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...
Mike Renzi / 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,...
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...
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...
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),...
Marcelle Gauvin – Faces of Love 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...
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...
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...
Dino Govoni – Breakin’ Out WCS 004 Breakin’ Out Dino Govoni Buy $16.99 Saxophonist Dino Govoni’s recording BREAKIN’ OUT features Dino on tenor & soprano sax backed up by a great band, including legendary bassist Eddie Gomez Reviews...
The Whaling City Sound Super Band – A Killer Wail WCS 005 A Killer Wail The Whaling City Sound Super Band Buy $16.99 Recorded live, in front of a great audience, this recording features the Whaling City Sound Super Band. A uniquely blended septet of musicians....
Alon Yavnai – D.S. al Coda WCS 006 D.S. al Coda Alon Yavnai Buy Pianist/composer Alon Yavnai’s music displays a mix of sounds that echo distinct cultures and continents. Yavnai’s debut disc as a leader reveals a richness of moods and textures, and...
The John Allmark Jazz Orchestra – Featuring Clay Osborne WCS 007 Featuring Clay Osborne The John Allmark Jazz Orchestra Buy $16.99 A formidable trumpeter, John Allmark has been fine-tuning his band for more than six years. This recording focuses on the energy...
John Harrison Trio – Roman Sun WCS 008 Roman Sun John Harrison Trio Buy $16.99 Veteran pianist John Harrison in an inspired trio setting with bassist Peter Kontrimas and drummer Alan Hall. Interactive, swinging, dynamic, and often rhapsodic, the CD displays...
Kaufman-Gertz-Bergonzi – The Line Between WCS 009 The Line Between Kaufman-Gertz-Bergonzi Buy A set of forward-looking trio music featuring drummer Bob Kaufman, bassist Bruce Gertz and modern saxophone icon Jerry Bergonzi. Based on Bergonzi’s recent...
The Joe Beck Quartet – Live in Biel, Switzerland WCS 010 Live in Biel, Switzerland The Joe Beck Quartet Buy $16.99 What happens when a burning band, led by a legendary guitarist, plays a great show live in Switzerland and it is captured by a mini-disc...
Steve Langone Group – Finders Keepers WCS 011 Finders Keepers Steve Langone Group Buy $16.99 A set of “combustible, clearly conceived music” by Boston drummer Steve Langone and his group featuring Jerry Bergonzi. Featured Jerry Bergonzi / tenor sax...
Marcelle Gauvin – The Edge of the Pond WCS 012 The Edge of the Pond Marcelle Gauvin Buy $16.99 Vocalist Marcelle Gauvin’s follow-up CD features her powerful yet sensitive voice wrapped up in a number of great arrangements, including a couple standards,...
Liebman-Braden-Moretti – Latin Genesis WCS 013 Latin Genesis Liebman-Braden-Moretti Buy $16.99 A new CD inspired by a legendary session! Saxophonists Dave Liebman, Don Braden, and Dan Moretti are featured here in a Latin session that has its roots in Elvin...
