Top tracks
Listeners also bought
Other Bebop albums
Other Traditional Jazz Combo albums
Put your hands on the remote! browse music »
Midnight Brew by George Kahn
view larger image
fave it Bebop | Traditional Jazz Combo
12 tracks | 73 minutes
Released Nov 2002
on Playing Records
Click 
for a 30-second preview. All tracks are 192kbps high fidelity sound quality. Protected WMA $0.77 or unprotected MP3 $0.88.
listen album 30sec. shuffle buy CD review album promote album
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:49 Swiss Cheese lyrics BUY MP3 05:49 Swiss Cheese lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:49 Swiss Cheese
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:47 Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing lyrics BUY MP3 05:47 Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:47 Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 A Bop For Billy lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 A Bop For Billy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 A Bop For Billy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:42 Heard It Through the Grapevive lyrics BUY MP3 05:42 Heard It Through the Grapevive lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:42 Heard It Through the Grapevive
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:05 Otro Tu lyrics BUY MP3 07:05 Otro Tu lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:05 Otro Tu
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:27 Midnight Brew lyrics FREE 05:27 Midnight Brew lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:27 Midnight Brew
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 Out of Time lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 Out of Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 Out of Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:17 Night Shadows lyrics BUY MP3 05:17 Night Shadows lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:17 Night Shadows
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:44 Some Other Time lyrics BUY MP3 06:44 Some Other Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:44 Some Other Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Open House lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 Open House lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Open House
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:49 Night and Day lyrics BUY MP3 07:49 Night and Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:49 Night and Day
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 09:57 12 Short Years lyrics BUY MP3 09:57 12 Short Years lyrics "GIFT MP3" 09:57 12 Short Years
Re-creating the feel and vibe of late '50's and early '60's with a contemporary edge and the finest in recording technology, the George Kahn Quintet delivers a variety of jazz styles that have one thing in common - it all GROOVES.
Editorial review
This coolly titled disc may never be as famous as Miles Davis' jazz standard Bitches Brew, but it's a groove-happy, musical potpourri that could inspire more jazz musicians, in this day and age of formatting, to think about the artistic joys of diversity. "Swiss Cheese" is funky, brassy be-bop on which the pianist/leader defers to saxman Eric Marienthal and trumpeter Bobby Rodriguez for a long spell before his feisty solo section. Before he can continue the swinging jazz on "A Bop For Billy" (dedicated to Billy Higgins), Kahn goes Latin crazy on a sexy cover of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry ?Bout a Thing." Next it's time to go a little jazz-soul crazy on the thumping "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (more straightforward lines from Marienthal on this one) before the original punchy horn-driven Latin number "Otro Tur." Kahn's nimble soloing is a revelation, but he clearly has no trouble deferring to his better known cohorts, including singer Tierney Sutton and, most notably, Justo Almario, whose lush flute graces the breezy "Night Shadows" and the sashaying, straightahead cover of "Night and Day." He also includes tributes to the influences of Dave Brubeck and John Coltrane.Marienthal fans who miss his more adventurous "real jazz" playing will enjoy his exciting contributions here. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Jazz lost it's way when people stopped dancing to it. Back in the 40's, Jazz was America's pop music. Then musicians got too hip, the playing got too far out, and the music left the groin and moved to the cerebrum. Big mistake. This CD covers a wide spectrum of jazz, from bebop to standards to funk to latin to "smooth" jazz. The idea that holds it all together is that the groove comes first, last and always. The melody supports the groove. The solos stay in the groove. This music grooves - and you can groove with it.
In the "old days" of vinyl, this would have been a "double album," but with digital technology this one Cd can hold over 73 minutes of music, and it does! The album really ends with Justo's burning rendition of "Night and Day," but due to popular demand there is a "bonus" track: 12 Short Years, a tune dedicated to John Coltrane and his Quartet.
Enjoy the "brew.
↓ more ↓