Concrete Canyon

I'll Close My Eyes

The Feeling Of Jazz

Petter Udland Johansen has been known for years as an exceptional interpreter of early music. With his distinctive voice and keen sense of style and text interpretation, he has made a name for himself as a specialist in repertoire from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Now he is opening a new chapter: on his album Where Is Love, the versatile singer turns his attention for the first time to the great songs of the American Songbook timeless classics by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and other masters. Johansen is joined by Christian Gutfleisch, his ideal musical partner at the piano. Gutfleisch performs on a Bluthner grand piano from 1910, whose warm, velvety tone forms a poetic bridge between past and present. The instrument seems to carry within it the sound world of the very era in which many of these songs were written - while offering an abundance of color and intimacy that perfectly suits the duo's chamber-like approach.

This CD contains music pianist Teddy Wilson recorded on June 4,1967 in Manchester while on tour in England. Here he's joined by bassist Peter Chapman and drummer Johnny Richardson. Song include "Undecided," "Satin Doll," "Medley: Sophisticated Lady/Take the a Train," "Honeysuckle Rose" and others.

Reality Check

The Greeting

Most people recognize Stan Hope as the favorite pianist of Houston Person (who appears on this album), Etta Jones & others - here he makes his debut as a leader, sprinkling some Erroll Garner tunes in with a selection of other great standards

Montreux

Skylark

Live In Europe

Freedom Jazz Dance

To My Son

I Wanna Talk About You

After The Rain

Introducing The Vibrations

Doug Raney (Aug. 29, 1956 – May 1, 2016) moved to Copenhagen, Denmark from New York when he was 21 after a European tour with his famous guitarist father Jimmy Raney. Doug spent the rest of his rather short life in Copenhagen. He collaboration with SteepleChase started shortly after his move to Denmark in 1977 with the debut album “Introducing Doug Raney” (SCCD 31082/SCS 1082). Since then he released 17 highly acclaimed leader album during the 80s and 90s. This album recorded in 1984 finds Raney in a comfortable company of his regular Danish rhythm section. “Blue And White is probably the best of (Raney’s early releases in the 80’s – ed) them, dominated by titanic performances of Jimmy Heath’s ‘Gingerbread Boy’ and Coltrane’s ‘Straight Street’…” (Richard Cook & Brian Morton – The Penguin Guide to Jazz) “Players of Doug Raney’s depth and talent don’t come along very often, making their absence, when their end does come, something almost tactile….” (Larry Grinnel)

Very Early

Nica's Dream

Person To Person

Beautiful Love

Half Note

Like Someone In Love

Almost Everything

Classical Music