave McKenna *
“Dave McKenna again shows his understated technique, as well as his love of melody
from which he seldom strays too far. The audience at the concert was filled with musicians, something which usually happens at his appearances. They always come to hear his
wonderful way of phrasing; how he often re-writes the song without losing the melody; his
many medleys (he perhaps knows more medleys than any other living pianist today); his
marvelous left hand, always unpredictable, ranging from single notes, through full chords
and stride and everything in between. Some of the songs he plays here he has recorded
before but it really doesn’t matter because every time Dave plays a song it is totally different. A change in keys, tempo and phrasing, all of which makes it very exciting to hear Dave play.” From the album
notes by Producer, Gunnar Jacobsen, former President of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. Selections
include Fidgety Feet, Tea for Two, It’s the Last Dance and three extended medleys. ARCD 19264 (CD only)
* “Having listened to the recording often, I find Mr. McKenna lifts me above the turmoil of global news to a touch of hope for the human condition.” Nat
Hentoff, Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2002. Selected by Dan Morgenstern as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes; selected by Martin Gayford as one of 10
best jazz CDs of 2002 in London’s Dec 28, 2002 Daily Telegraph
John Sheridan And His Dream Band:
Get Rhythm In Your Feet
John Sheridan and his all star Dream Band of Randy Reinhart, Russ Phillips, Brian Ogilvie,
Ron Hockett, Reuben Ristrom, Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz Jr. and Rebecca Kilgore swing away
in this third outing of the group in a collection of sixteen familiar and not-so-familiar tunes
including Stop, Look and Listen, Indian Summer, I Love My Baby, A Gal in Calico, Humpty Dumpty Heart,
The Dixieland Band, I’m in the Mood For Love and A Handful of Stars. ARCD 19262 (CD only)
John Allred and Wycliffe Gordon: Head to Head*
“Still in their 30s, John Allred and Wycliffe Gordon may just be the next great trombone
team. They combine youth and experience to bring both a fresh eye to the music and a
healthy respect for the mainstream jazz tradition. The melodies may be familiar, but the
performances are continually challenging, exciting and deeply felt. Once you’ve listened
to this CD once, the best thing to do is go back and listen to it again, all the way from the
start. This time, notice that extra something that only the finest musicians can give their
music.... ‘It’s about playing from the heart, playing with real feeling,’ says Allred. ‘You can’t
teach someone to play with soul.’ “ From the album notes by Matt Schudel, jazz writer for
the (Fort-Lauderdale) South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Performing with Allred and Gordon are John
Sheridan, Charlie Silva and Ed Metz Jr. on such selections as The Preacher, West End Blues, Cotton Tail, If I Had You, Creole Love Call,
Afternoon in Paris, America and six others. ARCD 19261 (CD only)
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 2002 Writers’ Choice in Jan/Feb 2003 Coda. 1/2 DownBeat 2003. Selected by John Norris as a Writer’s Choice for 2003
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Ruby Braff Trio and Quintet: You Brought a New Kind of
Love • With Bill Charlap, Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli
and Jake Hanna *
The horror of 9/11 prevented a studio session planned by Ruby with Bill Charlap and
Dick Hyman. Instead there were separate sessions. The one with Dick Hyman was
issued as Watch What Happens (19259) and on this CD we not only have the following day’s session with Bill Charlap but fortunately three tracks from the March of Jazz
2001, giving us the never to be repeated chance to hear what they all sounded like
together. Selections include It’s Wonderful, Them There Eyes, Lullaby of the Leaves, Blue and Sentimental, You’re Driving Me Crazy and
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea plus three more. ARCD 19260
Selected by Benjamin Franklin V as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2005, January/February 2006
The Ruby Braff Quartet: Watch What Happens •
Featuring Dick Hyman, Howard Alden and Jake Hanna *
“The Ruby Braff song book by now reaches out across dozens of CDs. We’re
lucky that he lived through a classic age and was able to bring forward its colors
to us, but luckier still that he lived in an age where beautiful sounds are recorded
with a fidelity and life that have never been known before. His embellishments
are delicate and subtle and few jazz musicians have benefitted more from modern
studio techniques. His, more than that of any other soloist, is chamber jazz.” Steve
Voce, who has presented his own weekly radio program, Jazz Panorama on BBC for
33 years and has written a stimulating and controversial monthly column in Jazz
Journal International for 46 years. Joined by Dick Hyman, Howard Alden and Jake Hanna, Ruby performs Handful of
Keys, Slumming on Park Avenue, Watch What Happens, Over the Rainbow, What a Little Moonlight Will Do and six more. ARCD 19259
* Selected as Number 3 new record of 2003 by the combined critics of Jazz Journal International. Selected by Benjamin Franklin V as a Writer’s Choice for 2003
in Coda. Selected by Peter Vacher as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda
Chuck Redd: All This and Heaven Too
“Timeless music! An album to prove wrong those who say, “They don’t make ‘em like that
anymore.” Chip Deffaa, the jazz critic of The New York Post for 15 years and author of numerous books about jazz.....”Chuck Redd’s lightly swinging vibes interact beautifully with the
bass of George Mraz, Gene Bertoncini’s guitar and the clarinet and tenor of Ken Peplowski.
It is a superb grouping, with a dancing feel to it, well balanced and the tunes are well
chosen and varied. It is an intimate group, yet it pulsates with life and the joy of playing.
Chuck Redd should be very proud of this CD!” Marion McPartland. Selections include How
About You?, More Than You Know, Indian Summer, All This and Heaven Too, Once Is Not Enough and six others. ARCD 19257 (CD only)
Rebecca Kilgore and Dave Frishberg: The Starlit Hour
Rebecca Kilgore is the real thing. She swings all right, without noticeable effort, which is
what swing is about - think not just of Ella Fitzgerald and Maxine Sullivan but of instrumentalists such as Johnny Hodges, Bobby Hackett and Zoot Sims. Her pitch is so sure
that you never find yourself thinking about it; it never becomes an issue, the way it does
with singers whose intonation is less certain. This is surely a natural gift, along with her
good time and good ear. Appearing with Dave Frishberg, best known now as a singersongwriter, but present here in his secret identity of accompanist and solo pianist, they
were recorded live on the final night of their longstanding gig at the Heathman Hotel in
Portland, Oregon. From the album notes by Francis Davis, a Contributing Editor of The
Atlantic Monthly and noted writer about jazz. Selections include I Hear Music, Memphis in June, Cry Me a River, The Starlit Hour, Thanks for
the Memories and 14 more. ARCD 19255 (CD only)
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Bucky Pizzarelli: One Morning in May
Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 2
Eddie Higgins: Time on My Hands
A second masterpiece by Bucky Pizzarelli exploring classic jazz guitar. A must addition
for any jazz album collection. “Jazz guitarists come and go, usually in a flurry of flying
fingers, but Bucky Pizzarelli has been with us for nearly six decades. A meticulous
craftsman and elegant stylist, Pizzarelli is a living link to such guitar pioneers as Django
Reinhardt, George Van Eps, and George Barnes; there’s not a standard or swing tune his
seven-string instrument hasn’t spun into pure gold.” The New Yorker, December 18, 2000.
Selections include Laura, One Morning in May, A Blues Serenade, Candle Lights, Lush Life, Warm
Valley, Autumn Nocturne, Someone to Watch Over Me, This Nearly Was Mine and twelve more. ARCD
19254 (CD only)
“Although the year 2000 marks my 50th year as a professional and I have been recording since 1957, I’ve never made an entirely solo album. Playing solo piano presents both
challenges and opportunities. Obviously, there’s no place to hide: you’re the rhythm section, the soloist and the arranger all rolled into one, so every note counts. On the other
hand, the freedom is complete: if you feel like a change of key, tempo or meter (or even
of song!) it’s up to you without having to explain anything to anybody.” Eddie Higgins.
He performs Can’t Get Out of This Mood, I Hadn’t Anyone Till You, Lucky to Me, You and the Night and
the Music, You Turned the Tables On Me, Say It Isn’t So, A Blues Serenade, Stairway to the Stars and 6 others.
Dick Hyman and John Sheridan: Forgotten Dreams
Archives of Novelty Piano (1920’s - 1930’s)
“Novelty Piano.” These beautiful, often haunting, piano pieces performed by Dick Hyman and John
Sheridan come to us like a forgotten dream we may struggle to recall. Both are veteran sages who
have been drawn together over and over to perform dual piano programs, and their abilities to play
two pianos as one have been steadily refined over a period of almost fifteen years. Much of the music
on this CD is laced with a bittersweet flavor which will charm the listener, and, while all selections are
period pieces, all have upon renewed listening a freshness that is timeless. From the album notes by
Jim Cullum, the proprietor of the famous San Antonio restaurant, The Landing, which is the home of
his renowned Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the site of the weekly PBS radio show Riverwalk, Live From The
Landing. Selections include Echo of Spring, Morning Air, Finger Buster, In the Dark, Southern Charms, Nickel in the Slot, Dancing Tambourine, Southern Exposure, Eye
Opener and ten more. ARCD 19248 (CD only)
* Selected by Pat Hawes and Floyd Levin as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 Jazz Journal International; selected by Gene Seymour as one of best of 2002 in Dec
29, 2002 Newsday
ARCD 19236 (CD only)
Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Big Band: I Believe in You
ARCD 19231 CD Sold Out Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Dan Barrett and His Jazz Bears Featuring Rebecca Kilgore • Being a Bear
Bucky Pizzarelli: April Kisses
Solo 7-String Acoustic Guitar, Volume 1
A rare acoustic solo performance by one of the guitar masters of our time in a
program of classic guitar pieces by legendary players such as Carl Kress, Eddie
Lang, George M. Smith, Django Reinhardt and George Van Eps, including several
by Bucky himself. Twenty selections are performed including April Kisses, Afterthoughts,
Tears, Please, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Slow Burning, Squattin’ at the Grotto and Silk City Blues.
The Derek Smith Trio: High Energy*
Derek Smith displays his pianistic talents and high energy in company with Nicki Parrott
and Joe Ascione on such selections as Fools Rush In, Let’s Fall in Love, On Green Dolphin Street, Girl
Talk, Here’s That Rainy Afternoon, Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most and nine others. ARCD
19247 (CD only)
* Selected by Bill Falconer as a 2002 Writer’s Choice in Jan/Feb 2003 Coda
Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Jay Leonhart
Manhattan Swing: A Visit With The Duke*
“When we are playing together as a trio, Bucky and John and I will occasionally play an
entire set of Ellington-Strayhorn songs. The set goes on and on, gently winding through
the famous and not as famous compositions of these two brilliant composers. Very often a
quiet comes over the audience as the songs roll along, and soon you’d think you were at a
service in church. And we actually are, honoring the Archangel of American music, Duke
Ellington.” Jay Leonhart. Selections include Isfahan, Passion Flower, All Too Soon, I’m Beginning to See the
Light, Satin Doll and six others. ARCD 19226 (CD only)
* Selected by Martin Richards and Sally-Ann Worsfold as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 Jazz Journal International
Ruby Braff: I Hear Music
Ruby Braff in peak form aided and abetted by Bill Charlap, Tommy Newsom, Bucky Pizzarelli, John
Beal and Tony DeNicola. “The entire session and indeed, the ongoing career of Ruby Braff are also
arguments for the continued validity of the basic tenets of jazz: the balance of solos and ensembles,
of improvisation and playing the written melody, of group dynamics and interplay. And while all five
supporting players are truly par excellence, it’s the leader who himself propels their collective efforts
to greatness, and, in the process, shows us all who’s king of the forest.” Will Friedwald, author of Jazz
Singing and Sinatra, The Song Is You and co-author with Tony Bennett of The Good Life. Selections include
Yesterdays, I Hear Music, Baby Won’t You Please Come Home, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly and three others. ARCD 19244 (CD
only)
* Selected as number 2 CD of 2002 in Feb 2003 Jazz Journal International; selected by Benjamin Franklin V and Peter Vacher as a 2002 Writers’ Choice in Jan/Feb 2003 Coda;
selected by Larry Appelbaum as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes; selected as Meilleurs Disque Chronique 2002 by the Hot Club of France.
Bobby Gordon and Dave McKenna: Clarinet Blue *
Quintessential Bobby Gordon, performing a program of his special favorites in a
small group setting, abetted by the remarkable pianistics of Dave McKenna and a
swinging rhythm section of Frank Tate and Joe Ascione. Included in the 17 selections are It’s Been So Long, Ja-Da, I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, Clarinet Blue, Rosetta,
Poor Butterfly, Louisiana, I Cried For You, Beale Street Blues and Ballin’ the Jack. ARCD 19223 (CD
only)
*Selected by John Norris as a Writer’s Choice in the January/February, 2001 issue of Coda and
by Jack Sohmer as one of his top 5 albums for 2000 in the January/February 2001 issue of
JazzTimes. Selected by Joe Klee as Record of the Year in the January, 2001 issue of The Mississippi
Rag and selected by John Postgate and Michael Tucker as a 2000 Critics’ Choice in the
February, 2001 issue of Jazz Journal International.
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Ruby Braff: Music For The Still Of The Night *
“The present set is a collection of 10 standards of the sort Braff has played for years,
but with a difference: Braff considers this the best work he’s yet done for Arbors, which
he in turn considers the best body of work of his career on any label.....He’s an oddity
among jazz musicians, one whom any composer would want to hear play his songs. He
seems to respect the material as much as the manner. And that makes him that rarest of
all artists, a jazz musician in whose style melody and improvisation coexist as equal partners.” John McDonough, esteemed jazz critic who writes for Down Beat and The Wall Street
Journal. Performing with Ruby are John Bunch, Howard Alden, Michael Moore and Kenny
Washington on selections Thinking of You, Willow Weep For Me, Linger Awhile, Fly Me to the Moon,
These Foolish Things and five others. ARCD 19221 (CD only)
* Selected as a 2001 Critic’s Choice in the February, 2002 issue of Jazz Journal International by Steve Voce and Peter Vacher; selected by Ben Franklin V and Peter
Vacher as a 2001 Writer’s Choice in the Nov-Feb 2001/2 issue of Coda; selected as one of best of 2001 by Blue Lake Public Radio; selected as one of Meilleurs
Disques Chroniques en 2001 by Le Hot Club de France; selected as best of 2001 by the Music Broadcasting Society of New South Wales, Australia.
Ruby Braff and Strings: In the Wee Small Hours in
London and New York*
Ruby’s melodic ideas and unique sound backed by lush strings in a program of
songs associated with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, including Ruby’s legendary
version of White Christmas. Other selections include Swinging on a Star, Pennies From Heaven,
Love Walked In, Old Folks, Moonlight Becomes You, I Married an Angel, Please, In the Wee Small Hours
of the Morning and 9 others.
 1/2 Down Beat, June, 2000
John Sheridan and his Dream Band: Dream Band Make
Me Dream Some More*
This is small-combo swing at its best: tight but informal, and fresh as the next
century, featuring an all-star group including Rebecca Kilgore, Dan Barrett, Randy
Reinhart, Brian Ogilvie and Ron Hockett performing 17 tunes about Dreams.
Selections include I’ll See You in My Dreams, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Dream Man (Make Me
Dream Some More), It’s the Dreamer in Me, Dream Dancing, Please Keep Me in Your Dreams, Wrap Your
Troubles in Dreams and 10 more. ARCD 19215 (CD only)
* Selected by Martin Richards as a 2000 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2001 issue of Jazz
Journal International. Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 1999 by Le Hot Club de France Federation
John Sheridan Solo Piano: They Can’t Take That Away
From Me – Arbors Piano Series, Volume 5 *
“His solo style is his own, often sophisticated, sometimes rambunctious, thoroughly
grounded in swinging mainstream jazz. He has excellent keyboard command, incorporating a powerfully rhythmic left hand and swinging, fluid ideas coming from his
right.” Ted des Plantes, whose articles appear frequently in the Mississippi Rag, from
his album notes describing John Sheridan, the brilliant pianist and arranger with Jim
Cullum’s Jazz Band, heard on the national Public Radio show “Riverwalk.” Selections
include They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Pete Kelly’s Blues, You’re a Lucky Guy, You Go to My
Head, Sensation Rag, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off and nine others. ARCD 19214 (CD only)
* Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 1999 by Le Hot Club de France Federation
Jerry Jerome: Something Borrowed, Something Blue*
(The sequel to Jerry Jerome: Something Old, Something New) ARCD 19213 (A Double CD) Sold Out
Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
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The Pizzarellis, Bucky and John: Contrasts
“A ‘classic duet’ by father Bucky and son John, two masters of the guitar. They are so
simpatico that it’s sometimes hard to tell when one leaves off and the other begins.
Bucky performs with sensitivity and style and John proves that the apple doesn’t fall far
from the tree.” From the album notes by legendary guitarist Tony Mottola. Selections
performed are Three Little Words, Jersey Bounce, Coquette, Contrasts, Test Pilot, Two Funky People, For
Whom the Bell Tolls, My Romance and 8 others. “The playing is crisp, witty and swings like
mad.” Time Magazine, March 22, 1999. ARCD 19209 (CD only)
The Johnny Varro Swing 7: Afterglow*
This musical program of Johnny Varro arrangements recalls the Swing Era at its finest
as performed by an all-star lineup including Randy Sandke, Dan Barrett, Ken Peplowski,
Tommy Newsom, Frank Tate and Joe Ascione. They swing on It’s a Wonderful World, Brandy
‘N Beer, In the Still of the Night, Change Partners, Humoresque, Cross Your Heart, The Chase, Moten Swing,
Change Partners and 6 more. ARCD 19198 (CD only)
*Awarded prestigious Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz 1999 by Le Hot Club de France
Federation. Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice in the January/February, 2001
issue of Coda
Dick Hyman and Derek Smith:
Dick and Derek at the Movies*
“There is really nothing that can prepare one for the effervescence that erupts after Dick
Hyman and Derek Smith sit down at their respective pianos and start sending shock waves
and undulations of beautiful, seamless chords and runs. Boy, do they swing!” From the
album notes by Jim Lowe, radio personality and musicologist. The go to town on What Is
This Thing Called Love, As Time Goes By, Singing in the Rain, Laura, The Entertainer, All My Life, Lulu’s Back
in Town, All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm and 7 others. ARCD 19197 (CD only)
*Selected as one of top ten jazz recordings of 1999 by Swiss National Radio Broadcasting
System. Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 1999 by Le Hot Club de France Federation
The Wolverines of Bern at 35 – With Special Guests Bob Wilber’s New
Generation Jazz Band
ARCD 19196 Sold out Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Arbors Sampler ARCD 19192 Sold out
Dick Wellstood: Live at the Sticky Wicket *
This double CD is a foot-stomping, never-before released, recording by Dick Wellstood, live
and in person, preserving all of the atmosphere of the occasion and his bantering with an
audience of jazzers, who had braved the elements to hear one of the piano masters at work
and at play, on a November night in 1986. This unique recording contains it all from his first
“hello” to the audience to his final “good night” and along the way we are treated to perhaps the greatest pianist of his generation at the peak of his form.
ARCD 19188 (A Double CD for the Price of One)
* Tied for second among Critics’ Choices for 1997 in the February 1998 issue of Jazz Journal International; selected by Owen Cordle
as a Critics’ Pick for 1997 in the March 1998 issue of JazzTimes; selected by John Norris as a 1997 Writers’ Choice in the January/
February 1998 issue of Coda. Selected by John Sutherland and Benjamin Franklin V as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the
January/February 1999 issue of Coda.  John McDonough, Down Beat, February. 1999.
The Bob Wilber Big Band: Live at the March of Jazz ’96: Bufadora Blowup
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Prior Releases
Ray Sherman: Piano Chicago Style Arbors Piano Series: Volume 4*
ARCD 19186 (CD only) Sold Out Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Dave Frishberg: By Himself*
A long-awaited musical treat - a rare solo piano album by Dave Frishberg, spiced with
four of his vocals, two never before recorded, the already classic I Want to be a Sideman and
Saratoga Hunch. Dave stretches out on piano on Groovin’ High, Ain’t She Sweet, My Swan Song, Last
Night When We Were Young, Jump For Joy, a Kansas City Medley, I’ll Never Smile Again, and 3 more and
sings two of his originals, Can’t Take You Nowhere and I Could Care Less. ARCD 19185 (CD only)
* Selected by Benjamin Franklin V as Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the Jan/Feb 1999 issue of
Coda; selected as a 1998 Critics Picks in the March, 1999 issue of JazzTimes by Francis Davis.
Johnny Varro: Say Yes
Arbors Piano Series at Mike’s Place, Volume 2
Johnny Varro, one of the jazz piano greats, performs some of his old favorites and a few
rarely played anywhere in his first solo album in many years. All Too Soon, Wherever There’s
Love, Georgia Cabin, Emaline, Echo of Spring, It’s Wonderful, My
Fate Is in Your Hands, Django, Soon, You’re a Lucky Guy, Say Yes!, Forevermore and 7 others.
