HighNote HCD 7030 Art Tatum God Is In the House $13.00 Order
	"...one of the most remarkable pieces of improvised jazz music ever captured by a recording device." -- Dan Morgenstern There's a lot of Tatum out there, but nothing like this!! Art Tatum "live", playing for his friends and colleagues - More imaginative, more technically astonishing than he ever was in the studio. A DOUBLE GRAMMY WINNER - Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist & Best Liner Notes. First time on CD! Art Tatum- piano/vocals; Reuben Harris- whiskbrooms; Chocolate Williams- bass/vocals; Ollie Potter- vocal; Frank Newton- trumpet; Ebenezer Paul- bass Tracks: Georgia On My Mind; Beautiful Love; Laughing at Life; Sweet Lorraine; Fine and Dandy; Begin the Beguine; Mighty Lak a Rose; Knockin' Myself Out; Toledo Blues; Body and Soul; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Lady Be Good; Sweet Georgia Brown.  Georgia On My Mind  Sweet Lorraine/  Fine and Dandy

			HighNote HCD 7045 Lucky Thompson Lucky In Paris $13.00 Order
	Lucky Thompson is a truly great tenor saxophonist who ranked high on jazz cognoscenti's lists from the 40's through the 50's. An enigmatic figure in the history of Jazz, Lucky Thompson disappeared from the music scene at the peak of his powers and is still living, whereabouts unknown. His records today are rare items indeed, and this unique recording has been completely unavailable since its initial release in France in 1959, where it was a domestic issue only and was NEVER available internationally. An extraordinary back-up group features Martial Solal, perhaps the most original jazz pianist to come out of Europe. The interplay between Solal and Lucky Thompson raises the level of this recording to the sublime. A must-have for anyone even casually interested in great tenor players. Lucky Thompson- soprano saxophone/tenor saxophone; Martial Solal- piano; Michel Hausser- vibes; Gilbert Gassin- bass; Gerard Pochonet- drums; Gana M'Bow- percussion Tracks: How About You; Midnight Sun; Pennies From Heaven; Solitude; Have You Met Miss Jones; We'll Be Together Again; Soul Food; Tea For Two; O.W.; Brother Bob.  How About You  Solitude  Tea For Two

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			HighNote HCD 7082 Charlie Ventura/Bill Harris Live At the Three Deuces Vol. 2 $13.00 Order
	Here are some more examples of the magic music that happened one night on 52nd Street when a handful of musicians from a variety of backgrounds got together. These recordings, made in the field by jazz-lover Jerry Newman, capture the ebullient tenor of Charlie Ventura and the tasteful trombone of Bill Harris in an all-too-infrequent small band setting. The band swings hard from start to finish, propelled by an ace rhythm section featuring the irrepressible Davey Tough on drums. Take a trip in the HighNote time machine back to that fateful night in 1947 where some of the top New York players got together for some great off-the-cuff jazz. Superb notes by jazz scholar Loren Schoenberg provide fascinating background information and a listener's guide to each track. Tracks: Eleven-Sixty; All of Me; The Man I Love; The Happy Monster; Dark Eyes; Broadway  Eleven Sixty  All of Me  The Man I Love

			HighNote HCD 7066 Charlie Ventura & Bill Harris Live at the Three Deuces $13.00 Order
	Charlie Ventura was named the "Number One Saxophonist" by DownBeat Magazine in 1945. Gunther Schuller called Bill Harris "probably the most astonishingly original trombonist of the early modern-jazz era". Hear history in the making as they team up on this astounding session, captured live in 1947. Bill Harris shows his inimitable way with ballads such as "Everything Happens to Me," and "Blue Champagne," while Ventura leaps into his famous "High On an Open Mike," propelled along by the on-fire drumming of the legendary Davey Tough. Unavailable in any format for over 25 years, HighNote is happy to make this important meeting-of-the-minds available once again. Charlie Ventura- saxophone; Bill Harris- trombone; Ralph Burns- piano; Curley Russell- bass; Davey Tough- drums Tracks: Characteristically B.H.; Blue Champagne; Mordido; High On an Open Mike; Body and Soul; The Great Lie; Everything Happens to Me.  Characteristically B.H.  Blue Champagne  Frolic Sam

