John Stein / Lifeline WCS 136LIFELINEJohn Stein Buy $16.99 With the release of Lifeline, John Stein celebrates a musical career as one of the most diverse jazz guitarists of his generation. Selected highlights from Stein’s varied discography capture his eclectic...
Ricky Ford / The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene WCS 135Ricky FordThe Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene Buy $16.99 Ricky Ford, tenor sax legend, needs no introduction, but he’ll get one anyway because it’s important tohear his lineage before...
Dino Govoni / Hiding in Plain Sight WCS 133 Dino Govoni Hiding in Plain Sight Buy $16.99 Listening to the opening bars of “Stories Passed,” the kick-off track on Dino Govoni’s new recording, Hiding in Plain Sight, is like rolling the window down on a long empty...
Shawnn Monteiro / You are There WCS 128 Shawnn Monteiro You are There Buy $16.99 It’s been some time since we’ve heard from Shawnn Monteiro, jazz chanteuse extraordinaire. While the pandemic derailed most performance, Monteiro, who also spends a good deal of her time...
Eric Wyatt / A Song of Hope WCS 132 Eric Wyatt A Song of Hope Buy $16.99 As the follow-up to his 2019 release The Golden Rule: For Sonny, Eric Wyatt’s A Song for Hope is vastly different in both tone and intent. Where the former was a tour de force, a tribute to...
Dave Zinno Unisphere / Fetish WCS 130 Dave Zinno Unisphere Fetish Buy $16.99 Like most musicians for most of the past 18 months, Dave Zinno and his Unisphere bandmates – Mike Tucker on tenor sax, Eric Benny Bloom on trumpet and flugelhorn, Leo Genovese on...
Gerry Gibbs / Songs From My Father WCS 131 Gerry Gibbs Songs From My Father Buy $24.99 Publicity: Lydia Liebman France Musique, The Arts Music Lounge, Jazzwise, All About Jazz, Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes, The Recording Academy / Grammys, The New Yorker, JazzTrail,...
John Stein / Serendipity WCS 129 John Stein Serendipity Buy $16.99 Like many serious musicians, John Stein was trying to find a way to reach his audience during the Covid-19 shutdown. He had just released “Watershed,” a career-defining recording to mark his planned...
Rale Micic / Only Love Will Stay WCS 127 Rale Micic Only Love Will Stay Buy $16.99 Rale Micic has played with such artists as Tom Harrell, Don Friedman, Peter Bernstein, Eric Alexander and Greg Hutchinson, among others, but it’s the striking originality with which...
Greg Abate / Magic Dance WCS 126 Greg Abate Magic Dance Buy $24.99 There’s a beautiful marriage happening with Greg Abate’s “Magic Dance.” It’s the union between Abate’s multi-instrumental gift of bebop and Kenny Barron’s...
Greg Murphy / Cool Water WCS 125 Greg Murphy Cool Water Buy $16.99 It is glad tidings indeed that Whaling City Sound announces the release of a new Greg Murphy recording. In fact, the news is almost as joyous as the sound of Murphy’s piano. Cool Water is both...
Miles Donahue / Just Passing Thru WCS 124 Miles Donahue Just Passing Thru Buy $16.99 It may or may not be a fact that jazz musicians age with grace and class. Perhaps someday we will understand this idea better. But in Miles Donahue’s case, the concept certainly...
Mike Renzi and Jim Porcella / Christmas Is: December Duets WCS 123 Mike Renzi and Jim Porcella Christmas Is: December Duets Buy $16.99 Do you know Mike Renzi? This immense musical talent has won seven Emmys for musical direction, including wins for his work on...
Jim Robitaille / Space Cycles WCS 122 Jim Robitaille Space Cycles Buy $16.99 After a brief interlude in a group format, Jim Robitaille is back inside the sparse and generous spaces of his trio. Flanked by Bill Miele on bass and Chris Poudrier on drums, Robitaille...
John Stein / Watershed WCS 121 John Stein Watershed Buy $16.99 There’s really something to the idea that experience helps you see things more clearly. On the transcendent “Watershed,” guitarist John Stein’s 15th recording and 11th for Whaling City Sound,...
Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group / Earth WCS 120 Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group Earth Buy $16.99 “Earth,” from Dave Liebman and his group EXPANSIONS (Bobby Avey on piano, Matt Vashlishan on reeds, Alex Ritz on drums along with the perennial Tony...
Tim Ray / Excursions and Adventures WCS 119 Tim Ray Excursions and Adventures Buy $16.99 It’s a delight to hear three supremely talented musicians find common ground, especially considering it’s their first recording together. As many know, Tim Ray (piano), John...
Faces of Love / Marcelle Gauvin WCS 001 Faces of Love Marcelle Gauvin Buy $16.99 Vocalist Marcelle Gauvin’s debut CD featuring John Harrison, Peter Kontrimas, Jack Menna, Michael Monaghan, and Stan Strickland. Standard tunes include Skylark, Love for Sale, Not...
Once Through / Once Through WCS 002 Once Through Once Through Buy $16.99 A spontaneous voyage through some great improvisations and great tunes. Sit back and listen, or stand up and groove to this soulful CD. Enjoy the ride – it’s full of surprises....
The Psychic Horns / The Psychic Horns WCS 003 The Psychic Horns The Psychic Horns Buy When the Psychic Horns play, the music flows like a roller coaster ride. The combined resumes of the players stretches from playing with major jazz and pop performers, to funk...