Wild Bill Davison: “Pretty Wild” and “With Strings Attached” – The
Columbia Classics Reborn ARCD 19175 CD Sold Out
The Allan Vaché Sextette: Swing and Other Things *
Allan Vaché is a unique clarinetist and is absolutely fearless as an improvisor. He is heard
with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Cocuzzi, Johnny Varro, Frank Tate, Ed Metz Jr., and brother
Warren Vaché Jr. makes a special guest appearance. The swinging program includes Just
One of Those Things, Limehouse Blues, You Turned the Tables on Me, Autumn Leaves, Rachel’s Dream, Time After
Time and seven others.
 1/2 John McDonough, Down Beat, and one of best CDs of the ‘90s, Down Beat,
January, 2000. ARCD 19171 (CD only)
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 1997 Writers’ Choice in the January/February 1998 issue of Coda.
Joe Ascione: Post No Bills ARCD 19174 CD Sold Out
Rebecca Kilgore and Dave Frishberg:
Not a Care in the World *
The jazz heyday of the ’40s and ’50s, when singers, piano players and sidemen could be
found in every supper club, bringing the classic American songs to life, is recreated here
by the exceptional vocalist Rebecca Kilgore and pianist extraordinare Dave Frishberg,
aided by Dan Faehnle, on guitar. Includes Not a Care in the World, Night Wind, Georgia on My
Mind, All My Life, Evenin’, A Kiss to Build a Dream On and 14 more. ARCD 19169 (CD only)
* Selected for The Golden Dozen for 1997 by Swiss National Radio Station DRS; awarded
 by Tex Wyndham in The American Rag.
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Jerry Jerome: Something Old, Something New*
The “Something Old” part of this double CD brings together a batch of rarities recorded
over more than two decades by Jerry Jerome, the jazz tenor man in the first Glenn Miller
orchestra and the top-of-the-line bands of Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw,
after he left the big bands in 1941, containing spoken introductions by Jerry and contributions from Charlie Christian, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Shavers, Yank Lawson, Johnny
Guarnieri, Red Allen and Tyree Glenn. The “Something New” CD was recorded in 1996
with a first-rate supporting cast, including Randy Sandke, George Masso, Bucky Pizzarelli,
Bob Haggart, Dick Hyman and Joe Ascione and reveals that Jerry is playing at least as well
as he ever did, maybe even better. ARCD 19168 (A Double CD for the Price of One)
* Selected by Frank Rutter as a Writer’s Choice in the January/February, 2001 issue of Coda. Selected by Will Friedwald as
one of his top 6 for 1997 in the March 1998 isssue of FI Magazine. Selected as a 1998 Critics’ Choice in Jazz Journal International in
the February, 1999 issue by critics Eddie Blackwell, Eddie Cook, Ian Crosbie, Floyd Levin, Martin Richards and Mike Shera;
selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the January/February 1999 issue of Coda.
Al Grey: Matzoh and Grits ARCD 19167
CD Sold Out
Ruby Braff: Being With You
(Ruby Braff Remembers Louis Armstrong) *
Ruby Braff arranged this tribute to Louis Armstrong for an all-star group including Dan
Barrett, Jerry Jerome, Bob Haggart, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jon-Erik Kellso, Scott Robinson,
Johnny Varro and Jim Gwin with special guest Joe Wilder, performing I Never Knew, Royal
Garden Blues, Little One (with Braff vocal), Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now, One Hour and four others.
* Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’ Pick for 1997 in the March 1998 issue of JazzTimes.
Selected by Frank Rutter as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the January/February 1999 issue of
Coda; selected as one of Meilleurs disques chroniques en 1998 by The Hot Club of France;  John McDonough, Down
Beat, August, 1998 and one of best CDs of the ‘90s, Down Beat, January, 2000. Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’ Pick for 1997
in the March 1998 issue of JazzTimes.
Jon-Erik Kellso: Chapter Two (The Plot Thickens) ARCD 19160 CD Sold Out
The Dick Hyman Trio: Cheek to Cheek*
Dick Hyman, whose playing is a virtual encyclopedia on the history of jazz piano, debuts
as a leader on Arbors with his swinging trio including Howard Alden and Bob Haggart in
a varied program including Cheek to Cheek, Django, Misterioso, Lotus Blossom, The Claw, My Inspiration
and five others. ARCD 19155 (CD only)
* Selected as one of the best records of 1997 in the January 1998 isssue of Bulletin of the Hot Club
of France; by John Sutherland as a 1997 Writers’ Choice in the January/February 1998 issue of
Coda. Selected as a 1998 Critics’ Choice in Jazz Journal International in the February, 1999 issue by
critic Floyd Levin.
Daryl Sherman: Look What I Found*
The sophisticated song stylist, Daryl Sherman, with arrangements by Dan Barrett
and some of her own, and an all-star New York cast, featuring Dan, Randy Sandke,
Jerry Dodgion, Ken Peplowski, Scott Robinson, Chuck Wilson, Bucky Pizzarelli,
John Bunch, Boots Maleson and Klaus Suonsaari, is heard on such selections as
Cheek to Cheek, Lazy in Love, Knock Me a Kiss, Things Are Looking Up, There’s a Lull in My Life
and 11 others.
* Selected by Tex Wyndham as a 1996 Writers’ Choice in the Jan/Feb 1997 issue of Coda.
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Prior Releases
The Jack Teagarden Club Hangover Broadcasts
Featuring Jackie Coon
The 1954 Teagarden band on a double CD – four live broadcasts from the Club
Hangover featuring Jackie Coon on trumpet, with Norma Teagarden, Ray Bauduc,
Jay St. John, and Kas Malone. For good measure there are Lil Armstrong and Don
Ewell playing intermission piano. Selections include Basin Street Blues, Struttin’ With
Some Barbecue, Jazz Me Blues, Muskrat Ramble, Royal Garden Blues, March of the Bobcats: in all, two
hours of the classics that made Jack Teagarden famous. ARCD 19150-51 A Double
CD for the Price of One (CD only)
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Ruby Braff and his Buddies: Controlled Nonchalance at
the Regattabar (Vol. I) *
The master of melodic improvisation joined by all-star buddies, Scott Hamilton, Dave
McKenna, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood and Chuck Riggs in a live romp at the Charles
Hotel’s Regattabar, performing Rosetta, Struttin’ With Some Barbecue, Sunday, The Lady Is A Tramp
and four others. ARCD 19134 CD only
*Selected as the Number One new jazz record of 1995 by the combined critics of Jazz Journal
International in the January, 1996 issue. Received top rating from Peter Vacher, Steve Voce,
Hugh Rainey, Alun Morgan, Eddie Blackwell and Derek Ansell.
George Masso and Dan Barrett: Let’s Be Buddies CD sold out; AR 19127 Cassette
available ($2.00) Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Jake Hanna and His After Hours Gang: The Joint Is Jumpin’ ARCD 19148 CD Sold Out
Jon-Erik Kellso: Chapter 1
The first recording under his own name by a young trumpet player destined for greatness. CD sold out; AR 19125
Cassette only ($2.00) Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman: Play Nice Tunes *
Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman, two masters of music, team up once again to celebrate the
twentieth anniversary of their association with a relaxed and tuneful collection of duets
including I Want a Little Girl, Why Was I Born?, Come Sunday, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, When It’s Sleepy
Time Down South and nine more. AR/ARCD 19141
Special cassette sale price: $2 * Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’ Pick for 1996 in
the March 1997 issue of JazzTimes. Selected by Ben Franklin V as a 1997 Writers’ Choice in
the January/February 1998 issue of Coda; selected for The Golden Dozen for 1997 by Swiss
National Radio Station DRS. * Selected as a 1998 Critics’ Choice in Jazz Journal International in the
February, 1999 issue by critics David Badham, Mike Baille and Hugh Rainey.
Christmas Cookies: Jazz Treats for the Holidays
Sweeten your holiday season with this tasty collection of jazz treats cooked up by
Charlie Bertini on trumpet, Randy Morris on piano and banjo and Dave Gannett on
tuba, with a bit of spice added by Ed Metz Jr. on drums and Renee Dover on violin. This
is Christmas as you’ve never tasted it before – 20 freshly baked holiday classics sure to
appeal to your appetite for hot jazz and cool licks performed by musical masters. The
familiar songs of Christmas will never sound the same again. This is a holiday biscuit to
be savored. ARCD 19122 CD only
Dan Barrett and John Sheridan: Two Sleepy People CD sold out; AR 19116 Cassette available
($2.00) Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Johnny Varro Swing 7 *
Johnny Varro wrote the arrangements for his Swing 7 of all-star musicians, including
Randy Sandke, Dan Barrett, Phil Bodner, Harry Allen, Frank Tate and Joe Ascione, encompassing the kind of music he has loved and appreciated all his life. Driven by his dazzingly fluid piano, the group blends ensemble play with great improvisations on If Dreams
Come True, Disc Jockey Jump, Then I’ll Be Happy, Coquette, The Earl, One Morning in May and 8 others.
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 1996 Writers’ Choice in the January/February 1997 issue of
Coda.
Johnny Varro: Everything I Love
One of the piano masters demonstrates what jazz piano is all about. Swinging
improvisations on songs ranging from the familiar to the obscure, ably supported by
David Stone and Gene Estes. Selections include You Turned the Tables on Me, Everything I
Love, Some Other Time, One Morning in May, Love Is a Simple Thing, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,
You’re a Sweetheart and seven more.
Jackie Coon and Friends: Back in his Own Backyard AR/ARCD 19109 CD Sold Out. Cassette
only $2. Digital download available from sites such as iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Rebecca Kilgore with Dan Barrett’s
Celestial Six: I Saw Stars*
Dan Barrett’s imaginative arrangements bring to center stage the vocal talents of
Rebecca Kilgore, whose singing style is reminiscent of the most appealing big band
singers of days gone by. Dan provides her accompaniment, with Dave Frishberg,
Bucky Pizzarelli, Scott Robinson, Chuck Wilson and Michael Moore. She sings Happy
as the Day Is Long, Sweet Substitute, I Saw Stars, Jeepers Creepers, No Love, No Nothing, Everything I
Have Is Yours, I’ll Be Around and 10 more. ARCD 19136 (CD only)
*Selected by Dick Neeld as a Writers’ Choice record for 1995 in the January/February, 1996 issue of Coda Magazine.
Rick Fay and Jackie Coon: Glendena Forever
Rick Fay and Jackie Coon recall musical memories of growing up in Glendale and Pasadena in the late ‘40s.
CD sold out. AR 19104 Cassette only $2 Digital download available from iTunes Music Store, eMusic and other similar sites.
Rick Fay and Friends: Rolling On ARCD 19108 CD and Cassette Sold Out
Rick Fay and Friends: Hello Horn! ARCD 19102 Sold out
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DVDs
Ruby and Ralph Remembered – DVD
Rick Fay’s Hot 5: Live at Lone Pine
Ruby Braff and Ralph Sutton played together many times for more than 52 years but
until now there has been no commercially available visual record of their performances. It is with great pleasure therefore that we are able to present some rare videos
taken by Don Wolff of their appearance at the Mid-America Jazz Festival in St. Louis,
Missouri in 1988 and of their last performance together which took place at the 2001
March of Jazz Party presented by Arbors Records. This DVD captures two magical
occasions for your viewing and listening pleasure. ARDVD-2 (DVD only)
Rick Fay’s first recording, which set the standard for presenting hard-charging Dixieland,
but with a contemporary twist. Relive the sound of his Hot Five with Davy Jones, George
Palmer, Bob Leary, Lee Richardson and guest Pat Doyle, as they celebrate such classics
as China Boy, Muskrat Ramble, Once in a While, WiIlie The Weeper, Bury Me On Basin Street, Oh Katharina
and 8 additional.
Special Products
The Statesmen of Jazz: a Multitude of Stars
A Double CD for the Price of One *
“Not since the heyday of Jazz at the Philharmonic has there been a jazz talent pool
– indeed, a multitude of stars – to compare with the thirty here assembled under the
banner of the Statesmen of Jazz (a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the
heritage of jazz through performances and clinics by master musicians), and this marvelous cast, folks, with Clark Terry as its musical director, ain’t even all the Statesmen
(and women)! Consider: Trumpets/Cornets: Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Warren Vaché,
Ed Polcer, Don Sickler Trombones: Benny Powell, George Masso, Wycliffe Gordon • Clarinets: Buddy DeFranco, Kenny
Davern, Ken Peplowski (doubling alto) • Tenors: Frank Wess, Red Holloway, Houston Person, Bob Kindred • Pianists:
Jane Jarvis, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith, Johnny Varro • Guitarist: Bucky Pizzarelli • Violinist: (and vocalist) Johnny
Frigo • Bassists: Keter Betts, Bob Cranshaw, Earl May, Jay Leonhart • Drummers: Louie Bellson, Eddie Locke, Jackie
Williams, Dennis Mackrel • Singer: Carrie Smith. That adds up to quite a slice of living history; one could write a
book about all the connections this cast represents: Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Goodman, the Dorseys, Hawkins,
Carter, Eldridge, Parker, Gillespie, Condon...and on and on. There are no stylistic boundaries or guidelines prescribed
for the Statesmen – each member can and will function as leader and call his or her own shots. But there is, of
course, a shared language here – the language of mature jazz, and while there were some sketch arrangements
involved in these sessions, their ad hoc nature brought this shared heritage to the fore, and even such a veteran
observer of the great music we call jazz as the undersigned had to marvel, more than once or twice, at the many
ways in which experienced and compatible musicians can come together and create coherent and communicative art
within a limited span of time. As a Peggy Lee classic puts it, these cats KNOW.” – Dan Morgenstern, Director of the
Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. In all, 28 selections are performed on this double CD including such as
Top and Bottom, Backwater Blues, Just an Old Manuscript, Shall We Dance, Cherry, Corner Pocket, Love Me or Leave Me, Fascinating Rhythm, My
Shining Hour, Isn’t It Romantic? , I’m Growing Young With You, Rockin’ Chair and Bags’ Groove. SOJCD 202
* Herb Wong Blue Chip Jazz Award in Jazz Education Journal. Selected as a Critics’ Choice by John Postgate in Jazz Journal International, February 2006
The Statesmen of Jazz *
A legendary collection of musicians who donated their performances to raise
money to bring the Statesmen of Jazz tour to jazz festivals all over the country,
including Benny Waters, at 93 the oldest regularly touring jazz musician, Clark
Terry, Joe Wilder, Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Milt Hinton,
Jane Jarvis and Panama Francis. They perform Moten Swing, East of the Sun, It Could
Happen to You, Tangerine, C Jam Blues, Blue Waters, Coquette and 3 more. AFJS CD 201
(CD only)
*Selected by Scott Yanow as a Writers’ Choice record for 1995 in the January/February, 1996 issue of Coda Magazine and by
Floyd Levin as one of the best of 1995 in Jazz Journal International, January, 1996 issue.
Gene Estes: In a Sentimental Mood STJC 101 (CD only) Sold Out
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1991 Triangle Jazz Partyboys
FIN 101/FINCD 101 Out of print
The Bob Wilber Big Band: Live at the March of Jazz ’96: Bufadora Blowup
ARVHS-3 Video Sold Out
Flip Phillips Celebrates His 80th Birthday At The March
of Jazz 1995 • The DVD
Arbors Records first DVD production is a visual record of all of the CD’s tracks celebrating Flip Phillips’ 80th birthday plus Sweet Georgia Brown and Jumpin’ at the Woodside and, as a
special treat, the only video on record of Milt Hinton performing his classic Old Man
Time. VHS video of three selections and the Flip Phillips interview previously appeared
on ARVHS-2, Flip Phillips’ 80th Birthday Party, The Friday Sessions. ARDVD-1
(DVD only)
Flip Phillips’ 80th Birthday Party: The Friday Sessions
ARVHS-2 Video Sold Out
Rick Fay and Friends: Live at the State*
Video ARVHS-1 available on sale as CD only on sale for $10, ARCD 29102 Video Sold Out
On SALE while supplies last
While supplies last: $2.00 per cassette
Arbors Records discontinued cassette manufacturing several years ago. While supplies last
you may purchase an unlimited amount of cassettes at $2.00 each. The cost of shipping
will follow the schedule on the order form. Cassettes still available: 19104, 19105, 19109,
19110, 19113, 19116, 19118, 19121, 19124, 19125, 19127, 19128, 19132, 19135, 19139, 19141, 19144, 19147,
19156.
Maria Avadon: A Jazzy Way
Featuring Five Play’s Women of the World
“Maria is a Portuguese singer, steeped in the
Portuguese-Brazilian musical idioms (including
bossa nova, along with many other forms of
the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds),
singing The Great American Songbook (plus
one Antonio Carlos Jobim standard thrown
in as dessert) with an American jazz group,
who consistently brings a fresh and original
approach to every song she sings. I don’t
know of any other album like this.” Will
Friedwald, the jazz reviewer for The New York
Sun, and the author of seven books on music
and popular culture. Maria joined by Five
Play’s Women of the World, Sherrie Maricle
(USA), Anat Cohen (Israel), Tomoko Ohno and
Noriko Ueda (Japan), perform Old Devil Moon,
Stolen Moments, Black Coffee, Tenderly, One Note Samba,
Comes Love, I’m Old Fashioned and seven others.
ARCD 19351 Special sale price: $10 CD!
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Phil Bodner’s Clarinet Virtuosity:
Once More With Feeling
Previously unreleased recordings by one of jazz’s
premier clarinetists with Dick Hyman, Gene
Bertoncini, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton, Derek
Smith, Butch Miles, Bob Rosengarden and others.
“Virtually every serious jazz record collector has Phil
Bodner on dozens if not hundreds of their records
even if they are not necessarily aware of his presence. A very valuable studio musician for decades,
only infrequently in the limelight, his musicianship
and reliability were greatly respected by his contemporaries in the studio world while his solo abilities
were enjoyed by his fellow jazz musicians. This collection of previously unreleased performances, gives
one a chance to hear how exciting a clarinetist Phil
Bodner was in his prime. He is featured in six different settings during the 1960s and ‘70s, excelling
with each group and interacting with some notable
players.” Scott Yanow, has penned over 500 liner
notes and is the author of nine jazz books including
Trumpet Kings, Swing, Classic Jazz and Jazz On Film.
Selections include Them There Eyes, In a Sentimental
Mood, Memories of You, Change Partners, Gone With
the Wind, In a Little Spanish Town, Those Sunday
Blues and twelve additional. ARCD 19347 Special
Sale Price $10.00 CD
Norm Kubrin: I Thought About You
From light swing to heavy ballads, I Thought
About You is a musical journey inspired by
Norm’s rich history as a musician and his passion for the joys of music. “Norm loves what
he does and every song that he performs on
this record reflects that fact very clearly. His
infectious spirit makes each song feel fresh
and I find myself smiling with a feeling of
satisfaction at the end of each track and at his
lush, gorgeous piano style that never fails to
stop me in my tracks.” Ray Kennedy, an outstanding jazz pianist, for many years the pianist with the John Pizzarelli Trio. Together with
Don Coffman and Bob Hanni, Norm plays
and sings tunes such as I Thought About You, Isn’t
It a Pity?, You Make Me Feel So Young, Let’s Get Away
From It All, It Could Happen to You and eight others.
Dave Glasser: Above the Clouds *
“Should you come upon anyone who claims
that jazz in the United States is moribund or
on life support, play this CD and watch him or
her discover what groovin’ is all about.” Nat
Hentoff, dean of jazz critics and expert on the
First Amendment, who is “beyond category.”
In addition to writing monthly for JazzTimes and
frequently for the Wall Street Journal, his weekly
column appears in the Village Voice. Dave is
supported by Larry Ham, Dennis Irwin and
Carl Allen on A Little Funky, Our Love is Here to
Stay, Above the Clouds, Easter Parade, Hidden Truths,
In a Sentimental Mood and 6 others. ARCD 19337
Special Sale Price $10.00 CD Selected by Peter Vacher
as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2006, January/February 2007; Selected
by Owen Cordle as a JazzTimes top 10, JazzTimes, January 2007;
Selected as a Critics’ Choice by Derek Ansell and Peter Vacher in
Jazz Journal International, March 2007
Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin and the
Kings of Strings Featuring Aaron
Weinstein
Veteran guitarists Jay Geils and Gerry
Beaudoin, aka The Kings of Strings, welcome to their jazz den a cub, teenage fiddle
phenom Aaron Weinstein. Beaudoin is a
Grammy-nominated guitarist and Jay Geils is
the iconic founder of the eponymous rock &
roll J. Geils Band. Together they hit some
nice grooves and breeze us gently through an
eclectic, easy-going set of Tin Pan Alley and
Swing Era classics, with a few original blues
and a timeless bop blues update. Selections
include Out of Nowhere, Blue Benedetto, Minor Swing,
Here’s That Rainy Day, All Blues and eight others.