			HighNote HCD 7053 Fats Waller Fine Arabian Stuff $13.00 Order
	Fats Waller was a blazing star, one of the very few besides Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman who could guarantee a packed house, a large radio audience or a hit record in 1930s and 1940s jazz. He wrote two of the most durable songs in American music, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", as well as other gems such as "Squeeze Me," "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling," "Black and Blue" and "The Jitterbug Waltz." In addition, he was one helluva piano player. HighNote offers a selection of rare, unsaturated Fats playing and singing at the piano and even a few organ solos thrown in (could Fats Waller be the first great jazz organist, spawning the likes of Jimmy Smith, Don Patterson, Charles Earland and others?). Fats was at the peak of his powers and his popularity when these recordings were made in 1939. Unavailable in any format since 1979, "Fine Arabian Stuff" is an important addition to the discography of one of the most beloved figures in jazz history. Fats Waller- piano/organ  She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain  Frankie and Johnny  Intermezzo

			HighNote HCD 7099 Cedar Walton Latin Tinge $13.00 Order
	Just when you think Cedar Walton has done it all - from his gigs with Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, and Art Farmer to backing Abbey Lincoln to leading groups including sidemen like Kenny Dorham, Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell, Billy Higgins and Ron Carter - he surprises us all by displaying another facet of his creativity and offers up his first ever Latin album. With the heavy-duty latin rhythm section of Cucho Martinez and Ray Mantilla, Cedar shows a complete command of the Latin idiom -- not only with great Latin standards like, "Perfidia" and "Tres Palabras" but also with a handful of originals that sound as naturally Latin as a day on the Copacabana beach. Highlighting one of the true giants of the keyboard in a unique setting and repertoire, Cedar's latest HighNote recording will garner much press and airplay. PREVIOUS RELEASE: Cedar Walton - The Promise Land - HCD 7081. W/ With Cucho Martinez, bass; Ray Mantilla, percussion Tracks: Brazil; Latin America; Triste; Tres Palabras; Perfidia; The Vision; Besamé Mucho; Serenata; Latino Blue Brazil  Perfida  Besame Mucho

			HighNote HCD 7081 Cedar Walton The Promise Land $13.00 Order
	Cedar Walton shows off his new HighNote home with his label debut album "Promise Land". A defining voice in jazz since the late 1950s, Cedar's keyboard has added color and support to the bop organizations of such illustrious names as Kenny Dorham, J.J. Johnson and Art Blakey, where he was a Jazz Messenger for three years alongside Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard. Nothing hones a pianist's harmonic invention the way accompanying vocalists does, and Cedar has done his share of that too, laying down just the right changes for Etta Jones, Abbey Lincoln and others. But it is as a leader that Cedar Walton has made his most important contributions to jazz and he continues the tradition for HighNote. Here Cedar is joined by the outstanding sax and flute of Vincent Herring, his long-time associate, bassist Dave Williams and rhythm-man Kenny Washington. Cedar's compositions have entered the standard repertory and there is a fine representation of them included here along with three classics - the haunting "Darn That Dream," the beautiful "Body and Soul" and the Jerome Kern chestnut, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." W/ Vincent Herring- alto saxophone/flute; David Williams- bass; Kenny Washington- drums Tracks: Promise Land; N.P.S.; Back to Bologna; Body and Soul; Darn That Dream; Thirty Degrees to the Wind; Smoke Get In Your Eyes; I'll Know; Bredmond's Blues.  Promise Land  Back To Bologna  Body And Soul

			HighNote HCD 7091 Wesla Whitfield The Best Thing For You Would Be Me- The Irving Berlin Songbook $13.00 Order
	Wesla Whitfield offers the best of two worlds. Her attention to lyrics and the subtle meanings and innuendos of a song is reminiscent of the great cabaret singers. Her spontaneity and improvisational skills bring to mind the great jazz singers of our time. No wonder the Los Angeles Times calls her, "one of the greatest masters of popular singing." The San Francisco Examiner said, "[Wesla] has become her generation's best singer." Continuing her traversal of the great American Songbook, Wesla and her husband/accompanist/arranger, Mike Greensill, turn their attention to the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin. All the "Berlin lieder" you have grown to love are here along with a few rarely-heard items such as "The Night is Filled With Music," "You're Easy to Dance With" and the title tune itself. Wesla Whitfield- vocals; Mike Greensill- piano/arranger; Gary Foster- reeds; Marty Wehner- trombone; John Wiitala- bass; Vince Laetano- drums Tracks: The Best Thing for You; Blue Skies; Moonshine Lullaby; Cheek to Cheek; Say It Isn't So; Be Careful, It's My Heart; How Deep is the Ocean; The Night Is Filled With Music; Dancing Medley; Change Partners; Remember; It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow; I Got Lost in His Arms - more .  The Best Thing For You  Cheek To Cheek  The Night Is Filled With Music

