VA - A Whaling City Sampler (2018)

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Title: A Whaling City Sampler
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Whaling City Sound
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 73:11
Total Size: 176 / 447 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Reggie Young;Jim Brown;David Hungate;Jennifer Lynn Young;Chad Cromwell - Jennifer
2. Rale Micic - Jano
3. Malou Beauvoir;Josh Evans;Eric Wheeler;Greg Murphy;Kush Abadey;Raphael Cruz - Sophisticated Lady
4. Terry Gibbs;John Campbell;Mike Gerola;Gerry Gibbs - What's New
5. Cassandra Wilson;Roy Hargrove - Alfie
6. Thrasher Dream Trio - Cast Your Fate to the Wind
7. Ingrid Jensen;Jason Miles - The Faction of Cool
8. Greg Abate - Whaling City Sound
9. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People - Kojak
10. Jay Azzolina;Dino Govoni;Dave Zinno;Adam Nussbaum - Meatsauce
11. Dave Liebman Group - Liberian Hummingbird
12. Marcus Monteiro Quartet - Receipt Please
13. Steven Kirby;John Funkhouser;Mike Connors - Last Song
14. New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus - Lovely Ernestina

All we can say is it’s about time! The Whaling City Sound label has been releasing some of the best jazz records over the last ten years, partially under the radar, yet most to great acclaim. But they haven’t released a sampler of their more noteworthy tunes until now. In a single, eloquent phrase—Calm Waters, Rolling Swells, Roiling Seas—the New Bedford, Massachusetts-based imprint has articulated its stylistic MO, which has always been broad, ambitious and consistently well-executed. Led by flagship artists Gerry Gibbs, as well as dad Terry Gibbs, Dave Liebman, and Greg Abate, and flanked by names like Jason Miles, Reggie Young, Rale Micic, and Marcus Monteiro, among others, the label has carved a notable niche for itself that embraces style, quality, and performance as its top-tier characteristics. Take a serious look at this elite compilation not because you are drawn to a particular artist—which, of course, is a good reason on its own—but because you are the kind of jazz fan that is insatiably curious about any and all unique slants on top-shelf expression, issued by a label that prides itself on allowing its artists wide berth to showcase their singular talents in an ultra-personal way.