Label: NAGEL HEYER 029
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The New York Allstars Play The Music Of Louis Armstrong
Tracks: When it's sleepy time down south; Mabel's dream; Sugar food stomp; Big butter and egg man; Cornet chop suey; Wild man blues; Potato head blues; Muskrat ramble; Savoy blues; Struttin' with some Barbecue; Basin street blues; Weatherbird; Ballad Medley: Thanks a million, Rockin' chair, Do you know what it means; Swing the music; If I could be with you; Mack the knife/The faithful hussar; Ole miss/ Mabel's dream; When it's sleepy time down south
Artists: Randy Sandke / Byron Stripling / Kenny Davern / Joel Helleny / David Ostwald / Mark Shane / Greg Cohen / Joe Ascione

Label: NAGEL HEYER 033
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WARREN PLAYS WARREN - The Warren Vaché Quintet Plays Harry Warren - Warren Vaché co, voc / Randy Sandke tp / Kenny Drew Jr. p / Murray Wall b / Jimmy Cobb dr. Tracks: This Heart Of Mine; Would You Like To Take A Walk; Nagasaki; Medley (Serenade In Blue; At Last); I Only Have Eyes For You; The Girlfriend Of The Whirling Dervish; You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me; Lulu's Back In Town; I Remember You From Somewhere; Forty-Second Street; September In The Rain; Blues Times 2; An Affair To Remember; I Had The Craziest Dream; Jeepers Creepers; You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Instrumental). Recorded May 1996 in New York City. Warren Vaché has been described as "lyrical," "exciting," "daring," "warm" and "accessible," with his delightful way of engaging the audience. Anyone who has attended a Warren Vaché performance has fond memories of both the music and the man. "Best Of The Year 1997" Jazz Canadiana. "Top 10 Jazz Record Of The Year 1997" Jazz Journal International. "Top 10 Jazz Record Of The Year 1998" Jazz Journal International

Label: NAGEL HEYER 035
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Bob Wilber And Friends
Tracks; Smiles; Tickle Toe; Someday you'll be sorry; I gotta right to sing the blues; I want to ba happy; You'd be so nice to come home to you; Basic jump; Back home in Indiana; Love comes along once in a lifetime; The song is you; Feeling I'm falling; I've got a crush on you/ You do something to me; Bernfest '96; This is new; Goody, goody; Billie's bounce; Doggin' around
Artists: Bob Wilber / Antti Sarpila / Mark Shane / Phil Flanigan / Joe Ascione / Pug Horton

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Mark Shane's X-Mas Allstars Featuring Harry Allen - Artists: Mark Shane, piano; Harry Allen, ts; Jon-Erik Kellso, tp; James Chirillo, guitar; Pat O'Leary, bass; Dave Ratajczak, drums; Recorded on December 17 and 18, 1998 in New York City. Tracks: What Will Santa Claus Say; God Rest Me Merry Gentleman; Santa Claus Is Coming To Town; The Christmas Song; Santa Claus Came In The Spring; Silent Night; Joy To The World; 'Zat You Santa Claus; Jingle Bells; Merry Christmas Baby; Sleigh Ride; Oh Christmas Tree; Hark! The Herald Angels; Medley - Oh Du Froeliche, Alle Jahre Wieder . Wacht out! This is one of the ultimate most swinging Christmas albums ever. Recorded right in the middle of the Holiday season on December the 17 and 18, 1998 in New York City. A time when the whole city is packed with Santas, Christmas Carols and Jingle Bells. Merry Christmas Baby! - "A great Christmas kiss from Hamburg" All About Jazz.com - "…best of the best … recommended!" Jazz Podium

Label: NAGEL HEYER 2001
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SLIDIN' HOME: Wycliffe Gordon; Victor Goines; Eric Reed; Rodney Whitaker; Herlin Riley plus Joe Temperley; Randy Sandke; Milt Grayson. Tracks: Mood Indigo; Green chimneys; It don't mean a thing; Do nothin' till you hear from me; Jolly jume jumey (Wycliff 2); New awlins; Amazing grace; St. Louis blues; What?!; Blooz...first thaingh 'dis moanin'; Beauty is the eye; The "hallelujah" shout; My god. Recorded December 1998 in New York City. "The question for a jazz musician is always: How do you want to make your audience feel? Wycliffe Gordon's answer represented in these 13 selections is 'Good… Damn Good!'" Wynton Marsalis ; Liner Notes by Wynton Marsalis; Wycliffe proves once again what a talented and gifted musician he is and that even though he enjoys playing modern jazz he always keeps an eye on the tradition. By the way, congratulations to Wycliffe for being named a winner in the 2000 Down Beat Critics Poll (trombone TDWR).

