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About the Harry Allen Quartet:
With over 30 CDs to his credit, award-winning tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, the son of a big band drummer, has been immersed in jazz since he was a child. A graduate of Rutgers with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Harry started recording back in 1989 in a session with Kenny Baron. His CDs have been recognized for their excellence and have won such accolades as the Gold Disc and New Star awards. Harry’s art has taken him to jazz clubs and festivals all over the world, and has placed him alongside such jazz greats as John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, and many more. His saxophone style is reminiscent of the melodic, mainstream approach of such tenorists as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, and Stan Getz.
The Harry Allen–Joe Cohn Quartet. From left to right: Chuck Riggs, Joe Cohn, Harry Allen and Joel Forbes.
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About Scott Hamilton:
From the first note of “Man With a Horn,” you know you’re listening to something special from the great ballad player, Scott Hamilton. The name of Scott Hamilton’s new CD, Nocturnes & Serenades, with eight ballads, is very appropriate. This is the CD you want to put on late in the evening, lower the lights, open up a bottle of your favorite brew, put your arms around your woman, and dream the night away. This is “Jazz for Lovers” if there ever was one.
Scott is taking a tip from his protégé Harry Allen who has issued two all-time great sellers, Jazz for the Soul and Jazz for the Heart, all ballads, under his new label McMahonJazzMedicine.com.
To hear sample tracks from Scott’s new CD, click on the album cover above.
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