Phe Cullen

Phe spent ten years as a songwriter and vocalist; fronting Glam Rock, Heavy Rock and Ska bands in England. She developed the idea of doing jazz arrangements to her favourite ‘60s and ‘70s hit tunes. They included songs by The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and many more. Phe recorded her album in Los Angeles and Toronto with world class jazz musicians and an amazing string section. The recording was produced by Paul Milner and Dan Cutrona.

The following are the selections on the album:
1.All The Young Dudes (David Bowie)
2.Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
3.You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)
4.Come Together (Beatles)
5.D’yer Maker (Led Zeppelin)
6.Sunshine Of Your Love (Jimi Hendrix)
7.Breathe (Pink Floyd)
8.Hello Hurray (Alice Cooper)
9.The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
10.White Room (Cream)
11.Thick As A Brick (Jethro Tull)
12.Never Been To Spain (Elvis Presley/Three Dog Night)
13.Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones)

The Best Of Ronald Muldrow - A 2CD Package

Guitarist Ronald Muldrow is a highly skillful player, who demonstrates a fierceness on his instrument that is nearly mesmerizing. Muldrow’s fifth release as a leader clearly showcases him as one of the most intense guitarist in jazz today
Danielle Bias / Jazz Times Magazine

Ronald Muldrow has performed in clubs, at concerts all over North America and at the Newport Jazz festival. Some of the artists he has recorded or toured with include Dizzy Gilespie, Sonny Stitt, Chico Hamilton, Eddie Harris, Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws, The Staple Singers, Maceo Parker, Lou Rawls, Pharaoh Sanders, Gary Burton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lonny Liston Smith, Ramsey Lewis, Willy Bobo, Kenny Burrell, Della Reese, Cedar Walton, Ndugu Chancler, Rufus Thomas and Phil Upchurch. Panda Digital is proud to be releasing this fine collection of recordings from guitarist/composer Ronald Muldrow.

Disc 1.
1.Three Quarter Miles (E.Harris)
2.Our Day Will Come (M.Garson&B.Hillard)
3.Oliver’s Moments (R.Muldrow)
4.A Little Wes (R.Muldrow)
5.Diaspora (R.Muldrow)
6.Besame Mucho (Velasques&Skylar)
7.Twai-Like (R.Muldrow)
8.Virtuosity (R.Muldrow)
9.Freedom’s Serenade (R.Muldrow)
10. In Walked Monk (R.Muldrow)

Disc 2.
1.Boogie Woogie Bossa Nova (E.Harris)
2.Andrea (R.Muldrow)
3.Blue Bossa (K.Dorham)
4.Minus Mingus (R.Muldrow)
5.Ysatou (R.Muldrow)
6.Facing Wes (R.Muldrow)
7.Unoxchible (R.Muldrow)
8.The Nearness Of You (N.Washington&H.Carmichael)
9.Point Set On Ahmad (R.Muldrow)
10.Basic Training (R.Muldrow)

The Unified Jazz Ensemble - Live At 49 West

Unified Jazz Ensemble featuring Felicia Carter
"Felicia Carter is a marvelous, big-voiced singer, with the smarts to know when not to oversing. From the whispery incarnation of Jobim's "Meditation", to the brassy sass of "Evil Gal Blues" and "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma' Baby", Carter catches the right mood for every song"
Andy Bienstock Program Director/Jazz Show Host
WYPR Radio, Baltimore, MD - A National Public Radio affiliate station
1.Lullabye, Ayone? (Mike Noonan)
2.Makin' Whoopee! (Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson)
3.Meditation (Tom Jobim & Newton Mendonca)
4.Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
5.What'll I Do? (Irving Berlin)
6.Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby? (Billy Austin & Louis Jordan)
7.What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Harry Woods)
8.Evil Gal Blues (Leonard Feather)

The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the United States. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American artform, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best

Based in Annapolis, Maryland; the UJE was previously located in Iowa and Arkansas as the flagship ensemble for the highly successful 'Rural Residency Arts Initiative' funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. As NEA sponsored artists in residence, the UJE was funded to compose, perform and teach to adults and students. The members of the UJE have served as faculty and visiting clinicians at over 100 primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities. They performed before the first lady of the United States and the National Council on the Arts in Washington.

Concurrently the group toured Japan, Korea and Canada performing, teaching master classes and playing for radio and television. The UJE has performed at numerous jazz festivals, world renowned jazz clubs, performed for numerous arts councils, and shared the stage with jazz greats such as Milt Jackson, Charlie Bird, and Bobby McFerrin.