Label: NAGEL HEYER 2007
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THE SEARCH. Artists: Wycliffe Gordon ;Marcus Printup ; Ron Westray ; Delfeayo Marsalis; Jen Krupa; Dave Gibson Roger Floreska ; Victor Goines Walter Blanding Jr.; Ted Nash Eric Reed; Rodney Whitaker Winard Harper; Herlin Riley. Tracks: Cheeky; What Is This Thing called Love; He Looked Beyond My Fault (Danny Boy); Frantic Flight; The Search (Part I and II); Touch It Lightly; Georgia On my Mind; Sweet Georgia Brown; Blues For Deac'n Cone;Sign Me Up; Stardust; Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues; Rhythm-a-ning. Wycliffe shows what a talented and gifted musician he is and that even though he enjoys playing modern jazz he always keeps an eye on the tradition. By the way, congratulations to Wycliffe for being named a winner in the 2000 Down Beat Critics Poll (trombone TDWR). "This is a top flight album of excellent music skilfully arranged and played with imagination and verve. Highly recommended." All About Jazz.com; "The Jazz CD Of The Month." - Rondo

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TIMES CHANGE - Wayne Escoffery. Artists: Wayne Escoffery / Aaron Goldberg / Joel Forbes / Carl Allen; Tracks: Come Back Lucky; Beatrice; After You've Gone; That's All; Times Change; Dawn; Triste; Water Pistol. The debut as leader of the young and talented sax player Wayne Escoffery. He performed and studied with George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Don Braden, Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Barry Harris, Herbie Hancock and the Charles Mingus Big Band. Today Escoffery is a member of the fabulous Eric Reed Quintet.

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WE - Wycliffe Gordon and Eric Reed. Tracks: The Lord's Prayer; Paris Blues; This Rhythm On My Mind; Embraceable You; Cherokee; Precious Lord Take My Hand; Lament; Toast My Bread; He Looked Beyond My Fault (Danny Boy); He Cares. Recorded in New York City on October 29, 2001. - "Wycliffe Gordon is one of the most creative and talented artists in the universe." Eric Reed . "Eric brings to the table all that jazz encompasses … a true 'ace-in-the-hole'." Wycliffe Gordon

Label: NAGEL HEYER 2032
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THE JOYRIDE. Artists: Wycliffe Gordon, trombone, trumpet, tuba, piano, vocals; Victor Goines, saxes, clarinet; Farid Barron, piano; Rodney Whitaker, bass; Herlin Riley, drums. Tracks: Blues Impromptus; The Island Boy; Bad Time; Let's Call This; Well Well Well; Rhythm Cole; Wishing Well; Just Going On; Blessed. All compositions by Wycliffe Gordon; Recorded on December 16 and 17, 2000 at Sound On Sound Recording, New York. Wycliffe Gordon, as usual, is amazing, expressing joy, amiable personality and sophistication in his playing. Here he proves once again that he is one of the most talented players and writers in jazz. Wycliffe Gordon has had an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger and educator, receiving high praise from audiences and critics alike. Gordon tours the world performing hard swinging, straight ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. His trombone playing mixes powerful, intricate runs with sweet notes extended over clean melodies, and has been hailed by The New York Times as "masterful". Gordon received the Jazz Journalist Association 2000 Critics' Choice Award for Best Trombone.