The Ray Kennedy Trio Plays the
Music of Arthur Schwartz: With
Special Guest Joe Cohn
“The music my father composed was unusual
for its frequent melancholy with occasional
bursts of ebullience and they are here on this
album well understood by a world class pianist who inhabits my father’s work with an
unusually clear understanding. I don’t know
of any other recording that displays so accurately the shifts of spirit that haunted Arthur
Schwartz.” Jonathan Schwartz, son of Arthur
Schwartz, National Public Radio, WNYC and
XM satellite radio. The Trio of Ray and Tom
Kennedy with Miles Vandiver and guest Joe
Cohn perform By Myself, That’s Entertainment, A
Shine on Your Shoes, Something to Remember You By,
Dancing in the Dark, I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan
and nine others. Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
ARCD 19330
Maurice Hines:
Tribute to Nat King Cole
The world renowned dancer, singer, actor,
choreographer and director salutes one of his
entertainment idols, Nat Cole, and together
with Wycliffe Gordon, Howard Alden, Ralph
LaLama, Sherrie Maricle, Frank Owens,
Karolina Strassmayer and Bob Cranshaw,
among others, sings Unforgettable, Paper Moon,
Smile, Little Girl, Route 66, When I Fall in Love plus
eight more.
The Earl May Quartet: Swinging the
Blues
This set of 13 selections comprises a mixture of
familiar but revered pop standards, not-so-familiar
Jazz originals, a confirmed Be-Bop classic and a
couple of 1940s Basie staples. “Earl May proves that
a tasteful combination of the three basic elements
in music: melody, harmony and rhythm with a fair
amount of ‘swing’ thrown in, is always good, no
matter what’s currently in vogue.” Frank Foster,
who was a member and later leader of the Count
Basie Orchestra. The Quartet with David Glasser,
Larry Ham and Eddie Locke is joined by special
guest Barry Harris in Swinging the Blues, My Foolish
Heart, Blame It on My Youth, My Old Flame, Under
African Skies, Make Someone Happy and seven others. ARCD 19320 Special sale price: $10 CD!
Marty Grosz and His Hot
Combination
Marty Grosz displays his wit and wisdom,
not to mention his musicality, in company
with his Hot Combination including James
Dapogny, Ken Peplowski, Scott Robinson, JonErik Kellso, Arnie Kinsella, Vince Giordano
and Greg Cohen. Featured for the first time
on record, Marty’s famous introduction to Just
a Gigolo. Other selections include English Blues,
Alabamy Home, Did I Remember?, If It Ain’t Love, Don’t
Let It Bother You, Murder in the Moonlight and eight
others. Special Sale Price $10.00 CD ARCD
19319
Randy Reinhart at the Mill Hill
Playhouse:
As Long As I Live *
Randy leads an outstanding group of Kenny
Davern, Dan Barrett, John Sheridan, James
Chirillo, Frank Tate and Tony DeNicola in a
spirited recording ranging from Dixieland to ballads, including At the Jazz Band Ball, Clarinet
Marmalade, The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to
Me, Too Late Now, Yellow Dog Blues and six more.
Special Sale Price $10.00 CD ARCD 19313
Selected as one of top New Issues of 2005 by the critics of Jazz Journal International,
February 2006 and by critics Eddie Cook and John Postgate.
Tommy Newsom and His OctoPussycats
“The key word that describes Tommy’s playing is
always - ‘taste!’.....this is a unique CD expertly played
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by skilled instrumentalists intent on establishing and
maintaining an integral sound that, above all, swings!
It is far more than “casual listening” music. True, it
will evoke occasional hand-clapping or toe-tapping,
but Tommy Newsom’s multi-layered sounds will also
encourage re-plays that reveal fresh nuances each
time.” From the album notes by Floyd Levin, noted
jazz historian and journalist and author of Classic Jazz
- A Personal View of the Music and Musicians. Those “skilled
instrumentalists” include Warren Vaché, Wayne Andre,
Karolina Strassmayer, Lisa Parrott, Derek Smith,
Noriko Ueda and Sherrie Maricle. Selections include
Titter Pipes, Detour Ahead, Speak Low, Come Sunday, Poor Little
Rich Girl and four others. ARCD 19312 Special Sale
Price $10.00 CD
The Flip Phillips Quartet: Live at the
Beowulf
A Double CD for the price of one • Arbors Historical
Series, Volume 5 *
Flip Phillips, who travelled and worked with some of
the greatest musicians and bands in the world from
his days with the first Woody Herman Herd, Jazz at
the Philharmonic and Benny Goodman tours, had a
wonderful three-year run at a club in Florida named
the Beowulf. Although the Beowulf no longer exists
the memories of great music linger on in this double
CD, recorded in December, 1977 and October, 1978,
with Flip at the top of his form playing with his
working quartets that included Tom Howard, Don
MacLean, Joe Reichgott and John Mason. Among the
twenty-five selections on this double CD are Beowulf
Blues, Indiana, The Brotherhood of Man, Sweet and Lovely, Body and
Soul, Someone to Watch Over Me, Lemon Aid 21, After the Lovin’
and A Closer Walk With Thee. ARCD 19308 Special Sale
Price $10.00 CD
* Selected by Martin Longley as a Best Record of 2004 in Jazz Review (GB)
Five Play ... Plus *
“As more listeners in this country and around the world
get to hear FIVE PLAY, DIVA, and the growing number of other jazzwomen, the sheer joy and strength of
their music will effortlessly bring pleasure – in Duke
Ellington’s liberating phrase – beyond category.” This is a
CD with swinging joy in the solos and ensembles, ballads
that are like overhearing an intimate conversation, one
that is full of continual surprises – such is the challenging nature of this music. From the album notes by Nat
Hentoff, celebrated author, journalist and jazz authority
who writes about jazz for the Wall Street Journal and Jazz
Times. Artists include Sherrie Maricle, Anat Cohen, Karolina
Strassmayer, Tomoko Ohno, Noriko Ueda, Jami Dauber
and Barbara Laronga performing such selections as Theme
From Mr. Broadway, That Old Feeling, Funk in a Deep Freeze, Bud
Powell, On the Good Ship Lollypop and five more. ARCD 19307
Special sale price: $10 CD!
* Selected by Bill Falconer as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2005, January/February 2006
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Bob Dorough: Sunday at Iridium *
Bob Dorough rose to national fame as the music
director and composer of many of the songs heard
on Schoolhouse Rock. There are literally millions of
Americans who, after years of Saturday morning exposure to ABC-TV’s Schoolhouse Rock, know Bob’s voice but
not his face or name. For many years he enthralled
a whole new generation of admirers at the midtown
Manhattan jazz boîte at 51st Street and Broadway
called Iridium, singing his songs and leading a stellar
quartet there most Sundays. From the album notes by
Paul Blair, former Voice of America music broadcaster
who edits Hot House magazine and conducts the popular New York Jazz Walks, Swing Streets, jazz-focused walking tours through several New York neighborhoods.
Performing with Bob are his regulars Steve Berger and
Ed Ornowski, added attractions Steve Gilmore, The
Bobettes Laura Amico and Roslyn Hart and Special
Guests Joe Wilder and Daryl Sherman. Selections
include You’re the Dangerous Type, Three is a Magic Number, But
For Now, Comin’ Home Baby, How Could a Man Take Such a Fall,
Electricity Electricity, Ain’t No Spoofin’, Sunday and five more.
* Herb Wong Blue Chip Jazz Award in Jazz Education Journal
Sammy Sherman: A Jazz Original Live
at Chan’s: His Autumnal Statement •
Arbors Historical Series, Volume 6
Sammy Sherman, father of noted singer-pianist Daryl
Sherman, had his own voice on the trombone and an
uncanny ability to drive trumpet players crazy by being
able to hit notes higher than they could play. “The
language of jazz came naturally to Samuel Sherman;
he spoke it like a native. This record at last celebrates
a very special artist and man – an American original.”
Dan Morgenstern, a long-time friend of the Sherman
family and the Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at
Rutgers University. Supporting musicians, in addition to
daughter Daryl, include Howard Alden, James Chirillo,
Gray Sargent, Jay Leonhart, Frank Tate, Marshall Wood,
Dan Barrett, Dick Sudhalter, Warren Vaché and Loren
Schoenberg, who perform on such tunes as September in the
Rain, East of the Sun, Dancing on the Ceiling, Penthouse Serenade, Them
There Eyes, If I Had You, Nothing to Leave But a Song and nine
more. ARCD 19302 Special sale price: $10 CD!
Hanna (Richardson) and Phil
(Flanigan):
Simply....with Spirit! *
Songstress Hanna Richardson and husband Phil
Flanigan together with Johnny Frigo, Chris Flory,
Bob Sneider and Mike Melito present a swinging
collection of tunes including I Got the Sun in the
Morning, The Tender Trap, Detour Ahead, Slap That
Bass, We Three, Are You Havin’ Any Fun? and ten
others. ARCD 19301 Special sale price: $10 CD!
Selected by Benjamin Franklin V as one of Coda’s Top Ten of 2005, January
February 2006
Metz’n Around • A Late Night Party
With the Metz Family And Friends John
Allred and Terry Myers
“Here, for the first time, you’ll all get a peek at the music
of my family, the Metz’s. Many of these are the tunes
that drifted into my bedroom during those “Late Night
Parties” at our house. I am proud to announce for the
first time, the entire Metz clan (father Ed Sr., mother Joey
and sons Ed Jr and Tim) got together for this fun-filled
and exciting session and there’s nothing like getting the
best in the business to lend a hand for a little family project. By that I mean John Allred and Terry Myers. Enjoy
it! We certainly did.” Non-playing son, Michael Metz.
Selections include ‘Deed I Do, You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart,
Sunday Blues, Someone to Watch Over Me, Red Riding Hood, Hey Mister
Fay, Little Rock Getaway and eight others.
Professor Peter O’Brien: Jazz Piano
of a Celtic Soul
The late Dublin-born Professor Peter O’Brien was a
Licentiate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music where he
won the coveted Gold Medal for composition as well as
many classical piano competitions. Peter was recognized
as one of Europe’s finest exponents of the Harlem Stride
style of piano and shared billing and performed with
such jazz stars as Stephane Grappelli, Bud Freeman, Wild
Bill Davison, Kenny Davern, Warren Vaché and Harry
Allen. He had played many times with Ralph Sutton,
who became a good friend, and in June 2001 recorded a
live two-piano CD with him in Dublin - which may have
been Ralph’s last two-piano recording. Selections include
Ain’t Misbehavin’, Bohemia Rag, Macushla, Mozart’s Ronda a la
Turca, Hymn to Freedom, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Brother Can
You Spare a Dime?, The Professor Stomps and nine others. ARCD
19295 Special sale price: $10 CD!
The Michiko Ogawa Trio ... it’s all
about love!
With Special Guest: Harry Allen *
Once in a while you come across a musician who
leaves an instant impression on musicians and listeners alike. Such is the case with Michiko Ogawa,
who makes her Arbors debut on this CD. Not only
is Michiko a beautiful will-o-the-wisp with charm
to spare, she plays exquisitely and to top it all off,
sings like an angel! There is nothing she can’t do on
the piano as she shows on this recording with Phil
Flanigan, Ed Metz Jr. and special guest Harry Allen.
She performs You, I Cover the Waterfront, All of Me, Body and
Soul, I Wish Those Days Were Back Again, ‘S Wonderful, Love is
Just Around the Corner and seven more. Recorded with
new technology SRS Circle Surround ® (also playable
without surround sound). ARCD 19294 Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected as Number 1 new record of 2003 by the combined critics of Jazz
Journal International
Dave Frishberg: Do You Miss New
York? Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center *
“Frishberg, who dazzles with word play, exemplifies
the high ground of wit, craft and musical imagination,
displayed here so generously.” Daniel Okrent, writer
and editor who has written about jazz for Esquire, Time,
Fortune and other publications and was for several years
a senior editorial executive at Time, Inc. In addition to
his celebrated lament for the past, My Country Used to Be,
this program of Frishberg classics and originals, performed live at Jazz at Lincoln Center, includes The Hopi
Way, Oklahoma Toad, Eastwood Lane, Quality Time, Zanzibar, The
Difficult Season, Heart’s Desire, Do You Miss New York? and five
others. ARCD 19291 Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
*  DownBeat 2003. Joe Klee’s Record of the Year 2003 in The Mississippi
Rag. Selected as one of the Golden Dozen for 2003 by Willy Bischoff of the
Swiss National Radio Broadcasting Corporation. Selected by Ira Gitler on
the Jazz Journalists Association website as one of top ten of 2003. Selected
by Bill Falconer as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda. Selected by Pat Hawes
as a Critics’ Choice for 2004 in Jazz Journal International.
Drummer Donnie O’Brien Meets
Manhattan Swing: In a Basie Mood *
• With Manhattan Swing (Bucky
Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Jay
Leonhart) and Special Guest Carmen
Leggio
Donnie O’Brien, a talented drummer who has worked
regularly in the New York area since the early 1970s,
makes his recording debut on this meeting with Bucky
Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Jay Leonhart, together with
saxophone great, Carmen Leggio. The music is very
much in a Basie vein with the musicians sounding
relaxed, leaving space for each other and swinging lightly, with O’Brien playing with much subtlety and yet with
plenty of quiet drive. Selections include One O’Clock Jump,
Jive at Five, Moten Swing, Lester Leaps In, Robbins Nest and four
• Selected by Anthony Troon as a Best Record of 2004 in Jazz Review (GB)
Skitch Henderson and Bucky
Pizzarelli: Legends*
“The selections you will hear on this disc bring back the
style of improvisation which began with Dixieland and,
with imagination and improvisation, propelled us through
the great days of jazz. So, dance the night away. Live
it up. Live up the past and celebrate the future.” Walter
Cronkite. Joining Skitch and Bucky are John Pizzarelli,
Jay Leonhart, Nicki Parrott, John Cocuzzi, Sherrie Maricle
and a violin section of Sara Caswell, Johnny Frigo, Andy
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Stein and Aaron Weinstein. Selections include Three Little
Words, Liza, Out of Nowhere, Kiddin’ on the Fiddle, Snowfall, Cedric’s
Blues, Emaline, Tea for Two and six additional. ARCD 19285
* Selected by W. Royal Stokes on the Jazz Journalists Association website as
one of top ten of 2003.
Ralph Sutton and Dick Cary:
Rendezvous at Sunnie’s in 1969 •
Arbors Historical Series, Volume 7 *
Two jazz fans took a winter car ride to Aspen with
Dick Cary and the result was recording a memorable session at Sunnie’s Rendezvous with Ralph,
Dick, Al Hall and Cliff Leeman. Among the tunes
on this CD are I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love
With Me, Out of Nowhere, Save It Pretty Mama,
Honky Tonk Train, You’re Driving Me Crazy, Street of
Dreams, In a Sentimental Mood, Someday Sweetheart,
and Shine. ARCD 19284 Special Sale Price
$10.00 CD
Selected as a Critics’ Choice by Bert Whyatt in Jazz Journal
International, March 2007
Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big
Band From Toulouse, France,
Volume Two • More Never Recorded
Arrangements for Benny Goodman*
In this Volume Two follow up to the critically
acclaimed Fletcher Henderson’s Unrecorded Arrangements for Benny
Goodman  – Down Beat) (ARCD 19229), Bob
Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band of Toulouse, France
tackle more unrecorded arrangements by Henderson
and by 14 more of Goodman’s best writers, in addition to a Wilber original. They once again capture the
essence of Goodman’s style and sound but with their
own fresh interpretations, making for the ultimate in
big band swing. Selections include Blue Prelude, All the
Things You Are, Some of These Days, The Thrill Is Gone, Benny’s
Bugle, Royal Garden Blues and ten others. ARCD 19282
Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
* Selected by George Kanzler on the Jazz Journalists Association website as
one of top ten of 2003
The Howard Alden-Dan Barrett
Quintet: Live in ‘95
A standout performance by the Quintet, consisting of
Howard Alden, Dan Barrett, Chuck Wilson, Frank Tate
and Jackie Williams, which for the first time captures
on record the vitality and surprise of the ABQ’s live
dates; diverse material performed in a fresh manner
with a breathtaking blend of swing, melody and harmony. Guest vocalist Terrie Richards Alden is a definite plus. From the album notes by Zan Stewart, a veteran jazz journalist who is currently staff jazz writer for
the New Jersey Star Ledger. Selections include 9:20 Special,
When Lights Are Low, Perdido, Oriental Strut, Savoy Blues, Jeepers
Creepers, That Old Feeling, Skylark and four more. ARCD
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19280 Special sale price: $10 CD!
The John Sheridan Trio: Artistry³
Sheridan displays his great sensitivity on this excellent collection of vintage tunes, with superb arrangements, bass and drum work by Dave Stone and Tony
DeNicola, and elegant engineering. Sheridan has a
light keyboard touch which he punctuates with firm
emphasis; and being able to slide smoothly from
pianissimo to fortissimo gives him a chance to shade
his harmonies, emphasize or de-emphasize rhythms,
and swing effortlessly. From the notes by jazz writer
Philip Elwood. Selections include It’s Been So Long, I’m
Glad There Is You, Ev’rything I Love, Change Partners, No Love No
Nothin’ and seven others. ARCD 19278 Special Sale
Price $10.00 CD
Bobby Gordon and Bob Wilber:
Yearnings*
In their first pairing on record, the two legendary Bob’s,
joined by John Sheridan, David Stone and Tony DeNicola,
demonstrate their affinity for the nostalgic, in a program
of beautiful tunes performed with swing, elegance and
grace, including some originals by Wilber. Selections
include In a Little Spanish Town, Yearnings, Blue Clarinet, A Pretty
Girl Is Like a Melody, Song of the Islands, All By Myself and seven
* Joe Klee’s Record of the Year 2003 in The Mississippi Rag .Selected as Number 6
new record of 2003 by the combined critics of Jazz Journal International. Selected
by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda.
Jazz Ambassador Scott Robinson
Plays the Compositions of Louis
Armstrong •
Great American Composers Series,
Volume 1
In the early 1990s and during his State Department
Jazz Ambassador’s tour of eleven West African countries in 2001, Scott began to reflect on the fact that
Louis Armstrong had either written or co-written a lot
of great music, much of which is seldom performed.
The sublime pleasure of this album, and what provides it such artistic distinction, is the creative imagination that Scott Robinson applies in uniquely arranging
Armstrong’s great tunes and performing them on an
impressive variety of instruments in ways never before
heard. If Armstrong’s instrumental gifts as a virtuoso
trumpeter are sometimes overlooked, his compositional talents are even more so. Many of his nearly
five decades of recordings are as startling, even avantgarde, today as when they were made. Armstrong
was and is king of American music. Yet few of us
realize the immensity of his accomplishment. Scott’s
genius may help you to rectify this omission. In
this project Scott Robinson performs on Tenor Sax,
Baritone Sax, Bass Sax, Echo Cornet, Trombonium,
C-Melody Sax, Double Bell Euphonium, F MezzoSoprano Sax and Ophicleide and is joined by Larry
Ham, Mark Shane, Mike LeDonne, Klaus Suonsaari,
Pat O’Leary and the African drummers Indigenafrica.
Among the 14 Armstrong selections are Potato Head Blues,
Lazy ‘Sippi Steamer Going Home, Irish Black Bottom, Gutbucket
Blues, Cornet Chop Suey and Yes! I’m in the Barrel. ARCD
19275 Special Sale Price $10.00 CD* Selected as a Top 10
CD of 2004 by Francis Davis in The Village Voice.
Chuck Hedges: Just Jammin’
The genre is swinging chamber jazz, possibly what the
pioneering Benny Goodman sextet might sound like
today, if BG, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, et al, were
still alive and playing. Amazingly, nothing here sounds
dated. These cats, who are Chuck Hedges’ “Milwaukee
Connection,” have stayed current. Among the eleven
selections are Broadway, A Ghost of a Chance, I Let a Song Go Out
of My Heart, Lullaby in Rhythm and Midnight Sun. ARCD 19273
(CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
The John Bunch Trio: A Special
Alliance*
This is indeed a special alliance as John Bunch, a melodist
of the first order, joins hands across the sea with Britishers
Dave Green on bass and Steve Brown on drums to create another exciting recording, performed after hours in
London’s Pizza Express, confirming his place in the top
rank of contemporary pianists. Selections include So Sorry
Please, Lush Life, My Ship, Beyond the Bluebird, Prelude to a Kiss, Will
You Still Be Mine and seven others. ARCD 19272 (CD only)
* Selected by Cam Miller in The American Rag as one of 10 best CDs in 2003
Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman:
America, The Beautiful
“Ruby is one of those few people who could solo
with a pipe organ, who could improvise with such
an unusual instrumental background. It requires a
very special ability - flexibility, ingenuity, and invention. Ruby, of course, is his own man. Like his idol,
Louis Armstrong, he commands the center of attention, even if the background is something as odd as
a theatre organ. The tonal colors of a pipe organ are
its great glory. Above all, I’m stimulated by being able
to orchestrate on the spot. And once you launch into
a bright swinging tempo with the instrument sounding perhaps a beat behind the fingers, the sensation is
like leading a herd of galloping elephants. You don’t
dare look back.” Dick Hyman, who performs on the
Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. Selections, in addition to a
classic rendering of America, The Beautiful, include When
It’s Sleepy Time Down South, As Long As I Live, When I Fall in
Love, Louisiana, High Society, I Ain’t Got Nobody, This Is All I
Ask and eight others. ARCD 19269 Special Sale Price
$10.00 CD
Wein, Women and Song and more:
George Wein Plays and Sings
“As a kid of six or seven years old, I used to sing popular
songs with my mother playing the piano....I soon gave up
vocalizing for the more instrumental approach to the music,
which became my life. I never gave up the thought that I
could actually sing a song that people might like. George
Frazier’s album notes will tell you the story of how I happened to make a vocal album for Atlantic Records....Ruby
Braff, Sammy Margolis and Bobby Hackett play brilliantly
and the trumpet work of Warren Vaché Jr. with Howard
Alden shines throughout.” George Wein, producer of the
Newport Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival and numerous
festivals all over the world as CEO of Festival Productions,
Inc., as well as an accomplished pianist, record producer
and entrepreneur. Among the 21 classic standards are All
Too Soon, Pennies From Heaven, Back in Your Own Backyard, I’m Through
With Love, I Married an Angel, Did I Remember?, Please, Once in a While.
