| LINDA PRESGRAVE QUARTET LIVE |
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For as long as I can remember , I envisioned myself as a jazz pianist playing a
beautiful grand piano with my own group in an elegant lounge at an upscale
hotel. When a part of that dream came along, I jumped at the chance to
play a weekly gig with my own group at the Warwick Hotel in New York City.
The room was elegant and although the piano was not beautiful nor a grand, we
made music with it anyway. Each Friday night we turned this intimate space
into a jazz room and filled three sets with classic jazz standards, less
familiar jazz tunes and my own original compositions.
Since we were performing at a bar in a hotel , the complexion of the gig changed
from week to week: some weeks everyone listened, other weeks were packed and
noisy and no one clapped until the end of each set, but most weeks it was a
healthy mix of all of the above. The only constant was our quartet -
showing up every week and playing our hearts out no matter what the crowd was
like or whether or not the piano had been tuned.
Stan
and I often commented that many of our favorite jazz CDs happen to be live
recordings where you experience the energy, the excitement and the spontaneity
of being there. with that "live" experience comes the familiar
sounds out of the slightly out of tune barroom piano, the occasional clinking of
glasses and sporadic audience chatter. As Stan recorded many of our live
performances at the hotel on mini-disc, the idea came about to release a
live CD for our year long engagement. So welcome to a typical set of "The
Linda Presgrave Quartet" on any given evening - the only difference is that you
will have to provide your own glass of wine.
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THE PLAYERS |
| Linda Presgrave - Piano |
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| Seiji Ochiai - Drums |
| Wei-Sheng Lin - Bass |
| Stan Chovnick - Soprano Sax |
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TRACKS |
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NAME |
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Blues for Oscar |
5:31 |
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2
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Serenade for a Cuckoo |
5:43 |
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3
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Blues for Stan |
6:59 |
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Loungin'
Hear a sample from the CD |
6:58 |
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5
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Moon Ray |
5:59 |
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The Journey
Hear a sample from the CD |
7:39 |
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West End Samba |
6:19 |
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Herb's Blues |
5:01 |
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Equinox |
8:30 |
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Closing |
2:01 |
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Click here to learn more about Linda Presgrave
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5. Skim Coat |
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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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Featuring:
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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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