Prior Releases - Arbors Records

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2004-2005 Catalog
CLASSIC JAZZ LIVES ON
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Previews of coming attractions
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 available Winter 2005.
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
available Winter 2005.
Releases since 2003/2004 catalog
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Tommy Newsom and His Octo-Pussycats
“The key word that describes Tommy’s playing is always - ‘taste!’.....this is a
unique CD expertly played 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
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
Ralph Sutton and Dick Cary: Rendezvous at Sunnie’s in 1969
Arbors Historical Series, Volume 6. A Double CD for the Price of One
Two jazz fans took a winter car ride to Aspen with Dick Cary and the result was a memorable session at
Sunnie’s Rendezvous with Ralph, Al Hall and Cliff Leeman. Among the tunes on this Double-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 available Winter
2005.
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 available Spring 2005.
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
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
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 19280
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
Thee. ARCD 19308
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
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
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
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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
Rock,
know Bob’s voice but not his face or name. Now he is enthralling 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’
Fall,
Spoofin’, Sunday and five more. ARCD 19305
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
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.
ARCD 19299
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.
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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
Neuschwander 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
Now, Some Other Time, I’m Shooting High and six more, ARCD 19289
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,
Contributing Editor, Hothouse Jazz Magazine and 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
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
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 none 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.
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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 deemphasize rhythms, and swing effortlessly. From the album notes by the noted
jazz writer Philip Elwood. Selections include It’s Been So Long
Long, I’m Glad There
Is You, Ev’rything I Love
Love, Change Partners
Partners, No Love No Nothin’ and seven others.
ARCD 19278
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 avant-garde, 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 Mezzo-Soprano 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
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.” From the CD notes by
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
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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-inlaw. 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
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
Professor Peter O’Brien: Jazz Piano of a Celtic Soul
Dublin-born Professor Peter O’Brien is 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 is now recognized as one of Europe’s
finest exponents of the Harlem Stride style of piano and has shared billing and
performed with such jazz stars as Stephane Grappelli, Bud Freeman, Wild Bill
Davison, Kenny Davern, Warren Vaché and Harry Allen. He has 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
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
* Selected as Number 1 new record of 2003 by the combined critics of Jazz Journal International
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Prior Releases
Dave Frishberg: Do You Miss New York?
Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center *
others. ARCD 19291
“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
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
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
*  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. *
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, making for a most enjoyable CD. Selections include One O’Clock Jump,
Jive at Five, Moten Swing, Lester Leaps In, Robbins Nest and four others. ARCD 19286
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
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
* Selected by George Kanzler on the Jazz Journalists Association website as one of top ten of 2003
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. Also see DVD and VHS in
Video and DVD Section.
* 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
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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
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
Islands,
All By Myself and seven others. ARCD 19277
* 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
International. Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 2003 in Coda.
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.
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)
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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
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 one-hundredth 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 72 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.
International
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)
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 nearly 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
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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, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. 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)
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
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
Sweetheart, Old Man Time, The Mooche, Wolverine Blues, Three Little
Words, Air Mail Special and 10 more. ARCD 19265 (A Double CD) (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
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;
JazzTimes selected by Martin Gayford as one
of 10 best jazz CDs of 2002 in London’s Dec 28, 2002 Daily Telegraph
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Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman: America, The Beautiful •
Arbors Historical Series, Volume 5
“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. I love the rustling string sound and spatial character of
the solo elements. 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
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
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
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
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 in Coda
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
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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)
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)
Bucky Pizzarelli: One Morning in May
Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 2
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)
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)
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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 forty-five 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)
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
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
International; selected by Gene Seymour as one of best of 2002
in Dec 29, 2002 Newsday
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
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
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)
* 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
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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
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
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.
The Johnny Varro Quartet With Jon-Erik 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 JonErik 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
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 19242 (CD only)
* 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.
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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 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)
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)
Eddie Higgins: Time on My Hands
“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. ARCD 19236 (CD only)
Chris Hopkins: Daybreak *
Introducing to American audiences a brilliant young German pianist, Chris Hopkins,
whose swing-oriented and stride-inspired 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 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)
* Selected as a best of 2000 in the January, 2001 issue of Jazz Classique
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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
Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Big Band: I Believe in You
High-powered and exciting big band music from an outstanding collection of
women performing arrangements by Tommy Newsom, Scott Whitfield and John
McNeill of such selections as Limehouse Blues, The Claw, Tis Autumn, You and the
Night and the Music, a musical medley Saluting Ella Fitzgerald, In a Sentimental
Mood and three others. ARCD 19231 (CD only)
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 Li
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)
* , 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.
Dan Barrett and His Jazz Bears Featuring Rebecca
Kilgore • Being a Bear: Jazz For The Whole Family *
“There is so much that I love about this recording: the warmth, the heart, the
buoyancy. And the fact that it is jazz that adults can enjoy right along with the
very youngest members of our society. I know that last statement to be true
because I’ve ‘test marketed’ this recording with my nephew Max Deffaa. He’s
not yet three years old, but he can clearly appreciate Dan Barrett and company’s
cheerfully swingin’ renditions.” Chip Deffaa is the jazz critic of the New York Post
and author of eight books on jazz subjects. Performing with Dan Barrett and
Rebecca Kilgore are Spanky Davis, Jim Galloway, Scott Robinson, John
Sheridan, Paul Keller and Jeff Hamilton on tunes such as Being a Bear, The Jam Song, The Music Goes Round
and Round, This Old Man, Sing, Sing, Sing, Swingin’ in the Dell, Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes and 8 more classics for children as well as adults. ARCD 19228 (CD only)
* Selected as Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2000 in the January, 2001 issues of the Hot Club of France Bulletin and as a
best of 2000 in the January, 2001 issue of Jazz Classique
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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. ARCD 19227 (CD only)
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
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 19224 (CD only)
* , John McDonough, Down Beat
Beat, November, 2000 Selected by Dan Morgenstern one of his top 5
albums for 2000 in the January/February 2001 issue of JazzTimes
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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
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
By. ARCD 19222 (CD only)
* 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.
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.
ARCD 19219 (CD only)
 1/2 Down Beat, June, 2000
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
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.