ARCD 19268 (CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
The Kings of Jazz Featuring Kenny
Davern: Live in Concert, 1974 • Arbors
Historical Series, Volume 3*
This recording, taped for posterity in Sweden by Leif
Karlsson, makes it possible over thirty years later for the
world to enjoy some of the scintillating performances
by the Kings of Jazz, a group hand-picked by Pee Wee
Erwin not only for their outstanding ability as soloists
but also for their excellent ensemble playing. It also
gives us the chance to hear Kenny Davern at the peak of
his powers on soprano saxophone, an instrument that
lamentedly he no longer plays, but in performances that
he considers some of his best ever on record. The Kings
are Pee Wee Erwin, Bernie Privin, Ed Hubble, Johnny
Mince, Kenny Davern, Dick Hyman, Major Holley and
Cliff Leeman. Selections include Royal Garden Blues, Wild
Man Blues, Rosetta, Black and Tan Fantasy, Oh Sister Ain’t That Hot?,
Savoy Blues, Fingerbuster, Indiana and six more. ARCD 19267
* Selected by John Norris as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda
The Wolverines Jazz Band of Bern,
Switzerland at 40
Featuring Clark Terry and Arvell Shaw with Frank
Capp, Scott Robinson and Duffy Jackson Jr.
The Wolverines Jazz Band of Bern, Switzerland, this
incredible group of seven of Europe’s most talented
jazzmen, in the year 2001, with undiminished vigor, celebrated their 40th anniversary. It is all the more amazing
when you consider that its frontline of Hans Zurbrügg,
Beat Uhlmann and Rudolph Knöpfel and banjo-guitar
player, Walter Sterchi, have been with the band over the
entire 40 years of its existence and that the last personnel
change was made more than 25 years ago. Not only
does this make this group of musicians an institution
in Bern and unique in the history of jazz but it is also a
tribute to the continued vitality of its style of dixieland
music. In honor of the occasion, the Wolverines were
joined for this live, swinging program by the legendary Clark Terry and Arvell Shaw together with Frank
Capp, Scott Robinson and Duffy Jackson Jr. to demonstrate once again in the words of leader Hans Zurbrügg
that “the time of Dixieland is not yet over.” Selections
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include Fidgety Feet, I’m Coming Virginia, Oh, Baby, The Yellow Dog
Blues, Wolverine Blues and 10 more. ARCD 19263 (CD only)
Johnny Frigo’s DNA Exposed!
“To me Johnny Frigo is a bit of a miracle. Here he is, an
octogenarian - he’ll be 85 in December 2001- he still plays
violin technically perfectly and with undiminished energy,
enthusiasm and inventiveness - at an age when most fiddlers, and musicians in general, have long ago hung up
their instruments in the nearest closet. Indeed, when
Johnny plays with other (almost always much younger)
musicians, it is he who galvanizes the group, who never
lets their energy flag, who always picks the next tune, who
leads the background riffing, and who never wants to stop
playing.” Gunther Schuller, both a classical and jazz musician, musicologist, educator, music publisher, composer
and conductor and the author of Early Jazz: Its Roots and Early
Development (Oxford) and The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz,
1930-1945 (Oxford). Performing with Johnny Frigo are Bill
Charlap, Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Nicki Parrott and
Joe Ascione on I Concentrate on You, Poor Butterfly, Cheek to Cheek,
Crystal Silence, What’ll I Do? and eight others. ARCD 19258 (CD
only) Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
The Michael Moore Trio With Ken
Peplowski and Tom Melito The History
of Jazz, Volume 2: Dedications*
A beyond category recording ranging over even more expansive
terrain than Volume 1. Featured are no less than six originals by
Michael Moore, each inspired by a particular musician dear to his
heart, reflected in the disc’s subtitle Dedications. Peplowski calls them
“Michael’s abstract paintings of the musicians” and describes this CD
as “one of the most creative projects I’ve ever been involved with.”
Michael Moore said “Ken and I both like to play the history of the
music. It depends on who you’re playing with. Songs you’ve played
before can feel new, challenging and wide open.” From the album
notes by Ira Gitler, author of Masters of Bebop (formerly Jazz Masters of the
Forties), and co-author with Leonard Feather of The Biographical Encyclopedia
of Jazz. Selections include Jimmy Rowles, Mr. Brubeck, Cherokee, Yesterdays, My
Shining Hour, If Dreams Come True and nine more.
* Received  by John Ephland Jan 2003 Down Beat; selected by Benjamin
Franklin V as a 2002 Writers’ Choice in Jan/Feb 2003 Coda; selected by Ira
Gitler as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes; selected as one of six best
jazz albums of 2002 by Steve Futterman in Jan 13, 2003 The New Yorker; selected
as top 17 of 25 for 2002 in the Jazz Review
Dick Cary’s Tuesday Night Friends: Got
Swing? • Dick Cary Series, Vol. 2
A rousing 19-number compilation of Cary originals and
arrangements that is a true celebration of his unique musical
personality, humor and, of course, genius, as performed by
an all-star big band of his Tuesday Night Friends under the
leadership of Dick Hamilton. Selections include My Inspiration,
Harlem Speaks, Sweet and Lovely, Down South Camp Meeting, and Cary
originals, Warm For June, The Sleepwalkers, Little Eddie’s Song, Soft and
Easy and eleven more. ARCD 19253 (CD only)
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Skitch Henderson:
Swinging With Strings
A rare recorded performance on piano by the celebrated
orchestra leader and Pops conductor with his Fiddler’s Four
of rhythm and improvisation, Skitch, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gene
Bertoncini and Peter Appleyard, plus Nicki Parrott, Joe
Ascione and a swinging string section. They perform My
Gal Sal, Easy Living, C Jam Blues, If I Had You, Sophisticated Lady, Lady
Be Good, Lover Man and nine others. ARCD 19252 (CD only)
Tommy Newsom: Friendly Fire
“This CD, under Tommy Newsom’s own name, is a longoverdue validation of his true stature. The tempos may vary,
the moods may change - but the key word that describes
Tommy’s playing is always - ‘taste!’......this is a unique CD
expertly played by six skilled instrumentalists intent on
establishing and maintaining an integral sound that, above
all - swings!” Floyd Levin, jazz journalist, lyricist and producer. Tommy is joined by a bevy of California musicians,
Bob Enevoldsen, John F. Hammond, Bob Bain, Jim Hughart
and Dave Hunt, performing Close Your Eyes, Just Friends, Cotton Tail,
Billie’s Bounce, Rainbow Connection, Star Dust and seven more. ARCD
19251 (CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
The George Masso Tentet: At Long
Last Love • Featuring Dick Johnson
and Lou Colombo
“The musicians must have really enjoyed playing these brilliant charts and they stand as a shining lesson for anyone
interested in the arranger’s craft. Masso’s work fits snugly
into the category bounded by the John Kirby band at one
end and by the Marty Paich Dektette at the other. In his settings for the horns he shows the foresight of an Al Cohn or
a Gerry Mulligan in his awareness of how best to catapult a
man into his solo.” Steve Voce, jazz broadcaster for the BBC
and columnist for Jazz Journal International for more than fortyfive years. “I love combinations of sounds. This blend of the
trombones and the baritone sax with the baritone playing the
role of the fourth trombone is a dream that I’ve had for quite
a while.”George Masso. With Dick Johnson, Lou Colombo,
Mark Phaneuf, Artie Mentanaro, Dick Whaley, David Masso,
John Wheatley, Marshall Wood and Artie Cabral performing
At Long Last Love, All By Myself, Pick Yourself Up, I’ll Never Be the Same,
Day In - Day Out and five others. ARCD 19249 (CD only)
Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski: The
Jazz KENnection*
“It goes without saying that Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski
are extremely gifted jazz improvisers, but what becomes
abundantly clear on this newly recorded CD is that each of
them is also a master of ensemble playing.” John Chilton.
Joined here by Howard Alden, John Bunch, Greg Cohen
and Tony DeNicola they perform their special magic on
Chicago Rhythm, Mama’s Gone Goodbye, Georgia, I’ll See You in My Dreams
and five others. ARCD 19246 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected as number 2 CD of 2002 in Feb 2003 Jazz Journal International; selected
by Dan Morgenstern as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes; selected by
Martin Gayford as one of 10 best jazz CDs of 2002 in London’s Dec 28, 2002
Daily Telegraph
Ralph Sutton and Johnny Varro: A
Pair of Kings *
Two piano giants needing no introduction to jazz fans.
“One night while talking with my good friend Johnny
Varro I asked him how he would like to play with Ralph.
Johnny didn’t hesitate with his reply: “Sure! We have
played together before.” Then it was a quick call to Ralph
and his reply was typical: “Yeah man!.” And so it came
about that one of my life’s dreams came true.” Producer,
Gunnar A. Jacobsen. Augmenting Ralph and Johnny are
Phil Flanigan and Ed Metz Jr. performing Swing That Music,
All By Myself, Lady Be Good, a Fats Waller Medley, Tea For Two, Crazy
Rhythm and six others. ARCD 19245 (CD only) Special
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 2001 Writer’s Choice in the Nov-Feb
2001/2 issue of Coda; selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en
2001 by Le Hot Club de France.
The Johnny Varro Quartet With JonErik Kellso:
All That Jazz*
“On this recording, Varro resuscitates the jam combo tradition of the ‘30s and ‘40s in that, eschewing the carefully
charted courses of the four-horn ensembles he has previously led on Arbors Jazz releases by The Johnny Varro Swing
Seven, here he fronts what could have been, in 1945, a major
attraction on the 52nd Street jam scene.” Jack Sohmer. With
Jon-Erik Kellso, Nicki Parrott and Joe Ascione the Quartet
performs The Lady’s In Love With You, Stars Fell on Alabama, Swinging
Down to New Orleans, A Monday Date, Mandy Make Up Your Mind, The
Touch of Your Hand and nine others. ARCD 19243 (CD only)
* Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2001 by Le Hot Club
de France. Selected by John Norris as a 2002 Writers’ Choice in Jan/Feb 2003
Coda; selected by John Postgate as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes
Johnny Varro Swing 7: Swinging on
West 57th Street *
“The Johnny Varro Swing Seven has set standards of
imaginative repertoire and musical prowess which are
high, indeed. The listener new to this band will treasure
the eclectic tune list (including composers from Frederic
Chopin to Johnny Hodges) as well as the freshness and
verve of the players. Those who are already fans of this
septet will be thrilled anew as the musical surprises unfold,
and will join this writer in replaying this album and savoring each moment.” Duncan Schiedt, a veteran jazz photographer, archivist and author. Featured with the Swing
7 are Randy Sandke, Dan Barrett, Ken Peplowski, Scott
Robinson, Michael Moore and Joe Ascione performing
As Long As I Live, Doin’ the New Low-Down, I’m Shooting High, Old
Fashioned Love, You Need to Rock, Hag’s Blues and ten more. ARCD
* Selected as a 2001 Critic’s Choice in the February, 2002 issue of Jazz Journal
International by Floyd Levin and Steve Postgate; selected as one of Meilleurs
Disques Chroniques en 2001 by Le Hot Club de France.
Dick Wellstood: A Night In Dublin *
“Dick Wellstood was my very close friend and musical
soul mate for 25 years. I heard Dick at his best and at his
worst and I can guarantee you that at his worst he was
better than most players are at their best. I can also tell
you that on this night in Dublin, Ireland, Dick was captured on tape at his best.” Kenny Davern. Dick introduces
and performs seventeen selections illustrating the development of jazz piano including, Maple Leaf Rag, Pork and Beans,
Kitten on the Keys, Snowy Morning Blues, Viper’s Drag, Alice Blue Gown,
I Concentrate on You and Superstar. ARCD 19241 (CD only)
* Selected as a 2001 Critic’s Choice in the February, 2002 issue of Jazz Journal
International by Pat Hawes and Floyd Levin; selected by Al Van Starrex as a
2001 Writer’s Choice in the NovFeb 2001/2 issue of Coda.
Maurice Hines: I’ve Never Been in
Love Before
A vocal odyssey by the world-famous dancer, stage star
and choreographer backed by an all-star cast. “Maurice is a
new voice in jazz. He takes you here on a journey through
the peaks and valleys of a love affair. On this particular trip,
Maurice is joined by two combinations, both comprised
of the most exciting and accomplished musicians that any
singer could be fortunate enough to have on his team. Such
gifted accompanists as Frank Owens, Bob Cranshaw, Joe
Wilder, Frank Wess, Joe Shepley and Sherrie Maricle know
exactly how to inspire, cajole and guide Maurice through the
ups and downs of love - the experiences that all of us have
and will go through in life.” Will Friedwald, the author of
Jazz Singing and Sinatra! The Song Is You, and co-author with Tony
Bennett of The Good Life. Selections include I’ve Never Been in Love
Before, Taking a Chance on Love, Exactly Like You, Body and Soul, You’ve
Changed, How Insensitive and six others. ARCD 19240 (CD only)
Chuck Hedges: Just For Fun
“Ever since hearing the 1993 Arbors release of No Greater
Love (ARCD 19121) and reinforced by recordings for the
Delmark label and live performances at the MontreuxDetroit Jazz Festival, this writer has remained firmly
convinced that Chuck Hedges is likely one of the greatest
living clarinetist active on the American jazz scene. His fluent dexterity, wealth of ideas and unflappable swing make
him a target for others to shoot for, but the loft is quite
high indeed. For all the years plying his trade on a brand
of Dixie-to-swing that personifies the core values of jazz,
it is unbelievable to note that Chuck Hedges has made
no more than a handful of recordings. That Arbors has
afforded him another opportunity to document his music
elevates this CD to major event status.” Michel G. Nastos,
who writes for The All Music Guide and Cadence Magazine and
hosts a jazz show on WEMU, 89.1 FM, Ypsilanti, MI. Chuck
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performs with Eddie Higgins, Paul Keller and Ed Metz Jr.
selections Night and Day, Old Folks, Just For Fun, If You Could See
Me Now, Deep Purple, Black Butterfly, You Stepped Out of a Dream and
eight additional. ARCD 19239 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
Kenny Davern: A Night With Eddie
Condon
“Good music never goes out of fashion as this concert of
nearly thirty years ago, available for the first time, proves.
The irreplaceable Eddie Condon was a man, who with
the right guys, could make it happen for both the musicians and the audience as he did that night in Syracuse.
We`ll not see his like again. Thank you Eddie for your
integrity and taste, all the music and all opportunities you
tenaciously pursued to bring jazz to a wider audience.”
Brian Peerless, British jazz writer, producer and promoter;
contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and long-time
friend of Kenny Davern. Eddie’s all stars include Kenny
Davern, Bernie Privin, Lou McGarity, Dill Jones, Jack
Lesberg and Cliff Leeman. Selections include At the Jazz
Band Ball, Rosetta, Royal Garden Blues, Muskrat Ramble, China Boy,
Rose Room and six more. ARCD 19238 (CD only) Special
Ross Tompkins: Younger Than
Springtime • Arbors Piano Series,
Volume 9
“Among the many things in this world that are not to be
sneezed at is a twenty-five-year-gig for a fine jazz musician.
And from the time he joined the Tonight Show Band in
October 1967, until Johnny Carson finally strolled off into
history in 1992, Ross Tompkins had played jazz piano five
nights a week for, indeed, twenty-five years....Now it is possible to enjoy at full length the artistry of Ross Tompkins
uninterrupted, with his imaginative embellishments lending
additional grace to some of the brightest melodies written
in modern times. Tompkins’ thoughtful, sensitive, inventive
and fluid style makes for a wonderful listening experience.”
Charles Champlin. Selections include Younger Than Springtime,
Violets For Your Furs, Deep Night, Foolish Heart, I’ll Get By, Prelude to a
Kiss and
nine others. ARCD 19237 (CD only)
Chris Hopkins: Daybreak *
Introducing to American audiences a brilliant young German
pianist, Chris Hopkins, whose swing-oriented and strideinspired piano playing finds its roots in Earl “Fatha” Hines,
Teddy Wilson and Jess Stacy, as well as in the stride masters
of Harlem, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Willie “The
Lion” Smith. “Chris Hopkins,” Dan Barrett enthuses, “is one
of the most talented young piano players I’ve heard. I just
flipped when I first heard him because he’s not yet out of
his twenties and, although his playing reflects his study of
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the men who created jazz piano, he brings his own ideas
to the table.” Selections include Cheek to Cheek, Daybreak, I Cover
the Waterfront, Sunny Morning, Fine and Dandy, Candlelights, Blues for Jess
and twelve others. ARCD 19235 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected as a best of 2000 in the January, 2001 issue of Jazz Classique
Engelbert Wrobel’s Swing Society
featuring Dan Barrett:
Sophisticated Swing *
“It’s such a wonderful surprise to put on a CD by a group of
musicians you’ve never even heard of before and suddenly
find yourself caught up in a program of music that is so
imaginatively conceived and performed with such warmth,
skill and swing that by the time the performance ends you’ve
come to feel that you’ve spent the last hour or so in the
company of old friends. That’s what happened to me upon
first listening to this superb CD by Engelbert Wrobel’s Swing
Society who make their American debut on this recording......
Engelbert and his colleagues are joined on about half the
tracks by Dan Barrett, who deserves our thanks not only
for his sterling contributions on both trombone and cornet
but for bringing the Swing Society to Arbors’ attention.”
Ross Firestone, author of Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times
of Benny Goodman. Performing with Engelbert Wrobel and Dan
Barrett are Chris Hopkins, Rolf Marx, Ingmar Heller and
Oliver Mewes on such selections as Coquette, Gilly, Sophisticated
Swing, Thou Swell, I Love Paris, Jubilee, Promenade Aux Champs Elysees
and eight others. ARCD 19234 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2001 by Le Hot Club
de France.
Dan Barrett and Blue Swing featuring
Rebecca Kilgore *
“After having played concerts, festivals and parties as a
soloist in recent years with many of the top jazz players in the world, Dan Barrett has hand picked a band
out of his favorites, including Jon-Erik Kellso, Brian
Ogilvie, John Smith, Ray Sherman, Eddie Erickson,
Joel Forbes, Jeff Hamilton and Rebecca Kilgore. If this
CD doesn’t earn a place on the new-millennial jazz
scene, we’re in trouble.” Jim Leigh, novelist and jazz
columnist. Selections include Love Potion #9, Christopher
Columbus, Can This Be Love?, Wedding Bell Blues, C’est Si Bon, I
Can’t Face the Music and 8 more. ARCD 19232 (CD only)
* Selected as a best of 2000 in the January, 2001 issue of Jazz Classique.
Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2001 by Le Hot Club
de France. Selected by John Norris as a 2002 Writer’s Choice in Jan/Feb
2003 Coda
Peter Ecklund: Gigs -Reminiscing in Music*
An all star ensemble group of musicians join Peter
Ecklund in reminiscing about great music heard in the
course of his long career of “gigs” including tunes such as
Say it With a Kiss, When You’re Smiling, Midnight Hour Blues, Russian
Lullaby, My Blue Heaven and several originals by Peter. ARCD
* Selected as Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2000 in the
January, 2001 issues of the Hot Club of France Bulletin
Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo
Big Band of Toulouse, France
Fletcher Henderson’s Unrecorded
Arrangements for Benny Goodman *
“A lot of good records come out every year, but very
few of them could be called an event. This one can.
An unearthed treasure trove of arrangements written by Fletcher Henderson for Benny Goodman but
never previously recorded now brought to life by
Bob Wilber and the swinging Tuxedo Big Band from
Toulouse, France filled with first-rate soloists — well,
that’s not the sort of thing that happens every day.”