The Unified Jazz Ensemble - Small Town Stories

Small Town Stories
1. Happy The White (Jeff Antoniuk)
2. Highlandville (Tim Harrison)
3. Dark Brown Eye (Mike Noonan)
4. Five Cents For Ernie (Jeff Antoniuk)
5. Southwind (Mike Noonan)
6. Orsey's Blues (Tim Harrison)
7. Celtic Ties (Mike Noonan)
8. On Your Birthday (Jeff Antoniuk)
9. House Of Wolves (Jeff Antoniuk)
10.Big Pants Plays The Groove (Mike Noonan)

Roy Patterson - On a Cloud

ON A CLOUD - Roy Patterson - Artists: Roy Patterson - guitar; Brian Dickinson - piano; Jim Vivian - bass; Ted Warren - drums; Ingrid Jensen - trumpet & flugelhorn. Tracks: A Man From Sung; Feel The Sun For Sonny Greenwich; An Affair To Remember For B. Evans and J. Hall; Blame It On My Youth; The Very Thought Of You; On A Cloud; Lullaby For A Sage For Li Zhi Cheng; Hymn For Simon Lewis; The Briefcase. The quartet again with a guest artist. Contains a mixture of originals and standards in different settings from duo to quintet. Nice quartet rendition of The Very Thought of You (Ray Nobel) and a piano/guitar duet on An Affair to Remember (Harry Warren) dedicated to Bill Evans and Jim Hall.

Roy Patterson Quartet - The Coming of Angels

JAZZ - THE COMING OF ANGELS - Artists: Roy Patterson Quartet: Roy Patterson, guitar; Jim Vivian, bass; Brian Dickinson, piano; Ted Warren, drums; Tracks: Cloud Burst; (Drum interlude); Opening Day; First Elegy; The Coming of Angels; Phoenix at Rest; Re: Currents; Rise Forms. This CD has the second version of the Roy Patterson Quartet, the one that won the Prix de Jazz at the 1996 Montreal Jazz Festival. It has all original material and really captured what the band was about at the time. The production is superb and there is some great soloing. "...confirms his place in the upper echelons of Canadian guitarists." Geoff Chapman - Toronto.

Joel Miller - Find a Way

JAZZ - Joel Miller - FIND A WAY - Artists: Joel Miller, tenor sax; Ingrid Jensen, trumpet; Christine Jensen, alto sax; Tilden Webb, piano; Eric St. Laurent, guitar; Brian Hurley, bass; Kevin Coady, drums; Tracks: First Light Ceremony; Dark Fields; Find A Way; Hidden Inside; From the Abyss; How Are You Are; Georgie (trad.); Innocent; (Look Up, Look Down) That Lonescom Road (trad.). Montreal tenor saxophonist Joel Miller's album, Find A Way, is a beautiful collection of mostly original tunes. Miller may be young, but with this remarkable debut he promises to become a familiar and beloved fixture on the Canadian jazz scene. He is joined by Ingrid Jensen on trumpet and flugelhorn, Christine Jensen on alto sax, Tilden Webb on piano, Éric St-Laurent on guitar, Brian Hurley on bass and Kevin Coady on drums. All do remarkable work on this album. Miller's arrangements explore colour and texture, making effective use of unison, dynamics and repetition. The songs vary greatly in style from the dancing Latin swing and unexpectedly dark harmonies of From the Abyss to the folksy lullaby of (Look Up, Look Down) That Lonesome Road and the shimmering chorale of How Are You Are. All share a common drive, pushing through building tension to release. Special mention must be made of Miller's use of the rhythm section. The piano and bass together weave almost an ostinato motif in Georgie, while in Dark Fields it is the bass that pulls the piece, striding and skipping forward. Miller's canny use of the talent and skill of all the musicians on the recording, as well as his subtle ingenuity in the arrangements, is obvious in every tune. Find A Way is a strong debut for a very welcome new voice. - Heather McLeod - Review from Jazz Montreal.

Levitation - Nancy Walker

JAZZ - LEVITATION. Nancy Walker, piano; Kirk MacDonald, tenor and soprano saxophones; Kieran Overs, bass; Barry Romberg, drumsTracks: Leviation; Mister Mosca; Sweet Longing; Hot Tub; Sentimental; Let's Face The Music and Dance (Irving Berlin); The Tragic Figure; Three Corners; The Birches. Levitation is Nancy Walker's third recording as leader - eight of the nine tunes are original compositions. Once again, band mates Overs and Romberg fill out her rhythm section, and Juno-winning saxophonist Kirk MacDonald is a phenomenal addition to the group.

Luminosity - Nancy Walker

LUMINOSITY - Nancy Walker - Tracks: Syndrome; Twice Around the Park; Lonely Woman; Luminosity; The Inside Line; Old Souls; Angelica (Purple Gazelle); The Long and Winding Road. Winner of the 2003 Montreal Jazz Festival plays some of her originals along with well know jazz standards.

For the Record - Kieran Overs Quartet

JAZZ - FOR THE RECORD. Kieran Overs Quartet. Kieran Overs, acoustic bass; Alex Dean, tenor & soprano sax; Brian Dickinson, piano; Ted Warren, drums. Tracks: Hullo Bolinas (Steve Swallow); Virgin Madris (Geoff Keezer); Angelica (Duke Ellington); Bacchanal (Kenny Barron); The Night We Called It A Day (Dennis & Adair); Willow (Steve Swallow); In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck). Bassist Overs has been part of the Toronto jazz scene for the past twenty years. During this time he played with such visiting artists as Chet Baker, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims, George Shearing, Mel Torme, Kenny Wheeler, Sonny Greenwich, Dewey Redman, Junior Mance, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris and Harold Mabern. He has thus built himself a wide reputation working in these settings and also benefited greatly by taking trips to Denmark to study with Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and perform. In Toronto he leads groups from a quartet to an octet and also still works as a sideman with other.