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.
* 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
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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)
Jerry Jerome is fondly remembered as the jazz tenor man in the first Glenn Miller orchestra and
in the top-of-the-line big bands of Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw in the late ‘30s and
early ‘40s, but that is only part of the story. To the great pleasure and wonderment of all, Jerry
was still going strong and, in many ways, playing better than ever as so eloquently attested by the
Something Blue portion of this 2-CD set, made shortly before his 89th birthday with, Tommy
Newsom, Lou Colombo, John Allred, Dick Hyman, Lynn Roberts, Frank Tate, Bob Leary
and Ed Metz Jr.. In the Something Borrowed CD, Jerry is showcased on a treasure trove of rare
recordings spanning the period from 1939 to 1964 in the company of some of the outstanding musicians of the period: Charlie Christian, Teddy Wilson, Bob Haggart, Yank Lawson, Hank Jones, Lawrence Brown, Charlie Shavers,
Johnny Guarnieri, Specs Powell, Derek Smith, Milt Hinton, Arvell Shaw and others. Adding to the enjoyment are Jerry’s spoken
introductions to each group of historic selections making this a unique autobiographical document. Selections on Something Blue include
I Want to Be Happy; Just You, Just Me; These Foolish Things; The More I See You; China Boy; I Thought About You; I Want a Little Girl and We
Mustn’t Say Goodbye plus 4 more. ARCD 19213 (A Double CD) (CD only)
* Selected by Bill Falconer and Al Van Starrex as a 2002 Writer’s Choice in Jan/Feb 2003 Coda
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 only)
* 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.
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)
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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
Howard Alden and Bucky Pizzarelli
Pizzarelli),
bass (Greg
Greg Cohen
Cohen)) and drums ((Tony
Tony DeNicola
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
*  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.
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
Lose. ARCD 19203 (CD only)
* 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
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.
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)
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
Night, Change Partners,
Humoresque, Cross Your Heart, The Chase, Moten Swing, Change Partners and 6 more.
*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
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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
*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
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 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 only)
* Selected by Doug Ramsey as 2002 Writers’ Choice in Feb 2003 JazzTimes;
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)
Arbors Sampler
* 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
ARCD 19192 Sold out
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 only)
* Selected by Peter Vacher as a 2001 Writer’s Choice in the Nov-Feb 2001/2 issue of Coda.
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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)
* Tied for second among Critics’ Choices for 1997 in the February 1998 issue of Jazz Journal International
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
Beat, February. 1999.
The Bob Wilber Big Band: Live at the March of Jazz
’96: Bufadora Blowup *
Bob Wilber’s first big band recording of his own music, recorded live, in concert, at the
1996 March of Jazz. The concert is presented in its entirety exactly the way it was performed by vocalist Joanne “Pug” Horton and a hand-picked group of the assembled allstars. Sixteen selections including eleven of Bob’s originals and his arrangements of such
familiar tunes as Jumpin’ at the Woodside, It’s Been So Long
Long, and Goodnight, My Love.
ARCD 19187 (CD only) Also VHS Video (See Video Section, page 29)
*  by Tex Wyndham in The American Rag.
Ray Sherman: Piano Chicago Style
Arbors Piano Series: Volume 4*
Although this is the fourth in a series of solo piano recordings on Arbors Records,
it is the first by Ray in a career that spans almost 60 years, including on-camera and
soundtrack appearances in Pete Kelley’s Blues and performing on the Time-Life series
The Swing Era. Ray Sherman’s music is easily enjoyable, swinging and full of melodic
improvisation as he caresses the ivories on Chicago, Gone With the Wind, Stealin’
Apples, Makin’ Whoopee, Henderson Stomp, Just in Time, You Turned the Tables on Me
and 9 more. ARCD 19186 (CD only)
*Selected as a 1999 Critics’ Choice in the February, 2000 issue of Jazz Journal
International by Derek Coller and Ian Crosbie.
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
Less. ARCD 19185 (CD only)
* Selected by Benjamin Franklin V as Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the January/February 1999
issue of Coda; and selected as a 1998 Critics Picks in the March, 1999 issue of JazzTimes by
Francis Davis.
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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
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.
* Selected as one of Meilleurs disques chroniques en 1998 by The Hot Club of France.
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.
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Wild Bill Davison: “Pretty Wild” and “With Strings
Attached” – The Columbia Classics Reborn *
For the first time in almost 40 years and for the first time ever on CD, jazz audiences,
through the courtesy of Sony Music, will have the chance to hear Wild Bill Davison’s
finest recordings, his two legendary albums with strings, “Pretty Wild” and “With
Strings Attached”. They have been newly remastered and capture Bill at the height of
his powers, each selection stamped with his individuality and pulsating with the undeniable force that he was unique among cornetists in being able to generate. As George
Avakian wrote in the original album notes for “Pretty Wild,” a superlative showcase for
Wild Bill Davison, that celebrated diamond-in-the-rough, who, this time, finds himself
resting on velvet.” This is truly a classic reborn. In addition to strings conducted by Percy Faith and Deane Kincaide,
Bill is joined by such jazz players as Gene Schroeder, Bobby Rosengarden, Art Ryerson, Cutty Cutshall, Bob
Wilber, Garry Gailbraith, Jack Lesberg and Don Lamond on a total of 24 selections including, Mandy Make Up Your
Mind, Black Butterfly, Just a Gigolo, Sugar, Rockin’ Chair, Love Is Here to Stay, Mournin’ Blues, My Inspiration, Limehouse
Blues and Sentimental Journey. ARCD 19175 (CD only)
 1/2 Down Beat
Beat, April, 2001. Selected by Benjamin Franklin IV as a Writer’s Choice in the January/February, 2001 issue of Coda; selected as a 2001
Critic’s Choice in the February, 2002 issue of Jazz Journal International by Eddie Blackwell, Floyd Levin and Alun Morgan.
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.
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 (CD only)
Johnny Varro: Say Yes
Arbors Piano Series at Mike’s Place, Volume 2
* 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
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.
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.
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
Mind, All My Life, Evenin’, A Kiss to Build a Dream On and 14 more.
