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Welcome to Chesky Records: The Premiere Audiophile Record Label
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Impressions
This smoking organ trio recording is both a first for guitarist Larry Coryell and a return to his roots. More than 40 years after moving to New York City from Seattle, Coryell comes full circle back to his roots with this inspired organ trio outing. And in the stellar company of Yahel and Wertico, he is pushed to some exhilarating heights on these nine tracks. Larry Coryell is "the most innovative guitarist since Charlie Christian" -Whitney Balliett "Sam Yahel is clearly one of the most promising new organists on the New York City and international scene." -Michael G. Nascos, Jazziz Paul Wertico is "One of the most versatile and musical drummers in music today"
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New York Blue
Chesky Records is pleased to announce the national recording debut of
vocalist Valerie Joyce with the May 2006 release of New York Blue. New
York Blue is a collection of classic jazz, standards, and pop tunes
that showcase the singer's distinctively smoky vocal sound and nuanced
performance. Producer David Chesky says, "Valerie has a great feel for
the music and has one of the most unique singing voices I have ever
heard."
Pianist Andy Ezrin worked with Valerie on the arrangements for the
album?s thirteen tracks that range from tunes by Cole Porter and Rogers
& Hart to Miles Davis to the Beatles. They are joined on the album
by musicians Lawrence Feldman on saxophones and Eugene Jackson and Tim
Lefevre taking turns on bass for a live recording that is pure Chesky.
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New York Reunion
The long awaited multi-channel reissue of McCoy Tyner's classic Chesky release. Presented for the first time in superb surround sound. This dual layer SACD will play on all CD and SACD players. "The advanced hard bop music is as rewarding as one would expect." - All Music Guide "This is one profoundly natural-sounding presentation of an acoustic jazz quartet. New York Reunion is the finest album in years by both Tyner and Henderson, and it's Chesky's most important work to date." Thomas Conrad - CD Review
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On The Wings Of An Eagle
(The repertoire) will open up the ears of first timers and warm the souls of veteran listeners. As long as we have music like this transcendent disc, the light of John Hicks will never go out. -Ira Gitler
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Sugar Hill
Javon Jackson, acclaimed New York City saxophonist pays tribute to the legendary Duke Ellington. Renowned New York City pianist David Hazeltine acts as musical director and pianist on this release of inspired innovative arrangements of some of Ellington's most well-known and classic tunes. Available in multi-channel SACD, recorded using the world's finest custom-made electronics and Chesky's minimalist miking techniques to assure the purest, most natural sounding recording. "One of the fresh, creative voices on the scene today" - Ramsey Lewis "A player and writer with great respect for the melody, Hazeltine can be surprisingly inventive with the harmonic and rhythmic possibilities in a tune. Unobtrusive yet frequently exciting, Hazeltine always sounds as if he is digging what he's playing, and his approach makes well-known tunes sound fresh...." - Aaron Steinberg, Jazz Times "David Hazeltine is for sure the brightest star on the jazz piano horizon. His style has a deep- seated commitment to jazz history while communicating a wealth of 'today' ideas." - Cedar Walton
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The Best of Badi
"...the best thing to happen to Brazilian music in years..." - Jazziz "...arresting, invigorating and entrancing." - Guitar Player Magazine One of the most exciting and innovative guitar players performing today is Brazil's Badi Assad - a virtuoso whose technical ability never overshadows the visceral impact of her playing. Best of Badi is a must-have collection of 17 essential tracks that represent the finest audio recordings by this fearlessly creative artist.
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The Good Life (The Music of Tony Bennett)
"The Good Life" is the beautiful result of Monty Alexander's original take on classic pieces from Tony Bennett's extensive catalogue. It's Monty's infectious, rhythmic style containing a formidable technique that serves him unerringly without drawing undue attention away from the joyous, soulful, reverent and songful improvisations that spring from head and heart-informed fingers. This super audio CD was recorded in multi-channel surround sound using Chesky's state of the art minimalist miking techniques and the world's finest custom-made electronics to assure the purest, most natural sounding recording available.
