IN THE GROOVE

During the first hour we listened to recordings by Santa Cruz jazz musicians and Ken Koenig talked about his new film “Santa Cruz Swings: A Jazz History Of Santa Cruz” which will be shown at the Nickelodeon Theater, this Sat., April 26th at 11:30 am.

Artist—Song—Recording Date—Album—Label
• Ray Brown’s Great Big Band—Body And Soul—1994—Impression Of Point Lobos—Brown Cats
• Smith Dobson Trio—Warning—1986—Smithzonian—Night Music LP

• Donny McCaslin—September Song—1999—Seen From Above—Arabesque Jazz
• Steve Czarnecki Trio—Bashin’—1993—When I Dream—Piano Man
• Ron Kaplan—No Moon At All—2001—Dedicated—Kapland Records

• Jim Christopher—So Blue, So Jazz, So What—VA: Santa Cruz Jazz—Bluestraxx Records
• Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf—Where There’s Smoke—2004—Deuces Wild—lbjazz

• Warmth—C Jam Blues—1983—The First 25 Years—Harbor Records
• John Paul/Preston Brahm Group—Parisian Thoroughfare—VA: Santa Cruz Jazz, Volume 3—Jazz Society Of Santa Cruz County
• Brad Mehldau Trio, incl. Jeff Ballard—Secret Beach—2006—Live—Nonesuch

• Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet—Wintersong – Take 2—1957—Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet—Verve
• Gerry Mulligan Tentet—Ontet—1953—Gerry Mulligan Tentet And Quartet—GNP/Crescendo
• Gerry Mulligan Tentet—A Ballad—1953—Gerry Mulligan Tentet And Quartet—GNP/Crescendo

• Lee Morgan—Where Am I—1956—Volume 2: Sextet—Blue Note
• Paul Chambers, fea. Kenny Burrell—Dear Old Stockholm—1957—Bass On Top—Blue Note
• Avery Sharpe—Big Mac—2007—Legends & Mentors—JKNM Records

• Moutin Reunion Quartet—A Blue Dream—2007—Sharp Turns—BluJazz
• Miguel Zenón—Camerón—2007—Awake—Marsalis Music
• Pete Malenverni—Cities & Time—2007—Invisible Cities—Reservoir
• Bill Stewart, incl. Larry Goldings—Toad—2006—Incandescence—Pirquet