Ross Firestone, author of the award-winning Swing,
Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman. Selections
include Rose of the Rio Grande, Blue(and Broken Hearted),
Milenberg Joys, Sugar, Sweet Lorraine, Rosalie, Song of the Wanderer,
Humoresque, All My Life, Thou Swell and 7 more. ARCD
19229 (CD only) Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
* , John McDonough, Down Beat, December,
2000 Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice in
the January/February, 2001 issue of Coda and selected as
Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2000 in the January, 2001
issues of the Hot Club of France Bulletin. Selected as a best of
2000 in the January, 2001 issue of Jazz Classique and selected
by Sally Ann Worsfold as a 2000 Critics’ Choice in the
February, 2001 issue of Jazz Journal International. *Selected by Jerry
D’Souza as a 2001 Writer’s Choice in the Nov-Feb 2001/2 issue of Coda;
selected as best of 2001 by the Music Broadcasting Society of New South
Wales, Australia.
A Portrait of Duke Ellington *
Arranged by Frank Roberscheuten and
Dan Barrett
“The Ellington Centennial in 1999 has focused new attention
on the maestro and inspired a welcome flurry of releases—
both reissues and newly recorded tributes. In the wake
of this activity, one would be hard-pressed to conceive a
fresh approach for another Ellington project. Yet this truly
international ensemble of accomplished players has managed to do just that through its varied repertoire (covering
four decades of Ellingtonia), imaginative arrangements and
inventive solos.” Ed Berger, Associate Director, Rutgers
University Institute of Jazz Studies. The musicians are Frank
Roberscheuten (Netherlands), Dan Barrett (USA), Tom
Baker (USA/Australia), Joep Peeters (Netherlands), Chris
Hopkins (Germany), Karel Algoed (Belgium), Onno de Bruyn
(Netherlands), performing Duke classics, Swing Pan Alley, Take
The A Train, The Jeep’s Jumpin’, Moonlight Fiesta, Happy Reunion, Love’s in
My Heart, Solitude, Squaty Roo and nine more. ARCD 19225 (CD
only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 2001 Writer’s Choice in the Nov-Feb
2001/2 issue of Coda; selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques
en 2001 by Le Hot Club de France; selected as one of the Golden
Dozen for 2001 by Willy Bischof for Radio DRS, Switzerland.
Daryl Sherman and Dave McKenna:
Jubilee *
A joyful, swinging teaming of Daryl Sherman and
her home-town idol Dave McKenna. Getting these
marvelously compatible artists together in a studio is
cause enough for celebration but this new CD can
justly be called a centennial bonanza, saluting four
distinctive musical giants of the 20th Century: Fred
Astaire, Hoagy Carmichael, Noel Coward and Duke
Ellington. “McKenna is a category unto himself and
Daryl is a perfect bridge between the not so dissimilar
worlds of cabaret and jazz, a brilliant interpreter who
treats the melody as something to have fun with.”
From the album notes by Will Friedwald, the author
of Jazz Singing and Sinatra! The Song Is You, and co-author
with Tony Bennett of The Good Life. Together with Joe
Cohn, Frank Tate and Terry Clarke, they perform Tulip
or Turnip, Isn’t This a Lovely Day, Flying Down to Rio, Swingtime in
Honolulu, Riverboat Shuffle, Perdido, Memphis in June, Zigeuner, a
Fred and Ginger Medley, Chase Me Charlie and 7 others. ARCD
* , John McDonough, Down Beat, November, 2000
Selected by Dan Morgenstern one of his top 5 albums
for 2000 in the January/February 2001 issue of JazzTimes
Ruby Braff: The Cape Codfather *
“Of all the assets that a great musician needs, individuality is perhaps the most important. Ruby Braff has
that quality in abundance - his playing can never be
mistaken for anyone else’s in the world. All of his skills
are evident on this superb new album, and so too is the
consummate artistry of the musicians who are featured
alongside Ruby, including super jazzmen Kenny Davern,
Tommy Newsom, John Bunch, Michael Moore, Howard
Alden and Kenny Washington. Ruby has dedicated this
album to the memory of his good friend, reedman Rick
Fay, who died just four days before these recordings
were made in March 1999. I’m sure that Rick would
have enjoyed all of the enthralling performances that
this CD contains.” John Chilton, British trumpeter, bandleader and writer about jazz, whose books include The
Who’s Who of Jazz, and biographies of Louis Armstrong,
Henry Allen, Sidney Bechet, Bob Crosby, Coleman
Hawkins, Billie Holiday and Louis Jordan. Selections
are My Melancholy Baby, Love Is Just Around the Corner, Orange,
If Dreams Come True, T’ain’t So, Honey, T’aint So and As Time
Goes By. ARCD 19222 (CD only) Special Sale Price
$10.00 CD
* Selected by Benjamin Franklin V as a Writer’s Choice in the
January/February, 2001 issue of Coda, by Dan Morgenstern
as one of his top 5 albums for 2000 in the January/February
2001 issue of JazzTimes and by Steve Voce as a 2000 Critics’
Choice in the February, 2001 issue of Jazz Journal International.
The Larry Eanet Quartet featuring Ron
Hockett: Sunset Stomp*
Larry Eanet is a “world class pianist” performing with lucidity, elegance, a highly developed sense of form and, above
all, a swinging lyricism, whose quartet has been in existence
for several years, performing around the Washington, D.C.
area with that real group feeling which only comes when
musicians have put in a lot of time together. Featured on
reeds is the brilliant multi-instrumentalist, Ron Hockett,
who is equally compelling on clarinet, soprano and tenor
saxophones. They perform Rhythm King, Susie, Miss Brown to You,
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Clementine, Across the Track Blues, Sunset Stomp, It Shouldn’t Happen to a
Dream and 6 more. ARCD 19220 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice in the
January/February, 2001 issue of Coda
Five Play: On the Brink*
Sherrie Maricle leads a quintet of talented ladies associated with the Diva Band in an exciting and wide ranging
jazz program. Selections include I’ll Get By, I’ve Got the World
on a String, On the Brink, Scatterbrain, Shifting Down, Some Nerve,
Someone Nice Like You, Momma Flossie, How Deep Is the Ocean and
5 others.
* Selected as a 1999 Critics Picks top 5 album in the February
2000 issue of JazzTimes by Nat Hentoff
The Palm Beach Society Orchestra:
When You’re Smiling
“It is a pleasure to write liner notes for a band I know as
well as this one. When I retired from Disney this is the
group I was playing with at the Grand Floridian Hotel in
Orlando’s Disney World. They sound better than ever.
Despite their important sounding title this is one of the best
and most innovative Dixie bands you’d ever want to hear.”
Rick Fay, musician, composer, poet and writer, who was the
inspiration for starting Arbors Records and a major music
influence until his untimely passing in 1999. The musicians
are Pat Doyle, Davy Jones, Harold Johnson, Allan Vaché,
Bob Glendon, Bob Leary, Charlie Silva and vocalist Michelle
Amato, performing When You’re Smiling, Sugar, I Would Do Anything
for You, It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, Basin Street Blues and 10 more. ARCD
19217 (CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD
Brian Ogilvie: For You*
Brian Ogilvie’s first recording as leader is a blazing debut
on reeds in company with John Sheridan, his former mate
on Jim Cullum’s Jazz Band, Dan Barrett, Phil Flanigan
and Jeff Hamilton. Selections include Robbins Nest, For You,
Nature Boy, Tricotism, Long Live the King and 10 others. ARCD
* Selected as Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2000 in the
January, 2001 issues of the Hot Club of France Bulletin and by
Martin Richards as a 2000 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2001
issue of Jazz Journal International.
Scott Robinson Plays C-Melody
Saxophone: Melody From the Sky *
“Scott Robinson has managed to bring the C-melody
saxophone, that odd instrument of the 1920’s, blazingly
back to life in a typically original fashion, in a program
ranging from Saint-Saëns to Ellington to Beiderbecke to
Scott Robinson originals.” Loren Schoenberg, jazz historian, tenor saxophonist and big band leader. Included in
the 16 selections are Davenport Blues, A Melody From the Sky,
Singin’ the Blues, The Swan, Saxophone Blues, Isfahan, Yardville, For No
Reason At All in C and Count Your Blessings. ARCD 19212 (CD
* Selected by Dan Morgenstern one of his top 5 albums for 2000
in the January/February 2001 issue of JazzTimes. “Mr. Robinson’s
ceaseless musical curiosity and imagination extend the emotional
range of the C-melody saxophone beyond any of its previous
appearances in jazz.” Nat Hentoff, The Wall Street Journal, August
4, 2000.
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Michael Moore and his Trio: The
History of Jazz, Vol. 1*
The transparent yet rich sonic ambiance created by this
threesome of Michael Moore, Ken Peplowski and Tom
Melito is awesome: fresh, uncluttered, and with remarkable textural variety. The taste, skill and ideas of Moore
and Peplowski mesh perfectly, and since they take turns
playing the roles of lead voice and accompanist, listening to them provides the kind of kicks you can get from
operatic duets, or chamber music interplay. Selections
include That Da Da Strain, Very Early, I’m Coming Virginia,
Hashimoto’s Blues, The Peacocks and 8 more. ARCD 19211
(CD only)
* Selected by John Sutherland as a Writer’s Choice in the January/February,
2001 issue of Coda and by Steve Voce as a 2000 Critics’ Choice in the February,
2001 issue of Jazz Journal International. Received  by John Ephland Jan
2003 Down Beat
Walt Levinsky in Concert: As He
Wanted To Be Remembered
Walt and his exceptional friends, Howard Alden, Derek
Smith, Lynn Seaton, Joe Cocuzzo and vocalist Annette
Sanders create swinging and moving moods and you
can’t help but be transported by the warm feelings created by this music. This album will tell you something
about Walt as well, about his vast talent and love for the
music and the audience and why his musicianship was
so much admired by his fellows. Among the 11 selections are Limehouse Blues, A Smooth One, Airmail Special, Here’s
That Rainy Day, After You’ve Gone and Rockin’ in Rhythm. ARCD
19210 Special sale price: $10 CD
Chuck Folds and His Sweet Basil
Friends Remember Doc Cheatham*
Chuck Folds’ tribute to his good friend and musical companion for almost 25 years, Doc Cheatham, joined by the
musicians with whom he continues the famed Sunday
Jazz Brunch at Sweet Basil in New York City’s Greenwich
Village, Spanky Davis, Irvin Stokes, Frank Tate and Jackie
Williams. Personal album notes by the legendary jazz
producer, George Avakian. Among the 16 selections are
I Double Dare You, A Kiss To Build a Dream On, Love Will Find a
Way, That Old Gang of Mine, The Man I Love, My Buddy, Lover Man,
Someday You’ll Be Sorry and I Want a Little Girl. ARCD 19208
(CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD
* Selected as Meilleurs Disque Chronique 2002 by the Hot Club of France
Kenny Davern: Smiles*
This is music for living with, easy listening jazz (with none
of the pejorative connotations of that phrase), performed
by a master music story teller and quintessential clarinetist
with his favorite musical group of two guitars (Howard
Alden and Bucky Pizzarelli), bass (Greg Cohen) and drums
(Tony DeNicola). A sequel to the award-winning Breezin’
Along (19170) performed with the same cast. Selections
include Palesteena, Summertime, Sweet Lorraine, Smiles, That Da
Da Strain, I Must Have That Man and 2 others. ARCD 19207
(CD only) Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
*  Down Beat, March, 2001. Selected as a 1999
Critics Picks top 5 album in the February 2000 issue of
JazzTimes by Owen Cordle, Bob Porter and Jack Sohmer;
selected as a 1999 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2000 issue
of Jazz Journal International by David Badham, Eddie Cook, Tony
Middleton, Martin Richards and Peter Vacher and as one of
the top 10 jazz records of 1999.
Rick Fay With Strings: With a Song in
My Heart *
“Rick Fay fulfills a lifelong dream of recording with strings and
allows his creative urges once again to find fufillment as he
enjoys the luxury of simply caressing a batch of his favorite
songs, in a beautifully arranged and well executed set of glowing
performances, performances unlike any heard on his previous
releases.” From the album notes by Richard Hadlock, author of
Jazz Masters of the Twenties. Selections include With a Song In My Heart,
So Rare, Early Autumn, Lester Leaps In, Don’t Go to Strangers, Someone to Watch
Over Me, The Lovely Butterfly, Sometime Soon and 6 others. This is Rick
Fay’s last recorded performance. ARCD 19205 (CD only)
*Selected as a 1999 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2000 issue of Jazz Journal
International by Ian Crosbie
Ruby Braff: Born to Play*
“No one these days would, I think, dream of comparing Ruby
with anybody else. He is of that handful of horn players past
and present whose style is so personal, distinctive and instantly recognizable, that it can only evoke Ruby Braff himself. His
mastery of the cornet’s cello-like low register, his swift and
effortless runs and rising and falling arpeggios (his uniquely
thoughtful virtuosity), his gently staccato accents and his quiet
lyricism all conspire to make Braff inimitable.” From the album
notes by Charles Champlin, retired Arts Editor of the Los
Angeles Times. Here heard with Howard Alden, Bucky Pizzarelli,
Jon Wheatley, Michael Moore, Marshall Wood, Jim Gwin and
special guest, Kenny Davern, this recording features Avalon, I
Want a Little Girl, Jive at Five, I’m Shooting High, plus 3 more and, as
a special treat, Ruby’s inimitable vocal rendering of Born to Lose.
ARCD 19203 (CD only) Special Sale Price $10.00 CD
* Selected by Peter Vacher as a Writer’s Choice in the
January/February, 2001 issue of Coda. Selected as one of
six favorite jazz recordings for 1999 by The New Yorker and
one of best 10 albums of 1999 by Bob Blumenthal of The
Boston Globe; selected as a 1999 Critics’ Choice in Jazz Journal
International by Alun Morgan, Sally-Ann Worsfold, Peter Vacher
and Steve Voce and as one of the top 10 jazz records of
1999.
Bob Wilber and the International
March of Jazz All Stars: Everywhere
You Go There’s Jazz *
Bob Wilber, a master interpreter of classic jazz reed styles,
has brought together some giants of small band swing who
performed in Florida at the 1998 International March of Jazz
weekend jazz party, including Dick Hyman, Antti Sarpila, Lars
Erstrand, Bent Persson, Dan Barrett, Dave Cliff, Dave Green, Peter
Appleyard, Ed Metz Jr. and Joanne Horton for a session destined
to be known as prime jazz. They perform Duke’s Feeling Sad, Music
Maestro Please, Mood Indigo, Un Hommage a’ Sidney Bechet, Racing With the
Moon, Everywhere You Go and 7 others. ARCD 19202 (CD only)
* Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 1999
by Le Hot Club de France Federation and selected as a
1999 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2000 issue of Jazz Journal
International by David Badham, Eddie Cook and Hugh Rainey
and as one of the top 10 jazz records of 1999.
A Fresh Batch of Christmas Cookies:
Jazz Treats for the Holidays, Volume
Two
A new Fresh Batch of Christmas goodies whipped up by
master chef and trumpeter Charlie Bertini, aided and abetted by Randy Morris, Allan Vaché, Dave Gannett, Reneé
Dover, Bob Leary and Ed Metz Jr., applying their inimitable
jazz talents to such holiday delights as Frosty the Snowman,
O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, White Christmas Samba, Ave
Maria, Toyland, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas and 10
more Christmas classics. ARCD 19201 (CD only) Special
Ben Aronov: The Best Thing for Me
Ben Aronov, joined by special guest Ken Peplowski, with trio
members Murray Wall on bass and Tom Melito on drums,
presents an intoxicating jazz cocktail of solos, duos, trios
and quartets embellishing such tunes as It’s All Right With Me, I
Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, A House Is Not a Home, Tin Tin Deo, Blue
Skies, A Gal in Calico, The Best Thing for You, Valse Hot and 6 others.
Irvin Stokes: Just Friends
This recording gives long overdue recognition to Irvin
Stokes, the superb jazz trumpeter,who is at his best here
and who many consider to be the Doc Cheatham of the
21st Century. He performs here with Lloyd Mayers, piano,
Earl May, bass, and Eddie Locke, drums in a program that
includes I Cover the Waterfront, Just Friends, Perdido, All of Me, Blue
Basso, When the Saints Go Marching In and 4 others. ARCD 19199
Tommy Newsom and Ken Peplowski: The
Feeling of Jazz*
A dream combination of two masters of the tenor saxophone, with their choice of supporting players, expressing
the feeling of jazz in a swinging program from first to last.
As arnold jay smith, jazz educator and writer, says in his
album notes, “These recording sessions were highlights in
the careers of the participants.” And “high time.” Together
with Ben Aronov, Mike Peters, Greg Cohen and Chuck Redd,
they swing on The Feeling of Jazz, Only a Rose, Skylark, All Alone,
Too Late Now, Lover Come Back to Me and 5 others. ARCD 19195
* Selected by Patricia Meyers as one of her top 5 albums for 2000 in the
January/February 2001 issue of JazzTimes. Selected as one of top ten jazz
recordings of 1999 by Swiss National Radio Broadcasting System and as a
1999 Critics Picks top 5 album in the February 2000 issue of JazzTimes by
Jack Sohmer. Selected as a 2001 Critic’s Choice in the February, 2002 issue
of Jazz Journal International by Floyd Levin.
Ruby Braff: Variety Is The Spice of
Braff*
Ruby Braff excels in a variety of settings including strings
with Skitch Henderson, a big band including such all stars
as Joe Wilder, Tommy Newsom, Kenny Davern, George
Masso, Jon-Erik Kellso and Chuck Wilson, and a quartet
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with Bill Charlap. Tommy Newsom arranged the strings
and Ruby himself wrote the arrangements for the big
band. “Ruby Braff has done it again. With each successive
CD for Arbors—and this is the eighth—the amazing cornetist has outdone himself, but just when a listener thinks
it can’t get any better, he climbs a bit closer to perfection.
And this aptly titled offering is a masterpiece.” From the
album notes by Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute
of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Selections include
There’s a Small Hotel, Crazy Rhythm, I Ain’t Got Nobody, Somebody Stole
My Gal, Moments Like This and four others. ARCD 19194 (CD
* Selected by Doug Ramsey as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes;
selected by Martin Gayford as one of 10 best jazz CDs of 2002 in London’s
Dec 28, 2002 Daily Telegraph; selected by Gary Giddins as one of 20 best of
2002 in Jan 6, 2003 Village Voice; The Weekend Australian Jan 2003. 19194
Selected as Number 7 new record of 2003 by the combined critics of Jazz
Journal International
Bob Wilber and Dick Hyman: A Perfect
Match*
Two jazz masters, Bob Wilber on alto sax and Dick Hyman
on the Hammond organ, collaborate in a loving musical tribute to Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis. They are joined
by Britt Woodman, trombone, James Chirillo, guitar, Phil
Flanigan, bass, and Joe Ascione, drums, on such selections
from the Ellington and Hodges tunebooks as In a Mellotone,
Wisteria, Limbo Jazz, It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing,
Wings n’ Things, Taffy, L.B. Blues and 5 more. Historical notes by
Dan Morgenstern, Director of The Institute of Jazz Studies
at Rutgers University. ARCD 19193 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected as one of Meilleurs disques chroniques en 1998 by
The Hot Club of France, and as one of the Golden Dozen for
1998 by Willy Bischof for Radio DRS, Switzerland; selected as
a 1998 Critics Picks in the March, 1999 issue of JazzTimes by
Jack Sohmer
Dan Barrett: Melody in Swing *
Trombonist and arranger Dan Barrett returns to the classic small band jazz setting heard on his previous critically
acclaimed Jubilesta! - a perfect theater for his imaginative
arrangements, his warm tone and lyrical sound, backed
by a quartet of Ray Sherman, Eddie Erickson, Dave Stone
and Jeff Hamilton. Among the 13 selections are Melody in
Swing, I’m Nobody’s Baby, Carelessly, What Is This Thing Called Love?,
Finesse, Mighty Like the Blues and Teezol. ARCD 19191 (CD
* Selected by Peter Vacher as a 2001 Writer’s Choice in the Nov-Feb 2001/2
issue of Coda.
Jane Jarvis: Atlantic to Pacific
Jane swings with some friends from both coasts. From
the west coast, Tommy Newsom, Bill Berry, Dan Barrett,
David Stone and Jake Hanna; from the east coast, Frank
Wess, Benny Powell, Earl May and Jackie Williams.
Selections include Life Long Dream, Guru, I Wish I Knew, Ceah,
The Wizard, Here Lies My Love, Beautiful Love, Georgia On My Mind,
I Concentrate on You, Baltimore Oriole, Rachel, Just One of Those Things,
and After Twelve O’Clock. ARCD 19189 (CD only) Special
sale price: $10 CD!
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John Bunch: John Bunch Solo*
The first in a series of solo piano albums on Arbors Records.
