Stormy Weather

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 44:27

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Music in a Hurry: Standard Transcriptions

By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic Contributor

When the Roots signed on as Jimmy Fallon's Late Night house band, there was a curious catch: NBC wouldn't be paying for the rights to any music, not even the band's own. Consequently. the Roots had to compose dozens of new pieces for on-air use. The upside: those pieces needed only be long enough to play the show in and out of commercials, or to accompany guests from the wings to the desk. Everything old becomes… more »

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Recorded around a month after the veteran tenor Ben Webster moved to Europe, this high-quality set with pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Neils Pederson and drummer Alex Riel features Webster stretching out on the traditional “Londonderry Air,” two originals and seven familiar but fresh standards. Webster, although neglected in the U.S., was still in peak form in the mid-’60s as witness this and his other Black Lion CDs covering the period. – Scott Yanow