* 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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Prior Releases
The Jack Teagarden Club Hangover Broadcasts
Featuring Jackie Coon
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)
* 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.
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
Blues, Little One (with Braff vocal), Keepin’ Out of Mischief
Now, One Hour and four others. ARCD 19163 (CD only)
* Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’ Pick for 1997 in the March 1998 issue of JazzTimes.
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
Beat, August, 1998 and one of best CDs of the ‘90s, Down Beat
Beat, January, 2000. Selected by Jack Sohmer as a Critics’
Pick for 1997 in the March 1998 issue of JazzTimes.
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.
AR/ARCD 19154 Special cassette sale price: $3
* Selected by Tex Wyndham as a 1996 Writers’ Choice in the Jan/Feb 1997 issue of Coda.
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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 Double CD (CD only)
Jake Hanna and His After Hours Gang: The Joint Is Jumpin’
ARCD 19148 CD Sold Out
Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men*
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.
* 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
International.
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.
* 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.
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. ARCD 19138 (CD only)
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a 1996 Writers’ Choice in the January/February 1997 issue
of Coda.
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Kenny Davern and His Jazz Band: East Side, West Side*
Christmas Cookies: Jazz Treats for the Holidays
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 (CD only)
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. AR/ARCD 19122 Special cassette price: $3
*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.
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.
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. AR/ARCD 19134 Special cassette sale price: $3
John Allred Quartet: In the beginning . . .
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
Leaves, Stompin’ at the Savoy
Savoy, Sweet Clifford
Clifford, I’m
Getting Sentimental Over You, A Child Is Born, Blues For Rich and 4 more.
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.
*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.
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.
George Masso and Dan Barrett: Let’s Be Buddies
CD sold out; AR 19127 Cassette available ($3.00)
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 ($3.00)
Rick Fay and Friends: Rolling On
ARCD 19108 CD and Cassette Sold Out
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 $3
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.
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Rick Fay and Friends: Hello Horn!
ARCD 19102 Sold out
Rick Fay’s Hot 5: Live at Lone Pine
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
Boy, Muskrat Ramble
Ramble, Once in a While
While, WiIlie The Weeper
Weeper,
Bury Me On Basin Street
Street, Oh Katharina and 8 additional.
Special Products
Gene Estes: In a Sentimental Mood
Gene Estes, in his last recording, surrounded by a group of fine musicians who felt
strong emotional bonds with their ailing colleague. This recording was produced as
a courtesy to the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society. All profits from the sale of this
recording will be donated to the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society’s Trad Jazz Camp,
where Gene was a long-time faculty member.
STJC 101 (CD only)
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)
See the new The Statesmen of Jazz: A Multitude of Stars Double CD at end
of Releases Since 2003/2004 Catalog Section
*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.
1991 Triangle Jazz Partyboys
FIN 101/FINCD 101 Out of print
Special Products
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The Bob Wilber Big Band: Live at the March of Jazz
’96: Bufadora Blowup
Bob Wilber’s first big band recording of his own music, live on
video, in concert, at the 1996 March of Jazz. The concert is presented exactly the way it was performed by vocalist Joanne “Pug” Horton
and a hand-picked group of all-stars. Sixteen selections including
eleven of Bob’s originals. The All-Stars: Bob Wilber, Charlie Bertini, Wendell
Brunious, Jon-Erik Kellso, Bob Merrill, Dan Barrett, George Masso, Paul O’Connor,
“Shoeless Henry” Aaron, Jerry Jerome, Brian Ogilvie, Scott Robinson, Chuck
Wilson, Dick Hyman, Howard Alden, Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz Jr., Joanne “Pug”
Horton.
ARVHS-3 Available in NTSC and PAL formats ($20 plus $4) Also available as CD only, ARCD 19187
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
A two hour VHS tape capturing all of the musical excitement of one of the
greatest gatherings of Jazz All-Stars ever to appear on video at a single event, as
well as a historical interview with Flip Phillips.
The All-Stars: Howard Alden, Joe Ascione, Dan Barrett, Billy Bauer, Kenny Davern,
Buddy DeFranco, Tony DeNicola, Herb Ellis, Carl Fontana, Scott Hamilton, Jake
Hanna, Milt Hinton, Peanuts Hucko, Dick Hyman, George Masso, Dave McKenna,
Butch Miles, Michael Moore, Flip Phillips, Bucky Pizzarelli, Randy Sandke, Jack
Sheldon, Derek Smith, Sean Smith, Ralph Sutton, Clark Terry, Bob Wilber, Joe
Wilder. ARVHS-2 Available in NTSC and PAL formats ($20)
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
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Orleans, Who’s Sorry Now
Now, I’m Coming
Virginia, Beale Street Blues
Blues, South Rampart Street Parade
Parade, Farewell Blues and 5
others. Video ARVHS-1 available while quantities last in NTSC format only $20.
Also available on sale as CD and cassette, AR/ARCD 29102
Ruby and Ralph Remembered – DVD
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)
While supplies last: $3.00 per cassette
Arbors Records discontinued cassette manufacturing several years ago. While supplies last
you may purchase an unlimited amount of cassettes at $3.00 each. The cost of shipping
will follow the schedule on the order form. Cassettes still available: 19104, 19105, 19109,
19110. 19113, 19116, 19118, 19120, 19121, 19122, 19124, 19125, 19127, 19128,
19130, 19131, 19132, 19135, 19139, 19141, 19144, 19147, 19152, 19154, 19156.
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On SALE while supplies last
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 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 Special sale price: $10 CD
Special sale price: $10 CD!
* Selected by W. Royal Stokes on the Jazz Journalists Association website
as one of top ten of 2003.
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 include Fidgety
Feet, I’m Coming Virginia, Oh, Baby, The Yellow Dog
Blues, Wolverine Blues and 10 more. ARCD 19263 (CD
only) Special sale price: $10 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
Forties), and co-author
with Leonard Feather of The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
Jazz.