Selections include Body and Soul, Ain’t Misbehaving, Sugar, Isfahan, The
Duke and thirteen others. “It seems to me that John Bunch is,
among his many other qualities, a melodist of the first order.
Surely he reaches a delightful balance between melody and
imagination with the 18 mostly familiar tunes on this CD and
he does it in the most demanding way possible, solo and
without discarding the melodies. Running the chords will not
do here.” – John McDonough, whose jazz writing can regularly be found in Down Beat and often in The Wall Street Journal.
* Selected by John Norris as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the
January/February 1999 issue of Coda.
Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern :
Reunion at Arbors*
The first studio recording by Wilber and Davern in many
years, enhanced by the presence of Dave Frishberg, piano,
Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, Bob Haggart, bass, and Ed Metz Jr.,
drums, performing Cherry, The Sheik of Araby, Sometimes I’m Happy,
I Want a Little Girl, Sentimental Journey, Dear Sidney (Bob Wilber’s tribute to Sidney Bechet) and 3 more. ARCD 19183 (CD only)
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in
the January/February 1999 issue of Coda; selected as a 1998
Critics’ Choice in Jazz Journal International in the February, 1999
issue by critics Eddie Cook, Derek Coller and Stanley Dance.
John Sheridan: Something Tells Me*
A trip down memory lane as John Sheridan and his
hand-picked all-star musical friends explore his arrangements of swing era classics by Richard Whiting and Harry
Warren with a few bonus treats added. Joining Sheridan
are Dan Barrett, Randy Reinhart, Brian Ogilvie, Ron
Hockett, Reuben Ristrom, Bob Haggart and Jeff Hamilton,
performing I Only Have Eyes For You, September in the Rain, Too
Marvellous For Words, Japanese Sandman, Silhouetted in the Moonlight
and twelve more. ARCD 19182 (CD only) Special Sale
Price $10.00 CD* Selected as one of Meilleurs disques
play Carolina Shout as cleanly and creatively as he does
on this disc), also incorporates some modern heroes:
The right-hand filigree of Art Tatum; the swaggering lefthand groove of Dave McKenna; the luscious harmonies
of Keith Jarrett; Dick Hyman’s left-hand counterpoint.”
Tom McDermott, noted pianist, composer, arranger and
journalist. Selections include If I Had You, Stardust, Carolina
Shout, Cat’s Cradle, The Gospel Truth, The Very Thought of You and
eight others. ARCD 19180 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
Scott Robinson: Thinking Big
Scott Robinson’s tour-de-force, performing on clarinet, bass
clarinet, C-melody, alto, tenor, baritone, soprano and bass
saxophones and the rare contrabass saxophone, theremin
and contrabass sarrusophone, together with brother David
Robinson, Dan Barrett, Bucky Pizzarelli, Richard Wyands,
Mark Shane, Pat O’Leary and Klaus Suonsaari, in a program that includes Mood Indigo, All Too Soon, Basso Profundo, On
a Turquoise Cloud, Moonlight and Roses, Ko-Ko, Dreams Come True and
seven more.
Rick Fay: Words Among Reeds*
Rick Fay again picks up pen in one hand and his musical
instruments in the other to bring us another uniquely creative
collection of his poetry and music in this sequel to Sax-oPoem (19113), with the musical assistance of Jackie Coon,
Dan Barrett, Johnny Varro, Bob Leary, Bob Haggart and Jeff
Hamilton. They accompany his poetry with such selections
as Singin’ the Blues, In the Cool, Cool Cool of the Evening, Lazy Mood, A
String of Pearls, Blue and Sentimental, Wild Man Blues, Come Sunday, Don’t
Explain, I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate and 3 others.
“In ‘Words Among the Reeds’ Rick Fay gives us poetic and musical portraits
of himself and eleven of the jazz world’s brightest stars. Like ‘Sax-o-Poem’, its
predecessor, this album rings true in both words and notes. Rick’s poems set up the
musical performances that follow. Either could stand alone as the work of a gifted
artist; together, the effect is synergistic. Who Am I? Rick asks in the opener. Rejoice in
the creativity of his responses throughout this wonderful album.” – Owen Cordle,
whose work appears regularly in JazzTimes, Down Beat and in the Raleigh
(NC) News and Observer. ARCD 19177 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
chroniques en 1998 by The Hot Club of France.
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the
Andy Fielding and Rick Fay:
Tunes for Tommy
Herb Pomeroy and Donna
Byrne: Walking on Air*
Rick and Andy, though separated in age by decades, are as
naturally at home together as fraternal twins. However, it’s
obvious that Rick, the elder, takes pride in helping to present a pianist who is deserving of wider recognition and for
whom the best is yet to come, although the present is very
good indeed. Tunes include Hindustan, Apex Blues, Poor Butterfly,
Crazy, Bogalusa Strut, September Song and 7 more. ARCD 19181
Herb Pomeroy, celebrated trumpeter, educator and big band
leader, is joined by vocalist Donna Byrne and some of their
Boston friends, including Dave McKenna, Gray Sargent,
Marshall Wood and Jim Gwin, in a mixed program of instrumentals and vocals feauring Your Red Wagon, The Intimacy of the
Blues, Just One of Those Things, Taps Miller, Summertime, I Have Dreamed
and six others. ARCD 19176 (CD only) Special
Andy Fielding: Playing For Keeps •
Arbors Piano Series, Vol. 8
* Awarded  by Tex Wyndham in The American Rag.
“Andy’s style, rooted in ragtime and stride piano (there
are only a handful of pianists on the planet who can
saleprice: $10 CD!
George Masso: That Old Gang of Mine*
George Masso fulfills a long-held dream by bringing together
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“that old gang” of his for a spirited session of swinging
music. He is a master at blending the resonance of jazz
tradition with a healthy dose of individuality and is a song
player of the first rank. This joyous collaboration with his
musical friends can best be described as poetry in motion.
His New England gang includes such jazz masters as Dave
McKenna, Lou Colombo, Dick Johnson, Marshall Wood
and Artie Cabral, performing Shaking the Blues Away, The Very
Thought of You, What Am I Here For?, The Lady’s in Love With You,
That Old Gang of Mine and five others. ARCD 19173 (CD only)
Voice; third highest vote total of combined critics of Jazz Journal
International in the February, 1999 issue and as a choice by
critics David Badham, Eddie Blackwell, Stanley Dance, Peter
Vacher and Steve Voce. Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques
Chroniques en 1999 by Le Hot Club de France Federation
Bobby Gordon: Bobby Gordon
Plays Bing *
Joel Helleny: Lip Service
* Selected as a 1998 Critics’ Choice in Jazz Journal International in
the February, 1999 issue by critics Ian Crosbie, Hugh Rainey
and Martin Richards.
Bobby Gordon leads an outstanding group of musicians,
featuring arrangements by Keith Ingham, in a tribute to Bing
Crosby, with Peter Ecklund, Randy Reinhart, Dan Barrett,
Scott Robinson, Keith Ingham, Marty Grosz, Greg Cohen and
Hal Smith. Selections include Blue and Broken Hearted, In the Blue
of the Night, Just One More Chance, Sweet and Lovely, Personality, From
Monday On and twelve others.
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 1997 Writers’ Choice in the
January/February 1998 issue of Coda; given an A+ by Cam Miller;
awarded  by Tex Wyndham in The American Rag.
Kenny Davern: Breezin’ Along *
Kenny performs with Howard Alden and Bucky Pizzarelli on
guitars, Greg Cohen and Tony DeNicola on a program including Jazz Me Blues, Rose Room, Dark Eyes, Exactly Like You, Baby Won’t
You Please Come Home and five others.
 George Kanzler, Newark Star-Ledger ARCD 19170
* Selected as a 1999 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2000 issue of
Jazz Journal International by David Badham, Vic Bellerby, Ian Crosbie,
Eddie Cook and Martin Richards and as one of the top 10 jazz
records of 1999. Selected by Jack Sohmer and Stanley Dance as a
Critics’ Pick for 1997 in the March 1998 issue of JazzTimes; selected
in the January 19, 1998 The New Yorker as one of their favorites from
the 1997 Playlist; selected by George Kanzler as one of his Best
of Jazz 1997.
Ruby Braff: You Can Depend On Me*
“There is a completely different aspect to Ruby Braff’s art. From the sunlit uplands of the middle and upper register, he
will dip down into a deep hollow of sound, sometimes just
for a note, sometimes for a long, long passage. This is an
area no one else has explored on cornet or trumpet. Indeed
it is a sound unique in music, unique to Ruby Braff – warm,
gentle, intimate, reflecive, sometimes melancholy, sometimes
delightfully sensuous.” – From the album notes by Martin
Gayford, jazz critic of the Daily Telegraph, London. Ruby appears
here with Bucky Pizzarelli, Johnny Varro, Bob Haggart and
Jim Gwin, performing on such selections as You Can Depend On
Me, The Big Butter & Egg Man, Time On My Hands, and five more.
* Selected by John Norris as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the
January/February 1999 issue of Coda; Selected by Gary Giddins
in his Baker’s Dozen for 1998 in the January 6-12, 1999 Village
Jackie Coon: Softly
Jackie Coon’s relaxed, lyrical jazz is again front and center,
joined by Johnny Varro, Bob Haggart and Ed Metz Jr. and
special guests, Rick Fay, Dan Barrett and John Allred, in a
swinging program including You Took Advantage of Me, The Blue
Room, Four or Five Times, Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise, Avalon, Man
With a Horn, Autumn Leaves, The Touch of Your Lips and 4 more.
Joel Helleny is an astonishing trombone player, with a vast,
roomy imagination, an absolute freshness of conception and
a great melodic gift. He leads a combo of Richard Wyands,
Ray Macchiarola, Murray Wall and Leroy Williams, with Dan
Barrett making a guest appearance, in a program of Stardust,
Sweet Pumpkin, Lullaby of Jazzland, This Is All I Ask, The Andy Griffith
Theme and five others.
Bryan Shaw: Night Owl*
“Highlighting the talents of Bryan Shaw, a refreshingly
individual trumpet player from California who has
unobtrusively played his way into the front rank of distinguished contemporary mainstream musicians.” Richard
Hadlock, jazz radio host, critic and author. He is backed
here by an all-star cast including Dan Barrett, Scott
Robinson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Dave Frishberg and the song
stylings of Rebecca Kilgore. Selections include Body and
Soul, Bean and the Boys, Accent on Youth, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, It’s Been
So Long, I’m Coming Virginia and six more. ARCD 19159 (CD
* “A torchbearer for timeless swing”, Nat Hentoff, The Wall Street
Journal, February 1, 2001
Dan Barrett and His Extra-Celestials with
Special Guest Rebecca Kilgore: Moon Song*
Dan Barrett has once more put together a swing session that
glows in the light of a timeless and inspired musicianship,
featuring Rebecca Kilgore, one of the leading interpreters
of America’s classic popular songs, whose easy, musicianly
way of bringing forth each tune’s best qualities is a very
special, carefully nurtured artistry. The Extra Celestials, who
include Dave Frishberg, Bryan Shaw, Scott Robinson, Brian
Ogilvie, Chuck Wilson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joel Forbes and Jeff
Hamilton work their magic on Moon Song, Miss Brown to You,
Mound Bayou, My Gal Sal, Got a Date With an Angel, Mama That Moon
is Here Again, I Surrender Dear, With a Smile and a Song and an additional 5 selections. ARCD 19158 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
*Selected as a 1998 Critics Picks in the March, 1999 issue of
JazzTimes by Nancy Ann Lee. Selected as one of Meilleurs
Disques Chroniques en 1999 by Le Hot Club de France
Federation and selected as a 1999 Critics’ Choice in the
February, 2000 issue of Jazz Journal International by Floyd Levin,
Martin Richards and Hugh Rainey.
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John Bunch with Phil Flanigan:
Struttin’ *
John Bunch’s marvelous touch and overall grace at the keyboard reflect his early admiration for Teddy Wilson, while
the felicitous lines and sophisticated harmonies of bebop
betray the influence of Bud Powell. He performs with Phil
Flanigan on bass in a swinging program of Crazeology, Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes, As Long as I Live, Prelude to a Kiss, Struttin’ With Some
Barbecue, On a Slow Boat to China and eight others.
 Chris Albertson, Stereo Review ARCD 19157 (CD
* Selected for The Golden Dozen for 1997 by Swiss National
Radio Station DRS.
Bob Haggart’s Swing Three: Hag Leaps In
Bob Haggart’s first recording as sole leader in a long time
and he really “leaps in” with a series of swinging performances with John Bunch and Bucky Pizzarelli, including his
first drumless Big Noise From Winnetka, All Too Soon, Chelsea Bridge,
My Inspiration, Passion Flower, Air Mail Special and eight others.
AR/ARCD 19156 Special sale price: $10 CD,
$2 cassette!
Jane Jarvis Jams
This recording brings to the fore the piano talents of a
remarkably accomplished artist, joined by Bob Haggart,
Grady Tate and Dan Barrett, three master musicians who
can invent, seemingly at will, and think as one while
retaining their own musical personalities and identities.
The result brings to mind John Hammond’s famous definition of jazz: “Collective improvisation, rhythmically integrated.” Selections include I’ve Got You Under My Skin,
When Your Lover Has Gone, That Old Feeling, Mountain
Greenery, Cherokee, What’s New?, You Go to My Head
and eight more. ARCD 19152. (CD only) Special
sales price $10.00
Peter Ecklund: Strings Attached
Peter Ecklund is joined by some of his favorite string
players, Marty Grosz, Frank Vignola, Cynthia Sayer, Chris
Flory, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Kenny Kosek, Murray Wall
and Greg Cohen in a varied program of his original creations and songs that he enjoys – resulting in an album
of unusual variety and sophistication. Selections include
classics such as Try a Little Tenderness, Puttin’ On the Ritz, Jubilee,
and originals, Waltz of the Secret Agents, Carnevale, Excessively
Happy Tune, and 10 others. ARCD 19149 (CD only) Special
sale price: $10 CD!
CD! Special cassette sale price: $2!
* Selected by Owen Cordle and by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’
Pick for 1996 in the March 1997 issue of JazzTimes and by Eddie
Cook as a 1996 Critics’ Choice in the February 1997 issue of
Jazz Journal International.
Tom Saunders and the Wild Bill
Davison Legacy: Call of the Wild *
Tom Saunders keeps “Wild Bill’s” flame burning with a
stirring tribute album featuring several members of Bill’s
last European touring band, Bill Allred, Chuck Hedges
and Johnny Varro, and some all-stars with the “Wild Bill”
spirit, Rick Fay, Paul Keller and Warren Sauer, performing
Squeeze Me, Running Wild, Beale Street Blues, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic, On the Alamo, Cornet Chop Suey, Love Is Here to Stay, and 7
more. ARCD 19146 (CD only) Special sale price: $10
CD!
* Selected by Owen Cordle as a Critics’ Pick for 1996 in the
March 1997 issue of JazzTimes; by Tex Wyndham as a 1996
Writers’ Choice in the January/February issue of Coda and by
Floyd Levin as a 1996 Critics’ Choice in the February 1997
issue of Jazz Journal International.
Bob Wilber: Nostalgia *
Bob Wilber interprets a group of haunting melodies that
he has heard since his childhood to create “music to
dream by.” Bucky Pizzarelli’s guitar is at its most lyrical and romantic, the rhythm team of Bob Haggart and
Butch Miles cooks and the legendary Ralph Sutton is
at his best on such selections as Echo of Spring, Among My
Souvenirs, Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town, Roses of Picardy, Dardenella
and 12 other nostalgic favorites. ARCD 19145 Special
sale price: $10 CD!
* Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’ Pick for 1996 in the
March 1997 issue of JazzTimes and by John Norris and by Al Van
Starrex as a 1996 Writer’s Choice in the January/February 1997
issue of Coda.
Bean: Bob Wilber’s Tribute to
Coleman Hawkins *
Many years in the planning, this recording captures the
beauty, power and musical excitement of Coleman Hawkins’
playing through the arrangements and original compositions
of Bob Wilber. Together with tenor saxophonists Harry
Allen, Antti Sarpila and Tommy Whittle they perform a series
of tunes identified with The Hawk and a few originals by
Bob, such as The Man I Love, Crazy Rhythm, Avalon, When Day is
Done, Tenderly, Feedin’ the Bean and 11 others.
$2 cassette!
* Selected by Frank Rutter and by Al Van Starrex as a 1996
Writers’ Choice in the January/February 1997 issue of Coda and
by Stanley Dance as a 1996 Critics’ Choice in the February
1997 issue of Jazz Journal International
Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men*
Dan Barrett and Tom Baker In Australia
Kenny Davern has surrounded himself with a top notch
group of rhythm men, John Bunch, Bucky Pizzarelli,
Bob Haggart and Tony DeNicola, for his second Arbors
recording, performing such favorites as Three Little Words,
Cherry, That Rhythm Man, Lullaby of the Leaves, You’re Lucky to Me,
and 3 more. AR/ARCD 19147 Special sale price: $10
Recorded by Dan Barrett while touring Australia with his
good friend Tom Baker, featuring special guest, Bob Barnard,
and backed by Australian jazzmen Chris Tapperell, Ian Date,
Don Heap and Lynn Wallis. Dan demonstrates that jazz is
now an International music as he celebrates its rich traditions performing That’s A-Plenty, Oh, Lady Be Good!, Nobody Knows,
Indian Summer, Overtime, Through For the Night and nine more.
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$2 cassette!
*Selected as one of the best jazz albums of 1994 by Michael C.
Nastos in the Ann Arbor (Michigan) News
Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins: Calling
Berlin Vol. 2*
Ray Sherman at the Keyboard
Volume Two of Ruby Braff’s award-winning performances
with legendary pianist Ellis Larkins, exploring some familiar
and some unfamiliar selections from the Irving Berlin songbook. Selections include Slumming on Park Avenue, Change Partners,
Isn’t It a Lovely Day, The Song Is Ended, Better Luck Next Time and
eight others.
* Selected as one of the best records of 1997 in the January
1998 isssue of Bulletin of the Hot Club of France; by Phil Attebury
as a 1997 Writers’ Choice in the January/February 1998 issue
of Coda.
Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins: Calling
Berlin Vol. 1 *
A classic recording reuniting two master performers, Ruby
Braff and Ellis Larkins, for the first time since 1972, Calling
Berlin (Irving, that is). They work their very special and
unique talents on a collection of Irving Berlin tunes ranging from the familiar Blue Skies and Easter Parade to the seldom
heard This Year’s Kisses and Soft Lights and Sweet Music, plus such
other favorites as It’s a Lovely Day Today, How Deep Is The Ocean, My
Walking Stick and 6 others. AR/ARCD 19139 Special cassette
sale price: $2 Special sale price: $10 CD!
*Selected by John Norris as a Writers’ Choice record for 1995
in Coda Magazine. Selected by Ira Gitler and Jack Sohmer as a
Critics Pick for 1995 in JazzTimes. Selected by Gary Giddins as
one of the best records of 1995 in the Village Voice.
Kenny Davern and His Jazz Band:
East Side, West Side*
The debut on Arbors Records of Kenny Davern, described
in the The New York Times as probably “the finest clarinetist
playing today.” He is joined by a stellar group including
Dan Barrett (on cornet), Joel Helleny, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob
Haggart and Tony DeNicola. Selections include: There’ll
Be Some Changes Made, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams, Am I Blue?,
Sidewalks of New York, Sugar and five more. ARCD 19137
*Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics Pick for 1995 in the
March, 1996 issue of JazzTimes and as the Number 5 best
new jazz record of 1995 by the combined critics of Jazz
Journal International in the January, 1996 issue. Received top
rating from Peter Vacher, Floyd Levin and Derek Coller.
Bob Wilber: Horns A-Plenty*
Bob Wilber stretches out on clarinet, curved and straight
soprano, tenor and alto saxes, expressing his love of melody
while performing a varied repertoire, including three original
compositions. Bob is joined by Johnny Varro, Phil Flanigan
and Ed Metz, Jr. on Walking Happy. Make Believe, Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes, Maids of Cadiz, This Can’t Be Love, originals Puerto Penasco,
Drifting Clouds and eight others.
Ray Sherman, who gained fame as the pianist in Pete Kelly’s
Blues and in the acclaimed Time-Life series of big band recreations, in his first solo jazz album. Through the magic
of MIDI Ray not only solos on piano, but also vibraphone,
guitar, tenor sax and flugelhorn, while accompanying himself
with string bass, rhythm guitar, drums and strings on The
Earl, Little Rock Getaway, Thou Swell, Avalon, Honky Tonk Train, Here’s
That Rainy Day, After You’ve Gone and eight more. ARCD 19133
Dick Cary and His Tuesday Night
Friends Play Dick Cary Originals • The
Dick Cary Series, Volume 1
A recording destined to become a classic and made
with love by the legendary Dick Cary and the talented
group of musicians that he assembled for his Tuesday
Night Rehearsal Band, featuring such West Coast greats
as Tommy Newsom, Abe Most, Betty O’Hara, Dick
Hamilton, Herb Mickman and Gene
Estes, performing 14 of his original compositions.
