Wednesday, December 1, 2010

CD Compilation of the Month - "Cats and Dogs"

CD Compilation of the Month
"Cats and Dogs - Pirouet Jazz Compilation Vol. 2" (Pirouet) 2010

Compiled by Jason Seizer, who also produced the original sessions, it's a collection culled from 12 acclaimed releases by the Munich-based label Pirouet Records, featuring tracks by Bill Carrothers, Marc Copland, Jürgen Friedrich, Pablo Held (that sublime version of Messiaen's "O Sacrum Convivium!" from his latest CD, "Music"), Domenic Landolf, Dave Liebman, Gary Peacock, Henning Sieverts, Loren Stillman, Nicolas Thys & Robin Verheyen.

The sidemen list is equally impressive, including John Abercrombie, Jonas Burgwinkel, Jon Cowherd, Drew Gress, Billy Hart, John Hébert, John Hollenbeck, Robert Landfermann, Achim Kaufmann, Johannes Lauer, Tony Moreno, Patrice Moret, Dré Pallemaerts, Ted Poor, Nate Radley, Dan Rieser, Ryan Scott, Chris Speed, Bill Stewart, Dejan Terzic & Gary Versace.

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