			HighNote HCD 7065 Wesla Whitfield Let's Get Lost $13.00 Order
	Wesla Whitfield continues her traversal through the Great American Songbook with this, her latest recording, devoted to the songs of the prolific Jimmy McHugh. While not a household name like Gershwin or Porter, McHugh's songs may just have been on more lips at the time of their creation than those by the previously-mentioned composers. Not as public a figure as Gershwin or Porter, McHugh was happy to quietly turn out tunes that appealed to the widest spectrum of listeners, as is evidenced from the program Wesla has assembled. True classics here include "Don't Blame Me," "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me" along with two previously-unrecorded songs. Hear why Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times called Wesla Whitfield, "one of the finest masters of popular singing"; hear why PEOPLE Magazine devoted 5 full pages to her and why she was the darling of NPR's "All Things Considered". Wesla Whitfield- vocals; Mike Greensill- piano/arranger; Ken Peplowski- clarinet/tenor sax; Gary Foster- alto flute/bass clarinet/tenor sax; Michael Moore- bass; Joe LaBarbera- drums Tracks: Let's Get Lost; Don't Blame Me; I Can't Believe That You're Not In Love With Me; Too Young To Go Steady; I Just Found Out About Love; It's Me Remember; They Really Don't Know You; I've Got My Fingers Crossed; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Hooray For Love; You're the One for Me; Where Are You; I'm Shooting High; Warm and Willing.  Let's Get Lost  I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me  I Just Found Out About Love

			HighNote HCD 7040 Wesla Whitfield With a Song in My Heart $13.00 Order
	Whitfield, called "one of the finest masters of popular singing" by the Los Angeles Times, turns her prodigious talents to the phenomenal body of work by the team of Rodgers and Hart. Perhaps no other songwriting team caught the perfect balance between words and music as did Rodgers and Hart. Wesla's (to quote the Chicago Tribune) "lovely instrument, sure technique, novel way with a phrase and deep understanding of lyrics" breathe new meaning into these gems of The Great American Songbook. Favorites like "You Took Advantage of Me," "Thou Swell" and "Easy to Remember" rub elbows with seldom-heard jewels such as "You're Nearer," "He Was Too Good to Me" and others. You haven't really heard Rodgers and Hart until you've heard their tunes given the Wesla Whitfield treatment. Wesla Whitfield- vocals; Mike Greensill- piano; Michael Moore- bass Tracks: With a Song in my Heart; Spring is Here; Blue Moon; It's Easy to Remember; This Can't Be Love; Little Girl Blue; Manhattan; My Romance / Johnny One Note; You Are Too Beautiful; Thou Swell; He Was Too Good to Me; The Lady is a Tramp; Ten Cents a Dance; Glad to Be Unhappy; You Took Advantage of Me; A Ship Without a Sail; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; You're Nearer.  Spring is here  Medley: My Romance/Johnny One Note  You Are Too Beautiful

			HighNote HCD 7025 Wesla Whitfield High Standards $13.00 Order
	"A lovely instrument, a sure technique, a novel way with a phrase, a deep understanding of lyrics -- these elements rarely come together in a single vocalist...as they did when Wesla Whitfield made her Chicago debut." --Chicago Tribune "My idea of the best of all possible musical experiences might well be singer Wesla Whitfield. She has become her generation's best singer." -- San Francisco Examiner Wesla Whitfield- vocals; Mike Greensill- piano; Gary Foster- reeds; Michael Moore- bass; Joe LaBarbera- drums Tracks: From This Moment On; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Don't Explain; Just One Of Those Things; Where Are You?; My Favorite Things; Exactly Like You; Ev'rything I Love; How High The Moon; Don't Take Your Love From Me; Let's Do It; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.  Don't Explain  How High the Moon  Don't Take Your Love From Me