Selections include Jimmy Rowles, Mr. Brubeck, Cherokee, Yesterdays,
My Shining Hour, If Dreams Come True and nine more. ARCD
19256 (CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
* Received  by John Ephland Jan 2003 Down Beat
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
Yorker; selected as top 17 of 25 for 2002 in the Jazz Review
Dick Cary’s Tuesday Night Friends:
Got Swing? • The 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
Meeting, and Cary originals, Warm For
June, The Sleepwalkers, Little Eddie’s Song, Soft and Easy
and eleven more. ARCD 19253 (CD only) Special
sale price: $10 CD!
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
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
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
JazzTimes;
London’s Dec 28, 2002 Daily Telegraph
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) Special sale
price: $10 CD!!
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)
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
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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
* Selected as one of Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2001 by Le Hot Club
de France.
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 19230
(CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
* Selected as Meilleurs Disques Chroniques en 2000 in the
January, 2001 issues of the Hot Club of France Bulletin
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
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.
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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, 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.
ARCD 19218 (CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
* 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 19216 (CD only)
* 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.
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
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
Girl. ARCD
19208 (CD only) Special sale price: $10 CD
* Selected as Meilleurs Disque Chronique 2002 by the Hot Club of France
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
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.
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
Blues, A House Is
Not a Home
Home, Tin Tin Deo, Blue Skies
Skies,, A Gal in Calico, The
Best Thing for You, Valse Hot and 6 others. ARCD 19200
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 (CD only)
Tommy Newsom and Ken Peplowski:
The Feeling of Jazz*
A dream combination of two masters of the tenor saxo-
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phone, 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 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* 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.
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
O’Clock. ARCD
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. ARCD 19184 (CD only)
* Selected by John Norris as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in the
January/February 1999 issue of Coda.
Andy Fielding and Rick Fay: Tunes
for Tommy
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 (CD only) Special
sale price: $10 CD!
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Andy Fielding: Playing For Keeps •
Arbors Piano Series, Vol. 8
“Andy’s style, rooted in ragtime and stride piano (there
are only a handful of pianists on the planet who can
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 left-hand 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!
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-o-Poem (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
* Selected by Al Van Starrex as a Writer’s Choice for 1998 in
the January/February 1999 issue of Coda.
Herb Pomeroy and Donna
Byrne: Walking on Air*
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
Joe Ascione: Post No Bills*
This is Joe Ascione’s first outing with his own group
under his own banner, so that here, behind Jerry
Weldon’s classic tenor sax, Ron Affif’s aggressively
specific guitar, Tim Givens’ digitally acrobatic bass and
Dr. Dave LaLama’s postgraduate piano, you are hearing
what amounts to no less than the beginning of a new time
in jazz. From the album notes by Ed Lowe, who writes
for New York Newsday on jazz and the arts. They perform
My Shining Hour, Bouncin’ With Bud, All Blues, Eternal
Triangle, All My Tomorrows, Get Happy, Chelsea Bridge
and 4 others. ARCD 19174 (CD only) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* Selected by John Sutherland as a Writer’s Choice in the
January/February, 2001 issue of Coda
George Masso: That Old Gang of
Mine*
George Masso fulfills a long-held dream by bringing
together “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) Special sale
price: $10 CD!
* 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: Bobby Gordon
Plays Bing *
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
Rag.
saleprice: $10 CD!
Al Grey: Matzoh and Grits
* Awarded  by Tex Wyndham in The American
Rag.
Al Grey, who rose to fame with the Count Basie Orchestra,
has assembled a group of swingers including Randolph
Noel, piano, Cleve Guyton, alto and flute, Joe Cohn,
guitar, J.J. Wiggins, bass, and Bobby Durham, drums,
to perform a varied program including his famous version of Caravan, A Day in the Life of a Fool, Jumpin’ With
Symphony Sid, My Romance, I Got It Bad and That Ain’t
Good, Cotton Tail and 5 others. ARCD 19167 (CD only)
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 Voice
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
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: Lip Service
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
Ask, The Andy Griffith
Theme and five others.
Bryan Shaw: Night Owl*
“Highlighting the talents of Bryan Shaw, a refreshingly
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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
* “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)
*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.
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
* 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
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Too Soon, Chelsea Bridge, My Inspiration, Passion Flower,
Air Mail Special and eight others.
AR/ARCD 19156 Special sale price: $10 CD,
$3 cassette!
Jane Jarvis Jams*
From child prodigy to consummate baseball organist
to music executive to outstanding jazz performer, Jane
Jarvis has done it all and here she jams with some old
friends Bob Haggart, Dan Barrett, and Grady Tate
on some classic tunes and a few of her originals. We
hear Cherokee, S’posin’, You Go To My Head, That Old
Feeling and 9 more. AR/ARCD 19152 Special sale
price: $10 CD, $3 cassette!
* Selected by Ian Crosbie as a 1996 Critics’ Choice in the
February 1997 issue of Jazz Journal International.
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
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.
* Selected by Owen Cordle as a Critics’ Pick for 1996 in the
March 1997 issue of JazzTimes
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. AR/ARCD 19145 Special cassette sale
price: $3 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.
$3 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
Dan Barrett and Tom Baker In Australia
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.
Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins: Calling
Berlin Vol. 2*
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: $3 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
Voice.
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.
$3 cassette!
*Selected as one of the best jazz albums of 1994 by Michael
C. Nastos in the Ann Arbor (Michigan) News
Ray Sherman at the Keyboard
Ray Sherman, who gained fame as the pianist in Pete
Kelly’s Blues and in the acclaimed Time-Life series of big
band re-creations, 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
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Estes, performing 14 of his original compositions.
$3 cassette!
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. AR/ARCD 19130
Special sale price: $10 CD, $3 cassette!
* Selected by Dick Neeld as a 1996 Writers’ Choice in the
January/February 1997 issue of Coda.
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
* 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
*Selected by Dick Neeld as a Writers’ Choice record for
1995 in Coda Magazine.
