Ken Peplowski – At Mezzrow (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:05 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Prodigious performer Ken Peplowski puts his voracious appetite for swing on display on this effort recorded at New York’s Mezzrow Jazz Club.
The great saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Peplowski is a prodigious performer and has recorded over 70 CDs as a soloist, and close to 400 as a sideman. He has performed and recorded with artists including Charlie Byrd, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, Hank Jones, Peggy Lee, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, Benny Goodman, and Madonna. He travels at least half of every year, playing clubs, concert halls, colleges, and pops concerts and has headlined the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, the Blue Note, and Dizzy’s Club amongst many other venues. What you’ll hear on this record is the best of two killer, one hour sets recorded live at Mezzrow in NYC featuring Peplowski on Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone, Ted Rosenthal on Piano, Martin Wind on Bass and Willie Jones III on Drums.
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Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski, Scott Hamilton – Three Tenors: Like The Brightest Star (2019) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 69:47 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,07 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,88 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,6 GB
Three tenor saxophonists, Harry Allen, Ken Peplowski and Scott Hamilton, join forces for this album of six magical jazz tunes including “That Old Black Magic” and “You And The Night And The Music”. The trio are backed by pianist Tom Ranier, bassist David Stone and drummer Kevin Kanner.
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Nicki Parrott and Ken Peplowski – Like A Lover (2011) [Japan 2015]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:26 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,31 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,11 GB
On “Like a Lover,” two of Venus Records’ most popular jazz musicians got together for an excellent duo album. New York-based Australian singer/bassist Nicki Parrott and clarinet/tenor sax player Ken Peplowski are chief voices of their craftt. Both musicians bring something new to the music on this album thanks to their inventiveness. It’s easy to see that Parrott and Peplowski’s characteristics are superbly matched. The album is a collection of outstanding love songs that consist of mostly standards along with a few Lennon/McCartney tracks.
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New York Trio and Ken Peplowski – Stardust (2009) [Japan 2015]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 66:05 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,66 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,33 GB
A wonderful gift for jazz fans has arrived from Venus Records! Nobody argues that Bill Charlap is one of the most preeminent jazz pianists of his generation. His encyclopedic knowledge of the American Songbook is second to none, and his beautiful touch, amazing skills and imagination make it a pleasure to listen to him at all times. Ken Peplowski, on the other hand, is without a doubt one of the best clarinet and tenor sax players in the swing tradition. Each of them had recorded a number of albums for Venus Records of Japan separately–Charlap with his great New York Trio (with Jay Leonhart and Bill Stewart) and Peplowski with his own quartet and the Eddie Higgins Quintet. Now, wouldn’t it be nice to put them together in a studio and make an album? Yes, it would, and they actually did it! They are a match made in heaven, and you can hear from the first note of the first song that they are inspired. Peplowski’s supple, rich, and lyrical clarinet and tenor sax playing is simply beautiful, and Charlap’s quietly intense solos are awe-inspiring. Leonhart and Stewart are also given ample room to stretch out and impress, as many of the tunes go over seven minutes. An instant classic and great for fans of straight ahead jazz!
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