Third Accenssion - Joe Coughlin

THIRD ACCENSSION: Summertime; I Concentrate On You; Folks That Live On The Hill; Waltz For Debby; Route 66; Skylark; Invitation; I've Got A Crush On You; You Do Something To Me; New York State Of Mind; South To A Warmer Place; But Not For Me; My Funny Valentine; One For My Baby - Artists: Joe Coughlin - vocals; Alex Dean - saxophone/flute; Mark Eisenman - piano; Lorne Lofsky - guitar; Mike Malone - trumpet/flugelhorn; John Sumner - drums; Steve Wallace - bass "These 14 gems from the American Songbook represent my third approach to singing this exquisite music. When I first started recording jazz in 1981, I didn’t realize that both the mystery of this music and the making of it would take me on such a long and interesting journey. I hope you will listen with the same type of commitment, enjoyment and enthusiasm that I and the other artists had in its making. - Joe Coughlin"

PJ Perry Quintet

Tracks: Jazz Suite (C. Andrew); They Kept Bach’s Head Alive (B. Tildesley); L.L. (B. Tildesley); Royal Tease (P.J. Perry); Negligence (C. Andrew); No Matter (C. Andrew); Doodle (P.J. Perry); Don’t Forget (B. Tildesley) - Artists: P.J. Perry Quintet: P.J. Perry, alto and soprano saxes; Bob Tildesley, trumpet; Chris Andrew, piano and synth.; Miles Hill, bass; Claude Ranger, drums - The group of players on this disc come together as PJ’s favorite working band. His long association with trumpeter Bob Tildesley and drummer Claude Ranger pre-date their appearance on PJ’s first album as a leader the 1977 date Sessions. Bassist Miles Hill and pianist Chris Andrew have come to the band as recently as the summer of 1993 when they toured with PJ, Bob and Claude on an extensive, high profile tour of literally all the jazz festivals in Canada.

Suburban Groove - Robin Shier Quintet

SUBURBAN GROOVE - Tracks: Suburban Groove; black Pimpernal; Skylark; Muse Speak; Home Sweet Homage; Hello Good Bio; Gestalt Blues - Artists: Robin Shier Quintet: Robin Shier, trumpet; Patric Caird, tenor sax; Miles Black, piano; Rick Kilburn, bass; John Nolan, drums.

Kaitlyn's Waltz - Alex Dean Quintet

KAITLYN'S WALTZ - Alex Dean - Artists: Alex Dean, tenor & soprano sax; Mike Malone, trumpet & flugelhorn; Mark Eisenman, piano; Kieran Overs, acoustic bass; Barry Elmes, drums; Terry Promane, trombone; Alan Henderson, acoustic bass. Tracks: My Pal Al (Kieran Overs); Marshall Law (Alex Dean); 110 Dovercourt (Alex Dean); Another Night (Mike Malone); Kaitlyn's Waltz (Alex Dean); The Bedford Boys (Kieran Overs); Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael); One Way Out (Mike Malone); Sosumi (Mark Iesenman); Nommo (Al Henderson). Alex displays his exquisite saxophone style and his melodic compositions. A real treat for lovers of contemporary jazz.

Kirk MacDonald - The Revellers

JAZZ - KIRK MACDONALD: THE REVELLERS. Artists: Kirk MacDonald, tenor saxophone; Sam Noto, trumpet; Mark Eisenman, piano; Steve Wallace, bass; Jerry Fuller, drums. Tracks: 224 Blues; Forward Motion; Body and Soul; Turning Point; The Devil; Embraceable You; Sweet Spot; Poinciana; The Revellers; Carnival; But Not For Me. It is amazing that this is Kirk Macdonald's first full album as leader! His earlier work is thinly documented mostly as sideman and on numerous CBC broadcasts, but here finally he is with players of his own choosing, playing songs, which have meaning for him. The results are both exciting and illuminating. The music in this collection, a mix of standards and originals, covers a lot of ground.

Jo Thompson - Slender, Tender and Tall

SLENDER, TENDER and TALL - Jo Thompson - Selections: Slender, Tender & Tall; Walking My Baby; Fine Brown Frame; Peel Me a Grape; If I Could Be With You; I Love To Love; Shiney Stockings; Just Squeeze Me; Up a Lazy River; Pennies From Heaven; Million Dollar Secret. Born in Detroit, Jo Thompson has been thrilling listeners with her voice and piano playing for decades. She has performed at top clubs all over the world, not to mention venues like Carnegie Hall. Her performances have received rave reviews in publications such as Variety and the New York Times. She credits and counts as friends and supporters such names as Lionel Hampton and Aretha Franklin. The three words best used to describe Jo Thompson are sophistication, talent and excitement.