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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 become classics as well.
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Todd
Herbert: The Path to Infinity
"Herbert can part the waters of on arrangement with
energetic technique and tireless drive. But he also has
a reserved tone that honors the cool school of the 50s
as much as the mainstream of the 8O'S, and in combination
with his flying fingers, it produces a gentle creative
tension In his playing."
-Neil Tesser (Chicago Jazz Reader)
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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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A Jazz Christmas, That Special Time of Year
"Features ten songs of the season performed by various musicians from the Metropolitan roster.
Post-bop renditions of 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' 'Jingle Bells,' and 'It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear' are highlights, along with the holiday favorites 'The Christmas Song' and 'Frosty the Snowman'
sung by vocalist Debra Holly."
-A.Campbell, AMG 2006
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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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