Listen Before You Buy: Ron Sweetman reviews recent jazz releases by AIM Toronto, Amy Cervini,
Liz Childs, Dale Corn, Carsten Dahl,
Melissa Errico, Ernst Glerum, Sue Halloram,
Ken Hitchcock, I Compani, Jamie Ousley,
Nicole Rampersaud, Ian Scheckter, Tom Szezesniak and Anne Walsh. We’ll break these fifteen CDs into five sets – two sets by vocalists and one set each for pianists, bassists and avant-garde groups.
Artist: Liz Childs Quartet
Album: Take Flight
Tune: Baby,Baby All the Time/Reckless Blues
Label: Liz Childs
Artist: Melissa Errico
Album: Legrand Affair
Tune: You Must Believe In Spring
Label: Ghostlight Records
Artist: Anne Walsh
Album: Go
Tune: Bumble Bee
Label: AtoZink Music
Artist: Sue Halloran & Ken Hitchcock
Album: I Can Cook Too!
Tune: I Can Cook Too
Label: Halloran/Hitchcock
Artist: Tom Szczesniak
Album: Waltz for Bill
Tune: What Is This Thing Called Love
Label: Szczmith Music Canada
Artist: Ernst Glerum
Album: Omnibus
Tune: Paper Models
Label: Favorite
Artist: Ernst Glerum
Album: Omnibus
Tune: Omnibus Four
Label: Favorite
Artist: Carlsten Dahl Experience
Album: Metamorphosis
Tune: Purple Wings
Label: Storyville
Artist: Carlsten Dahl Experience
Album: Metamorphosis
Tune: Sing, Sing Loud
Label: Storyville
Artist: I Compani
Album: The Film Music of Nino Rota
Tune: I Vitelloni
Label: icdisc.nl
Artist: I Compani
Album: The Film Music of Nino Rota
Tune: Toby Dammit
Label: icdisc.nl
Artist: I Compani
Album: The Film Music of Nino Rota
Tune: Cadillac
Label: icdisc.nl
Artist: Rampersaud Shaw Martin Neal Krakowiak
Album: Halcyon Science
Tune: Little Bird Told Me So
Label: Barnyardrecords
Artist: AIM Toronto Orchestra
Album: Year of the Boar
Tune: Fields
Label: Barnyardrecords
Artist: AIM Toronto Orchestra
Album: Year of the Boar
Tune: Cross Fading Accents
Label: Barnyardrecords
Artist: Jane Scheckter
Album: Easy To Remember
Tune: I Was A Little Too Lonely
Label: Doxie Records
Artist: Jane Scheckter
Album: Easy To Remember
Tune: The Best Thing For You
Label: Doxie Records
Artist: Amy Cervini
Album: Digging Me Digging You
Tune: The Physician
Label: Anzic Records
Artist: Dale Corn
Album: I’ve Been Around
Tune: Some of These Days
Label: Dale Corn
Artist: Dale Corn
Album: I’ve Been Around
Tune: Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Label: Dale Corn
Artist: Ernst Glerum
Album: Movie Music
Tune: Bass Sonata Part l
Label: Favorite
Artist: Ernst Glerum
Album: Movie Music
Tune: Bass Sonata Part ll
Label: Favorite
Artist: Ernst Glerum
Album: Movie Music
Tune: Highway Blues
Label: Favorite
Artist: Jamie Ousley
Album: A Sea of Voices
Tune: Swallowed In the Sea
Label: Splasc(H)
Artist: Jamie Ousley
Album: A Sea of Voices
Tune: Steam
Label: Splasc(H)
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