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This album expands on many of the concepts heard on Debut to include up to three horns and guitar in addition to the basic trio unit of piano, bass, and drums. All of these original tunes showcase the outstanding playing of some of Chicago’s finest musicians. |
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This CD includes rethought standard jazz tunes in addition to three original compositions by Jo Ann and two by bassist Shawn Sommer. |
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Saxophonist Mitch Paliga’s long awaited first CD showcases both his playing and writing, including a five-movement suite that comprises the bulk of the CD. This music manages at once to be both thoughtful and deeply heartfelt. The quartet includes Mitch on soprano sax mostly with some tenor in there too, Patrick Williams on bass, Ryan Bennett on drums, and yours truly at the piano. |
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Composer/arranger/bari saxophonist Ted Hogarth’s second album as leader of the Ted Hogarth Colletive, released in 2004 on Widesound Records. Ted’s writing for this sextet garnered some nice reviews; read ‘em at his website |