When a composer/pianist of Carlos Franzetti's caliber makes a solo piano recording, it can be quite an event for both the listener and the performer. MAMBO TANGO provides an opportunity for this Grammy Award winning composer to not only showcase his talent as a keyboard player but also gives an exposed look at his compositional and arranging style on some classic fare, along with three original songs.

INDELICATE

JERRY GONZALEZ Y EL COMANDO DE LA CLAVE

SHINE

Milanie Dahan transforms, without nostalgia, beautiful French songs into jazz standards. From "Le Petit Bal Perdu" to "La Princesse et les Croque-Notes", her unique voice gives rebirth to these refrains. Indeed, she gives a new soul to some famous or unknown texts from Brassens (from whom she borrows almost word-for-word the title of her album), Dimey, Nougaro, Aznavour and she even dares to cover Ferri!

LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD

DUOS WITH LEE

SENZO

IN CONCERT

Rebecca had come down to New York from rural Maine and had a band called Once Blue with singer guitarist Jesse Harris. Their album on EMI still sounds playful and timeless, as if Blossom Dearie had recorded with Steely Dan. a series of projects followed: an album of standards, MIDDLEHOPE; a lovely album of her own songs, PEOPLE BEHAVE LIKE BALLADS; a collaborations with legendary drummer Paul Motion, that lead to a fine CD, ON BROADWAY 4 or THE PARADOX OF CONTINUITY. THE GROWING SEASON is an album of songs about motherhood, about living in the world and living in your body. There is an effortlessness about it, buoyed by the lighter-than-air rhythms of drummer Brian Blade, the supple rightness of Larry Grenadier's beautiful emphatic bass, the otherworldly chording's of guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, all anchored by Rebecca's elegant songs, lovely, picked guitar and smoky, generous voice. It's a voice that seems to leave nothing out: sex and death and breakfast and wind in the trees and tax forms and laughter and night. All at once.

HAPPY APPLE BACK ON TOP

WORLDS

NIGHTS OF BRADLEY'S

FULLER NELSON

MELODOLODIE

SIMPLE STORIES

Unlike anything heard before... invision flamenco-jazz with Martirio's latest effort, MUCHO CORAZON.

Brazillian jazz vocalist Luciana Souza returns wit her final album in her trilogy. NORTH & SOUTH takes classic standards from Brazil and America and interprets them in her own beautiful way.

GUACHOS 3

Pianist Higgins presents a program of tunes by Brazilian master composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, played in a trio setting with bassist Jay Leonhart & drummer Terry Clarke

Young Brazilian-born composer/vocalist now living in New York, and is fluent in both the jazz idiom & Brazilian music; this album highlights her compositional skills in the form of songs made mainly to Bishop's poems - Souza's singing is reminiscent of the late Ellis Regina & Joni Mitchell

Argentinian keyboardist/vocalist, who studied at the Berklee School of Music, presents world/jazz music that blends the Latin influences of North & South America; of the 11 tracks, 4 have vocals - guest soloist include Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Juan Cruz & many others

YA YO ME CURE

MOLIENDO CAFE

RUMBA PARA MONK