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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
Rag, Nobody’s
Sweetheart Wolverine Blues
Sweetheart,
Blues, The Wang, Wang Blues
Blues,
Mandy Make Up Your Mind
Mandy,
Mind, Georgia on My Mind and 5
more. AR/ARCD 19123
Chuck Hedges Quartet:
No Greater Love*
Chuck Hedges, long considered one of the finest
jazz clarinetists, with a trio of friends, Eddie Higgins,
Bob 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
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
Lullaby, There Ain’t No
Sweet Man, Stardust,
Stardust Willie The Weeper
Weeper, Blue River
River, Shout
’Em Aunt Tillie
Tillie, Winin’ Boy
Boy, Dear Old Southland and four
more. AR/ARCD 19118 Special sale price: $10 CD,
$3 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 itit, Mule Walk
Walk,
Viper’s Drag
Drag, I Want to Be Happy
Happy, What am I Here
For? Oh Baby and 15 more.
For?,
*Selected by Dick Neeld as a Writers Choice record for 1994
in the January-February 1995 issue of Coda Magazine.
Dan Barrett and John Sheridan: Two
Sleepy People
Two great jazzmen, trombonist/cornetist Dan Barrett
and John Sheridan, robust two-handed pianist and
arranger for Jim Cullum’s Jazz Band, duet on a program of seldom heard classics, including Two Sleepy
People, Remember Me?, Oh, You Crazy Moon, You
Can’t Lose a Broken Heart, Medley for Billie Holiday
and eight more. AR/ARCD 19116 Special sale
price: $10 CD, $3 cassette!
Rick Fay’s Poetry with Jazz: Sax-OPoem*
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
Fantasy, Street of Dreams
Dreams, At the Jazz
Band Ball
Ball, Pee Wee’s Blues
Blues, Bogolousa Strut
Strut, Buddy
Bolden Blues and 7 more. When recorded, perhaps
the only jazz record of its kind. AR/ARCD 19113
*Selected by Tex Wyndham as a Writers’ Choice record for
1993 in the January-February 1994 issue of Coda Magazine
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
Sweetheart, Basin Street Blues
Blues,
Squeeze Me
Me, Limehouse Blues
Blues, As Long As I Live
Live, Don’t Let
It End and 9 more. ARCD 19112 (CD only) Special sale
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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.
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
Roll,
The Joint Is Jumpin’, My Canary Has Circles Under His
Eyes Fidgety Feet
Eyes,
Feet, Big Butter and Egg Man and 9 others.
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
Jackie Coon and Friends: Back in his
Own Backyard*
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
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
Corner, Riverboat Shuffle
Shuffle, Eccentric, Doctor Jazz
Jazz,
Mama’s Gone
Gone, Good-bye and 8 others. ARCD 19106 (CD
only) Special sale price: $10 CD!
*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
Baby, Tin
Roof Blues
Blues, Sunday,
Sunday As Long As I Live
Live, Chinatown, My
Chinatown, New Orleans
Orleans, ’Deed I Do and 7 more.
$3 cassette!
Rick Fay and Friends: Live at the State*
Always lyrical, inventive and swinging, flugelhorn master
Jackie Coon is joined here by buddies Rick Fay and
Eddie Erickson, and by Johnny Varro, David Stone
and Gene Estes in a program of jazz standards, including
Black and Blue
Blue, Lulu’s Back in Town, Louisiana, Sugar,
Sugar
Stumbling Down by the Riverside and 5 more.
Stumbling,
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
Orleans, Who’s Sorry Now
Now, I’m Coming
Virginia, Beale Street Blues
Blues, South Rampart Street
Parade Farewell Blues and 5 others. ARCD 29102
Parade,
$3 cassette!
Video ARVHS-1 (See Video Section, page 29) 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.
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
Behave, Jubilesta, Then I’ll Be Happy
Happy, Sweet Substitute
Substitute,
Alabamy Bound
Bound, Mood Indigo and 7 more. ARCD 19107
*Critics’ Choice new jazz recording of 1993 in Jazz Journal
*Selected by Floyd Levin as one the Top Ten records of
1993 in the February 1994 issue of Coda Magazine.
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Recording Artists on Arbors Records
(Item number in bold indicates record leader)
AARON, ASHOELESS HENRY@19187,
ARVHS-3
AFFIF, RON 19174
ALDEN, HOWARD 19108, 19155,
19160, 19170, 19187, 19194,
19203, 19207, 19210,19221,
19222, 19246, 19259,
19265, 19268, 19271, 19274,
19281,19302, 19280, ARVHS-2,
ARVHS-3, ARDVD-1
ALEXANDER, MOUSE 19213
ALGOED, KAREL 19225
ALLEN, HARRY 19138, 19144, 19160,
19294, 19289
ALLEN, HENRY ARED@ 19168
ALLRED, BILL 19146
ALLRED, JOHN 19115, 19148, 19162,
19196, 19213, 19261, 19274,
19299
AMATO, MICHELLE 19217
AMICO, LAURA 19305
