MARCHEL IVERY: MARCHEL'S MODE

MARCHEL IVERY-tenor saxophone, CEDAR WALTON-piano, LYLES WEST-bass, ED SOPH-drums

1. Marchel's Mode 2. Escapade 3. Don't Blame Me 4. Wee 5. Jeannie's Song 6. Firm Roots 7. Giant Steps 8. Nutty 9. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

"Wait until you hear this tenorist, Marchel Ivery, he's fire personified!" –ART BLAKEY

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EARL HARVIN: TRIO/QUARTET

EARL HARVIN-drums, DAVE PALMER-piano, FRED HAMILTON-bass

1. Cryptic 2. Disturbing Tranquillities 3. Naragansett 4. Out of Mind 5. Cosmic Concubine 6. Ancient Memories 7. Alien 8. Sadness Through You 9. Forget Your Reason 10. Peace

"The trio is absolutely fierce live, each player imbued with an otherworldly energy and capacity for experimentation." –THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

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SHELLEY CARROL: WITH MEMBERS OF THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA

SHELLEY CARROL-tenor saxophone, BARRIE LEE HALL, Jr.- trumpet, TOMMY JAMES-piano, HASSAN ABDUL-ASHAKAR-bass, SEBASTIAN WHITTAKER- drums

1. Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta 2. Scrappy 3. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 4. Lone Star Shuffle 5. Poor Butterfly 6. Basic Black 7. Self Portrait (Of The Bean) 8. Blues By Five (with Marchel Ivery) 9. Heaven

"It honks and hollers and howls and growls, punches [and connects] where most records merely swing, jump ad jive and then get on bended knee when it is all over." –NEW TIMES LOS ANGELES

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MARCHEL IVERY: MEETS JOEY DEFRANCESCO

MARCHEL IVERY-tenor saxophone, JOEY DEFRANCESCO-organ, CLINT STRONG- guitar, ANDREW GRIFFITH-drums

1. Blues Walk 2. Another Minor Thing 3. Violets For Your Furs 4. Scrapple From the Apple 5. Bags' Groove 6. Alone Together 7. Lester Leaps In 8. Makin' Whoopee 9. Hip Sippie Blues 10. Lover Man

"His freight train of sound is awesome." –JAZZTIMES

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EARL HARVIN/DAVE PALMER: STRANGE HAPPY

EARL HARVIN-drums, DAVE PALMER-piano, FRED HAMILTON-bass, CHRIS MAGUIRE-tenor saxophone and bass clarinet

1. What I Want To Do To You 2. Little Walk To Relax 3. Strange Happy 4. Genocide Lamentm 5. Ripped Apart 6. You In Woods 7. Caught Looking 8. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love

"Its good to hear [these talented] up-and-coming players approach mainstream jazz from their own perspective." –CADENCE

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FRED SANDERS: EAST OF VILBIG

ROY HARGROVE-trumpet, MARCHEL IVERY-tenor saxophone, MARK WHITFIELD-guitar, FRED SANDERS-piano, ROLAND GUERIN-bass, DONALD EDWARDS-drums

1. Snoggin' 2. 1723 3. Comes Around 4. Tip Tap 5. De-De's Morning Walk 6. Hide and Go Get 7. Little Wonders 8. Duck Tales 9. Amen, Sister Glover

"From its very first notes you know this is going to be a five-star-in-the-pocket groover" –THE SCANNER

"I have heard the future of cool jazz and his name is Fred Sanders" –TEXAS MONTHLY

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DONALD EDWARDS: IN THE VERNACULAR

NICHOLAS PAYTON-trumpet, WESSELL ANDERSON-alto saxophone, BRICE WINSTON-tenor saxophone, MARK WHITFIELD-guitar, PETER MARTIN-piano, ROLAND GUERIN- bass, DONALD EDWARDS-drums

1. Finger Painted Swing 2. Duke of Duckland 3. Dee-Gee's Shuffle 4. Sophisticated Lady 5. Mr. Brown 6. Essential Passion 7. Like Sonny 8. Truch or Consequences 9. Lush Life

"One of 1998's best releases" –ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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WESSELL "WARMDADDY" ANDERSON: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

WESSELL ANDERSON-alto & sopranino saxophones,IRVIN MAYFIELD-trumpet, XAVIER DAVIS-piano, STEVE KIRBY-bass, JAZ SAWYER-drums

1. African Cowboy 2. Now's the Time 3. Dis Here 4. Soul Eyes 5. Snake Charmer 6. I'll Remember April 7. Star-Crossed Lovers 8. Quick Skeem 9. Red Top

"Coltrane meets New Orleans" –THE NEW YORKER

"#2 Record of the Year" –THE NEW YORK TIMES

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EARL HARVIN TRIO: AT THE GYPSY TEA ROOM

EARL HARVIN-drums, DAVE PALMER-piano and keyboards, FRED HAMILTON-bass

DISC ONE 1. Albino 2. Big 3. Morning Psalm 4. Giranimals Rising 5. FYR

DISC TWO 1. Eat Me 2. What I Want to do to You 3. Allien 9. FYR (reprise)

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MARCHEL IVERY: 3

MARCHEL IVERY-tenor saxophone, JOEY DEFRANCESCO-organ, G.T. HOGAN-drums; LYLES WEST-bass, ANDREW GRIFFITH-drums

1. East Of The Sun 2. Portrait Of Jenny 3. Three Coins in the Fountain 4. Stairway to the Stars 5. Will You Still Be Mine? 6. You Don't Know What Love Is 7. Snake Charmer 8. Another Trane Thing

"[Ivery's] music is a timeless jazz born in the bebop era and built on a blues inflection. No gimmicks, guffaws, or light shows. Marchel Ivery is old school.The clarity of the sound reflects a glorious date. Highly recommended." –ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM

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