Thank you, DownBeat Magazine, for the great write-up! Grab your Holiday CD (and T-shirt) today. All profits we receive from their sales go directly to the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund.
Various Artists In The Key Of Chiaroscuro–Holiday Jazz Mix (Chiaroscuro Records/32 Bar Blues)
Jazz Foundation of America, 32 Bar Blues and Chiaroscuro Records have teamed up to produce In The Key Of Chiaroscuro, a collection of holiday tunes compiled from the Chiaroscuro archives along with special recordings made for WVIA-FM’s annual broadcast “Christmas Music: The Jazz Feeling.” The CD features 18 rare cuts from a host of legendary players like Junior Mance, Nat Adderley, Gene Bertoncini, Lillette Jenkins, Jay McShann, Steve Allen, Frank Wess, Dorothy Donegan, 32BB Voice of the Art Bill Charlap and others. (To listen to a preview of saxophonist Frank Foster’s version of “The Christmas Song,” click HERE.) In The Key Of Chiaroscuro spans a half-century of vibrant label activity led by Hank O’Neal as well as Andrew Sordoni, whose radio show in Pennsylvania was the impetus for nearly all of the recordings. Many of the singles, one-offs and live performances that served as source material for the project haven’t been heard in decades. Proceeds from the album will benefit musicians in need via the nonprofit Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund. DB
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