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INTUITION – Tracks: Intuition; Tightrope; The Alchemist; The First One; Should Care; Gazelle; Enduring Freedom; I'm Old Fashioned; Is This The Same Place I'm In? - Artists: Wayne Escoffery, saxes; Jeremy Pelt, trumpet; Rick Germanson, piano; Ralph Peterson, drums; Gerald Cannon, bass; Carolyn Leonhart, vocals
This is London native Wayne Escoffery's second outing on the Nagel Heyer label. Rather than going with a crowded program, the sax player opted for nine tunes leaving him enough time to examine and probe possibilities and opportunities to create a special listening adventure. The short answer to whether he accomplished that objective is “yes”. … One aspect of Escoffery's playing setting him apart from saxophonists of his generation is his tone. Although he is playing creative jazz, he avoids the shrillness of sound that many believe has to be part and parcel of that style. If this album is any indication, Escoffery knows that music is supposed to give pleasure, not give one a headache. Recommended. – Dave Nathan, All About Jazz Magazine
REVIEW: "I was all prepared to dislike Intuition, the new CD from tenorman Wayne Escoffery. I do admit though that it was my own prejudices coming out. I have a problem with 29 year old, hazel eyed, 200 pound, 6 foot 4 sax players with 34-inch waists. I mean someone who looks like they should be posing for the latest in underwear, check that, who has modeled in major advertising campaigns, is not going to be able to blow me away musically. However, beginning with its frantically intense hypnotic title cut and ending with the uptempo swinger "Is This the Same Place I’m In?" Escoffery’s technical expertise and mature playing did just that. For this, his second CD as a leader, Escoffery has assembled a powerful quintet that includes drummer Ralph Peterson and trumpet player Jeremy Pelt. Together with pianist Rick Germanson and bassist Gerald Cannon they serve up a highly accessible program that impresses with its full cohesive sound. This is due in no small part to Peterson, whose drumming opens things up for Escoffery and Pelt to display their individuality and complementary techniques. On Pelt’s somewhat laid back "Tightrope" and a quickly forward moving version of Joe Henderson’s "Gazelle", precise melodic duets provide a pleasing balance to solo excursions. Peterson is the "Alchemist" as he uses a multitude of rhythmical ingredients and Cannon’s consistent bass line to turn impressive cross register trumpet and tenor blows into a unified performance. The group’s presentation of the standard "I Should Care" features Escoffery’s warm soprano sax sound serving as an elegant counterpoint to Carolyn Leonhart’s rich vocal while a solo tenor interpretation of the Jerome Kern composition "I’m Old Fashioned" is starkly moving. "Enduring Freedom" is an extended forum that has the frontmen freely exploring as Peterson and Germanson create an unhurried improvisational atmosphere. Now if he only looked a little more scruffy." - by Elliott Simon allaboutjazz.com

Label: NAGEL HEYER 7003
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1. If I Should Loose You
2. You And the Music And The Night
3. Darn That Dream
4. What’ll I Do
5. Easy Living
6. Nip-Hoc Waltz (Homage to Chopin)
7. Etude No. 2
8. Soon
9. Dancing On The Ceiling
10. Prelude To A Kiss
11. St. Louis Blues

Warren Vaché, cornet, flugelhorn; Bill Charlap, piano
Recorded December 2000 at Ambient Recording Company – Old Greenwich, Connecticut.
Digitally Re-Mastered December 2010 at Blue Noise Studio, Hamburg.

Enjoy one of the most successful recordings from Nagel Heyer now in even better sound quality.
The music stays as good as it gets but he music is now 24 bit re-mastered from the original mixes. We especially kept an eye on the dynamics to make the acoustic spectrum as wide as possible.
The rest remains a record of truly beautiful music – with Warren Vaché and Bill Charlap playing so bloody good! The duet is a very special art that requires a very special empathy between the partners in what amounts to a musical balancing act – the kind of split-second collaboration that we marvel at when watching graceful trapeze artists working without a net. There’s no place to hide – every note is fully exposed. In addition our duettists have much in common. They both love and respect good songs, sharing what Ruby Braff has so aptly called adoration of the melody. They both know how to coax beautiful sounds from their instruments. Bill Charlap's music, for all its intricacy, is fun and it swings. The presence of Warren Vaché, another nonconformist, doubles the value of this worthy session. Together they create a moody, relaxed swinging atmosphere.
This beautifully balanced album with music full of clarity and logic received many fine reviews and awards over the last decade – so let’s continue working on the success story of this musically masterpiece.
"… this is one of the great records of the CD era at least. This record is why we listen to jazz." - Richard Cook
"… one of the most beautiful records of the year 2001 and beyond; it is already among my all-time favorites in the rarified realm of jazz duets." - Dan Morgenstern
"The Best Album Of 2001" - Jazz Review, Critics' Choice