Jimmy Cobb
This I Dig Of You
Smoke Sessions, 2019
The legendary drummer’s new album
Title: This I Dig Of You
Artist: Jimmy Cobb
Label: Smoke Sessions
Release date: August 16, 2019
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Eddie Henderson
Be Cool
Smoke Sessions 2018
The new CD recorded by Eddie Henderson quintet is titled Be Cool. The ensemble features the leader on trumpet, Donald Harrison on sax, Kenny Barron on piano, Essiet Essiet on double bass and Mike Clark on drums. The sound brilliantly mixes funk…
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Johnny O’Neal
In The Moment
Smoke Sessions, 2017
Smoke Sessions Records announces the release of In the Moment on October 6. It is the new album by the pianist/singer Johnny O’Neal in trio with Ben Rubens on double bass and Itay Morchi on drums, featuring Roy Hargrove on trumpet and Grant Steward on tenor saxophone as special guests.
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Harold Mabern
To Love And To Be Loved
Smoke Sessions, 2017
Smoke Sessions Records announced the release, on August 25, of To Love and Be To Be Loved, Harold Mabern’s new album. Together with the Memphis pianist we find Jimmy Cobb on drums, Nat Reeves on double bass, Eric Alexander on tenor saxophone and the two guests Freddie Hendrix on trumpet and Cyro Baptista on percussions.
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Peter Bernstein
Signs Live!
Smoke Sessions, 2017
The quartet formed by Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Gregory Hutchinson in 1994 recorded the album Signs Of Life for Criss Cross label. Signs Live!, issued on July 28, is a double CD recorded in 2015 by the same line-up, reinterpreting some tracks of the album, as well as some classics in jazz history such as “Crepuscule With Nellie” and “We See”, and some new compositions by Bernstein.
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