John Stein / Lifeline

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...