Johnnie Valentino:
Stingy Brim
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the tuba's demise as keeper of the bass line in jazz, composer/guitarist Johnnie Valentino rights the wrong with this unchained, funky, toe-tapping tuba-organ quintet, full of catchy, irresibly grooving tunes.

John McNeil
East Coast Cool
New York Times pick! The master trumpeter/composer creates a revolutionary new music here, applying the classic West Coast jazz sound of the Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Quartet to the sensibilities of modern creative improvised music. Eminently listenable, enjoyably inventive!

Elissa Lala:
Touch of Your Voice: New Takes on Chet Baker
Luxurious, melancholic, movingly passionate new takes of songs associated with Chet Baker. LA-based, Philly-born Elissa Lala's are fresh, distinctive vocal interpretations are dramatic, striking, and unforgettable. Simply beautiful!

John McNeil:
Sleep Won't Come
Trumpeter, composer, and part-time insomniac John McNeil's musical portrayals of lying-awake-at-4AM-staring-at-nothing scenes, ranging from piano tone-cluster mashing tunes and ECM like grooves to Mileish-muse, Irish traditional songs, and even a polka!

Mick Rossi:
One Block from Planet Earth
Organized pandemonium rules as master pianist, composer, and percussionist Mick Rossi lets fly with a set of sparklingly virtuosic mini-melodramas for quintet. Live, one-take mindblowing playing and improvisation from a crackshot ensemble.

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