Metropolitan Records
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an independent jazz record label located in New York City -- the jazz
capital
of the world. On the cutting edge of the jazz scene, Metropolitan Records
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dedicated to bringing the listening
public the best in jazz music. The
Metropolitan
Records catalogue includes
recordings from the finest established
players as well as the up and coming stars of tomorrow.
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Linda
Presgrave - Inspiration
Ever since she moved to New York in 1998, Linda Presgrave
has developed into a highly original pianist and composer.
Starting with her debut CD from 2000, In Your Eyes,
and continuing with The Linda Presgrave Quartet – Live and The
Journey, she has become increasingly individual,
sounding unlike anyone else while being inspired by
many different artists, events and places. The
Journey featured her group performing works by
jazz musicians who happened to be women. Inspiration has
ten additional selections by females including six
by the pianist herself.
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The
Tree of Life - Todd Herbert
Most of the best jazz musicians have one foot in the past
and one in the future, mastering the jazz tradition and
then moving the music ahead through their vision, energy
and creativity. Dizzy Gillespie built on the inspiration
of Roy Eldridge, Charlie Parker greatly extended the ideas
of Lester Young, and Herbie Hancock originally learned
from Bill Evans’ example. Todd Herbert, a brilliant
young tenor-saxophonist, takes John Coltrane as a point
of departure in presenting his own original music.
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Ballads
In Jazz
Ballads in Jazz features some of the finest jazz
artists who have recorded on the Metropolitan Records label.
Sit back, relax and listen to some of the best jazz
standards as well as several new ballads destined to
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Above
and Beyond - Freddie Hubbard
Newly re-mastered in 2006 "This 1982 recording
catches the trumpeter on one exceptionally daring night of
pure steam at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco."
-Stanley Crouch
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The Journey - Linda Presgrave
"With her lyrical playing and a stellar ensemble, Presgrave adeptly mines the secular and spiritual
side of the music while paying homage to her heroines."
-Terrell Holmes, Allabout jazz-New York, May 2006
Learn more about Linda Presgrave
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Soul of an Angel - Billy Harper
"This is a Rock of Gibraltar solid CD, leaving nothing on the table, and cementing his status as
an admirable figure and one of the best performers, improvisers and pure players in the idiom. Highly
recommended without reservation, and a strong candidate for jazz CD of Y2K."
-Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide, Oct. 2000
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Haunted Melodies: The Songs of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
"What an audacious, daunting and wonderful idea: Assemble ad hoc combos from a collective of 16
empathic musicians to celebrate the music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the blind one-man street band who
left us so early in the game."
-Les Line, 52nd Street Jazz, Nov.1999
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Skim Coat - Billy Childs, Buster Williams, Carl Allen
"Sparks fly, igniting a shard passion and a supreme level of communication in this recording of the trio of Billy
Childs, Buster Williams and Carl Allen."
-Sunsh Stein, Jazz Times, July 2000
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Billy Childs, Buster Williams, Carl Allen
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16. Ballads In Jazz -- digital download only |
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Todd Herbert, Billy Childs, Anthony Wonsey, Dwayne Burno, Jason Brown, Carl Allen, Buster Williams, Justin Robinson, Xavier Davis, Nasheet Waits, Joe Lovano, Jaki Byard, Linda Presgrave, John Stubblefield, Carline Ray, Wade Barnes, Stan Chovnick, Wei-Sheng Lin, Seiji Ochiai, Pete Yellin, Peter Leitch, Vincent Herring, Ronnie Mathews, Richie Goods
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