ANDRE, WAYNE 19312
ANGER, DAROL 19252
APPLEYARD, PETER 19202, 19252
ARMSTRONG, LIL 19150-51
ARONOV, BEN 19127, 19195, 19200
ASCIONE, JOE 19108, 19127, 19138,
19160, 19168, 19174, 19193,
19194, 19196, 19198, 19223,
19242, 19243, 19247, 19252,
19258, 19271, 19274, ARVHS-2
BAIN, BOB 19251
BAKER, TOM 19143, 19225
BALDWIN, TOM 19103, 19105
BARNARD, BOB 19143
BARRETT, DAN 19103, 19105, 19106,
19107, 19108, 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,
19228, 19232, 19234, 19242,
19265, 19271, 19280, 19288,
19302, 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
BELLSON, LOUIE SOJCD 202
BERGER, STEVE 19305
BERRY, BILL 19189
BERTINI, CHARLIE 19122, 19187,
19201, ARVHS-3
BERTONCINI, GENE 19252, 19257
BETTS, KETER SOJCD 202
BODNER, PHIL 19138
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
BRITZ, MIKE 19273
BROWN, LAWRENCE 19213
BROWN, STEVE 19272
BRUNIOUS, WENDELL 19187, ARVHS-3
BUCKWALTER, BUCKY 19273
BUNCH, JOHN 19147, 19154, 19156,
19157, 19160, 19184, 19219,
19221, 19222, 19226, 19246,
19272, 19286
BUSH, LENNIE 19219
BYRNE, DONNA 19176
CABRAL, ARTIE 19173, 19249
CALLETT, LEE 19132
CAPP, FRANK 19263
CARSON, ERNIE 19103, 19105
CARY, DICK19108, 19168, 19132,
19253, 19284
CASWELL, SARA 19252, 19285
CECIL, TOMMY 19220
CHARLAP, BILL 19194, 19244, 19258,
19260, 19289
CHIRILLO, JAMES 19193, 19212,
19279, 19296, 19302
CHRISTIAN, CHARLIE 19168, 19213
CLARKE, TERRY 19224
CLIFF, DAVE 19144, 19196, 19202
COCUZZI, JOHN 19171, 19210, 19285
COHEN, ANAT 19307
COHEN, GREG 19106, 19149, 19170,
19172, 19195, 19207, 19212,
19246, 19271, 19274, 19296
COHN, JOE 19167, 19224, 19279
COLOMBO, LOU 19173, 19213, 19249
CONDON, EDDIE 19238
COON, JACKIE 19104, 19109, 19110,
19111, 19120, 19128, 19150-51,
19162, 19177
COOPER, FRED 19132, 19253
CORB, MORTY 19112
CRANSHAW, BOB 19240, SOJCD 202
CREGG, HUGH 19297
CROOKS, RICHARD 19149
DATE, IAN 19143
DAUBER, JAMI 19307
DAVERN, KENNY 19137, 19147,
19170, 19183, 19194, 19203,
19207, 19222, 19238, 19246,
19265, 19267, 19296, SOJCD 202,
ARVHS-2
DAVIS, SPANKY 19208, 19228
DAVISON, WILD BILL 19175
DEBRUIJN, ONNO 19225
DEFRANCO, BUDDY 19281, 19298,
SOJCD 202, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
DENICOLA, TONY 19137, 19147,
19170, 19207, 19244, 19246,
19274, 19277,19278, 19296,
ARVHS-2
DENNY, SHELLLY STJS101
DESMARAIS, LORRAINE 19218
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
DURHAM, BOBBY 19167
EANET, LARRY 19220
ECKLUND, PETER 19106, 19149,
19172, 19230
ELLIS, HERB 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
ERICKSON, EDDIE 19104, 19109,
19110, 19111, 19120, 19128,
19159, 19191, 19232
ERSTRAND, LARS 19202
ENEVOLDSEN, BOB 19251
ERWIN, PEE WEE 19267, 19267
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, 19108, 19109,
19110,19111, 19113, 19120,
19123, 19124, 19129, 19130,
19146, 19162, 19177, 19181,
19205, 19265, 29102, ARVHS-1
FEATHER, PHIL 19253
FIELDING, ANDY 19180, 19181
FLANIGAN, PHIL 19135, 19157,
19187, 19193, 19196, 19215,
19216, 19245, 19262, 19288,
19294, 19301, ARVHS-3
FLORY, CHRIS 19149, 19301
FOLDS, CHUCK 19117, 19208, 29102,
ARVHS-1
FONTANA, CARL 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
FORBES, JOEL 19158, 19159, 19232
FORREST, DICK 19132
FRANCIS, PANAMA AFJS201
FRIGO, JOHNNY 19258, 19285,
19301, SOJCD 202
FRISHBERG, DAVE 19118,
19136,19158, 19159, 19169,
19183, 19185, 19255, 19291
GALLOWAY, JIM 19228
GANNETT, DAVE 19122, 19201
GILMORE, STEVE 19305
GIORDANO, VINCE 19271, 19283
GIVENS, TIM 19174
GLENDON, BOB 19217
GLENN, TYREE 19168, 19213
GLASER, MATT 19252
GOODWIN, JIM 19118
GORDON, BOBBY 19106, 19112,
19120, 19130, 19172, 19223,
19277
GORDON, WYCLIFFE 19261, 19274,
SOJCD 202
GRAHAM, EDDIE 19104, 29102,
ARVHS-1
GREEN, DAVE 19144, 19202, 19272
GREY, AL AFJS201, 19167
GROSZ, MARTY 19106, 19129,
19130, 19149, 19172, 19212
GUARNIERI, JOHNNY 19168, 19213
GUYTON, CLEVE 19167GWIN, 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, 19213, 19265,
19266, 19274, 19281, 29102,
ARVHS-1, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1HALL,
AL 19284
HAM, LARRY 19212, 19275
HAMILTON, DICK 19132, 19253
HAMILTON, JEFF 19124, 19158,
19159, 19177, 19182, 19191,
19215, 19216, 19228, 19232
HAMILTON, SCOTT 19134, 19281,
19281, 19311, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
HAMMOND, JOHN F 19251
HANNA, JAKE 19107, 19148, 19189,
19259, 19260, 19265, 19281,
ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
HARRINGTON, TERRY 19132, 19253
HART, ROSLYN 19305
HATFIELD, KEN 19240
HEAP, DON 19143
HEDGES, CHUCK 19108, 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
HINTON, MILT 19125, 19213, 19265,