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The Jazz Side Of The Moon (Music of Pink Floyd)
Returning anew to the original record it's fascinating to re-discover how provocative Pink Floyd's classic remains, and to hear how well this quartet's collective interplay served that music. And how beautifully Sam Yahel's organ-while not the dominant voice, surely a prominent presence-sets the aesthetic tone for these proceedings: nothing rushed or forced or extravagant...elegant and swinging andexploratory, never stepping on anyone's toes-deceptively laid back and responsive, always listening intently, with plenty of rhythmic vitality...a sensibility he shares with collaborators Mike Moreno, Ari Hoenig and Seamus Blake, which goes a long ways towards explaining why their take on Pink Floyd's music is so engaging and stands up so well to repeated listenings. "Sam Yahel is clearly one of the most promising new organists on the New York City and international scene." -Michael G. Nascos, Jazziz "Ari Hoenig is a magician!" -Batteur Magazine "(Mike Moreno) is a versatile and increasingly prominent guitarist." -The New York Times "Seamus Blake is gaining increasing recognition as one of the finest and most creative young players emerging in jazz." -All About Jazz
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The Jobim Songbook In New York
David Hazeltine makes his second contribution to Chesky's acclaimed New York Sessions series with this stunning set of compositions by revered Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. The combination of the sophisticated elegance of a jazz piano trio, delicate arrangements and Chesky's renowned recording techniques presents Hazeltine (and Jobim) like you've never heard before.
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The Look Of Love: The Music of Burt Bacharach
"The Look of Love" is Valerie Joyce's much anticipated follow-up to her Chesky debut, featuring elegantly chic original arrangements of the classic pieces in Burt Bacharach & Hal David's catalogue. This super audio CD was recorded in multi-channel surround sound using Chesky's state of the art minimalist miking techniques and the world's finest custom-made electronics to assure the purest, most natural sounding recording available. "Joyce's angelic voice holds a tranquil, ethereal quality that wafts upward with a lighter-than-air mystique..." - Audio
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The Raven
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Urban Concertos
David Chesky's upcoming work-which includes the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; the Concerto for Orchestra; along with the Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra-heralds a new form of American urban music from the streets of New York. It marries jazz, funk, Latin and other popular styles with orchestral forms popularized by Stravinsky, Bartók and others. "Many people ask me, 'Why do you use jazz in your orchestral music?' The real question is, 'Why shouldn't any American composer use jazz in their music?'" Chesky writes in the liner notes. "After all, we are a jazz nation. Jazz is our indigenous art form." Latin and jazz rhythms have always been a constant in Chesky's canon and his forthcoming work will be no exception. "I like to transform the orchestra into a great big rhythm machine," he writes. "The orchestra itself becomes an extended percussion ensemble. There are always spaces in the orchestrations for the funk, jazz and Latin lines to sound through. It is a sort of urban pointillism-many note vectors coming at you at different times fitting together like a puzzle." The work was recorded June 12-17, 2006, with the Symphony Orchestra of the Norrlands Opera in Umeå, Sweden. Celebrated young Bulgarian conductor Rossen Gergov handles baton duties, while featured soloists include Swedish pianist Love Derwinger and Estonian virtuoso bassoon player Martin Kuuskmann. "The key to performing this music is that the orchestra sections must be in lock step with each other so that the rhythmic texture will be palpable," Chesky adds. "The music is like a finely tuned sports car that turns on a dime; it needs the orchestra players to synchronize precisely with each other. Rhythm is the key."
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West of 5th
The fifth installment in our New York Sessions series offers another generation-spanning collection where veteran musicians meet the future heroes of tomorrow. "Sparks fly when you get musicians of this caliber in a room together; West of 5th unreservedly captures the magic." - Steve Guttenberg of Home Theater Magazine
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