$2 cassette!
Ruby Braff and His Quartet: Live at
the Regattabar*
Ruby Braff’s new quartet, for the first time on record, showcasing his talents in the easy, elegant, chamber music setting
that he most enjoys, with Gray Sargent, Jon Wheatley and
Marshall Wood. Selections include Persian Rug, It’s Wonderful,
No One Else But You, Do It Again, Give My Regards to Broadway and
six more.
*Selected as one of the best albums of 1994 by vote of the
members of the Jazz Journalists Association and Garry Giddins
in theVillage Voice. Selected by Owen Cordle as one of his
“Critics’ Picks for 1994” in JazzTimes. Chosen in The New Yorker
as a recent jazz album “we’ve been playing and replaying.”
Selected by Tex Wyndham and Dick Neeld as a Writers Choice
record for 1994 in Coda Magazine.
Pee Wee’s Song: The Music of Pee
Wee Russell, featuring Bobby Gordon*
This is a tribute album to Pee Wee Russell and the music that
he wrote, featuring Bobby Gordon, whose special insight into
Russell’s playing has captured its subtle nuances of sound
and phrasing, far beyond mere imitation, and made him
uniquely qualified to do justice to this most original of players. With Dan Barrett, Rick Fay, Bob Haggart, Johnny Varro,
Marty Grosz, Jon-Erik Kellso and Gene Estes, he evokes the
spirit of Russell, performing a program of Pee Wee’s originals, including Oh No!, Muskogee Blue, Pee Wee’s Blues, Twenty Eighth
and Eighth and 10 more. ARCD 19130
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* Selected by Dick Neeld as a 1996 Writers’ Choice in the
The Magnificent VII: The Newport
Beach Session*
Seven greats of jazz, Jon-Erik Kellso, cornet, Dan Barrett,
trombone, Rick Fay, tenor and soprano, Chuck Hedges,
clarinet, Johnny Varro, piano, Bob Haggart, bass, and Gene
Estes, drums, with special guest, Marty Grosz, guitar, go
all-out in a classic jazz program featuring such great tunes as
Original Dixieland One Step, It Had to be You, Hindustan, She’s Funny That
Way, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, Running Wild, The Lady’s In Love with
You, Struttin’ With Some Barbecue and 6 others. ARCD 19129 (CD
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 1998
in the January/February 1999 issue of Coda. Selected as a
1999 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2000 issue of Jazz Journal
International by Floyd Levin.
Dottie Dodgion Sings*
Dottie brings to her singing the same flawless rhythm and
inspired phrasing that established her reputation as a jazz
drummer. In the company of Johnny Varro, David Stone,
Jackie Coon, Eddie Erickson and Gene Estes, she demonstrates her ability to enrich melody and capture emotion on
songs such as Dancing in the Dark, You Go To My Head, I Wish I
Knew, You’re My Thrill, Where or
When and eight more. AR/ARCD 19128
Special sale price: $10 CD, $2 cassette!
*Selected by Dick Neeld as a Writers’ Choice record for 1995
in Coda Magazine.
Dan Barrett Reunion with Al featuring
Al Jenkins
Dan Barrett reintroduces us to the seldom recorded trombonist Al Jenkins, one of his early idols as a teenager,
and still a magnificent player, in company with Rick
Fay, Ray Sherman, David Stone and Jeff Hamilton. They
perform Sugar Blues, At Sundown, Girl of My Dreams, After You’ve
Gone, Love Me or Leave Me, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love and
10 more. AR /ARCD 19124
The Magnificent VII: Live at the Hilton
A live concert by a magnificent group of all-stars who enjoy
playing together as a band, including the legendary Bob
Haggart, with Dan Barrett, Johnny Varro, Chuck Hedges,
Rick Fay, Jon-Erik Kellso and Gene Estes, performing such
rousers as Sensation Rag, Nobody’s Sweetheart, Wolverine Blues, The
Wang, Wang Blues, Mandy, Make Up Your Mind, Georgia on My Mind
and 5 more. ARCD 19123
Haggart and Gene Estes, performing with great beauty
and harmonic subtlety, on selections such as There Is No
Greater Love, My Old Flame, Samba Dese Days, I’ll Be Seeing You,
Cheek to Cheek and six more.
AR /ARCD 19121
*Selected as one of the best of 1995 in the Jazz Journal International
issue of January, 1996 by Ian Crosbie.
Rick Fay’s Endangered Species
Rick’s gang at their Condonesque best performing some
tunes that the boys at Condon’s used to play and a few new
ones written by Rick. Among the “endangered species”
are Dan Barrett, Jackie Coon, Betty O’Hara, Bobby Gordon,
Eddie Erickson, Johnny Varro, David Stone and Gene Estes.
They perform Meet Me in Dreamland, Memphis Blues, Some of These
Days, Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down, Sweethearts on Parade, Dallas
Blues, You’re Lucky to Me and 8 more. AR/ARCD 19120 Special
sale price: $10 CD, $2 cassette!
Jackie Coon: The Joys of New Orleans
Help bring back such happy music as New Orleans
favorites The Second Line, Basin Street, Joe Avery’s Piece, Honky
Tonk, Winnin’Boy, Jambalaya and eight others, performed by
Jackie Coon, Rick Fay, Connie Jones, Tom Gekler, Charlie
Lodice, in company with some outstanding New Orleans
musicians, and assist in the flood relief of New Orleans
musicians. Arbors Records is donating all proceeds from
this CD to the Jazz Foundation of America for the benefit
of New Orleans’ musician relief. ARCD 19119 (CD only)
Dave Frishberg and Jim Goodwin:
Double Play*
The incomparable pianist and entertainer Dave Frishberg
and the exceptional cornetist Jim Goodwin are partners in a
program of unique and unusual jazz performances including
Russian Lullaby, There Ain’t No Sweet Man, Stardust, Willie The Weeper,
Blue River, Shout ’Em Aunt Tillie, Winin’ Boy, Dear Old Southland and
four more. AR/ARCD 19118 Special sale price: $10
CD, $2 cassette!
*Selected by John Sutherland as a Writers Choice record for
1994 in the January-February 1995 issue of Coda Magazine, and
as CD of the year by Joe H. Klee in the January 1994 issue of
The Mississippi Rag.
Chuck Folds: Hitting his Stride*
Solo piano by a master of stride and marvelous allaround player performing a program of his favorites,
including Nice Work if You Can Get it, Mule Walk, Viper’s Drag, I
Want to Be Happy, What am I Here For?, Oh Baby and 15 more.
Chuck Hedges Quartet:
No Greater Love*
John Allred Quartet: In the beginning …
Chuck Hedges, long considered one of the finest jazz
clarinetists, with a trio of friends, Eddie Higgins, Bob
*Selected by Dick Neeld as a Writers Choice record for 1994 in
the January-February 1995 issue of Coda Magazine.
John Allred, the famous trombone-playing son of a
famous trombone-playing father, performs a swinging
blend of jazz standards, some seldom-heard tunes and
his own originals, in his first album as leader, joined by
Johnny Varro, David Stone, Ed Metz Jr. and guest Betty
O’Hara. Autumn Leaves, Stompin’ at the Savoy, Sweet Clifford,
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, A Child Is Born, Blues For Rich
and 4 more. ARCD 19115 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
Rick Fay’s Poetry with Jazz: Sax-O-Poem*
Rick sums up his life in jazz in his own verse and in superb
musical performances, which complement the poetry, joined
by Johnny Varro and a strong rhythm section of David Stone,
Doug Mattocks and Gene Estes. Egyptian Fantasy, Street of
Dreams, At the Jazz Band Ball, Pee Wee’s Blues, Bogolousa Strut, Buddy
Bolden Blues and 7 more. When recorded, perhaps the
only jazz record of its kind. AR/ARCD 19113 Special
sale price: $10 CD, $2 cassette!
*Selected by Tex Wyndham as a Writers’ Choice record for
1993 in the January-February 1994 issue of Coda Magazine.
The Bobby Gordon Quartet Featuring Adelle
Girard Marsala: Don’t Let it End . . .*
A recording to be treasured. Graceful and elegant classic jazz
featuring the mellow clarinet of Bobby Gordon with Adele
Girard Marsala, the premier jazz harpist, and the widow of
Bobby’s teacher, Joe Marsala, in her final performance. Also
Ray Sherman, Morty Corb and Gene Estes. Someday Sweetheart,
Basin Street Blues, Squeeze Me, Limehouse Blues, As Long As I Live, Don’t
Let It End and 9 more. ARCD 19112 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
*Selected by Dick Neeld as a Writers’ Choice record for 1993
in the January-February 1994 issue of Coda Magazine. Selected
by John Sutherland as a Writer’s Choice record for 1994 in the
January-February 1995 issue of Coda Magazine.
“Fast Eddie” Erickson and Friends: On
Easy Street
Stunning virtuosity on banjo and guitar from “Fast Eddie”
Erickson, a marvelous all-around entertainer, in the company
of Jackie Coon, Rick Fay, Johnny Varro, Gene Estes and Lee
Westenhoffer. Panama, Jelly Roll, The Joint Is Jumpin’, My Canary
Has Circles Under His Eyes, Fidgety Feet, Big Butter and Egg Man and 9
others. ARCD 19111 (CD only) Special sale price: $10
CD!
Jackie Coon: Jazzin’ With Jackie
Recorded at the same session that produced Jackie’s critically acclaimed Back in His Own Backyard (AR/ARCD
19109), we have more of the swinging, lyrical Jackie
Coon, joining with Rick Fay, Eddie Erickson, Johnny
Varro, David Stone and Gene Estes, in another program
of great tunes, such as Song of the Wanderer, The White Cliffs of
Dover, Me and My Shadow, Careless Love, Cross Your Heart, When I
Grow Too Old to Dream, and 5 others. AR/ARCD 19110
49
Dan Barrett Trio and Quartet:
Jubilesta!*
Dan gives a blockbuster performance on trombone in his
first album as leader since 1989, with Ray Sherman, David
Stone and Jake Hanna. I Love You, Why Can’t You Behave, Jubilesta,
Then I’ll Be Happy, Sweet Substitute, Alabamy Bound, Mood Indigo and 7
more. ARCD 19107 (CD only) Special sale price: $10
CD!
*Critics’ Choice new jazz recording of 1993 in Jazz Journal
International; selected by Stanley Dance and Jack Sohmer as a
Top Ten record of 1993 in JazzTimes; selected by John Norris
and Dick Neeld as a Writers’ Choice record for 1993 in Coda.
Rick Fay and his Summa Orchestra:
This is Where I Came In*
Condon-style music with rollicking ensembles and spirited
solos led by jack-of-all-reeds Rick Fay, and crowned by Dan
Barrett’s classic version of Margie. Rounding out the Summa
Orchestra are Jon-Erik Kellso, Peter Ecklund, Bobby Gordon,
Marty Grosz, Keith Ingham, Greg Cohen and Hal Smith
savoring Love is Just Around the Corner, Riverboat Shuffle, Eccentric,
Doctor Jazz, Mama’s Gone, Good-bye and 8 others. ARCD 19106
*Selected as one of the Top Ten records of 1992 by Floyd Levin in the
February 1993 issue of Jazz Journal International.
Rick Fay and Friends: Oh Baby
Follow-up to the classic Memories of You session, but without
Johnny Mince, featuring a red-hot Ernie Carson with Dan
Barrett, Rick Fay, Bob Leary, Tom Baldwin, Lee Richardson
and Pat Doyle. Oh Baby, Tin Roof Blues, Sunday, As Long As I Live,
Chinatown, My Chinatown, New Orleans, ’Deed I Do and 7 more.
$2 cassette!
Rick Fay and Friends: Live at the State*
Rick Fay leads an all-star band in concert at The State
Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida, with the great Bob
Haggart, trombone star Dan Barrett and stride pianist
Chuck Folds, joined by Chuck Hedges, Jon-Erik Kellso
and Eddie Graham.Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Who’s
Sorry Now, I’m Coming Virginia, Beale Street Blues, South Rampart
Street Parade, Farewell Blues and 5 others. ARCD 29102
Special sale price: $10 CD, Cassette sold out
*Selected by Floyd Levin as one the Top Ten records of 1993
in the February 1994 issue of Coda Magazine.
Rick Fay’s Big 8: Memories of You
Clarinet legend Johnny Mince’s last recording leaves beautiful memories abetted by the feisty Ernie Carson, Rick Fay,
Dan Barrett (in his first Arbors record), Bob Leary, Tom
Baldwin, Lee Richardson and Pat Doyle. That Da Da Strain,
Wabash Blues, Marie, Memories of You, Beale Street and 9 more.
50
Recording Artists on Arbors Records
(Item number in bold indicates
record leader)
AARON, “SHOELESS HENRY”
19187, ARVHS-3
AFFIF, RON 19174
ALDEN, HOWARD 19155, 19160,
19170, 19187, 19194, 19203,
19207, 19210,19221, 19222,
19246, 19265, 19268, 19271,
19274, 19281, 19280, 19302,
19314, 19317, 19323, 19340,
19349, 19365, ARVHS-2,
ARVHS-3, ARDVD-1
ALEXANDER, MONTY 19314
ALGOED, KAREL 19225
ALLEN, CARL 19337
ALLEN, HARRY 19138, 19144,
19160, 19294, 19289, 19329,
19333, 19341, 19353, 19354,
19374
ALLEN, HENRY ARED@ 19168
ALLEN, JEREMY 19304
ALLRED, BILL 19146
ALLRED, JOHN 19115, 19162,
19261, 19274, 19299, 19353,
19369, 19374
AMATO, MICHELLE 19217
AMICO, LAURA 19305
ANADON, MARIA 19351
ANDRE, WAYNE 19312
ANGER, DAROL 19252
APPLEYARD, PETER 19202,
19252
ARMSTRONG, LIL 19150-51
ARONOV, BEN 19127, 19195,
19200
ARRIALE, LYNNE 19304
ASCIONE, JOE 19127, 19138,
19160, 19168, 19174, 19193,
19194, 19198, 19223, 19242,
19243, 19247, 19252, 19258,
19271, 19274, 19309, 19316,
19359, 19362, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-3
BAEVSKY, DMITRY 19329
BAIN, BOB 19251
BAKER, TOM 19143, 19225
BALDWIN, TOM 19103, 19105
BARNARD, BOB 19143
BARNHART, JEFF 19324
BARRETT, DAN 19103, 19105,
19106, 19107, 19116, 19120,
19123, 19124, 19127, 19129,
19130, 19136, 19137, 19138,
19143, 19152, 19154, 19158,
19159, 19161, 19162,
19163, 19172, 19177, 19179,
19182, 19187, 19189, 19198,
19191, 19202, 19215, 19216,
19225, 19232, 19234, 19242,
19265, 19271, 19280, 19288,
19302, 19313, 19339, 19362,
29102, ARVHS-1, ARVHS-2,
ARVHS-3
BARTELS, VINCE STJS101
BASHAM, GLENN 19252
BAUDUC, RAY 19150-51
BAUER, BILLY 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
BEAL, JOHN 19194, 19244
BEAUDOIN, GERRY 19332
BELLSON, LOUIE SOJCD 202
BENNETT, DAVE 19389
BERGER, STEVE 19305
BERRY, BILL 19189
BERTINI, CHARLIE 19122,
19187, 19201, ARVHS-3
BERTONCINI, GENE 19252,
19257, 19314, 19339, 19347
BETTS, KETER SOJCD 202
BLOCK, DAN 19339, 19357
BODNER, PHIL 19138, 19347
BOLLER, DANTON 19346
BORNEMAN, CHARLIE 19104
BRAFF, RUBY 19131, 19134,
19139, 19140, 19141, 19163,
19165, 19194, 19203, 19219,
19221, 19222, 19244, 19259,
19260, 19265, 19268, 19269,
19270, 19279, 19311, 19328,
19368
BRITZ, MIKE 19273
BROWN, BEN 19323
BROWN, STEVE 19272, 19326,
19358, 19368
BRUNIOUS, WENDELL 19187,
ARVHS-3
BRUNO, JERRY 19389, 19370
BUCKWALTER, BUCKY 19273
BUNCH, JOHN 19147, 19154,
19156, 19157, 19160, 19184,
19219, 19221, 19222, 19226,
19246, 19272, 19286, 19326,
19344, 19368, 19376
BUSH, LENNIE 19219
BUSIAKIEWICZ, RICHARD 19358
BUTTERFIELD, BILLY 19343
BYRNE, DONNA 19176
CABRAL, ARTIE 19173, 19249
CALLETT, LEE 19132
CAPP, FRANK 19263
CARSON, ERNIE 19103, 19105
CARY, DICK 19168, 19132,
19253, 19284
CASWELL, RACHEL 19304
CASWELL, SARA 19252, 19285,
19304, 19370
CECIL, TOMMY 19220
CHARLAP, BILL 19194, 19244,
19258, 19260, 19289
CHIRILLO, JAMES 19193, 19212,
19279, 19296, 19302,19313,
19315, 19317, 19318,
19323, 19352, 19360
CHRISTIAN, CHARLIE 19168
CHRISTOPHER, EVAN 19325,
19346
CLARKE, TERRY 19224
CLIFF, DAVE 19144, 19196,
19202
COCUZZI, JOHN 19171, 19210,
19285, 19359
COFFMAN, DON 19342
COHEN, ANAT 19307, 19351
COHEN, GREG 19106, 19149,
19170, 19172, 19195, 19207,
19212, 19246, 19271, 19274,
19296, 19315, 19319
COHN, JOE 19224, 19279,
19329, 19330, 19333, 19349,
19353, 19354
COLOMBO, LOU 19173, 19249
CONDON, EDDIE 19238
COON, JACKIE 19104, 19109,
19110, 19111, 19119, 19120,
19128, 19150-51, 19162,
19177
COOPER, FRED 19132, 19253
COOPER, JIM 19389
CORB, MORTY 19112
CORRAO, VINCENT 19338
CRANSHAW, BOB 19240, 19323,
SOJCD 202
CREGG, HUGH 19297
CROKER, THEO 19372
CROOKS, RICHARD 19149
DAPOGNY, JAMES 19319
DARBY, TANYA 19323
DATE, IAN 19143
DAUBER, JAMI 19307, 19323,
19381
DAVERN, KENNY 19137, 19147,
19170, 19183, 19194, 19203,
19207, 19222, 19238, 19246,
19265, 19267, 19296, 19313,
19315, 19317, 19328, SOJCD