19266, 19281, AFJS201, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
HOCKETT, RON 19182, 19215, 19220,
19262
HOLLEY, MAJOR 19267
HOLLOWAY, RED SOJCD202
HOMAN, STEVE STJS101
HOPKINS, CHRIS 19225, 19234,
19235
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HORTON, JOANNE “PUG” 19187,
19202, ARVHS-3
HOWARD, TOM 19308,
HUBBLE, ED 19267
HUCKO, “PEANUTS” ARVHS-2
HUDSON, LEE 19212
HUGHART, JIM 19251
HUNT, DAVE 19251
HYMAN, DICK 19141, 19155,
19168,19187, 19193, 19197,
19202, 19213, 19248, 19259,
19260, 19265, 19266, 19267,
19269, 19271, 19281, 19283,
19310, ARVHS-2, ARVHS-3, ARDVD-1
INDIGENAFRICA 19275
INGHAM, KEITH 19106, 19172
RWIN, DENNIS 19289
JACKSON, DUFFY JR. 19263
JARVIS, JANE 19152, 19189, AFJS201,
SOJCD 202
JENKINS, AL 19124
JENKINS, TERRY 19219
JEROME, JERRY 19163, 19168,
19187, 19213, 19265, ARVHS-3
JOHNSON, DICK 19173, 19249
JOHNSON, HAROLD 19217
JONES, DAVY 19101, 19217
JONES, DILL 19238
JONES, HANK 19213
KAHN, JEREMY 19125, 19160
KAROUB, MIKE 19160
KATALENIC, JOHN 19205
KELLER, PAUL 19146, 19160, 19228,
19239
KELLSO, JON-ERIK 19106, 19108,
19123, 19125, 19129, 19130,
19160, 19163, 19187, 19194,
19212, 19232, 19243, 19271,
19274, 29102, ARVHS-1, ARVHS-3
KENNEDY, RAY 19270, 19298
KESSLER, MARC 19271
KILGORE, REBECCA 19136, 19158,
19159, 19169, 19215, 19228,
19232, 19255, 19262
KINDRED, BOB SOJCD 202
KOONSE, DAVE 19132
KOSEK, KENNY 19149
LALAMA, DAVE 19174
LANGTON, JAMES 19271
LARKINS, ELLIS 19139, 19140
LARONGA, BARBARA 19307
44
LAWSON, YANK 19168, 19213, 19265
LEARY, BOB 19101, 19103, 19105,
19177, 19201, 19205, 19213,
19217, 19283
LEDONNE, MIKE 19275
LEEMAN, CLIFF 19238, 19267,
19284LEGGIO, CARMEN 19286
LEMON, BRIAN 19219
LEONHART, JAY 19226, 19285, 19286,
19302, SOJCD 202
LESBERG, JACK 19175, 19238, 19265
LESTER, GIL STJS101
LEVINSKY, WALT 19210, 19265
LEVINSON, DAN 19271, 19283
LOCKE, EDDIE 19199, 19289, SOJCD
202
LODUCA, ANDY 19273
MACCHIAROLA, RAY 19161
MACKREL, DENNIS SOJCD 202
MACLEAN, DON 19308
MALESON, BOOTS 19154, 19279
MALONE, KAS 19150-51
MARGOLIS, SAMMY 19268
MARICLE, SHERRIE 19194, 19218,
19231, 19240, 19285, 19307,
19312
MARSALA, ADELE GIRARD
19112MARTINEZ, 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, ARVHS2, ARVHS-3
MATTOCKS, DOUG 19113
MAURO, LOU 19108
MAY, EARL 19189, 19199, SOJCD 202
MAYERS, LLOYD 19199
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, 19213,
19239, 19245, 19261, 19262,
19283, 19294, 19288, 19293,
19299, ARVHS-3
METZ, ED SR. 19274, 19299
METZ, JOEY 19299
METZ, TIM 19299
MEWES, OLIVER 19234
MICKMAN, HERB 19132, 19253
MILES, BUTCH 19145, 19281, 19298,
ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
MINCE, JOHNNY 19103, 19267
MITCHELL, JIMMY 19240
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
MYERS, TERRY 19299
NALEPKA, BRIAN 19271
NELSON, JOHN STJS101
NEUENSCHWANDER, MARK 19293
NEWSOM, TOMMY 19132, 19148,
19168, 19189, 19194, 19195,
19198, 19213, 19244, 19251,
19312
NOEL, RANDY 19167
O=BRIEN, DONNIE 19286
O=BRIEN, PETER 19295
O’CONNOR, PAUL 19187, ARVHS-3
OGAWA, MICHIKO 19294
OGILVIE, BRIAN 19158, 19159, 19182,
19187, 19215, 19216, 19232,
19262, ARVHS-3
O’HARA, BETTY 19115, 19120, 19132
OHNO, TOMOKO 19307
O’LEARY, PAT 19179, 19275
ORNOWSKI, ED 19305
OWENS, FRANK 19240
PALMER, GEORGE 19101
PARROTT, LISA 19312
PARROTT, NICKI 19218, 19247,
19243, 19252, 19258, 19285
PEETERS, JOEP 19225
PEPLOWSKI, KEN 19154, 19195,
19198, 19200, 19211, 19242,
19246, 19256, 19257, 19265,
19274, SOJCD 202
PERSON, HOUSTON 19279, SOJCD
202
PERSSON, BENT 19202
PETERS, MIKE 19125, 19195
PHANEUF, MARK 19249
PHILLIPS, BOB 19104
PHILLIPS, FLIP 19265,19308, 19281,
ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
PHILLIPS, RUSS 19262
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,
SOJCD 202, ARVHS-2
PIZZARELLI, JOHN 19209, 19270,
19285, 19286, 19298
PIZZARELLI, MARTIN 19170, 19279,
19298
PLETCHER, TOM 19283
POLCER, ED 19288, SOJCD 202
POMEROY, HERB 19176
POWELL, BENNY 19189, SOJCD202
POWELL, SPECS 19213
PRIVIN, BERNIE 19238, 19267
PYNE, MICK 19144
REDD, CHUCK 19195, 19257
REICHGOTT, JOE 19308
REINHART, RANDY 19172, 19182,
19194, 19215, 19262, 19271
RICHARDS, TERRY 19280
RICHARDSON, HANNA 19301
RICHARDSON, LEE 19101, 19103,
19104, 19105
RIGGS, CHUCK 19125, 19134, 19311
RISTROM, REUBEN 19182, 19215,
19262
ROBERSCHEUTEN, FRANK 19225
ROBERTS, LYNN 19213
ROBINSON, DAVID 19179
ROBINSON, SCOTT 19125, 19136,
19149, 19154, 19158, 19159,
19160, 19163,19172, 19179,
19187, 19194, 19212, 19228,
19242, 19263, 19271, 19274,
19275, ARVHS-3
ROSENE, BARBARA 19271
ROSENGARDEN, BOB 19265, 19266
RYAN, DAVE 19253
SAGER, DAVID 19283
SANDERS, ANNETTE 19210
SANDKE, RANDY 19138, 19154,
19168, 19198, 19242, 19265,
