WCS139 No Goodbyes John Stein BUY NOW Experience illuminates the path to clarity, and nowhere is this more evident than in No Goodbyes by guitarist John Stein. As his 18th recording and 13th for the renowned Whaling City Sound label, Stein, along with his exceptional...
Gerry Gibbs Trasher People / Family WCS 138 Family Gerry Gibbs Trasher People Buy Now! Welcome to the FAMILY by Gerry Gibbs Thrasher People, where the boundaries of jazz are pushed, and a newfound musical family is born. This two-disc recording unveils the...
Terry Gibbs Legacy Band WCS 134 Terry Gibbs Legacy Band The Terry Gibbs Songbook Buy Now Experience the pure magic of The Terry Gibbs Songbook, a tribute to the unparalleled talent of legendary jazz icon Terry Gibbs as a composer. At 98 years old, Gibbs proves that...
Tim Ray Trio / Fire & Rain WCS 137 Tim Ray Trio Fire & Rain Buy Now Tim Ray’s new release Fire & Rain features his jazz piano trio with John Lockwood on bass and Mark Walker on drums. The ensemble showcases their harmonically rich and balanced sound,...
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...
