Jim Robitaille Trio – Sonic WCS 145 Jim Robitaille Trio Sonic Buy Now On Sonic, his eighth album as a leader, guitarist Jim Robitaille explores the expressive possibilities of the classic guitar–bass–drums trio. In this keyboard-less setting, Robitaille carries...
Greg Murphy – Snap Happy WCS 144 Greg Murphy Snap Happy Buy Now Pianist Greg Murphy returns with Snap Happy, his fifth release on Whaling City Sound, bringing infectious rhythms, soulful melodies, and a dynamic mix of straight-ahead, fusion and free jazz. Backed...
Terry Gibbs Dream Band – Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 WCS 143 Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 Terry Gibbs Dream Band Buy Now! After six volumes of Terry Gibbs’s 1959 Dream Band recordings were released by Contemporary in the 1980s and ’90s, the last...
Fernando Huergo- Relentless WCS 142 Relentless Fernando Huergo Big Band Buy Now! “Relentless,” a musical exploration inspired by Luke Mogelson’s insights in The New Yorker. Huergo’s compositions reflect on societal struggles, including oppression, discrimination, and...
Greg Murphy – You Remind Me WCS 141 You Remind Me Greg Murphy Buy Now! Experience Greg Murphy’s heartfelt tribute, “You Remind Me,” a transcendent musical journey celebrating enduring love and precious moments in time. Murphy leads an...
Peter Hand – Blue Topaz WCS 140 Blue Topaz Peter Hand Buy Now! “Blue Topaz” epitomizes Peter Hand’s mastery of jazz guitar. This album is a fusion of Hand’s original compositions, reimagined jazz classics, and vibrant Latin and Brazilian...
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 – The Terry Gibbs Songbook 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