			HighNote HCD 7012 Wesla Whitfield My Shining Hour $13.00 Order
	Wesla Whitfield- vocals; Mike Greensill- piano; Warren Vache- cornet; Michael Moore- bass; Colin Bailey- drums Tracks: Out Of This World; Let's Fall In Love; My Shining Hour; Medley: It's Only a Paper Moon/This Time the Dream's On Me; Happy As the Day Is Long; Moanin' In the Mornin'; As Long As I Live; I Wonder What Became Of Me; Ill Wind; Over the Rainbow; Ding, Dong the Witch Is Dead; What's Good About Goodbye; Let's Take the Long Way Home; Someone At Last; One For My Baby.  Out Of This World  Let's Fall In Love  Happy As the Day Is Long

			HighNote HCD 7009 Wesla Whitfield Teach Me Tonight $13.00 Order
	Wesla Whitfield- vocals; Mike Greensill- piano; Noel Jewkes- reeds; Michael Moore- bass; Joe LaBarbera- drums Tracks: It's a Most Unusual Day; I've Heard That Song Before; Almost Like Being In Love; Teach Me Tonight; Pick Yourself Up; Don't Worry 'Bout Me; I Fall In Love Too Easily; I Double Dare You; It Ain't Necessarily So; When You Wish Upon a Star; I Wish I Were In Love Again; All My Tomorrows; Just In Time; Until the Real Thing Comes Along; I Should Care.  It Ain't Necessarily So  All My Tomorrows  Until the Real Thing Comes Along

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			HighNote HCD 7097 Mary Lou Williams Live At the Keystone Korner $13.00 Order
	The discography of available recordings by Mary Lou Williams is scandalously small for an artist of her talent. No matter how many recordings were available it would never be enough for Mary Lou was a consummate musician whose sympathies extended across the entire spectrum of jazz genres and styles. On this recording, recorded live at the fabled S.F. jazz club The Keystone Korner, Mary Lou is found at the very peak of her powers and shows just how formidable a pianist she was. Mary Lou gives a tour of jazz piano history and styles here ranging from gospel, ragtime, blues and boogie, to more modern interpretations ("Night in Tunisia", especially) which shows just how far into the future Mary Lou was able to cast her musical nets. A must have release - not just for pianists but for all who care about great jazz and its practitioners. Mary Lou Williams - piano Tracks: The History Of Jazz According To Mary Lou; A Night In Tunisia; The Jeep Is Jumpin'; It Ain't Necessairly So; Gloria; I Can't Get Started; Mary Lou's Blues; ST. Louis Blues; Stormy Weather; Roll 'Em; 'Round Midnight; Surrey With The Fringe On Top  A Night In Tunisia  The Jeep Is Jumpin'  It Ain't Necessarily So  Gloria

			HighNote HCD 7054 Lester Young Pres in Europe $13.00 Order
	More recordings from the closely guarded vaults of the legendary Onyx Records (see HighNote's previous releases by Art Tatum, Don Byas, Hot Lips Page and Lucky Thompson). PRES IN EUROPE features two unforgettable sets of late Lester circa 1956 (the year of the great recording, Jazz Giants of 1956) when Pres' playing was at its most communicative and introverted. Here he shines on a selection of standards and two of his signature tunes, "Lester Leaps In" and "Lester's European Blues". These recordings have been unavailable since their initial release on LP in 1973 and have been completely remastered and presented in the best possible sound with newly updated and exhaustive liner notes by Dan Morgenstern. Lester Young- saxophone Tracks: Lester Leaps In; These Foolish Things; There Will Never Be Another You; Lester's European Blues; Lullaby of Birdland; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Lester Leaps In.  These Foolish Things  There Will Never Be Another You  Lester Leaps In

HighNote HCD 6009 Various Artists Jazz With Gentle Rhythms $10.00 Order

Artists: with Cedar Walton, David 'Fathead' Newman, Houston Person, Eric Reed, Randy Johnston, Winard Harper and others Tracks: Cedar Walton- Brazil; Randy Johnston- Down Time; Charles Earland Tribute Band- South Philly Groove; Norman Simmons- Eleanor Rigby; David 'Fathead' Newman- Amandla; Eric Reed- Prelude In E Minor; Houston Person- Gentle Rain; Winard Harper- The Believers; Charles Earland- Organyk Groove; Carlos Garnett- Fuego En Mi Alma.

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 South Philly Groove