19271, 19274, 19281, 19310,
ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
SARGENT, GRAY 19131, 19134,
19176, 19302, 19311
SARPILA, ANTTI 19144, 19196, 19202
SAUER, WARREN 19146
SAUNDERS, TOM 19146
SAYER, CYNTHIA 19149
SCAVARDA, PAUL 19108
SCHOENBERG, LOREN 19302
SEATON, LYNN 19210
SHANE, HAL 19271S
HANE, MARK 19179, 19196, 19271,
19212, 19275, 19288
SHAVERS, CHARLIE 19168, 19213
SHAW, ARVELL 19213, 19263
SHAW, BRYAN 19158, 19159
SHAW, RICK 19205
SHELDON, JACK 19148, ARVHS-2
SHEPLEY, JOE 19240S
SHERIDAN, JOHN 19116, 19182,
19214, 19215, 19216, 19228,
19248, 19261, 19262, 19277,
19278
SHERMAN, DARYL 19154, 19224,
19244, 19279, 19305
SHERMAN, RAY 19107, 19112, 19124,
19133, 19186, 19191, 19232
SHERMAN, SAM 19302
SICKLER, DON SOJCD202
SILVA, CHARLIE 19261,
19217SIMMONS, NORMAN SOJCD
202
SLAUSSON, ED 19191
SMITH, CARRIE SOJCD 202
SMITH, DEREK 19197, 19210, 19213,
19247, 19265, 19266, 19274,
19281, 19312, SOJCD 202, ARVHS2, ARDVD-1
SMITH, HAL 19106, 19172
SMITH, JOHN 19232
SMITH, SEAN 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
SNEIDER, BOB 19301
STEIN, ANDY 19285
ST. JOHN, JAY 19150-51
STOKES, IRVIN 19199, 19208
STONE, DAVID 19107, 19109, 19110,
19113, 19114, 19115, 19120,
19124, 19128, 19148, 19159,
19189, 19191, 19277, 19278
STRASSMAYER, KAROLINE 19218,
19307, 19312
STRIPLING, BYRON 19196, 19274
STUCKEY, JACK 19194, 19271, 19274
SUDHALTER, DICK 19302
SUMMERS, BOB 19132
SUMMEY, HAROLD JR. 19220
SUONSAARI, KLAUS 19154, 19179,
19212, 19275
SULLIVAN, DAVE 19273
SUTTON, RALPH 19145, 19245,
19265, 19266, 19281, 19284,
19297, ARVHS-2, ARDVD-1
TACK, ERNIE 19132, 19253
TAPPERELL, CHRIS 19143
TATE, BUDDY AFJS201
TATE, FRANK 19138, 19171, 19194,
19198, 19208, 19213, 19223,
19224, 19280, 19302
TATE, GRADY 19152
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 19253T
UXEDO BIG BANDOF TOULOUSE
FRANCE 19229
UEDA, NORIKO 19307, 19312
UNGAR, JAY 19149
VACHÉ, ALLAN 19171, 19201, 19265,
19217, 19288
VACHÉ, VANESSA 19288
VACHÉ, WARREN 19171, 19268,
19289, 19302, 19312, SOJCD 202
VAN EPS, GEORGE 19265
VARRO, JOHNNY 19109, 19110,
19111, 19113, 19114, 19115,
19120, 19123, 19128, 19129,
19130, 19135, 19138, 19146,
19162,19163, 19165, 19171,
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19177, 19178, 19198, 19242,
19243, 19245, 19292, 19293,
SOJCD 202
VIGNOLA, FRANK 19125, 19127,
19149, 19258
WALKER, LEN 19219
WALL, MURRAY 19149, 19161, 19200
WALLIS, LYNN 19143
WASHINGTON, KENNY 19219, 19221,
19222
WATERS, BENNY AFJS201
WEIN, GEORGE 19268
WEINSTEIN, AARON 19285
WELDON, JERRY 19174
WELLSTOOD, DICK 19188, 19241
WESS, FRANK 19189, 19240, SOJCD
202
WESTENHOFFER, LEE 19111
WETTLING, GEORGE 19213
WHALEY, DICK 19249
WHEATLEY, JON 19131, 19203, 19249
WHITE, JERRY19253
WHITTLE, TOMMY 19144
WIGGINS, J.J. 19167
WILBER, BOB 19135, 19144, 19145,
19175, 19183, 19187, 19193,
19196, 19202, 19229, 19265,
19277, 19281, 19282 ARVHS-2,
ARVHS-3, ARDVD-1
WILDER, JOE 19163,
19194,19240,19265, 19305,
AFJS201, SOJCD 202, ARVHS-2
WILLIAMS, CLAUDE “FIDDLER”
AFJS201
WILLIAMS, JACKIE 19189, 19208,
19265, 19280, SOJCD 202
WILLIAMS, LEROY 19161WILSON,
CHUCK 19136, 19154, 19158,
19159, 19187, 19194, 19280,
ARVHS-3
WILSON, TEDDY 19168, 19213
WOLVERINES OF BERN 19196, 19263
WOOD, MARSHALL 19131,
19134, 19173, 19176, 19203,
19249,19302, 19311
WOODMAN, BRITT 19193
WOODS, PHIL 19281, ARVHS-2,
ARDVD-1
WROBEL, ENGELBERT 19234
WYANDS, RICHARD 19161, 19179
YOUNG, JIMMY 19240
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on the High Seas in ’05
Arbors Records has joined with Jazzdagen Tours and jazz film archivist
Don Wolff to sponsor a swinging jazz cruise on the beautiful and luxurious
Crystal Harmony
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With Whom: Some of the outstanding all-star musicians confirmed to date including:
Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Davern, Jake Hanna, James Chirillo, Randy Reinhart,
John Allred, Nicki Parrott, Tony DeNicola and John Sheridan
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One of the Country’s finest Traditional Groups The Pieter Meijers Quartet with
Randy Morris, Clive Collins and Bert Dahlander, with Special Guests Bryan
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In-cabin rare jazz films by Don Wolff, as well as in-theater film programs and special Meet-theMusicians events.
Check out the Crystal Harmony for features, deck plans and life on board a Crystal ship at
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preserving the intimacy of only 940 guests without sacrificing the amenities of larger vessels.
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