202, ARDVD-3, ARVHS-2
DAVIS, SPANKY 19208
DAVIS, STEVE 19304
DAVISON, WILD BILL 19175
DEBRUIJN, ONNO 19225
DEFRANCO, BUDDY 19281,
19298, 19349, SOJCD 202,
ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
DENICOLA, TONY 19137, 19147,
19170, 19207, 19244, 19246,
19274, 19277,19278, 19296,
19313, 19315, 19317, ARVHS2 , ARDVD-3
DENNY, SHELLLY STJS101
DESMARAIS, LORRAINE 19218
DICKENSON, VIC 19343
DIVA BIG BAND 19231
DODGION, DOTTIE 19128
DODGION, JERRY 19154
DOROUGH, BOB 19279, 19305
DOVER, RENEE 19122, 19201
DOYLE, PAT 19101, 19103,
19105, 19217
DREYER, LAURA 19218
DUVIVIER, GEORGE 19328
EANET, LARRY 19220
ECKLUND, PETER 19106, 19149,
19172, 19230
ELLIS, HERB 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
ENEVOLDSEN, BOB 19251
ERWIN, PEE WEE 19267
ERICKSON, EDDIE 19104,
19109, 19110, 19111, 19120,
19128, 19159, 19191, 19232,
19339, 19354
ERSTRAND, LARS 19202
ESTES, GENE 19109, 19110,
19111, 19112, 19113, 19114,
19120, 19121, 19123, 19128,
19129, 19130, 19132,
STJS101
EWELL, DON 19150-51
FAEHNLE, DAN 19169
FAY-ROMELLE, DIANNE 19205
FAY, RICK 19101, 19103, 19104,
19105, 19106, 19109,
19110,19111, 19113, 19119,
19120, 19123, 19124, 19129,
19130, 19146, 19162, 19177,
19181, 19205, 19265, 29102,
ARVHS-1
FEATHER, PHIL 19253
FELDER, MARION 19346
FIELDING, ANDY 19180, 19181
FLANIGAN, PHIL 19135, 19157,
19187, 19193, 19215, 19216,
19245, 19262, 19288, 19294,
19301, 19309, 19338, 19339,
19360, ARVHS-3, ARDVD-3
FLORY, CHRIS 19149, 19301,
19357
FOLDS, CHUCK 19117, 19208,
29102, ARVHS-1
FONTANA, CARL 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
FORBES, JOEL 19158, 19159,
19232, 19333, 19353, 19354
FORREST, DICK 19132
FORTNER, SULLIVAN 19372
FRANCIS, PANAMA AFJS201
FREEMAN, BUD 19343
FRIGO, JOHNNY 19258, 19285,
19301, SOJCD 202
FRISHBERG, DAVE 19118,
19136,19158, 19159, 19169,
19183, 19185, 19255, 19291,
19334, 19356
FULLER, LARRY 19384
GANNETT, DAVE 19122, 19201
GEILS, JAY 19332
GEKLER, TOM 19119
GEORGE, RUSSELL 19352
GILMORE, STEVE 19305
GIORDANO, VINCE 19271,
19283, 19319, 19341, 19352
GIVENS, TIM 19174
GLASER, MATT 19252
GLASSER, DAVID 19320, 19337
GLENDON, BOB 19217
GLENN, TYREE 19168
GOODWIN, JIM 19118
GORDON, BOBBY 19106, 19112,
19120, 19130, 19172, 19223,
19277, 19352
GORDON, WYCLIFFE 19261,
19274, 19323, SOJCD 202
GRAHAM, EDDIE 19104, 29102,
ARVHS-1
GREEN, DAVE 19144, 19202,
19272, 19326, 19341, 19358,
19368
GREY, AL AFJS201
GROSZ, MARTY 19106, 19129,
19130, 19149, 19172, 19212,
19319, 19328
GUARNIERI, JOHNNY 19168
GWIN, JIM 19163, 19165,
19176, 19203, 19270, 19279
HACKETT, BOBBY 19168, 19268
HAGGART, BOB 19121, 19123,
19129, 19130, 19137, 19145,
19147, 19152, 19155, 19156,
19162, 19163, 19165, 19168,
19177, 19182, 19183, 19265,
19266, 19274, 19281, 19343,
29102, ARVHS-1, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
HALL, AL 19284
HAM, LARRY 19212, 19275,
19320, 19337, 19367
HAMILTON, DICK 19132, 19253
HAMILTON, JEFF 19124, 19158,
19159, 19177, 19182, 19191,
19215, 19216, 19232, 19314
HAMILTON, SCOTT 19134,
19281, 19281, 19353, 19368,
ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
HAMMER, TARDO 19369
HAMMOND, JOHN F 19251
HANNA, JAKE 19107 19189,
19259, 19260, 19265, 19281,
19360, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1,
ARDVD-3
HANNI, BOB 19342
HARRINGTON, TERRY 19132,
19253
HARRIS, BARRY 19320
HARRIS, LES JR 19332
HART, ROSLYN 19305
HATFIELD, BRAD 19350
HATFIELD, KEN 19240
HEAP, DON 19143
HEATH, ALBERT “TOOTIE” 19372
HEDGES, CHUCK 19121, 19123,
19129, 19146, 19239, 19273,
29102, ARVHS-1
HELLENY, JOEL 19137, 19161
HENDERSON, SKITCH 19194,
19252, 19285
HELLER, INGMAR 19234
HIGGINS, EDDIE 19121, 19236,
19239
HINES, MAURICE 19240, 19323
HINTON, MILT 19125, 19265,
19266, 19281, 19347,
AFJS201, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1,
ARDVD-3
HOCKETT, RON 19182, 19215,
19220, 19262, 19309, 19339,
19360
HOLLEY, MAJOR 19267
HOLLOWAY, RED SOJCD202
51
\HOMAN, STEVE STJS101
HOPKINS, CHRIS 19225, 19234,
19235
HORTON, JOANNE “PUG” 19187,
19202, ARVHS-3
HOWARD, TOM 19308
HUBBLE, ED 19267, 19343
HUCKO, “PEANUTS” ARVHS-2
HUDSON, LEE 19212
HUGHART, JIM 19251
HUNT, DAVE 19251
HUNTINGTON, BILL 19325
HYMAN, DICK 19141, 19155,
19168,19187, 19193, 19197,
19202, 19248, 19259, 19260,
19265, 19266, 19267, 19269,
19271, 19281, 19283, 19310,
19325, 19328, 19347, 19389,
ARVHS-2, ARVHS-3, ARDVD-1,
ARDVD-3
INDIGENAFRICA 19275
INGHAM, KEITH 19106, 19172,
19329, 19352
IRWIN, DENNIS 19289, 19337
JACKSON, DUFFY JR. 19263
JARVIS, JANE 19152, 19189,
AFJS201, SOJCD 202
JENKINS, AL 19124
JENKINS, TERRY 19219
JEROME, JERRY 19163, 19168,
19187, 19265, ARVHS-3
JOHNSON, DICK 19173, 19249
JOHNSON, GUS 19343
JOHNSON, HAROLD 19217
JONES, CONNIE 19119, 19366
JONES, DAVY 19101, 19217
JONES, DILL 19238
JONES, HANK 19276, 19347
KAHN, JEREMY 19125, 19160
KAROUB, MIKE 19160
KATALENIC, JOHN 19205
KAY, CONNIE 19328
KELLER, PAUL 19146, 19160,
19239, 19389
KELLOCK, BRIAN 19318
KELLSO, JON-ERIK 19106,
19123, 19125, 19129, 19130,
19160, 19163, 19187, 19194,
19212, 19232, 19243, 19271,
19274, 19319, 19346, 19357,
29102, ARVHS-1, ARVHS-3
KENNEDY, RAY 19270, 19298,
19330
KENNEDY, TOM 19330
KESSLER, MARC 19271
KILGORE, REBECCA 19136,
19158, 19159, 19169, 19215,
19232, 19255, 19262, 19309,
19339, 19354, 19356
KINDRED, BOB SOJCD 202
KINSELLA, ARNIE 19319, 19352
KOHUT, LARRY 19304KOONSE,
DAVE 19132KOSEK, KENNY
19149KUBRIN, NORM 19342
LALAMA, DAVE 19174
LALAMA, RALPH 19323
52
LANGTON, JAMES 19271
LARKINS, ELLIS 19139, 19140
LARONGA, BARBARA 19307
LAWSON, YANK 19168, 19265,
19343
LEAL, HUGH 19389
LEARY, BOB 19101, 19103,
19105, 19177, 19201, 19205,
19217, 19283,19309
LEDONNE, MIKE 19275, 19276,
19357
LEEMAN, CLIFF 19238, 19267,
19284
LEGGIO, CARMEN 19286
LEMON, BRIAN 19219
LEONHART, JAY 19226, 19285,
19286, 19302, 19341, 19344,
SOJCD 202
LESBERG, JACK 19175, 19238,
19265, ARDVD-3
LESTER, GIL STJS101
LEVINSKY, WALT 19210, 19265
LEVINSON, DAN 19271, 19283
LEVY, JESSE 19370
LEVY, VALERIE 19370
LHOTZKY, BERND 19322
LITTLE, STEVE 19352
LOCKE, EDDIE 19199, 19289,
19320, SOJCD 202
LODICE, CHARLIE 19119
LODUCA, ANDY 19273
LOUPE, JOHN 19119
MACCHIAROLA, RAY 19161
MACKREL, DENNIS 19276,
SOJCD 202
MACLEAN, DON 19308
MALESON, BOOTS 19154, 19279
MALONE, KAS 19150-51
MARGOLIS, SAMMY 19268
MARICLE, SHERRIE 19194,
19218, 19240, 19285, 19307,
19312, 19323, 19351, 19381
MARSALA, ADELE GIRARD 19112
MARTINEZ, PETE 19271
MARX, ROLF 19234
MASON, JOHN 19308
MASON, MOLLY 19149
MASSO, DAVID 19249
MASSO, GEORGE 19127, 19168,
19173, 19187, 19194, 19249,
19265, 19274, SOJCD 202,
ARVHS-2, ARVHS-3
MATTOCKS, DOUG 19113
MAY, EARL 19189, 19199,
19320, SOJCD 202
MAYERS, LLOYD 19199
MAZETIER, LOUIS 19361
MCDERMOTT, TOM 19366
MCGARITY, LOU 19238
MCKENNA, DAVE 19134, 19173,
19176, 19223, 19224, 19264,
19311, ARVHS-2
MCKENZIE, JERRY 19132
MEISNER, GARY 19273
MELITO, MIKE 19301
MELITO, TOM 19200, 19211,
19256
MENTANARO, ARTIE 19249
MERRILL, BOB 19187, ARVHS-3
METZ, ED JR. 19115, 19122,
19135, 19162, 19171, 19183,
19187, 19201, 19202, 19205,
19239, 19245, 19261, 19262,
19283, 19288, 19293, 19294,
19299, 19338, 19339, 19349,
19374, 19389, ARVHS-3
METZ, ED SR. 19274, 19299
METZ, JOEY 19299
METZ, TIM 19299
MEWES, OLIVER 19234
MEYER, BILL 19389
MICKMAN, HERB 19132, 19253
MILES, BUTCH 19145, 19281,
19298, 19347, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
MINCE, JOHNNY 19103, 19267
MITCHELL, JIMMY 19240
MOLASKEY, JESSICA 19384
MOLINELLI, BOB 19119
MOORE, MICHAEL 19127,
19136, 19203, 19211, 19219,
19221, 19222, 19242, 19256,
ARVHS-2
MORRIS, RANDY 19122, 19201
MOST, ABE 19132, 19253
MRAZ, GEORGE 19257
MUNISTERI, MATT 19271, 19346
MYERS, TERRY 19299
NALEPKA, BRIAN 19271
NELSON, JOHN STJS101
NEUENSCHWANDER, MARK
19293
NEWSOM, TOMMY 19132,
19168, 19189, 19194, 19195,
19198, 19244, 19251, 19312
NIESKE, BOB 19332
O=BRIEN, DONNIE 19286
O’BRIEN, HOD 19329
O=BRIEN, PETER 19295
O’CONNOR, PAUL 19187, ARVHS3
OGAWA, MICHIKO 19294
OGILVIE, BRIAN 19158, 19159,
19182, 19187, 19215, 19216,
19232, 19262, ARVHS-3
O’HARA, BETTY 19115, 19120,
19132
OHNO, TOMOKO 19307, 19351,
19381
O’LEARY, PAT 19179, 19275,
19276
ORNOWSKI, ED 19305
OWENS, FRANK 19240, 19323
PALMER, GEORGE 19101
PARROTT, LISA 19312, 19323
PARROTT, NICKI 19218, 19247,
19243, 19252, 19258, 19285,
19316, 19317, 19335, 19365,
19369, 19374
PAYTON, NIK 19358
PEETERS, JOEP 19225
PEPLOWSKI, KEN 19154, 19195,
19198, 19200, 19211, 19242,
19246, 19256, 19257, 19265,
19274, 19317, 19319, 19340,
19350, 19362, SOJCD 202
PERRINE, MATT 19119
PERSON, HOUSTON 19279,
19316, SOJCD 202
PERSSON, BENT 19202
PETERS, MIKE 19125, 19195
PHANEUF, MARK 19249
PHILLIPS, BOB 19104
PHILLIPS, FLIP 19265, 19308,
19281, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1,
ARDVD-3
PHILLIPS, RUSS 19262, 19309,
19339
PICKETT, LENNY 19149
PIZZARELLI, BUCKY 19136,
19137, 19139, 19145, 19147,
19154, 19156, 19158, 19159,
19163, 19165, 19168, 19170,
19171, 19179, 19183, 19194,
19203, 19207, 19209, 19219,
19226, 19227, 19244, 19252,
19254, 19258, 19260, 19265,
19270, 19279, 19285, 19286,
19306, 19316, 19344, 19345,
19370, 19384, 19389, SOJCD
202, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-3
PIZZARELLI, JOHN 19209,
19270, 19285, 19286, 19298,
19316, 19345, 19355, 19384
PIZZARELLI, MARTIN 19170,
19270, 19279, 19298, 19370,
19384
PLETCHER, TOM 19283
POLCER, ED 19288, SOJCD 202
POMEROY, HERB 19176
POWELL, BENNY 19189, 19372,
SOJCD202
POWELL, SHANNON 19325
PRIVIN, BERNIE 19238, 19267
PYNE, MICK 19144
RAE, JOHN, 19318
RAE, RONNIE 19318
REDD, CHUCK 19195, 19257,
19314
REDD, ROBERT 19314
REICHGOTT, JOE 19308
REICHMAN, JANELLE 19381
REID, RUFUS 19349
REINHART, RANDY 19172,
19182, 19194, 19215, 19262,
19271,19309,19313, 19339,
19352
RICHARDS, TERRY 19280
RICHARDSON, HANNA 19301
RICHARDSON, LEE 19101,
19103, 19104, 19105
RIGGS, CHUCK 19125, 19134,
19311, 19333, 19329, 19353,
19354,19357,
RILEY, JOHN 19365
RISTROM, REUBEN 19182,
19215, 19262
ROBERSCHEUTEN, FRANK 19225
ROBINSON, DAVID 19179
ROBINSON, SCOTT 19125,
19136, 19149, 19154, 19158,
19159, 19160, 19163,19172,
19179, 19187, 19194, 19212,
19242, 19263, 19271, 19274,
19275, 19276, 19309, 19319,
19339, 19362, ARVHS-3
ROKER, MICKEY 19344
ROSENE, BARBARA 19271
ROSENGARDEN, BOB 19265,
19266, 19328, 19347, ARDVD3
RYAN, DAVE 19253
SAGER, DAVID 19283
SANDERS, ANNETTE 19210
SANDERS, JOE 19372
SANDKE, RANDY 19138, 19154,
19168, 19198, 19242, 19265,
19271, 19274, 19281, 19310,
19362, 19365, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
SARGENT, GRAY 19131, 19134,
19176, 19302, 19311
SARPILA, ANTTI 19144, 19202
SAUER, WARREN 19146
SAUNDERS, TOM 19146
SAYER, CYNTHIA 19149
SCHOENBERG, LOREN 19302
SEATON, LYNN 19210
SHAKUR, HASSAN 19314
SHANE, HAL 19271
SHANE, MARK 19179, 19271,
19212, 19275, 19288
SHAVERS, CHARLIE 19168
SHAW, ARVELL 19213, 19263
SHAW, BRYAN 19158, 19159
SHAW, RICK 19205
SHELDON, JACK ARVHS-2
SHEPLEY, JOE 19240
SHERIDAN, JOHN 19116, 19182,
19214, 19215, 19216, 19248,
19261, 19262, 19277, 19278,
19309, 19313, 19338, 19339,
19360
SHERMAN, DARYL 19154,
19224, 19244, 19279, 19302,
19305, 19341
SHERMAN, RAY 19107, 19112,
19124, 19133, 19191, 19232
SHERMAN, SAM 19302
SICKLER, DON SOJCD202
SIERS, PETE 19389
SILVA, CHARLIE 19261, 19217
SIMMONS, NORMAN SOJCD 202
SLAUSSON, ED 19191
SLOANE, CAROL 19350
SMITH, CARRIE SOJCD 202
SMITH, DEREK 19197, 19210,
19247, 19265, 19266, 19274,
19281, 19312, 19347, 19349,
SOJCD 202, ARVHS-2, ARDVD1, ARDVD-3
SMITH, HAL 19106, 19172
SMITH, JOHN 19232
SMITH, SEAN 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
SNEIDER, BOB 19301
SOLOFF, LOU 19349
SPORTIELLO, ROSSANO 19321,
19335, 19374
STEIN, ANDY 19285
ST. JOHN, JAY 19150-51
STOKES, IRVIN 19199, 19208
STOLL, FRED 19328
STONE, DAVID 19107, 19109,
19110, 19113, 19114, 19115,
19120, 19124, 19128, 19159,
19189, 19191, 19277, 19278
STRASSMAYER, KAROLINE
19218, 19307, 19312, 19323
STRIPLING, BYRON 19274
STUCKEY, JACK 19194, 19271,
19274
SUDHALTER, DICK 19302
SUMMERS, BOB 19132
SUMMEY, HAROLD JR. 19220
SUONSAARI, KLAUS 19154,
19179, 19212, 19275, 19276
SULLIVAN, DAVE 19273
SUTTON, RALPH 19145, 19245,
19265, 19266, 19281, 19284,
19297, 19336, 19343, ARVHS2, ARDVD-1, ARDVD-3
TACK, ERNIE 19132, 19253
TAMBURR, CHRISTIAN 19338
TAPPERELL, CHRIS 19143
TATE, BUDDY AFJS201
TATE, FRANK 19138, 19171,
19194, 19198, 19208, 19223,
19224, 19280, 19302, 19313,
19359,19362
TATE, GRADY 19152
TAYLOR, RICHARD 19119
TEAGARDEN, JACK 19150-51
TEAGARDEN, NORMA 19150-51
TERRY, CLARK 19263, AFJS201,
SOJCD 202, ARVHS-2
TIBBS, HARVEY 19271
TOMPKINS, ROSS 19148, 19237
TOUGH, DAVE 19168
TRACEY, CLARK 19144
TROTT, JACK 19253
TUXEDO BIG BANDOF TOULOUSE
FRANCE 19229
UEDA, NORIKO 19307, 19312,
19351, 19381
UNGAR, JAY 19149
VACHÉ, ALLAN 19171, 19201,
19265, 19217, 19288, 19338,
19359
VACHÉ, VANESSA 19288
VACHÉ, WARREN 19171, 19268,
19289, 19302, 19312, 19318,
19344, 19369, SOJCD 202
VANDIVER, MILES 19330
VAN EPS, GEORGE 19265,
ARDVD-3
VARRO, JOHNNY 19109, 19110,
19111, 19113, 19114, 19115,
53
19120, 19123, 19128, 19129,
19130, 19135, 19138, 19146,
19162,19163, 19165, 19171,
19177,19178, 19198, 19242,
19243, 19245, 19292, 19293,
19362, SOJCD 202
VIGNOLA, FRANK 19125, 19127,
19149, 19258, 19370, 19376
WALKER, LEN 19219
WALL, MURRAY 19149, 19161,
19200
WALLIS, LYNN 19143
WASHINGTON, KENNY 19219,
19221, 19222
WATERS, BENNY AFJS201
WEBBER, JOHN 19376
WEIN, GEORGE 19268
WEINSTEIN, AARON 19285,
19316, 19332, 19355, 19370,
19384
WELDON, JERRY 19174
WELLSTOOD, DICK 19188,
19241, 19328
WESS, FRANK 19189, 19240,
19376, SOJCD 202
WESTENHOFFER, LEE 19111
WHALEY, DICK 19249
WHEATLEY, JON 19131, 19203,
19249, 19341, 19368
WHITE, JERRY19253
WHITTLE, TOMMY 19144
WILBER, BOB 19135, 19144,
19145, 19175, 19183, 19187,
19193, 19202, 19229, 19265,
19277, 19281, 19282, 19328,
19343, 19358, ARVHS-2,
ARVHS-3, ARDVD-1, ARDVD-3
WILDER, JOE 19163,
19194,19240,19265, 19305,
AFJS201, SOJCD 202, ARVHS-2
WILLIAMS, CLAUDE “FIDDLER”
AFJS201
WILLIAMS, JACKIE 19189,
19208, 19265, 19280, SOJCD
202, ARDVD-3
WILLIAMS, LEROY 19161, 19369
WILSON, CHUCK 19136, 19154,
19158, 19159, 19187, 19194,
19280, ARVHS-3
WILSON, TEDDY 19168
WOLVERINES OF BERN 19263
WOOD, MARSHALL 19131,
19134, 19173, 19176, 19203,
19249,19302, 19311
WOODMAN, BRITT 19193
WOODS, PHIL 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
WRIGHT, WAYNE 19328
WROBEL, ENGELBERT 19234
WYANDS, RICHARD 19161,
19179, 19276
YOUNG, JIMMY 19240
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As part of the 80th birthday celebrations for Bob Haggart, in March 1994, and Flip Phillips, in March
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Second Annual Arbors Invitational Jazz Party
Featuring Six Piano Giants (Dick Hyman, Jeff Barnhart, Chris Hopkins, Bernd Lhotzky,
Louis Mazetier, Rossano Sportiello), The Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet (Harry Allen,
Joe Cohn. Joel Forbes, Chuck Riggs), BED (Dan Barrett, Forbes, Rebecca Kilgore,
Eddie Erickson) , Chris Hopkins and Echoes of Swing from Germany (Hopkins, Lhotzky,
Colin Dawson, Oliver Mewes). And in addition there will be Warren Vaché, Duke Heitger,
John Allred, Nicki Parrott, Bucky Pizzarelli and Ed Metz, Jr. 21 all-star musicians in all.
Where: The Sheraton Sand Key, Clearwater Beach, Florida
When: Friday January 15 to Sunday January 17, 2010
Seating limited to 20 tables of 10 so let us know early of your interest. Weekend ticket price $250, with
10% discount for a table of 10 when ordered together. No daily tickets. Special event hotel room rate
$199.00 single or double, plus tax. Free parking.
Visit our website, www.arborsrecords.com, or call Claudia at our office for complete details and ticketing
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